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

　At that moment, it seemed as if all the spectators in the entire stadium were cheering for this elderly saint.

　Amelida, on the other hand, became the "villain" standing on the opposite side of the crowd. She was not affected by these external factors.

　However, the armor that Hailey is currently using is primarily steel-based, which completely prevents her from utilizing her racial abilities.

　After losing this advantage, the fact that she was a saint put her under tremendous pressure.

　The battle begins.

　Amelida started by summoning a nine-star magical spirit to fight the enemy with "Aging Curse". However, Hayley easily dodged all of the magical spirit's attacks.

　The scene was so unimaginable that the person inside the armor was an elderly man who already had difficulty walking.

　Armor cannot protect the "life shield".

　However, this can be compensated for with other barrier-type ultimate skills.

　During the duel, Hayley continuously summoned magical spirits to enhance herself.

　Although those magical spirits were defeated one by one, her own power grew stronger and stronger, and she gradually regained some of the feeling of her youth. Her fighting style became more and more ferocious and intense, like a demon stained with blood!

　The word "bloody" in "Bloody Saintess" is not a positive description. Her fighting style even terrifies her comrades on the battlefield. "Hah!"

　With a sudden roar, the "soul" of the dead magical elf flew out of the "graveyard," coalescing in her hand into a terrifying, crimson giant spear. That was her weapon's ultimate attack—"Blood Soul Spear"! In that instant, the spear pierced through the entire dueling arena, not only annihilating the magical elf blocking her path but also piercing Emilyrida straight through!

　Amelida, life reduced to zero!

Chapter 1556 Darkdemon VS Holy Archbishop (4k)

　Amelida's elimination is yet another testament to the cruelty of the competition. She advanced to the preliminaries with a sixth-place finish in the open auditions, carrying the hopes of Sky City, but ultimately fell in the second round of the preliminaries.

　But upon closer reflection, even Alva Artemis, the elven royal who ranked fourth in the preliminary rounds, failed in the first round.

　She's already done much better than Alva to get this far. It's a real shame she didn't make it to the main team, but since her opponent is "Bloody Saintess" Hayley, there's nothing she can do about it.

　In this world, those who can provoke the brilliance of a sage are extremely rare.

　Losing to Hayley Saint Meredith is not shameful.

　However, Hailey looked exhausted after removing her armor.

　It was clear that winning this duel was not an easy task for her.

　"There's another round tonight."

　Hailey silently wiped the weapon card and then walked towards the elevator platform.

　After getting off the platform, she retrieved her crutches, then hunched over and walked step by step toward the athletes' rest room.

　When older generations see her like this, they always feel a variety of emotions.

　Many people sincerely hope she can achieve her goal. Stealing...

　The twenty-third duel.

　Will Smith, nicknamed "Titan Whale," ranked tenth in the preliminary rounds, stepped onto the dueling stage.

　The 26th duel.

　Archbishop Harpagon Molière, who ranked ninth in the preliminary rounds, stepped onto the dueling ring.

　These two highly anticipated contestants did not suffer any upsets and successfully advanced to the second round of the competition.

　What awaits them is the third round of duels, which will begin tonight.

　Looking back now, we can see that eight of the top ten contestants in the preliminary rounds made it to the third round of the preliminary selection, which shows that the rankings in the preliminary rounds are still quite valuable.

　Similarly, the prestige of the St. Mary's College name is also increasing.

　Of the contestants who passed the first round, three members of St. Marian Academy's coaching staff have advanced, leaving only Professor Lily.

　In the student group, three students have already advanced, leaving only Darko Dimon yet to take the stage.

　After the twenty-sixth duel ended, the host, Marilyn, appeared on time to continue the draw.

　At this point, the lists of contestants for Groups 27 and 28 had already been drawn.

　The remaining undecided list consists of four groups of eight contestants. Dark and Professor Lily are among these eight. Dark counts the remaining contestants and realizes that as long as he doesn't run into Professor Lily, he has a fighting chance, so he breathes a slight sigh of relief.

　"I can't be that unlucky, can I?" he thought, looking at the projection screen.

　The winner of the twenty-ninth duel has been drawn. It's the most familiar number.

　"It's my turn!"

　Dark felt a jolt of excitement and couldn't help but look up at Professor Lily floating above his head.

　Choosing one out of seven, I can't be that unlucky, can I?

　"let us wait and see!"

　Ms. Marilyn pulled the lever down again.

　The digital panel on the drawing platform immediately began to spin rapidly.

　Then, the three panels stopped one by one, eventually forming a set of numbers.

　"call--"

　Dark breathed a sigh of relief; it wasn't Professor Lily. But he didn't relax just because of that.

　Because his opponent was Archbishop Lance Gascoyle!

　The rustling sounds of knives came from the other side of the lounge. Dark turned his head slightly and saw the Holy Church's contestants looking in their direction. Lance Gascoyle was among them.

　As a newly promoted archbishop of the Holy Church last year, Lance Gascoyle does not have the same deep-rooted experience within the Church as the veteran archbishops.

　However, young people generally have an advantage in their ability to learn compared to older people.

　Lance Gascoyle was just over thirty years old, at the peak of his mage status.

