Under the dark throne, Judai's friends were tensely watching this duel.
Aside from the successfully awakened Marufuji Shou and Kenzan, friends like John and Manjome were also present, and not just these friends but Professor Cronos was nervously watching the duel here as well.
If it were other matters, he could hear about them and reassure himself, trusting Tenjo Hikari to handle them.
But with matters concerning Judai, he couldn't resist the urge to come witness it firsthand.
If Tenjo Hikari was the student he trusted the most, then Yuki Judai was the student he couldn't let go of.
Although their treatment differed, their roles in his heart differed, and their usual interactions were different, in Professor Cronos's view, they were both the most important students in his life as a professor.
Especially Yuki Judai, he completely enlightened Professor Cronos, making him realize he couldn't judge students by their grades, and Judai's various eccentricities always worried him.
Now, upon hearing about a duel that concerns Judai's past and future, potentially becoming the most important turning point in his life, how could he not be concerned?
Upon seeing Yubel for the first time, the eerie, intimidating darkness surrounding her seemed to pierce like a needle into Professor Cronos, causing his legs to tremble, yet even so, he did not retreat a step, taking two deep breaths, waiting for the duel to begin.
"Hehehe... My turn."
Unknowingly, Yubel's left hand had already transformed into a Duel Disk made of flesh; she drew a card from her deck and glanced at it.
"Normal Summon, Dark Beckoning Beast."
Dark Beckoning Beast, LV 2, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, Attack Power 0.
A small demon flew out of the darkness.
This was a "Phantasm's" follower, and although due to the strict protection of Duel Academy, Yubel hadn't successfully awakened the Three Phantasm, the "souls" of the Three Phantasm didn't return to her for unknown reasons, but to Yubel, it didn't matter if she didn't have the Three Phantasm.
These "assisting" cards were enough.
"This card can be triggered upon being summoned. Add one card from the deck that has any of the Three Phantasm's names mentioned, except for one [Dark Beckoning Beast], to the hand."
"Three Phantasm!?"
"She can actually use the Phantasm's power?" Students and professors like Shou who had experienced the Seven-Star Incident knew about the Three Phantasm, but those few outside students were unclear about the Three Phantasm, so they curiously asked.
Once they learned that the Three Phantasm could absorb all other life in the world upon appearing, they realized the danger posed by "Yubel."
Not only her own abilities, but surely her demonic nature also granted her many other abilities.
Indeed—
Yubel is this world's genuine "strongest spirit"!
As a demon, she is truly the highest and most supreme demon, a bona fide demon "unrivaled" by others; she can even control the equally top demons like the Three Phantasm, and even fuse with them.
"I add the Seven-Star Gatebreaker from the deck to my hand."
"Then... activate."
With Yubel's chuckling, towers around Duel Academy suddenly exploded with golden light, shining upon this position.
"As the effect of this card activation, add one card from the deck that has any of the Three Phantasm's names noted or any monster with a noted name to the hand, I add the second Dark Beckoning Beast to my hand."
Judai watched her move without any reaction.
"With Dark Beckoning Beast existing in the monster zone, during the main phase, you can summon a Fiend-Type monster with both 0 attack and defense from your hand once aside from a Normal Summon.
Come, love's lotus—Normal Summon, Samsara D Lotus."
A lotus rose from the ground, then a demon revealed itself under the flower, its left hand looked as menacing as Yubel's almost indistinguishable.
Samsara D Lotus, LV 1, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, Attack Power 0.
"Another attack power of 0?" Manjome furrowed his brow.
Summoning monsters with 0 attack power over and over indicated Yubel's deck likely didn't emphasize attack power to begin with.
"Samsara D Lotus's effect, once per turn, can be activated by releasing this card. Special Summon one... [Me] from the deck!"
Everyone was shocked.
To duel with a spirit, the opponent begins "summoning oneself," everyone understood exactly what it meant—it meant Yubel was aiming for maximum "Spirit Power" and "Duel Damage"!
"Special Summon, Yubel!"
In the void, an eye slowly opened, circling the air and gazing at everyone present; as the eye swept past, people felt eerie coldness, and as the eye widened, glowing, a figure emerged, transforming into a terrifying demon of half-human, half-demon, half-dragon, half-male, half-female.
Yubel, LV 10, Dark Attribute, Fiend-Type, Attack Power 0.
"Level 10!"
"And its attack power is still 0—"
Frequent appearances of monsters with 0 attack power felt very strange to everyone; they were all elite duelists who knew that no one would just throw away their lives in a duel, so there was certainly a reason and rationale for these monsters with 0 attack power existing.