Otaku Translation: The villain only wants to live a Buddhist life Chapter 398 Part 1

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Chapter 398 Dark Demon, Left Cat And Right Cat Part 1

The attack and defense unfolded in a flash, and the attempted "Entangle" by the Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk failed to ensnare its target.

As raised its body higher, the increasingly fierce [] stirred up a violent airflow, blowing the leaping [Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk] away on the spot.

Then, Honedge's momentum increased even more, and the amplification of [Sword Dance] reached its peak.

"Tick!" The sound of round switching happened to ring out.

Dark suddenly commanded, "Honedge, slay it!"

"Clang!" Honedge suddenly shook its body, emitting a long cry.

Upon hearing the resounding sword cry soaring into the sky, spectators felt a surge of energy coursing through their bodies, setting their spirits ablaze

Amidst that boiling fighting spirit, Honedge accelerated suddenly from above!

"Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk, evade!" saw trouble coming and shouted abruptly.

However, under the overwhelming force of Honedge's majestic strike, how could a Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk, even if strengthened to four stars at most, possibly evade?

In that instant, a white light flashed, leaving a sharp afterimage in the air.

Just as the Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk assumed its stance, it was cleaved from head to toe by a brilliant white light!

"BOOM!"

Magic energy exploded.

At the moment when the body of the [Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk] was split in half, it burst open, completely turning into magical light dots.

This demon-type magical spirit, which could rely on [Blood Thirst] to absorb the opponent's life and continuously strengthen itself with [Blood Crazed Venom], was completely eliminated without even a drop of blood being absorbed.

And this time, there was no Magic Charm Card that could revive it.

...

Tom Nixon's fingers trembled. He never expected to suffer such a heavy blow in the first round of the match.

Without drawing any cards, and after confirming that the Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk was beyond saving, he immediately began casting the Normal Summoning Spell, urgently calling forth the second magical spirit.

After Honedge slew the [Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk], its momentum slightly diminished, and the raging airflow entwining its sword body dissipated.

But even without the blessing of [Sword Dance], it still possessed an attack power of 2200 as a 4-star magical spirit.

So, with just a slight pause, it retreated slightly again and gathered strength for a thrust—aiming directly at the blue team's magic ball!

The blue team's magic ball was right in front of it, completely defenseless, impossible to dodge this thrust.

Tom Nixon, who was casting the summoning spell urgently, could only watch as Honedge's sword pierced through the life barrier of the blue team's magic ball, causing the magic energy to plummet!

[Magic Energy (Blue): 8000→5900]

But as Honedge withdrew its sword and attempted another strike, Tom Nixon had already freed up his hand and, with just a finger gesture, sent the blue team's magic ball soaring upwards.

Then, a beam of white light descended, and the magical spirit, covered in a mud-like substance, manifested from the summoning light.

This magical spirit, appearing in mid-air, emitted a strong, rotten stench. Under its mud-like body folds were hideous eyeballs rolling around.

Just as Honedge was about to accelerate to evade, it was grabbed by it and pulled into the mud.

[Card name: Corpse Decay Slime]

[Type: spirit card]

[Level: ✪✪✪]

[Race: undead-type]

[Attribute: ghost-type/poison]

[Magic: 1200]

[Attack: 800]

[Defense: 1600]

[Ultimate: , ]

After being enveloped by the [Corpse Decay Slime], the light on Honedge's blade disappeared at a visible speed, leaving only the hilt struggling outside.

Dark, who knew nothing about this [Corpse Decay Slime], furrowed his brows instantly.

He tentatively called out, "Honedge?"

Honedge, immersed in the "mud," trembled all over, suddenly burst into light, forcibly breaking free from the resistance enveloping its entire body, and emerged from the body of the [Corpse Decay Slime].

But the cut-up fragments of the [Corpse Decay Slime] attacked again as if they were not afraid of death.

Before Honedge could take off, it was enveloped by the [Corpse Decay Slime] again.

Honedge immediately surged with anger, and the light on its blade burst out once more. After breaking free from the grasp of the [Corpse Decay Slime] for the second time, it followed through with a sword dance, cutting it into pieces!

