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Chapter 394: 's Magic Reflection Part 1

[Battle Phase][30s]

When the countdown for the third round began, both contestants swiftly drew their cards, but neither of them looked down at the two new additions to their hands.

Both contestants' eyes were focused on the field.

[] had unleashed [] to summon tens of ghost snakes, more than thirty of which surrounded , while the other ten or so were targeting .

Adapting to the flow of the duel, despite having set up six Shadow Caves on the field, the [Ghost King Serpent] ultimately summoned didn’t possess the "Shadow Stealth" ability. He didn’t opt to carry out sneak attacks, but instead utilized the advantage of a high-ranked magical spirit to launch a powerful offensive.

More than forty ghost snake soldiers divided into two groups and set off the Ghost Snake Carnival!

Meowth was the first to bear the brunt, yet it didn't feel any fear.

As it grabbed the stout [Shadow Bug] with one hand, the gold coin on its forehead gleamed with a golden light. One after another, gold coins rained down from the sky to be flung out by its hand.

Like a dart, each gold coin accurately shot at the [Ghost Snakes] crawling towards it!

→This was a technique it learned from the [Feather Dance] skill used by Hawlucha.

The [Ghost Snakes] who were struck by the gold coins were obviously injured, but they didn’t disappear.

Meowth immediately figured out the strength of these [Ghost Snakes].

It narrowed its eyes, killed the [Shadow Bug] in its hand with a swing of its "Little Kitty’s Harmless Claws", and then rushed towards the ten or so [Ghost Snakes].

It looked quite a bit like a mighty warrior going against a thousand troops!

On the other side, Espeon, who was surrounded by more than thirty [Ghost Snakes], was standing tall and straight, the gem on its forehead continuously shining.

The overwhelming [Mindpower] had formed an invisible barrier, unremittingly blocking those more than thirty [Ghost Snakes].

[Ghost King Serpent] probably never thought that the [Ghost Snakes] it had summoned couldn’t even touch the fur of the two magical spirits. Its fury unmitigated, it fiercely let out a roar and dived down again!

Bang!

The black snake snout instantly smashed apart the barrier of Mindpower. This time, it unstoppably slammed into Espeon.

In the first place, [Ghost King Serpent]'s attack power was stronger than Espeon's. The last time its bite was blocked could be said to be because it was caught off guard, but this time, with the charged dive, there was absolutely no way Espeon's [Mindpower] could block it.

Stuart Fawn’s gaze hardened. Eliminating the opponent's high-ranked magical spirit in the early stage of the duel would not only weaken their combat power, but more importantly, it would also hurt their morale.

After all, high-ranked magical spirits required multiple operations to summon. When summoned successfully, it could give confidence to the magister—it was the culmination of their faith.

Once the high-ranked magical spirit summoned with great effort was instantly killed, they could easily collapse like a defeated army, unable to recover from the setback.

Many newbies who had just waddled into the world of dueling couldn't really take this kind of upset in stride.

But while Stuart Fawn was closely staring at the situation in the field, from the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed that Dark Demon was already looking down to check his two newly acquired magic cards.

"Did he give up on that magical spirit?"

Just as this thought flashed through his mind, Stuart Fawn's vision was suddenly dazzled by a burst of bright light.

He was instantly startled.

"What happened?"

With a deafening noise, in the sky above the field, a sun-like golden ball of light appeared without any warning.

The ball of light instantly exploded, firing down blade-like beams of light.

The sudden intense light had the audience covering their eyes with their hands, but there were still some people who endured the stinging pain to persistently watch on. They saw that every beam of light, as if installed with a guidance system, hit all the red side's magical spirits on the field with perfect accuracy.

Without a single miss, the more than forty [Ghost Snakes] were all pierced by the golden light, rapidly eliminated amidst the relentless illumination of the golden light.

[Ghost King Serpent], who was heavily targeted, howled miserably as it trembled all over, clearly seriously injured.

This sudden reversal shocked everyone who bore witness to it.

No one found out how the gradually disappearing golden ball of light had been unleashed.

The situation changed in the blink of an eye.

"Is it a delayed trap? But I didn't see him summoning other magic cards..."

Stuart Fawn's eyes were so sore that they shed tears. He never stopped thinking, yet he still couldn’t figure out the answer.

In his frustration, he furiously roared, "Ghost King Serpent, go on!"

……

"Ouwww!"

