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

　But this is not an isolated case.

　Aurora also used the "Eye of the Elements" feature to specially summon a six-star ice elemental.

　It was a magical sprite that resembled two pairs of hands and feet pulled out from a snowball, and the card was named "Snowball Sprite".

　Aurora possesses both three-star and six-star Snowballs. Using a three-star Snowball can create an environment for summoning a six-star Snowball.

　However, she did not include the three-star "Snowball Sprite" in her current deck.

　Yes, there are only six stars.

　Because she alone is enough to create an ice elemental environment that can summon a six-star "Snowball Sprite".

　—Both players clearly had the same idea.

　Leander is also a mage capable of creating water elemental environments. He can do so even without creating a "water world".

　Therefore, the deck he is currently using does not contain any three-star Magician Spirits!

　On this level, he went even further than Aurora.

　Of course, Aurora doesn't have that many magical spirits with "Eye of Ice" or "Heart of Ice" to fill out the deck.

　This is not the core of her tactics.

　It's too late to say.

　After summoning their respective magical spirits, both players issued their first commands to their spirits almost simultaneously.

　Then, heavy snow began to fall from the sky.

　Beneath the surface, whirlpools are forming.

　Upon receiving the command, both magical spirits immediately unleashed their ultimate attacks.

　The sudden blizzard made the weather on the site even worse.

　A huge snowman was rapidly formed in the center of the blizzard.

　The whirlpool beneath the water's surface grew larger and larger, causing cracks to appear at the bottom of the ice above the water.

　But as the cracks multiplied, the vortex grew large enough and suddenly broke through the ice, mixing with the shattered ice and violently slicing towards Aurora on the ice!

　—Of course, it's impossible to hit the target.

　But Aurora noticed the slight tremor on the ice beneath her feet and vanished in an instant.

　With a mere touch of her toes, she glided across the rink at incredible speed, like a waltz on ice, escaping the vortex with its vast attack range.

　At the same time, Leander, the "shark" that charged up from the vortex, also missed his target.

　Leander burst out of the water, baring his teeth.

　In this way, he and Aurora almost switched positions, and he landed on the red team's side of the field.

　The ice that had just been shattered by the whirlpool froze again into a thin layer of ice in the extreme cold blizzard.

　Leander shattered the ice with one foot, half his body sinking into the mixture of ice and water. His eyes were fixed on Aurora with an extremely deep gaze, like a hunter lurking in the shadows, waiting for his chance to strike.

　A nearly transparent shadow was moving beneath his feet; it was the water elemental magic sprite—the "Elemental Sea Serpent."

　The "Elemental Sea Serpent" can merge into the water and create whirlpools, which is commonly known as "turning the tide".

　But the "water world," which originally belonged to the sea creatures, was...

　When frozen, it becomes a paradise of ice and snow.

　Although it is difficult to attack underwater objects from above once the ice is frozen over, it is equally difficult for underwater objects to attack objects on the ice.

　This environmental shift seemed to divide the entire arena into two parts, an upper and a lower section. However, the existence of duelists is to break down the barriers between worlds; only by shattering the opponent's world can one win the duel!

　Leander took a deep breath and plunged into the water. At the same time, an arrow of ice grazed his scalp and flew into empty air.

　Aurora frowned.

　In her current form, her affinity and control over ice elements have increased significantly. However, her physical strength has not increased much, and only her movement speed has increased accordingly. She still lacks underwater combat capabilities.

　If Leander remains underwater, it won't be easy for her to attack him.

　In the blink of an eye, she suddenly felt a tremor beneath her feet, an extremely subtle one. Compared to the previous whirlpool, it was almost imperceptible, and Leander's triangular fin was still on the other side.

　But she still slid away without hesitation.

　A giant sea serpent burst out of the ice in the next instant, then quickly submerged again.

　Immediately afterwards, Aurora felt the ground shake again. She quickly dodged, and the sea serpent broke out of the ice once more.

　However, at that very moment, Aurora, who had already drawn her bow, suddenly released the bowstring.

　"feed!"

　An ice arrow was fired.

　The "Elemental Sea Serpent," which had just emerged halfway through its body, was instantly struck, freezing half of its body into an icicle.

　Aurora tried to deliver a final blow, but it had already sunk to the bottom of the water. Meanwhile...

　The "snowman" was finally born amidst the blizzard.

　The "snowball sprite" landed on the head of the giant snowman, forming the snowman's head.

　Immediately afterwards, the giant snowman rose up from the ground and unleashed a deliberate punch at the ground beneath its feet!

　"boom!"

　The ice surface was shattered by its own impact.

　The "Snow Giant" deliberately dived into the water to break the deadlock.

　After initial probing, the two sides finally engaged in direct combat. However, the underwater environment was not the Snow Giant's domain, and its size was insufficient to allow it to touch the bottom with both feet.

　The "Elemental Sea Serpent," now unfrozen, devoured the Snow Giant, while the "Snowball Sprite" fled in disarray.

　Aurora's ice arrow, which she managed to fire, was blocked by the waves created by the "Elemental Sea Serpent".

　Taking advantage of the situation, Leander summoned a second and a third magical spirit. The latter two magical spirits, composed entirely of water elements, surrounded Aurora's position from beneath the water.

　Leander himself joined the attack, charging wildly and fiercely. However, Aurora did not rush to continue summoning.

