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

　As Professor Lily was flying through the air, she was suddenly enveloped by a beam of light, freezing her instantly. Her previously "ethereal" body immediately returned to solid form.

　Immediately afterwards, the giant hand of the "King of Mountain Giants" slammed down, blotting out the sky!

　Professor Lily immediately looked up, her round eyes widening instantly, revealing despair and terror.

　But the next second, she reached into her right hand and pulled out a magic card that shimmered with starlight.

　While maintaining a look of despair, she pointed the magic card at "King of the Mountain Giants".

　Under the beam of white light, the enormous body of the "King of Mountain Giants," which was over forty meters tall, shrank instantly, becoming a tiny "King of Giants" even smaller than Professor Lily in the blink of an eye.

　"Hee hee hee……"

　Laughter, masking expressions of despair, echoed throughout the venue.

　"King of the Mountain Giants" possesses a passive immunity to change-type effects. However, it clearly failed to become immune to Professor Lily's magic card.

　However, once its size changes from relatively large to relatively small, the "King of Giants" passive ability will have a negative effect, significantly reducing its attack and defense speed. At this point, the "King of Mountain Giants" can be crushed by a normal-sized twelve-star fairy with a single slap.

　Professor Lily issued the order without hesitation, and the "King of the Mountain Giants" shattered on the spot.

　The audience outside the arena gasped in surprise, and the entire venue erupted in cheers. But Professor Jones' expression remained unchanged.

　With a simple tap on a Ritual Card on her Duel Disk, "Mountain Giant King" returned from the Graveyard.

　Moreover, after his return, the "King of the Mountain Giants" was restored to a height of over forty meters.

　At this moment, Professor Lily was still frozen in mid-air!

　next moment.

　Countless little fairies emerged from the void, rushing one after another towards the "King of the Mountain Giants".

　But faced with the numerical disparity brought about by the terrifying size of the "King of Mountain Giants," the little goblins could only rush towards the flame like moths to a flame, constantly sacrificing themselves to buy time.

　Professor Lily used her fairy powers and finally broke through Professor Jones's special "immobilization" during this period of time.

　She then leaped backward into the air and vanished instantly, even without the moonlight.

　She can still disappear anytime, anywhere.

　But Professor Jones was able to quickly pinpoint her location using his senses and then continue his attack.

　While hiding, Professor Lily activated a magic card called "Fairy Illusion".

　She and all the other fairies in the field split in two after the magic card was activated, creating a clone.

　True and false, false and true.

　The realism of this "fairy illusion" was extremely high, and it just happened to be right at the limit of Professor Jones's "insight".

　Professor Lily broke free of her invisibility, allowing her "Fairy Illusion" to vanish, and then manipulated a group of mixed real and fake fairies to separate and attack Professor Jones. Professor Jones's own combat power had become extremely terrifying after obtaining the "Primal Inheritance".

　However, the health points provided by the "Life Card" do not offer any defense bonus. With proper handling, there are still quite a few opportunities to break through its 16000 health points.

　Clearly, Professor Lily had realized that defeating the "King of the Mountain Giants" was impossible once Professor Jones's setup was complete. Therefore, she decisively switched her attack to Professor Jones's main body, seeking a sliver of hope for victory.

　But Professor Jones, expressionless, spread out a field card, covering the entire field with dirt and sand, creating an effect bonus against Ground-type magical Pokémon.

　Standing on this ground, she could move at great heights without even taking a step, leaving the unpredictable fairy species to follow behind her and inhale her exhaust fumes.

　She can even manipulate ground-based elements to instantly condense into a wall, blocking some of the fairy's ranged attacks.

　Professor Lily gritted her teeth when she saw that her movement speed was so fast that even the fairy-type magical sprites could not catch up with her.

　The original Professor Jones had many flaws. For example, she was very strong, but relatively slow.

　For example, she lacks elemental affinity and her control over various elements is not strong. But now it's all over.

　After obtaining the original inheritance of the "Mountain Giant", her earth elemental affinity has reached the level of an earth elemental spirit master. She already has an extremely strong ability to control magic, so now she is truly like a tiger with wings, completely invincible! Just as Professor Lily was about to grind her teeth to dust, Professor Jones flicked his finger, and a magic card immediately lit up.

