A duelist never gives up!

Chapter 112: My evaluation is... Invincible!!!

"Peng!"

With a loud bang, the hard marble floor was violently crushed into pieces, and the dust pressed under the floor was carried high into the sky by the air currents, forming a thick white mist.

However, when the smoke cleared, it wasn't Julie who appeared in the same place, but a slender figure.

"This is... Hara Nana-kun?!"

"when……"

"Where is Julie-senpai going?"

Honglian looked at Yuan Qi who suddenly appeared, and frowned slightly. "You showed up at the perfect time. Could you have been watching the battle from the side the whole time, Yuan Qi-san?"

"I don't have such a bad taste." Yuan Qi dusted himself off and said calmly to the two behemoths on the red lotus field, "This duel is over. Put away the duel disk."

"Indeed, but our duel isn't over yet." Honglian chuckled and lowered her slender arms, "Let me tell you something good."

"The date for the match has been set. It's in two days." Honglian paused and smiled brightly. "I look forward to the moment of dueling with you."

"By then... it won't just be 12400."

After saying that, Honglian turned around, and her small feet wrapped in white cotton socks and wearing heavy wooden clogs made a "tapping" sound on the ground, and gradually went away.

"What a shame," Julie said self-deprecatingly, as she sat on the ground behind Yuan Qi due to the aftermath. "I was completely crushed."

"It's just a duel." Yuan Qi said, extending his hand to pull Julie up from the ground, "Are you okay?"

"Shouldn't you be more concerned about yourself than me?" Julie looked at Yuan Qi strangely. "You faced a 12400-meter impact and yet you look completely unscathed. Are you a monster?!"

Yuan Qi was slightly stunned, and then he realized that the way people around him looked at him seemed a little strange.

"I've actually been exercising recently." Yuan Qi turned his head away and coughed twice to cover up.

"Bah! I clearly used my duel power to build a protective shield for you." Ai said unhappily, "This one really cost me a lot of my duel power."

"I know, I know. I'll go and make up for it at night." Yuan Qi said in a low voice.

"Senior... Senior, are you okay?" Xuefeng, who arrived late, gasped for air, holding his knees with both hands, and looked at Julie, who was covered in dust, with concern in his big blue eyes.

"Apart from being a little dusty, there should be no problem." Nero, who was following behind, held the watermelon and looked Julie up and down.

"Why are you all here?" Julie asked curiously.

"Someone said they saw you and Honglian dueling, so we rushed here," Xuefeng explained.

"You rushed here in such a hurry...are you worried that I would lose?" Julie laughed self-deprecatingly.

"I was worried you'd get hurt." Nero looked straight at Julie, "I told you from the beginning that you couldn't defeat Honglian."

"Indeed, I should have thought of that earlier." Julie said solemnly, "As I grew stronger, she also grew stronger... I just didn't expect her to achieve that level."

"Yuan Qi, you have to be careful." Julie warned Yuan Qi.

"You mean that Glutton?" Yuan Qi thought about the monster on Honglian Field and said after a moment's thought, "It shouldn't be a big problem."

"No, although the effect of the Glutton Beast is very powerful, that's not the point." Julie recalled the few drops of blood that fell to the ground and said in a deep voice, "That guy... Honglian..."

"I might fight you with the knowledge that I will die!"

……

"how?"

In the cold teaching room, Zhu Xiu asked while handling the documents in his hand, holding the microphone.

"She's pretty, good at playing cards, and a nice person. I can't help but be crazy about her~" A hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Just now, he acted like a hero saving a beautiful girl right in front of me. It felt like the protagonist in comics and games, bravely attacking a girl in danger and acting so calmly afterwards. But that was a blow from the Red Lotus Beast with 12400 attack power!"

"I didn't ask you that." Zhu Xiu said with a frown on his face.

"Hmm? So what are you asking?" The little girl hiding in the crowd gave a sly smile. "Spy? Dangerous person?"

"That's impossible. If someone has such a talented kid, they wouldn't waste him like this."

