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

　A lot of bad things happened yesterday, and I didn't sleep well at all. I'm extremely tired. I'll take a nap until the afternoon, then I have to go out to run errands. I'll write when I get back tonight.

　October is less than halfway over, and I have no monthly votes, no thorns (meaning no violence), and not enough words to update. I'm desperate. I hope nothing bad happens in the coming days.

Chapter 626 Darkdemon and the Vampire Ritual (5k)

　"Roar!"

　The hatchling blue-eyed dragon raised its head and let out a slightly immature roar.

　The aura unique to dragons spread out instantly.

　Dark looked at the Shield Knight in the red team's summoning zone and issued the order without hesitation: "Attack!"

　The blue-eyed dragon flapped its wings and charged excitedly toward the red side of the map.

　Dark himself began summoning the magical beast Eevee the moment it charged out.

　When Eevee was summoned, Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon had already crossed half the field, its big, round eyes brimming with boiling fighting spirit.

　"The Knight of the Shield!"

　Justin Wayne suddenly shouted.

　"Ultimate move: Shield of Glory!"

　Justin Wayne, who had finally waited for his summoning spell to finish its cooldown, immediately focused on summoning the second magic card in his hand.

　next moment.

　The burly shield knight let out a roar, channeling all his power into his giant shield.

　The emblem on the giant shield lit up instantly, and a dazzling golden light covered the entire shield surface, creating a light and shadow effect even larger than the shield itself.

　The Shield Knight is almost one with the giant shield.

　"boom!"

　The charging blue-eyed dragon slammed violently into the Shield of Glory!

　The golden light of the Shield of Glory trembled wildly, and the heavy shield was forced to slide backward.

　Although the Shield Knight, standing behind the giant shield, was already exhausted, the burning aura emanating from him only intensified.

　Golden light exploded.

　The Blue-Eyes Dragon's charge was actually blocked by the Shield Knight!

　grade:

　Race: Human

　Card Name: Shield Knight

　Type: Elf Card

　Attack: 0

　Defense: 2000

　Attribute: General system

　Mana: 1100

　Dak was not surprised by this.

　This is not the first time Justin Wayne's Shield Knight has appeared; its powerful defense, surpassing even the stars, is astonishing.

　Ultimate Skill: Shield of Glory

　Without the protection of the Shield of Glory, it would be impossible for it to withstand the Blue-Eyes Whelp's second attack.

　But just as the Blue-Eyes Dragon suddenly turned its body, preparing to lash out at the giant shield with its tail, Justin Wayne finally managed to complete the summoning at that moment.

　But it can only happen once, not twice.

　Just blocking this attack had exhausted the Shield Knight's full strength.

　Card Name: Skeleton Knight

　The second knight appeared in the red team's summoning zone.

　That was a skeleton knight wearing tattered armor and riding a skeletal horse!

　Race: Undead

　Type: Ghost

　Type: Elf Card

　grade:

　Defense: 900

　Ultimate moves: Decaying Justice, Undying Knight

　Mana: 900

　Attack: 1000

　The corrupt justice allows the Skeleton Knight to completely abandon defense, gaining a powerful attack of 1900 points at the cost of zero defense.

　The knight's immortality grants the skeleton knight or its knight companion a one-time "immunity" from death.

　The Skeleton Knight, possessing two ultimate skills, has extremely poor stats. However, as an undead being, its two ultimate skills make it Justin Wayne's most core magic card.

　Having grasped the mage's command, the skeleton knight immediately started thinking and glared at the shield knight with his holey eyes.

　The next moment, the black light shooting from its eyes pierced into the Shield Knight's body.

　The effect is similar to the sturdiness of the pot, but it can be used on the right-hand knight.

　Therefore, the moment it was summoned, Justin Wayne shouted urgently, "Knights don't die, target the shield rider!"

　When its magic power plummeted to 0, the Shield Knight's giant shield and body became completely transparent.

　But it did not die; instead, it continued to stand on the battlefield as a "ghost."

　Then the Blue-Eyes Dragon's tail lashed out at the Shield Knight's great shield.

　The Shield Knight's magic power plummeted at a visible rate.

　In the tense duel arena, the Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon's somewhat childish actions immediately eased the tension.

　Justin Wayne only breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that the Blue-Eyes Whelp had stopped attacking.

　That massive, wall-like shield still blocked the blue team's magic orb.

　Seeing the scene before him, the Blue-Eyes Dragon suddenly stopped, observing the Shield Knight with curiosity, and even raised its claws, clearly wanting to poke him.

　Battle Phase (2) 30s

　The 30-second countdown for the first round has ended. If he can draw that crucial magic card next, he still has a chance to defeat the Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon.

