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

　"Meow meow meow!"

　Meow Meow stomped its feet repeatedly, trying to escape, but after being entangled by the "Soul Funeral," one of its toes was still bitten in the process.

　Its face immediately turned pale, realizing its fate.

　The opportunity to shine and contribute is about to slip through your fingers.

　……

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Chapter 399 Darkdemon's Composure (36/233)

　Starting with the toe bitten by the mysterious snake, the pitch-black color spread rapidly.

　In the blink of an eye, Meow Meow's entire paw turned black and it was completely out of control.

　This toxin undoubtedly belongs to the category of "poison of chaos".

　For those skilled in fine craftsmanship

　For a cat, this is practically a deadly poison.

　It knew that after losing control of this foot, it would soon be slain by the "Soul Undertaker" or sacrificed as a offering—it certainly hoped for the latter, since that would mean its remaining energy could be preserved, and the magical spirit summoned as a sacrifice would surely carry on its efforts.

　Since leaving the game is inevitable, there's no need to hold back the cards we've been deliberately holding onto.

　Meow Meow's eyes sharpened, and her half-closed eyelids suddenly opened, her left-hand sword thrusting out like lightning.

　As expected, the "Soul Undertaker" immediately brandished his scythe to parry.

　Meow Meow unleashed its ultimate move—"Deception"—the instant the swords clashed!

　"Qiang!"

　In that instant, the "Soul Undertaker" felt his hand gripping the scythe suddenly lose its strength, while the force coming from the sword surged dramatically.

　Meow used the momentum against her and continued her straight thrust.

　The sword tip sparked as it sliced ​​through the blade of the scythe, then with a flick of its wrist, it deflected the blade before plunging deep into the chest of the "Soul Undertaker."

　Its pale, bony chest was cleaved open by the sword tip, and the terrifying explosive force crushed that part of the bone into powder.

　The "Soul Undertaker" was severely damaged in that instant!

　"Soul Funeral!"

　This sudden turn of events caused Tom Nixon's face to darken instantly, and he issued a somewhat hurried order to the "Soul Undertaker," who was left with only a sliver of health.

　Then the "Soul Undertaker" abruptly stopped its backward-leaning body, its two skeletal arms suddenly spread open, and a deep green light was released from its eyes, accompanied by a howling sound like a ghost's wail in the wind.

　The scattered magic was attracted by a mysterious force and condensed into a blurry soul in the air.

　"Bloodthirsty Serpent Master" and "Corpse Slime"!

　The soul form, bearing the outlines of these two magical spirits, roared as if reborn, and pounced on Meow Meow with a whooshing sound.

　Meow Meow only had time to draw her sword before it was pierced through by the souls of the two magical spirits.

　It stiffened, then felt a lightness in its body, as if something had been taken away by the two spirits.

　Looking down again, her lower body, which had just been bitten by two "mysterious snakes," had become transparent.

　Then its consciousness was interrupted for a moment, and when it opened its eyes again, it had returned to the magic card.

　Just as "Meow Meow" is hiding "Deception" to use at a more crucial moment, "Soul Undertaker" is also holding onto its strongest finishing move, intending to use it on an even more troublesome opponent.

　However, seeing that Meow Meow only needed one more sword strike to send this "Soul Burialer" back to the "Underworld," Tom Nixon was forced to issue an order.

　The "Soul Undertaker" then summoned the "souls" of the two magical spirits and launched an attack that "ignores defense" against Meow Meow.

　After sending Meow Meow away, the "souls" of the two magical spirits returned to their origin.

　Near the blue team's summoning zone, only the low-health "Soul Undertaker" and a few fading "Mysterious Serpents" remained.

　……

　In this situation, BlackGatomon, which followed closely behind, reached out and grabbed the "Sword Sheath" floating in the air!

　It couldn't help but grin, twist its wrist, and the sword blade spun around, instantly slashing horizontally!

　"Wow--"

　The fragile skeleton of the "Soul Undertaker" was instantly pierced by the blade of the "Single Sheath," utterly destroyed.

　This five-star magical spirit, summoned through a special ritual, lost its life.

　……

　In that instant, everyone's attention was involuntarily drawn to it.

　On the commentary stand, Zack Wilson exclaimed, "Magic reduced to zero! Dark Dimon, knowing that Tom Nixon possessed 'The Lament of the Double Dead,' still ordered the magical spirit to deliver a fatal blow to 'The Soul Undertaker'! If I remember correctly..."

　"The lament of the doubly dead!"

　Tom Nixon's roar drowned out Zach Wilson's voice, and the "Mystic Card," which was already in a semi-activated state, was instantly activated.

　A mournful cry shot straight into the sky, sharp and piercing.

