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

　The practical class started with running again, but only one lap around the dueling arena. Dark had thought the older professors would have special privileges, but to his surprise, as soon as the bell rang, they all started running under the urging of the various dueling professors.

　As for the old professors' behavior... that's a truly sad story. Given the traditional virtues of "respecting the elderly and caring for the young," I won't go into details. In short, Sister Kalia, who came specifically for this purpose, prepared a whole box of nutritional supplements for them.

　Darke also saw Sister Lillian next to Sister Carian after a long time and greeted her briefly.

　About ten minutes into the lesson, Sister Kallian left alone, leaving Sister Lillian behind in the dueling arena to handle any emergencies.

　After the run, all the students were gathered together.

　The students from grades one to five stood in one line, while the older professors stood in another.

　Instead of trying to mend their relationship, the Duel Department professors separated them, creating a "new versus old" stance.

　— These kinds of underhanded tactics to create antagonism and encourage competition are something that college professors are very adept at.

　The students and the retired professors were well aware of this. But this method never failed.

　The moment this conflict arose, the atmosphere between the two sides instantly became tense.

　Once separated, it becomes clear that the student group consists of approximately fifty people.

　The group consisting of retired professors and graduates also numbers nearly thirty. The ratio between the two is a staggering two to one.

　Seeing that the atmosphere was right, Professor Pava Jones stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "Now that the warm-up is over, let's get down to business. Today's topic is a dueling exercise under the new rules. First, we need two students to demonstrate. Who would like to come up?"

　"Is this a routine demonstration?" The students exchanged glances, but no one volunteered.

　In the past, someone would probably have stepped forward for a duel. But now, they'd rather observe from below.

　Two minutes later, to their surprise, the line of retired professors actually included...

　But someone raised their hand and said, "I'll do it."

　The students were stunned. They had subconsciously assumed that Professor Pavajohns was referring to them as "students," but now they suddenly realized that the retired professors were now just "students" as well.

　The instinctive awe of professors is the main reason for the divide. Surprisingly, it was a retired professor who was the first to raise his hand.

　Professor Jones nodded and said, "Gatling gun, then you can do it. As for the other one, I'd like to find someone from here. Aren't you guys usually very active? What's wrong?"

　After she finished speaking, she turned to look at the line of students from grades one to five.

　She is tall and has a high vantage point; looking down at her from a slightly downward angle, she gives off a sense of disdain and mockery.

　Klein's eyes showed struggle; he had felt a strong urge to try his luck after seeing Professor Gatlin take the stage.

　“Go ahead. Opportunities to duel with your idol are rare,” Witt whispered in his ear.

　Klein gritted his teeth and made up his mind to go on the field.

　But they were dragging their feet for far too long. A hint of impatience flashed in Professor Jones' eyes, and he called out directly, "Darkdemon, you go up."

　As soon as he finished speaking, the students' eyes immediately and quietly focused on Dark.

　Dark blinked, wondering if Professor Jones couldn't remember the names of the older students—there were three years above him!

　"Dark, keep going! I'll always support you!" Diana blinked her eyes and cheered her on, while Rose chuckled to herself.

　Dark touched his nose with a slight sigh, and thought, "Fine, let's go for it."

　Since this is a demonstrative duel, his hastily put-together standard deck should be enough, right?

　His opponent is the renowned magic cannon expert, Professor Gatling. He's just an innocent and pitiful second-year student; surely no one really hopes he can win?

　"Go for it, Professor Dimon!" A voice suddenly came from the first-year students, which made Dark's expression change.

　He immediately recognized the voice as belonging to a first-year student from the Knight Academy, and then another name was added to his notebook.

　"At the beginning of class, let's review the new dueling rules. Everyone, follow me."

　Professor Jones waved his hand and walked towards one of the dueling arenas inside the dueling hall.

　The arena had been raised half a meter, while the contestants' platforms on both sides had shrunk back into the ground, leaving only a raised platform.

　Professor Jones walked onto the referee's platform, which was floating in mid-air, and said, "The new magic duels will no longer use magic balls, and the contestant's platform is no longer relevant. However, the overall dueling arena hasn't changed much; there's just an additional 'graveyard.' Also, this is the dueling disk that's already been prepared."

　She raised her hand, showing off the "duel disk" she wore on her left wrist.

　Before unfolding, the "Duel Disk" is in the form of a wristband, which is very convenient. There is a ruby-like button on the wristband, which is activated by injecting magic power to materialize the Duel Disk.

　Dark stepped forward, picked up a navy blue duel disk from another professor, and put it on his left hand.

