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Chapter 693: Precise Cliffhanger
"Hmph, hmph..."
Watching Diabolo collapse to the ground, struck down by the Soul released from **Danger! Thunderbird!**, continuously wailing and groaning, Hayato felt no pity. He simply extended his hand, allowing a bird Soul from **Danger! Thunderbird!** to perch on his fingertips.
"'Humans will die someday, and pain and sadness will pass. But I am willing to believe that Souls can be Reincarnated. If there is a next life, I want to become a bird, Soaring freely in the Space'." Watching the Soul on his fingertips Disperse, Hayato lowered his hand. "Well, looks like even birds can't escape the Destiny of being trapped in a cage?"
[Diabolo: 700 LP → 0]
Due to the Power of **Psychic Ectoplasm**, Diabolo's remaining 700 LP were Cleared by **Danger! Thunderbird!**. However, his Body on the ground kept twitching and he never woke up.
Hayato didn't Explain to Yugi and the others what he had done. Instead, he spread his hands: "Alright, just leave this guy here. Everything is over."
"Is it really okay to just leave a guy like this here?" Looking at the fallen Diabolo, Joey Wheeler had a look of disgust. "Although I still don't understand what this guy's 'Experiment' and stuff were all about, just defeating him in a Duel seems too light..."
"Don't worry, he will suffer enough Punishment next, and he won't be able to go anywhere."
"Especially the 'Truth' of Death, that is a place he can never Arrive at." As Hayato spoke, he walked over to Diabolo and took out his entire Deck from his Duel Disk, which was constantly turning into mist and Dispersing. However, this time, Hayato did not take this Deck into his hand. Instead, he took out the **Danger!** Cards he held.
As everyone knows, humans can "Accidentally" tear up an entire Deck. Hayato naturally also Accidentally tore up the **Danger!** Cards in his hand in one go. As he did so, several Monster Phantoms appeared before him, clearly the Monsters Diabolo had used before, such as **Danger! Bigfoot!**, **Danger! Nessie!**, etc.
As the Cards were torn, golden smoke rose from the Monsters' Bodies into the air, and their distorted Monster forms recovered to their original forms—Little White Rabbit, gorillas, Fish, etc., scattering with the wind.
Although Hayato knew that the Power of the **Danger!** Deck was far more than what a noob like Diabolo had used, and that it actually had extremely powerful Field Setup Ability, relatively speaking, he would rather choose to lose this powerful Deck. The Cards were restraining Souls filled with Unwillingness and Pain; he wouldn't feel comfortable using such a dark Deck.
As for the Punishment he didn't explicitly tell Yugi and the others about for Diabolo, it was actually during the Last Attack just now. Hayato had controlled the intensity of **Psychic Ectoplasm**. What hit Diabolo's Body was less the Souls from **Danger! Thunderbird!** and more purely Pain and Resentment.
Hayato had deliberately preserved a powerful Life Force in Diabolo's Body, comparable to that of a Card Spirit, to eternally counter the Poison of **Starving Venom Fusion Dragon** left in his Body. Diabolo's Mind would also be eternally tormented by the Malice he created, unable to find Liberation.
He could be said to be continuously living, but also continuously approaching death, forever lingering before death, unable to Arrive. This was the Punishment Hayato inflicted upon him.
However, although Hayato released all the Souls from Diabolo's Cards, something unexpected happened. Before those Souls left, they left behind an extremely faint trail of golden mist leading into the Forest, as if guiding the Path.
"Hey, Joey Wheeler, what is this thing?" Tristan saw this and asked Joey Wheeler beside him, but Joey Wheeler just spread his hands. "I don't even know where the End of the Universe is, how would I know this?"
Marik rubbed his chin and voiced his guess: "Could it be that those Souls are guiding us in the direction we should go?"
"I think it's very possible." Téa said, looking at Yugi, and Yugi also nodded, indicating that he shared Téa's view.
"This direction seems to also lead to that Volcano, which is the same as our original direction. Since taking other paths is equally unfamiliar, why don't we try following this?" Hayato thought for a moment and offered his suggestion, and the others had no objections.
Before Diabolo's attack here, everyone had already rested briefly. Although they had the idea of camping here before, now that they had this mist that looks like it could Disperse at any moment as Guidance, it was better to continue moving forward.
The Path pointed out by the mist also led into the dense Jungle. So, just like before, the formation remained two people leading the way with the other four walking behind. Because they had rested for a while before, Tristan picked up his shovel again. Joey Wheeler, on the other hand, felt he still had plenty of stamina, so currently, they were the two leading the way, while Hayato, Marik, and Yugi were happy to take it easy and walk behind.
