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

　The time required to complete this series of steps is simply too long. Professor Gatling is unlikely to give him the chance to summon the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon." Conversely...

　Using "Pride V" directly is the fastest way to boost the power of "Eevee: Monster Hunter" and...

　This is just a demonstration; there's no need to maximize combat power. "Eevee, use 'Round Eye' on Professor Gatling!"

　The distance between the two sides had closed to within the range of "Round Pupil." Dark issued the order without hesitation.

　"Eee-ee!"

　After materializing, "Eevee" suddenly widened its eyes, and a strong light instantly shone from its big, round eyes.

　Professor Gatling's summoned Gatling gun was positioned in front of him. He had just reached out and grabbed the gun, and was about to fire a barrage of multiple magic bullets to form a bullet screen—but just as he was about to aim, his eyes met those of "Eevee the Beast".

　In that instant, the aggressive urge that surged within Professor Gatling was instantly extinguished, as if doused with a bucket of cold water.

　Therefore, he was unable to do so in the first instance.

　Activate "Gatling Gun". Dark's lips curled into a smile as he directly drew "Pride IV" - the second turn begins immediately, the Duel Disk will automatically draw cards, and two new Magic Cards will be added to the hand.

　However, Dark's focus was on summoning "Pride V," and he temporarily ignored it. "In the name of Darkdemon, Spellcaster Summon—'Pride IV'!" A dark golden beam of light instantly shot into the body of "Eevee." As it ran, it unleashed a powerful light of evolution. "Tick-tock."

　When the duel entered the second round, "Eevee" had evolved into "Eevee"!

　Meanwhile, Professor Gatling, after a very brief moment of disorientation, broke free from the effect of the "round pupils".

　He suddenly grabbed the Gatling gun and pulled the trigger. Instantly, multicolored lights lit up from the slightly slender barrel.

　Then, one after another, bursts of magic bullets shot out from the cannon muzzle, "poof poof poof" as they flew towards Darkdemon, who was charging towards them, and his magical sprite.

　The first to be affected is the "big milk tank".

　With 3,000 points of defense, he should have been dominant in the second tier, but now he was easily torn apart once again.

　However, the single-shot power of the "Gatling Gun" is not as strong as the previous magic cannon. Although it can break through defenses, it only breaks through defenses.

　If it were just one hit, "Big Milk Tank" wouldn't feel a thing. However, what was fired from that cannon was a continuous stream of various elemental magic bullets, seemingly without any cooldown!

　The colorful ammunition belts were quite a sight to behold. But for his opponents, they only felt terror.

　"Big Milk Tank" was almost instantly pierced by the continuous magic bullets, its entire body turning into specks of magical light, and entered the "Graveyard".

　Then, in the very next moment, the Gatling gun's ammo belt pierced through the location of Miltank and hit Espeon, which was behind it!

　"Eevee: Exusiai" didn't even have time to unleash its special attack. After taking several hits from Magic Bullets, it finally activated "Magical Space" under Dark's orders!

　The space, radiating magnificent colors, unfolded instantly, covering the entire half of the field.

　Both Professor Gatling, who remained stationary at one end, and the Gatling gun firing wildly, were covered by the "magic space."

　A split second later, the Gatling gun suddenly stopped firing. Professor Gatling's offensive also came to an abrupt halt.

　"overtake!"

　For Professor Gatling, who had a history of duels, this sudden shutdown was quite familiar. Back then, his opponents used all sorts of countermeasures and methods to deal with his terrifyingly powerful magic cannon.

　The venue cards that prohibit the use of props are also included.

　The final result was that he was forced to retire from the dueling world—after all, if he only knew how to attack, he would be too easy to target.

　Professor Gatlin has considered addressing this weakness since returning to the court after having his prosthetic leg removed, but has not yet begun implementing solutions.

　I never expected to encounter such a situation just as I was about to make a move.

　v

　[Magic Space: Creates a bizarre space that nullifies all magical items within its range. The Magic Space lasts for five rounds.]

　Under the influence of the "magic space," the "Gatling gun" was instantly reduced to a pile of scrap metal.

　"Eevee, Spirit Breaker!" The distance between them closed further.

