Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

Bakula laughed loudly, "Hahahaha!!"

"Container, then your life ends here!"

"My turn!!"

"Necromancer, attack the marshmallow!!"

The wooden staff, reeking of decay, was swung out once more. If this strike landed, Yugi Muto would be defeated instantly.

At that moment, both Jonouchi and Mai Kongjaku tensed up.

But just as the necromancer charged toward the cotton candy, Yugi Muto immediately shouted, "Activate the Brick Man's effect!!"

"When your own monster becomes the target of an attack, the Brickman can change the target of the attack. Your Necromancer will ultimately only be able to attack the Brickman!!"

"At the same time, since the Brickman was destroyed in the battle and sent to the graveyard, the sealed Silent Swordsman can also return to the battlefield!!"

At this moment, Jonouchi and Mai finally understood Yugi Muto's intentions.

In order to seal the high-attack Silent Swordsman, Bakura will definitely not attack other monsters. If Yugi Muto changes Cotton Candy to Defense Position, then Bakura may not launch an attack.

Yugi Muto successfully drew Bakura's attack by forgoing his ability to switch from the Cotton Candy to a defense position, thereby breaking the seal on the Silent Swordsman!

However, Bakura shrugged a few times and sneered, "But things aren't as simple as you think~"

"The Necromancer's special ability is activated! Monsters destroyed by this card will return to the Deck!!"

"That means the card won't be sent to the graveyard, and the Necromancer's Sealing Sword's effect is still active!!"

Yugi Muto frowned and said, "However, Brickman has another ability: when Brickman leaves the field, I can Special Summon Brick Guard from my Deck in Attack Position!!"

"Hmph!!" Bakura scoffed, "Another low-level trash monster~ Well then, I'll set three cards face down and end this turn!!"

The three stone slabs placed in the center of the venue created a strong sense of oppression for everyone.

Yugi Muto and the others looked extremely grave. What exactly were those three cards, and what kind of combo could they create?!

Yugi Muto clenched his fists tightly. No matter what, he had to win this duel; he had to win this victory for his other self!

On the other side, the royal city.

At this moment, the sun had just begun to set, and there was still some time before sunset.

A magnificent army set out from the royal city, and Pharaoh Wang Yang marched towards the dilapidated village, preparing for the final battle with Bakura!

Now, the royal city has just obtained the power of the white dragon, and the Pharaoh has gained the ability to summon the three Egyptian Gods. It is at the moment of its greatest strength. Although it was delayed for a while by the Dark High Priest before setting out, now is still the right time to attack.

The group is about to travel to the village where the sacrifice took place, and Bakura must be hiding there!

In order to prevent Bakura from succeeding, the group ultimately decided to leave the Millennium Key and its guardian priest in the royal city. This way, if Bakura were to launch a surprise attack on the royal city, they would not be completely unprepared.

In the dark basement, Bakura sat amidst countless ghosts, behind him was the summoning tablet of the spirit Diaband, which was formed from the resentment of the dead villagers, and for this reason, it possessed terrifying and powerful strength.

"Hehehe~" Bakura looked at her elf with immense delight. "The Illusion Magician is truly a powerful elf. After defeating it, I obtained many useful spells~"

"My most crucial task is complete; now all I have to do is wait for the Pharaoh to personally deliver himself to my doorstep."

Bakula stroked the Holy Duel Disk on his arm and commanded, "Shadow Ghoul! Use Invisibility to scout around!!"

A green zombie disappeared into the shadows, and soon returned with the information.

Bakula's lips twitched slightly upon hearing this: "What?! Only five Millennium Items?!"

"Those cunning fellows!!"

"The last key to the millennium must have been left in the royal city and guarded closely."

"In that case, my plan is in a bit of a predicament..."

"Although I could sneak into the royal city and take that thing now, the stone tablets that summoned Zorc and Diaband are both here..."

"If they destroy these two things, I will have no chance of winning at all."

"Tsk, this is really troublesome!!"

Leaning back on the dusty stone seat, Bakura kept thinking. He needed to obtain all seven Millennium Artifacts and place them into the stone slab in front of him to revive Zorc. Due to the position of the slab, he couldn't move the battlefield at all.

Shadow Ghouls can sneak around the Pharaoh's forces, but Bakula cannot control Shadow Ghouls while fighting the Pharaoh.

How to do it?

What should we do?

Suddenly, Bakula seemed to remember something—words he had heard in the mortal world.

He, who was already lying in ambush in the Valley of the King's Long Sleep, heard the conversation between Jonouchi and the others. After they left Isis's car, they were still talking about the scenery they had seen earlier, including the pyramids and the Sphinx.

One theory about the destruction of the Sphinx's nose is that later pharaohs had a habit of destroying statues of previous pharaohs. In Egyptian culture, pharaoh statues were believed to possess magical powers, and the nose was considered one of the main sources of these powers. To consolidate their rule, many pharaohs did this!

Suddenly realizing this, Bakula revealed a sly, wicked smile.

Although he could not personally reach the Valley of the King's Long Sleep, his clone had already been sent there.

