A duelist never gives up!

"Then, I declare that the final winner of this team competition is - Yukikaze!" As a witness of the competition, Yuan Qi raised Yukikaze's right hand high and said.

Xuefeng lowered her head embarrassedly, but the slightly raised corners of her mouth still revealed her high spirits at the moment.

"Clap, clap, clap!" Sera was the first to applaud, followed by Julie and Nero, and even Phantom Rabbit started clapping.

"Okay, it's getting late. Let's all go back and rest early. We have classes tomorrow." Sera stretched lazily, and her loose shirt floated up gently with the night breeze, revealing her slender waist and a touch of white skin, but was soon covered by the gently falling white corners of the clothes.

"When did you ever go to class?" Julie grabbed Sera's shoulders and squinted her eyes. "Don't run away. You still have a duel to fight, right?"

"You and Nero will duel to determine who is the weakest among us."

"Um... well, we don't need this, right?" Sera broke free from Julie's clutches and forced a smile. "I think, in a competition like this, there's only first place and second place. Other rankings are meaningless, right?"

"No, no, no." Julie shook her head, and words colder than the winter wind spit out from her fiery red lips. "Whether you are the last one or not is very meaningful to me."

"Your opinion alone doesn't count!" Sera tried to resist, "We are a group and must obey the collective opinion!"

"I think, since we've already agreed to decide the ranking, it would be better to have a competition." Xuefeng shook his arms.

"Damn it, Xuefeng, have you forgotten who taught you how to perform the Xyz Summoning?" Sera held her head and said in grief.

Xuefeng stuck out his tongue, turned his face away embarrassedly, and pretended not to hear.

"I don't want to sleep like this either." Nero waved the duel disk on his arm.

"Nero? Never mind. This isn't the first time you've betrayed me. I've long been utterly disappointed in you." Sera shook her head and cast a hopeful gaze towards Yuan Qi. "Junior, only you can save me now. Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand?!"

"Don't be like that. Maybe you can win," Yuan Qi consoled him. "As long as you take the initiative, it shouldn't be too difficult for you to win Nero's Ritual, right?"

"That's true..." Sera touched her smooth chin, but Nero's rituals were all invalid with the first move + Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, so it was difficult for her to solve it.

And unlike himself who can only pick Hope without thinking, Nero can choose Yan Queque who shoots monsters or Ji Queque who shoots demon traps...

"Are you scared?" Nero asked suddenly.

"Who's scared?!" Sera glared, her playful little nose slightly raised. "Come on, come on. I just don't want you to lose too badly, so I deliberately didn't duel with you. But since you insist on doing this, don't blame me for being rude!"

Facing the furious Sera, Nero simply raised the duel disk on his arm and said calmly, "Come."

"duel."

"duel!"

"..."

"Ahhhhh!!!"

With a miserable scream, Sera was knocked to the ground by the huge impact.

Sierra lp: 0

win: Nero.

"Wow, the last one is here." Julie raised her eyebrows and pulled Sera up from the ground in a sarcastic tone. "Congratulations, do you want me to give you a round of applause?"

"Tsk, I was just unlucky this time and didn't get the initiative." Sera said dissatisfiedly, "Wait until I get the initiative next time..."

"You can't always take the initiative." Yuan Qi interrupted, "Think more about what to do if you're behind."

"Oh..." Sera puffed up her cheeks.

"Let's see if you dare to brag again." Julie pinched Sera's face and said, "Are you still number one now?"

"I'm number one!" Sera snorted coldly, "First is number one!"

"Senior sister, you are only deceiving yourself by doing this." Xuefeng said helplessly.

"Wow, wow, wow...you all bully me!!!" Sera said with tears in her eyes.

"Alright, stop it," Yuan Qi said, stopping himself. "The fundamental purpose of team competitions is to increase mutual understanding through duels and discover one's own shortcomings. Rankings and such aren't important. We can try to hold them more often in the future."

"Isn't the purpose to get a ranking?" Nero was stunned and said in disbelief.

