Chapter 821: Let Them Witness Your Power, [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]!
Looking at the Soldiers attacking futilely from a distance, Zorc ignored the weak attacks, raised his hand, and said contemptuously, "You insignificant humans, I, Zorc, have come to destroy you!"
Crimson energy gathered in Zorc's hand. He casually pushed it out, transforming it into an energy pillar that blasted towards the City Wall: "Be burned to ash by my Hellfire, 'Zorc Flame'!"
In terms of naming conventions, Zorc was only at Joey Wheeler 's level, merely adding suffixes like "Flame" or "Slash" after his own name. However, despite the attack names sounding like trash, even Zorc's casual strike made Isis, standing below the City Wall, feel as if she were facing a formidable opponent.
"The attack is coming! Mages, raise the defense!"
Under Isis's command, the Court Magician Group united and released the strongest protective barrier they could set up with all their full power, directly colliding with Zorc's attack.
"Boom!" "Crack!"
A seemingly ordinary strike carried immense power. Although the barrier raised by the Mages successfully protected the City Wall and the Soldiers on it from damage, this single strike was enough to completely shatter the barrier. The Mages all spat blood and fell to the Ground, seemingly unable to raise the barrier a second time.
However, Zorc raised his hand once more. That was just his most ordinary strike. He wouldn't get tired using that level of attack for an entire day. Below the City Wall, Shada quickly had **Ankuriboh** provide healing for the Mages, but there was no way they could prepare for the second attack. He was about to command the Soldiers to avoid.
Just then, Kaiba's voice came:
"Blue-Eyes, attack that guy! Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Soaring into the heavens as a white dragon, carrying Kaiba to face the Great Evil God Zorc's attack, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** spat out a dazzling white jet. The sacred and pure flood of light displayed power almost equivalent to a deity at this moment, successfully holding its ground against Zorc's attack. After a few seconds, Zorc's attack was deflected to an empty space nearby and exploded.
"Hmph, how pathetic, Isis, Shada." Standing on top of **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** head, Kaiba looked down at the Ground, his trench coat blowing backward from the strong wind stirred up by the explosion. "It looks like we still have to rely on strong players. It doesn't matter, I will make my move."
Looking up at Kaiba, even Shada couldn't help but smile helplessly: "Instead of saying cool things... The next shot is coming, Kaiba Seto!"
"You don't need to tell me!" Looking at the Great Evil God Zorc who was still approaching the Royal City, Kaiba, standing unprotected on **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** head, slightly crouched down and stroked the white spirit dragon's scales on its head. "Let them witness your amazing power, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**!"
Responding to Kaiba, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** flapped its wings and charged towards the Great Evil God Zorc.
Energy blasts shot past, grazing them. Those they couldn't avoid were canceled out and dissolved with their own attack. The short distance of one kilometer was crossed by **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** in just a few seconds, bringing it before the Great Evil God Zorc.
"Kaiba Seto, and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**?" Zorc naturally also noticed the conspicuous white spirit dragon. Seeing the opponent approach, He stopped launching attacks with his two hands and instead extended them to directly grab **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, planning to capture it just like that.
However, the instant Zorc's fingers touched **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** figure disappeared!?
Only to see **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** instantly accelerate using the reaction force of its breath, dodging the Great Evil God Zorc's hands and slipping into his line of sight blind spot. While doing so, it accelerated again to adjust its position, arriving at the open space in front of Zorc's chest.
"What? This speed is practically three times the original!" Looking at the white, hornless, three-times-speed **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** approaching him, Zorc showed a surprised expression.
Clutching **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** scales tightly, resisting the G-force almost equivalent to a supersonic fighter jet with his entire body, Kaiba gritted his teeth and looked up at Zorc: "At this distance, there will be almost no attenuation. Great Evil God, kneel before me!"
"Blue-Eyes, again! Burst Stream of Destruction!"
"Boom!"
The flood of light was spat out. **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** zero-range attack hit the Great Evil God Zorc. Seeing this, the corner of Kaiba's mouth couldn't help but curl up. But in the next second, Zorc, who was hit by **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** attack, poked his head out from the attack and laughed loudly, "Fooled you, idiot!"
Immediately after, the dragon head below Zorc spat out pitch-black dragon breath, hitting the completely unprepared **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** from below!
To protect Kaiba on its back, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** fundamentally couldn't make any avoidance movements. It was hit in its relatively soft abdomen by the dark dragon breath and was blasted away along with Kaiba!
"Kaiba Seto!" Seeing Kaiba blasted away, Shada, who had finished healing the Mages, shouted. He watched helplessly as Kaiba and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** crashed not far away outside the City Gate and quickly rushed there to provide support.
Meanwhile, Zorc took another step forward, brushed off the dust that wasn't even on his chest, revealing his completely unharmed body. Even **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** attack, which seemed effective, actually couldn't damage him in the slightest.
"Unstoppable, irresistible, I am the Great Cataclysm!" Repeating what he had said before, Zorc saw that the Mage Corps had actually raised a barrier again. He wasn't in a hurry to exert power and completely crush them, but instead leisurely launched another fire to crush the barrier.
Like a feline animal that doesn't rush to kill its prey after catching it, but instead plays with it arbitrarily until the prey loses all will to resist, Zorc walked towards the Royal City, saying, "Human power nurtures darkness, and darkness is the source of power for I, Zorc Necrophades."
"As long as humans exist, I have an immortal body; as long as darkness is not dispelled, no attack can damage me!"
"Humans, tremble! Your fear will become my most excellent sustenance!"
Hearing this, Isis, who was commanding the Mage Corps, showed a shocked expression: "How can this be!?"
Although she had learned from Aknadin before that the Great Evil God of Darkness possessed great strength, she had never heard that Zorc had such an annoying, even unfair, concept. How could such an opponent possibly be defeated?
No, let alone defeating him, just dealing with the opponent's attacks was already making them scramble. Kaiba Seto and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** were shot down, and the Mage Corps, who had received simple healing from Shada, were knocked down again after enduring the second attack. But in contrast, the Great Evil God Zorc was not damaged at all.
He was even continuously advancing towards the Royal City, the distance already closed to half a kilometer, already touching the Residential Area Outside the City!
Inside the City, the Citizens who previously lived in that Residential Area watched from afar as the giant Demon God gradually approached the Royal City. He wasn't even attacking; merely his movement was destroying their homeland. They couldn't help but close their eyes in pain.
Having some foresight, Shada and Isis had not forgotten the work of evacuating the residents when coordinating the army's defense setup. This allowed the Residents Outside the City to save their lives and escape death, but the sadness and wrath of their homeland being destroyed were unavoidable.
At the same time, watching the Great Evil God Zorc approach the Royal City and the powerful Priests being completely helpless against him, besides sadness and wrath, fear and despair also couldn't help but arise in people's hearts.
"How can we possibly win against a monster like that..." Someone muttered as they watched Zorc's approach. "Everything is over."
"Is our country going to face extinction?" "There's no such thing as future and hope anymore!"
Despair began to spread among the crowd. People whispered to each other, sharing their fear.
At a certain point, someone said, "I have to escape quickly, I can't stay here!"
One person separated from the crowd at the sound of this voice and fled towards the deeper direction of the City. With one person taking the lead, others also turned and fled. In just a moment, fear enveloped the hearts of almost everyone in the City.
They had endured a difficult day before, hiding from Seto's terrifying rule. They had finally gained freedom after someone defeated Seto, only to encounter Zorc's arrival. At first, as ordinary people without power, they were full of confidence in the Priests like Shada, Isis, and Simon, who possessed power and were stronger than them. But this confidence was gradually swallowed by darkness after Zorc arrived.
However, this process was too fast, almost as if someone had pressed an acceleration button on the spread of fear among them.
"This is bad, this feeling, is it the influence of Zorc's power?" Simon, who remained in the City leading the Soldiers to evacuate the crowd, also noticed the rapidly spreading fear among the people. He looked up at Zorc's giant figure, which could now be seen directly over the City Wall from inside the City. "With darkness as the source... Could it be!"
Seto, who remained by Simon's side, glanced at the ordinary-looking old man and said, "Did you notice, Simon? That's right, Zorc is spreading fear. Just by approaching this City, infinite fear will arise in the hearts of the Citizens, and this negative emotions will be continuously amplified."
"The closer Zorc gets, the more people will fear him, and this fear will in turn feed Zorc's dark power, making him even stronger and more terrifying." Looking at Zorc, Seto took a deep breath and made a judgment, "There is now no way to counter Zorc."
Seto was certain that Simon had heard what he said. However, despite knowing from his own mouth that their efforts were meaningless, Simon only paused slightly before continuing to command the Soldiers:
"Third squad, the catapult ammunition is almost used up, hurry and send it over!"