　Professor Lily's true form, which she had deliberately revealed, froze instantly.

　"They're always up to some petty tricks."

　After winning the duel, Professor Jones spoke coldly and ruthlessly. Although her cold image was immediately shattered by Professor Lily's "Facehugger Technique," her remaining image was enough to cause countless women to scream.

　The audience was on the verge of losing control, and the commentators were desperately trying to flatter them.

　The first duel at the start of Easter has concluded, and a victor has been decided.

　Professor Jones advanced to the winners' bracket, while Professor Lily fell into the losers' bracket.

　Professor Jones may not be able to discern the true nature of the "fairy illusion," but she can see through Lily's illusions.

　The little imp's usual behavior was so flamboyant that Professor Jones saw right through her.

　All that can be said is a final, mournful sigh—

Chapter 1593 Darkdemon's Arrogance: Super Evolution (1)

　Professor Jones' victory over Professor Lily was the result of perfecting his systemic countermeasures and tactical strategies.

　This is also largely due to the fact that Professor Lily's quirky nature—that she loves to use her brain but is unwilling to work hard—was completely exposed.

　If we were to do it again, it's hard to say who would win or lose.

　But that's how competitions are; a win is a win, a loss is a loss, and there's no second chance.

　The audience, both inside and outside the venue, became excited as the two professors presented a grand opening ceremony for today's competition.

　In this environment, the third duel of the first round quickly unfolded. The two duelists in this match were Polka Poseidon of the "Sea Kings" and Quintina North, the "Messenger of Zeus".

　Polka, son of a sea tribe prince, defeated Princess Eliza in the third round of the qualifiers and successfully advanced.

　Although Eliza herself is not weak, compared with other qualified players, Polka's record is indeed somewhat lacking in prestige.

　After carefully analyzing his dueling records, Dark became even more certain of this.

　The magical development of the sea creatures lagged behind that of humans. Apart from the "Deep Continent Summoning Magic," which utilizes external objects, their overall magical level is weaker than that of humans.

　Even if an individual's skill level is far above average, they are still slightly inferior to those of equally top-tier human mages.

　For example, Will Smith, the strongest player from the Sea Clan participating in this World Cup, was defeated by Professor Jones.

　Polka Poseidon's magical abilities are actually slightly inferior to Will Smith's.

　His advancement to the top 16 was not only due to his excellent positioning, but also to that "God Card"—"Sea Bird"!

　In the materials submitted by the maids, "Seabird" was also translated as "Poseidon's Seabird".

　As the name suggests, it is a divine card containing the power of "Poseidon, the god of the sea"!

　In Greek mythology, Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympian gods, while in this world he is one of the twelve Polopsis stars, alongside Zeus, Athena, Hermes, and others.

　The "God Cards" possessing the power of Poseidon are certainly far superior to those "God Cards" of unknown deities.

　In fact, during the duel between Polka and Eliza, "Sea Bird" did indeed demonstrate the terrifying power of its finishing move.

　The moment it was successfully summoned, it unleashed a tsunami that engulfed the entire area, even annihilating all of Elizabeth's magical spirits in one fell swoop, which was extremely terrifying.

　In this situation, once he summons the "Sea King Bird," victory is practically guaranteed.

　But this time, Polka's opponent is Quintina North!

　Quintina, who possesses the God Card "Zeus' Thunder Eagle," is capable of challenging Polka.

　Furthermore, Electric-type attacks are super effective against Water-type attacks, giving Quintina a significant attribute advantage. The only thing to be careful of is Polka's "Abyss Summoning" spell, which has been hidden until now.

　Many people thought he might not have mastered the "Abyss Summoning Technique." But Dark was never one to hesitate to speculate about his opponents with the highest standards. He felt that Polka might be hiding a secret method that allowed him to summon terrifying abyssal creatures.

　That abyssal creature isn't necessarily stronger than the "Sea King Bird." But at least it can alleviate the awkward situation of him only having one "God Card" as his main attack point.

　Because the winner between Polka and Quintina is likely to be Dark's opponent in his next duel, Dark is paying relatively more attention to it.

　However, to be fair, Dak genuinely felt that his "fortune" this time was pretty good.

　In the first and second rounds, the opponents were those who were not impossible to defeat.

