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

　But this time, his opponent is Professor Pavajohns, the Dean of the House of Nobles and a professor from St. Marian College!

　Professor Pava Jones was known as the "Duel Master" even back when magic balls were still in use. She has participated in many of the largest dueling tournaments in history and has won numerous championships as a non-professional duelist.

　That's where her title "Duel Master" comes from.

　Therefore, even without using his own physical strength, Professor Pavajohns is still quite terrifying.

　The two stepped onto the dueling platform.

　Will Smith suddenly smiled and asked, "I heard you have giant blood."

　Professor Jones frowned slightly, but replied, "So what if it is?"

　Will Smith pointed to his chubby face, revealing a set of jagged white teeth, and said, "You have giant blood, I have Titan blood. We can keep in touch after the game."

　In this world, "Titans" can be simply understood as "deified giants," so they are related to "giants."

　As for whether the "Titan Whale" has "Titan" blood in its lineage, that remains unknown.

　But in short, Will Smith was clearly trying to get close to her, and he did so rather clumsily.

　Professor Pavajohn couldn't help but laugh: "I am human, and you are a sea creature, so let's not try to claim kinship."

　After saying that, she opened her domain, activated the "Life Card", put the card into the Duel Disk, and automatically shuffled the cards.

　Will Smith chuckled and didn't continue to mention his "Titan" lineage.

　He was large in stature, with a round face and belly, and curved eyebrows, which gave him a comical appearance, but he was not disliked.

　Unfortunately, sea creatures cannot stay away from the sea for long. So his words were just a joke, or perhaps they were meant to lower Professor Jones's guard. His past dueling records also show that while he may seem reckless and clumsy, he is actually quite shrewd and capable of much more than others.

　Two minutes later, the duel entered the "battle phase," and both players began to summon.

　Will Smith summoned a very special three-star magical spirit, "Heart of the Ocean," right at the start of the game.

　"Heart of the Ocean" is a common term, and people like to name many water-related gemstones "Heart of the Ocean".

　But for sea creatures, "Heart of the Ocean" is not a term that can be used casually.

　The "Heart of the Ocean" summoned by Will Smith is a water sphere floating in the air, about one meter in diameter, with a surface that seems to have gravity, and water flowing in a cycle like ocean waves.

　After summoning the "Heart of the Ocean," he lifted it up and, while chanting incantations, commanded the "Heart of the Ocean" to unleash its ultimate attack.

　Suddenly, the water sphere froze in mid-air, water elements converged at high speed, and water light spread out in an umbrella shape, surrounding Will Smith. Then, the sound of ocean waves appeared, and seawater gushed out from the "Heart of the Ocean" and rushed down the surface of the umbrella-shaped water light barrier, rushing towards the entire venue at an extremely fast speed.

　It was clearly a field technique! Water overcomes the ground.

　Although Professor Pavajohns is not a specialist in Ground-type attacks, she has the blood of a "Mountain Giant" flowing in her veins, giving her an innate and extremely strong control over Ground-type attributes.

　Will Smith turned the entire arena into a sea right from the start in order to suppress the power of his "Mountain Giant" bloodline!

　Professor Pavajohns merely gave a slight sneer before issuing the command to his newly summoned magical spirit to unleash its ultimate attack.

　That magical Pokémon was named "Gate Giant," and it was not a Ground-type, but a Normal-type.

　After his trip to the ruins of the British Empire, Professor Pavajohns revamped his magic cards extensively, and the "Kingdom of Giants" deck he is currently using is just one of them.

　The "Kingdom of Giants" deck is built around the entire "Giant" archetype, forming a complete system.

　The "Gate Giant" among them, although only a three-star magic spirit, has a height of six or seven meters and a defense value of three thousand points!

　After examining the magical spirit, Dark immediately suspected that the "Gate Giant Shield" it wielded was a variant of the "Millennium Shield." [Gate Giant] Attack 0, Defense 3000, with the ultimate skill "Guardian Giant." When its protected target is a giant, the "Gate Giant Shield's" defense doubles!

　In other words, the current "Gate Giant Shield" has a full six thousand points of defense. The "Gate Giant" plunged the giant shield into the ground, blocking the surging seawater.

　Professor Jones stood behind it and continued to call out.

　"In the name of Parva Jones, the magic summons—'Pillar Giant'."

　"Pillar Giant" is a nine-star magical spirit that can be Special Summoned without tributes if there are at least two "Giants" in the field.

　After Professor Jones inherited the legacy of the "Mountain Giant," his giant bloodline was purified to the point that he could be considered a "giant" in his own right.

　Together with the "Giant of the Gate," she becomes two "giants." With a gentle turn of her magic card, a massive summoning circle appeared beneath her feet.