However, the fragmented [Corpse Decay Slime] did not dissipate into light dots.

Tom Nixon on the blue team's platform showed a clear look of joy, no longer watching the intense battle in the arena but instead reaching for his deck, drawing two magic cards in succession.

On the other side, Dark had also drawn out two magic cards for the second round.

Glancing at them, he felt a slight relief.

[]

[Push Push Curse]

Among these two new magic cards, [Push Push Curse] had a lower application level but was not entirely useless.

The appearance of [Shuckle] was a surprise.

Without any hesitation, he immediately began summoning [Shuckle].

While chanting the spell, he did not move his gaze from the field.

The [] that had been summoned in the first round had already crossed half of the field and entered the blue team's territory.

After Honedge chopped the Muk-like [Corpse Decay Slime] into pieces, its flickering state suddenly caught Dark's attention.

Dark was about to command Honedge to chase after the blue team's magic ball, but he couldn't help but furrow his brows at this moment.

Honedge's magic power did not visibly decrease, but there seemed to be a problem with its state.

Just as he hesitated, the fragmented pieces of the [Corpse Decay Slime] seemed to aggregate consciously—it revived!

"Again?" Dark was surprised, but he didn't stop summoning.

The magic card for [Shuckle] was already shining, and the summoning light emitted from the card fell on the red team's summoning area.

A magical spirit with a red hard shell, resembling a turtle but actually an insect, manifested in the light.

Almost simultaneously, the [Corpse Decay Slime] that had resurrected again in the blue team's summoning area pounced on Honedge once more.

With Honedge's speed, even if it didn't accelerate, it could easily dodge such attacks.

But unexpectedly, it didn't move at all. And it was immediately pounced to the ground by the [Corpse Decay Slime] from the air!

"Clank!" The sound of the sword falling to the ground was unusually crisp.

Dark suddenly realized, shouting, "Meowth!"

“Meow!” Meowth immediately responded to the call, exerting force with its limbs, and suddenly accelerating.

At this moment, Tom Nixon on the blue team's platform had already shown a cold smile. He picked out another magic card from his hand, then sneered, "When you start with a core magical spirit, you must be prepared to be targeted. Your sword is now rendered useless!"

His voice was amplified through the speakers throughout the arena, causing discussions to erupt.

Those who understood the "sacred nature" of Honedge shook their heads.

"It seems to be a Deathrattle-type curse," Prince Charles muttered to himself.

His confidant was puzzled, "Even so, can a curse from a 3-star magical spirit suppress the holy sword?"

Prince Charles smirked, "But it has already been suppressed, hasn’t it."

...

"How could this be?" The Eldest Princess was taken aback.

But Claire, indifferent, said, "The holy sword is truly a holy sword only in the hands of the Brave One, just as only a Brave One with the holy sword is truly the Brave One. Throughout history, there have been many holy swords with a high degree of self-awareness, but have you ever heard of a holy sword saving the world by itself?"

The Eldest Princess nodded subconsciously, then looked around and saw the Duchess firmly holding the figurine of a white cat in front of her, repeatedly making small slashing movements.

She suddenly felt her vision darken and didn't want to look at her anymore.

...

Meanwhile, on the field.

On the red team's platform.

Dark, after a brief shock, speculated about the ultimate of the [Corpse Decay Slime].

"The resurrection of this slime is different from the zombification of the [Bloodthirsty Serpentfolk]. It should be its own characteristic, similar to Sara Swati's [Dead Mummy]'s [Fake Death] skill."

"A magical spirit with [Fake Death] ultimate can have two lives in battle."

"Similar ultimates include those possessed by creatures like the Nine Lives Cat Demon or the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon, both known for their nine lives. However, it's evident that this slime does not share such characteristics."

"And Honedge is likely to be under the influence of a weakening curse!"

After sorting out his thoughts, Dark's gaze gradually sharpened.

Seeing that Meowth had already rushed to the blue team's summoning area, he immediately shouted, "Meowth, draw the sword!"

"Meow!" Without hesitation, Meowth inserted its claws into the decaying body of the [Corpse Decay Slime], paying no mind to the rolling eyeballs.

If it were [Sylveon], it would definitely show strong aversion at this moment.

