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

　This final counterattack not only failed to achieve any effect, but also caused Lei Qi to walk right into a trap, where he was grabbed by "DarkWarGreymon" and instantly refined!

　The duel ended very abruptly.

　The two fighters were evenly matched one moment, but the outcome was decided the next, and it happened at the moment most people thought the duel was at its most intense.

　But that's how problem-solving works; as long as you find the right method, you can easily overcome it. Darkdemon is just an ordinary problem-solver. The despairing aura of the "Dark Gaia Energy Cannon" can lock onto the target, ensuring a guaranteed hit.

　Despite its final act of resistance, Thor could not escape its fate of being swallowed by darkness.

　……

Chapter 1510 After Slaying the Gods (4k)

　【End of battle】

　With Raqi Hodge's health points reaching zero, the duel finally came to an end.

　While Lei Qi's final act of "suicide" was puzzling, it was not the main focus of this duel.

　Even if he retains his sanity and continues to maneuver at high speed, he doesn't have much of a chance of winning after losing "Thor Dragon".

　The audience's attention was almost entirely drawn to BlackWarGreymon and Raijindra. Even after the duel ended, they were still reeling from the visual spectacle.

　Viewers who don't understand the value of the "God Cards" only thought it was a battle between twelve star magical spirits.

　But the audience was utterly astonished when they learned that "Thor Dragon" was a "God Card".

　Dark Demon is indeed very strong. His signature twelve-star magical spirit, "Fossil Aerial Dragon," even possesses a powerful force that can make duelists who also possess twelve-star magical spirits feel despair.

　But "Thunder Dragon" is a "God Card".

　The difference in "rank" would theoretically make the abilities of the "Fossil Aerodactyl" significantly weaker than those of the "Thorosaurus," making the final outcome uncertain.

　However, even the "Thunder Dragon," which is a "God Card," was still destroyed by Dark Dimon's magical spirit, and that twelve-star magical spirit was not the "Fossil Aerial Dragon"!

　Speculation began to emerge that "could that magical spirit have also reached the realm of the gods?"

　Even Noah Sharp, who was in the audience, began to doubt his own judgment.

　He could no longer tell whether "BlackWarGreymon" was a "God Card".

　But this magical spirit is definitely the nemesis of dragon-type monsters!

　Noah Sharp keenly grasped this key point from his battle with "Thor Dragon".

　His original idea of ​​waiting for the auditions to take place and then having another match with Dark on the official stage made him hesitate.

　He thought he had made great progress, but he didn't expect that it wasn't just himself who was improving.

　Darko Dimon's progress seems even more terrifying!

　Without a definite way to defeat BlackWarGreymon, fighting it again would just be a waste of time.

　After his initial shock, Noah Sharp ultimately chose to leave rather than stay and continue challenging the "Dragon King Arena".

　The "Dragon King" had changed at this point.

　Raqi Hodge, who had occupied the ring for an entire day, was eventually driven off.

　After the duel ended, Rachel Hodge stood there in thought for a long time.

　It wasn't that he was a "can't accept defeat," but he simply couldn't accept the reality that he still lost even after revealing the "God Card."

　He needs some time to calm down.

　After recovering, it will take time to reflect on where they went wrong in this duel.

　Only by identifying and correcting our shortcomings can we hope to turn defeat into victory in the next battle.

　A true champion will never be defeated by a single duel, no matter how incomprehensible that defeat may be.

　Even as he walked off the court, Rachel Hodge still couldn't understand why she had lost.

　During the duel, he also speculated that "Black WarGreymon" was a "God Card".

　But upon calm reflection after the duel, he realized that wasn't the case. He then asked "Thor Dragon" in his mind and received the same answer.

　[BlackWarGreymon] is not a "God Card"! However, that is the real key to the problem.

　Despite not being a "God Card", "BlackWarGreymon" demonstrated a level of power no lower than, and even surpassing, that of a "God Card" in its battle against "Thunder Dragon"!

　This was true both for Lei Qi's own intuitive feeling and for the information feedback he received from "Thor Dragon".

　BlackWarGreymon's special attack is clearly ranked higher than (Thunder Dragon's).

　Whether it's "Dark Battle Tornado" versus "Heavenly Punishment Thunder" or "Dark Gaia Energy Cannon" versus "All Beings Thunder Formation," both demonstrated extremely high suppressive power.

　This is definitely not something that can be achieved simply through attribute advantage.

　When Lei Qi was reviewing the battle after the defeat, he felt that "BlackWarGreymon" completely overwhelmed "Thunder Dragon".

　"How did he do that?" Lei Qi couldn't understand.

　The only thing he could console himself with was that the power of "Thor Dragon" had not yet been unleashed to its fullest extent in this duel.

　—If you sacrifice the "Nether Thunder Dragon" in the graveyard when summoning "Thunder Dragon", it might allow "Thunder Dragon" to numerically suppress "Black WarGreymon".

　The initial "misjudgment" became a final consolation. After all, he hadn't actually "gone all out."

　However, whether one is puzzled or tries to comfort oneself, it doesn't change another fact.

　He was driven off the "Dragon King's Arena"! He must regroup and return to the arena.

　There is no such rule in the "Dragon King's Arena". Losing once means losing everything.

　This is the "default rule" he set himself.

　Because in the preliminary rounds, the same two people can only duel once. Now that he's been eliminated, he has no chance to go back up. This scoring opportunity that propelled him straight into the top ten of the overall leaderboard has completely slipped through his fingers.

　Thinking of this, Lei Qi's gaze toward Dak was filled with resentment.