Although Téa wasn't a fragile woman without the ability to fight, there were five boys in the team, so there was plenty of labor, and it wasn't necessary to have a girl lead the way.
Walking at the back of the team, Téa asked Hayato with a bit of curiosity: "Hayato, you said this is called 'Sage's Stone'. Is that true? I remember in Yugi's Deck, there seems to be a Spell Card used to support **Dark Magician** and **Dark Magician Girl** called Gem of the Sage."
"Well, although the names are quite similar, there's actually a big gap. Just this incomplete 'Sage's Stone' provided that guy Diabolo with various powers to transform ordinary creatures into Card Spirits and gain eternal life." Hayato tossed the Orichalcos Stone, which was about the size of a marble, and said casually, "As for the finished product, you can refer to this card. It can basically make your heart's desires come true."
As he spoke, Hayato took out his **Philosopher's Stone - Sabatiel** card and revealed it to them.
Upon seeing the card effect of **Philosopher's Stone - Sabatiel**, which was fundamentally a fake card, even Yugi's eyes widened: "Declare a card name, and then rule-wise it can be used as the declared card and gain the same effect!? That effect is too unfair! Can a completed 'Sage's Stone' be made into such a powerful card?"
"Believe me, Yugi, you wouldn't want to know the method to complete the 'Sage's Stone', nor would you want to see the completed 'Sage's Stone'. The very existence of such a thing is a taboo subject for Alchemists." Hayato put away the card and exclaimed, "Perhaps only a madman like Diabolo would resort to any means to complete the 'Sage's Stone'."
"However, I also suspect that the Orichalcos Stone itself might have had an influence on that guy's deranged mind."
"The Orichalcos that the Planet uses to test humans..." Yugi exclaimed, suddenly remembering, "Oh right, Hayato, Diabolo seemed to have mentioned before that there were other Alchemists, and he was competing with them to complete the 'Sage's Stone'. Do you know any other Alchemists?"
Although it was the first time he had heard that Alchemists actually existed, Yugi had noticed before that Hayato seemed familiar with Alchemists, as if he also knew other Alchemists.
"Other Alchemists, well, I actually only know one, and even then, you could only say we know each other one-sidedly." Hayato was about to talk about the Alchemist he knew, but at this moment, they had just walked out of the Jungle, following the golden smoke to the foot of a Hill.
Without the cover of the Bush, a huge Obelisk-like pillar stood upright on the Earth before their eyes, and two people were standing before the Obelisk.
"Hmph, hmph..."
Watching Diabolo collapse to the ground, struck down by the Soul released from **Danger! Thunderbird!**, continuously wailing and groaning, Hayato felt no pity. He simply extended his hand, allowing a bird Soul from **Danger! Thunderbird!** to perch on his fingertips.
"'Humans will die someday, and pain and sadness will pass. But I am willing to believe that Souls can be Reincarnated. If there is a next life, I want to become a bird, Soaring freely in the Space'." Watching the Soul on his fingertips Disperse, Hayato lowered his hand. "Well, looks like even birds can't escape the Destiny of being trapped in a cage?"
[Diabolo: 700 LP → 0]
Due to the Power of **Psychic Ectoplasm**, Diabolo's remaining 700 LP were Cleared by **Danger! Thunderbird!**. However, his Body on the ground kept twitching and he never woke up.
Hayato didn't Explain to Yugi and the others what he had done. Instead, he spread his hands: "Alright, just leave this guy here. Everything is over."
"Is it really okay to just leave a guy like this here?" Looking at the fallen Diabolo, Joey Wheeler had a look of disgust. "Although I still don't understand what this guy's 'Experiment' and stuff were all about, just defeating him in a Duel seems too light..."
"Don't worry, he will suffer enough Punishment next, and he won't be able to go anywhere."
"Especially the 'Truth' of Death, that is a place he can never Arrive at." As Hayato spoke, he walked over to Diabolo and took out his entire Deck from his Duel Disk, which was constantly turning into mist and Dispersing. However, this time, Hayato did not take this Deck into his hand. Instead, he took out the **Danger!** Cards he held.
As everyone knows, humans can "Accidentally" tear up an entire Deck. Hayato naturally also Accidentally tore up the **Danger!** Cards in his hand in one go. As he did so, several Monster Phantoms appeared before him, clearly the Monsters Diabolo had used before, such as **Danger! Bigfoot!**, **Danger! Nessie!**, etc.
As the Cards were torn, golden smoke rose from the Monsters' Bodies into the air, and their distorted Monster forms recovered to their original forms—Little White Rabbit, gorillas, Fish, etc., scattering with the wind.
Although Hayato knew that the Power of the **Danger!** Deck was far more than what a noob like Diabolo had used, and that it actually had extremely powerful Field Setup Ability, relatively speaking, he would rather choose to lose this powerful Deck. The Cards were restraining Souls filled with Unwillingness and Pain; he wouldn't feel comfortable using such a dark Deck.