　The gem on Espeon's head lit up, releasing a very powerful psychic force that enveloped Professor Gatling's entire body.

　The first thing Professor Gatling did after the Gatling gun was forcibly shut down was to instinctively try to draw a card.

　Although the new Duel Disk eliminates the need for manual card drawing, deeply ingrained beliefs cannot be changed overnight.

　Therefore, when his entire body was controlled by "Mental Power", he immediately froze on the spot, unable to activate the magic card image by injecting magic power in time, nor could he select a magic card to chant a spell to summon it.

　He was pinned to the spot by telekinesis, watching as Darkdemon finally crossed the entire arena and ran up to him.

　Suddenly appearing in my field of vision is a fist gleaming with white light! Summon the fist to indicate its position.

　Professor Gatling was still mobilizing his magic and mental power to fight against "psychic powers" when his vision went black and he felt a sharp pain in his left eye.

　His brain, which hadn't been subjected to a direct blow for years, was suddenly jolted. He almost fainted on the spot.

　"Wow—"

　A sharp, piercing whistle suddenly rang out.

　Dark stopped abruptly, his massive fist barely stopping before Professor Gatlin's right eye.

　"Sigh."

　He looked with regret at the dark circles under his eyes that were just a hair's breadth away from being symmetrical, and slowly withdrew his fist that had been "gathering energy".

　The psychic aura around Professor Gatling's body flickered twice and then quickly faded away.

　He finally regained his mobility, instinctively covered his left eye, and his thin body trembled violently.

　But of course, it's not fear.

　After countless years, Professor Gatling finally recalled the intense emotions of his youth, and trembled with rage.

　"Professor, please surrender."

　Dakdimon's refined and amiable voice then rang out.

　Faced with the politeness of the second-year students, Professor Gatlin trembled even more violently.

　Ending a duel by "surrendering" is also part of the dueling demonstration.

　Dark carefully observed Professor Gatlin's dark circles, patiently waiting for the change to occur.

　But after a long while, Professor Gatling said with a dark face, "I surrender."

　Allowing "surrender" is a very important mechanism in the new dueling rules. This prevents duelists from truly fighting to the death.

　In regular competitions, if the organizers want to reduce the brutality of the competition, they can use the "surrender" mechanism to formulate corresponding rules, with the referee determining the winner and the loser surrendering.

　When Professor Gatling uttered the word "surrender," the entire dueling arena changed.

　Dark clearly sensed a trace of energy emanating from the "graveyard," which acted upon both duelists.

　He himself did not feel any change because he was not injured.

　But the dark circles under Professor Gatlin's left eye disappeared instantly, and even the marks on his skin returned to normal.

　However, only the duelist's injuries can be fully restored through the "Graveyard." Dark can feel that his own magical power has not been restored, and the cooldowns of his magic cards are also not within the scope of restoration.

　Then immediately afterward, the duel field disconnected.

　The site markers, including the one for "cemetery," disappeared. The platform returned to its tranquil state.

　"You flatter me, Professor."

　Dark raised his arm and gave Professor Gatlin a final "reconciliation" handshake.

　He didn't know whether Professor Gatling had reconciled with him. But he certainly had on his side.

　After the duel ended, neither of them left the arena.

　Professor Pavajohns pressed on, using readily available examples to continue explaining the new rules of dueling, which they also needed to demonstrate.

　"So, can someone tell me, what are the fundamental differences between the duel demonstration between Dark and Gatling and past duels?"

　Professor Jones faced the students and asked with a smile. No one from grades one through five spoke. While IQ and EQ are not synonymous, the students present could at least understand the atmosphere.

　Now, stepping forward to answer Professor Jones's question is tantamount to reviewing Professor Gatlin's failure.

　This is such a good job, let's leave it to the senior professors.

　After a long while, one of the professors finally raised his hand and methodically explained the differences in the duel they had just fought.

　The duel between Dark and Professor Gatling was actually just a very routine demonstration. But even so, it still produced many scenes that were completely different from previous duels.

　Both Dark and Professor Gatling have their applications. However, Dark's applications are clearly more numerous, and he has adapted to the new dueling rules better.

