Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Seth, who was standing nearby, also reacted and reached out to support Xia Da, preventing him from falling directly off the horse and onto the ground.

Because of the shift in the battlefield, the group had now moved some distance away from the residential area outside the city gate. The soft sand beneath their feet had turned into hard rock, and if they fell, Xia Da might get seriously injured.

After receiving the healing provided by Xia Da's [Anka Kuriboh], Yami Yugi felt his body return to a relaxed state. His "soul," which had dropped to less than half, rapidly recovered at a visible speed, allowing him to return to the state before Bakura's scheme and be able to fight him fairly again.

Looking at Xia Da, who looked dejected, An Yuqi nodded solemnly and said, "I have heard your wish."

"Let's begin the second battle, Bakura!"

Raising his arm and pointing it at Bakula, the blue giant swiftly materialized from nothingness behind Dark Game, and swung his iron fist at Bakula's Diaband.

"Eora!"

Dark Game's unsportsmanlike sneak attack caught Bakura off guard. The equally arrogant Diaband was punched in the face, his body leaning back as if he was about to be knocked down.

Xia Da was furious about the death of the Sky Dragon of Osiris, but Yami Yugi was just as angry.

Although he only possessed [Sky Dragon of Osiris] for a short period of time after the final four of Duel City, and also kept [Sky Dragon of Osiris] for a while after Hayato disappeared due to the "Pyramid of Light" incident, he inexplicably felt that among the three Egyptian God cards, he was the one who was most comfortable using [Sky Dragon of Osiris], and he had already developed an attachment to it.

Although he wasn't sure if the "Three Egyptian Gods" he was calling out in this world of memories were the same as the "Three Egyptian Gods" in reality, the feelings were the same. Now, Yami Yugi had to vent his emotions with a series of powerful attacks.

In this regard, there is no one more suitable than the "incarnation of the God of Destruction"—the Colossus of Obelisk.

After landing a punch on Diaband, Yami Yugi was not satisfied and ordered Obelisk the Titan to use a series of normal punches.

To his surprise, Bakula showed no concern as he watched Diaband being struck by Obelisk the Colossus without warning. Instead, a contemptuous smile appeared on his face as he scoffed, "Now's the time to return that favor, Yugi. The same trick doesn't work on the Pharaoh? Well, neither will I!"

"The same Duel Monsters are useless against Diaband, not even gods, muda muda muda!"

Pointing at the Titan of Obelisk, Bakula sneered, "Now, counterattack!"

As Bakula had said, just as Obelisk the Titan retracted its fist to gather power, Diaband, who should have been knocked back, suddenly twisted its body against the laws of physics. Its lower body was that of a snake, and its entire body indeed twisted like a snake, neutralizing the impact of Obelisk the Titan. It also raised a fist, gathering power just like Obelisk the Titan.

Then, both of them threw punches at the same time, their fists clashing and hitting each other!

Just like before, Diaband was completely unharmed by Obelisk's attack. After a slight pause, he threw another punch. However, Obelisk was not immune to Diaband's attack. The usually invincible Obelisk was actually forced to retreat repeatedly!

Moreover, during the intervals between the continuous punches, Yami Yugi even saw the snake head on the lower half of Diaband's body open its mouth and actually spit out the special ability of the Sky Dragon of Osiris, "Summoning Lightning Bombs," which continuously weakened the power of Obelisk the Tormentor!

What kind of shameless tactic is this?

"Hahahaha, you see? Pharaoh, Diaband is invincible. Your 'god' is no longer his match. Die peacefully!"

Hearing Bakura's arrogance, Dark Game also made a decision in his heart.

If this continues, Obelisk the Tormentor will only be destroyed again by Diaband, and all the "Souls" that Shada painstakingly restored for me will be wasted. Rather than that, I'd better use my current full "Souls" to harness the monster's power!

Thinking of this, Yami Yugi immediately spread his arms in a gesture of praise to the sun, faced the sky, closed his eyes, and uttered the ancient Egyptian priestly script from his memory.

At first, Bakura didn't understand a single word of what Yami Yugi was saying, but gradually he suddenly remembered hearing those words somewhere before and realized what Yami Yugi was trying to do.

But Yami Yugi spoke very quickly, and Bakura didn't have time to stop him. The [Obelisk the Tormentor] suddenly dissipated after forcefully pushing [Diaband] back a short distance. In its place, a sun descended from the dark clouds brought by [Osiris the Sky Dragon]!

"The elven song sings, the great power governs all things, their lives, their souls, and even their bones." Opening his eyes, gazing at the descending sun, Yami Yugi summoned the names of the last and strongest of the "Three Egyptian Gods," "Descend, [Ra's Winged Dragon]!"

The enormous golden sphere transformed and unfolded its body, dispelling all the dark clouds. The Winged Dragon of Ra looked down upon the earth like a second sun in the sky. Diaband, which had no adaptation to it, was only illuminated by its radiance and had to painfully curl up its body to reduce the area burned by the light.

