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

　The duel took place in the Fairy Arena, which greatly boosted Eluri's power. Even so, Eluri was already facing an unprecedentedly difficult battle, and her life was hanging by a thread.

　Dark had just arrived in the Fairy Forest when he discovered the presence of Senior Eluri.

　He was about to run away, but seeing that the duel was already in its final stages, he couldn't help but stand there and watch for a while longer.

　As a result, Eluri couldn't withstand the "Flickering Candle in the Wind" buff. After resisting for three more rounds, she still lost to the Sage's disciple.

　This was her first defeat since participating in the preliminary rounds, which was quite regrettable. Meanwhile, the disciple of the sage had achieved an eleven-game winning streak, accumulating a total of twenty-one points.

　Dark glanced at his points card: sixteen points. "Still a bit short."

　Thinking this, he walked towards another area without looking back. Now that a plan had been made, it had to be carried out.

　If that sage's disciple is truly formidable, there will naturally be plenty of opportunities to challenge him in the future.

　Right now, it's best to get away as quickly as possible; we can't let Senior Eluri find him here.

　Five minutes later.

　Fairy-themed competition area, Fairy Lake.

　Dark arrived upon hearing the commotion and immediately discovered that a large number of duelists had gathered around the lake, scattered in various places, each engaged in their own duel.

　In the center of that Fairy Lake, there is an island with a giant sword sculpture planted on it.

　Several duelists even fought in the water!

　With such a large number of duelists, the number of spectators will naturally be increased proportionally.

　After observing for a moment and finding no familiar faces, Dark began searching for a duel opponent.

　This area is more open than the previous crossroads, with more duels and a more intense atmosphere. Few duelists are idly watching the battles.

　Once this idea took hold, a strategy of quick victory was devised.

　He quickly found a duelist who was angry about his defeat, and with a few words, he induced the duelist to feel the urge to direct his anger at him.

　When the other party inadvertently uttered the words "challenge," he immediately accepted, giving the opponent no chance to back out.

　Thus, the duel quickly unfolded.

　Taking advantage of the field, Dark built a Elysium deck during "Preparation Phase 1", then immediately summoned "Gabumon" and evolved it into "Gurumon" with "Elysium III", completing a fierce first attack.

　The opponent's strength was also among the lower tier in this selection, but they had a strong trump card in hand, which allowed them to withstand the attack of "Gurumon".

　Dark immediately summoned and activated an equipment card he had made in class in the past, "Claw of the Winged Beast," and equipped it on the Winged Beast "Gurumon," giving it stronger attack and tearing properties.

　With the enhancement of "Claw of the Bird Beast", "Gurumon" instantly tore through its opponent's defense, giving him no chance to summon a stronger magical spirit and ending the duel directly.

　Immediately afterward, Darke rushed to the next competitor. That competitor had just won an easy victory and was verbally mocking his opponent.

　When Dark challenged him at this moment, he accepted without hesitation.

　After the duel arena opened, Dark couldn't help but sigh that the dueling atmosphere by Fairy Lake was far superior to that of the Light-type contestants.

　Here, unless someone truly needs rest, it seems no one ever refuses a duel.

　Many players are playing one match after another, getting more and more excited as they play, making the atmosphere increasingly frenzied.

　Dark used "Elysium IV" to evolve "Renamon" into "Priestmon," defeating his opponent's nine-star Magical Spirit with his own, thus securing a victory.

　In the world of mages, nine-star magic spirit cards are actually very rare and difficult to forge. If an ordinary mage is lucky enough to forge one or two nine-star magic spirit cards in their ten or twenty years of study, it is already the result of hard work and luck.

　However, in this preliminary round, quite a few players possessed nine-star Magical Spirit cards and were able to successfully summon them in duels.

　It is evident that elite mages from all over the world have indeed gathered in Duel City because of this World Cup Duel Challenge.

　After quickly summoning a nine-star magical spirit in one round, Dark immediately turned to the next opponent, focusing on speed to catch the opponent off guard.

