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Chapter 400: Summoning the Brave One

The common logic of was to exchange a large number of low-ranked magical spirits for a small number of high-ranked magical spirits.

In magic duels, most magisters pursued quality rather than quantity.

The same went for .

Therefore, when he successfully completed the tribute summoning, he didn’t feel the least bit troubled about not having any other magical spirit on the field.

As he slightly raised his head, watching the 6-star magical spirit emerge from the huge tribute summoning array and listening to the thunderous cries it stirred up from the audience outside the arena, he even felt excited.

What did it feel like to successfully summon a high-ranked magical spirit that could secure the victory in a magic duel?

This was probably precisely how it felt.

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"Awoo——"

Like a shrill wolf howl coming from a dark forest, a blood-red demon wolf over three meters tall materialized within the dark red magic light.

Upon appearing, it stretched out its arms, stood up, and piercingly howled at the sky.

Its crimson eyes gleamed with a fiendish glint.

Its slightly emaciated body made it look even more vicious.

A wisp of bloody mist rose up to the sky.

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[Card name: (血月魔狼)]

[Type: Spirit card]

[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪✪]

[Race: Demon-type]

[Attribute: Shadow-type]

[Magic energy: 2500]

[Attack: 3000]

[Defense: 2400]

[Ultimate: Bloodthirst, (弥天之月), Parasitic Demon Seed(寄生魔种)]

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A 6-star orange card possessing three ultimates—this was the trump card Tom Nixon took utmost pride in.

With a terrifying attack power as high as 3000 points, a remarkable defense of 2400 points, and a high magic energy value of 2500, this [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] could prevail among 6-star magical spirits just with its basic stats alone.

After successfully summoning [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf], Tom Nixon slammed the card table and shouted out loud, "Use the ultimate Omnipresent Moon!"

The cry of [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] became louder and louder, incessantly reverberating throughout the venue as though going to break through the clouds.

All of a sudden, a dense blood-red light emanated from its body.

A blood-red pillar soared to the sky with it as the center, dyeing the sky above the venue a dark red color.

The abrupt dimming of light made Espeon reflexively narrow its eyes, the red gem on its forehead rapidly dimming.

On the contrary, gradually became excited in this dark red and intoxicating environment, already itching to have a go with the [Holy Sword] in its hand.

Merely killing a lizard infused with dragon blood could not satisfy it.

Under various gazes, a crimson moon emerged on the dark red blood curtain covering the sky!

The crimson full moon radiating with blood-red light exuded a sinister and terrifying aura.

It was as if one's soul would be sucked away if they stared at it long enough, leaving them feeling cold all over.

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"It turns out to be a field spell skill?"

Putting the two magic cards drawn this round into his hand, Dark Demon frowned a little.

Initially, with Black Gatomon equipped with [] on the field, he wasn't too worried about Tom Nixon's tribute summoning.

However, the 6-star magical spirit that was summoned seemed to be unexpectedly powerful.

This kind of overwhelming field spell skill wasn't something ordinary magical spirits could possess.

"Omnipresent moon, is it?"

He lowered his head and looked at the magic cards in his hand.

The two newly drawn magic cards were respectively:

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[Sylveon]

[]

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A 4-star magical spirit and a 2-star magical spirit.

Among these two, [Sylveon] could perfectly adapt to the field altered by [Omnipresent Moon].

But in order to summon a 4-star magical spirit, he would need to sacrifice a 1-star magical spirit and a 3-star magical spirit, or two 2-star magical spirits.

But be it among the cards in his hand or the magical spirits on the field, Dark didn't have a sufficient amount of sacrifices.

Unless he offered a 4-star magical spirit as a tribute.

However, the three 4-star magical spirits on the field were no less useful than [Sylveon]. If Dark merely wanted to exploit [Moonblast] whose power would be doubled under the moonlight, then it was unnecessary.

"Then I’ll keep them first."

Dark glanced at Shuckle who had already used three ultimates. The 3-star Shuckle plus the 2-star [Magical Scribe] made up just the right amount for him to summon a 5-star magical spirit.

If he could draw [] in the next round, the first "Brave One" would be able to take the stage!

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[Bloodmoon Demon Wolf]'s grand appearance and activation of ultimate took up a long time.

Dark didn’t take the opportunity to attack, but used this time to think.

