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

　The "blood giant worm" suddenly stood upright, its blood-red wrinkles rolling and emitting a crimson glow.

　"Giant Blood Worm, Insect Armor!"

　Witt Gold's slightly startled exclamation rang out hastily.

　The crimson light emanating from the "blood giant worm's" body suddenly solidified, forming armor that flowed like blood.

　Under the power of the "Blood Refined Insect Armor", even the self-destruction of the "Blood Giant Insect" is 20% more powerful.

　Vittor Gold felt a warning bell ringing in his mind, and without hesitation, he commanded again: "Fear not, make the enemy pay the price, Blood Source Detonation!"

　"boom!"

　The "Blood Giant Worm" had its eyes flashing red, and it exploded before even making contact with the Blue-Eyes Dragon!

　This approach can be considered decisive.

　The blood wave from the self-destruction of the "Blood Giant Worm" surged and erupted in the direction from which the Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon was attacking.

　The fearless blue-eyed dragon that charged in was instantly engulfed by the explosion.

　But with a sudden long cry, it broke through the blood wave and bit into the blue team's magic ball.

　Witt God gripped the "Blood Demon" spell tightly in his hand. But the summoning spell, which required five seconds to complete, was only halfway finished when the Blue-Eyes Dragon's gaping maw had already enveloped the Blue Team's magic orb.

　He gritted his teeth and chose to continue the summoning process, rather than interrupting the summoning to control the magic orb to escape.

　Having witnessed firsthand how controlling the magic orb prevented him from summoning magic, leading to his eventual death by pursuit, he instinctively chose to gamble on luck.

　But just as the "Blood Demon" in his hand peeked out from its card face, the unsuspecting blue square magic ball was bitten to pieces by the Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon!

　If it had 8,000 health points, it might have been able to hold out for a while. But a life barrier with only 2,000 mana points couldn't possibly withstand the Blue-Eyes Young Dragon's bite.

　"boom!"

　As the life barrier shattered completely, the magical light emitted scattered like starlight, and the magic value returned to zero!

　【2000→0】

　……

　Victory or defeat never gives you time to prepare mentally.

　The summoning light of the "Blood Demon" finally landed on the blue team's summoning area at this moment, and the blood-red demon, driven by its "bloodlust" instinct, bit at the blue-eyed baby dragon beside it.

　However, without using its ultimate attack, it was completely unable to penetrate the Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon's scales.

　The blue-eyed baby dragon opened its adorable big eyes wide. After the outcome was decided, it used its two dragon claws to clamp its head and began to rub it for a while, as if it were rubbing a dog's head.

　……

　This little insert

　The music added a lot of excitement to the game, which ended too quickly.

　……

　The audience outside the arena only came to their senses at this point, still reeling from the shock of Dark's "Special Summon" of a six-star dragon.

　Whether it was the sacred aura and awe-inspiring dragon might emanating from the young dragon, or its incredibly fast attack methods, everything was astonishing.

　Dak Dimon's "supermodel" image is becoming more and more like a "supermodel"!

　As for Wit Gold, who was defeated a second faster than Justin Wayne, he was no longer of any concern.

　After all, no matter who it was, the result would likely be the same.

　Failure is not scary.

　What's frightening is that others, and even oneself, take failure for granted.

　Vitor Godd wasn't overly frustrated by this. When he raised his hand to retract the "Blood Demon," he only felt a slight, unremarkable sense of loss.

Chapter 446 Darkdemon and the Academy Cup (4k)

　After putting away their magic cards, both contestants left the stage.

　Vittor was greeted with a comforting look from Robert that seemed to say, "You really didn't last a round."

　Dark simply returned to its original position.

　The duel assessment continues.

　Although participants were effectively allowed to leave the venue after this round of assessments, naturally no one did so.

　The two rounds of dueling trials finally ended when the sky outside the venue darkened.

　Professor Jones gave positive feedback on the first-year students' performance and then announced the disbandment of the class.

　"it is finally over!"

　"I wonder what score I'll get on this assessment?"

　"It can't be too low, after all, we've already tried so hard."

　"Yeah, at least we weren't killed in one round."

　"Hey, it seems like the Academy Cup duel is tomorrow morning. I kind of want to watch it."

　"But the final exams are just around the corner after the weekend!"

　"Ha, is the exam more important, or the duel?"

　"Of course, it's... the exam!"

　Students always seem very rational when they are having serious discussions, but once the time comes, they are dominated by their emotions.

　The St. Marian College Cup is a very famous tournament, so much so that tickets are almost impossible to get.

　The annual Academy Cup Duel Tournament attracts countless spectators.

　At this time of year, tickets for the venue are sold at exorbitant prices.

　Fortunately, the students' parents have special privileges. They can get free tickets from the corresponding branch library simply by showing their identity. Although these tickets are non-transferable, they provide convenience for parents, and basically no parent would want to sell tickets.

　In this era where the status of archmages is growing daily, families whose children can be summoned to St. Marian Academy, even if they were not wealthy to begin with, will quickly become wealthy.

