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

　The music played by the "notes" gradually became more and more exciting.

　However, the audience, who were completely absorbed in the exciting duel, were not distracted.

　Background music exists to enhance the main content and does not overshadow it.

　Driven by the background music, the audience's emotions rise continuously, allowing them to experience the excitement of the duel more immersively.

　At this point, the tactical systems of the rhinoceros orcs and the grassland elves had already begun to diverge.

　The "totem beasts" constantly summoned by the rhinoceros orcs granted him greater power and more versatility. The fusion of the third-tier "totem beasts" with his own totem completely transformed him into an incomparably ferocious beast.

　However, the grassland elf could no longer keep up in terms of combat strength. He adjusted his tactics, returning to the essence of magic, and becoming a support system centered around magical elves.

　The core magical spirit continues its battle against the rhinoceros-like orcs. Humans... including orcs, elves, and other demi-human races, have inherent limitations in their power. Super-level magic that can break through these limits and maximize individual power requires lengthy incantations and enormous magical energy as support.

　If it were possible to easily break through the limits of race, the war between humans and demons wouldn't have lasted for so long before finally ending.

　The demon race is the one that has brought their power to its fullest potential.

　Therefore, once the intensity of a duel is raised to a certain level, tactical systems based primarily on individual combat strength will reach their limits. Like the grassland elves, they will ultimately return to the essence of magic.

　Orc totems also have limits and cannot infinitely fuse with the power of high-level magical spirits.

　In fact, the rhinoceros orc can only fuse with the power of a nine-star "totem beast" at most, and he is already the best among orcs in this regard.

　A rhinoceros-like beastman who has fused with the power of a nine-star "Totem Beast". He is like a humanoid nine-star magical elf, possessing both intelligence and combat skills, and unleashing power far surpassing that of ordinary nine-star magical elves.

　However, as the saying goes, too much rigidity leads to breakage.

　After changing its tactics, the grassland elves have turned the entire duel area into a playground for plants.

　Towering giant trees take root in the center of the site, with arm-thick vines coiling around their thick branches, like green pythons, lying in silent slumber.

　It wasn't until the rhinoceros-beastman charged in that the green python-like vines suddenly erupted, attacking from all directions simultaneously, binding the rhinoceros-beastman's limbs and attempting to restrict his ability to move.

　Immediately afterwards, the grass-type magical spirits that had merged into the forest emerged and unleashed various ultimate techniques on the rhinoceros orcs who were temporarily immobilized.

　The rhinoceros orcs were instantly engulfed in green.

　It has a thick layer of defense.

　The damage inflicted by these ultimate attacks is secondary. What's truly troublesome are the various additional damages that accompany these ultimate attacks.

　Grass-based and poisonous species are a natural match.

　Eighty percent of the special moves unleashed by Grass-type Magical Spirits contain potent poison.

　The remaining 20% ​​consists of even more dangerous hypnotic pollen.

　The rhinoceros orc didn't care at first. He was surging with energy to keep his mind clear. He swiped his right hand across the duel disk, about to summon a magic card to clear the abnormal status.

　However, the entire area suddenly seemed to come to life, and all the plants attacked him.

　The sudden and massive offensive that erupted in such a short time left him overwhelmed and completely unaware that the grassland elf standing on the giant tree branch had already drawn his bow.

　This time, it's a piercing arrow!

　".

　……

Chapter 1166 Darkdemon Witnesses the Performance (15k views, please vote!)

　[Ignore Defense] is a very powerful attribute tag.

　However, moves with this attribute tag are often weak and cannot cause fatal damage to magical spirits.

　However, once the target of the attack is changed from magical spirits to humans themselves... there are just too many fatal points in the human body.

　A single piercing arrow, capable of ignoring defense, would be enough to kill most humans. From the moment the grassland elf drew her bow, she showed no mercy. She concealed her presence with her own abilities, revealing no murderous intent whatsoever, and the tip of the piercing arrow was clearly aimed at the head of the rhinoceros beastman.

　The arrow vanished without a sound.

　The rhinoceros-orc had just cleared away all the attacking plants when he felt a chill on his head and lost consciousness.

　Different processes, same result.

　He ultimately fell victim to the sneak attack of the grassland spirits!