"Of course not..." Yuan Qi curled his lips, but when he saw the puzzled looks from the other three, he reluctantly changed his words and said, "Well, ranking is also part of the purpose."

"Yeah, it's all about ranking after all." Nero nodded.

"Let's go, I'll take you back." Yuan Qi turned off the lights in the training room and said.

"Okay..." Before Xuefeng could say the word "Okay", Julie's voice rang out.

"No need. This is a school, not a dangerous place." Julie shook her head and said, "We didn't ask you to pick us up when we came."

"You're not a kid anymore. It's just a nighttime walk. What's the big deal?" Sera yawned. "Besides, the teacher on patrol isn't off duty at this hour. It's fine."

"I am not a child," Nero said.

After saying that, the three of them looked at Xuefeng together: "Do you need it?"

"I...I don't need it either." Xuefeng said with a "bright" smile on his face.

"Well, if that's the case, then let's disband."

Yuan Qi clapped his hands, and the people present immediately walked in different directions.

"It's actually not bad."

On the way back to the dormitory, Ai suddenly spoke.

"What's not bad?" Yuan Qi asked puzzledly.

"As friends, they're all very good people," Ai said helplessly, "but... I still can't help."

"We seem to be growing too fast." Ai said, her silver hair swaying as her body tilted slightly.

"Do you want to lend them a powerful card deck?" Yuan Qi asked suddenly.

"I don't have that much dueling power." Ai shook his head. "What I mean is... treat them as friends, not partners."

"..."

"You understand this, right? They probably won't be able to help you from now on. Forcibly dragging them into the next battle, given their current strength... is that really a good idea?"

"There aren't any more battles left," Yuan Qi frowned, not liking what Ai said. "All we need to do now is get a spot in the Starting Land and become the Duel King. Isn't that the end of it?"

"No, I have a hunch."

Under the bright moonlight, Ai, floating in the air, looked at Yuan Qi calmly with her ethereal eyes and said so.

"Things will not go as smoothly as we imagined. In the near future, an inevitable battle will surely occur."

Chapter 34: The power of the insect demon has its limits!

In the royal capital, inside the Duelist Alliance.

"I'm using the Red Lotus Beast to directly attack you!"

"what!!!"

With a miserable cry, Honglian defeated the opponent assigned to her by the Alliance.

"What a fantastic duel! Special blockade + Red Pit blockade + Red Lotus Magic Beast for tactical control. Very dark... Phew, what an interesting duel strategy." The chief examiner took out the system and certificate he had prepared in advance and slowly walked over to Honglian. "Congratulations! You're a professional duelist! From now on, you can enjoy the rights and benefits that belong to professional duelists."

"What are the specific rights and interests?" Honglian took the system from the chief examiner and asked politely.

"...You can read the manual yourself." The chief examiner said unhappily. He had been a professional duelist for so long that he didn't even remember his specific rights and interests.

"However, choosing a career path is more important to you than your rights." The Chief Examiner looked at Honglian's somewhat childish face and couldn't help but ask with concern, "Now that you become a professional duelist, according to the alliance regulations, you must start a job. This means you must choose your career path."

"Choose a career direction? How do you say that?" Honglian asked puzzledly.

"It's basically about whether you want to work in an office doing clerical work every day or be active on the front line," explained the chief examiner.

"It should be a civilian job." Honglian said with lowered eyes.

If you are a civilian, you should be able to get access to the truth of that year.

"That's a shame." The chief examiner sighed slightly after learning of Honglian's plan. "If you choose to go to the front line, there's an opportunity for a quick promotion soon."

"Huh? What?" Honglian asked in confusion.

"Don't you know?" the Chief Examiner said calmly, "Of course it's an operation to siege the Anti-Duelers Alliance."

"...Encirclement and suppression operation?!" Honglian's hand holding the uniform trembled slightly, and she almost dropped the thing on the ground.

