Chapter 418

The earth was torn apart, as if a force originating from the deepest part of the earth's core surged out, shaking every inch of space.

The air distorted, the temperature soared, as if the soul of a sleeping volcano had been awakened. Huge cracks like hideous wounds spat out endless torrents of magma, just like the thick blood under the setting sun, and like the flames deep in hell that never go out.

And it was in that mass of scalding things that a huge palm reached out and slapped hard onto Kaiba's field.

The rolling magma swallowed the Torture Golem, and also swallowed the invincible White Dragon. Even the noble invincible resistance couldn't withstand the invincible Lava Golem.

Instantly eating the President's Ultimate Dragon clean, the burning 'dullard' then poked its head out from the magma and arrived on this side of the field, catching a glimpse of the President who had already been locked in an iron cage, and a simple smile actually seemed to appear on its abstract face.

It even had a bit of a 'please take care of me' flavor...

Kaiba: "..."

【Lava Golem, ATK 3000】

Everyone off-stage was speechless for a moment.

How to put it...

The way Fujiki You Xuan played this card, the 'burning' seemed to have really ignited. Just like a traditional duelist, trusting the Deck, key god-draws, changing the world by relying on miraculous draws.

However, the different place is that others' god-draws are all about making gorgeous big monsters to turn the tables. Especially in such a situation, shouldn't it be 'since all effects are negated, then break through head-on', and then make a big monster with 5000 or 6000 ATK to slash down the Ultimate Dragon?

As a result, the atmosphere had reached this point, and this person suddenly pulled out a Lava Golem...

How to evaluate it, it's really hard for ordinary people to say.

"Tch, Marik's monster, huh."

Kaiba grunted, his emotions were actually quite stable.

As expected of the President, if it were any other duelist in this world, having their fully-resistant Ultimate Dragon eaten like this might have already started rolling up their sleeves...

But it wasn't over yet.

"I activate the Spell Card 'TakeOver5', sending the top five cards of my Deck to the Graveyard." (Original card)

Fujiki You Xuan drew five cards and sent them to the Graveyard one by one.

"One of the monster cards sent to the Graveyard is 'Scholar Spirit'," Fujiki You Xuan said. "When this card is sent to the Graveyard, I draw another card from my Deck." (Original card)

He drew another card.

"Next, I activate the Spell Card 'Owner's Seal'," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Control of all monsters on the field returns to their original owners."

"Come back, Lava Golem!"

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Lava Golem patted his butt and jumped directly to Fujiki You Xuan's field on the opposite side.

Kaiba: "..."

"Direct attack from Lava Golem," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Golem Volcano Impact!"

Lava Golem's palm fell, bringing overwhelming scorching flames. Kaiba, whose field had been eaten clean, took the full brunt of Lava Golem's strike, his coat hem fluttering in the raging fire.

【Kaiba, LP 4000 -> LP 1000】

"I set one card, turn end," Fujiki You Xuan said.

"It hit!" Judai was the first to jump for joy. "As expected of Fujiki You Xuan's soul Lava Golem, it's really strong!"

Marufuji Ryo had an even more complicated expression.

Well, how to put it...

You can't say he's not powerful.

It's just that the mood is very complicated.

Facing Fujiki You Xuan and the Lava Golem on his field that seemed to be burning fiercely, Kaiba pondered for a moment, but didn't draw a card immediately.

A few seconds later, he suddenly said.

"I haven't participated in any competitions for many years, chasing any honors, or those things I used to be keen on."

He raised his head, looked at Fujiki You Xuan, and said faintly.

"But now I'm back, back to this arena, just like the starting point back then. Still in this Duel City, still on this stage. Do you know why?"

Fujiki You Xuan shook his head.

He really didn't know.

The title of 'Duel King' back then was something President Kaiba dreamed of; he challenged it more than once, failed more than once, but became braver with each failure, having a momentum of taking it at all costs, as if this honor was the ultimate goal of his life.

But with Atem's departure and Yugi Muto sealing his cards, this title seemed to have become within reach for him for so many years, yet he gave it up.

In Fujiki You Xuan's understanding, he could only guess that the President felt that without winning against the truly strongest, even if he obtained this title, it was just a false name. Perhaps he could get the world's recognition, but he couldn't get his own recognition.

But why the President decided to make a comeback now, he didn't understand.

"That annoying guy once told me that for those without a past, the future will not visit."

Kaiba closed his eyes, revealing a trace of a smile while lost in memories.

"How ironic. For the me of the past, all light only existed in the future, while the past was just footprints walked over; the past that had already passed had no meaning to me."

Who knew that one day, such a me would also have a moment of being stuck in the past."

Mokuba off-stage was a bit dazed: "Brother..."

As Kaiba's own brother, and the person who understood him best, Mokuba seemed to be able to vaguely feel the beginning of his brother's change.

It seemed to have started from when he insisted on going to the Underworld to face Atem.

After returning, Kaiba never mentioned what happened there, not even telling Mokuba. No one knew what happened after Kaiba went to the Underworld, whether he saw Atem, or who won that duel.

Or perhaps, maybe something happened in that duel, the other party conveyed something to him through the duel, or said something to him, that stimulated him to make the change.

Yes, since Atem left, how could Kaiba not be stuck in the past and unable to move forward?

He couldn't let go of that guy in his heart, nor could he let go of the victory or defeat that never had an end. His pursuits and ambitions used to be filled only in the future, so the past had no meaning to himself. But with that person's departure, the future suddenly seemed to lose its color, and the future he had been pursuing so hard suddenly lost its meaning.

Only after returning from the Underworld did he seem to find his direction again.

"Promised that guy that a true duelist will never stop no matter where the road ahead leads," Kaiba said in a deep voice. "If there is a god blocking the way ahead, then defeat the god and keep moving forward."

"And now, I have even surpassed the gods! In order to face that hateful guy again. And next time..."

"I will also be the Duel King!"

He rested his fingers on the Deck.

"—Draw!"

The moment of drawing the card, the Deck seemed to bloom with endless azure brilliance, as if just drawing it into his hand released terrifying energy!

Fujiki You Xuan frowned slightly.

This throbbing... the President seems to have drawn something incredible.

It's here.

Kaiba clearly revealed such an expression on his face, with a confident smile hanging on the corners of his mouth.

It was as if this draw allowed him to firmly grasp victory in his hands once again.

He slowly raised his head.

"Next, you will see the descent of the Blue-Eyes that has surpassed Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, the final and strongest Blue-Eyes in history!"

(End of chapter)