"The second group of Mage Corps can start their rotation, before Zorc launches his next attack!"
"You two teams, put down the tasks in your hands and go evacuate the crowd!"
Although his presence was not very high normally, under the current circumstance where he was the highest Commander in the City, Simon displayed quite excellent command ability, systematically directing the Soldiers to complete various tasks, showing no intention of giving up his effort.
Seto frowned and said to Simon, "Simon, didn't you hear what I said? You have no way to counter Zorc. Continuing to make effort now is undoubtedly useless effort."
"You thought my methods for the citizens to gain power were too cruel, but now facing this situation, doesn't that feeling of helplessness feel bad?"
"I—"
"Seto, before today, I actually felt that you and Aknadin are quite similar." Before Seto could continue, Simon, after assigning the last pair of Soldiers their tasks, spoke up and interrupted him. "That guy had a similar personality when he was young."
"I was wondering if you, this child, were too much influenced by Aknadin, and it turns out you are his child."
Simon's seemingly irrelevant words made Seto frown in confusion: "Why are you saying this? What does this have to do with countering Zorc?"
Simon shook his head: "Of course not. On the contrary, I want to ask you to lend me your power, Seto."
Seto heard what Simon said and looked around, finding that, just as Simon himself said, the Soldiers had been sent to various places, leaving only himself, who was tied up, beside him. Seto seemed to have thought of something and coldly smiled: "I understand, you want to pass judgment on me before the Pharaoh returns, replacing him, right? After all, the Pharaoh is too cowardly, and leaving me alive might someday continue to pose a threat to him, so you, the loyal one, want to replace the Pharaoh and kill me?"
Simon heard what Seto said but was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Not at all. On the contrary, I want to ask you to lend me your power, Seto."
In front of the City Gate, Shada brought Kaiba back, healing him and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue**, and reunited with Isis behind the City Wall.
"The rotating Mage Corps are also about to collapse, but the previous batch of Magicians haven't recovered yet." Bringing Shada and Kaiba back inside the barrier, Isis's brows were furrowed with worry as she looked at the Great Evil God Zorc, who had already approached within a few hundred meters.
The Catapult Unit and Bow and Crossbow Unit were attacking continuously, but it looks like their effects on Zorc were minimal, almost ineffective. However, this was their only remaining means of struggle.
"There's always a way." Hearing Isis's words, Kaiba propped himself up on the Ground, trying to stand. "Worst case, Blue-Eyes and I will go again..."
"Don't push yourself, at least accept some healing first." Shada sternly pressed Kaiba down, preventing him from getting up. Using **Ankuriboh's** power repeatedly made his breathing heavy, but he still tried his best to restore the state of Kaiba and Blue-Eyes, this pair of powerful combatants.
But even if they recovered, how could they possibly block Zorc?
Just as worry and despair were about to envelop Shada's heart, his gaze swept towards the City Wall and he noticed that Priest Simon, who should have been staying inside the City, had somehow arrived on the City Wall.
"Lord Shimon? What are you doing here!"
"It's alright, Shada, I'm here to help." Simon rested his hands on the City Wall, an ominous dark aura wrapped around one hand. His gaze was directed at the approaching Zorc. "We absolutely must defend this City before the Pharaoh returns."
Zorc's distance from the Royal City: 500 meters.
Chapter 822: Invincible Exodia Stands Up, Invincible Exodia Falls
"Do you want to dabble in the Power of Darkness like me? You should know what kind of burden using this Power will bring to your Body, Simon."
"But I won't stop you. If you want it, take it and use it. But I must warn you, it's not that I'm not giving you enough Power, your Body is like a warped wooden barrel that hasn't been repaired for years. Even if you desperately try to fill it, it will only leak continuously."
"The time limit is probably three minutes. This is the Limit you can reach when going all out. After that, even I can hardly imagine what kind of tragic Outcome you will face."
The words Seto had just spoken echoed in his Heart as he borrowed the Power he had obtained from the Millennium Stone Tablet, yet Simon's Heart was exceptionally calm, without a ripple.
'Three minutes, huh? That's completely enough. Enough to let this old Body of mine radiate its Last Light.'
Looking up at the approaching Great Evil God Zorc, Simon thought to himself.
Shada was startled by Simon's Answering words: "Helping out? Lord Shimon, you could help us even without coming to such a dangerous Place."
"To put it more bluntly, you're just a Burden here, you can't help with anything."
Kaiba, sitting on the Ground, glanced at Simon on the City Wall and said casually. Shada quickly denied it: "That's not what I meant!"
"It's alright, Shada, I know you're worried about me." Simon shook his Head and said with a smile, "But how can we let young people like you stand at the front? If young people like you lose their lives, will the World still be saved? It's not the old people who create a new Era!"
As he spoke, Simon raised his Right Hand, his Palm pointing forward. Along with Simon's Movement, an Updraft generated out of thin air around him, blowing his robe and sideburns with the Wind.
"After many years, lend me your Power once again, Fiend slumbering in the Temple..."
"Undo the Seal on the Sacred Five Bodies in the Stone Tablet, and grant me Protective Power!"
In front of the advancing Great Evil God Zorc, a huge red Magic Circle suddenly appeared on the Ground. From it, a giant Stone Tablet dozens of meters high rose out of thin air, blocking Its path.
"What is this thing? Troublesome!" Zorc, unconcerned, flicked the Dragon Head beneath It, intending to smash the Stone Tablet in front of It just like that. But to Its surprise, the seemingly ordinary Stone Tablet had a certain Strength and didn't shatter under Its casual Attack.
It wasn't just this one Stone Tablet. Zorc also noticed that in the distance between the Royal City and Itself, four other red Magic Circles identical to the one in front appeared one after another, surrounding the vast Space. Similar giant Stone Tablets rose from each of them, totaling five.
A single Stone Tablet had nothing special about it, and Zorc didn't feel any Great Power from it. But after all five Stone Tablets rose, even Zorc subconsciously widened Its Pupil: "This, could it be—"
"Why do those few meaningless Stone Tablets give me a super Annoyed Feeling?" Looking from the City Wall, Kaiba and the others could only see the back of the rising giant Stone Tablets and couldn't see the patterns drawn on the front. But Kaiba instinctively had a Bad Feeling.
Shada, who was standing beside him with a shocked expression, recognized what these Stone Tablets were and replied to Kaiba: "That is the Power sealed by Lord Shimon. Because the Great Power possessed by that Spirit surpassed the scope that Mortals could Understand, only Lord Shimon, who was the strongest among the previous Priests, could Use It."
"But even when Lord Shimon held the Millennium Key at that time, using that Spirit required his Soul as a support. Over the years, this caused Lord Shimon to age prematurely and even shrink in height due to the loss of Life Force. For this reason, Lord Shimon had to Seal that Spirit after Peace arrived."
Amidst Kaiba's Rant of "Wasn't that old man always that short?", the serious-faced Shada continued, "I never expected that today, Lord Shimon would Summon that Spirit again."
"Come forth, my Ancient Spirit!" Simon shouted the Spirit's True Name forward, "Exodia!"
The five scattered Magic Circles connected to each other, drawing a larger five-pointed Star Magic Circle. The Power of the Stone Tablets resonated with each other. Accompanied by the Wave spreading from the center of the Magic Circle, a Light Beam rose!
Amidst the crimson Energy, the Earth cracked. A majestic Figure came here from the other side of the Dimension, slowly walking out from the Magic Circle, revealing Its Limbs bound by Chains.
Taking a Deep Breath, the giant god clad in Golden Armor suddenly exerted Strength, breaking free from the Chains that were originally Self-Shackles, and let out a roar towards the Great Evil God Zorc in front: "Roar!!"
"It's Exodia!?"
The broken Chains, empowered by Exodia's magic power, smashed towards the Great Evil God Zorc. Even It was genuinely surprised for a moment upon seeing Exodia's appearance. It raised Its Hand to make a defensive action and blocked the broken Chains.
It hadn't cared about the attacks from bows and crossbows before, and hadn't even frowned when taking a point-blank Attack from Blue-Eyes White Dragon directly. This was the first time Zorc had made a defensive action because of Aftermath that couldn't even be considered an Attack.
Putting down Its Arm, Zorc looked at Exodia standing on the Earth, revealing Its Sharp Teeth and laughing: "But, this kind of Resistance with some Strength is interesting!"
"Exodia, is that old man's Spirit?! Tsk, I should have expected it."
Seeing Exodia's appearance, Kaiba felt his PTSD acting up a bit, and couldn't help but recall the first crushing Defeat he had experienced. At that time, Yugi was Exodia, and he, who had the powerful Blue-Eyes White Dragon, was defeated in one go. Speaking of which, that seemed to be Solomon Muto's Card.
