The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　The Moon God Beast was forced backward by the terrifying force that launched it, staggering backward.

　The "Shadow Leech" was also sent flying back by that slap.

　Both of their magic power decreased as a result.

　"Shadow Leech, Insect Sucker!"

　The moment Witt God's voice rang out, the "Shadow Leech" touched the ground and vanished silently, as if it had fallen into water.

　Before the "Moon God Beast" could even adjust its position, the "Shadow Leech" that had circled in the shadows emerged from beneath its feet and bit its paw!

　This Bug-type special move can absorb the opponent's life or mana while dealing damage to them.

　The Moon Beast's magic power began to drop at a visible rate.

　Meanwhile, the "Shadow Leech's" magic power is quickly restored to full.

　Once its magic power exceeds the base limit, its ultimate move "Split" is automatically triggered, splitting off a "magic leech" the size of a palm from its body.

　The leech has only 100 points of magic power, and its attack and defense are both 0, but it can exist as an independent entity, making it an excellent sacrifice.

　After splitting off, these "demon leeches" burrowed into the shadows like scattered fish fry and disappeared.

　Each "Leech" possesses a deadly skill commonly mastered by shadow creatures—"Shadow Lurk"—which maximizes their survival.

　“（>_

　The Moon Beast let out a cry of pain and tried to lift its leg to break free from the Shadow Leech's bite.

　However, when the "Shadow Leech" unleashed its ultimate move, "Insect Suction," the suction force it generated was so immense that it completely stuck the "Moon God Beast's" foot to the ground, making it impossible for it to lift it even an inch.

　Moreover, as the magic power was absorbed, waves of weakness washed over the "Moon God Beast," making it weak all over and unable to exert any strength, leaving it to let the "Shadow Leech" continue to suck it dry.

　On the red team's platform, Witt Gold, seeing this, finally breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

　Even Dark Dimon is not an example of a magical spirit that is so powerful that it cannot be defeated.

　Take this "Moon God Beast" for example. Although it possesses combat power completely inconsistent with its appearance, it is ultimately only a three-star magical spirit. It is not as terrifying as that "Fairy Tale Animal - Little Rabbit".

　Just as Witt God was pondering this, a white light with a hint of pink suddenly descended and landed directly on the head of the "Moon God Beast".

　The "Moon God Beast" jolted awake, and the weakness caused by the loss of magic power vanished instantly.

　Its continuously declining magic power suddenly surged upwards, and then resumed to recover at a rate of fifty points per second.

　The Moon Beast's expression hardened, and it swiftly raised its foot, the one that hadn't yet been bitten. Then, it stomped fiercely on the Shadow Leech!

　"Pfft!"

　How could the "Shadow Leech" with a defense of only 100 points withstand this angry kick?

　It made a quick decision and opened its jaws, but before it could dive down, its head had already been crushed by the "Moon God Beast"!

　Although the attack power of 1600 points was not fully utilized due to factors such as the exertion of force, the "Shadow Leech" was severely injured after that kick and disappeared into the shadows, never daring to show its face again.

　However, the "Shadow Leech" has already achieved half of its goal.

　With the combination of "insect sucking" and "split", it gave birth to a total of five "demon leeches".

　Each of these "demon leeches" can serve as a one-star offering.

　If you include itself, there are a total of nine stars as offerings.

　It is more than enough to sacrifice and summon any level of third-tier magical spirit.

　In the first round, Witt God already had a Tier 3 Magical Spirit card in his hand!

　Taking advantage of the blocking and deceptive effects of the "Dark Barrier", he specially summoned "Shadow Leech" and then split off five one-star "Leech" to finally gather enough offerings for the summoning. This was originally a well-intentioned scheme, but of course, it would be best if he could destroy the "Moon God Beast" during this time.

　Even if they failed to destroy the "Moon God Beast", it would be close enough.

　At this moment, Witt God had already raised the third-tier Magical Spirit Card high into the air, his expression extremely solemn.

　As the incantation for the Sacrifice Summoning spell was being chanted, the intense light emanating from the Magical Spirit Card was now tinged with crimson.

　"In the name of Vittor God, offer one 'Shadow Leech' and four 'Leechs' as sacrifices to summon—the 'Bloody Serpent'!"

　He almost gritted his teeth as he read out the final words.

　Inside the arena, even though "Moon God Beast" knew what Dark was going to do after being reminded, it was completely helpless against "Leech" that had sneaked into the shadows.

　The same applies to "Ditto".

　The countdown above the projection jumped rapidly, and a bloody atmosphere gradually filled the venue.

　The stench of blood mixed with the power of darkness made the environment in the red side's half of the map even more murky.

　Suddenly, five black lights shot straight into the sky from the shadows on the ground, and a red light also burst out from the card art of "Bloody Serpent". These six lights converged in the air and, guided by the Sacrifice Summoning Spell, outlined a huge and complex Sacrifice Summoning Circle.

　The ferocious head of the "Bloody Serpent" suddenly emerged from the sacrificial summoning circle with a seemingly slow but oppressive speed.

　"Roar!"

　The terrifying roar of the eight-star magical spirit finally pulled the audience outside the arena—who were still stuck in the previous round—back to reality!

　Witt God seems to want to tell the audience that flashy things are ultimately not up to par, and that the magical spirits of the third tier are the truly powerful ones!

　The enormous body of the "Bloody Serpent" stood upright, even surpassing the height of the "Dark Barrier"!

　A terrifying aura of blood and darkness spread outwards as if it were tangible.

