Chapter 259
Manjoume "Lightning" quickly looked at the card in his hand. "Ojama Yellow, you've recovered?!"
He discovered that Ojama Yellow, which had turned into skeletons on the card, had regained its physical form, and the others also found that the Duel Monsters in their decks had regained some life.
"Impossible!? The power of the Phantom Demon has been sealed!?" Kagemaru stared at the scene before him in disbelief.
'''Roar roar roar--!!!'''
It is utterly unforgivable that an ant, whom the Wicked God Demons regard as an insignificant being, would dare to steal the power that allowed them to revive.
At this moment, Judai, who was completely bewildered, looked at the card floating in front of his chest.
"This is... Camula's card?" Judai instinctively reached out and caught the blank Spell Card.
'She once said that this abandoned [Gate of the Phantom Beasts] could be used as a medium; could she be referring to this sealing power?'
'Yes, this is the Gate of the Phantom Beasts, a gateway connecting to the power of illusions. Since it's a gateway, it possesses the ability to sever the power of illusions, and even to extract and banish that power.'
'And the Gate of the Phantom Beasts was influenced by my unknown power, resulting in this card bearing my mark. In other words, I can control the power of the Illusions myself?'
Thinking of this, Judai's breathing became heavy.
Perhaps he could find a way to recruit the Wicked God, but that will have to wait until after the enemy is defeated.
Putting away the card, Judai shouted, "Alright, Kagemaru! Let the duel continue! Bring on whatever moves you have!"
Upon hearing this, Kagemaru sneered, "Your monster can't defeat the strongest phantom demon. Pay for your sin of fooling the phantom demon with your life!"
He clenched his fist, raised his right hand high, and shouted, "Rabiel's effect activated!"
"Offer up two monsters on the field as tributes, and add their ATK to Rabiel's ATK for this turn. Now, let the power of the Wicked God merge into one!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Uria and Hamon transformed into two enormous streams of energy that poured into Rabiel.
[Raphiel, Soul of the Wicked God: Attack Power 4000 → 11000]
"Attack power... 11,000 points!?"
How could this be!?
"Mama mia~!"
"Judai..."
At a time when the audience was pessimistic.
Without further hesitation, Kagemaru swung his hand down and gave the order, "Go! Rabiel, crush the Shining Flame Wingman, Heavenly Crushing Fist!"
The Illusion Demon King then raised his right claw, gathering demonic energy on it, which emitted a faint blue light. He then swung it forcefully down at the Shining Flame Wingman.
Seeing this, Judai shouted, "Don't even think about succeeding! Quick-Play Spell [Form Change] activated! Return Shining Flame Wingman to your deck and Special Summon a [Masked HERO] of the same level as it!"
"Henshin! Ride the storm, [Masked HERO Kamaitachi]!"
The armor of the Shining Flame Wingman shattered instantly, and a green figure wearing a white cape leaped up, dodging the Demon Emperor's claws.
Boom--!!
Rabiel's attack missed its target, striking the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.
Then Kamikaze landed on the ground and assumed a protective stance.
[Masked HERO Kamaitachi: Defense 1900]
Judai then explained to the other party, "The divine wind cannot be destroyed by battle; Rabiel's attack is useless."
"And because the card swapped with Philosopher's Stone was used, the Philosopher's Stone from the deck returned to the hand."
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 1→2]
"Hmph, what a cunning little devil!"
Kagemaru continued, "Then at this moment, the effect of [Raphiel, Soul of the Wicked God] activates, and when the opponent summons a monster, Special Summon the same number of [Phantasm Token] to your field."
A flash of golden light appeared on the field, and a smaller version of the Phantom Demon was projected at the feet of the Phantom Demon King.
[Phantasm Token: Defense 1000]
"Discard one last Trap Card and awaken once more, [Sacred Fire Emperor Uria]!"
A raging inferno shot into the sky, and the Uria, Lord of Searing Flames was reborn from the ashes once more.
[Sacred Fire Emperor Uria: Defense 4000]
[Kagemaru's hand: 1 → 0]
"That concludes my turn. Rabiel's attack power has returned to normal."
[Raphiel, Soul of the Wicked God: Attack Power 11000 → 4000]
Whew!
Judai breathed a sigh of relief; having survived this round, the outcome was already in his hands.
"My turn, draw a card!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 2→3]
"I summon Clayman!"
After a flash of golden light, the Clayman was instantly projected onto the field.
[Elemental HERO Clayman: Attack Power 800]
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3→2]
"Rabiel's effect activated!"
Another small Phantom Demon Emperor appeared in front of Shadow Maru.
[Phantasm Token: Defense 1000] ×2
"Then activate the Philosopher's Stone's effect, pay half of your life points, swap the card for [Miracle Fusion], and activate it!"
[Yusei Fudo: LP600→300]
"This card can banish Polymerization Materials from the field and Graveyard to Special Summon 1 [Elemental HERO]. I remove Winged HERO, Burst Lady, and Bubbleman from my Graveyard and Clayman from the field to Polymerization Summon this card."
The four heroes of the natural elements merged into the vortex, releasing a rainbow-colored radiance.
"Appear, [Elemental HERO Neos]!"
The Elemental HERO Neos, shining like gold, descended upon Judai through the light.
"The effect of Elemental HERO Neos is that this card gains 300 ATK for each monster with the same attribute as this card on your opponent's field. This card is also treated as a [Wind][Water][Fire][Earth] attribute card, therefore its ATK increases by 300."
