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Chapter 729: Mahad, Falling…
Because it came too suddenly, Bakura had no time to evade. He only managed to raise his arms to protect his body, and the Mystical Power released by Mahad controlling the **Millennium Ring** swept over him.
There was no pain, nor did he feel even a trace of impact. It was just like being blown by a breeze. Bakura lowered his arms, feeling a bit confused, only to find that fundamentally nothing had happened to him.
"Huh, what was that just now? Dusting magic invented for germaphobes?" Bakura, who had expected to take a hit, found that not even a trace of change had appeared on him. With a hint of awkwardness and annoyance, he looked at Mahad and said, "You really startled me. That's truly annoying."
"It looks like you've exhausted your means. Then I'll just finish you off directly. Go, **Diabound**—"
Looking at **Diabound**, who was blocking his front and had also just suffered the Mystical Power Impact, Bakura was about to order it to kill Mahad, but Bakura's words stopped abruptly.
Because he saw it: **Diabound's** body was gradually becoming transparent. He could even clearly see the expression on Mahad's face opposite him, right through **Diabound's** body!
"'Shadow Ghoul is my ultimate technique,' Thief Bakura, you were thinking that just now, right? First the Fire Oil Trap, then the assassination by **Shadow Ghoul**. These schemes, seemingly capable of killing you, successfully led you to believe that I had used up all my ace cards."
"But from the very beginning, I didn't think such means could defeat you, defeat you who possess that one capable of contending even with the Divine-Beast the Pharaoh summons." The **Millennium Ring** on Mahad's chest floated up. Black-purple Mystical Power spread around him. "The **Dark Magician**, whom I summoned from the very beginning, its existence was completely ignored by you because of the preceding series of strategies!"
"The **Dark Magician** and I, by teaming up together, can unleash powerful magic. Combined with the power of 'Magic Interference' that I have kept sealed within the **Millennium Ring**, it has formed the Magic Storm that completely surrounds this Tomb at this moment. Within this range, no one can use the power of items like Millennium Stone Spirits and **Millennium Items**!"
"This is the last strategy that only I, who possess the strongest power among the Priests even without using **Millennium Items** and Millennium Stone Spirits, can use!"
The **Dark Magician** beside Mahad, being a Millennium Stone Spirit that received the Magic Storm Impact closer than **Diabound**, had already disappeared. However, **Diabound** in front of Bakura could also no longer maintain its own existence and disappeared before Bakura's eyes.
At this moment, within this Underground Tomb, only Bakura and Mahad faced each other. There was nothing else besides them!
"**Diabound**!"
Bakura tried to summon his inner monster, **Diabound**, again, but received not even a trace of a response. Even the Golden Duel Arena he was wearing on his hand, stolen from King Aknamkanon's Tomb, had become a pure decoration, unable to call forth even a single Millennium Stone Spirit.
Bakura, having exhausted his means, now stood before Priest Mahad, the Strongest Court Magician, his life was like a flickering candle!
Glaring angrily at Mahad, Bakura roared, "Mahad, you bastard, Onore!"
Calling forth a staff with Mystical Power, Mahad infused it with almost all the Mystical Power he could currently muster and charged towards Bakura. "Take this, Bakura, Magic Barrier with a twenty-meter radius!"
"For the Pharaoh!"
Because he was also affected by the influence of the Magic Barrier and couldn't use magic, Mahad, who was clearly a Magician, now swung his enhanced staff in his hand at Bakura like a Warrior. His strong physique, which he had specially trained on weekdays, truly came into use!
As the staff swung, the sound of it cutting through the air entered Bakura's ears. But as merely The Bandit, he was already malnourished. Without **Diabound's** protection, he fundamentally had no time to escape from Mahad's side, watching helplessly as the staff got closer and closer to his head!
If this blow hit his head, he would absolutely, absolutely, absolutely die on the spot! Bakura had no doubt about this!
Just as the staff was only an inch away from smashing into Bakura's head, abruptly, the sound of a clock stopping came from somewhere unknown.
Centered around Bakura's body, the World was quickly dyed black and white. Everything in this black and white World entered stagnation. Whether it was the **Millennium Ring** floating from Mahad's chest, the dust kicked up behind Mahad as he accelerated his charge, or the cold sweat on Bakura's forehead that wouldn't dry, Everything was preserved in this one instant.