Dark was glad that the magical spirits present were of the Dark Type, and when Meowth grabbed the hilt of [Honedge]'s sword, he immediately infused magic into its magic card, causing it to use []!

Despite losing strength due to [Corpse Decay Curse], [Honedge] barely completed "Weapon Transformation," and the single eye in the center of the sword blade gradually closed as if falling into a deep sleep.

Then, excitedly, Meowth forcefully pulled Honedge out of the body of the [Corpse Decay Slime]!

"Meow!" (The tide of luck shifts, today it's on my side!)

Meowth, now in possession of the [], immediately felt a surge of power entering its arm.

Dark checked Meowth’s magic card with magic power and immediately found that its attack power had increased by 900 points.

"It seems that even after being cursed, [Honedge]'s additional attack effect is still in effect."

This was undoubtedly unexpected good news.

However, Meowth was not a backup with the qualifications of "the Brave One." It couldn't trigger Honedge's "Holy Blest" effect or fully utilize the effects of [Fury Cutter] and [Swords Dance].

In this situation, even attempting to trigger the "Holy Blest" effect to dispel the curse was difficult.

But at this moment, there was no other choice.

"Meowth, finish it!"

...

Receiving the command, Meowth immediately raised the [Holy Sword] high and fiercely struck at the [Corpse Decay Slime].

This one strike, even if it couldn't kill it, could severely wound it.

But if it succeeded in killing it, it might trigger "Deathrattle" again.

Dark quickly thought and began summoning [Trash Slime].

With [Shuckle] in play, [Trash Slime] had a place to stay.

As long as it was summoned onto the shell of [Shuckle], it could immediately crawl into the shell.

At that time, no matter which second-tier magical spirit was summoned, it could use it as part of the sacrifice.

But the surefire strike from Meowth didn't hit.

The [Corpse Decay Slime] suddenly turned into light and shot up into the sky!

Dark's brows furrowed, immediately noticing that the magic card in Tom Nixon's hand was shining brightly!

...

On the blue team's platform.

Tom's mind had quickly calmed down. He raised the magic card high and chanted aloud, "On the day of the dead's revival, at the hour of their return from the underworld, let the two souls weave the ethereal duet—!"

[Card name: ]

[Type: ]

[Effect: Complete two extremely short intervals of resurrection during battle. Sacrifice the life of one of the resurrections, Special Summoning—Soul Reaper!]

...

"Another arcana force summon!" Dark's mind turned, suddenly recalling Senior Elvis Kevin's final summoning in that duel.

The so-called "Ritual Summon" was to summon special magical spirits using "arcana force cards."

The premise of this summoning was to fulfill the condition of a "ritual."

Some ritual conditions were very harsh, but the summoned magical spirits may be more eerie and powerful.

On the other hand, summoning with lower ritual difficulty would typically result in weaker magical spirits.

Although Dark didn't know what Tom's [Arcana Force Card] was, the difficulty of his ritual summoning was obviously not low.

"Is this the top-tier strength of the third year?" A thought suddenly flashed through Dark's mind.

Tom Nixon's deck in this duel was markedly different from the one he used in the duel with Mary Bond, making it impossible to discern his strength.

Dark couldn’t help wondering what level the magical spirit this Ritual Summon would summon.

But he soon had an answer to his question.

...

From the depths of the Ritual Summoning Magic Circle, a fleshless skeleton extended its pale bone claws, as though emerging from the abyss, and pulled itself free from the confines of the summoning circle.

Its skull was inscribed with bloodstains, draped in a tattered black robe, the hem of which dragged down to cover its hovering feet.

In its hand, a scythe emanating a crimson aura made it look like the Grim Reaper itself.

But it was not the Grim Reaper; it was a life conceptually tied to the underworld—[Soul Reaper]!

With the appearance of [Soul Reaper], an extremely cold aura suddenly erupted, causing even Meowth on the ground to shiver.

[Card name: Soul Reaper]

[Type: spirit card]

[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪]

[Race: undead-type]

[Attribute: ghost-type/shadow]

[Magic: 2500]

[Attack: 2400]

[Defense: 1000]