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

　This is the ultimate move of the three-star magical spirit "Saint Toad" - "Toad Liquid"!

　This "toad fluid" will give the target an abnormal condition where "the skin becomes slippery".

　But in any case, Hadris instantly awoke from the curse of the "Song of the Deep." Even if he relied on his own will, he could have done so.

　But he would never blame the magical spirit for making him all sticky because of the instructions he had set in advance...

　In short, the beautiful silver-haired, black-eyed boy remained calm and composed as he issued commands after unfortunately getting soaked.

　Suddenly, the "Holy Toad" raised its head and breathed heavily towards the sky. A little bit of holy light began to gather in its body, as if it was accumulating something.

　Hadris remained calm and composed, raising the "Fireworks Holy Sword" once more and unleashing his ultimate attack on Sara: "Double Bloom, a Celebration of Light and Fire!"

　"boom!"

　The ray shot from the "Fireworks Holy Sword" struck the "Kuchiki Mermaid" who had no ability to move in an instant!

　The two magical spirits that Sarah summoned in succession were both special types with zero attack power and zero movement ability.

　However, the "Rotten Wood Mermaid" doesn't have particularly high defense.

　The ray of the "Fireworks Holy Sword" pierced through the body of the "Kuchiki Mermaid" in an instant, but... that was the end of it.

　Although a small hole appeared on the body of "Kuroki Mermaid", the decrease in her magic power was very limited.

　This is partly because its magic power far exceeds the six-star standard, and partly because its ultimate skill, "Rotten Wood Does Not Rot," has a very strong damage reduction effect.

　Although the "Fireworks Holy Sword" could break through the "Rotten Wood Mermaid's" defense, after damage reduction, it only reduced her magic power by a small amount.

　Sarah stabilized the situation and began to summon the third magic card. It was not a magic spirit, but a cryptic card—"The Demon Who Lost His Treasure"!

　Whether it's an "ancient pot," a "rotten wood mermaid," or a "Kraak Colossus," they can all be called "secret treasures."

　When the "treasure" is lost, the "demon that lost the treasure" will appear out of excessive anger, and its power is tied to the value of the "treasure".

　If the "treasure" is a magical spirit with a specific star rating, the "demon that lost its treasure" will exhibit strength one level higher than the "treasure," but it will generally be a lower value.

　In other words, the "loss" of a six-star treasure can summon a seven-star demon. If we were to go higher, it would be nine stars, but unfortunately, this "Mystic Card" didn't reach that level.

　Sarah often refers to this deck as a "treasure deck." However, due to the deck's strength issues, she had to add some other types of cards as supplements.

　For example, "The Cat Returns from the Underworld" and "The House and the Death Contract". Of course, "The Cat Returns from the Underworld" and "The House and the Death Contract" were originally intended to be placed in the "Graveyard" deck.

　However, before the duel, she ultimately chose to abandon the "Graveyard" deck and use the "Treasure" deck instead.

　This is because her opponent is someone who is extremely skilled at using "holy light" and "holy fire".

　"Graveyard" decks will be significantly countered.

　Furthermore, the "Cat Returning from the Underworld" and the "House and Death Pact" have already been demonstrated once; continuing to use them as the central theme would be extremely dangerous.

　However, if used only as a single card supplement, it can slightly improve the strength of the deck.

　However, "The Cat Returns from the Underworld" is originally a 1-only deck. Even in a "Graveyard" deck, it's not so easy to set up.

　After Sarah set up the "Demon of the Lost Treasure," she quickly prepared the second ritual—the "Treasure Trap."

　"Treasure Trap" is a very important part of the "Treasure" deck. A "Treasure Trap" is set to target a "treasure" that cannot be moved. When a treasure thief enters the range of the "Treasure Trap" and touches the "treasure", a random trap will be triggered suddenly.

　Because of its randomness, Sarah herself cannot be certain what kind of trap will be triggered.

　However, they are mostly traps such as "pitfalls", "poisonous fog", "arrow rain", "needle walls", "lassos", and "falling rocks", only enhanced by the rules of the ritual.

　Setting a "treasure trap" with "Rotten Wood Mermaid" as the target will protect "Rotten Wood Mermaid".

　However, this left Sarah with only one card in her hand. But the turn switch had already occurred, and she would receive two new cards in the new turn.

　Meanwhile, Hadris was busy cleaning the sticky substance off his hair; he did look rather disheveled…

　It seems the "Holy Knights" are quite concerned about their appearance. Sarah carefully planned and looked for an opportunity.

　The "Holy Toad" was easy to attack, but when paired with the "Holy War Knight" wielding the "Holy Sword," it became difficult to strike.

　and……

　It's too late to say.

