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

Chapter 387 Darkdemon's Ultimate Triple Slash (21.5/233)

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　Dark hasn't had much time to practice lately, so he's just been compressing the duration of the Sacrifice Summoning spell to about 9 seconds.

　A normal summoning spell that lasts for 3 seconds.

　A 9-second sacrificial summoning spell.

　This is what Dark has learned at this point.

　After using "Sacrifice Summoning" to summon Tailmon, the summoning spell goes into cooldown.

　During this time, Dak carefully observed Mike Irwin's reaction.

　Even though the "sword hanging over his head" failed to work, Mike Irving showed no disappointment.

　It was as if he never expected the "sword hanging high" to yield any results from the very beginning.

　In cāo

　As the "Sword Hanging High" slashed down from above, he had already drawn his next magic card.

　A magical sprite born in the gale appeared in the air just two meters away from the red team's platform.

　That was a special magical spirit that could only be "Special Summoned" in an environment filled with wind elements!

　Card Name: Stormblade

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Elemental]

　[Type: Flying]

　【Magic Power: 1800】

　[Attack: 2300]

　[Defense: 1400]

　【Ultimate Skills: Eye of the Wind, Storm Blade】

　【Eye of the Wind Element: When the concentration of wind element in the area is high enough, a magical spirit possessing the Eye of the Wind Element can summon it without any sacrifices.】

　[Storm Blade: Gale-like winds swirl around you, capable of both defending against powerful enemies and destroying everything in their path!]

　……

　"It's actually 'Storm Blade'!"

　Zack Wilson, watching from the commentary booth, looked astonished. He clearly remembered that Mike Owen's usual wind-elemental magical spirit was a four-star magical spirit called "Eye of the Storm"...

　But as a commentator, I certainly can't stop now.

　He immediately said, "In just the second round, Mike Owen has summoned the five-star magical spirit 'Storm Blade' without using any sacrifices. Although Dimon also used a sacrifice summoning technique to summon a second-tier magical spirit, can the four-star 'Gittomon' truly withstand the powerful wind element?"

　His voice was still echoing in the air

　At that moment, the two magical spirits in the dueling arena were already facing off head-on!

　Although "Storm Blade" is a five-star magical spirit, its three stats are actually not high. What makes it popular among five-star magical spirits are its ultimate skills "Eye of Wind Element" and "Storm Blade".

　"Eye of the Wind" makes it easier to summon.

　"Storm Blade" makes it both offensive and defensive!

　"Storm Blade" is a humanoid magical spirit, only 1.34 meters tall, with a transparent body and a wisp of breeze flowing through its body.

　A turquoise cloak draped over its shoulders made it look like a little hero.

　After it was born from the wind element remaining in the "Sword Hanging High", it stretched out its arms and swooped down from above. The wind blades swirling around it instantly transformed it into a terrifying weapon of death.

　Meanwhile, in the blue team's summoning zone.

　Gatomon, standing in front of the blue Magic Ball, merely raised its head slightly, and beams of light, like crimson wheels, shot out from its eyes, fiercely illuminating the swooping "Storm Blade".

　Even though Gatomon, which excels in close combat, has an advantage in stats, it is still very inconvenient to deal with an opponent covered in "spiky" thorns.

　Therefore, the "cat's eye" design was used to create such confusion that it became unmanageable.

　The wind element surrounding the body is the best choice.

　It was undoubtedly a success.

　When the "Storm Blade" was three meters away from it, it suddenly went out of control, and the wind blades around it shot out wildly.

　Gatomon raised its eyebrows, shrank back, slid backward, grabbed the Magic Ball, and dashed towards the edge of the field like the wind.

　Those wind blades, almost following its footsteps, shot "swish swish swish" onto the ground.

　It made a final dash, dodging all the wind blades.

　Looking up again, there was no longer any gale around "Storm Blade".

　The "Storm Blade," who had been the focus of everyone's attention, looked bewildered after regaining consciousness.

　It flew in mid-air, its cloak fluttering, its hands outstretched, standing there dumbfounded.

　As if sensing something, Gatomon suddenly raised its hand, and a sheathed longsword radiating a holy aura fell straight down into its palm.

　—Sword, come!

　When Gatomon holds the sword in its hand, the entire Nyan's aura changes completely.

　It tossed the blue magic ball upwards, leaned its upper body sharply, and with the power of its hind legs, it shot out like an arrow of light!

　During the rush, it held the sword in its right hand and grabbed the scabbard with its left, drawing the scabbard with a "clang".

　Half of the sword was exposed, gleaming with a cold light.

　"Eye of the storm, get out of the way!"

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　Mike Irving, who had already witnessed the power of this "single-bladed sword" in the preliminary rounds, hurriedly shouted.

