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

　If it weren't for Pandora constantly looming over her, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she's the strongest sixth-year student in the last decade or so.

　These student contestants from St. Mary's Academy have all received "gifts from God," so it would be illogical if they didn't make rapid progress.

　But what Dark knows is only the Hugo of the past. The current Hugo Houston may also have the potential to grow. So he cannot be underestimated.

　……

　Professors Enid and Harvey had already stepped onto the dueling platform. Both were professors from St. Marian Academy, and thus attracted much attention. Even the leaders from various countries who had returned to their hidden boxes were watching intently.

　Beyond the expectation of watching a spectacular duel.

　They all wanted to see the current strength of St. Marian Academy from this duel.

　These two professors are very representative.

　Professor Enid, who appeared today, still wore thick glasses, but she straightened her usually messy hair and wore light makeup, so she didn't look bad.

　However, Dark strongly suspects that this was a person Principal Arte had forcibly arranged to manage her image.

　After all, the image of the academic professor cannot be ruined in her hands—

　After finally dealing with his senior's persistent pestering, Dark was able to calm down and carefully observe the duel between the two professors.

　He had no doubt about the watchability of this duel.

　Even if both competitors held back due to off-field reasons, it was still a duel that represented the highest level of this competition.

　The duel begins.

　Professor Harvey clapped his hands with a cold laugh, and one magic circle after another unfolded at his feet.

　He didn't at all

　Without any chanting or the use of magic cards, these magic circles, radiating intense death energy, appeared out of thin air and filled half the area in the blink of an eye.

　The two commentators on the podium, who had been talking animatedly, suddenly fell silent.

Chapter 1538 Darkdemon and the Undead Scourge and the Fantasy World (3/3)

　Prince Grace Leon, the lion-man, also frowned deeply, unable to comprehend it. Mages typically require a considerable amount of preparation time to cast spells. Even the simplest spells are rarely cast instantly. Moreover, judging from the aura emanating from those magic circles and the sheer number of them, they didn't seem like simple spells that could be cast instantly.

　But the magic circle had already been deployed.

　Black energy emanating from each of the magic arrays swirled in the air. Even the bright sky seemed to dim.

　Professor Harvey stopped clapping, and a magic card flew out from his duel disk and unfolded in front of him.

　He began the magical summoning.

　But from those magic circles that appeared out of nowhere, pale skeletons were already crawling out.

　Those magic circles seemed to connect to the underworld. One skeleton after another crawled out of them.

　Half of them were humanoid skeletons, some wearing tattered armor and wielding rusty iron swords, others riding skeletal warhorses and brandishing bone spears.

　The other half consisted of animal-shaped skeletons, ranging from small bone wolves to large bone elephants, with a wide variety of types.

　As soon as the group of skeletons appeared, they swarmed towards the opponent's territory, as if a massive army was pressing in.

　The audience was completely silent.

　Even seeing a single skeleton soldier is terrifying. Imagine seeing such a massive army of undead at once.

　"Lich" Sloan had somehow appeared at the window of the lounge. His eyes, hidden beneath his mask, were fixed intently on the skeletons on the dueling platform. Of all the necromancers, only he knew what those magical circles that appeared out of nowhere meant.

　They also realized how terrifying a necromancer could do such a thing so casually.

　No, there is one more person.

　Dulles hid on the edge of the Sannin group, deliberately placing his ringed hand on the windowsill so that someone attached to the ring could see the duel.

　Then, extremely offensive profanities flooded his ears, making him acutely aware once again of Zoe's hatred for Steven Harvey. Perhaps "jealousy" would be a more accurate word.

　While almost everyone was immersed in the terror of the undead army, Professor Enid had already summoned and activated the first magic card. With a wave of her hand, streams of multicolored light emerged from the card.

　The fluid of light was also dotted with countless starlight, making it resemble a galaxy painted with mismatched colors.

　She then continued to wave the magic cards, and the fluids twisted and contorted, their ends stretching out into space and gradually disappearing.

　But as more and more fluids of light appeared, the space around her began to distort completely.

　The audience couldn't see anything, but a sense of distortion arose out of nowhere in their minds.

　The more they stared at that space, the more severe the distortion their brains perceived became, followed by an extremely strong feeling of dizziness and an immediate urge to vomit.

　Those viewers who suffer from severe motion sickness couldn't bear it at all; just one glance was enough for them to bend over and vomit violently.

　A commotion immediately broke out in that section of the stands. Staff quickly dispatched magical spirits to quell the disturbance.

　Many viewers, after experiencing dizziness, quickly looked away, no longer daring to look at Professor Enid.

　Subsequently.

　Professor Harvey's summoned army of undead charged into the distorted zone. Then, visually, the distortion of space became visible. Obvious signs of distortion appeared throughout the bodies of the skeletal undead.

　But they themselves seemed unaffected, continuing their frantic forward charge. And then...

　Starting with the first skeleton, it suddenly began to decompose on a large scale.

　Then more and more skeletons rapidly decomposed into colorful fluorescent light, which gathered and drifted in the seemingly distorted space.

　Professor Steven Harvey's Ghost Wagon begins to take shape.

　However, the professor himself did not make any comment on this.

　He simply smiled and revealed the magic card he had just activated, immediately unleashing a storm in the dueling arena.

　After the skulls twisted and decomposed, "bone powder," which did not actually exist, suddenly appeared out of thin air and formed a storm following its guidance.

　A mournful roar, unique to the undead, emanated from the storm. It turned out that the undead army was merely a sacrifice to summon the magical spirits. Whether they were alive or dead, it didn't affect the summoning—it was a ritual summoning!