As for the Punishment he didn't explicitly tell Yugi and the others about for Diabolo, it was actually during the Last Attack just now. Hayato had controlled the intensity of **Psychic Ectoplasm**. What hit Diabolo's Body was less the Souls from **Danger! Thunderbird!** and more purely Pain and Resentment.
Hayato had deliberately preserved a powerful Life Force in Diabolo's Body, comparable to that of a Card Spirit, to eternally counter the Poison of **Starving Venom Fusion Dragon** left in his Body. Diabolo's Mind would also be eternally tormented by the Malice he created, unable to find Liberation.
He could be said to be continuously living, but also continuously approaching death, forever lingering before death, unable to Arrive. This was the Punishment Hayato inflicted upon him.
However, although Hayato released all the Souls from Diabolo's Cards, something unexpected happened. Before those Souls left, they left behind an extremely faint trail of golden mist leading into the Forest, as if guiding the Path.
"Hey, Joey Wheeler, what is this thing?" Tristan saw this and asked Joey Wheeler beside him, but Joey Wheeler just spread his hands. "I don't even know where the End of the Universe is, how would I know this?"
Marik rubbed his chin and voiced his guess: "Could it be that those Souls are guiding us in the direction we should go?"
"I think it's very possible." Téa said, looking at Yugi, and Yugi also nodded, indicating that he shared Téa's view.
"This direction seems to also lead to that Volcano, which is the same as our original direction. Since taking other paths is equally unfamiliar, why don't we try following this?" Hayato thought for a moment and offered his suggestion, and the others had no objections.
Before Diabolo's attack here, everyone had already rested briefly. Although they had the idea of camping here before, now that they had this mist that looks like it could Disperse at any moment as Guidance, it was better to continue moving forward.
The Path pointed out by the mist also led into the dense Jungle. So, just like before, the formation remained two people leading the way with the other four walking behind. Because they had rested for a while before, Tristan picked up his shovel again. Joey Wheeler, on the other hand, felt he still had plenty of stamina, so currently, they were the two leading the way, while Hayato, Marik, and Yugi were happy to take it easy and walk behind.
Although Téa wasn't a fragile woman without the ability to fight, there were five boys in the team, so there was plenty of labor, and it wasn't necessary to have a girl lead the way.
Walking at the back of the team, Téa asked Hayato with a bit of curiosity: "Hayato, you said this is called 'Sage's Stone'. Is that true? I remember in Yugi's Deck, there seems to be a Spell Card used to support **Dark Magician** and **Dark Magician Girl** called Gem of the Sage."
"Well, although the names are quite similar, there's actually a big gap. Just this incomplete 'Sage's Stone' provided that guy Diabolo with various powers to transform ordinary creatures into Card Spirits and gain eternal life." Hayato tossed the Orichalcos Stone, which was about the size of a marble, and said casually, "As for the finished product, you can refer to this card. It can basically make your heart's desires come true."
As he spoke, Hayato took out his **Philosopher's Stone - Sabatiel** card and revealed it to them.
Upon seeing the card effect of **Philosopher's Stone - Sabatiel**, which was fundamentally a fake card, even Yugi's eyes widened: "Declare a card name, and then rule-wise it can be used as the declared card and gain the same effect!? That effect is too unfair! Can a completed 'Sage's Stone' be made into such a powerful card?"
"Believe me, Yugi, you wouldn't want to know the method to complete the 'Sage's Stone', nor would you want to see the completed 'Sage's Stone'. The very existence of such a thing is a taboo subject for Alchemists." Hayato put away the card and exclaimed, "Perhaps only a madman like Diabolo would resort to any means to complete the 'Sage's Stone'."
"However, I also suspect that the Orichalcos Stone itself might have had an influence on that guy's deranged mind."
"The Orichalcos that the Planet uses to test humans..." Yugi exclaimed, suddenly remembering, "Oh right, Hayato, Diabolo seemed to have mentioned before that there were other Alchemists, and he was competing with them to complete the 'Sage's Stone'. Do you know any other Alchemists?"
Although it was the first time he had heard that Alchemists actually existed, Yugi had noticed before that Hayato seemed familiar with Alchemists, as if he also knew other Alchemists.
"Other Alchemists, well, I actually only know one, and even then, you could only say we know each other one-sidedly." Hayato was about to talk about the Alchemist he knew, but at this moment, they had just walked out of the Jungle, following the golden smoke to the foot of a Hill.
Without the cover of the Bush, a huge Obelisk-like pillar stood upright on the Earth before their eyes, and two people were standing before the Obelisk.
