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

　After killing the "cat that returned from the underworld", Ryan coldly raised the "Staff of Destruction" above his head.

　He had watched Sarah's duel, since...

　However, knowing that the death of the "Cat Returning from the Underworld" will trigger the "Funeral Festival," it is impossible to kill it before killing the "Crying Coffin."

　At this time, although the "cat that returned from the underworld" was resurrected in the "graveyard" area, it was not with Sara.

　The only remaining "lost figurehead" is immobile. Sarah has no protective barrier left.

　The "Abyss Tentacle" pulled its tentacles out of the "Coffin of Lamentation" and whipped them through the void before suddenly thrusting them towards Sarah's body!

　Ryan still felt it wasn't safe enough and muttered incantations. Gray mist appeared on the "Staff of Destruction." He slashed the staff out of thin air from a hundred meters away.

　Instantly, a scythe formed from gray mist flew out towards Sara. At this critical moment...

　Sarah suddenly opened her eyes, having broken free from the corrosive influence of "Abyssal Terror"!

　The projection of the newly acquired magic card still hung in the corner of the field of vision. But the three-second summoning time was now a luxury.

　Faced with the enormous tentacles hurtling towards her at breakneck speed, all she could do was try her best to dodge them!

　The physical training during summer camp proved effective.

　She unleashed her power at this crucial moment, successfully dodging the "Abyss Tentacle's" stab.

　However, the "abyssal tentacles" that leaped past her body turned around and wrapped around her body.

　The cold, sticky sensation immediately sent chills down her spine, raising goosebumps all over her body.

　But at this moment her mind became completely clear, and she entered a period of high-speed thinking as magic surged in.

　The final order that came out immediately was for the "figurehead lost at the bottom of the sea".

　"Self-destruct!"

　"Total Destruction" is a deadly technique that will never be released unless ordered by a magical spirit, a technique that will take the enemy down with it!

　The mermaid figurehead's eyes widened suddenly, and it opened its mouth to let out a shriek. A moment later, an immense power erupted from its body.

　Sarah gritted her teeth and dragged her body behind the "Abyssal Tentacle" to form a straight line with the "Lost Figurehead at the Bottom of the Sea," minimizing the damage from the self-destruction impact.

　However, the damage from the explosion was still unavoidable.

　The scythe released by the "Death Staff" lost its power after flying over a hundred meters and was swallowed up by the explosion that occurred just in time.

　The "Abyss Tentacle" took the damage from the self-destruction at close range. Although it wasn't killed by the explosion, it was completely limp at the moment of the injury.

　Sarah was thrown into the air by the blast.

　She felt pain all over her body, but she still gritted her teeth and activated the pre-set secret ritual - "A Gift Before Death"!

　The death of any of your own magical spirits will fulfill the activation conditions for this ritual.

　This was originally a rite added to the deck to complement "The Cat Returned from the Underworld." It can provide the duelist with tributes equal to the level of the dead Spellweaver.

　By immediately sacrificing this offering, you can summon a Magical Spirit with double the star rating from your hand.

　The effect of this arcane card might seem redundant, but it can be useful in special situations.

　Furthermore, the magical spirits summoned through this sacrifice will be granted a buff called "A Gift Before Death," which enhances and boosts all three of the magical spirit's attributes.

　Even if you only use it as a magic card for enhancement, it's still worthwhile.

　Sarah propped herself up on the ground, and the sacrificial summoning circle appeared before her, its seven-colored light swirling around it. The six-star magical spirit summoned thus possessed its own seven-colored halo.

　That was a large magical spirit whose entire body was made of steel—the "Ancient Guardian"!

　The "Ancient Gatekeeper," materialized from the sacrificial summoning circle, knelt on the ground, his hands staring at a giant shield that resembled a city gate.

　This magical spirit was already of a type with extremely high stats, and after receiving the "Gift Before Death" buff, it became even more powerful.

　Sarah was panting heavily, looking somewhat disheveled, but a smile still lingered on her lips.

　That smile even carried a hint of arrogance.

　Being able to break free from "Abyssal Fear" will grant a "Fearless Bonus" for a short period, making you immune to intimidation and fright-type mental attacks.

　Sarah quickly drew a card and continued chanting.

　The "Ancient Gatekeeper" crouched down, raised the "Shield of the City Gate," and fiercely advanced towards the "Abyss Tentacle," which could only move by relying on its special move.

　"BOOM!"