　Professor Steven Harvey summoned a magical spirit using a ritual, named "Lord of the Dead," which is a twelve-star magical spirit.

　Despite lacking divinity, this twelve-star magical spirit possesses extremely high strength.

　Its magic attack and defense are both initially 0. There isn't even a minimum guaranteed value.

　Its final value is determined by the number of undead sacrificed during the ritual summoning.

　The more undead are sacrificed, the higher the magic attack and defense stats will be.

　Professor Harvey can obtain an ultimate stat monster by sacrificing all the undead he previously summoned!

　The "Undead Lord" has a magic attack and defense cap of 10000/10000/10000.

　Very average, symmetrical, perfect.

　With a terrifying roar filled with rage, the "Undead Lord" crawled halfway out of the storm, revealing its form to everyone.

　It looks like a deformed skeleton soldier with a huge head. But its size far exceeds that of a skeleton soldier; its head alone is over five meters in diameter. And on its head stands a small, withered bone crown, a testament to its kingship.

　Professor Enid frowned deeply.

　That damn Steven managed to create such a monster without a word.

　But she would not back down because of such a small difficulty.

　The magic card she just released is a field card called "Fantasy World".

　The effects of the "fantasy world" are not inherently destructive. Normal life forms entering it will be distorted due to spatial distortion, but will not suffer any damage as long as they do not resist.

　Unless it's something with an extremely loose material composition, like the skeletons Steven summoned.

　Those skeletons looked terrifying, but their body structures were very loose, including the tiny particles that made up each skeleton, which were not solid.

　Therefore, once they enter the "fantasy world," they will be destroyed by the slight tremors caused by the spatial distortion.

　This tactic is incredibly effective against low- to mid-level skeleton monsters. However, it's definitely useless against the "Undead Lord".

　Enid knew that if she didn't reveal her hand at this point, she would have no choice but to back down and suffer indignity.

　Therefore, she no longer hesitated and directly summoned the "fantasy creature"—the "bard"—within the "fantasy world".

　The [Bard] is a three-star character.

　However, in the "Fantasy World", it will be upgraded to six stars.

　However, whether it's a three-star or a six-star magic spirit, they are no different in front of a twelve-star magic spirit.

　Enid's main purpose in summoning the "bards" was to play the "Fantasy Symphony"!

　"Fantasy Symphony" can extend the "Fantasy World" and easily cover the entire venue.

　And on the materialized musical staff, "music sprites" were created. "Music sprites" are not elemental sprites.

　They control "sound".

　Enid can control those "musical sprites" and compose new melodies on the spot.

　At this time, she chose "Symphony of Life".

　The Symphony of Life and the Symphony of Fantasy, when played together, create a synergy greater than the sum of its parts, dealing percentage-based continuous damage to undead creatures.

　In other words, no matter how strong the vitality of the dead, if they cannot be immune to these two symphonies, they will perish to the sound of this music.

　This is the nemesis of the immortals.

　"They're doing these weird things again."

　Professor Harvey muttered something and then gave the "Undead Lord" the order to use his ultimate attack.

　Whatever the effect of the symphony, it takes time to fully realize its potential.

　Therefore, all he needs to do is win the duel before the effects take effect.

　Enid is an extremely difficult opponent.

　Professor Harvey never intended to engage in a prolonged battle. His strategy was to crush his opponent from the outset with overwhelming power.

　"Roar--"

　The "Undead Lord" rode a storm into the "Fantasy World" and unleashed his ultimate attack, "Death Storm".

　Immediately, tornadoes of lacquer appeared around her and hurtled toward Professor Enid.

　The "Death Storm" was terrifyingly powerful, like a natural disaster. But Professor Enid remained calm in the face of such a crisis. She didn't even make a move to dodge. She watched as the "Death Storm" enveloped and swallowed her. The audience gasped in shock.

　But after the storm, she remained the same.

　Her body twisted and changed within the "fantasy space," but neither the magical elf "Bard" nor anyone else was harmed.

　The audience outside the venue had no idea how she did it. The commentators could only pretend to explain with "ahhh" sounds.

　Professor Steven Harvey frowned as he observed Enid's every move.

　When Enid was surrounded by the "Death Storm", she used the "Illusory Realm" to escape into an illusory space that did not actually exist, thus avoiding the attack from the real space.

　However, in his memory, "Illusory Realm" was a separate spell card effect, and the field card "Fantasy World" should not have this additional ability.

　But Enid clearly didn't have time to summon the "Illusory Realm" spell card just now.

　"Has it been improved?" That could only be the reason! Professor Harvey's mind immediately raced. The [Illusory Realm] is conceptually invincible.

　However, this magic card cannot be reused, and the time spent in the "Illusory Realm" is a maximum of five seconds.

　But what if Enid added this special move to the stage effects in the "Fantasy World"?

　We need to consider the cooldown of "Illusory Realm". "Then let's keep attacking and find out its cooldown!"

　While directing the "Undead Lord" to continue its offensive, Professor Harvey began preparing for the second round of summoning.

　If one twelve-star magical spirit can't defeat Enid, then bring another one!

Chapter 1539 Severed Worldly Ties, Golden Sea Dry Up (12k) 1/2

　Chapter 1539 Severed Worldly Ties, Golden Sea Dry Up (12k)

　Alliance Duel Arena.

　The dueling platform located in the center of the venue.

　Riding amidst the storm, the "Undead Lord" wields a giant skeletal hand. Dark power, symbolizing death, gathers in his palm, and when he suddenly swings it out, it permeates the bones, turning his giant hand pitch black and causing his power to surge.

　However, no matter how powerful the force, it is futile if it cannot even touch the opponent.