Chapter 980: Ragnarok

Jack felt a bit confused about You Xuan's suggestion. Reasonably speaking, he and Bommer weren't very familiar; he only knew that Bommer had become a Dark Signer because he felt resentful that Goodwin had sacrificed the people of his hometown, only to later discover that it was the Earthbound Immortal that had sacrificed his hometown, not Goodwin.

Later, You Xuan beat up the Lord of the Underworld, allowing the several Dark Signers who had originally died to be resurrected, and Bommer was among them.

But Jack only knew this general idea, and he and Bommer had no intersection.

You Xuan didn't explain further. Actually, the opportunity for Jack's evolution didn't lie in Bommer himself, but was hidden in Bommer's hometown.

That was also in the WRGP arc of the anime, which said that the Earthbound Immortals weren't just the few that the Dragon Mark holders had finished off in the Dark Signer arc. Actually, the strongest Earthbound Immortal was called "Red Nova," possessing terrifying power that other Earthbound Immortals couldn't match, but it hadn't awakened in the previous battles of the Dark Signer arc.

Legend has it that ten thousand years ago, the strongest Earthbound Immortal ravaged the earth. At that time, a Dragon Mark holder from ten thousand years ago who possessed the power of "Burning Soul" defeated it and sealed Red Nova underground, and since then, the legend of Red Nova had been passed down for ten thousand years.

Later, the anime explained that the modern Jack Atlas was the successor of that Burning Soul hero from ten thousand years ago. Jack awakened Burning Soul, absorbed the power of the Red Nova Earthbound Immortal, and made it his own, allowing his Red Dragon Archfiend to evolve into "Red Nova Dragon," which was also his strongest trump card in the anime.

And the place where this Red Nova was sealed ten thousand years ago happened to be in Bommer's hometown. That's why You Xuan told Jack he could go see it when he had time.

If Yusei's most critical qualitative change in the anime was realizing "Clear Mind," then Jack's was "Burning Soul."

Red Nova in the anime didn't even have a chance to appear before being absorbed by Jack, leaving the audience unable to know what the strongest Earthbound Immortal looked like for many years.

However, in 2024, after the K-Group tasted the sweetness of selling nostalgia continuously, they started frantically looking for various opportunities to sell cards from the classic first three generations of Yu-Gi-Oh, so this legendary Red Nova finally managed to get its own main body card.

Earthbound Immortal - Red Nova, Level 12, ATK 3500.

Effect: During either player's Main Phase, you can banish this card from your hand or Graveyard, send an Earthbound Immortal or Red Dragon Archfiend from your hand or field to the Graveyard, and then you can Special Summon an "Earthbound" monster or a "Red Nova Dragon" from your deck/Extra Deck.

Red Nova is a noble person on Jack's path of evolution, the most critical monster, and it must be taken down.

You Xuan didn't say anything more, notified his subordinates at the Public Security Maintenance Bureau to clean up the scene, and then left.

Jack felt suspicious about what he said, but after thinking about it, he decided to take time to go to Bommer's side. He felt that You Xuan was mysterious, but seemed to know a lot, and shouldn't be shooting arrows without a target.

It couldn't be that he was so bored that he made Jack run for nothing just for fun, right?

After You Xuan went back, he immediately conducted an investigation on Iliaster and quickly confirmed two things.

First, this fake Jack was also produced by Zone. Or more accurately, it was Zone's technology, exactly the same as the imitation technology of the Breo he had just finished off.

Second, although the technology was the same, it wasn't produced by Zone—at least not the one You Xuan knew. There was no record of any attempt to replicate or imitate Jack found within Iliaster.

So this fake Jack probably came from the same group of forces as the previous fake Breo.

But being able to beat the original, the performance was indeed not bad.

You Xuan came to Iliaster's headquarters and incidentally checked the progress of the "Circuit" drawing. The effect was quite good; the WRGP had been going on for a while and was already halfway done, and now it was still during the preliminary rounds, and the truly intense battles hadn't even started yet.

If this continued, Zone's Ark Cradle should be summoned soon. The forces behind the scenes probably wouldn't just let them summon such a powerful weapon as the Ark Cradle, and as long as the WRGP continued, they would probably continue to take action. Speaking of intense battles, You Xuan checked the expected opponent for his next match for the "Dueling Should Be Fun" team and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

This time, he encountered an interesting opponent.

The holders of the Nordic Three Aesir Gods, a strong team in the first tier of the 5D's anime, Team Ragnarok.

The midday sun was refracted into colorful halos by the holographic projectors suspended above the arena, and the circular stands composed of tens of thousands of seats had long since turned into a boiling ocean of metal.

When the WRGP broadcast sounded the announcement of "Team Ragnarok entering," the entire dome suddenly projected a giant totem of the Nordic World Tree, and three pillars of light at the roots pierced through the smoke.

That was Team Ragnarok's entrance. Harald, Brave, and Dragan, the three holding the power of the Aesir Gods, each drove their D-Wheels out of the smoke and charged onto the track amidst countless cheers and shouts.

"Alright, today we have reached the most anticipated duel of the entire preliminary stage of the WRGP!"

The pompadour commentator shouted.

"The star battle from Northern Europe, the duelists known as the masters of 'Gods', Team Ragnarok!

Against the only one-man army in the WRGP, the Dueling Should Be Fun team, also from the Public Security Maintenance Bureau, Officer Fujiki You Xuan!"

"Officer Fujiki You Xuan has won consecutive victories in previous matches, and has always taken down all opponents with his own strength. And today, the opponent he faces is extraordinary. Can he continue to defeat three with one and continue this miracle!?"

The commentator was hyping up the atmosphere, and the audience was also exceptionally enthusiastic. But the three members of Team Ragnarok who heard this were not very happy.

"Defeat three with one? Wants to defeat the three of us with his own strength?"

Brave of Team Ragnarok, the holder of Aesir God Loki, crossed his arms and showed disdain.

"What kind of joke is that?"

Captain Harald said: "Don't be careless. This person dares to participate alone, and has won until now, so he should also be a duelist not to be underestimated."

But Dragan also said: "It should be true that this Fujiki You Xuan is a duelist with decent strength. But no matter how strong he is, with Gods as opponents, and wanting to defeat three Gods in a row..."

He shook his head as he said this.

"I think, a duelist with such strength simply doesn't exist on Earth."

This time Captain Harald didn't speak either, just expressed agreement with silence.

He had always told his teammates not to underestimate their opponents just because they had Gods, and they should remain cautious. But even he felt at this moment, no matter how cautious they were, the three of them against one, and all three held the power of Gods, could they really crash?

If that were the case, wouldn't the person opposite them be a God himself?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 981 =====