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

　After killing the "Dream Demon", the "Raging Blood Beast Roar" still had momentum and rushed straight towards the red team's magic ball.

　That happened in a very short time.

　But Dark still reacted quickly, controlling the magic ball to rise rapidly, and once again successfully dodged.

　By this time, the first round had already passed!

　While Dark was distracted controlling the magic ball, he had already drawn out the two new magic cards.

　v

　Greed 3

　[Paradise 4 Months]

　The acquisition of two major sin cards instantly made up for the disadvantage in his hand. Dark suddenly drew "Greed i3i" and summoned it without hesitation: "In the name of Dark Dimon, answer my call, evolve, Bubu!"

　"aim!"

　"Bu Miao" responded, then abruptly turned to face the red team's platform. A deep blue beam of light pierced its brow, granting it the power to evolve. "Cat Boss," evolved from "Bu Miao," had thick, light gray fur and a round, lioness-like face. The gold coin on its head had transformed into a deep blue bead, and its eyes remained half-open, radiating a faint aura of ferocity.

　Despite being merely a five-star magical spirit, "Cat Boss" is practically the nemesis of physical attackers.

　This is also one of Dark's key strengths in dealing with Hank Willard. As for the "Elysium 4? Moon" he still has, it can only evolve "Cursed Cage: Gabumon" into "Cursed Cage: Zombiemon".

　However, "Curse Cage: Gabumon" is extremely lacking in real combat experience and its bond with Dark is also somewhat insufficient, so it is uncertain whether it can maintain its rationality after evolving into "SkullGreymon".

　Therefore, "Cursed Cage: Gabumon" cannot be summoned lightly. Even so, Dark was prepared to summon "Cursed Cage: Gabumon" immediately, but only after seeing Hank Willard's hand.

　The duel has entered its second round. After his failed attempt to outmaneuver his opponent in the first round, it's time for Hank Willard to really get going!

　"Come on! Let's make it more intense!"

　"Dark murmured."

　[Well, it's 7,000 words. I originally wanted to write 10,000 in one go. But that's too weak, and I said I'd post it around midnight, so I'm posting it now. I'll continue writing until around midnight tonight and see if I can achieve my goal of 20,000 words a day.]

　[Ding, mission issued!]

Chapter 848 Crush, Beast! (13k)

　Chapter 848 "Seven-fold Discount" Shatter, Beast (13k)

　Hank Willard has four cards in his hand.

　Two of the cards I got in the first round were actually Magical Spirit cards.

　However, only one of these is a Tier 1 Spellcaster card that can be directly Normal Summoned. He chose to keep it even when the situation was unfavorable.

　The other Magical Spirit Card is a third-tier Magical Spirit Card!

　That was a seven-star Magical Spirit Card called "Soul of the Beast Ancestor".

　In addition to the commonly available Sacrifice Summon, "Soul of the Beast Ancestor" also has a special move that can be used to activate a Special Summon, but its activation effect is... Death of the Orc!

　At least three orcs must die within half an hour to specially summon "Orc Soul".

　While the twelve orc spearmen in the "Spearman Array" cannot be used as individual sacrifices, they can be recognized as twelve individual orcs by the ultimate skill of "Orc Soul".

　Therefore, there is actually a chain among Hank Willard's starting five cards.

　However, the "Spearman Formation" faces a "Potpot" with 0 attack and 2200 defense in the first round, so it can neither kill the "Potpot" nor be killed.

　This is very embarrassing.

　After missing the first round, Dark evolved a five-star "Cat Boss" at the beginning of the second round, and "Cat Boss" had already entered the blue side's half of the area, even right in front of the blue side's summoning area.

　This made it impossible for Hank Willard to summon the first-tier magical spirits in the blue team's summoning zone.

　Fortunately, he used the magic card "Raging Blood Beast Roar," which could instantly kill the top-tier Magical Spirit, precisely on the flying "Dream Fairy."

　Apart from "Dream Fairy", Dark's summoned "Shuttle" and "Neko Boss" do not have the ability to fly and are completely unable to pose a threat to the blue team's magic ball in the air.

　But that was only in the first round.

　Dark has three cards left in his hand, and Hank Willard is unsure whether any of them pose a threat to the Magic Ball.

　Therefore, in this second round, Hank Willard cannot simply do nothing.

　That's not like him!

　He had to start, no matter what!

　Hank Willard was extremely anxious.

