Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Chapter 1399 [Battle of the Shadow Realm Kings]?

Because of the changes in [Bomb World], it wasn't just the players in the game who lost their sight, but also Kaiba's side as well.

"A monster as trash as Blue-Eyes White Dragon can be easily destroyed. It has become a standard target for comparing attack power." After saying this, Jonouchi looked around and nodded, "Well, as expected, Kaiba can't see or interfere with this virtual world."

"Otherwise, after hearing me slander the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, how could that Blue-Eyes White Dragon fan resist coming in and attacking me?"

  What amazing wisdom! Even Hayato couldn't help but applaud Jonouchi's brain!

"So that's how it is. Was it the spell set by the woman disguised as [King of War - Hal]?" Peacock Dance knocked on the isolation around her. Although she was surprised that Yugi and the others didn't resist, she thought of the bad taste of a certain Duel King and chose to stay in the energy shield and watch the changes outside with peace of mind. At the same time, she looked at [King of War - Fara], "But, when did that guy..."

"It should be from the very beginning. The [King Kai War - Hal] we encountered may not have existed from the very beginning. At that time, it was already that woman pretending to be him."

Rebecca glanced at the graceful figure of [War of the Kings - Fara], whose red robe could not completely cover her. She then looked at Apricot and Peacock Dance on both sides of her. She was sad to find that even Asuka, who had left the audience to join the attack on [War of the Kings - Lopt], ​​had a better figure than her. She said angrily, "What a hateful guy you are just looking at!"

"And that sword belonged to [Sword World War - Frode], and it actually fell into the hands of that woman. Didn't Hayato also say that [Sword World War - Frode] was killed by someone when he came here? I'm afraid it was her who did it." Kyoko hammered the energy shield in front of her unhappily, "I just don't know how she managed to reach [Boom World] earlier than us."

"Well, it's just a small application of space transfer. The main thing that prevented the opponent from entering the [Boom World] before was [Sword World King War - Frode]. But after being defeated by you, it was very easy for me as a qualified spellcaster to do something with the portal." Hayato poked his head out of the card box of [Summoner - Aleister] on his waist and answered.

"How dare you jump out like that?" Hayato said discontentedly, holding up the miniaturized body of [Summoner - Aleister]. The energy shield covering a seat-sized space only allowed Hayato to move around, but it did not allow him to appear in the form of a normal person. "Didn't I tell you to keep an eye on that guy [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt]?"

"Don't just hold me hostage, Master. You clearly asked me to watch over you with the [Water Sentient of the Temple], but that woman only cared about spying on you and didn't work seriously at all. That's why I was ambushed by that girl and I didn't have time to stop her from escaping." [Summoner - Aleister] naturally didn't admit that it was all his fault, and he pulled out the card that had previously sealed [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] from Hayato's card box, "Besides, wasn't this your plan in the first place, Master—"

"Okay, go back and reflect on yourself." Before Alai could finish his words, Hayato pushed him back. He looked at the Shadow of the King's Battle - Lopt who was facing Judai and others with ease not far away, stood up from his seat, and said to him, "You were only halfway through your previous sentence, Lopt."

"Ha, of course, my respected 'Master'. It's all the fault of these boring mortals who don't know how to read the atmosphere. I just gave the beginning of my plan."

Holding the flaming sword he named "Levantine", the flames that were hotter than the dragon breath of the [True Red-Eyes Black Dragon] easily dispelled the cold air around him, opening up a circular area with a diameter of five or six meters that was not covered by frost. [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] pretended to be a servant and pointed his hands at [Curse of the King's War - Fara] behind him, "As you can see, and as you guessed, my assistant is [Fara]. Without her help, my plan would never have been as smooth as it is now."

"As a prophet, she spread her fabricated prophecies in the Nine Realms in a veiled manner, and then collected the power left by the [King Wars] from all over the Nine Realms for me. In the end, I forged this ultimate weapon that unified the power of the [King Wars] from the lower six realms - 'Levantine'."

"A fabricated prophecy? Could it be that the prophecy heard by [Light Realm King War - Queen Madol] was spread by that woman?" Misawa frowned, "But, 'Lower Six Realms'?"

"In the dwarven kingdom of the Iron Realm, the steel they built together was no match for an unexpected defeat; in the endlessly fighting Fire Realm and Ice Realm, even if they joined forces, they could not resist a stronger opponent; in the Sword Realm King War, they held a sword that was sure to win, but after their defeat, they were ambushed and had their weapon taken away; in the wise and cautious Light Realm, they were deceived by rumors and their own caution and did nothing; and in the last, the Void Realm, they were destroyed by an even more arrogant person."