"That is the powerful Spirit that Lord Shimon once annihilated tens of thousands of enemy Troops with His own Strength, Exodia." Even as Simon's Inheritor, this was the first time Shada had seen Exodia not in writing, but in Reality. While Excited, he was also a little worried, "But how did Lord Shimon Summon Exodia?"
"Even with the Power of the Millennium Items at that time, Lord Shimon had to Use his 'Soul' to maintain the Use of Exodia. So now, what exactly is Lord Shimon—"
"Bang!" Shada's thoughts were interrupted by a loud noise.
Exodia, who had raised Its Arms, and the Great Evil God Zorc, who simultaneously made the same Movement, both stepped forward and collided. Their Hands clashed against each other, and the immense Power and vast magic power of the two Demon Gods erupted simultaneously, pressing down upon the Earth!
"Boom!"
As If an Earthquake had arrived, the Battle between Exodia and the Great Evil God Zorc brought about a Natural Disaster-like Aftermath from the very beginning of their Collision. Shada, standing below the City Wall, held onto the wall with one Hand and judged: "The Battle is too Harmful to our Soldiers. We must have an Energy Field."
"I am activating the Emergency Shield." Isis responded. She had already made the Mages try their best, but Human Power ultimately had its Limit and couldn't Counter such a terrible Disaster at all. Rather, Priest Shimon, who could display such Great Power in the Battle against the Great Evil God Zorc, was slightly Strange.
At this moment, Simon on the City Wall was covered in sweat on his forehead, gritting his teeth and persisting in controlling Exodia's Battle. At the same time, the dark magic power that had previously only been wrapped around his Wrist had spread to his elbow. As Time passed, this Evil Power would increasingly erode Simon's Body until Simon's Life reached its End.
"Battle with me one more time, Exodia!"
Facing Exodia, which Simon was driving almost by burning his Life Force, even the Great Evil God Zorc was somewhat Suppressed after a stalemate and couldn't help but take a step back, loosening the Strength in Its Hands.
Exodia seized this Opportunity, blocked the Great Evil God Zorc's Left Hand with an elbow strike, and firmly grabbed Its Right Hand. Its Palm transformed Into a Hand Blade and swung out fiercely, directly cutting off the Great Evil God Zorc's Right Arm at the shoulder!
"Amazing!" Even though one Hand was cut off, and It might have even been directly beheaded if Its reaction hadn't been quick, the Great Evil God Zorc arrogantly Praised Exodia's performance. A surge of dark energy gushed out from the empty Right Arm location, "But I said it, as long as Darkness is not eliminated, I am Immortal Body!"
The Great Evil God Zorc's Arm, grabbed by Exodia, turned into Sand and fell back into the Desert, while Zorc's lost Right Arm recovered in the blink of an Eye. It swung a Punch at Exodia.
Because of Its Astonishment at Zorc's excessive Self-Healing Ability, Simon's Control reaction for Exodia was a beat slow, giving the Great Evil God Zorc an Opportunity. As If intentionally replicating the Damage It had just received, not adding or subtracting anything, Zorc also used a Hand Blade to cut off Exodia's Left Arm!
"Ugh!!" To maximize Exodia's Power, Simon was currently maintaining synchronization with Exodia, and naturally felt the Phantom Pain of losing an Arm. At the same time, the erosion of the Dark Power intensified further, causing Simon to tightly grip his Left Arm. The Dark Magic Power had already eroded to his Shoulder.
Gritting his teeth, Simon struggled to stand up again: "If you are Immortal Body... Exodia is also the same!"
Grabbing the severed Arm as a Weapon and casually smashing it towards the distant City Wall, the Great Evil God Zorc watched as Exodia transformed it into sand and stone to repair Its Left Arm before it could destroy the City Wall, and sneered: "But, Human Power has its Limit. Are you burning your Soul to support the Existence of this Spirit?"
"One minute, two minutes? A Human's Limit is only three minutes. One minute has already passed, let's see how much longer you can last!"
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The giant Demon Gods closed in on each other again. There was no room for other flashy Abilities to interfere. Exodia and the Great Evil God Zorc simply poured powerful magic power into their Arms and punched each other.
Watching Exodia and the Great Evil God Zorc Battle, Kaiba stood up: "Even Exodia doesn't seem to be that guy's Opponent. If it is Defeated, things will be Bad. We must concentrate our Power now."
"But Kaiba Seto, you saw it just now, even your Blue-Eyes White Dragon was not that guy's Opponent." Shada said, looking around. Because of the Ground's Trembling, many Catapults and bows and crossbows were destroyed. He had to tell the Soldiers controlling them to take shelter, "And we are short on Manpower, we can't organize enough of an Offensive at all. We have to regroup the Troops!"
"Then you go do that, I can't wait that long!" Kaiba said impatiently, "Blue-Eyes, let's go!"
Without giving Shada a chance to call out to Kaiba, the healed Maiden with Eyes of Blue transformed into a White Dragon again, carrying Kaiba high into the sky and approaching the two warring Demon Gods.
"Did I say I wouldn't go?" Shada put down his Hand and looked behind him.
"Priest Isis, can you still Persist?"
"Don't underestimate me, Priest Shada, I can still Persist." Isis stood up, leaning on the City Wall. Although she didn't have the Mind Reading Ability of the Millennium Eye, she saw the Idea in Shada's Heart, "I will Command the Troops. Go do what you want to do, Priest Shada."
Startled, Shada looked at Isis and nodded: "Thank you, Priest Isis."
Turning his Head, he looked at the departing Kaiba and immediately rode his Horse to catch up.
Even Shada occasionally had the Courage to Fight Hard with Passion. Although he only had the Power of Ankh Kuriboh, this Power could still provide Support for Kaiba and Priest Shimon who were fighting at the front. It was also thanks to Isis's Existence being able to Command the Troops in his place that he could Fight Hard like this.
Kaiba in the air naturally noticed Shada following him out of the City Wall. The Corner of his Mouth slightly curved up. He didn't look at Shada, but spoke to the front on his own: "Keep up, Shada, don't fall behind!"
The extremely fast Flying Blue-Eyes crossed the distance of five hundred meters in a very short time and arrived behind Exodia. Because of Exodia's Obstruction, the Great Evil God Zorc, who had been continuously approaching the Royal City, had been pushed out about two hundred meters in the opposite Direction, slightly increasing the distance from the Royal City.
Using Exodia's Body as cover, Blue-Eyes White Dragon ascended upwards to the height of the Great Evil God Zorc's Skull, accumulating a Full Power Attack in its mouth. Simon also noticed Kaiba's Plan. Cooperating with Blue-Eyes White Dragon, he controlled Exodia to trade Damage for a heavy Punch, pushing the Great Evil God Zorc back another hundred meters, freeing up Its Hands to clench at Its sides, striking a some kind of beam struggle stance.
"Burn the Great Evil God of Darkness to ashes with the Soul's flames of karma, Exodia!" Feeling the Dark Magic Power that was almost invading his Heart, Simon gritted his teeth and made Exodia unleash Its strongest Attack, "Exodia Flame!"
Although It also had no Talent for naming, and even passed this naming Talent down to a certain Disciple with particularly good Gambling Luck a thousand years later, the Attack launched by Exodia under Simon's Control had astonishing Power, creating an Opening in the Great Evil God Zorc's chest where it was hit.
"Just a little more! Fire of Wrath, just consume my Soul as food and burn the Opponent to ashes!" Standing on the City Wall, Simon shouted towards the distance.
"Flames of this level cannot illuminate the Darkness!" Even though It was in close combat just moments ago, the Opponent suddenly started a remote beam struggle without martial ethics. This greatly Annoyed Zorc, who actually had a somewhat Pure Personality, and It got Angry like an old comrade because It was Sneak Attack.
Raising Its Hand to withstand Exodia's Flame Attack, Zorc intended to use Its other Hand to release "Zorc Flame" to return the favor. But as soon as It raised Its Hand, another Attack interrupted It.
"And my Attack, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the decisive moment has arrived, Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Kaiba also seized this Opportunity, commanding Blue-Eyes White Dragon to assist Exodia in launching an Attack. The Accident Attack caused the Attack in Zorc's Hand to Burst before it could be released. Not only did it fail to form any effective Resistance, but it also caused Blue-Eyes White Dragon's Attack and Exodia's Attack to Combine, hitting Its chest simultaneously.
The Flood of Light and the Flames of Destruction merged together, converging into a giant Energy Sphere in front of Zorc's chest. After the Power was compressed to the extreme, it exploded with a roar, as If the Sun had fallen upon the Earth, illuminating the Dark World!