　The contestant was quite confident in himself. Seeing Dak's flashy clothes—mainly the "Sky Dragon" three-headed glasses—he agreed without hesitation.

　This duel was unprecedented.

　That player successfully Special Summoned his ace, the Nine-Star Magical Spirit, in the first round.

　However, in this duel, Dark also summoned two nine-star magical spirits in the first round.

　Then it became a two-on-one fight for justice.

　After easily securing three consecutive victories, Dark finally caught attention. The audience, stunned by his ability to summon two nine-star magical spirits in a single turn, spread the word and most of them gathered around.

　Dark focused his attention briefly and heard his own name called from the audience. He couldn't help but sigh, realizing he was a little too slow, and the duel in this area was over.

　But after he had only been standing there for a short while, a contestant actually came up to challenge him!

　This made him secretly pleased, as the man was a middle-aged mage who was around forty years old.

　He was dressed in a black mage's robe, and a black cat familiar with bat wings was perched on his shoulder.

　—That's not a magical spirit, but an animal familiar that traditional magicians would raise.

　Without a doubt, he was both a mage and a traditional magician.

　The compatibility between the classes of mage and archmage is actually quite strong.

　In particular, those who study magic first and then sorcery usually have a greater advantage than beginners of the same age.

　Of course, this is on the premise that he possesses both magical and sorcerer talents.

　This middle-aged archmage gave the impression of a seasoned mage who had undergone a class change.

　Dak had met many professors of this type at St. Marian College and was relatively familiar with them.

　In short, his opponent was very strong, stronger than any opponent he had ever faced so far.

　"Nice to meet you, my name is Fulin."

　“My name is Dark, and it is an honor to duel with a magician.” Dark changed his tone, no longer pretending to be “Paine.” And there was indeed no need to continue hiding.

　His plan is multifaceted and multi-layered; the real role will be played much later.

　Now, it's time for a duel that can be started on a whim. After this duel, it's time to leave.

　"The field expands!"

　"Expand your domain!" The two of them then deployed their domains.

　The black cat familiar on Fulin's shoulder jumped out of the domain on its own.

　Clearly, the middle-aged magician followed the competition advice well.

　He neither drew his wand nor intended to use his familiar.

　However, will he not use magic during the duel?

　Dark smiled and quickly completed the deck construction.

　Wait until "Preparation Phase 2".

　He quickly drew his cards and examined them carefully.

　The first card you get is "Eevee".

　The second card in the hand is "Illusion Spell". The third card in the hand is "Intermittent Flash Spell".

　The "Intermittent Flashing Spell" can instantly create a field that can randomly generate spatial singularities.

　However, the opponent is a former mage whose ability to perceive magic may not be inferior to his.

　If you activate the "Intermittent Flashing Spell," you must be prepared to be used against you by the other party.

　As for the "Illusionary Spell".

　Because he did not carry the "God of War Sword Sheath" in accordance with the competition rules, the "Sacred Weapon Spell" that Dark forged was meaningless. Therefore, he added the "Phantom Weapon Spell." This "Phantom Weapon Spell" could be used to materialize the "Seven Deadly Sins of the Demon Spear" in his hands.

　The effect is to fire a magic bullet with a special effect, consuming fifty points of magic power. However, the magic power consumed can be deducted from the "Life Card," which is the "Character Card's" life points, or from the user's own character. The choice is entirely up to the user.

　However, since the rules of the game do not explicitly state this, no one would choose to deduct it from their health points.

　This can be considered a small loophole in the rules that Dark discovered.

　Of course, it's also possible that it was done intentionally.

　Otherwise, if it is mandatory to deduct the magic cost from the health points before players use their own item cards or weapon cards, then it would be better to just delete weapon cards altogether.

　all in all.

　Dark wasn't so old-fashioned as to always use the character card's health points to replace mana consumption.

　Therefore, those fifty points of magic power can be ignored.

