A duelist never gives up!

"Why? Could it be... that's really the reason?" Honglian narrowed her eyes and asked, "What you just said in the auditorium? Is it because the Honglian Society is wrong, evil, and improper, and you hate it?"

"Is there any other reason?" Yuan Qi asked back.

"You... you're so bold!" Honglian raised her pink fist and said, "Do you believe I'm going to punch you in the face right now?"

"Don't you think so too?" Yuan Qi asked, "Don't you also know that you are on the wrong path?"

Honglian was slightly stunned, then calmly said, "Although it was wrong, it was 'right' for me and for many students. You may hate it or look down on it, but in those desperate days, this path truly gave me hope."

In an instant, Yuan Qi's ears suddenly recalled Julie's words:

"That's 10 million. Even if you sell me, I'm not worth that much."

"Anyway, it's over." Yuan Qi shook his head.

"It's not over yet." Honglian's lips curled up slightly. "You should understand why I let Nero join your team, right? You should deal with the trouble you caused yourself."

Even though I am the one who should take responsibility.

"A bird in a cage, right?" Yuan Qi nodded. "I won't let anyone take Nero away."

"Hmph, I hope you keep your word." Honglian said, pulling the iron rod of the suitcase and finally taking her first step.

"Wait." Yuan Qi shouted, "There's one more thing."

"Tsk." Honglian clicked her tongue impatiently, "I was wondering why you came all the way to see me off. It turns out you have something to ask for."

"What are you thinking about? Take it." Yuan Qi threw the thing in his hand to Honglian.

"Is this... an umbrella?" Honglian looked at the black umbrella in her hand, a little surprised.

"Those girls asked me to bring it to you." Yuan Qi recalled Sera's reluctant look and said, "They said it's so sunny and it's bad for your skin if you don't use an umbrella."

"Pfft." Honglian couldn't help laughing, "You really are...really..."

"cute."

Chapter 142: Duel King——Perlivia Arisa

"I activate the Magic Card - Ritual Preparations, adding Soul Descendant and Soul Bird God - Hime Kokoro to my hand."

"Hehehe, this is the moment I've been waiting for! I chain activate Psychic Break. You can only activate this by declaring a card name. If the declared card is in your opponent's hand, they discard all cards in their hand. If the declared card is not in your opponent's hand, you randomly choose a card from your hand and discard it!" Sera suddenly opened her face-down card and pointed at Nero, saying, "I declare the card name - Soul Descendant!"

Nero was startled for a moment, then he reluctantly sent the soul he had just retrieved to the cemetery.

"But I still have another ritual magic card," Nero said, slapping another magic card on the table. "I'll activate Advanced Ritual and send the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my deck to the graveyard as a sacrifice..."

"Wait, you two... what are you doing?" Julie frowned and interrupted them. "If you're dueling, why don't you use a duel disk instead of fighting on the table?"

That's right, although Sera and Nero were shouting in a very convincing manner, they were actually sitting on soft cushions and dueling around the table, and all the actions were manually operated.

Even after searching the cards, Nero handed the deck to Sera and asked her to shuffle it.

"Because we're not dueling, we're playing cards," Sera said matter-of-factly. "Since this is a gaming club, we must adhere to our club's theme and happily play games every day."

"Yeah." Nero nodded in agreement.

"Dueling isn't for fun," Julie said somewhat dissatisfiedly. "And if that's the case, why not stand up and duel using the duel disk? This will not only satisfy your need to play cards, but also improve and train your dueling power."

"Ah, the duel disk is very heavy." Sera said, holding her chin. "My calves are so thin and weak. If I stand for a long time holding the duel disk, they will break."

"Besides... my Duel Power and stuff... I don't need to improve it." Sera said indifferently. She was able to master Xyz Summoning in just a few weeks and skillfully use Xyz monsters. The level and purity of her Duel Power were already at a very high level.

"I don't really need it," Nero agreed.

Although her talent is not as outrageous as Sera's, it is still incomparable to ordinary people. She has been practicing with professional duelists since she was a child, and her dueling ability has long surpassed that of her peers.

Julie was speechless for a moment, and turned her gaze to Yuan Qi: "Yuan Qi, what are you doing again?"

Yuan Qi reached out and gently turned the slightly yellowed pages of the book. He glanced at Julie curiously and replied, "Can't you see? I'm reading a novel."