　The "Sacred Toad" suddenly stopped absorbing light elements.

　Its belly had swelled to a considerable extent, its round skin even becoming somewhat transparent, with spheres of light visible to the naked eye rolling inside.

　"Ah-"

　Suddenly, the "Sacred Toad" opened its mouth and violently ejected the ball of light from its belly.

　The ball of light split in mid-air, scattering in all directions, and upon landing, it immediately turned into clumps of slime-like things.

　But upon closer inspection, you'll find that they are all "millet ants".

　Upon seeing those round, glowing worms, Sarah was startled and immediately realized that the "millet ants" were all sacrifices!

　The "Rotten Wood Mermaid" was still singing, but the ants and worms showed no reaction. Like the "Sacred Toad," they were immune to curses and possibly even most abnormal states.

　"In the name of Hades Whit, a sacrifice is offered—"

　Hadris immediately began the sacrificial summoning, and ants, driven by the sacrificial summoning spell, transformed into beams of light and flew up.

　"One, three, six, nine... what exactly is he trying to summon?"

　Sarah's expression froze slightly.

　Those pupae should only be one-star, but nine or more would be nine-star or higher. And without a second-tier magical spirit, one usually can't summon a third-tier magical spirit. So what exactly are all these materials summoning?

　Before she could find the answer in her memories, Hadris had already completed the summoning. A huge sacrificial summoning circle appeared in the sky, from which a gigantic toad materialized.

　The giant toad summoned by the sacrifice looks very similar to the "Sacred Toad," both being white, glowing toads.

　However, it is more than three times larger than the "Sacred Toad", and its level should only be six stars.

　But around its neck was a string of precious pearls.

　A careful count reveals that the number of beads in the string is exactly the same as the number of ants used as sacrifices.

　"A six-star light-type magical spirit—'Treasure Toad'!"

Chapter 1224 This knight is clearly incredibly strong, yet excessively cautious.

　The combination of "Sacred Toad" and "Treasure Toad" is arguably a crucial element of Hadris's deck.

　However, since these two magic cards do not have any special summoning synergy, you must be able to draw both magic cards simultaneously to activate this combination.

　Fortunately, Hadris's deck contains more than one "Sacred Toad" and one "Treasure Toad". Therefore, the probability of forming a combo is relatively high.

　The core characteristic of "Treasure Toad" is that it can ignore the usual rules and use a total of six-star or more magical spirits as sacrifices to summon it.

　The total star rating of the offerings will be converted into the number of orbs of the "Treasure Toad". The "Holy Toad's" ultimate move, "Radiant Mother", allows it to transform into the "Holy Mother" in a literal sense, absorbing light elements and conceiving offspring.

　Depending on the gestation period, a maximum of twelve "snail ants" can be produced.

　These twelve "spider worms" are all pure sacrifices with a star-level light attribute and a magic attack and defense of 100/0/0.

　Hadris's "Sacred Toad" spawned an unprecedented number of ants.

　Using it as an offering, one can summon the "Treasure Toad" which possesses twelve precious orbs.

　Twelve precious pearls represent the limit for the "Treasure Toad".

　The significance of these twelve treasures is equivalent to twelve ultimate moves with a limit of one use each. Combined with the "Treasure Toad's" own ultimate move, this means that the "Treasure Toad" can use an excessive number of ultimate moves in a short period of time!

　However, the "Treasure Toad" possesses a total of thirty-six types of treasures, and the treasures generated each time it is summoned are randomly selected from these thirty-six types of treasures.

　Therefore, it is very difficult to bring the "Treasure Toad" to its full potential.

　Hadris held the magic card and quickly checked the types of gems on the "Treasure Toad," soon getting a good idea of ​​what they were.

　However, the turn has now switched, and both sides have gained two new magic cards.

　He glanced at his newly acquired hand of cards, then suddenly had an idea and didn't make a move immediately.

　Sarah's only magical spirit present was the "Rotten Wood Mermaid." Although the "Rotten Wood Mermaid" could withstand the ranged attacks of the "Fireworks Holy Sword" without dying, it was clearly a type with zero mobility.

　The "Song of the Deep Sea" that was released earlier could not effectively kill him and his magical spirit.

　In other words, Sarah Swati is basically no threat to him at this moment—if he doesn't make any rash moves!

　A duelist using a magical spirit with zero movement ability. If not a turret type, then it's basically a defensive counter-attack type.

　Although the "Fireworks Holy Sword" attack did not elicit a counterattack, it's possible that the opponent hadn't activated it, or hadn't preset it.

　In other words, if we let the "Treasure Toad" attack now, it will play right into their hands.