"You've summoned a third 'god,' Pharaoh!" Bakura's eyes narrowed slightly, suppressing a smirk as he excitedly said, "You really want to kill me? Using the power of [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra] will reduce your 'soul' to the bare minimum!"

With a serious expression, Yami Yugi raised the Gladiator's Disk: "This is merely a necessary sacrifice to wield the power of the Sun God. Take my 'soul,' [Ra's Winged Dragon], and then do everything in your power to destroy Bakura here!"

"Divine Flame Cannon!"

On the Dark Game Arena, the "Souls" that had been painstakingly replenished under Xia Da's [Anka Kuriboh] rapidly plummeted to a mere sliver, with the rest being devoured by the [Ra's Winged Dragon] in the sky. Accompanying this was the sudden expansion of the golden flames surrounding the sun's divine bird, which completely enveloped its body, transforming it into a gigantic firebird that swooped down from the sky.

The starlight drawn from [Dragon's Glow], the lightning plundered from [Sky Dragon], the "transparency" stripped from [Shadow Ghoul], and even the pure power of [Obelisk the Tormentor]—even though Bakura had Diaband gather as much power as possible from numerous powerful monsters during this time, all of this power was utterly useless before the fire of the sun. Even as he tried his best to adapt to the divine power of [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra], Diaband's body was rapidly dissolving!

Even for immortal demons, the moment their body and soul are completely annihilated, their immortality, no matter how strong, will no longer be effective!

Chapter 753 The Heavenly Pit Dragon Died Again

Perhaps it was a long time, or perhaps it was just a moment; in any case, time had blurred speed within the fire of the sun. Just when [Diabund] seemed to have finally completed adapting to a portion of the power of [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra], it had been completely annihilated and disappeared.

Then, Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra, in the form of a phoenix, crashed directly into Bakula, engulfing him in flames!

Dark Game clearly saw that Bakura had been engulfed by the flames and his body rapidly turned to ashes and disappeared. Because of the sudden drop in "souls," he relaxed and collapsed weakly from his horse.

"Great, we've finally taken down Bakura!" Yami Yugi thought to himself.

But is that the end of it?

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"Ya-Ya-Zai!"

Looking down at the chessboard, Bakura, sitting in his chair, laughed exaggeratedly, "Finally, this moment has come! The moment when [Diabund] has grown to its strongest state! The power of the three Egyptian God cards is completely useless against it!"

"Then, it's finally time for me to use the GM items I possess!"

Bakura picked up an hourglass-shaped object from his side and turned it over. The sand, which should have flowed downwards, began to flow backwards!

Looking at the chess pieces on the board, Bakura narrowed his eyes and put down the hourglass: "It's pointless to not use them when they're needed. Make the most of your remaining strength, Thief King Bakura."

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'No, no way, am I really going to end up like this?'

'How...how can this be! I haven't even killed the Pharaoh yet, I haven't completed my revenge! How can I fall here!'

After being hit by the Winged Rathalos, Bakula's mind went into darkness. The resentment and hatred in his heart did not dissipate with death, but instead became even more intense.

Surrounded by death, he fell into despair, and just as despair reached its peak, Bakula heard a sound of something being put down.

"Click~"

Then, light reappeared in Bakula's eyes!

At this moment, everything began to reverse in a bizarre way. Bakula's body was restored as if it had appeared out of nowhere, the destroyed Diaband also began to regenerate, and the Winged Dragon of Ra left Bakula's location, transformed back into a sphere from its phoenix form, and rose into the air again.

Yami Yugi, who had fallen from his horse, returned to his mount. As everything reversed, the symbol of Ra's Winged Dragon disappeared from the arena, replaced by Obelisk the Tormentor, and then by the Sky Dragon of Osiris. However, the "Soul" on his arena remained in the last vestige of Ra's Winged Dragon's form after he summoned it!

Time has turned back!

With their positions unchanged, both Yami Yugi and Bakura were now back to their states from about ten minutes ago, as time seemed to have reversed. Even the Sky Dragon of Osiris, which should have been killed, had returned to Yami Yugi's presence!

However, his own "soul" did not respond in the slightest, which meant—

"Hehe, hehe, hahahahaha!" Covering his face with one hand, Bakura, who had come back from the dead, laughed arrogantly, like a Pokémon player who reloads a save after losing a game. "Looks like my end isn't here, Pharaoh."

"Since you failed to kill me at this moment, the situation is about to completely reverse, and you're finished!"

Beside Bakula, the resurrected Diaband raised its arms. Despite the reversal of time, it still retained the trace of power of Ra's Winged Dragon that it had stolen before being killed. Ra's Winged Dragon's engraved details appeared on its arms, and it released a "spiral wave" with a touch of fire power towards Osiris's Sky Dragon!

Although time was reversed, it was clear that only the part that was beneficial to Bakula was reversed; everything else that was detrimental to him was left in a future he would never return to!

And now, the Sky Dragon of Osiris is still in the same state of being unable to move because Baku had tampered with the stone slab, and it was once again easily destroyed by Diaband's attack!

"Ugh!"

