Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1611 Lost Family Members

Although Rafael seemed to be stubbornly insisting on his position, Yu Xuan actually knew he had succeeded. He had broken through Rafael's psychological defenses.

Of course, Rafael's faith in Doma, built up over so many years, wouldn't crumble so easily because of those two sentences. But that was exactly the effect You Xuan wanted. All he needed to do was plant the seeds of doubt, to make Rafael waver, and that would be enough.

It looks pretty good now. In terms of cultivation terminology, Rafael's current state would probably be considered a collapse of his Dao heart.

“My turn, draw a card.” Youxuan pointed to the Continuous Spell in his back row. “Of course, because of the effect of the Continuous Spell ‘Guardian’s Treasure Card’, I can draw two cards during the draw phase.”

With two new cards in hand, You Xuan quickly placed one face down in the back row.

“I’ll set one card face down.” You Xuan revealed another card. “Then I’ll Normal Summon ‘Immortal Flame’.”

The red-haired Eternal Flame, with an Indian-style design, wears a robe covered in various ancient runes.

[Eternal Flame Illusion, Attack Power 0]

"If you have 0 cards in your hand, you can Tribute the Infernal Illusion on the field to Special Summon any two monsters with 'Infernal' in their names from your Graveyard," Yu Xuan said. "I Tribute the Infernal Illusion!"

The eternal flames on the Indian robe ignited and quickly turned to ashes in the flames. The illusion of eternal flames vanished rapidly, and the burning flames split in two, falling into the two monster zones of the arena. The two flames transformed into two eternal flames, one large and one small.

"I resurrected 'Eternal Flame Beetle' and 'Eternal Flame Demon' from the graveyard!"

[Eternal Flame Beetle, Attack Power 1200]

[Eternal Flame Demon, Attack Power 1800]

"You didn't resurrect 'Infernal Death Dragon' from the graveyard. Wasn't that your trump card?"

Rafiru frowned.

"Infernal Death Dragon can destroy monsters and deal damage equal to half of its ATK when you have 0 cards in your hand. This effect can indeed destroy my 'Guardian Desdeath' and deal massive damage. This damage is effect damage, and even my 'Soul Barrier' cannot withstand it."

But then he changed the subject: "Of course, even so, this level of damage is still not enough to finish me off. And as long as you don't kill me, Guardian Desdeath will be resurrected from the graveyard once again, and will be even stronger. Although it can cause me some trouble, it's still not enough to help you win."

And the moment you revive a monster from the Graveyard, the effect of 'Survival Treasure Card' activates. I draw three cards from my deck.

"It seems that's indeed the case," You Xuan said calmly. "Fortunately, this isn't my final resort."

Rafiru: "What?"

"First is the effect of the newly resurrected 'Infernal Demon'," You Xuan said. "When Infernal Demon is Special Summoned, I can add one 'Infernal' card from my deck to my hand."

I want to add 'Infernal Necromancer' to my hand from my deck.

Another card popped out of Youxuan's deck and was drawn into his hand.

"Then activate this face-down card on the field." Yu Xuan opened his back row, "Spell Card 'Return of Death'!"
You can Special Summon one 'Infernal' monster from your hand, Graveyard, or banished monsters. I Special Summon 'Infernal Necromancer,' which I just added to my hand!

A dark vortex opened, and a ghostly necromancer slowly rose from it. He too possessed an Infinite Flame, clad in a dark robe, with a pale, demonic face, resembling a native shaman.

[Eternal Flame Necromancer, Defense 2000]

“When I have 0 cards in my hand, the effect of the Infernal Necromancer is activated,” You Xuan said. “Once per turn, I can Special Summon one 'Infernal' monster from my Graveyard.”

This time, I'm going to resurrect this guy.

You Xuan snapped his fingers, and a jet-black dragon burst forth from the chaotic and filthy vortex.

The Infernal Death Dragon has been resurrected!

[Eternal Fire Death Dragon, Attack Power 3000]

"So it has come after all, Infernal Death Dragon," Rafael said calmly. "But as I said, this monster, though powerful, is still not enough to end my chain, nor enough to let you win your future. And its resurrection has triggered the effect of 'Survival Treasure Card' again, so I draw three more cards from my deck."