As such, the 30-second countdown of the seventh round quietly ticked by.

Seeing that the seventh round was about to end, Tom Nixon, who had also finished drawing his cards, finally issued an attack order to [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] with his head held up high!

[Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] promptly lowered its head, its dark red eyes sweeping across the field. After briefly pausing on [Honedge] in Black Gatomon's grip, it turned to Espeon who stood the nearest and immediately let out a hateful roar.

Then, pooling its strength to its feet, it stomped hard and crushed a corner of the "blood platform", its body plummeting from above.

When it fell to the ground with its upper body hunched, landing less than 20 meters away from Sylveon, the two magical spirits of "sun" and "moon" looked at each other across the short distance, murderous intent brewing in their eyes.

"Grraaarrr!"

[Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] opened its ferocious mouth, saliva dripping from the corners of its mouth onto the ground.

Drip.

At that moment, it was as though the sound of a starting gun had rang.

A storm of blood blew under [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf]’s feet. In an instant, its body turned into a blood-red arrow and rapidly shot towards Espeon.

But instead of showing any fear, Espeon even looked disdainful.

"Awoo!"

The distance between the two sides was instantly reduced to five to six meters.

[Bloodmoon Demon Wolf]'s eyes radiated with intense bloodlust, its raised right claw igniting with a blood-red light. Under the illumination of the blood moon, its knife-sharp nails looked particularly terrifying.

"Espeon!"

Espeon, who had an almost perfect control of time, suddenly let out a soft cry.

Out of nowhere, a golden light suddenly flashed between itself and Bloodmoon Demon Wolf.

As if crossing time and space, the golden ball of light that was delayed by 30 seconds exploded right in front of [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf]'s eyes!

At that moment, [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf]'s eyes widened to their limit, sheer confusion rising within the depths of its eyes.

On the blue side's contestant platform, Tom Nixon slammed his hand on the card table, his palm stinging from the impact.

"Yet another prophetic-like attack!"

On the commentator's tribune, Zach Wilson promptly let out a fervent exclamation, the audience breaking out in cheers.

In the ring belt, Angus Jeffrey looked up and glared at Zach Wilson.

But Zach Wilson certainly couldn't notice his insignificant glare amidst the crowd.

The blast of [] forced back [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] whose momentum had reached its peak.

The smooth fur covering its body had been blown into a complete mess.

As it stood up with a sorry figure, it gave off a completely different feeling from before.

If it was still a "ferocious and bloodthirsty" terrifying demon wolf a moment ago, then it was now at most a red husky who "caught rabies".

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"Espeon, come back."

Dark Demon issued the command while simultaneously reaching out to draw his cards.

Tick-tock!

The eighth round had arrived.

Upon receiving the command, Espeon immediately returned to the red side’s zone, going back into formation.

Meanwhile, Dark drew the new set of magic cards.

"Leomon, Leomon, Leomon!"

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[Leomon]

[Blinking Spell]

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[Leomon] actually responded to his call and appeared in his hand.

Feeling delighted, Dark immediately began to summon [Magical Scribe].

Since [Magical Scribe]'s identity as a magical spirit had been exposed, it was no longer feasible to directly summon it in the air.

But in essence, it was a "spirit" without a fixed form. With other magical spirits being there, especially Shuckle, he could simply summon it on Shuckle's back.

The summoned [Magical Scribe] immediately retracted into Shuckle's shell.

With this, the sacrifices needed to summon a 5-star was all ready.

As the only 5-star magical spirit card in Dark's hand, [Leomon] carried a great amount of trust.

While waiting for the CD time to pass, Dark slightly looked up and saw Tom Nixon similarly doing a summon with an ugly expression.

But what he summoned was not a magical spirit, but an [equipment card].

"In the name of Tom Nixon, magic summon—[Wings of the Evil Spirit(恶魂之翼)]!"

A ray of black light erupted from the card and shot towards [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf].

Then, a pair of ghost-like dark wings appeared on [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf]’s back, giving it the ability to fly.

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Dark suddenly realized that many duelers seemed to have prepared this type of [equipment card].

"Is it to pursue the magic ball in the air?"

"Should I also prepare a magical spirit of this type?"

When this thought flashed through his mind, he had already started to recite the tribute summoning spell.

The nine-second casting time took up nearly one-third of a round. Afterwards, because there would be a CD time for summoning spells, he wouldn't be able to do any summon for nine seconds.