　Among the two new magic cards he acquired, there were no higher-star magic spirits. If "Treasure Toad" falls due to a counterattack, his advantage will be completely lost, and he will likely face a strong counterattack from Sara.

　Hadris thought about it cautiously, then drew another magic card from the Duel Disk and began his summoning.

　Although Hadris Whit, the "Holy Knight," is a wielder of the Holy Sword, his "versatility" is mostly reflected in his defensive counter-attacking strategies.

　He rarely attacks first.

　Basically, they wait until the opponent has used all their moves before using their accumulated strength to kill them in one fell swoop.

　But this time, Sara's defensive strategy was more resolute than his, which induced him to have the idea of ​​attacking first.

　However, after acquiring the new magic cards, he calmed down a bit.

　"In the name of Hadris Whit, a magical summoning—'Divine Proclamation'!"

　The spell card "Divine Judgment" grants a Light-attribute Magical Spirit an effect similar to "Status Stabilization," meaning it can nullify the effects of certain transformation-type special moves that target the user.

　Hadris first used "Divine Declaration" on the "Treasure Toad" before launching a full-scale attack.

　However, after acquiring a new hand of cards, Sara quickly increased her stakes and summoned a new magic card – "Ancient Hand".

　"Ancient Hand" is an item card. It is a long-arm glove made of black iron with colorful paintings on the surface. When worn, it can cover half of the forearm.

　Sarah immediately put it on after she materialized it, and her expression became even more composed.

　This "Ancient Hand" is both offensive and defensive, and can also release short-range electric shocks. It is one of the few magic cards in her possession that can enhance her own power.

　With the "Ancient Hand," she no longer had to be too afraid of Hadris's close-range attacks, and at least had some power to fight back.

　But after a moment of relaxation, Sarah immediately focused her attention, because Hadris was also ready.

　The battle began in an instant.

　Hadris raised the "Fireworks Holy Sword" in his hand. But instead of releasing the "Fireworks Ray," he quickly commanded, "Treasure Toad, Light Rain!"

　Ultimate Skill - [Rain of Light]

　quack!

　After taking a deep breath, the "treasure toad" suddenly emitted a muffled croaking sound.

　One of the twelve jewels around its neck suddenly emitted a brilliant white light. The light flowed into its body and then burst forth from its mouth. A huge sphere of light instantly appeared in the sky above the arena.

　The sphere of light exploded instantly, transforming into a circular pool of light in the air. Immediately afterwards, raindrops of light poured out from the pool, shooting towards the red team's field like a rain of arrows.

　"Area of ​​effect attack!"

　Sarah's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly patted the "Rotten Wood Mermaid." The "Rotten Wood Mermaid" suddenly raised its hands, and the seawater flowing from its base rose up with its hands, spinning rapidly above its head, turning into a vortex.

　This is the "Kuchiki Mermaid's" ultimate move - "Deep Sea Tide Whirlwind", a move that can swallow ships at sea into the ocean depths.

　Sarah originally intended to use it as a secret technique, waiting until Hadris attacked before suddenly unleashing it.

　However, Hadris immediately unleashed an area-of-effect spell upon launching his attack, and while the "Rotten Wood Mermaid" possessed strong defense, it lacked the ability to block out aerial attacks. Sara was unable to escape the area-of-effect attack of "Rain of Light" and could only use [Deep Sea Whirlpool] to save herself.

　The terrifying vortex formed by the seawater rapidly expanded, absorbing all the light rain.

　—The "light rain" couldn't even penetrate the "deep-sea vortex." This shows that its power wasn't as strong as it appeared.

　Sarah's mind raced, and then she heard the "Treasure Toad" suddenly croak again. Immediately afterward, it opened its mouth wide, and a bright ball of light quickly condensed inside.

　Ultimate move—"Holy Light Cannon"! Here we go again!

　Sarah quickly pulled her head back, and the ball of light transformed into a beam of light, shooting out suddenly. The distance of a hundred meters was pierced in an instant, and the "Holy Light Cannon" accurately hit the "Rotten Wood Mermaid's" chest.

　But this seemingly powerful blow only left a shallow dent on the "Kuroki Mermaid's" body.

　—It was even weaker than the beam of light emitted by the "Fireworks Holy Sword." "The two orbs have vanished!"

　Sarah immediately understood as her gaze swept over the area.

　Each of the jewels around the neck of the "Treasure Toad" is a special attack, but the power of these special attacks doesn't seem to be very high—it's possible that the first two jewels are just of a lower level.

　In the blink of an eye, the "Treasure Toad" consumed another treasure. But this time, its croak was as loud as thunder.