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

　However, the "priest angels" who were with them were not so lucky.

　Driven by Molière, the "Priest Angel" forcibly unleashed the "Sword of Dual Reality" and the "Sword of Priesthood".

　However, only the phantom clone created by the "Illusory Sword" successfully hit its target with the "Sacrificial Sword" that was simultaneously thrust out.

　Dark successfully dodged the "Sacrificial Sword" released by the "Sacrificial Angel".

　Although Dark's remaining health points dropped significantly again as a result, as long as his health points didn't reach 0, what did it matter if he only had a little left?

　"Boom!"

　A barrage of lightning struck.

　The "priest angels" are thus annihilated under the "judgment of heaven." Heaven is supposed to judge sinners, but now it is the angels who have fallen.

　Cherubimon (Evil) extends its giant hand, clenches its five fingers, and a black sphere condenses in its palm, unleashing a tremendous suction force.

　That's the ultimate technique—"Cherons' Domination"!

　"Treasure Angel" is a magical spirit with divine qualities, and its level is no lower than [Cherubimon (Evil)].

　However, Molière himself was at most rated as a nine-star.

　His body was drawn by the black sphere's gravity and flew over uncontrollably.

　"Treasure Wheel Angel" swept his hand and grabbed him.

　The Cherubim (Evil) has already taken flight, unleashing its ultimate attack – "Cherubim Smash"!

　A giant hand slammed down, sending the "Angel of the Wheel" staggering forward, revealing half of Molière's body.

　【Cherubim (Evil)】Gather dark magic at your fingertips and you're about to use "Cherubim's Flick" on him.

　But behind it, a dragon's roar suddenly resounded. Where thunderclouds filled the sky, meteors fell in droves.

　A streak of meteor light suddenly shot out from behind the Cherubim (Evil), striking Molière in the blink of an eye.

　【Cherangelmon (Evil)】snap his finger, and black light shot out, piercing through Molière's last life shield!

　Life reset to zero!

　The thunderclouds remained in the sky, and meteors fell in droves, creating a dazzling spectacle. This left behind a memorable scene marking the end of the duel.

　【End of battle】

　The victor is Darkdemon!

　"call--"

　Dak let out a small sigh of relief, a sunny smile spreading across his face. He had defeated Archbishop Molière thanks to his comprehensive grasp of the intelligence surrounding him.

　If the archbishop hadn't made no attempt to conceal his identity and hadn't used the "Isaac ritual," this duel would have been very difficult to win.

　Therefore, having a hidden trump card is indeed extremely crucial in this kind of competition.

　Revealing all your cards is no different than stripping naked for others to study.

　Such a long and intense duel is a great test of the duelists' reserves of cards.

　Harpagon-Molière did a rather poor job in this regard. However, the archbishop did not lose his composure after the defeat; he took the initiative to come forward and shake hands, and even sighed, "The future certainly belongs to the young."

　But Dark could tell he wasn't ready to admit he was getting old.

　His emotions remained high, even higher than before the match began, showing that the defeat had only fueled his competitive spirit.

　However, since things have come to this, he will probably have to wait until the next competition to start over.

　After this World Cup, his future path may be quite uncertain. Dark watched as Archbishop Molière stepped down from the dueling platform, then waved to the audience before stepping onto the rising platform.

　They quickly returned to the lounge.

　Instead of immediately starting preparations for the next round, Dark closed his eyes to recall and summarize his oversights and shortcomings in this duel.

　The time and environment of a duel, on-the-spot improvisation, and sudden flashes of inspiration can all lead a duel down different paths.

　No one can be perfect.

　In a duel, there are many factors that can affect one's thinking, and oversights and shortcomings are inevitable.

　The duelist's task is simply to be better than his opponent. That's all.

　However, this does not mean that there is no need for review, summary, and correction after a duel.

　After spending some time mentally reviewing and summarizing the game, Darko continued to focus on it.

　The fifth duel has now begun.