　Dark had never publicly demonstrated the phoenix-like rebirth ability of the dragon egg transformation, and Justin Wayne was unaware of this.

　Seeing that the card face was already glowing black, he suddenly looked up at the projection above and instantly saw the card face clearly—it was the card that Dark had publicly used in the duel, the one that left a very deep impression on him—the Netherworld Soul Ring!

　"In the name of Darkdemon, I summon the Netherworld Soul Ring!"

　But just as Justin Wayne was about to reach for a card, he suddenly noticed that Darkdemon, the blue player on the stage, was flipping over another magic card.

　The Shield Knight's magic power has been reduced to zero, while the Skeleton Knight is still at full strength. The choice is obvious.

　Dark gave Justin Wayne no chance to drag things out any longer.

　A collar engulfed in gray flames was summoned.

　Dark flicked his wrist and pointed the magic card forward. The Netherworld Soul Ring suddenly disappeared and reappeared around the Skeleton Knight's neck.

　At the same time, he issued a new command to the blue-eyed dragon: "Wake up."

　The Blue-Eyes Dragon instantly clenched its fist and slammed it into the Shield Knight's transparent giant shield with a stern expression.

　The moment the Netherworld Soul Ring was placed around the Skeleton Knight's neck, it burst into a blazing gray flame.

　Then Dark raised his hand and forcibly pulled the Skeleton Knight into the air, dragging him rapidly toward the blue team's half of the court.

　Justin Wayne, the player on the red team's platform, had a drastic change in expression and instantly pointed at the Magic Ball.

　The magic threads shot out wildly and stuck to the magic ball.

　The shield knight, who had a defensive structure but no magic left, was shattered by this sudden punch!

　Then, the Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon charged towards the Red Team's Magic Orb without hesitation.

　The red team's magic ball, with only a thousand points of magic power remaining, was also blasted upwards by this punch.

　The blue-eyed dragon flapped its wings and suddenly caught up.

　Justin Wayne pulled hard, lifting the red magic ball upwards.

　But the Blue-Eyes Dragon suddenly spread its wings, pushed off with its feet, and shot into the air with a "boom," its upward punch almost shattering the life barrier of the magic orb!

　Dark observed the situation on the field and decisively stopped the sacrificial summoning.

　At this point, sacrificing the Skeleton Knight as a sacrifice to summon Tailmon would be pointless.

　Justin Wayne's expression grew even more tense.

　At this stage of the duel, unless the mage possesses the ability to multitask, or the life barrier of the magic orb is strong enough to withstand a single blow, there is basically no way to turn the tide.

　The duels between senior and powerful individuals are always like this; a single misstep can lead to complete defeat at the very beginning.

　No matter how many cards are hidden in your deck, your opponent will never give you the chance to use them.

　The Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon is enough to end this duel.

　With the red team's magic ball's magic power reduced to zero, the duel came to an end.

　Darkdemon's fighting style was far beyond what second-year rookie duelists could handle.

　Justin Wayne tried his best to control the magic orb to dodge, but the Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon easily caught up and shattered the last life barrier with a single slap.

　"The victor: Darkdemon!"

　The referee announced the end of the duel.

　"Beep——"

　"The battle is over!"

　After Dark recalled all the magical spirits, he nodded slightly to Justin Wayne on the opposite side and then stepped off the arena.

　This also marks the complete end of Dakdimon's Silver Cup qualifying rounds.

　He will temporarily leave the Silver Cup arena to focus more on higher-level competitions.

　Temporary setbacks are not important; what matters is whether we can learn something useful from them.

　Next, Justin Wayne will, like all other second-year students who have qualified as duelists, sign up for the Gold Cup, which has no grade restrictions.

　Justin Wayne didn't remain dejected for long, and soon after Dark stepped down from the player's platform.

　For second-grade students, there is still a lot of time, even a lot of time left in the second grade.

　After stepping off the arena, Dark left the open-air dueling arena.

　The Silver Cup has come to a temporary end.

　Although most second-year students are destined to become rabbits squeezing into a pack of wolves, that is Professor Pavajohns's goal.

　The difficulty of these two elective courses is increasing rapidly as the courses progress.

　Especially astrology lessons.

　The Halloween costumes are mostly ready.

　Next, besides continuing to research how to turn the clown mask into a prop card, he also needs to devote more time to his astrology and alchemy classes.

　But Dark didn’t think he had a talent for divination from the beginning, so he wasn’t too discouraged by it.

　What troubles him is that Ibrahimovic is also falling behind.

　Dark has found himself falling behind in the astrology classes.

　Firstly, Professor Mitis Bartholomew's lectures became increasingly specialized, and secondly, his "divination talent" couldn't keep up.