A duelist never gives up!

"Isn't it good to get it for free?" Yuan Qi asked in confusion. "And you were complaining about not having enough dueling power a while ago, so why are you suddenly saying you can print nine hand pits now?"

"Because... I've noticed the Duel Force in the air around this arena is quite strong." Ai said, frowning slightly. She scanned the entire arena with her azure eyes and said, "Honestly, it's too strong. Even if I don't want to absorb it, the Duel Force will automatically flow into my body."

"Maybe it's because there are duels in the arena every day." Yuan Qi didn't think too much about it.

"Hmm, is that so?" Ai thought for a moment, then... "Never mind, I'm too lazy to think about it. Anyway, I absorbed a lot today. I feel like after this National College Tournament, I can give you a whole new deck."

"New deck? You'd better get the princess sister out for me first." Yuan Qi said unhappily.

"Hehe, don't worry, you're just a princess. I'm very relaxed now. But even if I print you, you can't add it to the main deck now, so don't worry." Ai reached out and touched Yuan Qi's head, comforting him.

"I always feel like you are fooling me." Yuan Qi looked at Ai who was floating in the air warily.

Ai pursed his lips in dissatisfaction: "We are good partners with one heart and one mind. What good would it be for me to deceive you?"

"That's right..." Yuan Qi nodded and walked towards the rest area of ​​the Duelist Academy. There, everyone was waving to him excitedly, including Nero, who had woken up at some point.

"Hmm... Why do I feel like there are only girls around you?" Ai looked at the people waving at him and suddenly realized it.

"Are you treating Teacher Nafeli as a background board?" Yuan Qi pointed at Nafeli.

"No, no, no, it's really weird, isn't it? There's only one boy in a team. This isn't a harem novel..."

"This simply means that the yin is stronger than the yang..."

The two men walked off the field while bickering, officially bringing the morning's duel to an end.

"As I expected, the one competing with us for the championship this year will be the Duelist Academy."

Unlike the group of enthusiastic spectators around them, whose necks were red and they were yelling and shouting, the Royal Academy's regular player who was watching the game in the audience seats - a girl wearing glasses was completely unperturbed by the surrounding environment and spoke calmly.

"We still have to play the semi-finals this afternoon." Captain Mo Xun said unhappily, "Respect your opponent."

"Don't worry, we won't be as stupid as those guys from Iron Thorn Academy." The long-haired girl beside her said, holding her chin. "To be honest, the strength of that guy named Yuan Qi is within our expectations, but Sera is a bit troublesome."

"Attack the Red Pit first to pave the field, then attack the Hope type to deal damage. Two monsters can directly cause 10,000 damage... Absurd."

"Simple." Mo Xun shook his head and said, "When fighting her, the monsters must be on guard."

"That makes sense." The long-haired girl said, standing up from her seat at the table. "Let's go. The morning game is over. Let's take a break. It's our turn to play in the afternoon."

"Ah."

"..."

"congratulations."

Inside the main operations room, Hongzhong looked at Yuan Qi standing on the duel field and clapped happily, saying, "It's great to make it to the finals. If you don't make it, then wouldn't the bye I worked so hard to arrange for you be wasted?"

As he spoke, Hongzhong turned his head and looked at Xifeng and said, "Speaking of which, you won't be angry if I torture your junior, right?"

Xifeng didn't bother to pay attention to him and simply said, "According to your request, we tested it last night and found that the concentration of dueling power in the entire arena can be increased to 90% tomorrow."

"We are almost ready here. Shouldn't we notify "her"?" Nanfeng said.

"Don't worry, I'll contact 'that person' tonight." Hongzhong said, his smile fading slightly, his expression becoming more serious. "Let's wait for tomorrow."

"Everything can be over tomorrow, right?" Dongfeng said suddenly.

"Well, everything will be over tomorrow." Nanfeng nodded slightly.

"Is it the end... Well, dying for a dream is a worthy death." Bei Feng chuckled.

"Maybe you can live a few more years." Nanfeng teased.

"Pooh, pooh, pooh! You only live a few more years! A genius like me would have died on the spot!" Beifang said angrily.

"Okay, stop messing around, both of you. Let's arrange the division of labor for tomorrow." Xifeng sighed.

"I will be responsible for luring the Duel King away." Dongfeng said.

"I'm the contractor, I have to be there tomorrow," Hongzhong said.

"I am responsible for protecting Hongzhong." Nanfang said, standing to the left of Hongzhong.