　The two players are Professor Steven Harvey and Frank Howells.

　Frank Howells is a sage from Phoenix City, known as the "Sage of the Owls," and is also an all-around duelist.

　However, Professor Harvey still has a significant advantage against "Sage of the Owls".

　Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Professor Harvey should win this duel.

　Darke replenished his magic cards while intently observing the battle. Professor Harvey was a prime example of perfectly combining magical techniques with necromancy. Frank, on the other hand, was a relatively pure mage.

　The two fighters displayed significantly different techniques in combat. Dark, being a pure mage himself, should have learned from Frank. However, his gaze had unconsciously become completely fixed on Professor Harvey, and he only realized after the duel ended that he hadn't looked at Frank at all.

　It's as if this "Sage of the Owl," who was already famous during the war, is just a minor character in this stage play, insignificant.

　Dark took a deep breath, once again feeling the gap between himself and Professor Harvey.

　But after watching the duel, he couldn't help but put himself in Professor Harvey's opponent's shoes, imagining what he should do to gain a chance of winning.

　In terms of pure magical techniques and spell application, he is definitely no match for Professor Harvey.

　But he also has his own advantages.

　If one can fully utilize their own strengths...

　"never mind.

　Ultimately, Professor Harvey and Archbishop Molière are completely different types of people.

　His trump card is so well hidden that it's impossible to fathom.

　When one has absolutely no grasp on the strength or weakness of an opponent, any mental simulation is meaningless.

　The match then continued.

　The sixth duel of the first round featured two contestants: the mysterious orc Mavisgram, whose origins remain unknown to this day, and the court mage Cortoinby!

　Mavis was the only orc among the top sixteen. But this orc, with his strong performance as the first place winner in the preliminary rounds and his overwhelming performance in the qualifiers, became the "defending champion" in the eyes of many media outlets.

　Although this evaluation wasn't well reflected in the popularity rankings, I've heard it was indeed reflected in the off-market odds.

　Mavis's strength is overwhelming; in most of his duels, he doesn't use many techniques, but simply relies on the power of his magic cards to crush his opponents.

　However, the strength of his magic cards is indeed somewhat exaggerated. Some magic cards that are quite ordinary can exhibit power beyond reason in his hands.

　Various factions have made many guesses about his origins. Some say he is the disciple of some hidden powerhouse, some say he is actually an immortal being, and some even think he is likely a "reincarnation of a god"!

　According to comprehensive intelligence statistics, the trend is gradually shifting towards the latter.

Chapter 1594 Top 12! Dark Dimon Enters the Winners' Bracket (3)

　Mavis's origins are shrouded in mystery; he may very well be the reincarnation of a beast god. It's unclear whether he is the main body or an avatar.

　Normally, deities rarely reincarnate as a physical being unless absolutely necessary.

　Because reincarnating as a clone is just creating a small alias, while reincarnating as the main body means truly becoming human, which involves a very weak and ignorant period.

　If another unexpected event occurs, a situation similar to Dark's current predicament could arise. The reincarnated being separated from the original deity gives birth to a completely different consciousness. During this process, various things beyond the control of the original deity can happen, and the final outcome is unpredictable.

　Therefore, Dark tends to believe that Mavis is the reincarnation of some beast god.

　If this conjecture is correct, then the Magic Alliance should be on guard against him.

　Because the divine reincarnations that appear during this special period have only one purpose: to awaken and resurrect the original body.

　And the current World Cup is a "ritual of summoning the gods"! After the Charles incident, Darko has become quite sensitive to this kind of ritualistic method of laying eggs in a shell.

　It's not impossible that Mavis might want to use another body to lay eggs and awaken her true self from its long slumber.

　But Dark felt that Principal Art should have thought of this as well. Even if she hadn't thought of it before, she should have been able to make the connection after the Charles incident.

　The Magic Alliance has its own way of doing things, so there's no need for him to worry about it.

　Back to the game.