　But at this moment, Dakdimon had no time to pay attention to him.

　The problem returns to the beginning.

　Is the "God Card" a god?

　Take "Thor Dragon" as an example.

　The magical spirit "Thunder Dragon" is definitely not a god. But the divine soul attached to it is definitely a god.

　Therefore, Dark slew "Thunder Dragon" in the Duel Realm during a divine ritual. For this world, this was an act of "god-slaying."

　Killing a god is a heroic act.

　The fall of a god will shake the rules and cause strange phenomena in the world.

　For mortals to kill gods is to violate the order of the universe, which is what Chinese people often call "going against the will of Heaven".

　But heaven and earth will not punish you for going against the tide.

　Instead, they will capture you and use you to fill the "cracks in authority" left behind after the fall of the gods.

　Simply put, it means you take over the responsibilities and authority of the gods.

　Of course, because gods are immortal, this feedback will be infinitely weakened to merely experiencing authority once, that is, the power of the rules controlled by the gods.

　In magical duels, this feedback will be further weakened.

　But for something like this, which is a systemic thing, no matter how much it is weakened, as long as it doesn't go from having something to not having it, it's like opening a window for you, it's just a matter of how big the window is.

　After killing the "Thunder Dragon", Dark felt a sudden sense of enlightenment.

　In martial arts, this feeling is called "sudden enlightenment." He comprehended a portion of the power of the rules belonging to the "Thunder Dragon." The core of this part of the rules is "thunder" and "dragon."

　The former left no trace in his mind, just like a formulaic article that you read and forget as soon as you see it.

　The latter, however, left a deep impression on him. He grasped a part of the rules related to "dragons." As the saying goes, "What you see is what you know."

　Just as one can only recognize the existence of "divine cause" after truly "seeing" it.

　This led to a vague understanding of the rules of the "dragon" lineage in his mind.

　If he can continue to delve deeper into this area, he will have more opportunities to become the God of Dragon Magic.

　In comparison.

　The massive "divine cause" that surged forth like madmen after the victory in this duel seemed less important.

　With just this one victory in the duel, Dark felt that he had so much "divine cause" that he could build a wall around himself.

　But he has already passed the period of blindly pursuing "divine cause".

　When one possesses a certain amount of "divine cause," the significance of continuing to possess more diminishes.

　Unless he also possesses a "God Card" that houses fragments of divine souls, in which case he could rely on "divine causes" to accelerate the revival of the gods.

　In short, the gains from this victory were many times greater than they appeared on the surface.

　After Dark won, it took him quite a while to fully process the information.

　When he came to his senses, Noah Sharp and Reichhotia had already left Dragon Cliff.

　Having lost their chance to dominate the Dragon King Arena, they all need to find new ways to rack up points as quickly as possible.

　Meanwhile, at the Dragon's Neck, the qualifying arena has been restarted.

　Dragon-type duelists who want to challenge him have already begun their duels.

　Dark paused for a moment before sitting down to rest at Sofia's prompting. The duel had been quite mentally taxing for him.

　It's definitely time to sit down and get some rest.

　And he also needs to start preparing for his upcoming "defense of the title." Having finally captured this "Dragon King's Arena," how could he not make good use of it?

　The duelists who have gathered here because of the "God Card" will make Dragon Cliff lively again.

　And on the other side.

　The leaders of various factions, represented by the king, finally received the investigation data submitted by their respective subordinates.

　But once they had the documents in their hands, they suddenly lost the will to examine them carefully.

　The old king didn't even open the projector; he just stared blankly at the screen, which had switched to broadcasting a duel, speechless for a long time. After about two minutes, he finally asked in a deep voice, "God's Card?" Even the court mage sitting beside him remained silent for a while before answering the old king's question: "Watching it on a screen, many things are not clearly visible."

　The old king thought for a moment before nodding slightly and saying, "That's true. After all, it was just a preliminary selection, so perhaps they just didn't give it their all."

　After saying that, he opened Rei Hodge's file and began to read it carefully.

　It doesn't matter if you have one more or one less talented person. But you must have more than others.

　Lei Qi was the first contestant to showcase the "God Card," and she should still try to get it.

　However, the order of priority during the competition can be adjusted slightly downwards.

　After reviewing the documents, the old king handed them to someone beside him, then rested his chin on his hands and stared ahead with a sorrowful expression.

　After a long while, he finally couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh: "Why isn't Darkdemon a member of the royal family?"

　"Why is it the dark attribute again?"

　His Holiness the Pope did not look too pleased.

　Archbishop Galenoris, who was sitting next to him, casually remarked, "There are also light-type angels among them."

　Pope Sith asked, "Then why not use it?"

　In this highly anticipated duel against the gods, using the light-elemental heaven...

　Is it really impossible to win by using a specific species?

　His Holiness the Pope has always harbored a little secret.

　Every time he saw Darkdemon in the dueling arena, he couldn't help but want to crown him as the "Holy Son".

　As his body weakened day by day, and as he watched Dark's duels more and more often, that desire grew stronger and more unbearable.

　At this moment, he finally couldn't hold back any longer.

　Darkdemon is extremely suitable as a candidate for "Holy Son" in terms of personality, character, talent, ability, and many other factors.

　His preference for using dark-type demons is a violation of doctrine and cannot be tolerated.

　But if even Pope Sith thought this way, how could the chief archbishop, who cared deeply about the future of the Holy Church, not have had such thoughts?

　Pandora and Doragon were merely a second choice made out of necessity. Of course, even this second choice was vetoed by His Holiness the Pope, despite the fact that they were even related by blood.