　……

　"As a student, to successfully create an eight-star magical spirit card while only a second-year student is indeed something to be proud of."

　Dark tapped the table lightly, speaking softly and in a calm tone.

　The loudspeaker at the card table ensured his voice wouldn't be drowned out by the roar of the "bloody serpent."

　Witt Gold's rising emotions were abruptly cut short by this seemingly innocuous sentence.

　The veins on his forehead throbbed as he desperately suppressed his angry roar, reaching out to press down on a magic card in his hand.

　"Bloody Serpent" is the absolute trump card in his deck.

　He has prepared several ways to enhance this trump card, and there is one card that has been in existence for the time being.

　He can start summoning immediately once the cooldown of the Sacrifice Summoning spell ends.

　At this point, he had two cards left in his hand.

　But his summons came too late.

　The second round had already passed in the midst of the entanglement between the two magical spirits.

　[Battle Phase (3)][30s]

　The duel has entered its third round, and new variables are about to emerge.

　Witt Gold gritted his teeth, reached for the cards, and then, upon seeing the two new magic cards, the muscles on his cheeks involuntarily widened, and he chuckled softly.

　"Then come on!"

　……

　The blue team player is on the stage.

　Dark drew two new magic cards from the top of his deck without any haste.

　【Duolong Baruto】

　【Magic Gun】

　"Dorambaruto..."

　"Dragon Baltto" can be said to be the highest-level Magical Spirit card in Dark's deck.

　"Dorambaruto" is a seven-star being, and he currently has enough offerings to sacrifice and summon it.

　However, Darke, squinting as he observed Witt Gold's subtle expression, did not make that choice.

　Through the afternoon's "Silver Cup" final, he had gained a thorough understanding of Wieter's "Bloody Serpent" card.

　Card Name: Bloodstained Serpent

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Reptile]

　[Attribute: Dark]

　【Magic Power: 4500】

　[Attack: 4000]

　[Defense: 2500]

　[Ultimate Techniques: Giant Beast, Land of Blood Mist, Black Jade Serpent]

　Although it possesses an extremely strong aura, it is not a gold card.

　In the previous duel, "Bloody Orochi" used two special moves.

　One is a finishing move called "Land of Blood Mist," which releases a blood mist that envelops the entire arena.

　The other was a black light that shot out from a gaping maw—"Black Jade Snake Ball"!

　The former is a pseudo-field technique, but it can move around with "Bloody Serpent" as its core.

　Its effects are very comprehensive. First, it has area-of-effect damage. Although the damage is not high, its strength lies in its sustainability. Second, it can penetrate targets within the area, reducing their defense, causing them to lose their will, and gradually fall into madness, becoming bait for the "Blood Serpent," or even its minions!

　Finally, it can also grant the "Bloody Serpent" the ability to recover health and mana, which magical spirits do not possess.

　"Land of Blood Mist" is a powerful finishing move that doesn't cause significant damage in the short term. However, its effectiveness gradually becomes apparent if the area is consistently occupied—making it more suitable for densely populated battlefields.

　The main attack technique of "Bloody Orochi" is "Black Jade Snake Ball".

　The "Black Jade Snake Ball" is very similar to the "Destruction Beam" in both power and form.

　However, given the enormous size of the "Bloody Serpent," the black death ray it spews has an extremely wide coverage area!

　In addition, Dark also deduced its hidden passive ability – "Beast" – based on its performance in the game!

　"Beast" is a powerful finishing move that increases size, dimensions, and imposing presence.

　The "Bloody Serpent's" three attributes should have an increase of 500 points each in magic attack and defense on top of the base values.

　Its dimensions were already extremely impressive.

　After adding 500 points, the "Bloody Serpent's" stats became 5000/4500/3000.

　Therefore, the "Bloody Serpent's" attack methods are actually very simple - it is simply strong!

　……

　"Veteran Goddard successfully sacrificed himself to summon a full eight-star 'Blood Serpent' at the very beginning of the third round! Faced with this terrifying behemoth, can Dark Dimon's two-star Rabbit withstand the attack?"

　The commentator delivered the last sentence in a monotone, detached tone.

　While the two-star "Fairy Tale World? Little Rabbit" is indeed stunning, it is, after all, only a two-star Magical Spirit Card.

　Facing the eight-star "Bloody Serpent", it probably wouldn't even have enough teeth to fill its gaps!

　Of course, as a commentator who doesn't make jinxes, he wouldn't draw conclusions easily before the results are in.

　But behind him, the cheers of the spectators seemed to have already written the result on their faces.

　Dark Dimon may possess magical spirit cards that rival or even surpass "Bloody Serpent," but it's all for naught if he doesn't draw them.

　Given that Darko Dimon still showed no signs of making a move, the commentator leaned towards the conclusion that he hadn't drawn the winning number.

　In that case, this duel might be dangerous!

　"If I were Witt Gold, I would seize this opportunity and give it my all to win this round!"

　He thought in his mind.

　……

　Faced with the turmoil stirred up by the "Bloody Serpent," Vittor Gold's fans finally spoke up, while Dark Dimon's fans fell silent. Even the second-year students of the Noble Academy watched with solemn expressions and held their breath.

　This duel seemed to have reached its climax right at the beginning of this third round!

　Witt God was not satisfied with the sheer power of the "Bloody Serpent".

　The moment his Sacrifice Summoning spell's cooldown ended, he picked out one of the newly drawn magic cards from his hand, pressed it lightly, and then began to chant.