"I'm asking if you're ready." Zhu Xiu's forehead veins bulged. "I put a lot of effort into securing this match for you. Yuan Qi is truly a rare duelist. Even compared to my peers, he's not inferior to anyone else."

"I mean...how are his chosen teammates?"

"Can we win?"

"Hmm... you asked quite directly." The little girl tapped her chin, looked at the three girls beside Yuan Qi, and said softly, "To be honest, I don't really want to point fingers at others behind their backs... But since you asked, I'll answer it."

"First, let's start with the weakest."

The little girl cast her gaze towards the purple-haired girl with an unwilling expression and said with lowered eyes:

"Julie, second year, using the Immortal Deck."

"Juli? She's the weakest?" Zhu Xiu was a little incredulous. "I remember that first-year student Xuefeng also joined Yuan Qi's team, right? How could Julie be worse than Xuefeng?"

"The deck system is too fragmented." The little girl pointed out Julie's problem directly. "To put it nicely, it's called Undead Balance. To put it bluntly, it's just a huge mix of Undead monsters."

"Honestly, the core monster Dragon Death isn't very impressive as a trump card. The second core, Evil Emperor Gaius, isn't even an Undead. Magellan and Nine-Tailed Fox are just high-attack monsters. While we have a number of Graveyard and Resurrection monsters, we don't have a single decent End Point. The deck lacks versatility, and will struggle against certain cards."

"Then why is Xuefeng above her?" Zhu Xiu couldn't understand. In his impression, wasn't the student named Xuefeng just... the level of the Snow Lotus Special Recruitment Iron Chopsticks?

"How long have you been locked up in your office? Don't you even know about the newest popular Duelist in first grade?" the little girl scoffed. "Rikka may look weak, but she has search, attack bonuses, and board clears. Her endurance is ridiculously strong. Not to mention, she seems to have recently acquired a Gyro monster. She can't master it yet, but once she does, her strength will probably rise to a new level."

"So she is very strong?" Zhu Xiu asked with a little surprise.

The little girl silently glanced at Xuefeng, who was grinning at the necklace on her chest, and after a moment of silence, she said, "The future is promising."

"The main problem is that I can't resist the attack first, and my ability to kill the opponent second is a bit lacking. I'm in an awkward position. All in all, I'm still very weak at the moment."

"Also, what do others say?"

"And..." the little girl turned her gaze to Nero, who was holding a watermelon with an expressionless face, and said, "Nero Arisa, a genius, the youngest daughter of the Arisa family. She's truly unrivaled in slaying the Soul Bird. And... the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon. This kind of monster is simply not something a student can master. With time, she might even become a Duel King."

"But now...weak!"

"If you get the initiative, you're defenseless. Unless you're lucky enough to make a Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon on the first turn, you'll just Special Summon two tokens and wait for death."

"According to what you said, this competition is doomed to be lost?" Zhu Xiu couldn't help but frowned.

"Ahem...don't worry." The little girl raised her lips slightly, "There's still one team member I haven't introduced to you yet."

"Sera Kodola."

"Sophomore, 17 years old."

"Use the deck for the Insect Demon."

"My evaluation is..."

"Invincible!"

Chapter 113: Qingshi, what do you think?

"Eh? The competition is in two days?!"

Inside the activity room, Xuefeng blinked and opened her mouth in disbelief.

"No, considering Honglian said this the day before yesterday, it should be... tomorrow." Julie said, drinking the water on the table.

"Those are the words of the enemy. Do you believe what the enemy says?" Sera, who was sitting on the bed, stretched out her hand to stretch her stiff body and said disdainfully.

"It's true." Yuan Qi said, "I just asked the dean about it. It will be tomorrow."

"But...but I'm not ready yet!" Xuefeng said with tears in her eyes, "I haven't fully mastered the Xyz Summoning yet!"

"The National College Competition will begin soon, and the board of directors won't wait for you to master Xyz Summoning," Julie said calmly.

