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Chapter 382: Dark Demon’s Brave Lion Part 1
Challenging someone for a one-on-one fight during the preliminary battle royale—should it be said that this was truly Senior Sister Mary’s style?
As Dark Demon lightly tapped the magic card of [Curse Cage: DemiDevimon], Devimon who had turned back into DemiDevimon due to the disappearance of [Pride III]’s effect returned to its magic card.
This infuriating demon-type finally disappeared in front of everyone.
But just when they thought the sword in Devimon's hand was also going to make its exit, it suddenly started to move.
The lone eye in the center of its crossguard silently opened, and the ribbon emerging from its pommel gradually grew longer, its edge branching out into fingers just like a hand.
It did not clearly display any characteristic of a magical spirit and merely quickly flew in front of Dark Demon, hovering in mid-air.
Dark didn't reach out to hold it, nor did he equip it on Leomon.
The increase in attack power brought about by weapons such as swords essentially only worked by using the weapon itself.
Even if Leomon was equipped with [Honedge], its attack power wouldn't be increased if it was attacking with its fists.
Now that Senior Sister Mary had made an open challenge, Dark certainly had no reason not to accept it.
"Leomon, are you interested?"
Leomon sternly stared at the tiger-man for a good while before turning to look at Dark.
Dark then said, "Berserker Tiger(狂战虎), 5-star magical spirit, fighting-fype, fixed ultimate [Crazy Tiger Fist(狂虎拳)]."
As for its magic energy, attack, and defense...
The three basic stats of magical spirits of the same kind actually varied and couldn't be predetermined.
But this [Berserker Tiger]’s magic energy, attack, and defense shouldn't be lower than [Leomon]’s.
They were both Bird & Beast-type and fighting-type magical spirits, and one was a lion while the other a tiger. On the surface, their stats were evenly matched.
But as for who would come out on top, it would only be known after the battle.
Leomon stretched its muscles. Eyes gradually lighting up with fighting spirit, it solemnly nodded at Dark.
"Then let's fight!"
……
The two sides immediately hit it off.
Mary casually flicked off the buffing Magic Charm on [Berserker Tiger], letting it face Leomon in its most basic state.
"Rawr!"
Berserker Tiger abruptly roared upon receiving her command.
The overbearing pressure of a king subsequently burst out.
Leomon promptly got on alert and assumed a stance similar to Wing Chun towards Berserker Tiger—it learned this from Hawlucha.
As soon as it did this move, it gave off a very professional feeling.
Her interest peaking, Mary immediately shouted, "Berserker Tiger, Crazy Tiger Fist!"
Leaning its upper body forward, Berserker Tiger ferociously pounced. Its claws touched the ground, and its four limbs sprang, moving as fast as a flash of lightning.
Although Berserker Tiger's intelligence was only at an ordinary magical spirit’s level of 2.0, Mary had always treated it as her sparring partner. Even a pig would gain fighting instinct after being trained for a long time, let alone a magical spirit.
Moreover, there was already a slight spiritual connection between her and this Berserker Tiger, which indicated the formation of [Bond].
Merely a few seconds later, Berserker Tiger had already run up to Leomon. It braced its limbs and leaped up, its back arching like a bridge. As all of its strength converged from the lower half to the upper half of its body, its tiger claws abruptly clenched into a fist and ruthlessly slammed down towards Leomon's head.
The quickness and agility of Berserker Tiger's movements were completely unlike a rigid magical spirit.
Facing its first formidable enemy since its birth, Leomon instantly retreated and opened some distance.
Then, when Berserker Tiger's punch missed its mark, it threw a punch at its head with incredible composure.
The punch was powerful and heavy, carrying an overbearing force.
Berserker Tiger dodged sideways at the critical moment, but its left shoulder was still hit by the punch.
It toppled down in an unstable stance and took another punch when it landed, immediately rolling to the side as it let out a screech.
But just when Leomon relaxed a little, Berserker Tiger, who had rolled a certain distance away, suddenly turned over and stood up again. When its hind legs kicked the ground, it rapidly burst out with great speed and fiercely swung its tiger claws at Leomon's waist.
Leomon had no time to dodge and took the hit, its magic energy instantly gushing out.