Responding to its master's command, [Ghost King Serpent] howled while suppressing the pain all over its body, charging once again at Espeon like a high-speed train.

"Meowth! !"

But at this moment, Dark Demon's voice simultaneously rang.

After the targets the gray cat was attacking were wiped out by the sudden appearance of the light beams, it turned around and sprinted without stopping, reaching the side of [Ghost King Serpent].

Upon receiving its master's order, Meowth immediately swiveled, and then promptly leaped up. Raising its right paw up high, it ferociously swatted at [Ghost King Serpent]’s scarlet eyes as if throwing a "Cat Punch".

But [Ghost King Serpent] didn't even spare a glance at this non-threatening kitten. It merely shook its head flippantly while charging towards Espeon, trying to knock it away with just that.

However, when the enormous snake head and the tiny cat paw collided, an incredibly bizarre force suddenly came into play.

[Ghost King Serpent] abruptly felt a burst of softness on its head. The force of the smack sharply plummeted, but that soft cat paw instead gained a terrifying power!

Amidst this shift of power, it shockingly found that it was completely unable to resist the power of the cat's paw, its colossal body forcefully sent flying!

Boom!

Toppling over, [Ghost King Serpent] violently rolled on the ground.

The entire arena fell into an abrupt silence, leaving only the sound of its continuous rolling.

Still with its head held up high, Espeon, who had been constantly targeted by it, lightly glanced at Meowth with a prideful look.

It was like the haughty queen casting a glance of approval at the warrior who had protected her.

Meowth: ???

……

The venue thereby sank into a brief silence.

Stuart Fawn took in a sharp breath, his face as gloomy as the deep sea.

Meanwhile, Dark Demon, who had long since expected this to play out, was seizing the time to think about his next countermeasures.

The golden ball of light just now was nothing more than the [] unleashed by Espeon in the previous round.

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　　[Future Sight: Predict the future and make the designated site fall into a future attack state. After 30 seconds, the future attack state is released, and the opponent in the field will be damaged by a special Psychic-type attack.]

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But despite taking the hit of [Future Sight] and [Foul Play] in succession, [Ghost King Serpent] still remained standing.

Dark was well aware that the situation, which seemed to have been reversed in the audience's eyes, was in fact still as precarious.

Including the two magic cards drawn in the third round, he still had five magic cards in his hand.

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　　[Pride Ⅰ]

　　[]

　　[Fusion]

　　[Wish-Granting Dice]

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Among these five magic cards, [] and [Misdreavus] were both newly acquired cards.

[Pride I] could be useful at critical moments, whereas for [Misdreavus], he needed to wait for the right time to summon it.

In order to completely eliminate [Ghost King Serpent], he would probably have to wait for another round!

With a solemn expression, Dark glanced at the countdown on the panel.

Time passed by in a flash.

In the blink of an eye, the third round was about to end.

He reached out his hand towards the card slot, fully ready to draw his cards.

……

After a brief silence, Stuart Fawn forced himself to calm down.

He was, after all, a top student of the third year. Although the situation was constantly changing, he wasn't without prior experience in this regard.

However, he had only ever felt this way before while dueling with opponents of the same grade.

"But he’s only a first year, and I’m a third year!"

Stuart Fawn nearly broke his teeth with how hard he was gnashing them.

At the moment when the third round was about to end, he didn’t summon a new magic card, but gave a final command to [Ghost King Serpent] who had stood up once more.

"Ghost King Serpent, use your final ultimate—[]!"

……

And thus, for the first time, the giant python with skin wrinkles on the back of its neck raised its tail, where its "weak point" was, high up in the air.

The phantom-like tail tip gradually shone with a black light.

A faintly discernible "black vessel" gradually condensed in the flickering black light.

A dark and forbidding aura thus emanated from it.

As if sensing the peril in advance, Espeon violently shuddered.

Meowth similarly stood upright with a grim expression.

It was said that after [Ghost Vessel] gave birth to [Ghost King Serpent], it would reseal a "sacrifice", imprison it in the vessel, and slowly craft it into a new [Ghost King Serpent].

This was how the ultimate of this [Ghost King Serpent], [Sealing Vessel], came to be.

After being sealed by it, not only would the magical spirit be locked in the vessel, its consciousness would also be suppressed and its magic energy would be sucked away, making it lose the ability to resist.

[Ghost King Serpent] who was on its last breath cast its scarlet gaze back and forth between Espeon and Meowth.