　However, he has not yet shown much of his strength in this qualifying round.

　Because in the first round of the qualifiers, his opponent was Albert Grantham of the "Twin Paladins".

　His deck was superior to Albert's in every aspect, and his victory was well-deserved.

　Dak had seen his audition materials.

　The magic card he used in the preliminary selection was from a very pure light-type human species.

　If Amelida of the "Twilight Clan" were to face him, her chances of winning would likely be higher.

　However, aside from the two fixed elements of "Light" and "Human", his deck covers a very wide range of cards.

　There is a great deal of information about his duels. He used a huge variety of different magic cards in the preliminary rounds.

　Increasing the sample size to prepare for investigations is one approach. Simply reviewing the data isn't enough to determine which magic cards he'll use in this duel.

　Also.

　Because of his previous experiences, Dark had also investigated Lance Gascoyle's background.

　His current surname comes from his mother, while his paternal surname is "St. John".

　He was an adopted son of the Patricis family and a legitimate son of the St. John family.

　Therefore, although his apparent origins are humble, his actual status is quite noble; he is a monster created by the accumulation of resources.

　He is very strong, and seems to have a special sensitivity to the "aura of the underworld".

　With just one glance, it was clear that Sloan had returned from the underworld.

　This is also something that needs to be addressed with caution.

　Dark looked away, calmly considering how to build a deck to face Lancegascor.

　His opponent in the previous duel was Dulles, who was the opposite of Lance, a dark magic mage.

　Should we switch our strategy when facing a light-elemental mage this time?

　However, he has very few deck archetypes available. Apart from the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" deck, he only has the "Golden Kingdom" deck and the "Evolve" deck.

　Moreover, among the "Evolution" decks, only the "Elysium Evolution" system is the most complete.

　"First, we can rule out 'the El Dorado'."

　"Golden Kingdom" can be considered his biggest trump card, hidden until now. Although there's a strong possibility that this trump card will remain hidden until he's eliminated, using the "Golden Kingdom" deck against the Archbishop of the Holy Church is indeed unwise.

　The best strategy is to keep it hidden, so let's keep it hidden!

　Dark thought about it carefully for a moment and felt that he should change his approach. Duelist deck building usually revolves around a fixed system.

　But his biggest advantage right now is actually his individual card strength.

　Especially after mastering "Elysium Super Evolution", his system progress became extremely short.

　therefore.

　Apart from the "Golden Kingdom," he doesn't actually need to be too concerned about the fixed system.

　The "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" deck and the "Evolve" deck can be completely combined.

　The reason for this is that his "Elysium Evolution" deck actually only has one "Elysium" card, which is "Elysium V"!

　The "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" deck has a clear advantage when facing Light-type Magicians.

　Therefore, by retaining the core of the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" system and supplementing it with the "Elysium Evolution" system, a deck that is unique to him can be constructed.

　With his mind racing, Dark quickly completed the deck construction. His composure gradually calmed, and he quietly awaited the start of the match.

　The Twenty-Seventh Duel

　The Twenty-Eighth Duel

　After the duel ended, the host finally drew Professor Lily's name during the selection phase.

　She will appear in the thirty-first duel.

　In the thirty-first duel, Professor Lily drew a Behemoth from the Orc Kingdom as her opponent.

　Despite not ranking high in the preliminary rounds, the Behemoth contestant's popularity ranking was quite high.

　Because he is a hero of the Behemoths, a member of the orc royal family, and one of the strongest contenders to become the next orc king.

　But now was not the time to worry about Professor Lily. Dark glanced at the projection screen, then left his seat and walked into the venue.

　The professors' and students' blessings were still ringing in their ears when the cheers of the audience poured in.

　Dakdimon, however, is just as popular as anyone else.

　"finally come!"

　At St. Marian Academy, students from all grades eagerly awaited their turn in the open-air dueling arena.

　They had all been waiting for this duel for a long time.

　The cheers from the second and third-year students, in particular, were almost as loud as those from tens of thousands of people in the League Duel Arena.

　the other side.

　Lance Gascoyle also came into view. He walked with composure, still dressed as a priest, and wearing a sharply defined mask.

　The mask fits the face perfectly, is entirely white, and has no other embellishments except for a gold sun pattern around the left eye.

　He emerged from the shadows, glowing from head to toe.

　He exuded a very distinct aura of a clergyman.

　Even with a mask on, he didn't seem "suspicious" at all. The believers in the audience began chanting his name and cheering him on.

　But the sound that should have filled the entire venue was suppressed by another sound.

　Lance was surprised to find that his "approval rating" as a high-ranking archbishop was lower than that of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and his brows furrowed slightly beneath his mask.

　He was an extremely fanatical believer in the "Holy Religion"—not "Holy," but the "Holy Religion."

　He regarded the "Holy Church" as his lifelong faith and was proud to be a follower of the Holy Church.

　His belief was that "the Holy Church is supreme."

　This made him very unhappy about the fact that the popularity of the "Holy Archbishop" was being suppressed.

　This even gave him the feeling that the authority of the Holy Church had been shaken. "Dakdimon."

　He muttered the name to himself before stepping onto the lift. This name had appeared in the public eye far too frequently in the past two years.