"Boom!"
After a brief moment of blindness, Isis cast her Line of Sight towards Zorc's Direction again: "Did it succeed?"
Not just her, Kaiba, Simon, Shada, and many retreating Soldiers were all watching Zorc's condition, hoping that the Attack that gathered all their Power could defeat Zorc just like that.
However, they were disappointed.
Zorc, still full of Life and wrapped in surging Dark Energy, suddenly rushed out and threw both Fists. One Punch Blasted Away Blue-Eyes White Dragon in the air, retaliating against the Opponent for interrupting Its Attack just now; the other Punch directly Pierced Exodia's chest, severely wounding this most Troublesome guy.
Watching Blue-Eyes White Dragon fall into the Desert, It pulled Its Hand out from Exodia's chest, which was gradually turning into sand and stone, and gave It another kick, knocking It to the Ground, saying Proudly: "I told you, I am Immortal Body!"
"Kaiba Seto!" "Lord Shimon!"
Shada, who was following behind Kaiba, arrived beside Kaiba and the Maiden with Eyes of Blue, who had transformed back into Human Figure, in time, and had Ankh Kuriboh provide them with Healing. Isis also noticed the tottering Simon on the City Wall in time and caught him just as he was about to Fall from the City Wall due to exhaustion.
The strongest Combat Power had all Left Field, but what they had fought hard to achieve was merely a piece of Zorc's chest that had been shattered, which was rapidly Self-Healing and fully recovered in the blink of an Eye.
"I am the Invincible Darkness!" Zorc looked down at the Earth and said contemptuously, "You Humans cannot Defeat me. I am the Incarnation of Darkness, and your Human Destiny is to be Dominated by Darkness, to be Absorbed by Darkness in Fear. In front of Darkness, Humans are powerless!"
"No, that's not true!" Supported by Isis and lying down, Simon struggled to get up, "Humans... the World... I absolutely cannot let you destroy these before the Pharaoh returns! Exodia!"
The defeated Exodia attempted to climb up, but the Enraged Great Evil God Zorc had lost interest in It and had no Idea of continuing to entangle with It. The Dragon Head beneath It opened its mouth and bit directly into Exodia's neck with Strength, actually biting Exodia's Head directly, causing it to explode into a patch of sand, and Exodia's entire Body disintegrated.
Simon, who was in resonance with It, found it even harder to Persist. His Head tilted and he fell to the Ground.
"Lord Shimon!"
Having dealt with Exodia, Zorc stepped forward and approached the Royal City again. In just a few steps, It surpassed the distance Exodia had painstakingly pushed It back, returning to a position five hundred meters away from the Royal City, and continued to approach.
At the same time, Zorc also raised Its Hand and clenched It. The Power of Darkness, under Its Control, gathered into an Energy Sphere. If It wanted to, It could launch it the Next moment and shatter the City Wall of the Royal City.
"See? I told you Humans are powerless against Darkness. Your Struggle ends here, I'm tired of playing." Aiming at the nearby City Wall, Zorc Pushed out the Energy Sphere in Its Hand, "Fear, Despair, this is the Outcome of your bitter Struggle, nothing has changed!"
"Die!"
The Energy Sphere reached the City Wall in an Instant. The Shield that could barely be maintained before lasted less than a second under Zorc's Serious Attack before being broken through. The Next moment, destructive Power was about to Burst.
Just as Zorc was about to listen to the Humans' Wail that made It Happy and savor the delicious Fear, a Voice replaced the sound of the Explosion and Entered Its ear—
"No, their Effort was not meaningless..."
"Bang—" "Boom!"
First, there was a sound as If something had been kicked away, followed by the sound of the Energy Sphere exploding. However, the sound of the Explosion seemed to have an incorrect sense of distance, which made Zorc look towards the area below the City Wall with some kind of strange feeling. Upon seeing a Figure, Zorc, who was fused with Bakura and shared the same Memory and Consciousness, had Its Pupil shrink.
"You, you guy!"
Isis had already closed her Eyes, using her Body to block in front of the fallen Simon, intending to block the Impact for him. But after a long time, she didn't feel any Pain. She couldn't help but open her Eyes, but saw a familiar Figure standing close by.
"Well, I really did sleep for quite a while. Fortunately, I wasn't too late." The black-haired Youth moved his Shoulders twice, walked past Isis towards Zorc, and Gaia, who had kicked away Zorc's Attack, returned to his side, following behind.
The Giant Mechanical Construct VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon quickly completed its Combine, and then connected to the massive Giant Dragon Armed Dragon LV7, enhancing it into the Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon; nearby, under the Guide of Aleister the Invoker, several Mages concentrated their Power and transformed Into the Quintet Magician Stance.
The Starlight of the Cyber Dragon Constellation broke through the Lock of Darkness and descended, transforming Into a Mechanical Giant Dragon; and beside the two Drytron, three Cyber Dragon combined Into the stable and powerful Cyber End Dragon Stance; even the Ojama couldn't stand idly by and ran out, standing on the Heads of the silent Myutant Monster, acting fierce by borrowing Power.
At the very front of the advancing Spirits, Hayato glanced at the Rainbow Kuriboh beside him, smiled, and swept his hanging hair upwards: "Next, this is My Stage!"
Chapter 823: Zorc, Subdued?
"Hayato Kobayashi!?" Looking at Hayato walking out of the City Gate, Zorc also frowned. In the Memory of the part of his Soul he had split off, named "Bakura," the most impressive existence was still Hayato Kobayashi.
This wasn't just because, in the correct History, the failsafe he had placed within the Millennium Ring was dealt with by Hayato Kobayashi's Past Life, Pharaoh Ramesses II. Hayato himself had caused Bakura a lot of trouble, both in the Real World and in this Memory World.
Moreover, where did the power that Hayato Kobayashi just displayed come from? Behind him, there were so many Spirits following him. Although individually only a few possessed strength close to that of Blue-Eyes White Dragon, their quantity was so large that it was truly difficult to ignore the combined power of these Spirits.
However, he had already revived, and there was nothing to fear anymore.
Thinking this, Zorc grinned and laughed, "You didn't turn a blind eye to the crisis facing this City, but instead came to me willingly to die? That's a bit different from the self-centered personality I remember you having, but it saves me a lot of trouble from having to go find you."
Hayato looked up at Great Evil God Zorc and smiled back fearlessly, "Heh, there's a limit to arrogance, Bakura. No, should I call you Zorc now? A mere darkness dares to fantasize about absorbing the light of the sun, truly laughable."
Beside Hayato, the Spirits he had formed bonds with materialized and manifested, facing the giant Evil God Zorc just as fearlessly. Some chanted spells to unleash magic, some adjusted their cannon barrels ready to fire, and others gripped their weapons ready to charge, preparing to attack Great Evil God Zorc for Hayato.
"Are these Spirits your reliance? Too weak. Even if they can release a moment of radiance, they can't hope to illuminate the darkness." The Dragon Head beneath Zorc opened, and a pitch-black energy ball quickly formed and was fired out with Zorc's roar, "Die with that arrogance, Hayato Kobayashi!"
Responding to Zorc were laser beams from Cyber End Dragon, Drytron, and Armed Dragon Catapult Cannon. The triple beams struck the Zorc Flame fired by Zorc, detonating it in mid-air. The surging airflow created a gale, signifying that the battle had begun again.
The beams that pierced through the Zorc Flame grazed Zorc's head and shot towards the pitch-black sky. Zorc raised a hand, channeling energy into his fist to smash down, but saw the seemingly useless Ojama King rise into the air under the power of Quintet Magician, precisely blocking the attack with its large body yet remaining completely unharmed.
And beside Ojama King, Gaia the Dragon Champion charged into the sky and attacked towards Zorc.
Gathering another energy ball in his other hand and fired it, Zorc thought this attack would be more than enough to deal with Gaia. But saw that Gaia actually leaped off its mount before the attack hit, dodging it. Meanwhile, Dragonmaid Sheou on the Ground timely leaped up and transformed into the dragon form of Dragonmaid Effie, continuing to carry Gaia as it approached Zorc.
As Gaia got closer to Zorc, he noticed that the airflow coiling around Gaia's lance tip became increasingly turbulent, its color rapidly converting from the initial blue to golden. A pressure even stronger than that of Blue-Eyes White Dragon seemed to emanate from it, making Zorc even feel a threat.
A troublesome flea. Zorc thought this, and the Dragon Head beneath him attacked again, spitting out a ball of dark magic power attack towards Gaia. The Cyber End Dragons on the Ground provided support again, canceling out Zorc's attack.