　This universal duel disk, designed specifically for learning, requires no binding and can be used directly.

　Professor Gatlin on the other side also put on the wristband very skillfully, and fastened the metal buckle with a "click".

　The wristband itself is made of alloy, and the metal circuit engraved on it gives a sense of security.

　The gems inlaid on the wristband vary slightly in color and shape, and "Duel Spirits" slumber within them, beings that can materialize, much like familiars.

　It will replace the role of "referee" to record the winners and losers of duels, as well as announce the time of each round.

　These universal duel disks will also be used in future competitions. The duel spirits, with their relatively high intelligence levels, will record all violations by the participants.

　Dark put on the wristband, pressed it lightly on the gem, and infused it with magic to materialize the Duel Disk.

　At the same time, a little goblin with dragonfly wings flew out and ended up sitting directly in front of Dark on the Duel Disk, using its special move—"Head Tilt Kill"—on him.

　Dark had been involved in the design of this duel disk, so he naturally knew it very well.

　The materialized Duel Disk unfolds like wings to both sides, with a card slot in the center for placing Magic Cards. Once the Duel Field is activated, the Duel Disk will begin shuffling according to the rules of the Field.

　The countdown and duel phase will be displayed at the front of the card slot.

　In addition, depending on the status of the magic card, it will be transported to different areas for placement.

　Mages no longer need to remove the magic cards to view their data; they can simply inject a little magic power to display it as a magnified projection. This projection doesn't necessarily have to be above the duel disk; it can be displayed directly in front of the duelist's field of vision, depending on the duelist's control.

　Then, you no longer need to hold all your cards in your hand. A new hand area has been added to the Duel Disk, where you can place your cards.

　The cards in hand must be placed face up, but the hand area will be covered by a barrier that only the duelist can see through.

　The projection of the dueling arena will appear vertically at one end of the arena after obtaining the duelists' consent, ensuring that the duelists inside the arena cannot see the card art—but the audience can.

　In addition, the most important change is that duelists no longer need to draw cards themselves!

　The Duel Disk now includes an "Auto Draw" module, which automatically draws two Magic Cards at the end of each turn and places them in your hand.

　Moreover, it's very user-friendly; the new card's artwork will be displayed immediately within the duelist's selectable field of vision.

　The relevant settings can be changed by communicating with the Duel Spirit or by injecting magic yourself.

　In short, it's very convenient.

　Moreover, it completely freed up the left hand.

　Of course, ordinary duelists, in order to speed up the Spellcasting process, will usually draw the Spell Card to be summoned from their hand, infuse it with Spell Power, and then summon it.

　However, after the summoning ends, the duelist simply needs to release the card, and the used Magical Spirit Card will be transferred to the "Field Zone". Magical Spirit Cards in the "Field Zone" are located between the hand and the graveyard.

　Once a summoned Spell Spirit dies, the corresponding Spell Spirit card is moved from the Field Zone to the Graveyard Zone.

　If a magical spirit is unsummoned while still alive, it will be returned to the "hand area".

　Additionally, spell cards that have been used but are still being cast, and spell cards that can only be used once, will be temporarily placed in the "waiting area".

　Only after the release is complete will you move to the "Graveyard Area".

　However, special spell cards, item cards, field cards, cipher cards, etc., that are not one-time use but can be used multiple times will be placed in the "back row area".

　The [Field Card] will be moved to the far left.

　Then, place the "Item Cards" on the left and the "Magic Cards" on the right.

　Duelists can also set cards to the back row to activate rites in advance, or use magic cards or item cards that can be activated with a delay.

　In the past, most magic cards were activated instantly, and few people would use the "delayed activation" strategy.

　However, with the innovation of the dueling concept, there will definitely be more and more "traps" like this.

　Dark familiarized himself with how to use the Duel Disk before stepping onto the duel arena.

　There is no magic ball, nor is there a need for red and blue.

　Darke came up from one end of the stage, and Professor Gatlin went to the other end. Professor Gatlin was a thin, small old man.

　Dark had seen photos of him when he was young; he was thin and small back then, and you would never guess that he would be the mage who developed the magic cannon technology.

　The so-called magic cannon technology is magic cards that revolve around various "magic cannons".

　The unique aspect of this technology lies in the combination of the probabilities of weapon cards and magical spirit cards to a certain extent, which greatly expands the concept of "machine species".

　Many semi-biological, semi-mechanical magical spirits are also classified as "mechanical species," and most of them carry a magic cannon.

　This is completely different from magic cards like "Single Sword Sheath," which can switch between weapon cards and magic spirit cards.

