Yugi, Kaiba, and Jonouchi, the three chosen warriors, commenced their second round of battle against Dartz, high above the floating island.
However, this time it wasn't an official duel; it was a direct clash of spirits.
Yugi himself possessed the top-tier Divine Artifact, the Millennium Pendant, and with the power of the Legendary Dragon, the three of them managed to summon monsters that could temporarily manifest into physical forms even without spirit host lodging.
As for Kaiba's White Dragon, there's no need to say much—although Kaiba would never admit to these supernatural phenomena, even he couldn't deny that the White Dragon Card he held indeed had a soul and consciousness.
The strongest monsters they possessed, combined with the power of the Three Knights liberated by the "Legend of Heart" card printed by Yugi, surged towards the Evil God in the skies, becoming the last line of defense between the Evil God and the world.
But the cruel reality was that the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, so vast that no number of forces could make up for it.
The Black Luster Soldier, who controlled the forces of light and darkness, was hurled off far away by the collision against the Evil God's body, shooting diagonally like a cannonball into the towns on the floating islands, crashing down large swaths with a loud rumble.
Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon flapped its wings as it ascended into the sky, like a diving bomber, continuously spewing "Black Flame Bullet" along the Evil God's spine.
The scorching black flame burst on the Evil God's tough skin, yet it seemed to have little effect other than leaving a few charred marks. Instead, the Evil God twisted its body, striking the dragon fiercely, and easily knocked the legendary black dragon down.
The three-headed Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon unleashed its full power to blast "White Lightning Strike." Its full force seemed to shake the Evil God's body, yet that was all. The serpent turned, releasing a boundless black beam that struck, and the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon shattered into fragments in a blink, its cry seemingly filled with remorse for failing to protect its master...
"Blue-Eyes!"
Kaiba shouted, gritting his teeth, and waved, "Critias!"
At this moment, the seals on all three Legendary Dragons had been undone and they transformed into human forms. Critias shouted and swung his sword to attack, but before he could approach, a beam shot from the scarlet eyes of the Evil God. The spirit form of the Legendary Knight was pierced, groaning as it dispersed into a shadow.
The swordsmen summoned by Yugi and Jonouchi shouted in unison, flying forward to rescue, but were then blasted down by the roar of the Evil God, unable to maintain their form, breaking into fragments.
"Timaeus!"
"Hermos!"
All powerful monsters were defeated, and even the legendary three knights were not a match for the Evil God.
As the monsters that had fought and experienced countless trials alongside the three fell one after another, the remaining hope seemed to be extinguished repeatedly.
And that didn't seem to be enough.
Dartz summoned countless Orichalcos monsters within the lost towns on this floating island.
Those zombie-like soldiers, flying beasts, moved like puppets on strings, yet their numbers were as vast as a tidal wave, engulfing every street and corner of the town at a blink.
They surged boundlessly towards the direction where the three stood, seemingly to drag them into that eternal and endless abyss of darkness.
"Hahahaha!" Dartz laughed, "I said your resistance was meaningless! The God of Orichalcos is invincible! As long as humans remain human, with insurmountable flaws, its power is infinite!"
No matter how unwilling they were to admit it, when faced with such a striking reality, the three were momentarily speechless.
Even Kaiba, witnessing his pride, the White Dragon, and Critias fall one after another, found himself unable to speak in rebuttal for a while.
"Damn it!" Jonouchi clenched his fist, "Is there really no way out? With our strength, with humanity as it is now, can we really not defeat this thing?"
Not just them, but from a far distance, more people witnessed this shocking scene.
The gigantic floating island, the ultra-ancient city upon it, and the World-Ending Evil God surrounding the city, seemed like the doomsday depicted in countless human fantasies and ancient texts.
The entire planet seemed pushed to a brink in an instant; tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquakes erupted sequentially worldwide. The earth trembled, as if wailing, and lava spurted high like a pillar of fire.
Across the world, the frequency of the Seal of Orichalcos appeared increasing, with more monsters spilling out as if out-of-control, and the dark clouds of despair visibly spreading rapidly.