The attack failed to be effective again, and Zorc was somewhat annoyed. He simply raised both hands above head to smash down, planning to forcibly destroy Gaia this way, but saw that led by Rainbow Kuriboh, his fists struck a seven-colored barrier and could not proceed.
The spiral on the lance tip seemed to rotate endlessly. Dragonmaid Effie transformed her entire power into dragon breath and breathed onto Gaia, propelling him towards Zorc. She herself returned to human figure and fell back to the Ground, while Zorc could only watch as Gaia, holding a lance, stabbed towards him.
"Perfect Golden Cavalry Spiral!"
With Gaia's roar, his attack landed on Zorc. Although the size gap was nearly a hundred times, Zorc's body was 1000% the size of Gaia's, a miraculous scene appeared when Gaia's attack erupted: the giant Zorc was actually blasted away by Gaia's single stab, retreating nearly a thousand meters!
"Impossible!" Getting up from the Ground, although not injured, Zorc was astonished that he was actually weaker than Gaia in terms of power. "What kind of power is this! You are clearly just a human, how could your Spirit have such strength!"
"Impossible? There's nothing impossible for a Pharaoh on the World!" Hayato smiled upon hearing this, his body overlapping with Psychic Ectoplasm. "All things are in my hand!"
Seeing the state on Hayato's body, Zorc's pupil shrunk, recognizing the source of the power on Hayato's body. "This is the power of Ramesses II? So that's it, you're cheating with power that doesn't belong in this era! Is it because of the Millennium Necklace and your GM item!"
The Millennium Necklace representing the Future ran wild under the influence of the Stardust Crusaders' power, the future body obtained by Phantom Blood, plus the relationship between Hayato and Ramesses II, and finally Nefertari's sacrifice, a series of complex matters happened to Hayato before.
The principle was difficult to understand, but the specific result was that the current Hayato could borrow power from Ramesses II on one hand, while on the other hand, he didn't need to repay it, unilaterally achieving a state like a perpetual motion machine. Although this state was limited to this Memory World and could disappear at any time due to the balance being broken, at least for now, Hayato could even make all the Spirits he possessed materialize with his own power, just like this.
"Heh heh, although I don't know how long it will last, it's enough to defeat you, Zorc." Looking at the arrogant Zorc getting up from the Ground, Hayato said proudly, "The wind of victory is blowing from behind me, Hayato Kobayashi!"
"You're just a human, yet I have an immortal body!" Hearing Hayato's arrogant words, Zorc said angrily and was about to launch another attack.
This time, Zorc learned his lesson. First, he spread a mystical power barrier in front of himself to form a shield, blocking the attacks of Hayato's Spirits before attacking. Seeing the huge energy ball quickly forming and growing to a degree that even the combined efforts of Hayato's Spirits couldn't block, Zorc planned to enjoy the despair of the people.
The people within the City Wall were still escaping, and that despair and fear indeed made Zorc very satisfied. But Hayato's performance made Zorc very disappointed. He thought that with an attack of this level, Hayato should be fearful no matter what, but saw Hayato standing in place with a relaxed expression, as if he didn't know fear at all.
"Zorc, you fundamentally don't know what kind of opponent you are facing."
Hearing Hayato suddenly speak, Zorc frowned.
Could this guy be hiding some means I don't know about?
"Standing before you is the Duelist Kingdom Pegasus Slayer, the Battle City supreme Duel King, the Organization Doma destroyer, an Ally of Justice, a sunshine Duelist," Hayato paused, then continued, "I can't make this up anymore, go, Joey Wheeler!"
Huh? Joey Wheeler?
Zorc was stunned for a moment, then heard the sound of something cutting through the air from behind him. With a "bang," a crystal-like four-sided cone pierced through his body made of darkness and came before him. Then—
"Boom!"
The Pyramid of Light exploded in mid-air with a roar. At the same time, Joey Wheeler's voice rang out, "Yosh, Home Run!"
Only to see behind Zorc, Yugi and his party had somehow rushed back to the vicinity of the Royal City. In Joey Wheeler's hand was a wooden stick. It seemed he had just used that stick to hit the Pyramid of Light towards Zorc like a baseball.
At first, Zorc didn't understand what use the Pyramid of Light could have after exploding; it didn't hurt him at all. But next moment, he understood what Yugi and the others were doing.
Beside Yugi and the others, Aknadin was carrying a sack in his hand. Looking at the tall Zorc, he roared in anger, "How dare you twist Seto's will! This alone, I cannot forgive you, Zorc! For this, I will take power from you again!"
"Ra, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Osiris, Ishizu, Seto, Nephthys, the Gods are here!"
"Form again, Millennium Items!"
A familiar feeling appeared on Zorc's body. In the countless time of the past, sealed beneath the Millennium Stone Tablet, he had always had this feeling. There was no damage where he was hit by the Pyramid of Light; only a few wisps of dark energy surged out and swept towards the Ground, directly entering the sack Aknadin was carrying in his hand.
Zorc saw what was inside: it was clearly the Millennium Items! Aknadin was actually drawing power from him again to charge the Millennium Items!
"How dare you steal my power again!" Zorc no longer cared about Hayato; he wanted even more to eliminate Aknadin, this traitor. "Die!"
The energy ball in his hand was smashed down by Zorc. However, as the Millennium Items recovered their use, Dark Yugi, who was waiting beside them, immediately grabbed the Millennium Rod among them and raised it above head, shouting, "Awaken again and fight for me, Kami!"
"Boom!"
The sphere containing powerful dark magical energy exploded, stirring up dust on the Earth. Zorc, who thought his attack had successfully destroyed Dark Yugi and the others, hadn't even had time to be happy when he saw a giant fist rise from the smoke and greet the position of his head!
"Bang!"
The giant fist containing the power of destruction smashed Zorc's head directly into flying sand with just one hit. Fortunately, Zorc had an immortal body, and quicksand rapidly filled the blank space where Zorc's head had been. Looking at the blue giant god maintaining a rising punch posture, he looked ferocious, "Obelisk the Tormentor!?"
But it wasn't over yet. Just as Zorc attempted to attack Obelisk the Tormentor, a thick lightning bolt shot out from the smoke, sweeping away the dust and struck Zorc. Obelisk the Tormentor also cooperated with this attack, swinging his iron fist and blasted away Zorc.
After a series of well-coordinated moves, Zorc not only failed to make any effective counter, but was instead beaten more and more miserably.
Getting up from the Ground, looking at Slifer the Sky Dragon rising into the air and Obelisk the Tormentor ready to attack on the Ground, Zorc gnashed his teeth, "You summoned the Gods again! Nameless Pharaoh!"
Raising the Millennium Rod above head, Dark Yugi looked at Zorc and said righteously, "The anthem of humanity is the anthem of courage, and courage can pioneer a radiant future in the darkness. Zorc, we humans will not be swallowed by your darkness. This is our light of hope!"
"Stop talking big!" Zorc raised a hand, about to release Zorc Flame again to attack, but his hand was forced to stop halfway. He quickly turned around and assumed a defense posture.
However, even though Zorc reacted immediately, he was still a beat late. The sacred flame fell, slicing through half of Zorc's body directly like a razor. Quicksand surged to fill the blank space in Zorc's body, but the heat of the flames was etched into Zorc's body.
"Whether it's big talk, you'll only know if you try it yourself." Dark Yugi paused, looking at the figure attacking Zorc. "But before that, someone wants to settle the score with you."
In Hayato's hand, the golden card radiated light like the sun. As the Millennium Items regained their power, the seal Aknadin had placed on the Three Egyptian Gods before was also broken, allowing the God Cards to dispel their summoning restrictions and no longer be subject to restraint. And since Dark Yugi had already summoned Slifer the Sky Dragon and Obelisk the Tormentor, Hayato naturally had to summon The Winged Dragon of Ra.
The Spirits beside him faded one by one, but they did not disappear; they were merely concentrating their power onto the divine bird, which was like the sun. The gathered power shone like the light of the sun, and bathed in this radiance, the divine bird descended in front of Hayato, looking down at Zorc.
"Your days of doing as you please are over, Zorc." Hayato looked at Zorc and waved his hand, "It's time for us to settle the score."
Zorc was so angry he laughed instead. "You rotten Gods, don't think you can defeat the power of darkness!"
"Zorc Flame!"
Watching Zorc's struggle, although at a considerable distance, Hayato and Dark Yugi made the same command with understanding.
"Slifer the Sky Dragon, Superconductive Wave-Thunder Force!"
"Obelisk the Tormentor, Divine Fist Smash Attack!"
"The Winged Dragon of Ra, God Blaze Cannon!"
"The full power attack of the Three Egyptian Gods!"
"Let's destroy Zorc in one go!"
