Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1504 The Attack of the Barians
Rumble.
A sharp, shattering sound, like glass breaking, followed by a dark crack that stretched from the clouds to the horizon.

The sky shattered, cracks like wounds crisscrossing the heavens above the city of Xincheng. And this was not an isolated incident; similar scenes were occurring simultaneously around the world.

Numerous news outlets rushed to report the story, with the news of the broken sky dominating almost every front-page headline. Meanwhile, social media and forums were flooded with photos of various unusual phenomena taken by netizens using their mobile phones.

Hurricanes and earthquakes followed, as if the entire Earth had suddenly descended into madness. Words like "doomsday" became ubiquitous, and doomsday rhetoric quickly became mainstream.

But this seems to be only natural. Any normal human being, upon seeing the scene before them, witnessing their familiar, unchanging daily life being torn apart, would likely have this answer if their remaining reason prevailed.

In fact, governments around the world have probably discussed this issue and may even have activated contingency plans. However, their presence in the entire ZEXAL story is so low as to be negligible, so they can probably be ignored.

Besides, they probably didn't have much to do in the face of such a situation.

As always, the only thing that can save the world is playing cards.

At this moment, Yuugen, along with Yuma and Kaito, arrived at the seaside.

Drubel was also taken aback by the strange changes happening all over the human world. As one of the Seven Valian Emperors, he was completely unaware of such a plan.

Although Drube had awakened his past life memories and harbored hatred for the thousands of masters, he still could not trust humans. So he parted ways with the three of them, saying that he was going back to the Balian world to find out the truth, and then he left.

The boundless sea was almost dyed blood-red, with a blood-red pillar connecting the horizon to the crack in the sky. The blood-red pillar of light merged with its reflection on the sea, as if the sea and sky had become one.

"The air...it feels so heavy," Yuma said. "Strange, just standing here makes my body feel so heavy."

“Of course,” Kaito said. “This place is one of the four areas in the entire Heart City where the Varian energy radiates the strongest. These places are probably the center of all the anomalies that are currently occurring.”

As they spoke, streaks of red light occasionally shot into the sky from all around the city, streaking across the sky like meteors and disappearing into the central red pillar of light like tributaries flowing into the ocean.

"Orbit 7?" Kaito looked at Orbit 7.

Orbit 7 hurriedly said, "There's no mistake, Lord Kaito! These coordinates are the center of all the chaos! If we can stop this beam of light, we can probably stop the anomalies happening all over the world right now."

But before he could finish speaking, a strange, loud laugh came from mid-air.

"Hahaha, but as long as I'm here, of course I'll never allow you to do that!"

Everyone turned around at the sound and saw Mr. Xincheng, dressed in brightly colored clothes, standing in mid-air, leaning on his cane and seemingly defying gravity, looking at everyone with a smug expression.

“It’s you!” Kaito exclaimed.

"Kaito," Mr. Kokoro sneered, "I raised you with such care and hardship, and you've already betrayed me and joined the enemy?"

"I'm giving you a chance now. Quickly surrender and join Lord Vector of the Varia, and I might spare your life!"

"Gratitude?" Kaito said coldly. "It's fine if you don't mention it. Just thinking about that hellish past makes me want to vomit. But you, Mr. Kokoro, have you prepared to repent for betraying humanity and joining the Varia?"

"Ha! How arrogant!" Mr. Xincheng laughed loudly, "Now I possess the absolute supreme power bestowed upon me by Lord Vector!"
This time, I will not let Lord Vector down. Come, my strongest warriors!

As he spoke, three orbs of light flashed out from behind him and landed on the ground. The scattered light particles then formed a human shape, transforming into a figure draped in a black robe.

"It's truly unbelievable that we, who were once known as the 'Dark Duel Quartet' alongside Mr. Xincheng, could reunite in such a way," one of the burly men sneered. The second man also laughed, "Yes, it's all thanks to Lord Vector. We have now transformed and gained supreme power!"

The third person said, "We are indeed the three warriors carefully selected by Lord Vector to guard the 'Pillar of Fusion'!"

Yuma: "The Pillar of Fusion?"

“Exactly.” Mr. Xincheng sneered. “Right now, the human and Balian worlds are merging. The pillars of light descending from all over the world are precisely to transform the human world’s environment into the power of the Balian world!”

Yuma: "What did you say? You want to merge humans with the Varia world?"

“Exactly. The one million NO.s created by Lord Vector have already been distributed all over the world as raw materials,” Mr. Heart City said. “Those with inner darkness, who crave power and change, will naturally be attracted to these NO.s.”

NO will draw out the dark side within them until they are consumed by its power. Then, they will become bait for the fusion of the world, both physically and mentally!

Upon hearing this, Yuma's heart skipped a beat. When he looked up at the shooting stars that occasionally streaked across the city and were absorbed by the beams of light, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Were those flying past each one a living, breathing person?
"Indeed, those who couldn't withstand NO.'s power and were consumed by their own inner darkness and desires are the best bait for world fusion!"

Mr. Xincheng laughed heartily.

"You bastard!" Yuma roared. "I won't let you have your way!"

"Heh, what a boastful statement. You'll have to defeat the guardians of the light pillars first," Mr. Heart City sneered. "These three guardian warriors are each bound to a fused light pillar."

If you defeat one of them, you can break the fusion of a pillar of light.

Only after you defeat all three of these people can you reach the final, core pillar of light—where I am! Defeating me is the only way to completely stop the fusion of the two dimensions.

Mr. Xincheng paused, then narrowed his eyes.

"Of course, that's impossible."

He was originally the leader of this underground dueling quartet, possessing the most outstanding strength. Now, having gained the favor of the Varia and acquired the power of No. 1, he believes he can now dominate the human world and sweep away all rivals. Even someone as strong as Kaito Amagi is no longer a threat to him.

"Damn it, there's no time to waste. We must defeat them as soon as possible." Yuma turned around and said, "Yuxuan, lend us another hand."

You Xuan had no objection and simply shrugged: "Fine."

However, although he agreed to help, he had his own considerations. It wouldn't be bad to prevent the destruction of this human world while he was at it, but in reality, he wasn't very interested in these four pawns in front of him.

You Xuan looked up at the pillar of light in the very center, especially at the top of the pillar, which led to an unknown place in the crack in the sky.

That opposite side, that's probably the Varian territory, right?
Just right.

You Xuan's lips curled up slightly, he took a deep breath, and said loudly, "Since we're already here, let's not play this low-level hide-and-seek game."

What do you say, Balians?

(End of this chapter)