　Darko has a certain level of confidence regardless of whether his opponent is Polka or Quintina.

　Of course, before that, you have to win the first round and defeat the Archbishop.

　Polka stepped onto the dueling ring, looking quite excited.

　As the only member of the Sea Clan to advance to the main team, he not only carried the hopes of many but also gained considerable benefits.

　Despite possessing the God Card "Sea King Bird" and being the son of a sea prince, making him seem like a unique and favored son of the sea.

　However, his status among the sea creatures was not actually that high. This was because there was another divinely favored being among the sea creatures—the "mermaid" Carola—who completely overshadowed his brilliance.

　Carola received more divine favor than he did, and even he had to admit that Carola was the darling of the sea:

　But he will not be content to lag behind others because of this.

　This World Cup qualifying round is his chance to get better treatment!

　In truth, this was largely thanks to Will Smith's defeat. Therefore, this match was extremely crucial for Polka.

　In contrast, Quintina's expression was very cold, and she showed no sign of excitement at all.

　It seems that participating in competitions and dueling with others is just following a set procedure, without any apparent purpose.

　Only when the duel actually begins can one truly feel her initiative.

　She still values ​​duels to some extent, and as her opponent's strength increases, you can feel her fighting spirit soaring, and her desire to win intensifies.

　Moreover, as soon as she stepped onto the dueling platform, she glanced at Dark in a very discreet manner.

　The gaze seemed to pierce through the one-way glass and shine onto Dark's face.

　It seems she was simply indifferent to the match against Polka.

　Dark touched his clean, white chin, feeling that Quintina was watching him.

　The competition has barely begun, and she's already eyeing her next opponent.

　However, possessing a fragment of Zeus's divine consciousness, one should have some confidence.

　It seems that Quintina has come out of this a bit.

　Fortunately, what resided in her body was a fragment of Zeus's divine consciousness, rather than some strange demon god.

　The game starts soon.

　The two contestants then engaged in a duel.

　Compared to the previous duel, the duel arena between Polka and Quintina was much simpler, as both of them clearly hadn't done much research on the arena's effects.

　However, this does not diminish the excitement of the match.

　The commentators and guests in the commentary booth were already chattering away before the match even started, and they were still commenting on the players' looks even after the match began, making one wonder if they had invited the wrong guests.

　However, there should be some viewers who like this style.

　But as the duel entered the fighting phase, all the unnecessary off-field talk was completely discarded, and the commentators focused on the duel itself.

　Then, they saw a bolt of lightning pierce through the dueling arena. Quintina launched the first attack!

　Although she often used Electric Magic Cards to preemptively attack her opponent in previous duels.

　But this kind of aggressive attack, which didn't rely on magic cards but instead involved being enveloped in lightning and traversing the field in three seconds, was unprecedented. Polka was still casting a normal summoning spell when he saw a flash of lightning and was sent flying backward.

　His normal summoning spell was naturally interrupted.

　The electric current wrapped around Quintina's hand had already climbed onto his body the moment they made contact.

　Although he was a member of the "Sea King Clan," possessing a strong physique and good magic resistance, he was, after all, a sea creature specializing in water magic, and his resistance to electric magic was relatively weak, causing him to be paralyzed on the spot.

　Although the paralysis won't last long, even just a second or two is enough for Quintina to catch up.

　Quintina's physical strength wasn't particularly formidable, even though she had been training harder after obtaining the fragment of Zeus's divine consciousness. She certainly couldn't compare to the naturally powerful beings of the Sea King Clan.

　However, she stimulated her muscles with lightning, causing their explosive power to surge. Combined with lightning protection and acceleration, she reached her current level.

　Her combat strategy emphasizes speed, so fast that her opponents don't even have three seconds to summon her.

　Although this competition is a magic duel, the rulebook only provides "suggestions" and does not mandate that players can only use magic.

　Even if a contestant fights with their bare hands without using any magic, the referee will at most issue a few words of reprimand, but there is no basis to judge that they have violated the rules.

　Unless, of course, the "right of interpretation" principle noted in the rulebook is invoked. But clearly, we haven't reached that point yet.

　Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Polka will not be defeated by this level of aggressive attack.

　Quintina can at most gain an early advantage by using this, and complete the start faster than Polka.