"Then Beifeng and I will be responsible for stopping any duelists who want to break into the arena." Xifeng said.

"Ok, the meeting is over. May the 'Asian God' bless us!"

"That guy is very cold and heartless. I'm afraid he won't protect us, right?"

"Maybe he's cold on the outside but warm on the inside."

"Do you believe?"

"I do not believe."

……

Meanwhile, at the Duelist Alliance headquarters.

"Boss! We've figured it out!" A police officer with dark circles under his eyes quickly raised his hand and shouted, "There's definitely something wrong with the video footage provided by the competition! Here, here, and here—there are obvious signs of editing!"

"Oh? Looks like I guessed right." Shi Yu yawned, came behind the police officer, and said lightly, "Wait a moment, I'll go get a search warrant."

"Yes!"

Chapter 77: It’s just a competition.

"No, there's insufficient evidence," said Hai Lan's boss, a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses. "You can ask the Sai team to cooperate with your investigation, but I can't do anything about the search warrant."

"It's very likely that one of their people has infiltrated the contest. If we don't conduct a surprise search, we won't be able to find them at all." Shi Yu narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at the middle-aged man in front of him.

"How can you be sure that the members of the Anti-Duel League are hiding among the staff?" Facing Shi Yu's murderous gaze, the middle-aged man calmly picked up the steaming hot tea on the table, took a sip, and said lightly.

Shi Yu frowned and said unhappily, "Of course..."

"Of course it's because there are traces of editing in the video they submitted? Don't be ridiculous, people will just say that it's the result of years of lack of maintenance of the machinery or personal problems of the employees that caused the error." The middle-aged man waved his hand, indicating that Shi Yu's so-called "evidence" was nothing but inconclusive.

"Besides, what good would it do them to hide among the staff?" the middle-aged man sneered. "Do they find it so fun to control the lights and set up the stadium every day?"

"What about the five dead investigators?" Shi Yu asked suddenly, "They allowed a wanted criminal to sneak into the stadium, resulting in the deaths of five of our investigators. That alone should give us enough reason to search their security system, right?"

"No." The middle-aged man shook his head. "This only shows that their security is weak, but we have no right to search them."

"Listen, Shigure, this is the National College Competition," the middle-aged man said, knocking on the table. "Do you understand the word 'national'?"

"This is a national-level competition, a competition that both the King and the Duelist Alliance care about. I don't know how many people in our Duelist Alliance rose to prominence through this competition. The King even personally took them to the treasury after the competition to present prizes and win their hearts."

"In a competition like this, it's fine if you find something, but if you don't find anything... that's no small matter." The middle-aged man hinted meaningfully.

"I can take full responsibility." Shi Yu said indifferently.

"If something goes wrong, everyone will suffer. If you say you take full responsibility, then you take full responsibility." The middle-aged man was too lazy to beat around the bush with her. "Don't mention that you don't have solid evidence now. Even if you did, I wouldn't dare give it to you."

The middle-aged man earnestly persuaded the young woman in front of him, "Take my advice. Don't get involved in this matter. If something really goes wrong, it won't be our turn to be held responsible. How about this? Give me all the information you've found so far, and I'll submit it for you and let other departments investigate. As for whether the higher-ups want to intervene or not, that's none of our business. Anyway, when it comes to managing the messy authority and responsibilities of the "Dark Duelists" and the "Black Collective of Society," every department has some rights and responsibilities. If we throw it out, they'll have reason to take it over."

"Is this okay?"

"No!" Shi Yu gritted his teeth.

"It has to be done even if it's not possible." The middle-aged man's expression changed. "Get it straight. I'm the boss."

"In that case, let's do it with a duel." Shi Yu raised his duel disk and said.

"Huh, you actually want to challenge me?" The middle-aged man slowly stood up from his chair and raised his left hand. "Before I settled into this life of drinking tea and reading newspapers every day, I was also a renowned professional duelist!"

Fifteen minutes later.

"Ahhh!" The middle-aged man was hit by the powerful impact and crashed into the heavy office desk, falling to the ground together with the desk.

"Is this enough?" Shi Yu asked lightly.

"Enough...enough..." the middle-aged man said in a trembling voice, "But let me remind you, not everyone is as strong as you... The Anti-Duelers League can easily defeat our five investigators... And how many of your officers are of professional quality?"

"Think carefully before you act."

"...I will consider this myself." Shi Yu said in a deep voice.

