Chapter 707: The Price of Power

Yubel wasn't sure how much time had passed.

For a very long time, time had no meaning to her. All she faced was darkness, boundless, despairing darkness. Pain and despair were trying to swallow her at every moment, and the double torture of body and mind was enough to make a guardian with the firmest will collapse.

She didn't know how she did it, but in the end, she held on. Although covered in scars, although her spirit had been twisted into the shape of a monster, although she only had one hand left, she survived.

Because she remembered her mission, the only thing more important than her own life, the person she would give everything to protect.

Memories became chaotic, and she couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality, past and future. She just suddenly felt that in this darkness that seemed to have lasted for centuries, light suddenly shone in.

And there were voices talking.

"Do you think it's over? Do you think you've won?"

"No. I'll remember you, boy. Soon, the day of my revival is near. When my seal is broken and I return to the world, I will come to find you first.

At that time, you and this spirit of yours will both return to darkness..."

This was a hoarse, sinister voice, sounding further and further away.

But what followed was a boy's voice, full of vitality, like a burning fire, as if the ultimate darkness in the world would be burned out by that flame.

"Alright, I'll wait." The boy said. "No matter how many times you come, it's the same. Because, Yubel... she is my most important partner."

Yubel's heart fluttered. That voice rang in her ears, and the image of the prince calling her name in the past appeared before her eyes. All the darkness and haze in her heart seemed to be dispelled, and her brain suddenly cleared.

"Jaden... Right, Jaden!"

Yubel opened her eyes suddenly.

And at a glance, she saw the boy sitting in front of her, smiling. Behind him was a clear blue sky, the sky that had just faded from dark clouds and torrential rain was as pure as a carefully wiped gem, and the shy sunlight pierced through the shackles of the clouds, and the colorful rainbow was as beautiful as in a dream.

Yubel stared at him blankly. This scene was like one she had seen countless times in her dreams, but now it was hard to believe it was true.

"Yo." Jaden greeted her with a smile. "Welcome back."

After a few more seconds of daze, Yubel's heart trembled, and she finally realized that all this was not a fantasy. Tears burst out of her eyes instantly, and she couldn't control the emotions in her heart anymore, hugging Jaden tightly.

"..."

After this battle, Yubel had completely gotten rid of all negative influences and received a complete rebirth.

The Wicked God Eraser's violent possession was actually just taking advantage of Yubel's weak state; it was a common possession method and nothing special. It could be easily expelled by defeating it in a duel, so it wasn't too difficult.

The main difficulty was actually the Light of Destruction residing in her body. That was the wave Yubel encountered after being launched into space ten years ago, and it had been deeply rooted in her body over the long years of the past.

Yubel already carried some evil aura. She was once the guardian of the Supreme King, and after experiencing countless battles with the Supreme King, countless friends died before her eyes, and her hands were already stained with countless blood. Although she traveled to this world with Jaden, after countless reincarnations, she now regarded the lives of mortals in this world as grass.

So when Jaden was a child, she made everyone who beat Jaden in a duel fall into a coma. In terms of the crimes she committed, Jaden's sentence of ten years of space exile for her wasn't unjust.

It was just that during this period, the darkness in her heart expanded, and she was used by the Light of Destruction, taking the opportunity to take root in her body. After these years of development, the two sides were almost inseparable. Even with You Xuan's current strength, winning by duel could only destroy her and the Light of Destruction together; separating them was very difficult.

However, with the help of the Supreme King, and with the help of "Super Polymerization" which possessed ultimate power, Jaden did it.

Now, the one who returned to his hand was the real, original Yubel, without any impurities.

"By the way, thanks."

Jaden said to the other self in his heart.

"I couldn't have done it without you this time, thanks." But there was no echo.

Jaden frowned slightly.

Although it was quite normal for the Supreme King's personality to be tsundere and silent, for some reason, Jaden seemed to faintly feel that this time it was not the case.

"Hey? Are you there?"

"Another me?"

"... Supreme King?"

"..."

Jaden closed his eyes.

He tried to find the feeling during the duel, to contact the other soul in his heart, and to communicate with him.

In a dark world of consciousness, that voice finally sounded.

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"So noisy..."

It was still that cold voice, the tone was very impatient, but at this time it was weak, as if it would disappear at any time.

Sensing the other party's state, Jaden was shocked.

"You... what's wrong with you? Why..."

"Nothing, just about to disappear."

The Supreme King was still in that cold tone.

"Don't make a fuss."

Although these words were said calmly, they only made Jaden even more shocked. He couldn't help but say: "Why? How could... weren't you just...!"

But just as he opened his mouth, Jaden seemed to realize something immediately.

"Super Polymerization? Is it that card?" Jaden asked. "Is it because of that card that you..."

He should have thought of it earlier.

When it was activated just now, he found that this card called "Super Polymerization" had extraordinary power, far beyond any card Jaden had used in the past. Even for spirits, he had never seen a spirit with such power in his life.

Greater power comes with a greater price.

And the price of Super Polymerization was probably...

"Hmm." The Supreme King's voice was calm. "Super Polymerization is a card that requires the blood sacrifice of a soul to be born. Power comes with a price; this is a matter of course."

In the original work, the birth of Super Polymerization sacrificed countless creatures in another dimension, and it was only when Jaden was swallowed by the Supreme King's personality that this ultimate card was created.

During this period, the Duel Academy partners who went to another dimension with Jaden were also sacrificed. Including Asuka, Manjoume, and others, they were sacrificed to the "Evil Hero Scripture" in the hands of the Dark World spirits, which caused a huge stimulus to Jaden, leading to the rapid expansion of the darkness in his heart, and also provided important energy for the birth of Super Polymerization.

Super Polymerization was originally a card that required huge inner darkness sacrifice to be born. And at the moment of activation just now, the largest share of inner darkness in the twelve dimensions served as the sacrifice for the birth of this ultimate card.

That was the Supreme King himself.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 708 =====