The next second, the cold sweat on Bakura's forehead flowed down a little. He felt as if all his power had been drained, and he suddenly sat down on the ground, breathing heavily, his mind unsettled.
"Time enters stagnation here."
Muttering to himself, Bakura wiped his head several times with his robe before drying the cold sweat, his face still showing lingering fear. "Just that little bit... even if I had hesitated for one more second about whether to use this item, I would have been defeated."
Raising his head to look at Mahad, who had made him so wretched – his opponent was still maintaining his static state – Bakura spoke with malice. "You forced me to use a wasted item. The Nameless Pharaoh couldn't do it, and Hayato Kobayashi couldn't do it. Your schemes truly are endless."
"Shine, Mahad!"
"Puchi!"
Stabbing out his palm at the defenseless, or rather, fundamentally undefendable Mahad, Bakura's hand passed directly through Mahad's chest like a sharp blade. In his hand, he grasped the **Millennium Ring** he had taken from Mahad's chest.
Until Bakura pulled his hand back out, Mahad's face still showed no expression.
"Heh, that's how it is. In this static Time, the only one capable of action is me, the only one who used the 'Time Stop' cheat item. You haven't even realized that you're already dead, Mahad."
Bakura sneered, carelessly hanging the blood-stained **Millennium Ring** on his chest. "Originally, I was planning to maximize this item's effect, finding the right moment to seize all the **Millennium Items** in one go. As a result, I was actually forced to use it in a place like this by you! How detestable!"
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Swinging several fists consecutively at Mahad's face, Bakura beat Mahad, who had no resistance, as if venting. But just as he was about to swing the fourth fist, he found that the movement of his fist was gradually slowing down.
"Tsk, is time almost up? Hmph, never mind. Anyway, I've vented enough." Looking at Mahad, Bakura smiled wickedly. "Die here within this Stagnation of Time, Priest Mahad!"
"Then, time flows again!"
The World recovered from its black and white state, and in the next instant, a loud noise came.
"Boom!"
The force Mahad had endured during the static Time was released in one go the instant time resumed flowing. His entire body was sent flying backward, crashing into the stone wall. With a large gash opened in his chest, he was undoubtedly going to die!
(End of Chapter)
Because it came too suddenly, Bakura had no time to evade. He only managed to raise his arms to protect his body, and the Mystical Power released by Mahad controlling the **Millennium Ring** swept over him.
There was no pain, nor did he feel even a trace of impact. It was just like being blown by a breeze. Bakura lowered his arms, feeling a bit confused, only to find that fundamentally nothing had happened to him.
"Huh, what was that just now? Dusting magic invented for germaphobes?" Bakura, who had expected to take a hit, found that not even a trace of change had appeared on him. With a hint of awkwardness and annoyance, he looked at Mahad and said, "You really startled me. That's truly annoying."
"It looks like you've exhausted your means. Then I'll just finish you off directly. Go, **Diabound**—"
Looking at **Diabound**, who was blocking his front and had also just suffered the Mystical Power Impact, Bakura was about to order it to kill Mahad, but Bakura's words stopped abruptly.
Because he saw it: **Diabound's** body was gradually becoming transparent. He could even clearly see the expression on Mahad's face opposite him, right through **Diabound's** body!
"'Shadow Ghoul is my ultimate technique,' Thief Bakura, you were thinking that just now, right? First the Fire Oil Trap, then the assassination by **Shadow Ghoul**. These schemes, seemingly capable of killing you, successfully led you to believe that I had used up all my ace cards."
"But from the very beginning, I didn't think such means could defeat you, defeat you who possess that one capable of contending even with the Divine-Beast the Pharaoh summons." The **Millennium Ring** on Mahad's chest floated up. Black-purple Mystical Power spread around him. "The **Dark Magician**, whom I summoned from the very beginning, its existence was completely ignored by you because of the preceding series of strategies!"
"The **Dark Magician** and I, by teaming up together, can unleash powerful magic. Combined with the power of 'Magic Interference' that I have kept sealed within the **Millennium Ring**, it has formed the Magic Storm that completely surrounds this Tomb at this moment. Within this range, no one can use the power of items like Millennium Stone Spirits and **Millennium Items**!"
"This is the last strategy that only I, who possess the strongest power among the Priests even without using **Millennium Items** and Millennium Stone Spirits, can use!"