The combined attack of the Three Egyptian Gods instantly crushed the attack Zorc desperately released and struck Zorc's body.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zorc's body was completely annihilated!
Watching Zorc being defeated, Kaiba stood up with Shada's support, looking at the Open Space in the distance. "Did we win?"
Shada had no way to answer him, but almost the next moment Zorc was destroyed, the dark clouds accumulated in the sky began to disperse, revealing the originally clear sky.
This scene looked like Zorc had been destroyed no matter how you looked at it, and everyone's faces couldn't help but show smiles.
But Hayato's heart tightened, and an ominous premonition arose. Looking up at the sky, he noticed an anomaly—as the dark clouds dispersed, the sun in the sky was revealed, but in a corner of the dazzling sun, a continuously expanding black spot appeared, like a solar eclipse?
The Ground suddenly cracked open. In everyone's astonishment, a giant palm suddenly emerged from it, and Zorc's voice came from within, "I told you, I have an immortal body!"
End of Chapter
Chapter 824: The Darkness That Cannot Be Destroyed
"I am immortal!"
Seeing Zorc, who had clearly been annihilated, still revive, Hayato frowned. It wasn't that this scene was unexpected for him; Zorc had actually revived in the original plot, so Hayato had already prepared himself mentally.
But thinking about it was one thing; seeing Zorc revive was another. It meant that even though Hayato had put in so much effort, he still couldn't change the direction of the plot.
What was worse, the final plan, the "Name of the King," which could defeat Zorc, was fundamentally unworkable. Even after seeing his lost name, Dark Yugi couldn't call it out, and thus couldn't Summon **The Creator God of Light**, which could firmly suppress Great Evil God Zorc.
This was terrible.
Even so, Hayato still didn't choose to give up. He commanded, "Attack that hand, **Ra**!"
**The Winged Dragon of Ra**, transformed into its Phoenix Form, swooped towards the claw Zorc extended from the Ground, drawing everyone else's gaze to that entirely black claw.
"We still couldn't defeat that guy? He's too troublesome!" Joey Wheeler said, widening his eyes. Aknadin's expression beside him was also very bad. "It didn't really surprise me, after all, he's the Incarnation of Darkness," he added. "But if we don't defeat it before it absorbs the sun..."
"So Light and Darkness are fighting over the World, I think I understand now." Dark Yugi said, waving his hand. "Let's go too, **Slifer the Sky Dragon**, **Obelisk the Tormentor**!"
The Immortal Phoenix landed on the Earth, creating a sea of fire that once again burned Zorc's hand to ashes. But in an instant, the flames on the Ground were suddenly sucked into the rift Zorc had opened, absorbed as if caught by a Black Hole.
**The Winged Dragon of Ra** also took off urgently to avoid being affected. But Zorc took the opportunity to extend his hand again, grabbing **The Winged Dragon of Ra's** claw. Using her power to leave the Ground and ascend, getting closer and closer to the sun, everyone felt that the speed at which Darkness was covering the Earth seemed to have accelerated!
Zorc, having lost shape and being merely a mass of black, allowed **Slifer the Sky Dragon's** lightning to pass through his body, yet remained completely unharmed. At the same time, even if **Obelisk the Tormentor** grabbed his foot and ascended with him, he ignored the latter, laughing loudly. "Closer, even closer! I can feel the right position approaching me!"
"The position most suitable for me, to transform the World into Darkness!"
Reaching out towards the sun in the sky, Zorc repeatedly adjusted his position as if trying to grasp it tightly. His movement stimulated Hayato and Dark Yugi to command the Three Egyptian Gods to attack with increasing intensity.
However, flames, lightning, and giant fists clashed. Even though Zorc's body was destroyed again and again, it would always complete its self-healing the next moment. Just as he claimed, as long as humanity's Darkness wasn't destroyed, he was immortal.
Even if **The Winged Dragon of Ra** had broken free from Zorc, the pair of wings on his back weren't just for show; he was still flying towards the sky. Finally, he seemed to have found the perfect angle, raising a hand to a position that, from the perspective of the people on the Ground, looked like he could just grasp the sun.
"Those who surround me as I absorb the World with Darkness are you human Gods!" Zorc laughed loudly. His palm made a grasping motion; only to see the sun quickly covered by black spots. In just a few seconds, a solar eclipse was rapidly completed, and the entire sun was covered by Darkness. "It's the end, everything! All of you, go die!"
In the instant that Darkness covered the sun, both Hayato and Dark Yugi simultaneously felt the aura emanating from the Gods weaken!
"**Slifer the Sky Dragon**!" "**Ra**!" "**Obelisk**!"
"Oh no, in Egyptian Mythology, and even in most mythology, the sun holds a very important status," Tristan said with a panicked expression. "And the Evil God of Darkness is often an existence corresponding to the sun. Zorc absorbing the sun with Darkness means he's going to usurp the sun's position in mythology and replace it with Darkness. Everything based on the sun will be destroyed by him!"
"Darkness belongs to my hand!" As if confirming Tristan 's words, looking at the Three Egyptian Gods, who were still attacking him, but whose attack strength was much weaker than before, Zorc actually went straight at them without any defense, puffing out his chest and directly accepting the combined attack of the Three Egyptian Gods, as if saying, "Dark Power, Kid."
Not only that, the Mystical Power Zorc released when he raised his hand was also increasingly powerful. It spread out in an arc, sweeping towards the Three Egyptian Gods. "Dark Slash!"
**Obelisk the Tormentor** and **The Winged Dragon of Ra** reacted quickly, avoiding the attack immediately. But **Slifer the Sky Dragon** didn't have that luck. It was directly struck in the neck by the spreading dark magic power. What seemed like an ordinary attack actually decapitated it directly!
**Slifer the Sky Dragon** died again, how inhumane!
However, if it was just **Slifer the Sky Dragon** dying, that wouldn't be a big deal. What was fatal was that when she was decapitated, she happened to be spitting out an attack. The lightning pillar, accompanying the rolling head that had been cut off, randomly swept around. It not only carved a long gash in the distant Royal City, but also hit the completely undefended **Ra** and **Obelisk**!
Zorc was almost amused, not missing the opportunity to land another hit on the other two Gods. As Hayato and Dark Yugi were tormented by the pain that synchronized with them, the Three Egyptian Gods were completely wiped out in an instant, transformed into stone statues that crashed into the Desert.
Before, the Royal City had always been protected and hadn't suffered an attack. But the first attack it suffered was from its own side, and even the other Egyptian Gods were affected. Today, the Traitor Dragon's state was still stable.
However, in the present situation, no one had the mind to complain about this anymore. Joey Wheeler and Yugi and the others quickly took Dark Yugi, who had temporarily fallen into a state of powerlessness, and left the spot. The next moment they left, Zorc landed back on the Earth and stepped on **Slifer the Sky Dragon's** dragon head.
"See, human, your human Gods cannot be my opponent," Zorc declared. "Just like this, I can defeat them just by lifting my foot." With a heavy stomp, he crushed the dragon head. Zorc spread his arms, as if admiring his result.
Seeing Dark Yugi on the Sand Dune, carried on Yugi's back, tormented by pain because **Slifer the Sky Dragon** was completely dead, Zorc raised his hand. "No one can protect you anymore. This is the best opportunity to kill you."
"Die, Nameless Pharaoh!"
A mass of Mystical Power quickly formed in Zorc's hand and was thrown towards the undefended Dark Yugi.
At the key moment, a fierce storm suddenly swept up from the calm Sand Dune all the way to the heavens. A colossal giant reappeared in an instant, blocking Zorc's attack.
Swinging a punch to block the Mystical Power blast, the giant fist burning with flames smashed towards Zorc, leaving him astonished. Because what appeared before Zorc's eyes was none other than **Exodia**!?
Before, Zorc and **Exodia** had reached a stalemate because Zorc wasn't serious. Simon, who was controlling **Exodia**, his body state would only get worse over time, and the attack launched in haste wouldn't have much power. Under the influence of this series of factors, **Exodia's** attack should have been like a tickle to Zorc.
However, the result was that Zorc, who had just now exterminated the Three Egyptian Gods, was actually knocked back several steps by **Exodia's** wrathful punch. His strength-boosted arms were actually crushed simultaneously by this punch!
"How could this be!?" Zorc steadied his body. His arms quickly healed, and feeling like he had been slapped in the face again, he looked at **Exodia**, about to get angry. "You guy---"
However, maintaining the punching movement, **Exodia** himself stopped, freezing in place as his massive body began to scatter into flying sand everywhere.
And City Outskirts of the Royal City, Isis looked at the little old man who stood up, holding his breath, and shouted, "Lord Shimon!"
