Yusei put away his Duel Disk, and the projections of Stardust Dragon and Radiant Dragon · Stardust both vanished from the field.
"Yusei!"
His friends immediately hurried over.
Jack: "Are you all right, Yusei?"
Although Yusei had essentially dominated the entire duel, with his opponent under his calculations and control from beginning to end, he had still taken damage and lost Life Points.
They had all gone through Life-Gambling Card duels before and knew full well that even minor damage in a duel like this could impact both body and mind. They could not help worrying about Yusei.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Yusei nodded.
Yusei turned to Semimaru, who had already been defeated. "All right, the duel is over. Who sent you? And what was that Number card about?"
But he received no answer.
Semimaru was lying on his back, his eyes unfocused, his body twitching from time to time. It looked as though he had not heard a word Yusei said.
Then, all of a sudden, Semimaru's eyes flew wide open. His body jolted as he threw his hands up before him, his face twisting into extreme terror, as if he had seen something unimaginably horrifying.
His entire body convulsed as he screamed without pause, "W-wait, Lord Thousand, I'm sorry! But it was an accident! An accident! I can still fight! I still can—aaahhh—"
The next second, everyone watched in horror as profound darkness erupted forth, forming a massive cloud of Dark Mist that swallowed Semimaru whole, as though countless invisible mouths and sharp teeth were gnawing at his flesh.
He struggled desperately, as if trying to shake the mist off his body, but it was utterly futile. His body gradually vanished and came apart within the fog. Even his screams seemed to fall into the deepest abyss, until he