Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Oh no, oh no, am I going to get crushed to death?!" Jonouchi muttered nervously to himself. Because he was so close, he also saw Honda, whose movements were almost perfectly synchronized with his, grabbing him in the critical moment as well. "And I'm going to get crushed to death with that idiot Honda. I've never even been in a relationship yet!"

"It's the one who's stupid to call others stupid, and I've never been in a relationship either! Compared to your ambiguous relationship with Mai, because of you, Shizuka and I haven't made any progress at all." Honda complained to Jonouchi, "If you have any conscience, at least let me go on a date with Shizuka once."

"Even now, with us all dead, you shouldn't even think about that kind of thing."

Honda looked at Jonouchi's stupid expression and pried his arm off his shoulder: "So you're an idiot, aren't you? We're not dead at all."

"Huh?" Jonouchi was a little confused. He looked up and saw that the debris that should have been falling was now hovering a short distance above their heads, not falling any further. "Could it be that there really is a God in this world?"

At that moment, a voice came from behind Jonouchi and Honda:

"Hmph, do I look like God to you?"

The two turned around and saw that the speaker was Malik, who was holding the Millennium Scepter high and was covered in sweat.

"It's just a piece of wreckage. The [Lava Demon] is more than just a pretty face. Watch me push it back!"

As Malik looked at the arm holding the Millennium Scepter, Jonouchi and Honda realized that a giant lava arm had emerged from the ground to support the falling debris; it was none other than the materialized card spirit of the Lava Demon.

The firelight from the Lava Demon illuminated the smoke and dust, revealing the unharmed group to the two in the dueling arena, which made Yugi breathe a sigh of relief.

Worried about Keipei, Kaiba took off running towards the stands. Yugi tried to follow, but then heard a voice behind him: "Hey, where do you think you're going?"

"!"

Looking back, Yu-Gi-Oh! realized that he had only destroyed a few cards from the Pyramid of Light. His fight with Anubis was far from over. And when he looked back at where Anubis had been, he saw Anubis struggling to get up from the ground.

As the [Pyramid of Light] card was destroyed, countless cracks also appeared on the crystal pyramid on Anubis's chest, making it look as if it could shatter at any moment.

However, in stark contrast to the state of the crystal pyramid, Anubis was now filled with a large amount of energy that could be directly observed with the naked eye. Although his expression showed anger, it was mostly one of relief.

"The most important part of my plan, the Pyramid of Light, which was used to destroy this world and create despair, has been destroyed by you. Tch, now my plan can no longer proceed."

"However, it doesn't matter. The Pyramid of Light is just a tool I created using the knowledge I gained. Given enough time, I can still create another one. It will just take a long time, which is irrelevant to me now that I'm resurrected and immortal."

"However, I can't feel at ease unless I vent the humiliation of this plan being thwarted!"

Anubis looked at the game with a cold smile: "So what if you destroyed all my cards? With my remaining basic points, you can't clear them all this turn. Next turn will be your death!"

The game seemed confused: "Your base score isn't just —!!!"

Anubis: 14500 LP

“Hoo hoo hoo, here’s the same words back to you, you arrogant brat. This is my struggle for victory.” Anubis proudly displayed a card, “Before you destroyed [Sphinx Andrguinus], I activated the back row face-down card, [Mysterious Chinese Pot].

"It's all thanks to you mortals who taught me this useful tactic. Rather than let [Sphinx Andrguin] be destroyed, I'd rather fry it and eat it."

"I have over 10,000 Life Points now. You think you can just use your four cards to deal 14500 damage in one turn and kill me?"

Anubis, smugly anticipating the look of despair on Yugi's face, was surprised to find Yugi laughing instead: "Really, you've been a great help. I was just worried that the punishment I gave you before might not have been severe enough."

"In this situation, this card is better. I'll perform a Normal Summon this turn, summoning the [Elf Swordsman] with 1400 ATK in Attack Position, and then proceed to my Battle Phase!"

