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

　Furthermore, since the black sphere could shred the "star trails," it means that the "star trails" are not absolutely indestructible.

　To destroy it, one must analyze its characteristics and then address the problem accordingly.

　Now it seems its "spatial" characteristic is quite obvious. It must possess spatial attributes and is likely hidden in another dimension. With this in mind, Dark immediately began searching his deck. In his deck, the only card that seems to possess the ability to cover space seems to be "Dream Demon's" field spell—[Nightmare Space].

　But given the strength of the "Nightmare Space," could it possibly cover up this "star trail" that has actually been constructed with twelve layers?

　This is obviously extremely difficult.

　But anything is possible with effort, and regardless of the outcome, we must try. If we can block the connection of "Star Trail" with "Nightmare Space" and drag Fate Steinbeck's control over "Star Trail" to the same level, we will have a chance of winning.

　With a thought, Dark immediately activated "Astrology" to continue guiding the "Zombie Tyrannosaurus Beast" within the "Star Orbit".

　Under these circumstances, it is no longer realistic to guide "ZombieTyrannomon" to chase the blue team's magic ball.

　But since you can't keep up with your opponent in terms of technique, then use your brain to make up for it!

　Half of the fourth round has passed in the blink of an eye.

　But both duelists remained silent, neither executing the summons.

　However, beneath the surface, both sides were moving very frequently. Since he couldn't keep up with Fate Steinbeck's speed, Dark reduced the range of "Zombiemon" and "Eevee" to the area close to the red team's Magic Ball.

　Fate Steinbeck's two nine-star magical spirits were already at their limit and dared not easily confront Dark's magical spirits, resulting in this stalemate.

　However, with 15 seconds left in the fourth round, Fett Steinbeck finally moved!

　Within one of the "Star Trail" fragments, the "Mother of Star Souls" launched an attack, her target being none other than the "Zombie Tyrannosaurus Beast"!

　Fate Steinbeck's lips tightened as he calculated the timing.

　She still had four cards in her hand, but two of them were first-tier magical spirits.

　In a place filled with "star trails", it was actually not easy for her to summon the first-tier magical spirits.

　However, she always has the upper hand.

　The moment "Star Soul Mother" moved at high speed in front of "Zombie Tyrannosaurus Beast", she reached out and grabbed it, using the control-type ultimate move she had used before, and instantly controlled "Zombie Tyrannosaurus Beast".

　At that moment, the figures of two magical spirits appeared above the "Star Trail" fragment.

　"Star Soul Judgment!"

　Fate Steinbeck suddenly shouted.

　When the "Mother of Star Souls" grabbed with her five fingers, countless starlight transformed into sword beams, piercing straight in from all directions, as if ten thousand swords were piercing through its body, turning the "Zombie Tyrannosaurus Beast" into a hedgehog!

　The "Zombie Tyrannosaurus" only has 6000 points of magic power and defense. There is no way it can withstand the core ultimate move of a nine-star powerful attack magic spirit.

　Just like the "Blue-Eyes Young Dragon," it was instantly killed by the "Mother of Star Souls" in one move!

　At the same time, "Eevee" emerged from an adjacent "Star Trail" fragment, its brow gem shining brightly, a manifestation of the psychic power granted by "Psychic" once again.

　The power of this mental force is not very strong.

　But it only needs to control the "Mother of Star Souls" for half a second before the "Moon Goddess" strikes with her flying sword!

　"Pfft!"

　This "Mother of Star Souls" has finally fallen by the sword!

　"Trading a seven-star magical spirit for a nine-star magical spirit is acceptable."

　Dark spoke softly, pressing the "Netherworld Soul Ring" in his hand. Even without the psychic control of "Eevee: Exusiai," he would have activated the "Netherworld Soul Ring" immediately.

　Whether it's the "Mother of Star Souls" or the "Black Star Serpent," they are doomed the moment they launch their attack.

　"Fate Steinbeck seems to lack Deathrattle Arcane Arts." Dark glanced at the opposing player's platform, activated "Astrology," and guided "Eevee the Beast" to dive into the "Orbital" fragment.

　The fourth round then reached a stalemate once again. "Tick-tock!"

　The turn switching sounded again. Both players drew cards once more.

　Dark looked down at the new magic card he had drawn, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Fate Steinbeck begin to chant rapidly without even looking at it.

　v

　[Paradise 4 Months]

　"Elysium 4"

　He had included enough "Paradise Cards" in his deck, so it wasn't surprising that he drew two in one turn on the fifth.

