Chapter 410: The Road to the Decisive Battle
"Ten generations!"

Hibiki was still the first to rush onto the stage after the duel. Judai was staggering, half-kneeling on the ground, with his head lowered, looking uncertain whether he was alive or dead.

However, after being helped up by Xianglu, he turned his head and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry, teacher. I'm fine. I'm just sorry, I still lost."

Xiang Lu was relieved when she saw this and breathed a sigh of relief. She touched Judai's head and said, "It's okay. You've done well enough. I'm glad you're okay."

But at the same time, she felt a little strange and couldn't help but look at the judge opposite her.

Xiang Lu now clearly understood what a terrifying concept Dark Duel was. Most of those who fell in Dark Duel would lose their souls and fall into a coma.

Just now, her younger brother Xiang Hongye fell into a coma because he lost to the person in front of her.

But now the tenth generation seems to be fine.

She realized that during the entire duel, the opponent did not use the "Orichalcum's barrier" that looked bad. It seemed that it was said before that the souls of those who were defeated in the barrier would be sucked away.
But why?
If she said that the other party didn't start the duel because he didn't have confidence in this duel, she definitely didn't believe it. Although she didn't know the other party's origins, even Xiang Lu could see that this judge was a powerful duelist beyond the ordinary concept.

Even from the duel with Judai just now, it can be seen that he was calm throughout the whole process. Although she was a little reluctant to think so, she was more inclined to believe that whether it was against Hibiki Momiji or Judai, this person was sure of victory from the beginning.

So why would he deliberately let Judai go?
"Want another of his soul?"

As the judge walked off the stage, You Xuan, who was standing nearby, spoke up.

The Judge paused and looked at You Xuan with narrowed eyes.

"Oh?" The judge said, "Fujiki Yugen, you are beginning to interest me more and more. How much do you know about this matter?"

The two looked at each other for a few seconds.

"You guessed right."

The judge nodded and glanced sideways at Judai on the field.

"This boy is only a half-baked one at best. Even if I defeat him now, I will only get a decent duelist soul. But I don't need such souls anymore."

The judge said calmly.

"It would be better to say that if we do this, we will lose the medium that can connect to that powerful soul. That would be a waste of resources."

Sure enough, You Xuan realized that it was the same as he had guessed.

His goal is to be the Overlord.

In Olihagang's barrier, the soul of the loser will be sucked away, but it is only one soul. Just like when Atum was defeated, Oyayuki took the blame for him and was sucked away in his place.

The Judge may have felt that even if he won here, he would only get Yuki Judai's soul, which was not worth it. In comparison, he was more interested in the Overlord.

but
"What does it mean to be a medium to connect with powerful souls?" You Xuan said.

Logically speaking, the Overlord should be in Judai's body, and although he is in a deep sleep, he should be a person similar to his inner personality. So if the Judge defeats Judai here, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to awaken his inner personality?

That way, if he could duel with the Overlord again and win, he would be able to absorb the Overlord's power as he wished.

But he didn't do that, instead he said that if they defeated Judai here they would lose the medium to contact the Overlord.

So based on this sentence, does it mean that Overlord is not actually in Judai's body?
But the judge did not explain, just laughed strangely a few times.

"Well, who knows?"

He continued walking, passing You Xuan, but stopped briefly when he came behind him.

"But if I were you, I wouldn't have time to worry about other people's problems right now."

He turned half sideways, with half of his body seemingly shrouded in shadow, and spoke coldly.

"Soon, it will be your turn. You, and the Sealing Device you hold, once I have gathered all of these."

He laughed grimly twice, said nothing more, turned around and continued walking away.

You Xuan: “.”

But after the judge walked away, another tall figure stood in front of him.

President Kaiba Seto. "You don't have to worry about this part."

Kaiba said calmly.

"Because I will be the one who defeats him in the end."

You Xuan naturally understood what the president meant.

The first match of the semi-finals, the duel between Judai and the Judge, has ended. So the only ones left are the two of them.

Indeed. If he loses to Kaiba here, then the finals will have nothing to do with him. He doesn't have to fight the Judge, and the mission of saving the world can be left to the president.

If it were in the past, he might actually think this was a good option.

".I understand." You Xuan looked at Kaiba and said, "But I won't let you go, President."

"Humph."

The corners of Kaiba's mouth rose, with a hint of approval in his eyes.

"It would be meaningless otherwise. I'll be waiting for you at this venue in half an hour."

As he said this he also walked towards the exit.

But after taking a few steps, he quickly stopped and turned to look at Judai on the stage.

"Your friend is also a proud duelist," he said. "One day, he will also be on the world's top stage. Don't be left behind."

"I know." You Xuan nodded.

Kaiba said nothing more and turned and walked out.

You Xuan then walked onto the duel field and approached Judai.

"how do you feel?"

"It still hurts."

Judai laid on the ground and let out a sigh.

"Ah~ I still feel so unwilling to lose."

"I warned you long ago." You Xuan shrugged.

"But it will be an interesting duel."

Judai sat up, suddenly in a trance.

"More importantly, I felt like what that guy said was true."

"what?"

"About me forgetting something important." Judai groaned for a moment, "I remember now. She was my first Pokémon, my favorite monster ever.

But later, due to some unavoidable reasons, she was launched into space, and now no one knows where she is."

You Xuan patted his shoulder: "Anyway, you've remembered it now, haven't you? As long as there's still a bond with the monster, you'll see it again one day, right?"

".Yeah, you're right. Good!"

Judai patted his cheeks and pulled himself together again.

"Then before that, I must quickly grow into a more reliable duelist."

He jumped up from the ground with a somersault.

"Okay, now it's time to cheer for Yugen." Judai said, "The opponent is that Kaiba Seto! I envy Yugen so much, I don't even have this opportunity."

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(End of this chapter)