　Just one minute into the duel, Mike Irving had completely cast aside his pre-match anxieties and was fully immersed in the tense and exciting fight.

　"Tick."

　As the 30-second countdown for the third round began, Dark calmly drew his cards, while Mike Owen seemed oblivious, his eyes fixed intently on the dueling arena.

　The duels of archmages are unpredictable; one moment victory is assured, the next moment they may be as fragile as a candle in the wind.

　Without its namesake special move "Eye of the Storm," the activation speed of "Eye of the Storm" is obviously slower. Moreover, it has only just recovered from the "chaotic" state, so its reaction is inevitably sluggish.

　As it attempted to respond to the archmage's expectation, a flash of light already loomed in its field of vision.

　close.

　The leaping Gatomon drew its sword the instant it approached—the sword light was as clear as water, pure and bright, and "Eye of the Storm" was instantly cut in half!

　The nature of wind elemental life forms makes them almost immune to physical attacks. However, what it faces now is a holy sword that "ignores ability changes and possesses a guaranteed hit characteristic"!

　Equipped with the "Single Sword Sheath," Gatomon's standard attack power reached 3600 points, and it disintegrated with a single sword strike.

　The magical sparks floated up like fireflies.

　Tailmon tapped one foot on the ground to cushion the impact, then took two steps before sheathing its sword.

　It tilted its head slightly, looking directly at the red magic ball in the air, a sharp glint flashing in its eyes.

　……

　Tailmon's exceptional performance left even the commentator Wilson speechless.

　Meanwhile, Mike Irving, the player on the red side, was, after all, a seasoned third-year student.

　After realizing that "Eye of the Storm" was beyond saving, he immediately calmed down and reached out to draw a card.

　He still has three magic cards in his possession. These three magic cards are not useless, but it is not yet time for them to be used.

　If these two magic cards in the third round can make up for the shortcomings, there is still a chance for a turnaround.

　That's how magical duels are; until the very last moment, no one can presume to say who will win or lose.

　Mike Owen took a deep breath and was about to look at the two newly drawn magic cards.

　But suddenly his gaze froze, and out of the corner of his eye he noticed that Tailmon below was posing as if it were about to throw!

　Tailmon stabbed the sword

　After sheathing the sword, he actually used the sword and scabbard together to attack the object he had violated.

　He launched the magic ball, which had been flying through the air, with a sudden hurling motion!

　In that instant, Mike Irving reacted swiftly and decisively.

　He decisively abandoned checking the magic card, flicked his finger to unleash a burst of magic power, and immediately used a remote attack.

　The method to control the magic ball is to move the red magic ball.

　At this moment, the "single sword sheath" had already been thrown out, its speed as fast as lightning.

　Mike Irwin channeled all his magic power, and the magic ball instantly shifted.

　By a hair's breadth, the "single sword sheath" flew past.

　When Mike Owen felt the sacred aura of the "single sword sheath" up close, he realized that if he had been even a moment slower, the life barrier with a magic value of 8000 would probably have been unable to withstand the attack.

　This illusion made him sweat on the back of his head.

　Fortunately, this throwing attack was a perfectly straight line.

　Once the magic ball dodges a direct hit, it is no longer a threat.

　"call--"

　At that moment, the magic at my fingertips gave me feedback.

　Mike Owen finally learned the types of the two new magic cards.

　Then, a look of joy welled up in the depths of his eyes.

　But this joy was short-lived, and was suddenly turned to shock.

　Like a rollercoaster, Mike Irving's emotions went up and down.

　But he wasn't the only one who was shocked by this.

　"That is……"

　At this moment, Wilson's voice had changed.

　More than half of the audience gasped in surprise.

　An atmosphere of astonishment permeated the dueling arena.

　Even Valkyrie Aervit and Sun Warrior Montilfali couldn't contain their surprise.

　Under the watchful eyes of countless people.

　The mysterious sword in everyone's eyes suddenly opened its single eye in the hilt, and the ribbon at the end of the hilt stretched and widened, transforming into an arm.

　It grasped the scabbard with its ribbon "fingers" and pulled itself out of the scabbard.

　Then, like lightning, the sword shot out straight out without any gap, slashing fiercely at the red magic ball that was already suspended in the air!

　This time, Mike Irving didn't have time to...

　Controlling the Magic Ball—even if it did that, it wouldn't be possible to make the Magic Ball move faster than a flying four-star Magic Spirit.

　The life barrier surrounding the magic sphere was suddenly cleaved open by this unexpected sword strike!

　Click!

　Like a glass-like barrier, the life-bound barrier radiates outwards from the cut, leaving shattered fragments.

　The magic power of the Life Barrier instantly dropped from 8000 points to below 6000 points!

　6000 points of magic power is more than enough under normal circumstances.

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