The **Dark Magician** beside Mahad, being a Millennium Stone Spirit that received the Magic Storm Impact closer than **Diabound**, had already disappeared. However, **Diabound** in front of Bakura could also no longer maintain its own existence and disappeared before Bakura's eyes.
At this moment, within this Underground Tomb, only Bakura and Mahad faced each other. There was nothing else besides them!
"**Diabound**!"
Bakura tried to summon his inner monster, **Diabound**, again, but received not even a trace of a response. Even the Golden Duel Arena he was wearing on his hand, stolen from King Aknamkanon's Tomb, had become a pure decoration, unable to call forth even a single Millennium Stone Spirit.
Bakura, having exhausted his means, now stood before Priest Mahad, the Strongest Court Magician, his life was like a flickering candle!
Glaring angrily at Mahad, Bakura roared, "Mahad, you bastard, Onore!"
Calling forth a staff with Mystical Power, Mahad infused it with almost all the Mystical Power he could currently muster and charged towards Bakura. "Take this, Bakura, Magic Barrier with a twenty-meter radius!"
"For the Pharaoh!"
Because he was also affected by the influence of the Magic Barrier and couldn't use magic, Mahad, who was clearly a Magician, now swung his enhanced staff in his hand at Bakura like a Warrior. His strong physique, which he had specially trained on weekdays, truly came into use!
As the staff swung, the sound of it cutting through the air entered Bakura's ears. But as merely The Bandit, he was already malnourished. Without **Diabound's** protection, he fundamentally had no time to escape from Mahad's side, watching helplessly as the staff got closer and closer to his head!
If this blow hit his head, he would absolutely, absolutely, absolutely die on the spot! Bakura had no doubt about this!
Just as the staff was only an inch away from smashing into Bakura's head, abruptly, the sound of a clock stopping came from somewhere unknown.
Centered around Bakura's body, the World was quickly dyed black and white. Everything in this black and white World entered stagnation. Whether it was the **Millennium Ring** floating from Mahad's chest, the dust kicked up behind Mahad as he accelerated his charge, or the cold sweat on Bakura's forehead that wouldn't dry, Everything was preserved in this one instant.
The next second, the cold sweat on Bakura's forehead flowed down a little. He felt as if all his power had been drained, and he suddenly sat down on the ground, breathing heavily, his mind unsettled.
"Time enters stagnation here."
Muttering to himself, Bakura wiped his head several times with his robe before drying the cold sweat, his face still showing lingering fear. "Just that little bit... even if I had hesitated for one more second about whether to use this item, I would have been defeated."
Raising his head to look at Mahad, who had made him so wretched – his opponent was still maintaining his static state – Bakura spoke with malice. "You forced me to use a wasted item. The Nameless Pharaoh couldn't do it, and Hayato Kobayashi couldn't do it. Your schemes truly are endless."
"Shine, Mahad!"
"Puchi!"
Stabbing out his palm at the defenseless, or rather, fundamentally undefendable Mahad, Bakura's hand passed directly through Mahad's chest like a sharp blade. In his hand, he grasped the **Millennium Ring** he had taken from Mahad's chest.
Until Bakura pulled his hand back out, Mahad's face still showed no expression.
"Heh, that's how it is. In this static Time, the only one capable of action is me, the only one who used the 'Time Stop' cheat item. You haven't even realized that you're already dead, Mahad."
Bakura sneered, carelessly hanging the blood-stained **Millennium Ring** on his chest. "Originally, I was planning to maximize this item's effect, finding the right moment to seize all the **Millennium Items** in one go. As a result, I was actually forced to use it in a place like this by you! How detestable!"
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Swinging several fists consecutively at Mahad's face, Bakura beat Mahad, who had no resistance, as if venting. But just as he was about to swing the fourth fist, he found that the movement of his fist was gradually slowing down.
"Tsk, is time almost up? Hmph, never mind. Anyway, I've vented enough." Looking at Mahad, Bakura smiled wickedly. "Die here within this Stagnation of Time, Priest Mahad!"
"Then, time flows again!"
The World recovered from its black and white state, and in the next instant, a loud noise came.
"Boom!"
The force Mahad had endured during the static Time was released in one go the instant time resumed flowing. His entire body was sent flying backward, crashing into the stone wall. With a large gash opened in his chest, he was undoubtedly going to die!
(End of Chapter)