Rafael drew three more cards and said, "In the end, your power is still insufficient to surpass the destiny depicted by Lord Dartz."

But You Xuan burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Rafael frowned. "What's so funny?" "Nothing. It's just that you take Dartz's so-called fate too seriously." Yu Xuan laughed. "You know what I think? I think you were once a remarkable duelist, and you and your monsters did have some kind of bond."

But do you know how I feel about you right now? I think your bond is ridiculously fragile.

"What did you say!?" Rafiru seemed to have been provoked, and immediately showed his anger.

“I’m saying that the so-called bond between you and your monster is now ridiculously fragile,” Yu Xuan repeated, enunciating each word clearly. “It’s so fragile that you have to rely on the morbid method of ‘refusing the graveyard’ to maintain it, as if such a fragile relationship would collapse as soon as the monster enters the graveyard.”

Rafiru: "!"

His expression was angry; he opened his mouth as if to retort, but no sound came out.

Because he didn't know how to refute it.

In the anime, Rafael's twisted logic actually convinced Yugi during their first battle, overpowering Yugi's "momentum," which was probably one of the factors that led to his victory in the first battle.

However, when he tried to use this theory to suppress Yugi again in the second battle, Yugi had regained his composure and firmly stated that he would no longer be swayed by his sweet talk. He said that his bond with the monster would not be shaken because of this, and then once again broke through Rafael's lines by sacrificing the monster.

This is also what You Xuan wanted to say.

If he has to maintain his bond with the monster by "not using the graveyard," then in his view, such a bond is morbid and false from the very beginning.

If we follow Rafael's logic, then cards like Kuriboh, and later cards like Vanquisher, Effect Veiler, and Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, which were created to end up in the graveyard, are essentially useless cards from the start.
"Level 2, adjust the monster 'Eternal Flame Beetle', Level 4 'Eternal Flame Demon', Level 3 'Eternal Flame Necromancer', adjust the star level," You Xuan said coldly.

2+4+3=9

"The holy spear unleashed by the God of Destruction is about to pierce through the Demon City completely! Synchro Summon—"

—The Trident Dragon of the Ice Barrier!

Frost instantly dominated the entire area, and a world of ice and snow descended in an instant. A giant ice dragon, resembling a trident, proudly arrived amidst the wind and frost!
[Ice Barrier Dragon Trident Dragon, Attack Power 2700]

"Another Synchro Summon. Rank 9, almost god-level?" Rafael's expression darkened. "But even with that, an attack power of 2700 is still far from being a match for Desdeath."

"The Trident Dragon's monster effect," You Xuan said. "If Trident Dragon is successfully Synchro Summoned, you can banish up to one card from your opponent's hand, field, and Graveyard."

Rafiru: "!"

It's not high attack, it's not destruction, it's direct exclusion.
"Discard 'Guardian Desdeath,' 'Guardian Ethos' from your graveyard, and one card from your hand!"

In the realm of absolute ice, the trident's icy blizzard swept across the entire area, freezing Desdeath and Ethos in the graveyard.

Rafael's absolutely loyal guardian, the guardian spirit who accompanied him through light and darkness, even when he fell into hell, has finally been completely banished.

"no, do not want"

Rafiru unconsciously knelt down and instinctively reached out his hand again.

Don't leave me again.

Don't leave me all alone again.

Ethos.
But it's no longer useful.

Boundless frost descended, freezing Desdeath and Ethos still and frozen in place. They were sucked into the vortex of the black hole by endless gravity, as if crushed into dust and disappeared.

Rafiru slowly lowered his raised hand and unconsciously closed his eyes.

It was as if even his heart had given up the struggle.

“I’m sorry,” Rafael murmured to himself.

“Eternal Fire Death Dragon, Ice Barrier Dragon - Trident Dragon,” You Xuan said. “Direct attack.”

[Rafiru, LP4000 → LP0]

(End of this chapter)