　"Court Archmage" Cole Toynbee is definitely one of the strongest in the royal palace.

　He basically represents the top, or even the super-top, level within the royal palace.

　Even if Mavis is the reincarnation of the Beast God, he is still human. It is basically impossible for him to easily crush Cole Toynbee as before.

　Through this level of confrontation, we should be able to glean some insights into Mavis's true nature.

　Of course, it would be even better if Cole Toymby could live up to expectations and win the duel.

　However, things obviously won't go that smoothly.

　The ultimate victor of this duel was once again Mavis Graham.

　Cole Toynbee used a hidden deck he hadn't used before in this duel. But Mavis was equally impressive, pulling out a deck he'd never used before, causing both players' pre-match intelligence to become significantly inaccurate. However, against Cole Toynbee, Mavis could no longer conceal his tactics.

　He possesses a very special ability to enhance magical spirits of the bird and beast species.

　When this enhancement is applied to its extreme, it can even cause magical spirits of bird and beast species to undergo mutations.

　The mutated bird and beast species usually gain relatively strange abilities, making them difficult to guard against.

　Furthermore, although Mavis always pretends to summon various low-level magical spirits as sacrifices, he actually possesses the unique ability to summon high-level bird-beast species directly without sacrifices, as long as he is present.

　This ability was finally forced to be revealed in the duel with Cole Toynbee.

　As for Mavis's special ability to command birds and beasts, this has already been demonstrated.

　Never use bird or beast species when dueling him!

　Besides these, he may have other hidden abilities, but they have not yet been revealed.

　However, the mere ability to summon the Nine-Star Bird Beast without offerings or requirements is already enough to pose a threat.

　Finally, Mavis possesses the "God Card"!

　Moreover, the "God Cards" he possesses are not just a single sixth-tier Magical Spirit Card, but a wide variety of "God Cards" covering magic, rituals, and items.

　Although he hasn't fully revealed himself, now that only the tip of the iceberg has been shown, it's hard not to speculate about his abilities.

　Mavis's true nature has finally been exposed, but how to deal with it after that is hard to say.

　After the duel, Mavis advanced to the winners' bracket.

　Cole Toynbee unfortunately fell into the loser's bracket.

　The seventh duel.

　First to appear is Professor Kazel, the "Alchemy Master" from St. Marian Academy.

　Then, Leo Spencer, a member of the "Thunder Elf" race, will appear.

　As a rare species among the elves, and the only elf to enter the top sixteen, Leo carries the hopes of the elf race.

　However, once you enter the main tournament, it's absolutely impossible to be as lucky as you were in the preliminaries.

　Leo Spencer is the leader of the "Thunder Elf Clan". He has an affinity for electric elements at the level of an Elf Master, and he also possesses an electric element heart, which allows him to spread electric elements and fill the area with them.

　He was actually the mage who was a perfect match for "Thor" Raymond, but Raymond didn't take a liking to him.

　This time, Leo deviated from his usual style when facing Professor Kazel, abandoning the lightning speed attack that the Thunder Elf race was best at, and instead opted to outlast Professor Kazel in terms of sheer depth. Dark, as an observer, didn't know why he thought he could outlast Professor Kazel in terms of sheer depth. But in any case, he suffered a complete and utter defeat in this duel.

　Even so, he summoned a magical spirit that was close to "god" during the duel.

　After the duel, Professor Cazell advanced to the winners' bracket, while Leo Spencer fell to the losers' bracket.

　After that, only the final duel remained in the first round.

　The match features Pandora Drogon, the "Silver Dragon Girl" from St. Marian Academy, against Bruce Wheeler, the "Prophet".

　After winning the third round of the qualifiers, Bruce Wheeler received an offer from Star Tower and officially became a Star Tower prophet.

　According to the latest intelligence, he may indeed have been favored by some god of fate.

　It's just unknown whether she's one of the "Three Fates." And once a contestant is associated with a divine figure, their strength can no longer be judged by ordinary standards.