　Of these two, one is "Paradise V", which is undoubtedly very lucky.

　Now that he has a "Fantastic Beast: Eevee" card and "Elysium 4", he can finally summon his own nine-star magical Pokémon!

　But is that really a good idea?

　There is only one copy of "Eevee: Eevee," which means he can only exchange for one Spellbeast to evolve.

　If you choose a nine-star magical spirit, you can only gamble on the next round, or the round after that, until you draw a "Dream Fairy" to verify your idea.

　How low is the probability of drawing "Dream Fairy" from an entire deck...? Wait a minute!

　Dark's eyes lit up, and he called out urgently.

　"In the name of Dark Deemon, a magical summoning—'Ditto!'!"

　Yes, he also has a Ditto card!

　At this point, Fate Steinbeck had only one magical spirit left—but this one was a nine-star magical spirit!

　Therefore, one still needs to be careful if one wants to summon the first-tier magical spirits normally.

　Fortunately, "Fantasy Beasts: Ditto" is small enough.

　Dark manipulated the Magic Ball to fly directly above the red team's summoning area, then used the Magic Ball as a platform to summon (Ditto) on top of it.

　When "Ditto" materialized, a beam of white light suddenly shot out from the blue team's platform, shining straight into the huge black sphere in the air.

　Fate Steinbeck clasped his hands together, and the white light of the magic card in his hands disappeared. The front of the huge black sphere slowly cracked open, revealing white eyes!

　In that instant, it seemed to come alive, releasing an extremely terrifying aura.

　Immediately afterward, Espeon, which was hiding in the fragment of "Star Trail," let out a miserable cry and was forcibly squeezed out of the fragment!

　The countless fragments floating in the air seemed to finally have a will and began to reject the "foreign object".

　They were originally floating motionless in the air, but now they began to move slowly. A small portion of them moved extremely fast and turned into phantoms in the blink of an eye.

　This sight made Dark immediately realize that the black sphere had become the control center of the "Star Orbit" field. He would no longer be able to invade the "Star Orbit" until he destroyed it.

　On the contrary, Fate Steinbeck can use the fragments of "Star Trail" to devour his magical spirits and kill them one by one.

　In this situation, if the black ball cannot be destroyed, or rather, the "star trail" cannot be broken, then the player on the red side will never be able to end this duel!

　It must be said that this is a situation that Daq has never seen before.

　He never expected the duel to develop in this way before it began.

　Fate Steinbeck had brought him great surprises from the very beginning of the duel, and now the level of surprises had only increased further.

　Fortunately, he didn't abandon "Dream Fairy". "Moon Goddess!"

　Dark let out a low growl and then summoned again after a three-second cooldown.

　"In the name of Dark Demon, a magical summoning—'Fantastic Beast: Eevee'!"

　"Luna" protected the red team's Magic Ball and pushed it to the edge of the field. The second "Eevee" materialized on its shoulder.

　Immediately afterwards, Dark commanded Ditto to transform into Eevee, and then had both of these magical Pokémon use Baton Pass simultaneously!

　There was no time left to unleash his other ultimate moves.

　Dark raced against time, immediately selecting "Elysium 4" after that. "Summon a nine-star magical spirit to stabilize the situation." His thinking was clear, his execution decisive, and his reaction extremely fast. But Fate Steinbeck was no slouch either.

　As he concentrated on his summoning, Fate Steinbeck also seized the opportunity to summon one of the first-tier magical spirits he was holding.

　It was a strange magical spirit that resembled the "Starry Sky Instrument" but had two snow-white wings.

　Dark guessed that this magical spirit should also have the ability to construct "star trails".

　But perhaps because the number of "star trails" had reached its limit, Fette Steinbeck did not make it construct new "star trails," but instead ordered it to release a dazzling beam of light.

　The "Black Star Serpent" emerged from a fragment of "Star Orbit" and completely absorbed the beam of light released by the magical spirit.

　Then its condition visibly improved. Clearly, it was a healing-type magical spirit. And obviously, it wasn't just for healing!

　……

　The strange magical spirit with two snow-white wings, after helping the "Black Star Serpent" recover to its full strength, burrowed into its body and parasitized it.

　This caused a pair of snow-white wings to grow from the originally pitch-black, enormous body.