　Despite the doubts of his fellow members and the reprimands from the club president, he still hadn't forgotten the boast he'd made... Of course, he didn't consider it boasting.

　To prove to those who mocked him that he wasn't just bragging, he had to get Darko Dimon out of the ring within three rounds!

　Originally, if the assassination of the "spearman array" had succeeded, he would have already done it!

　But Dark Demon's vigilance, reaction speed, and ability to mobilize magic far exceeded his expectations, and he actually managed to pull the magic ball away!

　This rendered his first round of deployment a complete failure, leaving him only able to focus on the second and third rounds.

　"We have to hurry!"

　Hank Willard only shouted, "Spearmen, step forward!" after Dark had evolved "Brother Cat" into "Boss Cat".

　The twelve orc spearmen abandoned their defensive advantage inside the "mobile fortress" and swarmed out from the opened door—though not all of them came out.

　Hank Willard left behind some orc spearmen in the "Mobile Fortress".

　Just like Dark's "Cat Boss" guarding the blue team's summoning area, he also wants to deploy these six orc spearmen in the red team's summoning area to kill the first-tier magic sprites summoned by Dark as soon as possible.

　"Six charged back, three split up and formed a formation along the red line, one provided free support, and two guarded the fortress."

　Hank Willard quickly gave the order.

　The first six orc spearmen rushed out and pounced on "Cat Boss".

　The three orc spearmen that followed then formed a separate formation in the red team's summoning area, with one every twenty meters, and occupied the red team's summoning area.

　Meanwhile, the other "free agent" launched an attack on "Potpot"! Being a "free agent," it naturally possesses a certain degree of autonomy.

　Therefore, without Hank Willard's order, it attacked the magic sprite belonging to the red team on its own.

　then……

　It was undoubtedly smashed to pieces by "Potpot", who used the "Power Trick"!

　Incidentally, one of the three orc spearmen that was positioned in the center of the summoning area was also smashed to pieces by "Potpot" with a single punch!

　These two punches came in quick succession, like a snake spitting its tongue, swift as lightning.

　The two Orc Lancers, whose combined magic and defense were only 1400 points, were instantly killed!

　Perhaps it's because "Huhu" hasn't made a move in so long that the audience and contestants have almost forgotten about it.

　The sudden death of the two "orc spearmen" triggered a considerable uproar.

　Dark himself was somewhat surprised by this, and immediately began to summon "Curse Cage: Gabumon"!

　Meanwhile, Hank Willard was not surprised but rather pleased. The deaths of the two "orc spearmen" were completely undetected.

　At this point, he only needs to sacrifice one more to Special Summon "Beast Ancestor's Soul"!

　Once he successfully summons the "Soul of the Beast Ancestor," his strongest tactics can be deployed in an instant!

　At that time, he wanted to show those second-grade juniors what pure violence really is!

　To prepare for the impending violence, he needed to create a dazzling stage! Hank Willard, entering the second round, finally unleashed his first normal summoning spell: "In the name of Hank Willard, I summon—'City of Beasts'!"

　In that instant, the earth roared, the ground cracked, earth elements rapidly converged, and mud pillars resembling dragons and snakes emerged from the ground, forming rugged buildings with a distinct orcish style around the blue side's half of the territory under Hank Willard's control.

　When this city was being built, the ground was also raised layer by layer, each layer being half a meter higher, and three layers were stacked together.

　"feed!"

　"Boss Cat" roared and gripped the ground tightly.

　The six "orc spearmen" that had already pounced to the center line fearlessly climbed up the half-meter-high steps and continued to pounce on "Cat Boss".

　Before the "City of Savage Beasts" was even completed, the six "Orc Spearmen" had already pounced on the "Cat Boss" and were killed one by one with a single claw, without any suspense!

　This behavior, which is tantamount to suicide, is completely unnecessary.

　When the first "Orc Spearman" is killed, the special summoning conditions for "Orc Soul" are met.

　Hank Willard sneered as he activated his powers, calling out, "Offer sacrifices to the ancestral souls with orc blood, summon back our ancestors with orc souls! Return, soul of the orc ancestors, at the prayers of our blood descendants!"

　On the blue team's field, at the four corners above the third level, four arrow towers materialized amidst surging magic.

　The "City of Savage Beasts"—a super rudimentary version—has finally appeared in its entirety on this site.

　The blood of orcs boiled because of this.

　A crimson halo appeared beneath the orc's feet.