"A monster with an attack power of 1400? Aren't monsters with an attack power of less than 1500 just weaklings?"

Anubis said disdainfully, and Yugi declared his attack: "Then let me show you the power of a 'minor monster'! [Elven Swordsman]'s direct attack!"

The sword slashed a wound in Anubis's chest, but due to Anubis's powerful life force at that moment, the wound healed instantly.

Anubis: 14500→13100LP

"Muda, that's a really weak attack! And then you're helpless—"

"Sorewadoka!" Seeing Anubis's smug expression, Yugi played a card from his hand. "Discard all my cards and activate a Quick-Play Spell Card targeting any Elf Swordsman with 1500 or less ATK!"

"【Berserker's Soul】!"

Chapter 533 Fallen, Cute Enough to Kill Kado

"Activate [Berserker's Spirit]!"

After activating the card in his hand, Yugi saw that Anubis still had an indifferent expression, and knew that he did not know what the effect of the [Berserker's Soul] card was.

Then, with "kindness," he explained, "Because of the effect of [Berserker's Soul], I draw a card from the top of my deck to check. If it's a monster card, I discard it, and then my [Elf Swordsman] can attack you again."

"Degeneration! (Draw a card!)"

With a flick of his finger across the deck, like a samurai's Iaijutsu, he pulled out the top card. Without even glancing at what card he'd drawn, he shouted...

"Monster Card! (So cute, Cardo!)"

The Elf Swordsman, who hadn't returned to the field before Anubis, swung his longsword again at the shout. The blade sliced ​​across Anubis's body once more. Although Anubis's body healed again, a portion of his life points were taken away once more.

Anubis: 13100→11700LP

"Tsk, troublesome brat," Anubis frowned, displeased. "But they're still just minor, insignificant injuries, nothing to worry about—"

"Degeneration!"

After sending the previously drawn "Mammoth Graveyard" to the graveyard, the game drew another card, interrupting Anubis before he could finish speaking, "So cute, Kado!"

Anubis: 11700→10300LP

"Ugh!" Anubis, still breathless from the blow from the Elf Swordsman, looked bewildered amidst the pain. "Why... why did it attack again!?"

"Because of the effect of [Berserker's Spirit], there is no limit to the number of attacks per turn, and it can continue until I draw a card other than a monster card!" Yugi sent [Rock Giant] from his hand to the graveyard. "Even if your Life Points are depleted, the effect of [Berserker's Spirit] can continue to deal with you."

"Here we go, Anubis. Do you have enough Life Points?"

"The Third Fall!"

As he spoke, the game drew another card.

Anubis was furious at Yugi's smugness: "You brat, you just got lucky and drew two monster cards in a row. How many monster cards do you have left in your deck? And how many more can you draw?"

"I haven't really checked how many monster cards are in my deck, but for a true duelist, all card draws are predetermined, and even the future can be created by oneself."

As the game progressed, it showed Anubis the card it had drawn again: [City Guardian Wyvern], exclaiming, "So cute, Cardo!"

"Pfft!"

Anubis: 10300→9900LP

"Ugh!" Pierced through the heart again by a sharp blade, even though Anubis's wounds healed rapidly once more, the speed of healing was noticeably slower to the naked eye. "You bastard!"

"How could they make me utter such a humiliating sound!"

"I won't let you get away with this!"

The game looked at Anubis and said coldly, "Hmph, whatever you want. You can tell the jailers of the underworld about that obsession even after you die."

"However, there's one thing I absolutely won't leave to the jailers of hell to do..."

Yugi pointed at Anubis, "You've completely enraged me, Anubis, by interfering with others' sacred duels, attempting to destroy the world, and harming Aibo!"

"I hereby unleash upon you the punishment of being pierced by ten thousand swords!"

"Degenerate! So cute, Kado!"

"Degenerate! So cute, Kado!"

"Degenerate! So cute, Kado!"

"Degenerate! So cute, Kado!"