"Who are our opponents?" Nero, who had been looking at the TV screen, suddenly interrupted the topic. Although her small hands were still pressing the game controller to control the character on the screen, her ears did not block external perception.

"I don't know." Yuan Qi sighed and said, "It seems that they let the other party choose."

"What if Honglian chooses me as her opponent?" Xuefeng asked worriedly.

"No, it won't." Everyone said in unison.

"..."

"Don't worry." Sera yawned boredly, "It won't be a big deal even if we lose."

"It's just a little embarrassing at worst."

"no!"

Xuefeng suddenly said loudly.

Then everyone in the room turned their eyes to her.

"That... is... anyway, I think we should..." Xuefeng stammered, his face flushed and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"No need to say, the necklace on your chest has already told us." Julie glanced at the sapphire on Xuefeng's chest.

"Hmm!" Xuefeng quickly covered the necklace on her chest with her hands, and her cute little head lowered shyly.

"Let's not even talk about the Red Lotus Society's revenge later. Now that we've come this far, we must win." Yuan Qi glanced at everyone and said, "But, as Senior Sister Sera said, it doesn't matter if we accidentally lose. No one can guarantee a win. If we really lose, everyone will blame me."

Yuan Qi smiled gently and said, "It was me who hastily gathered you all, which led to the current situation. If I had given you enough time, I think the situation would be different. As the captain, I don't seem to have provided any help to you. However, I am very grateful for your willingness to help me..."

"Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!" Sera quickly covered her ears and said, "I'm wrong. I shouldn't have started talking like that. Please stop it. I can't stand it."

Yuan Qi's smile froze: "Is there something wrong with what I said?"

"How should I put it... It feels like the same nonsense the principal always says at the opening ceremony, a little..." Julie didn't continue, but just coughed twice.

Yuan Qi looked at Nero.

"It's a bit disgusting." Nero said.

"I will try my best to win!" Xuefeng raised her head and said. The gem hanging on her neck had been hidden inside her clothes. The cold gem stuck to her warm skin, making her feel a little uncomfortable.

"Although it's a bit embarrassing to say this after losing to Honglian not long ago, I will win." Julie said with a firm face, "No matter who my opponent is, I will win."

"How about letting me draw a little turtle on your thigh if you lose?" Sera asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You always talk about losing. Is it because you lack confidence?" Julie counterattacked.

"Hahaha, how is that possible!" Sera crossed her legs, "I'm super confident, okay!"

"Come on, Nero, take out the watermelon you bought earlier. Let's have a celebration party in advance!"

"No." Nero refused without hesitation, and then she continued,

"Eat after you win."

"Haven't you eaten the watermelon yet?" Xuefeng asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Nero nodded.

"Will it spoil in this hot weather?"

"In the bathtub."

"..."

"It seems that you have a good group of friends." Ai whispered in Yuan Qi's ear.

"Well, so we can't disappoint their expectations in tomorrow's duel."

"Then let's go to the 'Center' and get some dueling power. I'll see if I can print some more cards for you before tomorrow." Ai urged.

"The sun hasn't set yet." Yuan Qi said speechlessly.

"The sun is almost setting!"

Shirano Rin couldn't help but complain, "I should be enjoying a delicious dinner at this time, why am I sitting in the studio!!!"

"We have no choice. This is an urgent task directly issued by the Dean, and we have to carry it out." Yuzi softly comforted the senior in front of her, "It's okay, it seems like a very short page."

"Hey... let me see... holy shit!" Bai Yelin's pupils shrank as he looked at the manuscript in his hand. "It's actually tomorrow?"

"Yeah." Yuzi, who had already read the manuscript, nodded. "Senior, which side do you think is better?"

"Huh? It doesn't benefit me whether either side wins..." Shirano Rin said, holding his cheek, "If you must say, it's Hara Nana."

"Senior, are you also a fan of Hara Nana?!" Yu Zi said with shining eyes.

"No." There was a hint of pity in Bai Yelin's blue eyes. "I'm not familiar with Yuan Qi. I just simply hope that Hong Lian loses."