But it didn't even frown. Its gigantic fist slammed down from above and hit Berserker Tiger squarely on the back of its head, knocking it to the ground.
Berserker Tiger groaned in pain due to the impact, but managed to prop its hand on the ground in time. As if planned, the part behind its waist began to swing, and its mace-like tail rapidly lashed at Leomon.
Sharp-eyed and quick to react, Leomon caught the tail with a swipe of its left hand. Its right hand following suit, it grabbed the tiger tail and swung it with the force of both hands, pulling the prone Berserker Tiger off the ground and spinning it around in the air before smashing it to the ground.
BOOM!
It could be clearly seen that upon being smashed onto the ground, Berserker Tiger’s chin immediately sagged down, its face instantly contorting.
Even Dark couldn’t have imagined that Leomon would be able gain such an edge in this clash.
But after gaining the upper hand, Leomon didn’t take advantage of the momentum
to carry a follow-up attack. Instead, it gracefully waited for Berserker Tiger to recover its strength.
It stood tall with its hands behind its back, greatly displaying its magnanimity.
……
At this time, two magical spirits suddenly whizzed past its head, but neither of them even looked down to spare them a glance.
The contestants who were still fiercely fighting were obviously not interested in the duel between them.
Moreover, both Dark and Mary were potential contenders for the top eight. Since these two wanted to have a one-on-one fight amidst the battle royale, most people were happy to see it happen.
In addition, the contestants were actually quite interested in their one-on-one fight. While commanding their respective magical spirits in battle, they would take a look at them from time to time.
……
After a mere couple of breaths’ time, Berserker Tiger had already stood up once more.
Under Mary's command, it bounced back and regathered its vigor.
Once its vigor reached its peak, it suddenly took a step forward.
One step, two steps, three steps—each step grew progressively heavier.
Upon taking the third step, it once again leaped up and let out a fierce roar, hands balling into fists as it blasted out punches like lightning.
This time, it used its ultimate—[Crazy Tiger Fist]!
Leomon's gaze turned solemn. It tried to parry, but the [Crazy Tiger Fist] put its emphasis on the word "crazy". The punches rained down like a hurricane with no trajectory to follow.
Leomon could only block them by crossing its hands.
Berserker Tiger's punches grew faster and faster, making its arms turn swollen from the blows.
“Rawr!”
After a whole half a minute of pummeling, Berserker Tiger roared out loud and threw the last punch that carried all the strength from its entire body.
When it threw the punch, it was as though there was a giant tiger pouncing behind it, forging ahead together with its arm.
The punch actually knocked Leomon flying backwards!
"Lower your center of gravity."
After being knocked back for several meters, Leomon pulled back its foot and lowered its center of gravity, skidding for half a meter before finally planting its feet to the ground.
It gasped for breath, hands and forearms trembling nonstop, strength massively drained.
“What do you think?"
The corners of Mary's mouth slightly curled up. She was quite satisfied with the performance of her combat pet.
She really took pride in being able to train a magical spirit with an intelligence of 2.0 to this level.
But after feeling proud, she began to feel a little regretful.
Before the formation of "Bond", Berserker Tiger was still lacking in sense of autonomy. It had far less potential than Dark's Leomon.
Facing Mary's provocation, Dark only muttered, "Leomon, have you learned it?"
Leomon lightly nodded, gradually moving its hands.
Then it slowly walked towards Berserker Tiger, and as it approached, its figure suddenly accelerated.
One step, two steps, three steps—each step grew progressively heavier.
By the third step, it was already surging with vigor, leaving no trace of the sorry state that had just now been beaten back.
The lion roar that erupted from its throat was calm and restrained.
With its right arm slightly pulled back as it took the last step, its mind instantly recalled Hawlucha's posture when hitting the wooden dummy, fused it with Berserker Tiger's [Crazy Tiger Fist], and threw down its own lion punch!
The trajectory of its punch was visible, but its fists were heavier and quicker.
A memory that seemed to have been deeply rooted in its brain since birth quietly emerged.
This made its punches faster, stronger, and more variable.
It only took half a minute for Berserker Tiger to go from calmly parrying at the start to barely being able to hold off, to finally completely losing ground.
Meanwhile, the look on Leomon's face was becoming more and more vivid. When it shouted at the end, it actually blurted out, "Fist of the Beast King!"