　The arrow towers in the four corners absorbed the remaining "souls" of the dead orcs, and were upgraded five times from the lowest level arrow towers with 800 attack, 400 defense, and 400 magic power, to new arrow towers with 1300 attack, 650 defense, and 650 magic power.

　The remaining "souls" of the dead orcs naturally belonged to the five orc spearmen, aside from those used to summon the "Soul of the Beast Ancestor".

　But this only falls under the category of "waste utilization".

　The arrow towers in "Beast City" upgrade slowly. Regardless of the tier of orcs killed, they only provide 100 attack, 50 defense, and 50 magic points per orc.

　The only additional "armor-piercing" effect can only weaken defense to a limited extent. Therefore, it can be ignored most of the time.

　Except when attacking the Magic Ball!

　Having heard of the arrow towers of this "city of beasts," Dark Dimon began to raise the magic orb even higher almost the instant he made his judgment.

　The arrow towers in "Beast City" have a fixed range, extending no more than fifty meters from the city walls.

　This fifty-meter area basically encompasses the entire arena for the magic duel. Except for the sky overhead!

　In one breath, Dark pulled the magic ball fifty meters into the air, and then without hesitation, he used his right index and middle fingers to pull "Paradise 4? Moon" from his hand and held it in front of his chest, drawing an arc with it.

　"In the name of Dark Demon, a magical summoning—[Elysium i4? Moon]"

　The moonlight shone down, and the golden-pink radiance coalesced into a pillar, enveloping "Curse Cage: Gabumon" in the red team's summoning zone, as well as "Jugtle" which was with it.

　The emblem of "Elysium" appeared between the eyebrows of "Cursed Cage: Gabumon," and its originally gentle face became ferocious and distorted as a massive amount of energy was poured in.

　Its form rapidly expanded within the pillar of light, surpassing the ground height of the "Beast City" in the blink of an eye, and further exceeding the height of ordinary buildings, and then exceeding the height of the four arrow towers.

　Hank Willard originally intended to control two of the arrow towers to shoot at "Curse Cage: Gabumon".

　The remaining two orc spearmen, who were positioned in the red team's summoning zone, also pounced on "Curse Cage: Gabumon" a beat too late, following the command to clear the newly summoned magical spirits.

　However, it's all meaningless now.

　"CurseCage: Gabumon" evolved into "CurseCage: Zombiemon" amidst its incredibly shrill and furious howl!

　The reappearance of "Curse Cage: Zombiemon" exudes an even more ferocious and terrifying aura.

　While "Cursed Cage: ImpDemon" and "Cursed Cage: Agumon" can also evolve into "Cursed Cage: SkullGreymon", once their power is sufficient to maintain the rationality of "Cursed Cage: SkullGreymon", they lose that terrifying and ferocious aura.

　Now, the "Cursed Cage: Gabumon" evolved into "Cursed Cage: Zombiemon," finally helping viewers recall the terror of this magical spirit.

　"Paji!"

　With a slight lift of its skeletal claws, the "Zombie Tyrannosaurus" crushed the two charging "Orc Spearmen" into dust as easily as stepping on tofu.

　Then it raised its head and roared angrily before stomping hard on the more conspicuous "mobile fortress".

　The "Mobile Fortress" with a defense of 3,000 points could only keep the "Zombie Tyrannosaurus's" claws in the air for a second before it was crushed and collapsed.

　In desperation, the two orc spearmen hiding inside thrust their spears at the bone dragon's claws.

　But their bone spears are as laughable as toothpicks in front of the "Zombie Tyrannosaurus".

　The "Zombie Tyrannosaurus" roared furiously, stomping on the "Mobile Fortress" again and again.

　The two orc spearmen started their journey home first.

　The "City of Beasts" absorbed the power of the "souls" of the four dead orcs, which increased the magic attack and defense of the four arrow towers to 850/1700/850.

　Meanwhile, "Potpot," which had been at the feet of "Zombie Tyrannosaurus" from the beginning, had already retracted its tentacles into its shell without making a sound.

　While the "Zombie Tyrannosaurus" was rampaging, Hank Willard had already summoned the "Beast Soul".

　It was an old-looking, ghost-type demi-human floating in mid-air.

　The "Soul of the Beast Ancestor" had white hair and beard, a thin and long face, and beast ears that emerged from its white hair, resembling donkey ears. Its emaciated body was covered only by a tattered animal skin.