　At the spot where the "Soul Undertaker" died, the scattered magic instantly coalesced, giving birth to a gray phantom that resembled a demon.

　The gray phantom's body suddenly elongated as if a balloon had been ripped open, its empty eyes filled with a sinister light.

　A gust of wind blew.

　BlackGatomon looked up and found that the sky above was already dark.

　But its eyes held a seductive glint, and the smile at the corner of its mouth was especially alluring.

　"Meow--"

　……

　"As expected, it's the same type as Sara's arcane card—'Azban's Deathrattle'!"

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　Dark felt much more at ease and couldn't help but reveal a smile similar to that of BlackGatomon.

　Tom Nixon's deck lineup so far has a strange resemblance to Sara Swati's deck.

　The Corpse Slime's ultimate move – "Feign Death".

　A Deathrattle-type Ritual card – "The Lament of the Double Dead".

　You can find traces of all of these in Sara's deck.

　"Azban's Death Words" is the release of the soul of the dead, using their "soul" as a medium to inflict painful torment on the opponent.

　In essence, it transforms the soul of the deceased into an evil spirit, which then possesses the opponent and causes harm.

　This "lament of the double dead" is indeed just that.

　In other words, all that's needed is to deal with the evil spirits transformed from the "Soul Undertaker".

　It is not some kind of "instant death" curse.

　Tom Nixon deliberately revealed this cryptic card. Besides disrupting Dark's thinking, it was also meant to "intimidate" him!

　Because he himself knew perfectly well that this ritual card was not a true "killer move".

　Furthermore, "Double Dead's Lament" has a very awkward effect after activation—it will still activate this arcane card even if the opponent's Undead dies.

　In other words.

　If Dark summons a "Dream Demon", it can also trigger "Double Death's Lament".

　……

　With a sense of certainty, Dark calmly flipped over the two magic cards he had drawn in the fourth round.

　【Lucky Dice】

　Hawkman

　He then immediately began the process of summoning "Hawkman Wrestling".

　Originally, after Meow Meow was bitten by the "Mysterious Serpent," he considered offering Meow Meow as a sacrifice, along with the trash slime, to summon a large healer.

　罐。

　Unexpectedly, Meow Meow was taken away by that "Soul Funeral Executioner" in one fell swoop.

　After losing Meowth, the only three-star magical Pokémon left on the field that can be sacrificed is Shuckle.

　But he drew "Hawkman" in the fourth round.

　So he chose to keep "Potpot" for the time being, and summoned "Hawkman" first, preparing to sacrifice it after it had performed its function properly.

　……

　Tom Nixon also acquired two new magic cards.

　But unlike Dark, he did not summon immediately, instead focusing more on the arena.

　After "The Lament of the Double Dead" was triggered, a gray ghost, like a demon, pounced on BlackGatomon below with a shriek.

　Its body resembled a gray mist.

　Almost in the blink of an eye, it pounced in front of BlackGatomon.

　Like the ultimate move "Soul Funeral", this gray phantom also has the characteristic of ignoring defense.

　But BlackGatomon sneered, then swung its "Single Sword Sheath" with a fierce flap, the resulting sword wind instantly engulfing the beast.

　The nearby gray fog was dispelled.

　Then it slid backward and performed an extremely agile backflip, thus dodging the gray phantom's attack.

　Despite the howling of evil spirits, the shadows

　A gust of wind blew.

　But as long as one has a physical form, one can evade it.

　BlackGatomon was mentally prepared before it finished off the monster, so it was impossible for it to be hit.

　The gray phantom's lifespan was clearly short; it became transparent after just one encounter.

　Seeing this, Tom Nixon, the blue player on the platform, took a deep breath and reached for his card again—the fifth round had arrived!

　……

　"Hawkman, attack!"

　The moment the round switched, Dark had already summoned "Hawkman".

　"Hacha!"

　After making his entrance, the Wrestler flexed his muscles and then immediately flapped his wings to accelerate into flight, his target clearly the blue team's Magic Ball!

　Using flying magical spirits to chase after magical orbs to deplete the opponent's mental energy is a common tactic in magical duels.

　Dark used this tactic very well in the previous duel.

　But Tom Nixon was clearly on guard.

　As the Wrestling Eagleman flew in, it began summoning new Magical Spirits—luckily, of the four Magical Cards drawn in these two rounds, two were Magical Spirit cards that could be summoned.

　"In the name of Tom Nixon, a magical summoning—'Bloodwing Lizardman'!"

　Card Name: Bloodwing Lizardman

　[Type: Spirit Card]

　【grade:】

　[Race: Subhuman]

　[Type: Dark]

　【Magic Power: 1300】

　[Attack: 1500]

　[Defense: 1400]