The Tomb Guardian Chief's mouth opened wide.
He felt like he was experiencing the strangest scene he had ever seen and played the weirdest card game.
If something is more devastating than betrayal by friends, it might only be betrayal by oneself.
Just like now.
The Tomb Guardian Chief watched in disbelief as he flew to another version of himself on the opposite side, feeling momentarily disoriented in the wind.
No...
I haven't even summoned myself yet... Wait, haven't even drawn myself.
Can you even get NTR'd in the deck?
"Of course, whether the monster chosen from the opponent's deck is added to the hand or summoned is up to the opponent. So, make your own choice." Yugen smiled.
The Tomb Guardian Chief: "..."
Self-select... a bitter choice, right?
"Then I'll choose... to add to the hand," the Tomb Guardian Chief said gloomily.
"Alright, then I'll add it to the hand," Yugen shrugged, "Now, I activate the Magic Card 'Demon's Sanctuary'. Special summon Metal Demon Derivative on the field."
[Metal Demon Derivative, Attack Power 0]
"Then use 'Metal Demon Derivative' as a tribute," Yugen said, "Tomb Guardian Chief, upper-level summon!"
[Tomb Guardian Chief, Attack Power 1900]
The Tomb Guardian Chief: "..."
Facing his own duplicate, the Tomb Guardian Chief was momentarily speechless.
Strangely, he even seemed to see a hint of stern questioning in the eyes of that duplicate self on Yugen's field.
As if really questioning him for desecrating the sacred Royal Valley.
His heart wavered greatly.
Could it be that he truly has a guilty conscience, and his inner guilt manifested this darkness into a scene?
He suddenly remembered hearing that those who wield the strongest dark power are adept at capturing the darkness in others' hearts, magnifying the shadow within their hearts infinitely and slowly allowing their own inner darkness to swallow them.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Yugen with a touch of fear.
Could he have encountered such a big shot today?
Even Yugen's fellow students were silent for a moment.
After a while, Asuka said, "Hmm... From the opposite deck, forcibly snatching the elf's true self to this side..."
Such a thing is not only unseen but entirely unheard of.
One can only imagine what sort of mental state the elf involved is in now...
"It can only be said, as expected of him." Mitsuzawa said, with a complicated expression.
Only someone like him could pull off such a thing.
Judai, however, was as excited as always: "There's actually such a move, Yugen is amazing. Yugen's duels always have surprises!"
Hayato embarrassedly said: "Ahaha, I think to the opponent, this is definitely not considered a surprise..."
"The effect of the Tomb Guardian Chief, I guess I don't need to say more," Yugen smiled, "As long as this card is on the field, the graveyard on our side won't be affected by 'Royal Valley of Eternal Rest'."
The Tomb Guardian Chief: "..."
Indeed, as the leader of the Tomb Guardian Race, he is endowed with the sacred power to enter and exit the royal graves. In the past, he always used the field of 'Royal Valley of Eternal Rest' to suppress the opposing graveyard unilaterally, achieving victory.
However, having his own King's Valley and effect seal his own graveyard unilaterally, this is indeed a first. He hasn't even had a nightmare like this before...
"With this, my graveyard seal is lifted," Yugen said, "Activating the Magic Card 'Burial Spell Treasure Scroll' that was covered at the beginning of this turn. Remove 'Continuous Magic', 'Celestial Obedience', and 'Demon Sanctuary' from the game, then draw two cards."
Yugen draws two more cards.
"Next, based on the summon chain effect, conduct a normal summon again, this time summoning 'Ten Thousand Hands God'."
[Ten Thousand Hands God, Attack Power 1400]
"When Ten Thousand Hands God is summoned, add a Ritual Monster or Ritual Magic from the deck to the hand." Yugen draws a card from the deck for search, "Therefore, a Ritual Monster is added from the deck to the hand.
What I want to add to my hand is this card..."
He reveals a Ritual Monster card searched from the deck.
"King of the End - Demis."
"Huh?" Judai was shocked, "It's that guy's..."
It was Yugen and Judai's combined effort to defeat the ace of Doma Swordsman Sher.
However, at that time, considering this card was a bit sinister and might contain unknown dark power that could corrupt the duelist, Yugen hadn't used it.
But after extensive testing and research in his lab, Kaiba Group, and International Illusion Association, it was confirmed that after Sher's death, the dark power originally hidden in this card seemed to have evaporated.
So now he can safely deploy it into battle.
King of the End was a rather powerful ace monster in early environments, even in the Synchro Era it was regulated as a limited card to one copy.
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"Ritual Magic 'High Ritual Technique' activate." Yugen said, "Send ordinary monsters from deck to the graveyard until the level matches the monster being Ritual Summoned, conducting ritual summon for the Ritual Monster in the hand."
He swiftly draws three cards searched from the deck.
"From the deck, send two Level 3 ordinary monsters 'Abyssal Nether King', and one Level 2 ordinary monster 'Attic Demon', a combined Level 8 ordinary monsters, to the graveyard.
Appear at the world's end, Destruction Demon King, showcasing the ultimate power at its arrival!"
The three Mortal Bones disappeared within the ritual array, and a ethereal blue flame shot up sky-high, summoning the Destruction Demon King in a blast of blue fire!
"King of the End - Demis, Ritual Summon!!!"
[King of the End - Demis, Attack Power 2400]
The Tomb Guardian Chief turned pale: "It's truly the Demon King that brings forth doomsday!?"
But he quickly spoke in a deep voice.
"Still, even so, within this Valley of Eternal Rest, the Attack Power doesn't compare to the Grand Priest's power."
"King of the End - Demis, activate effect," Yugen said, "Pay 2000 Life Points, all other cards on the field except this card are destroyed!
Doomsday!
[Yugen, LP 5300→LP 3300]
"What?"
The Tomb Guardian Chief was shocked.
Such powerful abilities!?
Blazing blue rays ensnared, the heavy battle axe swung, weaving eerie flames into a surreal blue tornado! Accompanied by its deafening roar, the cold aura seemed to freeze all life, like it is collapsing the sky and cracking the earth, with the gush of lava from fissures dyed apocalypse blue, sacred King's Valley falls apart.
"Damnit... Then 'Tomb Guardian Grand Priest', the other effect!" the Tomb Guardian Chief shouted amidst the blue flame storm, "When the Grand Priest is destroyed, you can discard one 'Tomb Guardian' Monster from the hand as substitution!"
He unveiled a card in his hand.
"Discarding 'Tomb Guard Lance Soldiers' from the hand to the graveyard, substituting the destruction of the Grand Priest!"