　She dodged and weaved effortlessly amidst the attacks of the three magical spirits and Leander, dancing on the ice like an ice sprite.

　After the battle was lost, the "Snowball Sprite" became almost an accessory to her, only responsible for constantly patching up the broken ice surface to keep it smooth.

　Two rounds passed in the blink of an eye.

　Leander's attacks grew increasingly fierce, but he still couldn't reach Aurora's feet. She always managed to dodge one attack after another and then launch a counterattack with the "Ice Serpent Bow".

　Leander himself wasn't hit, but his magical spirits weren't quick enough to react and were repeatedly struck.

　The first "Elemental Sea Serpent" summoned was even shot to death.

　After the death of the "Elemental Serpent," Leander displayed extreme rage, and his already ferocious offensive became even more insane.

　Finally, in the third round, he summoned a magical spirit that combined water and flying abilities—"Sea and Sky Hunter".

　"Sea and Sky Hunter" is a fish-man who can glide through the air using its dorsal fin as wings. It is clad in armor and wields a trident. With the support of other magical spirits, it gains a significant boost in attributes and then launches a pursuit of Aurora from the ice surface.

　Then, this "sea and air hunter" became Aurora's second sacrifice!

　Leander's rage surged, and the other two six-star water elementals lurking underwater unleashed their full power in a counterattack.

　However, as the third round ended, Aurora seized the opportunity to destroy another six-star water elemental.

　Just after the third six-star water elemental was destroyed, Leander suddenly calmed down, and his previous near-mad anger seemed to be fake.

　He surfaced on the side relatively far from Aurora, gazing at her from afar.

　The last water elemental stood protectively in front of her, shielding her from ice arrows. Aurora, who had only managed to summon one "Snowball Sprite" so far, finally began her summoning after a slight frown.

　One of the reasons she hadn't summoned them before was that she didn't want to waste her hand. Despite deck-building adjustments to counter the Seafolk, she didn't have an abundance of Spellcaster cards, and many Spellflies weren't suited to function underwater.

　Entering the water is tantamount to actively venturing into the Leander's territory. Before achieving certainty, all attempts are a waste.

　Aurora is accumulating cards in her hand.

　Of course, only duelists like her can perform this kind of "accumulating cards in hand".

　The second magical spirit she summoned was only a three-star magical spirit—"Ice Serpent Spirit"!

　Like the Snowball Sprite, the Ice Serpent Sprite is a small-sized magical sprite. You can attach yourself to her without adding any burden.

　With these two magical spirits as sacrifices, Aurora would have the means to summon a nine-star magical spirit!

　A nine-star magical spirit, and certainly possesses the ability to end the game.

　But at least they have the ability to create opportunities!

　After finally drawing this nine-star Magical Spirit card, Aurora prepared to...

　Summon out.

　But as she was about to unleash her summons, she suddenly felt the ice beneath her feet begin to melt again.

　A slight vibration.

　But although it was still a vibration, this one was clearly different.

　The entire ice surface of the venue shook simultaneously!

　Leander had retreated to a corner of the field at some point.

　It was as if something terrifying was about to happen in the area.

　Aurora's vigilance surged, and in a split second, she abruptly rushed towards Li.

　Regardless of what is about to happen, the location where Ander is situated is clearly the whole...

　The safest place in the venue.

　However, when she could feel the vibrations beneath her feet, it meant the ritual was already complete.

　launch!

　Without warning, the entire ice surface of the venue suddenly shattered into dust.

　An invisible force surrounded it from below.

　That force manifested in the air, changing from completely invisible to transparent, and then...

　The process of transforming from translucent to a clearly visible object involved several rapid, gradual changes.

　Cheng.

　In the end, it transformed into a terrifying ghost ship that occupied most of the venue!

　Mystic Card - [The Descent of the Deep Sea Ghost]!

　When at least three "sirens" are killed in a short period of time, only one remains.

　Then, the terrifying ghosts of legend will descend, ghost ships that have existed in the deep sea for countless years.

　The captain and sailors, now reduced to skeletons, will launch an endless attack on the humans trapped inside the ghost ship, until they turn the humans into their own.

　Suddenly, a deck appeared beneath my feet.

　When Aurora realized what was happening, she was no longer on the ice. Thick, dark fog rose from all sides, swirling around the ship's edge and into the sky. Leander's laughter suddenly seemed distant.

　Aurora immediately realized that she was trapped in some kind of "field barrier".

　This is clearly a trap set by Leander.

　The seemingly mindless "Shark Clan" duelists have actually been preparing a secret ritual all along.

　The triggering conditions for this secret ritual are not difficult to guess.

　If she hadn't intentionally stalled, it might have already been triggered. But as things stand, the strategy of "delaying" wasn't wrong. She listened to the growing strange noises on the ship, the ever-increasing terror. Seize the opportunity.

　By offering the "Ice Serpent Spirit" and the "Snowball Spirit" as sacrifices, the nine-star magical spirit, "Ice and Fire Oni Warrior," was summoned.

　Ice and fire, ghosts and martial arts.

　Aurora didn't intend to include fire-type magical spirits in this deck. However, all the high-level magical spirits she created were of dual ice and fire attributes, which was unavoidable.

　Since we're trapped on this ghost ship, let's destroy it from the inside out!

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