A duelist never gives up!

"Wow, I just wanted to make friends with the duel elves and seal them in the card. Isn't that what all duelists would do? Why did you two tie me up?" Sera said with tears in her eyes.

"Idiot." Julie pinched Sera's slippery cheek viciously, "This is their gathering place. If you print the Duel Spirit on the card in front of them, we can forget about leaving this forest."

"We will never do something ungrateful to our savior." A gentle voice sounded, and everyone followed the direction of the voice and saw a woman with long white hair, holding an ice-blue umbrella, walking towards them surrounded by several other women.

"It seems." Xuefeng couldn't help but mutter.

The umbrella in the woman's hand was exactly the same as the umbrellas in the hands of the six flower spirits in his deck. Could it be... she was also a six flower spirit?!

"You are the Duelist who saved these children." The silver-haired woman came before Xuefeng, lowered her head and spoke softly, "Please allow me to thank you here."

Behind the woman, the little girls, led by the pink-haired girl, came out and said crisply to Xuefeng, "Thank you for saving us, big sister."

"As a thank you, I would like to hold a banquet for you. I wonder if you would like to attend?" the silver-haired woman continued.

Yuan Qi glanced at the setting sun and nodded, "If possible, I hope you can let us camp here for one night."

"Of course." The silver-haired woman smiled.

Then night came.

Under the starry night sky, a warm bonfire was lit. The duel elves sang unknown songs around the bonfire, holding hands and dancing happily.

Xuefeng sat on the ground, tapping his hands gently, looking a little dazed.

"What's wrong with you?" Yuan Qi asked.

"It feels like... they are like real humans." Xuefeng couldn't help but speak out the voice in his heart.

"Wrong! How can such ugly creatures as humans be compared to Duel Elves?!" Sera munched on the fruit, not caring at all about the juice staining her mouth. "Compared to arrogant, greedy, and selfish humans, the simple-minded Duel Elves are practically like angels, right?"

"If it weren't for the favor of the God of Duel, perhaps humanity would have been wiped out by the Duel Elves long ago."

"No more words, I'm going to go get close to the duel elves." Sera said, wiping the corners of her mouth with her hands, then shamelessly smearing them on Yuan Qi's clothes, rubbing into the girls' dance, and linking arms with the duel elves.

"She dares to say anything." Julie said while drinking juice from a wooden cup.

"Senior Sera's words are biased." Yuan Qi shook his head, not quite agreeing with Sera's statement.

"What does Yuan Qi think?" Xuefeng asked again.

"Ultimately, what Sera-senpai said is all from a human perspective, and it's just her personal opinion." Yuan Qi looked at the pink-haired girl timidly looking in their direction from a distance and said, "If you're truly curious, why not go and experience it yourself?"

As they spoke, Yuan Qi and Julie silently stood up from the ground, leaving Xuefeng where she was, in the face of Xuefeng's puzzled look.

Not long after, Xuefeng saw a tender little hand stretched out in front of him.

"Um...big sister, can you dance with me?" the little girl asked courageously.

Xuefeng placed his hand on the little girl's palm, feeling the delicateness and softness that was no different from that of a human, and said with a smile, "Okay."

Chapter 82: Dark Duel is Profitable

"I say, although we can be considered good partners, I never said that I want to share this activity room with you." Sera puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, looking at the three people in front of her who broke into her activity room on their own.

They even brought in a small wooden table and some cushions and placed them on the wooden floor, taking up a small part of the activity room.

"Senior Sera, you're joking again." Yuan Qi looked at Sera and said, "If we hadn't joined your misnamed "Game Club", your activity room would have been forcibly reclaimed by the school long ago."

"If you don't come over, the three of us will start," Julie said, taking out a stack of cards from her pocket.

Two days had passed since they returned from the forest. After a short rest, everyone decided to celebrate and hold a friendly card exchange.

That is to say, dividing the spoils.

"Really? As a price, you have to help me clean this activity room every day." Sera said, slowly approaching the table.

"Who do you think is responsible for the cleanliness of the activity room?" Julie glanced at Sera and continued, "Now that everyone is here, let's get started."

"As for me, besides the Rikka deck, I only have a Phantom Deck. I wonder if it will be helpful to everyone's deck." Xuefeng spoke first.

"Don't forget, your Demonic Possession deck is still with me." Yuan Qi reminded from the side.

"No, that deck... I really don't think I can use it, and I don't know how to overclock or anything like that, so I'll just leave it with you." Xuefeng forced a smile and waved his hand.