[Shadow of the King of War - Lopt] said proudly, "Then, their powers will be collected one by one and forged into this weapon of mine. Then, the powers of the three worlds that run through the core of the World Tree - [Booming World], [Eternal World], and [Death World] - will be collected. I will become the true king of the nine realms and ascend to the empty throne!"

"That's it? It's just a virtual game. If you want to be the king of this virtual world that will disappear when the server is shut down, then you can do it." Fubuki had a serious expression on her face, and was very disdainful of what [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt] said, "But why did you attack Liang!"

"It's just a coincidence. After all, it took me a lot of effort to find two people who can represent light and darkness to fight against each other." [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt] said, looking proudly at Caesar who was motionless, "The blind god of darkness, Hodel, accidentally killed the god of light who could not be hurt with mistletoe. What a coincidence, and what's even more coincidental is that the [Light Mistletoe] I brought from the [Star Realm] happened to have the mistletoe I needed."

"That little tree is still dreaming of plotting against me? Then I will use its plot to complete this murder drama and use it as a prelude to open the curtain of the Ragnarok!"

[Star Tree - Light Oak] knew that it was [Extreme God Emperor - Loki], now [Shadow of War - Lopt], ​​who brought it from [Star Realm] to the world of "Duel-Links". So how could [Shadow of War - Lopt] not notice that he had sent something extra? He even used [Star Tree - Light Oak] in turn and used its mistletoe as part of his plan.

In Norse mythology, Frigga, the paranoid mother of the god of light Balder, was worried that her son's life was in danger because he had a nightmare about death. She traveled all over the world to ask all things to swear to her that they would never hurt Balder. Not only bows and arrows, swords, hammers, katana, but also flowers, diseases, stones and other things made the oath, but only mistletoe was ignored by Frigga because it was too weak.

To verify whether her action was effective, Frigga asked the gods to throw their weapons at Balder. As expected, they could not hurt Balder now. However, Loki took the opportunity to sneak into the gods by transforming himself into an old woman. He turned the mistletoe into a weapon and instigated Balder's blind brother, the dark god Hoder, to throw it. After Hoder did so, the spear-like mistletoe pierced Balder's chest, and the world fell into a dark winter. This is the "Fimbulwinter" that represents the beginning of Ragnarok.

  According to historical research, we can guess that the background of the birth of this myth is around 650 BC, when the Bronze Age ended and drastic climate changes occurred in Northern Europe. However, it is meaningless to study how this myth was born in history, because [Shadow of the War King - Lopt] is transforming this myth into reality in the world of "Duel-Links" and spreading its influence to the other nine realms!

"You must all be wondering what the point of me doing this is, because no matter what I do, this world is just an illusion." [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt] looked at [Boom World] being gradually transformed into a winter land covered with ice and snow, and sneered, "But this is just the idea of ​​you shallow-minded mortals. You have a treasure mountain, but you don't know it."

"This world was born from illusions, but its foundation is a product of the 'network' used by you mortals, a network built by the links between consciousnesses. 'Duel-Links' world? The name is quite vivid, but you mortals just use this world as a place for you to play the 'Duel' game, but you don't know that 'Links' are the key!"

"Consciousness connection?" After hearing what [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt] said, Yugi recalled the principle of this virtual world that Kaiba seemed to have mentioned in the past. Although I didn't understand what he was talking about at the time, it seemed that he really mentioned the specific principle. It seemed that "the electromagnetic coil in the game cabin will detect brain waves and convert them into electrical signals, and then the electromagnetic signals will build a cloud network to connect everyone's consciousness across time and space."

Five years ago, in 2001, Kaiba had completed the prototype of this network system, which triggered an attack from Prana including Lan Shen, Sera and others, because they found that once a person with "super consciousness" beyond human intelligence - the talent of "Prana" - was mixed into Kaiba's network, it could even trigger a dimensional ascension and open a passage to an unknown dimension.

Through this channel, Hayato can freely open the door to the underworld through the [Quantum Cube], but it does not mean that the door at the end of this channel can only lead to the underworld, just like Lan Shen fell into the reversed dark realm because of his obsession and almost caused a huge disaster in Domino City. He had to work as an experimental subject in Kaiba Group and other Prana for many years before he paid off his debts.

