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

　After the duel just now, Dark felt an even stronger urge to fight.

　"I suppose that senior is also holding his breath, wanting to win back in a proper duel, right?"

　……

　Just as Dark had replenished Sylveon's magic power, he finally located the eight resource points.

　According to the map, this resource point is located in a corner of the castle, not inside a room.

　He cautiously crept into this deserted, dark corner, when suddenly everything went black, and he realized that even the faint glimmer of light had vanished instantly.

　Although he disguised himself as a vampire, he was ultimately not a real vampire and could not see freely in complete darkness.

　Therefore, he subconsciously took a step back.

　The light returned instantly.

　"Is this the puzzle-solving aspect of this resource point? Finding the key to trigger the crucial point in complete darkness?"

　Dark felt a sudden realization that he had arrived at the resource point.

　But he didn't go back in; instead, he turned to look at "Devimon".

　"Devimon" has not regressed after evolving.

　Although it cannot be considered a vampire, it possesses a certain degree of night vision, just like Devimon.

　Although lions also exist, they are still unable to see in completely dark environments.

　In contrast, "Devimon" is a darling of darkness.

　For it, darkness is like a mother's embrace, and it feels right at home inside.

　"Hurry up!" Dak urged.

　Devimon's lips curled into a wide smile as it arrogantly declared, "Leave it to me!"

　Then it flapped its wings and plunged into the darkness.

　The sound of its flapping wings suddenly disappeared as it continued to enter.

　Dark frowned sharply and whispered, "They've even blocked the sound?"

　Light and sound are two major sources of information for humans to perceive their environment.

　Few people can remain calm in an environment devoid of light and sound.

　Even Dak couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't feel panicked.

　"Who designed the traps at this resource point?"

　He leaned against the wall, waiting patiently.

　But after only two minutes, a howling sound as if tearing silk came from the road they had come from.

　“Lionmon,” Dark said calmly.

　The lion gripped the sword hilt, ready to go.

　The summoned "Renamon," which had never participated in a battle before, immediately said, "I'll do it."

　Dark asked, somewhat surprised, "Are you sure?"

　Renamon glanced at Leomon and said, "Give me the sword."

　Leo frowned slightly, but still handed it the "single sword sheath".

　The fox-like beast took the single-edged sword sheath, squinted slightly, and sensed the power emanating from this "holy sword." It then revealed a slight smile before suddenly frowning and saying, "I'll be right back!"

　Dark nodded, letting it charge out with its sword.

　……

　Renamon is a magical spirit specializing in magic.

　The magic value exceeds 300 points of a three-star perfect score.

　However, its attack power is also 1500 points.

　His offensive talents are also maxed out.

　The "Single Sword Sheath" grants it an additional 900 attack points.

　After the bonus, it can reach 2400 points.

　While it's far inferior to "Gatomon" and "Leomon," it's enough to break through the defenses of five- or six-star magical Pokémon that aren't particularly good at defense.

　As long as it can break through the defenses, the fox beast is confident of victory.

　……

　Dak leaned against the wall and continued to wait.

　To his right was a deathly still darkness, while to his left was a battle that was gradually intensifying.

　The sounds of battle between the fox spirit and the demons frequently reached him, allowing his attention, which was being irresistibly drawn into the darkness, to be diverted.

　But when Renamon returned from the battle, Devimon had not yet emerged from the darkness.

　"Only two minutes left until the evolution is complete..."

　Dak narrowed his eyes.

　If all else fails, he will have to resort to another method to dispel the darkness and violence in this corner!

　Although this approach certainly doesn't align with the professors' design principles for this level, what can you do when he's just a second-year student?

　Dark looked into the darkness, his mind racing.

　There are many ways to dispel darkness, but he could only think of two that were the most effective.

　One is the two-star Eevee's field move – Sunny Day (Arrogance) .

　Another one is the special attack attached to "Kaguya Orb" - "Kaguya-hime".

　The sun and the moon are two great weapons to dispel darkness.

　……

　Just as Dak was pondering this, he suddenly had an idea and moved a step to the right.

　In that instant, Devimon's body suddenly appeared beside him!

　Clearly, it used "instant teleportation".

　"What's going on?" Dark asked abruptly.

　Devimon looked extremely disheveled.

　Although its magic power had not decreased, its body was covered with all sorts of messy marks, including some disgusting mucus that looked like snot.

　Devimon, his face tense but still haughty, said, "There are many small, intangible things inside, don't worry about them. I've already found the mechanism and completely cracked it."