"Hey? Yuan Qi, do you have any other Xyz monsters in your hand? Let me see?" Sera stretched out her little hand towards Yuan Qi curiously.

Yuan Qi handed the Demonic God of Death Thanatos, which he had not taken out for a long time, to Sera.

"Eh, that's ugly." Sera looked at Thanatos' card with a look of disdain. "And it also requires two Dark-attribute monsters. My Bewitching Demon is Earth-attribute, so it won't be needed."

Sera said, looking at Julie and said, "Julie, your immortals all seem to be dark attributes, right?"

"Having said that, it's quite troublesome to get two four-star monsters, and I don't need them." Julie held her chin lazily. Compared with before, her desire for Gyro Monsters was not so great. Even if Gyro Monsters were rare, there was no need to invest in them if they did not fit the deck.

"Isn't it because you two, like Xuefeng, can't use the Xyz Summon at all?" Yuan Qi asked in surprise.

Sera & Julie: "..."

Yuan Qi classmate actually said that? !

Xuefeng quickly looked at the expressions of the two seniors and found that there was obvious anger on Senior Sera's cute little face, and the veins on the back of Senior Julie's clenched fist were bulging, as if she was ready to swing at someone at any time.

"Let me make it clear first, it's not that I don't know how to Gyro Summon, but I don't have any Gyro Monster cards in my hand, so I haven't Gyro Summoned before. As long as there are Gyro Monsters that suit my deck, I will naturally Gyro Summon." Sera tapped the table with her fingers, and her cherry-red lips pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Ah, yes, you're right. I just don't know how to over-summon. You're so skilled in it. How about you teach me?" Julie pretended to be affectionate and hugged Yuan Qi's neck. Secretly, her delicate arms exerted a little force and squeezed Yuan Qi's neck fiercely.

"Neck... cough cough, stop! I admit my mistake, I am guilty... let go, I can't breathe!" Yuan Qi had no choice but to beg for mercy.

"I'll let you go for now." Julie rolled her eyes when she saw this.

So the exchange continues.

"I have a Possession deck, a Fusion deck that focuses on Mortal Bones, a Synchro deck, a Bone King deck, and some printed scattered cards." Knowing that his words had caused displeasure among the two, Yuan Qi took out all the decks he had on him except for the Puppet Dessert. Several decks were piled together, occupying the center of the table.

"In addition to the Magic Dessert, you actually have four card decks?!" Julie was slightly surprised. You know, most students in the academy only have one card deck and some miscellaneous cards.

"Most of them are freeloaders from Dark Duel," Yuan Qi said.

"It's too much of a profit to earn a deck by winning a game." Sera complained, holding her head.

"If you lose, you'll lose your life." Julie tapped Sera and said, "Don't have such evil thoughts."

"Didn't those who started the dark duel think about the price of losing?" Thinking back to the dark duel a few days ago, Xuefeng was still a little scared. If she hadn't had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way to break the deadlock, I'm afraid everyone would be attending her funeral now?

"Well, Dark Duel seems to be addictive." Yesterday, Julie went to the library again to look up information about Dark Duel. She found something in a book called "Confessions of Dark Duelists." "It seems to say that after a duelist initiates a Dark Duel, their soul is observed by a 'demigod.' Before every duel, they can't help but initiate a Dark Duel. If they try to disobey, they'll feel a prickly pain all over their body."

"What is a 'sub-god'?" Yuan Qi asked curiously, "Are there many gods in the Duel Continent?"

"There are so many legendary gods, like the 'Three Mythical Gods', the 'Creator God', the 'Earthbound God', the 'Quetzalcoatl'... Most of them are just myths spread across various regions. No one knows whether they exist or not. The only one that can be confirmed to exist in the world is the God of Duel," Julie explained.

Yuan Qi looked at Ai who was in mid-air. Although Ai's face immediately frowned the moment Yuan Qi looked at her, Yuan Qi still noticed that the corners of the little girl's mouth were slightly raised.

God of Duel is so cute.

"Will there be any problem if we use the decks of these dark duelists?" Xuefeng asked with some concern.

"There shouldn't be any problem. I've used it several times anyway." Yuan Qi said.

"As for me, I only have a Silent Magician deck that I just won, which includes Ernest and Black Hole, two Whirlwinds, and Pot of Greed." Julie also took out the deck she won.