But just like the Holy Grail in "Fate", some people care about whether the channel opened by the Holy Grail can lead to the root, while others care about the energy itself that opens the channel. Unlike Hayato and others, [Shadow of the King's Battle - Lopt] is extremely interested in the consciousness network that constitutes the world of "Duel-Links" itself.

"What is reality and what is fantasy? Is reality what can be physically interfered with, and is fantasy what can only be manipulated by thoughts? This ambiguous question and answer will be confused and unanswered in this world that is almost indistinguishable from your real world. With this power, consciousness will become able to actually interfere with reality, and physical means can actually manipulate fantasy."

Raising Levantine to the sky, [Shadow of the King’s War - Lopt] said proudly, “I told you from the very beginning when we met, ‘Danrito’, ‘I am a magician who is waiting for the birth of the King of Destiny, and my destiny is to serve that great king.’ Although you are the God of Lies, I did not lie in this sentence, I just didn’t say the whole thing.”

"I will wait for the opportunity to become the King of Destiny as a magician, and I will manipulate fate to ascend the throne of the King of the Nine Realms. I sincerely say that I will serve you, and now is the day for me to ascend to God!"

"Commanding the power of the Nine Realms, I will further manipulate the consciousness of the many mortals scattered throughout the Nine Realms. The consciousness of the mortals who built this world will become my food and help me become the king of the Nine Realms!"

"Then, reality and illusion will be reversed, and I can use this illusory world as a channel to enter the 'reality' where you are!"

As he finished speaking, the two powers of fire and ice burst out from the "Levantine" raised by [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt] at the same time. The mistletoe that had stabbed Caesar before also came into his hands and became the fuel for the flames. Some kind of illusory spell existed between ice and fire to reconcile them, and the deformed metal that transformed the Sword of Victory urged the Sword of Victory to grow along with the fire and ice.

Visibly, the figure of [Shadow of the War King - Lopt] began to change, and behind the constantly changing [Shadow of the War King - Lopt], ​​the appearance he would eventually become was vaguely revealed.

Purple runes appeared on his exposed body, and the arm that touched "Levantin" gradually turned into a red and black demon-like appearance. His lower body even transformed into an octopus with many legs, and thorns that looked like keratinous and wooden spider feet kept emerging from his body!

What is even more eye-catching is [Lopt's] hair. The long golden hair grows wildly, but it still cannot cover up the abnormally enlarged magic horns. The pink highlight on his head is still retained. It can be seen that he is very satisfied with this look and has no intention of changing it, but the skin on his face is gradually becoming as pale as the body engraved with runes. The skin around his eyes is cracked like petals, and his lips are scarlet. He looks like a terrifying clown.

"Now I will make all these nine realms my kingdom, the kingdom of 'shadow' that exists between illusion and reality - [Shadow Realm]!"

"The power of the many king battles in the nine realms will be superimposed, and the consciousness of mortals and the power of the [King Battles] will build a super-conscious network of superposition! The ultimate superposition light change!"

"【Shadow of the War King - Lopt】? Now that I am about to become the King of the Nine Realms, this disguise is no longer necessary." Loki, who abandoned the name 【Shadow of the War King - Lopt】, laughed wildly, "Reverse the order, and now I am 【War King】 of 【Shadow Realm】——"

"【Shadow Realm King Battle-Levantine】!"

"Tanrito, I have ascended to godhood!"

Seeing the body of the arrogant [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] constantly deforming and enlarging, approaching the existence behind him named [Shadow World King's War - Lewontin], and about to overlap, Hayato showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"I see. The enemy from outside the world that Darkness mentioned before he ran away was you, right? I thought it was Zack who attacked me. You absorbed the power of the Nine Realms [King's War], and then used the human 'Duel Link' network to try to integrate and stack all the power. So you want to play X-Force?"

With an expression of boredom due to dashed expectations, Hayato complained, "Trying to break through my original limits, switching from a sync-tuned player like Polaris to playing Hyper Shot in King's War, is indeed ambitious, but... that's it? It feels worse than 'Banned Shooting Order' or 'Kill the Gun King'."

"Besides - when did you develop the illusion that you could control the consciousness network in front of me?"

"Nani!?"

  As Hayato suddenly raised his hand and snapped his fingers, in the horrified eyes of [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt], ​​the power of the consciousness network that he had absorbed to form the world of "Duel-Links" suddenly disappeared, and the runes on his body dimmed and disappeared. His transformation stopped, and he even regressed back to the original appearance of [Shadow of the King of War - Lopt]! ?

No naughty words today, please recommend~