"What kind of expression is that, Isis? Protecting the Pharaoh, isn't that our duty as Priests?" Simon said with a bitter smile. He glanced at Zorc in the distance; **Exodia's** punch just now had hit him square in the chest. "Well, I guess my punch was pretty accurate..."
"Bang!"
As if venting his anger, **Exodia**, who would have disappeared on his own even if left alone, was hit in the head by Zorc's punch, causing Simon to fall.
"Lord Shimon!"
"Just a human, already at his limit of three minutes. Yet he had to burn his life force just to shine for one more second? Hmph, a boring action!" Zorc stepped over the scattering **Exodia**, pursuing Dark Yugi. "You only delayed me for one second, nothing can change the result!"
Téa glanced behind her at Zorc, who was just now lifting his foot to catch up to their party. Téa gritted her teeth and looked at Aknadin beside her. "Quickly give me a Millennium Item. You guys quickly take Yugi and leave!"
"Are you crazy, Téa! I won't abandon my friend!" Joey Wheeler said, supporting Dark Yugi to lighten Yugi's weight. He fundamentally didn't consider Téa's opinion and rejected it without hesitation. "Besides, Millennium Items aren't something just anyone can touch."
"But now The Other Yugi is our sole hope, there's no other way!" Seeing that she couldn't convince Joey Wheeler, Téa didn't say anything more. Her initiative was no worse than the other boys, and she immediately reached into the bag Aknadin was carrying and pulled out a Millennium Item. "Girls also have times when they'll fight desperately for the person they love!"
Although it sounded a bit greedy, even until now, Téa actually couldn't say whether she liked Yugi more or The Other Yugi more. But she was sure that her love was genuine. If it weren't for the repeated pressure from Rebecca, her love rival, she probably wouldn't have been able to recognize this point.
Sorry, Yugi. In Hayato's words, maybe this is sacrificing oneself for the Great Cause. Téa looked at the two Yugis who had turned around with astonished expressions, smiled slightly, and didn't say anything more. She just tightly gripped the Millennium Item in her hand and raised it above her head...
Téa's finger moved, her fingernail scratching her palm, but she grasped at empty air.
"Ah, huh?"
Téa turned her head, but saw that at some unknown time, a guy who was covered in dirt and seemed to have suffered a lot of setbacks, but still had an arrogant expression, had come up beside her. As he brushed past her, he casually and forcefully pulled the Millennium Item she had grabbed out of her hand.
"Hmph, Téa Mazaki, right? This power is too wasted on a woman like you."
"Kaiba?" Because the Millennium Item in her hand was suddenly snatched away, Téa rubbed her hands, feeling somewhat helpless. Hearing what Kaiba, who was walking forward on his own, said, she got a bit angry. "Are you looking down on women? How can a man like you be so narrow-minded!"
It was also Tristan who pulled Téa back in time, preventing her from rushing up to fight Kaiba. And after Kaiba finished speaking, he didn't look at Téa and the others. He glanced at the Millennium Item he had taken from her hand. He hadn't paid attention to what Téa was holding in her hand just now, and only now did he realize: "Karim's Millennium Scale? Although it's not the Millennium Rod, I don't care."
He suddenly raised the Millennium Scale in his hand. Golden Radiance burst forth from Kaiba's hand. And Behind him, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** suddenly ascended, spitting out a dragon breath that canceled out the attack released by the pursuing Zorc.
"Boom!"
The airflow from the explosion blew up the hem of Kaiba's trench coat. Looking at Kaiba's back, Dark Yugi, who was on Yugi's back, opened his mouth to say something. "Kaiba..."
"I don't have the mind to listen to nonsense, Yugi." With his back to Yugi, Kaiba didn't turn his head either, saying coldly, "Hayato Kobayashi said you carry the last hope. I don't have the habit of placing hope on others, but that guy Hayato Kobayashi really believes in you, so don't let him down."
"As for this guy, although I'm not interested in saving the World, I hate this guy in front even more, so it's my opponent. If you don't want to be affected by me, run far away."
"Kaiba..." Listening to Kaiba's tsundere remark, Dark Yugi was somewhat moved. "Thank you."
"Pharaoh!"
After Kaiba, Shada also arrived nearby, signaling Dark Yugi and the others to quickly retreat. During that time, Zorc had already pursued them to the vicinity, but Kaiba, relying on the power of the Millennium Scale, provided a boost to **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** and fought him off until Dark Yugi and the others retreated.
As Yugi and the others got further away, as **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** spread its wings and blocked another attack, Kaiba finally couldn't hold back either; a trace of crimson spilled from the corner of his mouth. He couldn't help but stumble, almost fell to the ground.
But just then, someone behind him actually reached out and supported him.
Turning around, Kaiba saw an unexpected person.
After a moment of silence, Kaiba spoke. "Was it you who gave Simon the power?"
"Hmph, you guessed it. That's right, because that old man was too troublesome, so I lent him power, wanting to kill him like that," Seto said to himself, holding a Millennium Rod in his hand. He glanced at Kaiba, asking contemptuously, "So what about you? Do you have the courage to use this dark power?"
"Heh, who do you think I am? As long as it's power, I don't care where it comes from." Kaiba gave a cold smile and looked at Zorc along with Seto. "Power, we need more power!"
"So, respond to us, **Blue-Eyes** / Kisara!"
Beside Kaiba and Seto, a phantom of **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** flew out from each of them. And between the two of them, Kisara's phantom vaguely manifested, also transformed into a White Spirit Dragon and ascended into the sky.
Radiance radiated from the Millennium Scale. The triple Light of Fusion radiated before the Great Evil God!
(End of Chapter)
Chapter 825: If It Doesn't Hit, It Has No Meaning
"Let me show you the strongest, most Ultimate Dragon in history!"
"Surpass the boundary of time and space!"
"Descend!"
"Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
Infinite radiance radiated in front of Zorc, bathed in holy light, the three-headed white giant dragon bared its fangs at the wicked god: "Roar!!!"
"Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon?! Where did so many "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" come from in this era!" Zorc was also stunned, looking at Seto standing next to Kaiba, squinted his eyes, "Seto... how did you end up standing on their side?"
Crossing his arms over his chest, Seto said with a cold face, "Don't misunderstand, Zorc, I haven't become their Companion, I'm merely temporarily standing on the same side as them just to defeat you."
"Thanks to Simon drawing out the dark power you lent me on his body, only from the moment that power left my body did I realize that I had always been under the temptation of your evil will within that power, lost myself because of the power, and even did irreversible things."
"However, I am not someone who makes excuses for the mistakes I've made, nor will I turn back. I was the one who killed Kisara, and the ambition that your power guided out also came from me. I won't deny that I've developed a covetous heart for the Pharaoh's position. Therefore, even if I overcome your distortion, I will still bear the sin and contend for the Pharaoh's position."
Paused, Seto pointed his hand towards Zorc at the high place, and said sternly, "And before that, Zorc, you are the enemy I must defeat, not only because you are an enemy threatening the Kingdom's existence, but also because I must repay the humiliation of you always controlling me before!"
"Heh, just for such a boring reason?" Zorc didn't take Seto's threat seriously, and looked at Kaiba next to him, saying, "Kaiba Seto, you would actually accept help from this man who was just now your enemy?"
"Hmph, do you think my heart would be shaken by your shallow words, Zorc?" Kaiba said with a cold snort, "I, Kaiba Seto, never care about the means needed to achieve my goal. The process is never important; what's important is only the result: victory and then domination."
"As long as I can defeat you, it doesn't matter if I temporarily tolerate this guy standing next to me."
Looking at Kaiba and Seto standing side-by-side on the Ground, Zorc bared his fangs: "Don't talk as if you can do it just because you want to, human. I am the Great Evil God Zorc!"
"What if the power of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is tripled? It's nothing more than a human's spirit!"
As Zorc raised his hand, the dark wave that delivered the finishing blow to the Three Egyptian Gods before was released again, attacking towards the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in the air.
"That's the move that killed the Three Egyptian Gods just now!" Kaiba frowned and shouted towards the air, "Dodge it, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
Under Kaiba's command, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon flapped its wings and ascended sharply for a distance. Its body, much larger after the fusion, didn't become clumsy at all, maintaining its original agility to dodge Zorc's attack.
Actually, Kaiba's command was unnecessary. After the power of the Millennium Scale guided the souls of Kaiba, Seto, and Kisara to resonate with each other and fuse into Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, their hearts were already connected invisibly. They could understand each other without words. Even if Kaiba said nothing, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon would still avoid Zorc's attack.
The pitch-black wave grazed past Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, landed in the distant Desert, burst violently, and kicked up towering sand and dust. Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's three dragon heads simultaneously locked onto Zorc, then opened their mouths, and a large amount of light converged within them.