　Professor Gatlin clearly needs more rehabilitation.

　Otherwise, if things continue like this, the idol image he holds in the eyes of his students might shatter.

Chapter 1126 Garurumon's Last Will (4k)

　The professor who raised his hand to answer pointed out Professor Gatling's mistake without any mercy, causing Professor Gatling in the dueling arena to glare and fume.

　Dark occasionally demonstrated the scene, reliving the details of the duel.

　He quickly realized his biggest mistake in the duel—a serious underestimation of his own fighting ability.

　In this duel, he took many measures to prevent the first-tier magical spirit from being instantly killed upon its appearance.

　However, under the new dueling rules, one can actually use oneself as bait, or simply protect the first-tier magical spirit that serves as a warm-up.

　This is fundamentally different from past magic duels. In past magic duels, when summoning a magical spirit, one also had to consider using the magical spirit to protect the magic orb.

　However, under the new dueling rules, duelists themselves are combat power, and most of the time they are even stronger and more durable than the first-tier magical spirits.

　Once you can get past the initial ten or so seconds of field-setting time with your own combat power, the subsequent duels will become much easier and more enjoyable.

　"What if we put on heavy armor before the match even starts?"

　Thinking of this, Dark couldn't help but look strange.

　While wearing heavy armor ultimately makes you an easy target, simply equipping it at the start and then removing it after the early game is also a viable strategy.

　However, it's unclear whether this method will produce any "show effects." Theoretically, "shrinking style" is also a style—

　In short, unlimited duels mean a flourishing of diverse styles, and we may see all sorts of unexpected behaviors in the future.

　However, most mages will likely focus on the magic duel itself. While off-field techniques may have surprising effects, they are not fundamental and do not help improve magic skills.

　Simply relying on attracting "divine causes" to seek opportunities, without reaching the pinnacle of magical skill, makes it impossible to succeed on that path.

　The demonstration and presentation are now complete.

　Dark and Professor Gatlin stepped down from the stage and rejoined the students' ranks.

　Then the duel practice that everyone had been looking forward to finally began.

　The duel demonstration between Professor Dark and Professor Gatlin certainly heated up the atmosphere, and the students were eager to try it themselves.

　Moreover, his victory greatly reduced the students' fear of the group of old professors.

　Putting aside their status as retired professors, a large portion of these retired professors are actually true beginners in dueling.

　Among them, players like Professor Gatlin, who returned to the game after retirement, are already considered to be in the upper-middle tier.

　Of course, Professor Gatling didn't use his true abilities in his duel with Dark.

　However, those retired professors already have a high level of magical foundation. Even some of them who are "outsiders" could learn magic much faster than students if they were to start over now. If it takes a month or two, they can quickly transition within a year or two.

　Entering the path of the gods is not something that can be done overnight; in short, just keep that as your goal and strive forward.

　"Start dividing into groups now."

　Professor Jones and the other professors quickly discussed the matter and began to divide the students into groups.

　After demonstration comes practice.

　The students from grades one to five had already started setting their duel goals after learning about today's lesson. Unexpectedly, today's lesson included not only students, but also a large number of retired professors.

　Moreover, it wasn't student vs. student, or professor vs. professor! The professors clearly hadn't intended to do that from the beginning. They simply shuffled all the students from grades one through five and the retired professors, then divided them into groups based on their expected abilities, with some students facing professors and the remaining students or professors paired up in pairs.

　The retired professors varied greatly in ability. Some professors were too strong, so they were made to duel with each other. Other professors were of equal ability to their students, so they were made to duel with their students as much as possible.

　In this way, students from first to fifth grade all have the opportunity to interact with a professor.

　One of the professors was a complete beginner, and was even assigned to Victoria, who was the weakest among the first-year students—not that she was the weakest, since Victoria was a seven-star magical spirit and still had some combat power.

　In the second year, half of the students also faced off against the professor.

　Klein, who had been keeping a close eye on Professor Gatlin, was also fortunate enough to face off against a professor.

　The professor was not Gatlin, nor Professor Armstrong, nor Professor Alfred, but a kind-looking old lady—Professor Megan.