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

　"Similar finishing moves include the 'Nine Lives' of the 'Nine-Lives Cat Demon' or the 'Nine-Tailed Fox Demon,' which grants nine lives, but this slime clearly doesn't."

　"And the single sword sheath is very likely to have been cursed with a weakening effect!"

　After clarifying his thoughts, Dak's gaze gradually sharpened.

　Seeing that Meow Meow had already run to the front of the blue team's summoning area, he immediately shouted, "Meow Meow, draw your sword!"

　"Meow!"

　Without hesitation, the cat stuck its paw in.

　Having entered the rotting body of the "Corpse Slime," it showed no fear of those rolling eyeballs.

　If it were "Sylveon," it would definitely show great resistance at this time.

　Dark was relieved that the magical spirit present was a Dark-type Meowth. As soon as Meowth reached out and grasped the hilt of the "Single Sword Sheath", he immediately poured magic power into the magic card of the "Single Sword Sheath", causing it to use "Weaponization"!

　The "single sword sheath," which had lost its power due to the "corpse decay curse," barely completed its "weaponization," and the single eye in the center of the hilt gradually closed as if it were about to fall into a long sleep.

　Then, with a burst of excitement, Meow Meow pulled the scabbard out of the "Corpse Slime's" body!

　"Meow!"

　("Fortune's wheel keeps turning, and today it's my turn.")

　Upon acquiring the "Holy Sword," Meow Meow immediately felt a surge of power flowing into her arm.

　Dark used his magic to examine Meow Meow's magic card and immediately discovered that its attack power had increased by 900 points.

　"It seems that even after being cursed, the attack bonus effect of the 'Single Sword Sheath' is still present."

　This is undoubtedly a meaning.

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　Unexpected good news.

　However, Meow Meow is not a candidate for hero with "heroic qualities". It cannot activate the "divine" effect of the single sword sheath, nor can it fully unleash the effects of its ultimate skills "Combo Slash" and "Sword Dance".

　In this situation, even attempting to activate a "divine" effect to dispel the curse becomes difficult.

　But at this point, this is the only option.

　"Meow, let's see it off one last time!"

　……

　Upon receiving the command, Meow immediately raised the "Holy Sword" and slashed fiercely at the "Corpse Slime".

　Even if this sword strike doesn't kill him, it will severely injure him.

　However, if the kill is successful, the "Deathrattle" may be triggered again.

　Dark quickly thought it over and began to summon the "Trash Slime".

　With the "pot", the "trash slime" finally had a place to live.

　Once summoned from the "Pot Pot" shell, it can immediately climb into the shell.

　At that time, whichever second-tier magical spirit is summoned, it can be used as part of the sacrifice.

　But Meow Meow's seemingly inevitable sword strike missed its mark.

　The "Corpse Slime" suddenly turned into light and shot upwards into the sky!

　Darke's brow twitched as he immediately noticed the magic card in Tom Nixon's hand was shining brightly!

　……

　The blue team player is on the stage.

　Tom's mind had quickly calmed down. He raised the magic card and chanted loudly: "On the day of the resurrection of the dead, at the time of the resurrection of the dead, the two souls returning from the underworld play a duet of souls—the ritual summoning!"

　Card Name: A Duet of Souls

　[Type: Ritual Card]

　[Effect: Performs two very short rebirths during battle, sacrificing one of the reborn lives to Special Summon - Soul Reaper!]

　……

　"Another arcane summoning!"

　Dark's mind raced, and he suddenly recalled Elsie Kewen's final summons during that duel.

　The so-called "ritual summoning" is to summon a special magical spirit through "mystic cards".

　This summoning requires the fulfillment of certain conditions for a "ritual".

　Some rituals have very strict conditions, but the summoned magical spirits may be even more bizarre and powerful.

　Those with lower ritual difficulty usually summon less powerful magical spirits.

　Although Dark didn't know what Tom's "mystic card" was, the difficulty of his ritual was clearly not low.

　"Is this the top expert among the third-year students?"

　The thought suddenly popped into Dak's mind.

　The system Tom Nixon used in this duel was significantly different from the system he used in his duel with Mary Bond, making it completely impossible to figure out his true intentions.

　I wonder what star rating of the magical spirit will be summoned by this ritual summoning?