[Elemental HERO Neos - Attack Power 2900 → 3200]
[Phantasm Token: Defense 1000] ×3
"It's not over yet. After the Philosopher's Stone's effect is used three times, this card can be equipped to Elemental HERO Neos as an Equip Card, and its ATK will be multiplied based on the number of monsters on the opponent's field."
"You have five monsters on the field, therefore its attack power is..."
A long-handled broadsword quickly took shape in the hands of the Elemental HERO Neos.
[Elemental HERO Neos - Attack Power 3200 → 16000]
"How could this be?! It's 16,000 points?!"
"This is the final blow, the Ultimate Sword Sabathiel!"
At Judai's command, Elemental HERO Neos immediately raised his greatsword and leaped onto the Demon Emperor's head, then swung the sword down, instantly splitting the Demon Emperor in two.
Boom--!!!
The unbalanced power of the Illusionary Demon Emperor caused a violent explosion.
"Hmph! Ahh..."
[Kagemaru: LP1700→0]
"Impossible! The Wicked God were actually defeated!?" Kagemaru collapsed to the ground, his voice filled with disbelief.
After the resurrection ritual of the Wicked God failed, they had to dissipate the essence they had just absorbed. Kagemaru could only watch helplessly as the Phantom Demons disappeared from his sight, and the gloom in the sky dissipated as well.
"Great! Judai won!"
"Well done, Judai!"
Everyone cheered as they watched Judai turn the tide of battle.
"No!!"
With a scream, Yingmaru's life force rapidly dissipated, and he reverted to his original emaciated, white-haired old man.
"The power of the Illusion Demon is truly amazing... Oh, right!"
Judai pulled out the blank card that had just been so helpful, wanting to test his earlier guess.
Please, you have to succeed!
As if responding to Judai's will, the blank card once again released its dazzling brilliance.
The next moment, a demonic stone gate suddenly rose from the ground in front of Judai.
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"Isn't that the Gate of the Phantom Beasts? Why is it...?"
"Could it be that the Wicked God are still not giving up?"
The sudden change startled everyone.
Judai ignored their reactions and held up the card in his hand.
"I'll accept that power!"
The next second, the phantoms of the Wicked God reappeared, and at the same time, the Demon Stone Gate opened, unleashing a powerful suction force.
'''Roar--!!'''
The Wicked God's own power was uncontrollably taken away by the Gate of the Phantom Beasts and injected into blank cards, while the three Phantom Demon Cards in Kagemaru's hand gradually turned white, becoming three blank cards that had lost their Phantom Demon power.
The blank card in Judai's hand was split into three, becoming the Three Phantom Demons Cards.
' The Wicked God were killed? And the newly born Phantom Demons no longer possess the same evil power as before!'
The voice of Judai -Daidouji suddenly rang in Judai's ears, and he was momentarily stunned. "Daidouji?"
A phantom of Judai -ji appeared before Daidouji, 'Well done, as expected of the strongest alchemist I chose.'
Daidouji's words were overheard by Kagemaru: "No, no! My Three Phantom Demons Cards! Without their power, I can't regain my youth, like you young people!"
"That's enough, Chairman Shadow. We've hurt too many people in our pursuit of immortality. It's time to stop. We old folks are better off doing something meaningful for future generations, atone for our mistakes, than living a life of quiet desperation."
"Lonely... Yes, it's more meaningful..." Under Daidouji's barrage of words, Kagemaru's cloudy eyes regained some light.
Judai simply watched coldly without saying a word, showing no concern for whether Kagemaru could be exonerated or not.
'Well! After all, he's someone Daidouji cares about, so let's give him face. I won't interfere with the punishment.'
As he was thinking this, Judai looked down at a card in his hand; the Philosopher's Stone had somehow ended up in his grasp.
Judai had already discovered the problem with the Philosopher's Stone itself; originally, the Philosopher's Stone could only be used once and would be automatically destroyed after use.
However, when Judai discovered that it was beginning to collapse, he intentionally channeled the power of the phantom demon he had just seized into the card. Half of that power was absorbed in one go, stabilizing it completely. In other words, the card would never collapse again.
In this way, he acquired a total of four extremely valuable collectible cards in this battle. In particular, the Philosopher's Stone was practically a fake card among fake cards. Because of this card, he decided not to question Daidouji's arrangements for Kagemaru.
As for how the school should deal with Chairman Kagemaru, that's none of his business.
In conclusion, the Seven Stars Incident has come to a complete end.
After the helicopter took Kagemaru away, Daidouji, having resolved his inner turmoil, also prepared to leave the mortal world and head to the underworld.
Before leaving, Daidouji reminded Judai: "You possess a mysterious power hidden within you that surpasses my imagination. I sensed it when you fought Camula. You must find a way to make good use of this miraculous power that transcends the Wicked God, so that you will be able to deal with any enemy or difficulty you face in the future!"
Judai nodded upon hearing this and replied, "Yes, I know!"
"By the way, although you've taken away the power of the Phantom Demons, a trace of their resentment still remains within the original three Phantom Demon Cards. Therefore, it's best to reseal the three cards. Over time, many years later, this resentment will dissipate automatically."
"Okay, I'll explain it to the Chancellor."
'Now I'm at ease. Farewell, Judai!'