"No matter how powerful an attack is, if it doesn't hit, it has no meaning!" Seto waved the Millennium Rod in his hand forward, "Let me witness your performance, Zorc!"
"Boom!"
The white dragon's breath surged out, transformed into a flood of light. Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which Aknadin had already judged to possess the ability to surpass a god, had its potential fully unleashed after evolving into Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Just like when the Three Egyptian Gods attacked Zorc before, it carved out a massive opening on his body where it struck!
But even if that was the case, for Zorc with his immortal body, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack could only be considered to have caused him some pain, not even a minor injury. One second, Zorc was reeling back several steps from the dragon breath's impact, about to be defeated, but the next second he actually recovered, and the opening blasted in his chest was completely self-healing in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, Seto said through gritted teeth: "Tsk, it self-healed again. Even Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack was negated. Are all existences with dark power monsters?"
"I'm not a monster, I'm the Great Evil God!" Retorting to Seto with Kaiba's lines, Zorc unleashed another attack towards Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Relying on his immortal body, Zorc had almost infinite opportunities for trial and error and mistake, while his powerful attack strength dictated that his opponent could only have one opportunity for mistake.
And while Kaiba and Seto were entangled with Zorc, Yugi's party, far from the Battlefield, encountered Hayato. However, Hayato's state was somewhat unexpected to the others.
Zorc was the wicked god called by Aknadin through alchemy. By utilizing the crystal of dark alchemy - the Millennium Items, Zorc was able to descend. However, because of this, Aknadin countered him with the Pyramid of Light, stripping away a portion of his power again and recovering the power of the Millennium Items.
Dark Yugi and Hayato were thus able to break the seal from before and summon the Three Egyptian Gods again. They just didn't expect Zorc to have a move like "Eclipse," which absorbed the radiance brought by the sun, covering the Earth with darkness, increasing his own power while also weakening the Three Egyptian Gods, and delivering the finishing blow to all of them.
At that time, Hayato, like Dark Yugi, was controlling the Three Egyptian Gods in battle. However, Dark Yugi was controlling two gods while Hayato was only controlling The Winged Dragon of Ra. Theoretically, the backlash on the user after a god is destroyed shouldn't differ too much, but the Hayato who appeared before them was only able to stay standing thanks to being supported by Ankh Kuriboh and Rainbow Kuriboh.
"Hey, are you okay, Hayato?"
Joey Wheeler looked at the two Kuriboh with very strained expressions, and quickly went up to help support Hayato. Malik also came over to lend a hand and help him up.
Aknadin thought for a moment, took out the Millennium Ring from his bag and gave it to Hayato. After the golden disk was placed on his chest, Hayato's expression finally improved slightly.
"Although I don't know how it came about, there's an aura of the sun on his body, Hayato Kobayashi. That aura gives me a feeling that it even surpasses the sun deity, The Winged Dragon of Ra." Looking at Hayato, Aknadin said, "This aura might give you power normally, but the cost is that in the present situation, the darkness is continuously absorbing your power instead."
"Whatever about those matters, do you have a way, Aknadin?" Tristan looked at Aknadin and said, "If The Other Yugi and Hayato recover, our hope of defeating Zorc will be greater. Kaiba is still behind us, stalling time for us, waiting for us to help."
"Kaiba Seto... I felt just now that even that child Seto went over." Aknadin closed his eye, deeply sighed, and said helplessly, "There is no way. The way to make them recover is to have light, a strong radiance that can dispel the darkness, such as the eternal holy light of the sun."
"But Zorc has already used darkness to absorb the sun. Radiance will no longer radiate in this World, unless we defeat Zorc Necrophades, this incarnation of darkness."
Saying this, Aknadin shook his head, "But that's impossible."
"Why is it impossible? What reason is there to give up before you've even made an effort?" Joey Wheeler glared at Aknadin.
"Give up? Do you think I want this result, idiot? Seto is still over there fighting a battle with Zorc with no chance of winning. I don't want to see him die more than any of you!" Hearing Joey Wheeler 's words, Aknadin gave him a contemptuous glance, then pointed towards the distant City, saying, "But it's impossible to defeat the incarnation of darkness within the darkness."
"Listen carefully. In the silence of the darkness, the Commoners are wailing and crying out in despair. These negative emotions will only cause Zorc's power to grow endlessly. The longer the darkness covers the Earth, the more deeply rooted and difficult to remove this despair becomes, and Zorc's power will also become stronger."
"Do you think he's some kind of idiot? Is he always stalling time, not rushing to bring about our destruction, just for fun? That's because he knows that when he has stalled time long enough in the darkness, human hope will endlessly plummet towards a probability of zero."
"And at present, he already has enough power."
Following Aknadin's words, Joey Wheeler and the others looked towards the distant Royal City, and found that just as he said, the City was currently almost completely enveloped by despair.
"We cannot win, that kind of monster..."
"Even the Priests and the Pharaoh lost, and we are such weak existences..."
"The Kingdom is destroyed. If we don't hurry and escape, we'll be in danger too..."
"No, I don't want to die here..."
Darkness enveloped the Earth, and various negative emotions transformed into an even deeper darkness, taking root in every corner of the City. The people's despair continuously provided feedback of power to Zorc, and the battle situation between Zorc and Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon also underwent a change.
"Malice!"
The pitch-black impact collided with Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's breath. The attack, which could previously hold its ground or even be canceled out, had unconsciously become stronger. Even Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's attack could only barely deflect it, causing it to land in the distant Desert.
"Terrifying!"
Another attack struck. Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, which had just attacked, temporarily had no remaining strength to counter it and could only quickly dodge, causing the attack to land within the Royal City. The people in the City felt the cataclysmic power landing so close by, and their hearts grew increasingly fearful.
"Wrath!"
Dodging the attack released by Zorc, Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon realized it had been tricked. Zorc's attack just now was simply a trap to lure it to move in a specific direction. Zorc's arms reached out towards Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon quickly unleashed an attack, sweeping away Zorc's arms while also using the recoil to create distance.
"Hatred!"
However, even if Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's reaction was extremely fast and it made the most suitable decision immediately, Zorc had another dragon head he could use besides his arms. Sharp teeth stirred up smoke and bit into the retreating Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's body. The merged dragon head bit down on it, making escape impossible!
"Ugh!" On the Ground, as dark magic power wrapped around Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, both Kaiba and Seto simultaneously felt the synchronized pain. Even if they forced themselves, they could only barely stand without falling, watching helplessly as Zorc raised his hands. An energy ball, several times stronger than the attack before, rapidly formed between his hands, aimed at the immobilized Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
"And now, it's the last. Despair!"
Zorc laughed loudly, swinging his arms down, about to destroy the last enemy that would bring about the destruction of this World.
Watching Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon's struggle, even if from a considerable distance, Dark Yugi could feel that Kaiba, Seto, and Kisara, who were one through mental connection, had not given up. But their effort fundamentally could not shake Zorc.
Even Dark Yugi, at this moment, couldn't help but feel a deep sense of despair.
"Humanity truly cannot defeat darkness? Is there not even a single possibility for the future?"
Thinking this in his heart, Dark Yugi subconsciously looked in Hayato's direction, only to find that Hayato was coincidentally looking at him at that moment. As if reading his thoughts, Hayato suddenly spoke: "There is still one way. Although the chance of winning is infinitely close to zero, even if that is the case, it is still not zero."
"As long as you hold hope in your heart, even if it's a one percent, one-thousandth of a percent, or one ten-thousandth of a percent possibility, it can be magnified into a one hundred percent inevitable outcome. This is our basic talent as Duelists."
Facing Dark Yugi, Hayato, who was in a poor state, extended his hand and pointed: "That is your true name, Yugi. Shout out your name!"
Hearing Hayato's words, Malik said with some hesitation, "But, didn't the Pharaoh already see his name before? Even if he saw the inscribed script, the Pharaoh couldn't remember the name."
"Not to mention, the nameplate with the name inscribed on it was stolen by that guy Seto. We don't even know who it was given to, where it was placed, or even if it still exists. Without the nameplate, can the Pharaoh really speak his own name?"
"He definitely can!" Téa said, looking angrily at Malik, "I have belief in The Other Yugi!"
Joey Wheeler and Tristan also nodded: "Us too. The Other Yugi won't disappoint us."
"Me too, The Other Me, I have belief that you can do it." Carrying Dark Yugi on his back, Yugi also turned his head to look at Dark Yugi and said, "You are my Hero. You can always make the impossible possible. You can definitely do it this time too."
"Hold hope in your heart, Yugi." Hayato also cast a gaze of belief towards Dark Yugi.
"Aibo, everyone..." Looking at everyone around him, Dark Yugi closed his eyes, recalling the text on the nameplate he had seen before.