In an instant, a lion-shaped energy wave was released from its right fist, instantly penetrating Berserker Tiger's defense and sending it flying backwards.
Unlike the time when Leomon was knocked back, Berserker Tiger’s body nearly collapsed.
Its magic energy had obviously bottomed out, seeming as though it would turn into dots of light and dissipate the moment a gust of wind blew.
After unleashing [Fist of the Beast King], Leomon’s force had soared to the peak, the aura of the king that was originally rather lacking now burning ever more intensely.
Still in the stance of swinging its fist, it stood there with its mane flowing back, immersed in the afterglow of the punch.
……
The sound of applause thundered all at once.
……
"You win."
With some envy, Mary lifted her magic card and recalled Berserker Tiger who was in mid-air into the card.
Then, she raised her hand and gave a thumbs-up to Dark and Leomon. "Well done."
"Thank you."
Dark gave her a slight nod and turned to look at Leomon.
The battle with Senior Sister Mary didn't count as a real duel. That Berserker Tiger obviously still had an ultimate that had yet to be used.
But after going through this debut battle, Leomon had clearly grown by leaps and bounds.
After this, it should be able to engage in battle more proficiently.
Dark rummaged to fish out two [Energy Potions], then summoned them and tossed them to Leomon.
After consuming two bottles of Energy Potion, Leomon swiftly recovered to its full strength.
Only then did Dark look at the big screen again.
He saw that both himself and Senior Sister Mary, who were originally ranked sixth and seventh respectively, had fallen out of the top eight.
"There’s still time."
Without feeling anxious, he reached out to grab [Honedge], softly chanted "Weaponize", and then tossed the [Honedge] who had once more closed its eye to Leomon.
Leomon raised its hand to catch [Honedge] and focused its eyes on the battlefield.
The preliminary battle royale was still progressing heatedly.
Next up, it would be its home court.
……
Having observed the preliminary battle royale for a full twenty minutes, Dark had long since found that the third-year seniors were being very restrained. They didn't go overboard in summoning magical spirits that were too powerful, and also rarely used those underworld ritual cards and Magic Charm Cards.
The highest-ranked magical spirits that had appeared so far, the several 6-stars magical spirits, were all still within the scope of the second tier.
And the 5-star [Leomon] was able to occupy a place among them.
Furthermore, it was even equipped with a [Holy Sword]!
The Brave One and the holy sword were natural partners.
Leomon had never practiced swordsmanship. Moreover, due to the existence of [Fist of the Beast King], its innate talent leaned towards bare-handed fighting.
But when holding [Honedge], it could wield it like an extension of its arm, as if there was something guiding it...
Well, there was indeed a “something”.
[Honedge], after all, was the weapon form of a magical spirit. It had a consciousness.
And this consciousness was more developed and insightful than the consciousness of the holy sword before it was crafted.
When Leomon entered the battlefield with [Honedge] in hand, it wasn't fighting a lone battle, but was fighting side by side with it.
In front of Leomon whose attack power reached up to 3800, ordinary 5-star magical spirits wouldn't last past the second slash.
On top of that, there were still plenty of 4-star magical spirits in the field.
Leomon ingeniously carried out Dark's order, staying on the sidelines as much as it could while harvesting the lives of 4-star magical spirits.
All unnecessary conflicts were to be avoided.
When Devimon executed this order, it looked like a slippery thief.
But when Leomon executed this order, it looked like a chivalrous knight.
Once it got to work, Dark Demon's points began to steadily rise again.
But Dark did not bet his chance on qualifying entirely on Leomon.
After all, although Leomon was very strong, it wasn't as agile as Devimon.
It could neither fly nor use [Teleportation] to change battlefields.
Once it got surrounded, that would likely be the end of it.
Therefore, outside the arena, Dark had already started preparing to summon the third magical spirit——[Ditto].
He would use [Lust III] to promote Ditto to 4-star, and then make it [Transform] into Senior Sister Winnie’s [Ice Maiden].
Afterwards, just a single [Blizzard Tornado] would be enough to secure his ranking.
In short, his immediate goal was to qualify.
Although the third-year seniors seemed to tend more towards the enjoyment of dueling and of victory, this time, Dark came with a purpose in mind.
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