　Seeing this, Dark didn't tense up; instead, he relaxed slightly. His first impression of Fate Steinbeck's actions was that she had finally run out of tricks!

　Two nine-star magical spirits are not necessarily all she has. But she is currently unable to summon a third nine-star.

　The giant eyeball that the black sphere transformed into had at most eight stars. "In the name of Dark Demon, Spellcaster Summon—'Elysium V'!" Finally, a pillar of light filled with the aura of Elysium descended from the sky, enveloping the "Renamon" created by "Eevee: Eevee".

　Dark ultimately chose "Priest Beast," which had already appeared several times, from among the nine-star magical spirits!

　Almost simultaneously with the completion of the "Priest Beast's" evolution, the "Black Star Serpent," sprouting snow-white wings, burst forth from a nearby fragment of "Star Orbit."

　The sheer size of the giant serpent at close range was suffocating. But the "Priest Beast" calmly summoned a "shikigami," which possessed it, sprouted wings, and then suddenly conjured a giant writing brush, smashing it hard into the head of the "Black Star Serpent."

　Behind it, the "Dreammon" created by "Ditto" pushed the Magic Ball and ran.

　"Moon Goddess" holds a sword in one hand and strikes a pose in the air.

　A fierce 2vs1 battle has begun.

　But Fate Steinbeck clearly wouldn't let "Black Star Serpent" fight alone. She calmly activated a "Spell Card" when "Black Star Serpent" was at a disadvantage, blocking "Priest Beast's" advance.

　Then he immediately ordered "Black Star Serpent" to use its ultimate move - "Star Devour"! This ultimate move, which should have been on cooldown for a long time, suddenly burst out.

　The "Moon Goddess" was swallowed by the snake again!

　And this time, there is no "Moon Goddess Mirror" left to ward off disaster.

　The Black Star Serpent's bite shattered the Moon Goddess, who had only half her magic power remaining.

　As the "Priest Beast" pounced, it was guided by Fate Steinbeck to dive into the "Star Trail" fragment and disappear instantly—then it silently emerged from the fragment behind the "Priest Beast," a ball of light already condensing in its mouth.

　Ultimate move—"Shattering Star Jade"! "Priest Beast, Death Talisman!" Dark shouted suddenly.

　The Priest Beast reacted extremely quickly to the summoning spell, conjuring a spherical barrier that protected itself within.

　The "Shattered Star Jade" instantly slammed into the barrier of the "Death Talisman," sending the "Show Master Beast" flying backward.

　However, thanks to the protection of the "Death Talisman," the "Priestmon" was unharmed. Meanwhile, Dark had already summoned and activated "Elysium 4? Moon," evolving "Dreammon" into "Dreammon."

　But almost the instant it successfully evolved, the giant eyeball floating in the air suddenly turned around.

　This strong reaction gave Dak more confidence in his judgment.

　Without hesitation, he immediately ordered the "Dream Demon" to cast (Nightmare Space).

　Purple smoke rose and swept towards the "Star Trail" field. Fate Steinbeck, the blue team's player on the platform, frowned, sighed slightly, and then gave a wry smile.

　The moment the "Dream Demon" appeared, she knew that her field was about to be broken.

　However, she did not give up and wait to die. Instead, she issued an attack command to the giant eyeball—yes, attack!

　Although this eyeball's attack power is not high, its only powerful offensive ultimate move is only capable of dealing 4000 damage to the Magic Orb's Life Barrier.

　But since the duel has already progressed this far, she has to do something to show her support.

　Her target was the red team's magic ball.

　But the dark, demonic light emanating from those eyes was blocked by the "Dream Demon".

　Immediately afterwards, the "Nightmare Space" released by the "Dream Demon" collided violently with the field of the "Star Orbit".

　The field of "star trails" was undoubtedly disturbed.

　Dark activated the (Netherworld Soul Ring) he had been holding almost immediately.

　The summoned soul collar gripped the Black Star Serpent's neck. Fate Steinbeck attempted to guide the Black Star Serpent back into the fragments of the Star Orbit. However, under the dual interference of the Underworld Soul Ring and the Nightmare Space, the Black Star Serpent was bound by the talismans controlled by the Priest Beast.

　Then the layers upon layers of talismans suddenly exploded!

　"Black Star Serpent, Body of Stars!"

　Fette Steinbeck gave the order again.

　The "Black Star Serpent" roared wildly, and starlight flickered again within its massive body, making it seem as if it contained the universe.