"You're going to participate in the competition soon, aren't you going to make some preparations?" Julie asked puzzledly.

"What preparations are you making?" Yuan Qi asked.

As for dueling skills, no matter how much I practice, I won't see much improvement.

As for dueling power, instead of working hard to accumulate dueling power, it is better to go to the central area at night to get the dueling power from the academy for free.

In addition, the teacher tacitly allowed him to skip classes, so Yuan Qi has been free to read novels recently.

Julie glanced at the three people in the room. Ever since they defeated the Red Lotus Society, these guys seemed to have become lazy. The National College Competition was obviously coming up soon, but they were not anxious at all. They just stayed in the activity room every day, eating, drinking and having fun, as if the National College Competition was not important to them.

If this continues, let alone winning the championship, I'm afraid I won't even make it to the preliminary round...

"Julie, blind efforts are useless except for deceiving yourself." Yuan Qi seemed to see through Julie's thoughts and explained to her, "If you want to become stronger, you should first find the right direction, and then move forward step by step at your own pace."

As he spoke, Yuan Qi casually threw a card to Julie and said, "Go ahead."

"brush!"

Julie reached out and took the card, her dark red pupils shrinking slightly: "This is..."

"I just happened to print it out. I won't be able to use it anyway, so just take it. It's a good opportunity to practice synchronized summoning." Yuan Qi said calmly.

"Coincidentally... could this kind of monster be printed out by chance?" Julie looked at the card in her hand - the Underworld Turbid Dragon - with a complicated expression, and sighed slightly.

I seem to have subconsciously overlooked one thing.

The three people before him were different from him. The moon, which seemed out of reach to him, they could touch with just a simple raise of their arms.

So what I call training may be just useless work in their eyes.

This feeling, really...

"Clap!"

The door of the game club was suddenly pushed open. Sera instinctively covered her face to prevent the sunlight from shining on her. The remaining three people also cast their eyes towards the door - the girl named Xuefeng was standing there panting.

"What's wrong? Xuefeng, why are you in such a hurry?" Yuan Qi put down the book in his hand and asked.

Xuefeng stretched out his hand to hold the door frame, and said breathlessly: "Duel...Duel King..."

"Huh? What happened to the Duel King?" Yuan Qi asked curiously.

"The Duel King has come to our academy!!!" Xuefeng shouted loudly with his eyes squinting.

"Huh?!" Julie suspected that she had heard it wrongly.

"Clap!"

Nero's hands loosened and the cards in his hand fell to the floor.

"Duel King..." Yuan Qi frowned, having a bad premonition.

"Oh, and then..." Sera complained, "Is this the reason you came in without knocking?"

"That's not all!" Xuefeng looked at Nero with admiration, "She also said she came to see Nero!"

"?!"

Yuan Qi's ominous premonition grew stronger. He looked at Nero, whose face was pale, and said, "Hey, could it be..."

"Yes." Nero nodded gloomily. "The current Duel King, Purlivia Arisa, is my father's sister, which means... my aunt."

"Huh?!" Xuefeng said with eyes wide open, "How amazing!!!"

"Although I have known for a long time that the current Duel King is a duelist from the Arisa family, I didn't expect it to be your aunt?!" Julie couldn't help but exclaimed.

Only Sera noticed that Nero and Yuan Qi looked a little strange. She poked Nero's arm and said, "Hey, why is your aunt looking for you?"

Nero pursed his rosy lips, and said in a calm voice with a hint of trembling: "She might...maybe she came to take me home."

"Go home?" Xuefeng was a little confused, with worry in his blue eyes. "Why? Did something happen at home?"

Nero couldn't help but clench the corner of his clothes with his hands. Under Xuefeng's puzzled gaze, he slowly explained: "No, it's just to... lock me up in the family and train me until I become the next Duel King."

Chapter 143: Coincidentally, I am also a duelist standing at the top of this world.

The Duel Family, the upper ruling class of the Duel Continent.

Possessing a large number of rare and powerful cards, the family members usually become powerful duelists and are active in professional competitions.

But even among dueling families, there are different levels.

The Arisa family stands at the top of it.

No, rather than saying that the Arisa family is a duel family, it is better to say that the Arisa family is a duel king family.