　At this point, the seawater released from Will Smith's "Heart of the Ocean" had flowed all over the venue, and the water level was rising continuously.

　—This water level will eventually rise to nearly three meters high.

　When combined with the full effect of the terrain, the built-in two-meter "ocean depth" allows most fish-shaped magical spirits to swim in this water.

　Mages who cannot fly will either be submerged in water or float on the surface.

　But Professor Jones was using the "Kingdom of Giants" deck.

　However, Samsung's "Gate Giant" is already the shortest giant in her deck.

　The nine-star "Pillar Giant" is more than three times the height of the "Gate Giant," reaching nearly twenty meters in height!

　This is the tallest giant to appear on this stage since the "Frost Giant" summoned by Winiscadi.

　While a large size doesn't necessarily equate to high attack or defense for magical spirits, the advantage of longer arms and legs that comes with a large size is still very significant.

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　The dueling arena, which is only 120 meters long, can be crossed in just a few steps by a giant who is 20 meters tall.

　The giant's slap was like a wide-area finishing move, capable of covering a large area.

　Moreover, the "Pillar Giant" summoned by Professor Jones has a giant pillar that is twice his height when his arms are clasped together!

　Countless spectators outside the stadium couldn't help but gasp when they saw the colossal 40-meter-long pillar supporting the sky, imagining how terrifying it would be if that pillar swept horizontally!

Chapter 1566 King of the Mountain Giants, The Fall of the Kingdom (1/4)

　Chapter 1566 King of the Mountain Giants, The Fall of the Kingdom (18k)

　The audience gasped in surprise, and the contestants' lounge was equally chaotic. Professor Jones' "Pillar Giant" was making its debut; even Dark and the others had never seen it before, let alone the other contestants.

　She was clearly a professor dedicated to educating and nurturing students, yet she preferred to use brute force to oppress others. (And this "Pillar Giant" was the manifestation of her terrifying brute strength. A colossal pillar, forty meters long, supporting the sky, if not wielded by a magical spirit, but a real object, could shatter rocks and split the earth with a mere swing; its power was boundless.)

　However, the Pillar Giants also possess extremely high attack power. With the support of their corresponding special moves, they receive an additional boost, and a single pillar strike can shatter rocks and split the ground.

　At Professor Jones's command, the "Pillar Giant" shone with a grayish-white light from its shoulders to its hands and then to its massive pillar.

　Then it suddenly took two steps forward, seemingly wading through shallow water in the "ocean," and after just two steps it suddenly leaped up, causing huge waves to rise across the entire water surface.

　The audience looked up and saw that the "Pillar Giant" had already flown into the air, raising the giant pillar high. The top of the pillar seemed to pierce the full moon, dazzling and eye-catching.

　Ultimate move – "Mountain Splitting and Rock Crack"!

　"Roar!"

　With a roar from the Pillar Giant, the forty-meter-long pillar swung down with a sudden force.

　Will Smith was instantly enveloped in shadow, his face turning ashen. While the Pillar Giant's finishing move was terrifying, he was still confident he could catch it barehanded.

　However, according to the rules of this duel, even if he successfully catches the descending giant pillar, his life shield will be smashed to pieces.

　Although 8,000 HP is enough to withstand a normal attack from a nine-star magic sprite, the remaining HP will not be much.

　At that point, there will be absolutely no room for error.

　Will Smith sighed inwardly, and slightly lifted his foot from the water's surface. Instantly, his power erupted; the seawater around his feet was magically enveloped and rapidly condensed into a giant serpent, charging towards the pillar.

　That wasn't water magic, but simply a simple operation performed using one's innate ability to control water.

　The giant water snake could not stop the pillar, but it could slow its downward pressure slightly.

　A wave surged beneath Will Smith's feet, instantly transporting him and his magical sprite to the edge of the arena.

　Only then did the giant pillar crash down.

　Not only did it cleave the seawater, causing huge waves to splash, but it also slammed into the "seabed," causing the dueling platform to crack open.

　The crack in the dueling platform was extremely deep, instantly drawing in seawater and creating a whirlpool above.

　"Snapped!"

　The Pillar Giant landed on the ground, splashing countless water droplets.

　Will Smith only then threw one of the props he was holding into the sea.

　That was an item he summoned using an item card—the "Sea Golem." The "Sea Golem" is an item that can manipulate seawater to condense into a shape, making it like a golem or a puppet, and drive it to kill enemies.

　This prop seems quite mysterious to humans, but it is relatively common in the ocean.

　Will Smith's "Sea Golem" is of gold quality, and the golems it gathers are as strong as a nine-star magical spirit.