In the situation where Stuart Fawn didn't specify the target, it was contemplating on who it should seal based on its personal feelings.

In other words, which one was more despicable?

Was it that arrogant looking purple cat?

Or was it the gray cat who sent it flying with a smack?

[Ghost King Serpent] pretty much knew that it should target Espeon, but the humiliation of being smacked away by Meowth still lingered in its mind.

And so, after a mere two seconds of contemplation, it hurled the "black vessel" on its tail towards Meowth!

"Meow!"

The fur on Meowth's entire body stood on end, instantly driven by the instinct to run away.

But the "black vessel" moved extremely fast, arriving in front of it in the blink of an eye.

The huge "black vessel" cast a cylindrical shadow that loomed over its head.

"Espeon."

In the nick of time, Meowth suddenly felt a body bumping into its side.

"Espeon!"

It only heard a familiar cry before getting vigorously knocked away.

Slam!

As it flew out of the way, Meowth impassionedly looked back, tears brimming in its eyes.

The Eevee it had always disdained before—the Espeon, the Espeon it was still criticizing in its heart just now, actually showed its sense of altruism at this critical moment and saved it from a terrible crisis at the cost of sacrificing itself!

"Meow?"

Meowth, who was moved by the play it created in its mind, suddenly let out a confused meow the moment it landed.

Almost simultaneously, the vast majority of the audience similarly uttered a doubtful sound.

Bang!

Stuart Fawn, who had just calmed down, slammed his hand onto the card table.

Only Dark Demon remained unfazed.

His call at the critical moment just now made Espeon, who was initially unwilling to take action, reluctantly take the initiative to face the terrifying "black vessel" that contained the power of the seal.

But the moment the "black vessel" slammed into it, it bounced back and almost immediately struck the [Ghost King Serpent] who unleashed the "black vessel"!

Thereupon, [Ghost King Serpent] experienced for itself what the [Sealing Vessel] entailed.

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　　[: When the magical spirit is on the field, they will continue to be in a magic reflection state, nullify some of the opponent's status magic that targets them, and reflect them back to the user of the skill!]

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The black mist exuding from the "black vessel" twisted into a pitch-black chain and twined around [Ghost King Serpent] like a snake. Then, it violently dragged it into the "black vessel" that was progressively growing larger as it spun.

The [Ghost King Serpent] who was summoned from the [Ghost Vessel] was once again sealed inside the vessel amidst its miserable howls.

The "black vessel" closed its lid and floated in mid-air.

Inside it, [Ghost King Serpent] desperately struggled, but as its magic energy was rapidly depleting, the strength of its struggle was significantly weakened.

……

Tick-tock.

The sound that indicated a new round ticked by once more.

Stuart Fawn resentfully reached out to draw his cards.

Dark, however, seized the opportunity and issued an order to Meowth and Espeon to find and kill the other [Shadow Bug].

However, the [Shadow Bug] who was hiding in the [Shadow Cave] rapidly fled while dragging the red side's magic ball, completely impossible to lure out.

Dark slightly frowned before finally drawing the two magic cards from the fourth round.

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　　[]

　　[Curse Cage: DemiDevimon]

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Although the two magic cards drawn this time weren't something that could secure the lead, the moment he saw [Shuckle], Dark still felt reassured.

He immediately began to summon [Shuckle].

……

At this time, Stuart Fawn, who suffered the "blow of losing a high-ranked magical spirit", finally began to summon a new magic card.

With a swish of his hand, a drop of extremely dense black ink dripped down from the air.

The drop of ink didn’t splash upon hitting the ground. Instead, it completely stuck to the ground and was absorbed into one of the [Shadow Caves].

Of course, such an obvious move couldn't be hidden from anyone's sight.

But Dark had never seen Stuart Fawn use this trick before, therefore, unable to deal a specific countermove, he could only remind himself to keep caution of it.

A few seconds later, the [Shuckle] in his hand emitted a strong light.

Almost simultaneously, [Magical Scribe] finished its chant.

The other magical spirit card in Dark's hand—[Sylveon]—was also activated!

……

Thereby, in the red side's summoning area, two magical spirits appeared at the same time.

One was a 3-star magical spirit——[Shuckle], and the other was a 4-star magical spirit——[Sylveon]!

The unexpected appearance of this 4-star magical spirit instantly caused an uproar among the audience.

It wasn't until then that people's eyes gradually locked on to the [Magical Scribe] hovering in the air, thus becoming even more astonished.

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