If he destroys as many Pharaoh statues as possible with his clones, the power of the royal city will be greatly weakened. Then he can send his clones to steal the Millennium Key. In this way, he can hope to delay the time until all seven Millennium Artifacts are gathered. At that time, he can use the quest item he just obtained to resurrect Zorc!

Bakula looked at the hourglass in front of the sand table. It was a game prop that had already been used—the hourglass of time. But in addition to activating its magical effects, it also had its original function: timekeeping.

"That should be about right," Bakura said with a faint smile. "Seto Kaiba should be arriving soon too."

Everything seems to have been arranged perfectly.

"Pharaoh, come and slaughter your way in!"

"What you're doing will only hasten your failure!!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"

Inside the tunnel of the royal tomb, just as Yugi Muto was about to start his turn, his opponent Bakura suddenly flashed into a faint ethereal form, before quickly returning to normal.

Creating clones is one of Bakula's signature moves.

In the present world, he revived himself after being defeated by Malik in Duel City by injecting fragments of his soul into the Millennium Puzzle.

At this moment, he activated this ability again, causing his clone to conjure another clone, which secretly made its way to other parts of the Valley of the Kings' Sleep. Bakula was known as the "King of Thieves" because of his extremely strong tomb raiding skills. He knew the terrain of the Valley of the Kings' Sleep very well, and he knew where all the pharaohs were!

"What...?" Jonouchi thought he was seeing things. "What's going on? Am I seeing things?"

Mai was looking at Yugi Muto's hand from behind, so she didn't notice.

"My turn! Draw a card!!" Yugi Muto shouted, "Attack the Necromancer with the Cotton Candy!!"

"At the same time, use the effect of Brick Guardian to Tribute this card on the field, reducing one battle damage received by our side to zero!!"

"This attack may not be able to destroy the necromancer, but it can send the Brick Guardian to the graveyard!!"

"Since a monster was sent to the graveyard, the Sealed Sword of the Dead's effect is nullified, and the Silent Swordsman has returned to my field!!"

"Silent Swordsman!! Attack the Necromancer!!"

"Hehehe~ Is that the kind of attack~" Bakura laughed dismissively. "The Necromancer's effect activates: when this card is destroyed by battle, return this card and all cards in your hand to the deck as replacements, and the battle damage I received becomes zero!!"

"Container, no matter what you do, it's useless!!"

Chapter 309 Hassan

Bakula waved his hand lightly, and all the cards made of yellow sand floating beside him flew into the Duel Disk, along with the Necromancer who had just been destroyed in the battle, and disappeared into the battlefield.

Yugi Muto frowned; he didn't know what Bakura's next goal was.

He clearly had three face-down cards, but he didn't activate any of them. Instead, he exhausted all his most important hand resources. What kind of tactic is this?!

Yugi Muto took a deep breath.

Stay calm!!

We absolutely must not fall into Bakula's rhythm!!

I currently have a level 4 Silent Swordsman with 3,000 attack power on my side. No matter how you look at it, the advantage is on my side!

"Go for it!! Game!!" Jonouchi cheered. "If you take this guy down, the real Bakura can come back!"

Peacock Dance pumped her fist, cheering, "We're about to win this dark game! Let's go! Game!!"

"Hehehe~" Bakula chuckled wickedly, "My turn, draw a card!"

"Activate the Spell Card - Pot of Greed!!"

Draw two cards from your deck!

"Then open the cover card, and there are the cursed twin dolls!!"

"Rumble rumble rumble ————————————"

As the stone slab was lifted, an eerie dark golden light enveloped the gloomy tunnel, revealing a pair of terrifying-looking dolls, each holding a box without moving.

Bakula sneered, "The duelists must choose between a black box and a red box, one of which is a terrifying cursed box—a container. Tell me, which one will you choose?!"

Beads of sweat dripped from Yugi Muto's forehead. He gritted his teeth and said, "I choose the red box!"

“Then I’ll choose the black box!” Bakura laughed. “Next, let’s see how the red box works!”

One of the dolls opened the lid of the box in its hand, and countless soul energies escaped from it, wrapping around Yugi Muto.

"You're really lucky!" Bakula said. "When both players have cards sent to the graveyard, you gain 200 life points."

"However, my favorite curse also ended up in my hands~"

"The effect of the black box is that the duelist who chooses this box will have their graveyard destroyed!!"

Upon hearing this, Jonouchi, who had been feeling quite relieved, was immediately stunned.

The cemetery was destroyed?!

What does it mean? !

Does this mean we're entering the excluded zone?

Suddenly, the cards that Bakula had used earlier materialized into spirits and flew out, floating behind him. This strange supernatural phenomenon gave the group a bad feeling.

"Hehehe~" Bakura chuckled, "Since my graveyard no longer exists, these dead monsters will appear in the form of spirits~"

"Since they are not on the field, they cannot attack, cannot act as a defensive barrier, and cannot activate their own effects."

"I'll summon more undead soldiers as a defensive measure~"

"Round over!!"