On the nearby sea, the captain who escorted Yugi and others to the battlefield stood on the deck of the carrier, staring in a daze at the churning serpent in the distant sky, murmuring to himself.
"Could it be, is the world really going to end..."
Commanding the carrier fleet, possessing abundant powerful thermal weapons, he had never felt this powerless in his life.
A thought even seeped unwillingly into his mind.
If only in my hands now were not ships and cannons, but a team of well-trained, skilled Duelists...
...
"Disappear, chosen warriors." Dartz continued shouting, "After you, it will soon be the turn of the existing human civilization and the entire world! Darkness will swallow everything, and the world shall be reset, recreated anew...
...Ughhhhhhhhh!!!!"
Dartz was putting on airs, halfway through his sentence, when suddenly a torrent-like powerful impact shot out from the horizon.
A golden beam dragged with boundless thunder and fiercely struck the body of the Evil God, a blow that was evidently more effective than all the previous attacks combined. The giant serpent let out a painful wail, its body trailing black smoke as it was blasted aside.
The eyes of the three on the island turned in unison.
Yugi's pupils shrank: "That is...!?"
Upon the dark sky appeared a rippling aurora, like a colorful curtain hanging down from the horizon.
A dragon with a crimson body, tumbling among the clouds, slowly descended, surrounded by azure lightning, opening its enormous mouth in mid-air and roared towards the blasted away Evil God.
Slifer the Sky Dragon!
It wasn't over yet!
The clouds seemed to be torn apart, with golden sacred light descending from the sky, as if bringing warmth once more to the world that had become numbingly cold. A crimson golden spherical body slowly deformed and disassembled, stretching out metallic-like wings, raising its noble head, and sharp cries sent sound waves that shredded the surrounding clouds into pieces!
The Winged Dragon of Ra!
Finally, it wouldn't be complete without the massive blue giant descending from another direction, with a solid imposing body, and fists surrounded by destructive blue radiance, containing irrepressible anger in its crimson eyes.
Obelisk the Tormentor!
"The Three Egyptian God!" Yugi exclaimed in surprise.
"No, it's more than that." Jonouchi said.
Following close behind the Three Egyptian God, endless points of light flew out from the rippling aurora, densely scattered like stars in the sky, swarming towards where Yugi and others were.
"Master!"
Leading the shout was naturally none other than Dark Magician Girl— the one from Yugi's deck, the reincarnation of a lady apprentice priest from three thousand years ago.
Following her were the spirited army from the Spirit Realm, breaking through space barriers to arrive in large numbers!
"Dark Magician Girl!" Yugi saw her.
"So that's it! The spirits of the Duel Monsters have come to help!" Jonouchi was excited, "That's great, a timely reinforcement indeed!"
"Master, our world has already been saved by your friends!" Dark Magician Girl descended, floating above the three, "He defeated the Evil God in our world, and now we're following him to protect your world!"
"Our friends?" Yugi was startled.
"Is it Youyu?" Kaiba frowned, "Where is that kid?"
"Right there!" Dark Magician Girl pointed towards the horizon with her tiny hand.
Kaiba squinted, relying on his seemingly superhuman eyesight, beyond scientific explanation, discovered a figure standing atop Slifer the Sky Dragon's head, like a general commanding God's army in a battlefield.
"Is that... Youyu?"
For a moment, he could hardly believe it.
The one commanding the Three Egyptian God, leading thousands of spirits, breaking through space barriers to slaughter over here like a messiah...was that really Youyu?
...Okay, of course, that's just what they're fantasizing.
But the real situation is...
"Roar!!!"
The Sky Dragon's roar shook heaven and earth, almost deafening Youyu on its forehead...
But Youyu at this moment was far from standing heroically like a general as imagined by the three below, with his coat dramatically fluttering like a cape.
In fact, he was desperately hugging the Sky Dragon's head for dear life, lest an inattention gets him blown off by the fierce wind...
"Hey!" Youyu shouted at the top of his lungs trying to overpower the wild wind's noise, "What are you three gods doing involving me in your fight!? Damn, put me down already!!!"