　His question was quickly answered.

　……

　A skeleton devoid of flesh and blood extended its pale bone claws from the ritual summoning circle, as if crawling out of an abyss, supporting its body as it emerged from the circle.

　Its skull was etched with bloodstains, and it was draped in a tattered black robe, the hem of which trailed down, obscuring its feet as it hovered in mid-air.

　In its hand, a skull scythe radiating crimson blood made it look like the Grim Reaper.

　But it is not the Grim Reaper; rather, it is a being conceptually derived from the underworld—the "Soul Undertaker"!

　With the appearance of the "Soul Undertaker," an extremely sinister...

　A sudden burst of cold air caused the cat on the ground to shiver.

　Card Name: Soul Undertaker

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Undead]

　[Type: Ghost/Dark]

　【Magic Power: 2500】

　[Attack: 2400]

　[Defense: 1000]

　Ultimate Skills: Scythe of the Dead, Soul Funeral

　A five-star magical spirit!

　In the second round, a five-star magical spirit was summoned!

　Zach Wilson on the commentary desk tried to break the chill by speaking at a loud enough volume.

　After successfully summoning "Soul Undertaker", Tom Nixon picked out another magic card.

　He deliberately turned the face of the magic card towards Dark, and then spun it back.

　The giant card displayed by the magic projection in front of the contestants' platform was thus flipped over.

　Dark was thus able to see the face of the magic card clearly.

　他顿时心中一沉。

　Tom Nixon's act of displaying the magic card was a very serious provocation. But that magic card did indeed give him a hard time.

　That was a cryptic card—"The Lament of the Double Dead"!

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　Card Name: The Lament of the Double Dead

　[Type: Ritual Card]

　[Effect: Activates immediately upon detecting the death of an Undead, launching a counterattack against the killer.]

　A typical "Deathrattle" arcane card.

　It is limited to use on undead beings who are "considered dead".

　Search for the deaths of the Undead and launch a counterattack.

　It's worth noting the power of "Counterattack," but since Tom has included it in his deck, its power should be considerable.

　This is probably the same type of magic card as "Dream Demon's" "Fate".

　However, this type of magic card should generally be used as a "trap," otherwise it is easy to avoid.

　Was Tom Nixon's deliberate display of this magic card an overly arrogant display of power, or did he have some other purpose?

　……

　While Dark was briefly thinking, "Soul Undertaker" and "Meow Meow" had already begun their battle.

　Five-star and three-star magical spirits.

　However, with the "Single Sword Sheath" buff, Meow Meow's attack power increased to 2400 points, which is on par with the attack power of "Soul Undertaker".

　The "Soul Undertaker" has only 1000 defense, which is not much different from the Meow Meow with 900 defense.

　The two magical spirits, differing by two star levels, were evenly matched in their initial clash.

　And so the second round ended.

　"Tick."

　At the start of the third round, Dark was still confused.

　Tom Nixon, however, had already quickly drawn his cards.

　From Dak Dimon's delayed reaction of drawing his cards, he knew that his "psychological tactics" had surely succeeded.

　"In the first year, even if the magic cards are strong, he is extremely lacking in dueling experience. Just releasing a seemingly useful magic card can distract him and waste his energy."

　Tom Nixon glanced at the two new magic cards he had acquired and immediately picked out a Magical Spirit card to summon.

　Immediately afterwards, a brand new magical spirit appeared in his blue team's summoning zone.

　It was a lion with blood-red skin, bat wings on its back, and a single horn on its head!

　Card Name: Bloodwing Lion King

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Bird-Beast]

　[Type: Dark]

　【Magic Power: 1300】

　[Attack: 1500]

　[Defense: 1400]

　Ultimate Skill: Blood Rage

　A three-star blue card with only one ultimate skill.

　It's similar to the standard three-star rating of "Troll".

　But the "Bloodwing Lion King" with wings on its back can fly into the sky and chase the magic ball!

　The newly summoned "Bloodwing Lion King" indeed rushed towards the red team's summoning area as soon as it appeared, completely ignoring Meow Meow who was entangled in a battle with "Soul Undertaker".

　Meanwhile, in the red team's summoning zone, there were only one (two) magical sprites defending.

　However, the magical sprite's obviously slow speed had already been exposed in the previous matches.