Chapter 1124 Dark Dimon's duel is without question (4k)

　Among the mages who are skilled in using "magic cannons," there is another iconic figure: Cynthia Saint Arte, the principal of St. Marian Academy.

　However, Principal Arte's "Magic Spirit Cannon" also incorporates the power of the little spirits, and is not simply a crystallization of magic technology.

　In any case, Professor Gatling is not an easy opponent—fortunately, this was just a demonstrative duel, with no life-or-death struggle or clear winner.

　Dark stood at one end of the dueling arena, exchanged a glance with Professor Gatling standing opposite him, and then took out the deck he had prepared from his card pack and inserted it into the card slot of the dueling disk.

　At this moment, Professor Power Jones was giving a detailed explanation of how to use the Duel Disk.

　After this demonstration duel, she will distribute duel disks to each student and guide them to master the operation as quickly as possible.

　Now, it's time for observation.

　"The newly designed Duel Disk greatly facilitates duels. However, it should be noted that the Duel Disk itself is not related to Shinto rituals. Duelists need to connect the Duel Disk system to the Duel Field while simultaneously opening their own Duel Field."

　"I won't go into detail about how to set up the Duel Zone here. However, connecting the Duel Disk while setting up the Duel Zone requires certain skills."

　“First, let Dark Dimon demonstrate.” After saying this, Professor Jones stared intently at Dark. “Are you so sure I can connect?”

　Dark muttered a complaint, but still followed Professor Jones's instructions and prepared to engage in dueling.

　Although it was his first time connecting to the Duel Disk, he knew all the necessary skills, but he hadn't put them into practice yet. This was his first attempt.

　However, just like the method of setting up the Duel Zone, the method of connecting the Duel Disk to the Duel Zone is actually not difficult.

　The key is in your posture—it has to be cool!

　Therefore, Dark nodded slightly, raised his left hand, which was wearing the Duel Disk, to his chest, and placed his right index and middle fingers together in the center of the Duel Disk on his left hand. Then he suddenly began to silently recite the incantation for opening the Duel Field.

　"The duel begins, and domains are generated in succession!"

　Finally, after reciting his concise and to-the-point conclusion, he swung his right hand sharply to the outside and looked up straight ahead.

　A wave of light surged forth from beneath his feet, spreading forward along the line of sight. It illuminated the duel disk and swiftly covered the entire duel arena.

　Domain expansion, system connection, graveyard generation.

　A radiant field without any boundaries was successfully unfolded. The Duel Spirit, seated on the Duel Disk, flapped its wings and took flight.

　A countdown of 180 seconds appeared above its head, but it did not start.

　If the opposing duelist also activates their Domain at the same time, the two duelists can use their Duel Spirits to draw up a contract and determine the outcome and stakes.

　However, there is no need to demonstrate it at the moment.

　After Dark activated his duel field, he stopped and waited for Professor Jones's instructions.

　Professor Jones nodded in satisfaction and said, "Connecting the Duel Disk system to the domain isn't difficult. I'll explain in detail after this demonstration. Now, Gatling, have you learned it?"

　Professor Gatling glanced at her, then raised his right hand and snapped his fingers. With a soft "snap," layers of light appeared beneath his feet, spreading outwards like ripples on a lake, quickly completing the process of deploying the Duel Domain and connecting to the Duel Disk system.

　Unlike Dark, Professor Gatlin was completely unaware of this method before, but after watching Dark's demonstration, he learned it.

　His dueling field pushed Dark's dueling field back into the half of the arena, creating a clear dividing line between the two.

　On the opposite side, a black vortex symbolizing a "cemetery" also appeared.

　Then, a different-looking Duel Pokémon flew out of Professor Gatling's Duel Disk, with a 180-second countdown above its head.

　However, after the dueling domains of the two sides collided and connected, the countdown above the heads of the two dueling Pokémon started instantly.

　"This is a sign that the dueling arena is connected. In the next three minutes, if the duelists do not withdraw, the duel will automatically enter 'Preparation Phase 1,' meaning the duel has officially begun."

　Professor Jones said clearly.

　"The maximum duration of 'Preparation Phase 1' is also 180 seconds. Duelists must place their decks into the slots and shuffle the deck before these 180 seconds expire."

　"If a deck that meets the requirements has not been placed into the card slots by the end of 'Standby Phase 1,' the rules of the Duel Zone will automatically activate, randomly selecting forty cards from all the Magic Cards brought by the duelist and placing them into the slots. After shuffling, the game will proceed to 'Standby Phase 2.'"