Therefore, for duelers whose casting speed wasn't quick enough, tribute summoning must indeed be used with caution.

But Dark had full confidence in his magical spirit.

Just as he entered the summoning state, his eyelid suddenly twitched. On the "dark red sky" above his head, he saw the "omnipresent moon" blasting out a dark red lightbeam that poured into [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf]’s body from the top of its head.

Bathed in the light of the blood moon, [Bloodmoon Demon Wolf] who was originally in a miserable state rekindled its ferocious and terrifying aura, its momentum steadily rising.

Then, its limbs and joints changed under the moonlight, its originally "hunched" posture rapidly straightening, completely transforming into a classic species of the demon race—werewolf!

Werewolf was originally a collective term used for wolfmen of the Beastmen tribe.

But as the demonized werewolves in the demon race became more and more notorious, the wolfmen of the Beastmen tribe in turn became overlooked.

When talking about werewolves, people would think of the demonized werewolves of the demon race.

They had become two fundamentally different creatures.

Having undergone a transformation under the blood moon, [Blood Moon Werewolf(血月狼人)]’s basic stats had obviously skyrocketed, making it not inferior even compared to 7-star magical spirits.

This was the main reason why Tom Nixon regarded it as a trump card.

In fact, as long as [Omnipresent Moon] was activated, this second-tier 6-star magical spirit could totally be regarded as a third-tier 7-star magical spirit.

"Awoo——"

With a long howl, [Blood Moon Werewolf] unfolded [Wings of Evil Spirit] and charged forward again.

This time, without the obstruction of [Future Sight], [Blood Moon Werewolf] flew across half of the field in an instant.

But halfway through the field, it met its opponent.

Wielding [Honedge] in its hand, Black Gatomon rushed up like the wind with the excitement of fighting a strong enemy.

All three of Black Gatomon’s basic stats lagged behind [Blood Moon Werewolf]’s. Only its attack power, with the buff from [Honedge], reached quite close to it.

Therefore, if it wanted to fight against [Blood Moon Werewolf], it could only "attack in place of defense"—face an attack with another attack—and couldn’t allow [Blood Moon Werewolf] to land even a single hit.

This act was akin to dancing on the edge of a cliff, yet it made Black Gatomon even more excited.

Thereupon, the fierce collision between the long sword and the steel claws began!

Clang, clang, clang!

After three moves, the transformed [Blood Moon Werewolf] finally gained the upper hand.

Even though Black Gatomon parried in time, it was still blasted away by [Blood Moon Werewolf] along with its sword.

But after somersaulting in the air, it managed to make a safe landing. Although it slid back several meters, it didn't receive any major harm.

However, it still broke into a grimace, aware of the gap between them.

This made it reluctantly stroke the [Honedge] in its hand before suddenly tossing it into the sky.

[Leomon], who emerged from the tribute summoning array, reached out and grabbed the hilt of the [Holy Sword] before swiftly landing on the ground, majestic and eye-catching.

Using [Shuckle] and [Magical Scribe] as tributes, Dark had finally completed the tribute summoning and summoned a 5-star magical spirit——[Leomon]!

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[Card name: Leomon]

[Type: Spirit card]

[Level: ✪✪✪✪✪]

[Race: Bird & Beast-type]

[Attribute: Fighting-type]

[Magic energy: 2300]

[Attack: 2300]

[Defense: 2300]

[Ultimate: Fist of the Beast King, Lion Sword, Heart of Justice]

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Leomon's aura changed the moment [Honedge] was in its grip, its attack power soaring to 3800 points.

It spun the sword with a swish of its hand, promptly lighting up the [Heart of Justice].

As the sacred power inside [Honedge] resonated with its soul, holy light shot up to the sky with the sound of a sword soaring through the air, tearing the "dark red sky" above its head in half and allowing the sunlight to shine down again.

Leomon held the holy sword up high, the holy light continuously flashing.

In front of the holy light, the [Corpse Decay Curse] was like a thin piece of paper, dispelled without any hindrance.

[Honedge] immediately recovered to its normal state. Its scabbard lightly thrummed, sounding rather joyful.

Illuminated by the holy light, [Blood Moon Werewolf] couldn't help but squint its eyes, its expression mirroring the one its master had at this moment.

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