"Pot of Greed... Can you give it to me if you don't need it?" Yuan Qi asked. Since there was only one Crown Tiramisu, it would be a problem if there was no Magic Dessert Castle to recycle it, so he added a Pot of Greed as insurance.

"can."

"I have a set of sword fighting beasts here, which includes a simple fusion and dead Su. Who wants it?" Sera said.

"Everyone has a card like Dead Su, right?" Yuan Qi said, looking at the magic card in Sera's hand.

"I didn't." Julie said faintly.

"..."

"Does anyone of you need one-on-one?"

"Julie-senpai, do you want the Dark Temptation?"

"The opponent appears... Never mind, this card probably won't be useful."

"Wait, I think I have a Thunder King here."

"It's very powerful... but it's not really necessary."

"Give it to me, give it to me, I want it, I want it!"

"..."

"I feel like my deck has gotten much stronger. Now I feel a little more confident even when duelling with the third-year seniors." Xuefeng chuckled as he felt the heavy deck in his hand.

"Ah, I feel the same way." Sera nodded with satisfaction, "Maybe even that guy Honglian can't be my opponent now."

"Come to think of it, have we forgotten something?" Julie asked suddenly.

"I feel the same way." Yuan Qi agreed.

"What did you forget?" Xuefeng tilted his head, frowned and began to think.

Then, her face suddenly froze, and she weakly raised her hand and said, "As I recall, we're going to have a five-on-five match with the seniors, right?"

"Yeah yeah."

“But it seems there are only four of us…”

Everyone looked at each other and realized that they had overlooked something important.

There is still one candidate missing for the competition.

Chapter 83: As a senior, I even paid for my own food back then.

"Is there one candidate missing for the competition?"

On the way to school the next day, after hearing about this, Ghost Rabbit immediately expressed his desire to help Yuan Qi: "If you don't mind, I will take this position."

Yuan Qi looked at Ghost Rabbit in astonishment: "Could it be that you can duel?"

You have to know that on this continent, dueling is a skill exclusive to humans. As a dueling elf, Phantom Rabbit should not be able to duel.

"As long as the Lord gives me a deck, dueling won't be a difficult task." Ghost Rabbit said confidently, "But I can't use the duel disk, so I can only duel on the table."

I see. Even though you can't control the power of dueling, you can play cards, right?

"I appreciate your kindness, but Ghost Rabbit, you just need to stay by my side. I will find a way to handle the competition." Yuan Qi touched Ghost Rabbit.

Ghost Rabbit was slightly stunned, and a smile passed across her lips: "I understand, my lord."

"If that doesn't work, how about just picking up a random stranger?" Ai suggested. "We only need to win three rounds in the kill match, so losing one won't matter."

"That being said, if we lose, we'll be retaliated against by the Red Lotus Society, right?" Yuan Qi shook his head. "No one would want to get involved for no reason."

That’s right, just look at the attitudes of those clubs before. Most students dare not speak out against the Red Lotus Society’s actions. In addition to their own lack of strength, there is another reason.

That is, although the Red Lotus Society is arrogant and domineering, it is just a society after all and it is impossible for it to offend all students.

In other words, many students actually have a lucky mentality that since there are so many people in the school, those guys from the Red Lotus Society may not target me.

"If that's the case, then give them some benefits." Ai waved his finger as a matter of course. "As long as the benefits are big enough, there will definitely be people willing to take the risk."

"I don't have any money." Yuan Qi said bluntly.

"Idiot! The benefits don't just refer to money." Ai knocked on Yuan Qi's head and said.

"Send a powerful card? I can't bear to give away a card that's too powerful. If it's not powerful, no one will take the bait." Yuan Qi frowned.

"Think about it again. What will you gain if you win this duel?" Ai coaxed.

"You've defeated the reputation of being a school bully?" Yuan Qi blinked. "Whereever you go, you'll be respected and admired by your classmates?"

"No." Ai shook his head.

"Have your dueling skills been improved? After all, your opponents are the five strongest people in the academy." Yuan Qi continued to ask.

"No one would think this is a benefit." Ai curled his lips.

"What is that?" Yuan Qi had no intention of gaining any benefit from this matter, so he was suddenly at a loss.

"Oh, think about it, what are the identities of those five people from the Red Lotus Society?" Ai sighed.

"The five strongest people in the academy, the regular team members of our school's National College Competition... Wait, you mean, could it be..." Yuan Qi opened his eyes wide in surprise, looking at Ai who was floating in the air like a flower, and he had some understanding.

"Hehe, do you understand now?" Ai smiled, covering his mouth.