　"It's already been cracked?" Dark was slightly taken aback and couldn't help but look into the darkness.

　But in that darkness, where there was no light or sound, there was naturally no movement.

　Seeing that he didn't believe him, Devimon quickly said, "It's a puzzle like a jigsaw puzzle, a bit like the Huarong Road puzzle you mentioned before. You need to move one of the puzzle pieces to the exit. It's very difficult—of course, it's no challenge for me, the mighty Devimon!"

　"Alright, alright, I believe you." Dark patted its shoulder, calming its agitation, and asked, "And then?"

　Devimon blushed: "Then I immediately came out to inform everyone..."

　In that instant, a sticky tentacle covered in suckers suddenly shot out from the darkness and wrapped around Devimon's feet.

　Before Devimon could finish speaking, it was suddenly pulled inside by the tentacle.

　Despite its 2000 attack power representing immense strength, it was no match for the tentacle and was instantly dragged to the ground and pulled inward.

　It lay on the ground, its huge claws slamming down on the earth.

　"His-"

　The sound of claws scratching the ground was exceptionally jarring.

　Devimon looked up at Dark, his eyes filled with heartbreaking despair.

　But just as it was about to be pulled into darkness, the time limit for its evolution came!

　"puff!"

　The towering Devimon instantly degenerated into a smaller Devimon.

　The feet, which had been entangled by the tentacles, naturally disappeared as well.

　"Ahhh-"

　The little devilmon screamed in alarm and quickly flapped its wings to escape into Dark's arms.

　After grabbing him, Dak immediately retreated.

　Leomon and Renamon adjusted their positions and stood in front of him to prevent the tentacle from attacking again.

　The corridor was completely silent.

　The place was shrouded in complete darkness, so dark that even the sounds of monsters writhing could not be heard.

　"It seems that Devimon has indeed solved the puzzle and summoned the monsters at this resource point..."

　Dak's expression was somewhat solemn.

　The power displayed by that tentacle should be above 3,000 attack points, most likely a seven-star elite ghost like the "King of Ghosts".

　The elite-level monsters of the Seven Stars are not invincible.

　However, if it simply hides in that dark corner and doesn't come out, the difficulty of killing it increases by at least two levels.

　"In the end, will we still have to dispel that darkness?"

　Dark reached into his card pack and decisively drew out "Fantastic Beast: Eevee" and "Pride II ③".

　"In the name of Dark Deemon, a magical summoning—'Fantastic Beast: Eevee'!"

　In the pure white light of summoning, Eevee's body gradually materialized.

　Dark cautiously observed the darkness, then quickly said, "In a moment, use 'Sunny Day' on that corner."

　"Ee-boo!" Although Eevee didn't know what was in that dark corner, it still nodded firmly.

　Once Dark had finished casting normal spells, he immediately summoned and activated "Pride II".

　As the brilliance of "Pride II" shone down, Eevee's eyes shone even brighter, rising from one star to two stars.

　Then, after gathering its strength slightly, it suddenly spat out a ball of light, imbued with the power of the sun, towards that dark corner.

　The sphere of light disappeared into the darkness and was swallowed up in the blink of an eye.

　But when the "sunny day" effect fully kicks in, the darkness in that corner is dispelled like melting snow.

　Dark finally got a clear look at the situation in that corner.

　Old tables and chairs were piled up on both sides of the corner.

　Some of the tables and chairs were pushed aside, revealing the props on the wall behind them, which were indeed exactly the same items as described by Devimon.

　Along the walls and among the tables and chairs, a dozen or so white ghosts floated in the air, each with a comical expression and frequently emitting eerie "hehehe" laughs.

　Their tongues, once extended, are half the size of their bodies and covered in wet mucus.

　Scattered on the ground were all sorts of strange toys.

　It was clearly these dozen or so ghosts who used various toys to make Devimon look extremely disheveled.

　However, judging from the fact that Devimon was helpless against them, they are not as weak as they appear.

　But these are not the point.

　The most important thing right now is the huge monster lying on the ground like a dark shadow!

　The monster's body was like a giant hat, lying limply on the ground. Its body was completely black, and an octopus tentacle with suckers extended from under its hat-like body.

　But if it straightens up slightly, you can see that there are even more, densely packed tentacles hidden under its body!

　……

　Dak didn't see it too clearly.

　The object in that corner was exposed for a moment, but was immediately swallowed up by the resurgent darkness.