"Degenerate! So cute, Kado!"

"Degenerate! So cute, Kado!"

"Degenerate! So cute, Kado!"

【阿努比斯：9900→8500→7100→5700→4300→2900→1500→100LP】

After seven consecutive draws, the game drew seven more monster cards. By sending these seven cards to the graveyard, the Elf Swordsman unleashed a merciless seven-hit combo, slashing out with swords like raindrops, reducing Anubis's Life Points to a mere 100.

"Oh dear! My base stats were a whopping 14,500 at the very beginning, and now, Anubis has fallen to this state!"

Anubis glared at Yugi with hatred in his eyes, but Yugi simply placed his finger on the deck again.

"Fallen!" Another card draw, and the game drew a "Kuriboh" card, sending it to the graveyard. "This is the final blow, Anubis."

"So cute, Kado!"

Although he couldn't match the MVP [Blue-Eyes Light Dragon] who turned the tide in this duel, the [Elf Swordsman] who dealt the most damage raised his longsword one last time and slashed it down with all his might!

"Ugh!!"

Anubis: 100LP → 0

"Degeneration!"

Although Anubis's life points had been cleared and his body had even begun to turn to dust and dissipate, Yugi still drew a card because of "Berserker's Spirit." However, this time, he drew "Monster Reborn," a spell card instead of a monster card.

After achieving its goal, [Berserker's Soul] ended its effect precisely at the right time, without continuing to ravage Anubis's corpse, even though the attack on Anubis, who had died a thousand years ago, was itself a form of "corpse-whipping" in a broad sense.

The game wouldn't stoop to such a blatant act as shouting "So cute!" when someone actually draws a magic card. If it did, even [Dark Magician Girl] might be scared out of its wits and lose a star. He ended the duel, watching Anubis, whose body was gradually turning back into a decaying mummy, staring at him with the only scarlet eye on his half-changed face.

“Your ambitions are over, Anubis.”

Anubis seemed to want to say something, but the dissipation of his body had already spread completely. Before he could open his mouth to say anything, his body completely collapsed and he fell to the ground, even crushing the already shattered crystal pyramid on his chest.

The crimson eyeball from the "Eye of Ugato" rolled to the ground.

Meanwhile, Jonouchi and the others, who had moved from the audience seats to the arena, witnessed the game's victory in the duel.

"Success!" "We won the game!" "Great, game!"

No matter how you look at it, this duel is a victory for the game, since Anubis himself was wiped out of life points and defeated by the game's "Berserker's Soul" combo.

At the same time the crystal pyramid shattered, Yugi and Hayato, who were in the world of the "Pyramid of Light," felt everything around them begin to shake violently.

"It seems the duel outside is over." Hayato looked at the ancient walls and floor tiles around him, which were broken and revealed a void world, and knew that Yami Yugi must have defeated Anubis.

"Yeah, because my other self is very strong." Yugi nodded with a smile, noticing that his body was gradually becoming transparent, seemingly returning to the soul state that would appear in the normal Millennium Puzzle.

Almost in the blink of an eye, as the surrounding space disintegrated, the game's figure disappeared, seemingly returning to the normal world.

Hayato smiled as he watched Yugi leave, saying, "Not just another game, Yugi, you're really strong too."

However, the game didn't hear this, but another "person" slumped in the room did. However, that person was completely uninterested in Duel Monsters.

"Hmph, what a feast! I never expected that ugly guy to have such a wealth of knowledge."

With a relaxed expression, Bakura sat casually on the steps like a pregnant woman, completely unconcerned about the spatial rifts around him, letting them spread as they pleased.

Opening his squinted eyes, Bakura glanced at Hayato, who had walked up the steps and picked up the red gem lying among the crystal shards from the chest of the Anubis mummy, and casually said, "Are you interested in that thing? It's just a converter. Although it has the ability to transfer and store energy, the energy inside has been completely emptied now, so it has no value for use."