Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: Duelists Beyond Light

Chapter 262 Speed ​​261 The Darkness Resurrected! The Infinite Surge of Earthbound Evil Power!
“Shuashuashua————————————”

Three frost-laden breaths erupted from the jaws of the Ice Barrier Dragon, Trident Dragon, precisely targeting Tis Creed's cards. One of the targets was none other than the earthbound orca god, Chaku Charya, who lurked underground!
The ice, imbued with dragon power, hurled Chaku Charya from the ground and froze him into a giant ice sculpture as he floated high into the air!

Tis Creed's expression changed drastically; his heart clenched and his eyes widened.

“Bang————————————————”

Chaku Charya, the Earthbound God sealed by the Ice Barrier Dragon Trident, plummeted from the sky with a deafening crash. A cloud of ice and icy air scattered in all directions. As the Earthbound God vanished into vapor, the powerful oppressive aura gradually dissipated from everyone's hearts…

"The effect of Ice Barrier Dragon - Trident Dragon!!" You Qing shouted, "When this card is successfully Synchro Summoned, banish one card from your opponent's hand, field, and graveyard from the Duel!!"

"Through this effect, I will banish the Earthbound God Chaku Charya from your field!!"

"In this way, the effect of sealing my battle phase will disappear, and my monster can launch an attack!!"

"Enter the battle phase!!"

"Ice Barrier Dragon - Trident Dragon!!"

"Direct attack!!!"

"boom------------------"

Three streams of frost dragon breath erupted once more, this time converging into a powerful laser beam that swept towards Tis Creed!
The howling wind was filled with icy air, and countless ice crystals and shards echoed in the icy wind. The frost dragon breath had not yet hit Tis Creed, but the bone-chilling cold had already made him tremble all over and his mind became rigid.

"Impossible... How could this be!!" Tis Creed refused to accept the outcome, roaring in despair, "I haven't had my revenge yet!! I still need power!!"

"The Earthbound God... how could he just fall like that?!"

"Give me more power, and I will utterly destroy You Qing!!"

Before he could finish speaking, a torrent of ice water poured down on his entire body. The Dark Duel would materialize the impact, and the Ice Barrier Spirit would imbue the impacts from Ice Barrier cards with additional freezing abilities. The combination of these two special damages caused Tis Creed to scream for only half a minute before losing consciousness!
It wouldn't be accurate to say he lost consciousness, because he could still think, albeit very slowly, and his body was completely immobile, just like Tianma Xingdou back then.

But that's not all the price to pay!
The consequence of losing in a dark duel is death!
The purple flames that had painted a giant picture on the earth quickly converged on Tis Creed, and before the chilling cold had dissipated, he was already engulfed by the purple flames!
Screams and cries of agony echoed through the pitch-black night as he crashed heavily off the D-Wheel, melting into a faint purple light and vanishing into the flames under the heat of the Earthbound Fire…

Dark monster...

Earthbound God...

Vanished from Tis Creed's deck out of thin air...

This duel was not particularly difficult for Yi Youqing, but the sense of pressure he had to endure was unprecedented.

Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas, watching from afar, were shocked by what they had just witnessed. They knew that as Dragon Signers, they too would inevitably encounter such a terrifying enemy...

However, what they didn't know was that although You Qing had defeated Tis Creed, other Dark Markers awaited him in his destiny...

A secluded paradise base, a laboratory.

Covered in wounds and with his limbs severed, Tianma Xingdou was tightly bound to the device. He was on the verge of death and in excruciating pain, barely able to hold on any longer. You Qing's previous indifference towards him had long since vanished, and the intense pain tormented him relentlessly. He had already decided to die.

Dewayne had been kept alive all along; more accurately, those cruel researchers hadn't let him die. But now, Pegasus had finally gotten his chance. This might be his only chance to escape.

Pegasus Star, his face covered in blood, groaned softly. He stared intently at the distant horizon, hoping that if he could just touch that thing, he could die as he wished and never have to endure this pain again...

But just then, a mysterious, deep voice emerged from his mind, constantly tempting him...

Memories surfaced in Tianma Xingdou's mind.

He recalled the countless times he had been abandoned...

His biological parents, his lover, and his only remaining support later on—his adoptive father, Pegasus…

Without exception, they all treated him like a stray dog ​​on the street, kicking him away with disdain!
Lost in his memories, Tianma Xingdou gritted his teeth and, in the last instance, he went to Pegasus with a heart full of passion, just to prove that he wanted to work for him and become his most valuable adopted son.

But the result...

Pegasus uttered words that were utterly chilling...

If it were someone else, they might try to find the first Duel King—Yugi Muto—to duel and reclaim their shares in International Illusion.

But for Pegasus, all he wanted was the love of someone important. If even his adoptive father, Pegasus, who had taken him in, abandoned him, then nothing he did would be of any use…

“Tick-tock——”

"Tick-tock————————"

Tears streamed down Tianma Xingdou's bloodshot eyes. Suddenly, he raised his head, his gaze filled with fervent excitement as he looked up at the sky. With a voice brimming with longing, he laughed loudly:
"bring it on!!"

"I accept!!"

"You chose me, didn't you? You want me to become your apostle!"

"That's right, there's a darkness in my heart that no one else can match. Right now, I want nothing but death!!"

"But if you give me a chance to be reborn..."

"I'm willing to kill everyone in this world!!"

"Come!! Let me be free!!"

"Kill me, or release me from this cage forever!!!"

Pegasus Star roared hoarsely, and billowing black energy surged from the shadows and flowed into his body. His severed limbs healed at a visible speed, and the scars on his body were rapidly repaired. At the same time, a duel disk and card deck appeared out of thin air on his arm.

Pegasus Star was enjoying the comfortable darkness when, with a few clangs, all the shackles binding him broke. He flexed his wrists and looked at the evil monster at the top of his deck—Earthbound God Chaku Challia.

He couldn't help but burst into laughter, and amidst his laughter, the sound of a test tube falling and shattering came from not far away, where a researcher from the secluded paradise looked terrified...

(End of this chapter)