"Haven't you noticed? Ever since the Anti-Duelers' League incident, patrols and entry and exit of the Royal Capital have been strictly controlled. If nothing unexpected happens, those Anti-Duelers' League members are probably still trapped in the Royal Capital," the Chief Examiner said coldly. "Except for the students and teachers participating in the competition, we haven't let any duelists with a high dueling level out."

"We are now gradually investigating the identities of their members. It won't be long before we can launch a capture operation." When the chief examiner said this, a trace of disgust and anger flashed in his eyes.

Being able to sit in the position of chief examiner, his dueling level is naturally extremely high. Although he has not met anyone from the Anti-Dueling League, in his heart, he has already developed a deep hatred for the Anti-Dueling League.

After all, the Anti-Duelers League almost took his life!

If he could, he would cut those guys into pieces!

"Are you taking part in the encirclement and suppression operation just after joining the department?" Honglian asked in a deep voice.

"Of course! If you like, I can also recommend a good group to you." The chief examiner said with a look of satisfaction.

With each additional duelist joining the action, his inner joy increased.

"Then I'll trouble you." Honglian lowered her head and hid her face in the shadow.

She had no interest in suppressing the Anti-Duelers Alliance.

But let’s not talk about the fact that this is an opportunity for a quick promotion.

If her guess was correct, the Seventeen she was looking for should be related to the Anti-Duelers League!

"Snapped!"

"General!"

Sera proudly moved a chess piece to a sure-kill position.

"You lost again." Yuan Qi scratched his hair. "Is this really your first time playing chess?"

"Of course, I've never heard of this game before." Sera rearranged the chess pieces and couldn't help but say excitedly, "Let's play again!"

"I don't care. Don't you have a bunch of students to deal with?" Yuan Qi asked curiously.

Ever since they finished their team match yesterday, they had to follow the same setup as the Four Heavenly Kings in Pokémon and defeat Sera → Nero → Julie → Yukikaze in that order in order to get a chance to duel with Hara Nana.

And Sera, as the boss of the first level, is playing chess with me leisurely at this moment. Is this really okay?

"No problem. I've set a rule that I only accept 30 challengers a day. Those who have challenged me can't challenge me again until three days later." Sera explained, "With Hope around, I can kill them pretty quickly."

"But you, didn't you say you wanted to challenge Teacher Alice to a duel? Why are you still playing chess here?" Sera asked back.

"It's already been agreed. It's for tonight." Yuan Qi said lightly.

"When? How come I don't know?" Sera looked at Yuan Qi suspiciously, her dark green pupils shrinking slightly like a cat, as if she didn't intend to send any information.

"We just happened to meet and made an appointment." Yuan Qi explained.

"What a coincidence..." Sera frowned, as if she was not very satisfied with the answer, but it didn't seem to be a problem.

"Speaking of which... why don't you duel with me?" Yuan Qi fidgeted with the chess pieces in his hand and couldn't help but ask, "If it's too much trouble, you can just do it like before without the duel disk, right?"

Or……

"Not yet," Sera said solemnly, "I can't beat you right now."

Is that really the case?

Yuan Qi sighed silently.

"Don't give me that 'I'm too strong, you can't keep up' look!" Sera gritted her teeth and said, "Just wait, I'll catch up to you soon!"

"After all, I'm a genius."

"So, you say you're chasing me, but instead of practicing duels, you're playing chess with me here?" Yuan Qi asked in confusion.

If his guess was correct, the other three should be practicing in the training room at this moment.

"I say, don't you understand what I'm lacking right now?" Sera said calmly, "My dueling level isn't low. A lot of my poor performance stems from a lack of information control."

"But if I had to memorize the effects of a bunch of cards like Julie did, I wouldn't be able to do it."

"So, I just need to learn about the decks that pose the greatest threat to me." Sera chuckled. "The professional duelists' duel videos are on the way."

"Card decks that pose a great threat to the Insect Demon...are they as numerous as the hairs on a cow?" Yuan Qi asked doubtfully. After all, the actual strength of the Insect Demon is not even competitive.

"Who said... I have to use the Bug Demon deck?" Sera blinked.