　……

　After leaving Arena 1, the trio headed to Traveler's Street, where they booked a table at the Waltz Music Restaurant to celebrate the end of their practical assessment.

　There were four practical assessments in total, and all three of them performed above the passing grade.

　Even though Professor Thompson's Potions and Professor Cazell's Magic Theory included challenging practical assessments that Rose and Diana didn't complete well, they were still more than capable of passing without much trouble.

　The following days are the theoretical exams from Monday to Wednesday. Although there are six subjects in total, the most difficult one, arithmetic, is their strong point. The other five subjects are not difficult to pass if they study hard.

　Therefore, the Sorting Battles this weekend are definitely worth watching.

　The three chatted happily inside the Waltz Music Restaurant, filled with anticipation for tomorrow's duel.

　Dark, in particular, was excited by today's duel, but it failed to satisfy him at all. Both Justin and Witt were far inferior.

　"Second grade, second grade will be fine!"

　By the time students reach their second year, most activities within the academy are no longer restricted, providing ample opportunities to compete against upperclassmen.

　Only then will the richer aspects of college life gradually emerge.

　While looking forward to the future, Dak observed the two little girls eating.

　Diana had a good appetite as always, eating heartily without any restraint, occasionally sticking out her pink little tongue to lick the grease off her lips.

　Rose, on the other hand, was relatively reserved, but she still couldn't help but show her cravings when she saw her favorite foods.

　However, she seemed to be aware of maintaining her figure at such a young age, and she resisted the urge to eat as much as she wanted.

　Dark seemed to see a bit of himself in her, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

　Rose noticed his gaze, blushed instinctively, touched her cheek, and after confirming there was no stain, looked puzzled.

　Dak quickly bent down and rummaged through the food on his plate to avoid being mistaken for a pervert.

　……

　The next morning, Saturday.

　Dark met the two in the common room and then they went to the open-air duel arena together.

　As expected, the circular area of ​​the dueling arena was packed with people; it seemed that students from all grades of the academy had come.

　Of course, first-year students are no exception!

　Those first-year students who kept saying they would seize the time to review appeared one by one in the audience seats in the circular area.

　The ring-shaped area was divided into four sections: the House of Nobles, the House of Knights, the House of Magic, and the House of Fools.

　Banners and colorful flags were displayed in every area.

　All the students are preparing to cheer for their respective colleges.

　It was quite late when Dark arrived. He, Diana, and Rose walked in the direction of the Noble Academy area and found that all the first-year students were sitting in the back row.

　Doron was the first to notice his arrival and quickly stood up to wave at him.

　"Hey, Dark, I thought you weren't coming!"

　"How could it not be available for free full-text reading right now?"

　Dak smiled and sat down behind Doron.

　The entire row of seats was empty, just enough to accommodate the three of them.

　"How's it going, Duolong? What time does it start?"

　Diana leaned against the back of the seat in front of her and asked with a charmingly innocent expression.

　Duolong glanced at her and said, "Of course it's eight o'clock. This duel is very important to us, as it concerns the outcome of the Academy Cup. Whether we can get the chance to make a wish depends on our seniors!"

　Diana nodded repeatedly, "Oh, oh, oh!"

　Suddenly, Doron's eyes lit up, and he pulled out a stick-like object from below, waving it at Dak and the other two: "Look, what's this?"

　Darke then replied, "What is it?"

　Doron immediately said, "It's a sparkler! When the seniors from the Noble Academy win, I'll spin this one, and then... bang!"

　As he spoke, he suddenly opened his hands wide, beaming with excitement.

　Dak couldn't help but laugh too.

　……

　It's exactly eight o'clock.

　The chimes echoed gently from the direction of the spiral clock tower.

　.

　Suddenly, ripples like water spread across the outer audience seating area behind the circular belt, and audience projections from various branch venues appeared one after another on the audience seating area.

　The St. Mary's College Cup Duel Tournament is essentially a stage for students to showcase their talents to the outside world.

　St. Maryann Academy's reputation was maintained through these dueling matches.

　In addition to students' parents and regular spectators, there were also well-known figures from all walks of life who came specifically to watch the competition.

　St. Maryann Academy is the world's largest production base for mages, and every year, the mages who emerge from here can lead the industry trend.

　The students who can represent their respective colleges in the duel competition must be the best of their grade—if not the top student, they are most likely the second-best.

　The four students representing the sixth graders in the competition are definitely worth noting.

　It can be said that grasping their movements is equivalent to grasping the direction of the times.

　Therefore, this year's College Cup Duel Tournament is unprecedented in scale.

　Of course, the students themselves also have countless fans.

　Even more so, the instant the spatial hubs were connected, a thunderous roar erupted from the audience.

　The supporters of each student were clearly divided.

　Among them, the most eye-catching were the groups carrying silver dragon flags.

　Because the "Silver Dragon Girl" will undoubtedly represent the fourth-year students of the Magic Academy in the competition!