Previously, in order to unleash the power of the Winged Dragon Ra, Yami Yugi already had only a sliver of "soul" left. Now, under the attack of Bakura's Diaband, the Sky Dragon of Osiris died once again, dealing massive damage to Yami Yugi and wiping out that last sliver of "soul"!

Dark Game's eyes lost focus, his hands fell limply to his sides, and he was about to fall off his horse as before. Seeing this, Bakura laughed wildly and shouted, "Hahaha, my despair, driven to the brink of death, has summoned a miracle of time reversal, as if reaching the heavens. This time, it's you who will die, Pharaoh!"

"As revenge, I will also pulverize you and leave you with no trace of your body. This is the final blow!"

"Spiral ripple!"

Having fallen from his horse, Yami Yugi no longer had the strength to summon other stone monsters to withstand the damage, and could only watch as the "spiral wave" released by [Diabund] rapidly approached him.

In his near-death experience, Yami Yugi seemed to be hallucinating. He actually saw the face of Aibo, who could not possibly exist in this era, appear before him, and heard the other's voice in his ears.

"Cheer up, another me!"

He even felt the touch of Aibo's hand on his shoulder; he was being caught and held in Aibo's arms...

No, this doesn't seem like a hallucination?

Seemingly because the game had appeared before his eyes, Dark Game suddenly roused himself, realizing that what he was seeing was not an illusion at all, but a real Aibo!

At the same time, in front of Diaband's spiraling fluctuations, a figure jumped out and threw out a card: "I choose you! Come out, [Sphere Shape]!"

Without relying on the Gladiator's Disk or being summoned from the stone tablet, just like the effect after Yami Yugi recited a long phrase, a huge golden sphere appeared and completely blocked Diaband's attack!

"Well done, Hayato!" Jonouchi, who arrived a little later, shouted excitedly upon seeing this.

It was Hayato who summoned the [Ra's Winged Dragon - Sphere Shape]! Hayato, who had set off with the others after discovering the anomaly outside the castle, finally arrived at their destination at the last moment!

"Round two begins now, Bakura. Your opponent is me now!" Hayato threatened Bakura, even without the Gladiator's Disk and unable to unleash the full power of his Pokémon.

Chapter 754 Invincibility is a debuff.

"Kobayashi Hayato!"

Bakura glared at the troublesome Hayato through gritted teeth, seething with resentment. It wasn't just because of Hayato's body in this world, "Meriamon"—how many times had this happened already? Time and again, the other had always managed to interfere when he was carrying out his plans!

And what's with Yugi Muto, Hiro Honda, Katsuya Jonouchi, and Kyoko Masaki all here?!

Last time, it was already humiliating to be forced to use one of his cheat items by that guy Mahad. This time, he had planned everything perfectly, made full use of the timing and location, and even bet on another of his cheat items. He was about to kill the Pharaoh when these guys suddenly appeared and messed things up!

An enraged Bakura glared at Hayato, only to see that Hayato wasn't wearing the Gladiator's Disk that summoned the Stone Tablet Monster and amplified the power of the Spirits. Furthermore, after blocking Diaband's spiral wave, Hayato's [Ra's Winged Dragon - Sphere] hadn't persisted; it had vanished.

Right, this guy doesn't have a Gladiator's Disk. If he doesn't, he won't be able to continuously materialize and summon spirits like before. I still have a chance to win!

"Heh, I was originally planning to defeat you and the Nameless Pharaoh separately, but are you in such a hurry to die and make me settle the score between us, Kobayashi Hayato?"

Having figured this out, Bakura's expression calmed down slightly. He looked at Hayato with disdain, "What do you rely on? Is it [Dragon's Radiance]? Unfortunately, Hayato, the power of your spirits has already been adapted to by my [Diabund]. Anything that cannot kill [Diabund] will only make [Diabund] stronger."

After a pause, Bakura glanced at Yami Yugi, who was being shielded by Hayato, and continued, his voice full of contempt and smugness, "Or is it Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra? As the most powerful of the 'Three Egyptian Gods,' it certainly deserves your special trust and affection."

"However, thanks to the nameless pharaoh's attack on me with the Winged Dragon of Ra, I have intercepted even the power of the strongest god. Now my Diaband is invincible!"

"Do you dare disobey me, the one who possesses [Diabund]!?"

But after hearing Bakura's words, Hayato responded with the same contemptuous sneer: "There's a limit to arrogance, Bakura. Has your power gone too far just because you've become stronger? You actually dared to give yourself an 'invincible' debuff."

"Then let me see if what you say is true!"

With that, Hayato waved his hand forward. Without the Gladiator's Disk, and without even the need to chant priestly incantations, the Winged Dragon Ra appeared before Hayato and breathed flames at Diaband.

"Fight back! [Diabund], Spiral Wave!"

Bakula completely disregarded the attack from Ra's Winged Dragon and fearlessly ordered Diaband to retaliate.

However, to his surprise, when the attacks from both sides collided, there was no stalemate at all. The flames spewed by the Winged Dragon of Ra summoned by Hayato actually pierced through Diaband's attack, and the flames burned Diaband's body!