　Then, the magic bullets fired by this "Seven Deadly Sins of the Demonic Spear" only have about 500 points of attack power, which is even less powerful than the "Compound Magic Bullet Spell".

　However, it has additional effects.

　Furthermore, it has special effects when used against specialized magical spirits. [Battle Phase]

　Dark first summoned "Eevee the Beast". Then he immediately summoned "The Seven Deadly Sins".

　He then raised his hand and fired a shot at "Eevee".

　The "Ghost Beast: Eevee" that originally required a "Sin Card" to evolve immediately evolved into "Ghost Beast: Espeon"!

Chapter 1497 Darkdemon's Sudden Idea (4k)

　The magic bullets from 【The Seven Deadly Sins】 can be used as a medium for transmitting mental power, and the nature of mental power can be changed depending on the type of magic bullet chosen.

　The magic bullet that Dark just fired was the "Arrogance" magic bullet, infused with mental power.

　It can evolve "Eevee: Eevee", which cannot evolve directly through mental power, into "Eevee: Espeon".

　Correspondingly, if the Magic Bullet is replaced with "Elysium," "Greed," or "Gluttony," "Eevee" can evolve into "Sylveon," "Glaceon," and "Jolteon." As for other types of Magic Bullets, they cannot evolve for the time being due to his insufficient understanding of the corresponding sins.

　However, evolution accomplished in this way is fundamentally different from bond evolution accomplished by directly using mental power or sin evolution accomplished by using sin cards.

　For example, evolution accomplished in this way can only last for three minutes.

　This is extremely short compared to the usual fifteen minutes of evolution time. But this also means that this kind of evolution is relatively less stable.

　Instability ≠ Defect.

　In its current state, Dark can simply shoot a different type of magic bullet at "Eevee" and cause it to evolve into another Eevee.

　Also.

　This also applies to "Devimon", "Agumon", and "Gabumon".

　However, this only applies to the transition to maturity.

　The strategic advantage derived from the intensity and persistence of this loss can indeed be useful in certain situations.

　Like... now!

　"Eevee, Magic Mirror!"

　After Darke evolved it, he immediately gave the order.

　A mirror-like sheen suddenly swept over Espeon's body.

　Immediately afterwards, the magical spirit summoned by Fulin, "Shadow Witch," launched its ultimate attack, "Sorcery," from the other end of the field, which was instantly deflected back!

　Fulin's expression changed, and he immediately ordered the "Shadow Witch" to dodge. But the rebound of the "spell" was unexpected. The "Shadow Witch" had no time to dodge and was hit on the spot, instantly turning into a giant toad lying on the ground croaking.

　Although the effect of this "sorcery" only lasted for five seconds, it interrupted Fulin's plan.

　In addition to this "Shadow Witch", he has also completed the summoning of another "Spell Card" and is currently charging up to fire it.

　His original plan was to first use "Hex" to turn Dark's Magical Spirit into a toad and apply a debuff that increases magic damage, and then send it directly to the graveyard with a "Spell Card".

　Not only did the plan fail, but his magical spirit also suffered a setback. But the die was cast, and he had no choice but to proceed.

　At this point, there's no time to consider whether the "magic card" can hit or whether its power is sufficient; you can only shoot!

　Therefore, Flint frowned, and the magic he had been preparing for a few seconds was suddenly released.

　This "magic card" is called "Black Flame Spell," which, as the name suggests, fires a black flame. However, its power is considerable, and it can condense into a pillar of fire. Once it hits, it can inflict continuous burning and corrosive damage.

　However, the "Eevee" seemed to be able to foresee the future, and with a light tap of its four paws, it leaped to the left and calmly avoided the attack.

　Even Dark Demon, who was originally behind him, moved two steps to the right in advance, narrowly avoiding the pillar of black flames.

　This is the awkward situation for magicians.

　Even the most powerful magic is less effective if it misses; it's less effective than a low-powered, instant-cast, guaranteed-hit spell.

　Furthermore, magicians always need a lot of casting time to cast large-scale spells, so there is simply no room for error.