　"Whoosh-"

　"The battle is over!"

　The referee's whistle, accompanied by the commentator's screams and the suddenly soaring background music, rang out at the edge of the field.

　The audience was still engrossed in the fierce battle, and few noticed that the grassland elf hidden in the giant tree had already drawn his bow.

　To outsiders, the piercing arrow appeared as nothing more than a fleeting afterimage. Yet, the rhinoceros-like orc, whose momentum remained astonishing, collapsed and never rose again.

　As the referee announced the end of the battle, black light shone in the "graveyard".

　When the rhinoceros orcs were resurrected in the "graveyard," their already dark faces appeared even more somber.

　The first defeat was bad enough, but the second time, even with some precautions, they still fell to the same tactics!

　This result was truly unacceptable; his mood was even worse than his face. However, the grassland spirit stood upright on the branch, braving the strong wind, its expression cold, a silent smile playing on its lips.

　Tactics and techniques are merely ways to win. A single, mastered skill can be all you need. He quite likes the current dueling format!

　As the grassland spirits were immersed in the joy of victory, a crisp, bell-like sound suddenly rang in their ears.

　He paused slightly, a strange feeling rising within him, a sudden realization dawning on him, making him realize that "divine causes" had already made their choices, and quite a few of them.

　This filled him with immense joy.

　During internal training in the Elven territory, although "divine influence" was attracted through dueling practice, there had never been such obvious feedback.

　At that time, every elven was somewhat confused. They had no idea whether their duels had attracted "divine influence".

　He never expected that this was just a preview of the "Academy Championship" and he would already have such a great harvest, which made him even more hopeful for the upcoming competition.

　However, standing out among the elven contestants is quite difficult.

　With his current abilities, he must find a breakthrough during this period of learning and exchange to have even the slightest chance of success.

　Once a goal is set in mind, the eyes of the grassland spirit naturally radiate a sparkle.

　He leaped lightly down from the giant tree, not even glancing at the defeated orcs, and left the scene.

　No matter how arrogant a truly capable person acts, no one will say a word. Many viewers even enjoy this, their screams echoing throughout the room. Only after both players have left the stage do the commentators begin their post-match analysis. Since the Academy Cup, the model of commentators also serving as post-match analysts seems to have been established. Viewers greatly appreciate the post-match analysis, but they request that it be kept as short as possible, extracting the essence and discarding the dross—in other words, only reviewing the highlights.

　Learning from past experience, the academy will only slow down the key points in this post-match analysis, shortening the analysis time to five to ten minutes.

　During this time, the contestants had nowhere to stay because there was no contestant platform. The venue needed to be cleaned up and restored to its original state as soon as possible, so the host invited the winner to the host platform for a winner interview.

　The post-match analysis is over; now we move on to the interview segment.

　The grassland elf had a cold expression. When asked for his opinion on the strength of the rhinoceros beastman, he gave a thumbs up without hesitation, then pressed it down to the ground, causing a huge uproar.

　This is an open declaration of war.

　Spectator stand.

　The orc students of War Totem Academy roared in anger. Although some orcs were known for their composure, most were flammable and explosive due to the influence of their beast blood.

　After returning to the stage, the rhinoceros-orc sat silently in a corner. Although he was unwilling to accept defeat, believing he still had untapped potential, he also knew that after this public loss, it would be difficult for him to get a chance to compete in the next round.

　Seated in the very center of the orcish area were the orcish royalty who were temporarily residing in the tower of the Noble House.

　Two lion-men, one behemoth, one tiger-man, one eagle-man, and one elephant-man.

　Apart from Spike Leon, who is only a second-year student, the five orc royals who came this time are all highly skilled and are among the top in their age group. They are also the seeded players in the main competition.

　The defeat of the rhinoceros orcs clearly enraged the orc royal family like never before.

　"You were defeated last time, and this time you volunteered and still lost. What face do you have to come back? Why don't you just find a place to jump off?" Grace Leon wished he could push that rhinoceros orc off the viewing platform.

　But then he thought that even if he were pushed from that height, the rhinoceros-like beastman wouldn't be hurt at all, so he calmed down.

　Come.