Since its birth, the Arisa family has trained a total of 36 Duel Kings. The current Duel King, Purlivia Arisa, is a rare triple crown winner in history. She can be said to be a famous family among famous families, and even the royal family must give her some respect.

It is precisely because of this that the Arisa family's pursuit of the "Duel King" has become increasingly morbid in recent years.

All children in the family must be able to summon the duel disk in their bodies by the age of three, be able to conduct a duel normally by the age of five, and must master the ritual summoning before the age of ten.

Otherwise, the child will be deprived of Arisa's last name.

Children who meet these conditions will receive more family resources, including but not limited to powerful cards, guidance from famous teachers, and various magical props. Children with exceptional talents will be trained as "Duel King Reserves". The family will tailor a training program for them. During this period, the "Duel King Reserves" are not allowed to leave the family until they become Duel Kings.

And Nero is the youngest daughter of the head of the Arisa family.

A genius who could perform ritual summonings skillfully at the age of seven.

It was the "Duel King Reserve" that the family had long reserved.

"If that's the case, then Nero shouldn't be able to come to school?" Xuefeng couldn't help but ask.

"It's aunt."

Nero lowered his eyes and said, "At first, my aunt wasn't well-received in the family, so she was sent to the Duelist Academy by my parents. Unexpectedly, she shone brightly in the Duelist Academy, even leading her team to dominance in the National Higher Academy Competition for three years. So, after she graduated, the family urgently developed a training program tailored to her needs. Three years later, they gave her a spot in the family's Initial Land, allowing her to compete for the title of Duel King."

“Thus, the Triple Crown was born.”

"The elders of the family believe that my aunt's current achievements are due to her training and the Duelist Academy as well."

"So they asked me to enroll in the Duelist Academy, hoping to 'copy' another Duel King."

"But..." At this point, Nero glanced at Yuan Qi with some resentment, "Because I lost my deck to Yuan Qi in a gambling card duel before, and then this matter was found out by a cousin of mine. My cousin wrote a letter to the family about it. Maybe now the family thinks that the Duelist Academy has not helped me improve, so they want to capture me again."

"Hey, isn't this snitching?" Sera couldn't help but frown and said, "How can there be such a guy?"

"It seems that I am partly responsible..." Yuan Qi said somewhat embarrassedly.

"No, I've neglected my training." Nero shook his head. "Ever since arriving at the Duelist Academy, I've been like a bird that's escaped a cage. I do nothing every day, just eat, drink, and have fun, and I don't train for duels... Even if no one wrote to the family, they would eventually notice my situation at the academy and take me back."

"I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to be this early."

"Is this what the wish list means, that I want to live in the academy for three years?" Yuan Qi asked, recalling the piece of paper filled with wishes.

"Yes." Nero put away the deck on the table, stood up and bowed to everyone, "I'm sorry, I can't go to the National High School Competition with you."

"How could this happen..." Xuefeng couldn't accept it. She thought she brought good news to everyone, but unexpectedly it was bad news.

"Is there no other way?" Julie couldn't help but ask.

"Let's go find the dean. He's definitely not willing to hand you over at this critical moment," Sera suggested. "I remember the dean was also a Duel King when he was young. If he can defeat your aunt in a duel..."

"No." Nero shook his head and said, "As the Duel King, my aunt won't act rashly."

"Why?" Xuefeng asked puzzledly.

"The family doesn't allow the Duel King to lose." Nero said seriously, "That's why my aunt rarely appears in public."

"Then why did she come to pick you up this time?" Yuan Qi asked curiously.

"I don't know... maybe I just want to go back to my alma mater." Nero didn't expect that his aunt would come to pick him up in person. If it was someone else, maybe a duel could give him some time to relax.

"I see." Yuan Qi nodded. "In that case, she wouldn't refuse a challenge from a junior, right?"

Julie's eyelids twitched, and she looked at Yuan Qi in surprise: "I say, you are not preparing..."

"Is Hara Nana going to challenge the Duel King?!" Xuefeng shouted out what was in his mind.

"Indeed, the Duel King may reject the Dean, but she may not reject the challenge from you, a junior." Sera's eyes lit up and she thought this plan was feasible.

Nero was slightly stunned, and there was a ripple in his black pupils, but he quickly calmed down.

"no!"

Nero rejected Yuan Qi's idea.

"Auntie won't hold back." Nero said.