　The "Abyss Tentacle," which had already been half-dead from its self-destruction, was finally killed on the spot by the "Ancient Guardian."

　Sarah glanced across the street.

　When Ryan Reynolds used "Destruction" in "The Lost Figurehead," he sensed something was wrong and immediately stepped up his preparations.

　He pulled out a magic card, quickly chanted an incantation, and one after another, colorful, glowing fish swam out from around him.

　This is not the Spell Card "Deep Sea Fish School" which can also summon glowing fish, but another Legion Card "Dream Fish School"!

　Although "Dreamy Fish Swarm" is only a three-star magical spirit, after using its ultimate skill, it can control the fish swarm to gather together and transform into a six-star illusion - "Dreamy Fish".

　When it transforms into a "Dream Fish," it can be directly regarded as a six-star magical spirit.

　In short, this is a six-star Magical Spirit card that can be summoned as a three-star Normal Summon!

　"Let your opponent fall into a dream! Ultimate move—'Dream Reincarnation'!" Ryan waved his hand sharply, the tip of his staff pointing at the opponent.

　The enormous "Dream Fish," with its body covered in colorful ribbons, slightly opened its lips and emitted an extremely beautiful sound.

　Streams of light in seven colors emerged from its body, transforming the eerie and terrifying "Deep Sea Ghost Reef" into a dreamlike realm.

　The overwhelming flow of light moved toward the other side at a relatively slow speed.

　The cat, "returning from the underworld," lunged at the fluid. But its body passed right through it, unable to reach it at all.

　However, through this action, Sarah has come to understand that these fluids of light are a special kind of spiritual entity.

　These spiritual entities possess the ability to "assimilate," assimilating the target's spirit and causing them to generate "positive" emotions from the heart.

　Then, forever slumber in dreams.

　This is the complete opposite of "Abyssal Fear"—a powerful finishing move. Even magical spirits like "Ancient Guardian" are completely unable to stop the flow of those spiritual entities.

　When they swim in from one end of the field, life on this side has no way to escape.

　but.

　He's not the only one capable of summoning spiritual entities! Turn switch.

　Sarah summoned another three-star magical spirit beside her. Then, using the "Cat Returned from the Underworld" and the three-star magical spirit as sacrifices, she summoned a six-star magical spirit—"Ancient Soul"!

　Ryan then summoned a second "Dream Fish"! This "Dream Fish" also unleashed "Dream Reincarnation".

　The release of these two "Dream Reincarnations" instantly transformed the entire duel arena into an ocean of flowing light.

　This leaves no escape for those who are caught in it.

　However, in order to counter Ryan's mental illusions, Sarah specially prepared a magical spirit that could enhance mental power, namely the ghost-type magical spirit "Ancient Soul".

　"Ancient Soul" is a possession-type magical spirit.

　Possessing the "Ancient Gatekeeper" grants the "Ancient Gatekeeper" an attribute bonus equal to half of its own three stats.

　This caused the "Ancient Gatekeeper's" three attributes to instantly rise to the level of nine stars, and even among the nine stars, it was an extremely outstanding level.

　Sarah originally intended to possess the "Ancient Soul" to defend against mental attacks.

　However, she was in a state of "fearlessness" and made a mistake in her judgment, instead ordering the "ancient soul" to possess the "ancient gatekeeper".

　With the "Ancient Soul" possessing it, the "Ancient Guardian" can no longer be penetrated by the light fluid of "Dream Reincarnation".

　It stood at the front, like a city wall, blocking all the incoming streams of light from reaching it.

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　But the fluids of light gathered more and more in front of the "shield of the city gate," gradually piling up into a river.

　Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.

　Sarah, who had no contact with him, seemed affected, her eyes slightly dazed.

　If she hadn't just been through the ordeal of "Abyss Fear," she might have fallen victim to it again.

　Fortunately, the "Ancient Gatekeeper" was unaffected by the "Ancient Soul" protecting him.

　Sarah quickly gave the order, and the "Ancient Gatekeeper," shielded by the "City Gate Shield," charged towards the Red Team's territory!

　"Bang bang bang!"

　The "Ancient Gatekeeper" gradually accelerated, each step causing the earth to tremble. The oncoming stream of light was thrown back by it, and the radiance accumulated on its shield became even brighter.

　The cat that "returned from the underworld" was resurrected once more, but this time it stood guard in front of Sara, adopting a defensive posture.