　He came to this "Academy Championship" with a mission. The reason was simply that "Lionheart King" was dissatisfied with being ranked second and wanted to become a first-level member of the "Magic Alliance".

　But if you get promoted for no reason, that's when you need to demonstrate your strength and value.

　Winning the "Academy Championship" was part of the plan. Although War Totem Academy sent two team leaders this time, the real decision-maker was Prince Grace Leon, the twenty-second prince. He didn't care about duels or "divine causes"; winning the championship was his only goal.

　Although this exhibition match doesn't count towards the score, how could we possibly lose the opening match? In any case, since we lost, we had to get our revenge.

　Victory is like blood wine after a battle, which can ignite the orcs' passion.

　But Grace Leon glanced at his royal companions and then looked troubled.

　If they're allowed to compete in this exhibition match, wouldn't they be unable to achieve their surprise effect in the official match?

　They also underwent a long period of closed training during the holidays, and each of them has hidden strengths that are unknown to the outside world. If they are pursuing victory, they should not reveal them in advance.

　Thinking this, Grace Leon's gaze involuntarily turned to Spikelon, and then he subconsciously exclaimed in fright, "Useless."

　Spikelon had only studied magic for a year, and despite his talent and diligence, his lack of logical thinking limited his abilities, preventing him from reaching the level of those in higher grades after just one year of study.

　Therefore, Spiceron is an obvious substitute among this group of "pre-contestants".

　If Grace plays, he really doesn't see any chance of winning. So what should they do next?

　The orcs' anger was still rising. Although Grace Leon was calm, he felt that he could no longer suppress his companions' anger. At this moment, someone with responsibility and ability had to step in.

　“Let’s have a lower grade,” the eagle-man royalty beside him said in a deep voice. Grace Leon glanced at her and said, “That’s a good idea.”

　Continuing to send in older students will only lead to a meaningless cycle in the competition. Neither the orcs nor the elves want this to happen.

　If the younger students are replaced, at least the next opponent won't be that grassland elf.

　But there are also twelve contestants in the lower grades. Who should be sent out? Grace Leon's gaze swept around again.

　Everyone was eager to try, and if it weren't for him holding them down above, they would have already impulsively gotten up and taken on the challenge.

　Grace Leon's gaze returned to Spyclyon.

　"I'll do it," Xu said.

　"Spikeon suddenly spoke," he said. Grace Leon paused, startled. Spikeon, however, had already left the stage.

　"It seems that the War Totem Academy is not going to give up."

　On the stage, Judy, the senior student, said something that seemed to be stirring things up.

　"I just don't know if the students from the Elf Magic Academy will take over."

　Of course, she left room for interpretation in her words, and did not use words like "dare or not".

　But how could the elves possibly refuse to fight?

　"Elf Princess" Lucia Artemis tapped lightly in the air, and the contestants heard a sound.

　Then, a moon elf who looked noticeably young got up and left the stage hesitantly.

　This moon elf was also a second-year student, not even ranked among the top elven contestants. But her selection to participate in the "Academy Championship" was undoubtedly due to her talent.

　However, she is quite young and introverted, and gets very nervous during duels, so she often doesn't perform well.

　Sending her out this time was also meant to give her a chance to "gain experience." No matter how introverted or nervous she is, once she's been thrown into the life-or-death battlefield a few times, she won't be nervous anymore.

　As for winning or losing, Lucia didn't care that much. Besides, didn't the elves already win a match? This time, they've changed their players, so what if they lose? Failure is the mother of success.

　Regardless of race, this is a truth we've heard countless times since childhood. Besides, the "Academy Championship," involving eight academies, can't really become a stage for elves and orcs to settle their feuds, can it?

　Lucia felt that her emotional intelligence was still somewhat intact.

　……

　He prides himself on his emotional intelligence, but he doesn't want to take on any acting roles.

　Spikelon played out of his own volition.

　Although he doesn't have a strong sense of racial belonging, he does, and based on reason, he will side with the orcs.

　The orcs had been so provoked that he had to save face.

　"Very good, very impressive."

　Dak leaned back in his chair and clapped slowly.

　Since it's an exhibition match, it should have the spirit of performance. Revenge is a timeless theme in both film and literature.

　The fact that Spiceron was willing to step forward at this time shows that he has largely resolved his mental issues.