While Shi Yu was still thinking about how to act, Yuan Qi had already started the celebration banquet.

"cheers!"

Inside a private room in a restaurant in the royal capital, Yuan Qi and his companions were holding glasses filled with juice, celebrating the result of today's match.

"Although I have great confidence in you, I never thought we would actually get this far," Nafeli said with deep emotion. "Honestly, even if you don't win tomorrow, I'll already be satisfied."

"Don't say such unlucky things." Sera said while chewing his food. "Since we have reached the finals, of course we have to win the championship."

"By the way, aren't we going to watch the game this afternoon?" Yuan Qi said coldly.

"The Royal Academy will win," Julie said lightly.

"Well, the gap in strength between the two sides is too great, and there will be no accidents at all." Nafeli nodded. Although he looked nonchalant, as the team leader, he also took all aspects into consideration.

For example, now instead of having everyone go to a crowded stadium under the scorching sun to watch the Royal Academy win the game.

It would be better to find a restaurant to have a good meal and celebrate advancing to the finals.

Looking at the smiles on the students' faces (actually only Xuefeng was smiling), Nefeli felt that his choice was right.

"Let's talk about tomorrow's arrangements now," Nafeli said with a dry cough. "Who wants to start tomorrow?"

"Huh? Stop pushing your work onto students, okay?" Sera rolled her eyes.

"Ahem, what I mean is that reaching the finals is the result of your hard work. Although I am a teacher, I should also respect your ideas." Nafeli coughed twice.

"I." At this moment, Nero, who had been silent all this time, spoke up, "I want to start tomorrow."

Suddenly, everyone in the room stopped what they were doing and turned their eyes to Nero.

"Isn't it possible?" Nero's long eyelashes drooped slightly.

"Yes, of course." Nefeli smiled, "In fact, no one is more suitable than you."

"Even if I lose today?" Nero asked softly, moving his lips.

"No one can guarantee they'll always win, and the Duel King is no exception," Nefeli said, looking at the others present. "I know that everyone hasn't lost much since the start of the competition. This is a testament to everyone's strength. As a teacher, I'm very pleased, but losing is no big deal."

"This is just a competition." Nafeli said lightly.

Chapter 78: The Sublime God of Dark Duel!

That night, in the conference room.

"Just as predicted," Yuan Qi said, looking at the match data from this afternoon. "The Royal Academy advanced to the finals with a record of 3-0, and up until now, that duelist named Mo Xun hasn't even appeared once."

"It doesn't matter. They're just a Royal Academy. I'll kill them tomorrow!" Sera said with disdain.

"Just don't stay up late playing games tonight." Yuan Qi said helplessly.

"How did you know I've been staying up late playing games recently?" Sera blinked her big eyes, hugged her petite body tightly, and said shyly, "Could it be... Could it be that you've been eavesdropping at my door every night... Actually, you could have just knocked..."

"Why don't you cover up the dark circles around your eyes before you say that?" Yuan Qi said with a twitch of his lips. "I always feel like it wouldn't be surprising if you suddenly died one day."

"Tsk, you're cursing me?!" Sera waved her pink little fist and was about to hit him, but Yuan Qi dodged sideways.

"So can you guys please stop fighting in the conference room?" Julie, holding the Royal Academy's materials in her hands, said impatiently.

"Okay, okay, I'll go back to my room now, okay~" Sera stretched and lazily left the meeting room. As he walked, he muttered, "First, take a shower, then catch up on some sleep, then buy some midnight snacks, and then play games while eating them..."

"Um...Senior Sera?"

A soft voice sounded from behind Sera. Sera turned around and saw Xuefeng had caught up with her at some point. He was clasping his hands together and looking at her with a pleading look on his face.

"What's the matter?" Sera tilted her head.

"That's right, can you still accompany me tonight?" Xuefeng said shyly, "I feel like it's almost time."

"Eh? Still coming?" Sera's face suddenly fell. "I feel like you're almost draining all my energy."

"Hehe, help me one more time, it's just a little bit, just a little bit!" Xuefeng vowed.

"I don't care how much you still need to learn." Sera sighed helplessly, "If you don't master it before tomorrow, then there's no point."

"So, let's train today until I master the Ultra Summoning!" Xuefeng said with stars in her eyes.

"Ahhh! I still want to play games!!!" Sera said with a hint of fatigue in her eyes, "Why can't you go find Yuan Qi? He is the one who has mastered the most advanced summoning among us, right?"