　Sarah was seriously injured and her mobility was reduced. Without the protection of the magical spirit, she would be unable to stand on the field.

　The duel has quickly entered its crucial phase.

　However, she has not yet been able to draw out the "Contract of House and Death" and can only rely on the "Ancient Gatekeeper" to launch a strong attack.

　The sea creatures, who are skilled in "Abyssal Summoning," can flood the board too quickly; dragging it out any longer will only be disadvantageous for them.

　This powerful attack, combining the strength of the "Ancient Soul" and the "Ancient Gatekeeper," must yield results!

　Therefore, seeing that the "Ancient Gatekeeper" was approaching its opponent, Sarah immediately shouted, "It's time, Ancient Gatekeeper—'City Crash Hammer'!"

　"Roar!"

　The "Ancient Gatekeeper" roared as if in response. The [Ancient Soul] appeared behind him.

　The bright silver light rapidly converged on the "Shield of the City Gate" in the hands of the "Ancient Gatekeeper," and with each step it advanced, it transformed into a giant, gleaming silver hammer that charged fiercely toward Ryan.

　But Ryan, standing atop the reef, was casting the "Abyss Call" a second time.

　"Two six-star magical spirits were offered as sacrifices in the name of Ryan Jeremiah, praying for the abyss's favor. The abyss summons—'Abyssal Demon-Faced Fish'!"

　As the incantation was chanted, the dark vortex reappeared, instantly sucking in the two "dream fish".

　Immediately afterwards, a giant fish with black scales, a ghostly face, and a body as long as a snake swam out from the dark vortex.

　The "Abyss Ghost Fish" has a flat front, resembling a demon. Its cheeks on both sides of its face are spread out like wings and engraved with strange patterns. There is a ghost eye on each side.

　After summoning it, Ryan swiftly commanded, "Abyssal Demon-Faced Fish, use your ultimate technique—'Prison Exodus Demon Mask'!"

　The face of the "Abyss Demon Fish" wriggled and changed, instantly transforming into the face of a blood-red hellish imp.

　Immediately afterwards, the ghost-faced fish let out a terrifying roar like that of a wild beast!

　"Roar--"

　Its roar was even louder and more terrifying than that of the "ancient gatekeeper"!

　The stream of light that had accumulated on the "Shield of the City Gate" was largely dispersed by the roar.

　But the "ancient gatekeeper" had already charged forward and could not be deterred by its shouts.

　Ryan obviously wouldn't make a mistake in a place like this. He ordered the "Abyss Ghost Fish" to release the "Hell Ghost Mask" because this ultimate move had a follow-up!

　Just as the "Ancient Gatekeeper's" silver giant hammer slammed down in front of him, the hellish imp's face on the "Abyss Ghost Fish's" face suddenly emerged, grew infinitely larger, and roared as it charged towards the "Ancient Gatekeeper"!

　These two deadly attacks collided at extremely close range with the reef. The shockwave from the collision alone shattered the reef into dust.

　Ryan nimbly leaped onto another reef and quickly activated the next magic card.

　The "Abyssal Demon Fish's" "Hell Demon Mask" was shattered by the "City-Shattering Hammer," and the "Ancient Gatekeeper" continued its charge until it barely stopped at the edge of the arena.

　The "Abyssal Ghost Fish" that was originally in its path of attack had already flown away to avoid it.

　When the "Ancient Gatekeeper" suddenly turned around, he saw that the "Abyss Ghost-faced Fish" had transformed into a giant octahedron, hovering in the air like a black blazing sun.

　The top and bottom faces of the octahedron are parallel, and on each of the six faces in the middle, there is a ghost face that keeps rotating and changing.

　The entire "Deep Sea Ghost Reef" site is constantly changing color, sometimes dark green, sometimes pitch black, sometimes dark red.

　The lingering effects of "Dream Reincarnation" completely enveloped it, and the place returned to its gloomy and terrifying state.

　The "ancient gatekeeper" who turned to look directly at the "Abyssal Ghost-faced Fish" had his eyes turn pitch black, and his movements and expression became dazed and slow.

　However, the "Ancient Souls" were unaffected.

　When Sarah's command came, it immediately released its ultimate skill, "Guardian Soul Spell." The melodious and ancient incantation emanated from the phantom of the "Ancient Soul," transforming into a physical incantation that surrounded the "Ancient Guardian," instantly reviving its consciousness.

　But at that moment, Ryan Jeremiah activated the magic card "Dark Aurora Illusion"!