　However, it is a creature created from seawater, not a magical spirit, and therefore cannot be offered as a sacrifice.

　As the prop fell into the water, the seawater in the arena was instantly drawn to it, and a giant with a transparent body, as clear as water, rose from the seawater, reaching a height of thirteen or fourteen meters.

　Of course, compared to the Pillar Giants, it is still just a dwarf.

　However, Will didn't have high expectations for it; he just wanted it to be able to hold off the Pillar Giants for a short time.

　His "Heart of the Ocean" still hangs overhead, continuously spouting seawater to compensate for the lack of seawater on the site.

　Although the sea level above the site dropped, it was quickly filled in.

　Will Smith looked across and saw Professor Jones standing atop the "Giant of the Gate," a third magic card already in his hand.

　"Can't wait any longer!"

　Will looked at the magic card and a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his heart.

　He then clenched his teeth slightly and controlled the "Sea Puppet" to use its ultimate move—"Devil's Hurricane".

　Despite its name, it's actually just a "sea golem" that spins in place, absorbs seawater, and creates tornadoes.

　The tornado quickly took shape and rushed towards the Pillar Giant. Will Smith swiftly drew his third magic card, also summoning it rapidly.

　But Professor Pava Jones's summoning occurred earlier and faster than his. A smirk appeared on Professor Jones's lips, and suddenly, light shone from the direction of the "Devil's Hurricane," causing the towering, terrifying "Pillar Giant" to materialize instantly.

　Moreover, not only the "Pillar Giants," but even the "Gate Giant" beneath Professor Jones's feet instantly turned to light.

　The two beams of light shot straight into the sky, converging and intertwining to form a sacrificial summoning array.

　Professor Jones, without any hesitation, was about to sacrifice himself to summon the twelve Star Magical Spirits!

　The two giants who were sacrificed still had many ultimate attacks left to use.

　But in magical duels, every second counts, leaving no time for them to unleash their ultimate attacks.

　Since Professor Jones has the Twelve Star Magical Spirit Cards, there's no reason not to summon them quickly.

　She didn't know Will Smith's hand. But a fast-paced game is always one of the easiest ways to win.

　No matter what cards Will Smith has in his hand, as long as she summons them faster than him, she can finish the job!

　The Pillar Giant's single attack successfully disrupted Will Smith's summoning, giving Professor Jones the upper hand.

　Therefore, Will Smith had just finished reciting the summoning incantation when Professor Jones' twelve-star magical spirit emerged from the sacrificial summoning circle.

　His magic card had only just begun to glow; if it were a magical spirit, it would take time to materialize.

　Furthermore, he only has one three-star magical spirit and one sea golem in his field, and the sea golem cannot be used as a sacrifice, so the probability that the magical spirit he eventually summons can be comparable to a twelve-star one is extremely small.

　A duel is an arithmetic exercise; by calculating every aspect to the extreme, one can gain the upper hand.

　Professor Jones' twelve-star magical spirits suddenly descended, and there they were—the twelve-star giants—"The Castle Giant"! The Gate Giant is Normal-type. The Pillar Giant is Rock-type. The Castle Giant, however, is Ground-type. Water is super effective against Ground.

　But what if it's a massive, immovable city? A city rises from the ground and transforms into the shape of a giant.

　The "City Giant" is even taller and larger than the "Pillar Giant." When it stands upright, it is thirty meters tall, and its body is also several meters wide because its upper body is shaped like a city.

　Three to five meters of water was nothing more than a small puddle at the giant's feet, utterly meaningless.

　The audience looked up at the giant and felt that the dueling platform was too small, not even big enough for the giant to run.

　But if they come to their senses, they will realize that it's not that the dueling arena is too small, but that the giants are too big!

　In magical duels, behemoth-type magical spirits are already rare. Even if there are truly behemoths, they are usually only a little over ten meters tall at most. Who can summon a real giant that is ten or twenty meters tall so easily?

　It's not that the dueling platform is small, but that Professor Jones shouldn't be standing on it in the first place.

　The stage she should be standing on is not here, but the stage built by the gods—the "God's Cup"!

　"Boom!"

　The entire dueling arena collapsed under the weight of the "City Giant." The ocean-themed arena created by the three-star magical spirit "Heart of the Ocean" was shattered, and water flowed from the edge of the platform, cascading down like a waterfall.

　The "sea level" drops rapidly, and the "ocean depth" created by the site effects also disappears, quickly returning to the original flat land.

　[Heart of the Ocean] was still spraying water, but it was no longer useful. The "City Giant" took a step and, with just one alternation of his feet, stepped down on Will Smith from above.