A duelist never gives up!

"What is this?" Yuan Qi asked curiously after taking it in his hand.

"The Mist Bracelet is used to block others' perception," Purlivia said calmly. "You clearly don't have any dueling power in your body, yet you can skillfully master a powerful deck like Hero. Do you think others are fools?"

"..."

Yuan Qi curled the corners of his mouth and looked at Ai in mid-air, as if asking why you didn't tell me such an important thing.

Ai turned her head away in embarrassment, and she herself had forgotten about this matter.

"I don't care what secrets you have, but if you don't want to be targeted by someone with ulterior motives, then be careful." Purlivia waved her hand, her long black hair rustling in the breeze as she walked towards the carriage road. "It's been a long time since the Duelist Academy has won the championship. I hope this year will be different."

"Don't worry." Nafeli patted Yuan Qi's shoulder and said, "If it really doesn't work, just let him go to the competition with today's hero deck and kill people without restraint! I don't think anyone can stop him!"

No, the Dean will kill me.

Yuan Qi recalled that when he borrowed the dean's deck, the dean looked at him with a look of revenge as if he had stolen his wife, and he couldn't help but shudder.

"correct."

Purva seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly turned back. She came to Nero with a sad face, bit her ear and said a few words.

After hearing this, Nero turned pale and his calves began to tremble uncontrollably.

"So, work hard."

Purlivia said as she stepped onto the carriage.

This time she really left.

"What did she say?" Yuan Qi couldn't help but ask curiously as he watched the carriage going away.

Nero shook his head, unwilling to speak.

Because that's what Purva said to her just now.

"Girls stop growing in height around the age of 14 to 16. If you don't want to be under meters tall, work hard on your fitness."

It stops growing between 14 and 16...

Didn't they say they could grow into adulthood?!

Nero fell into deep fear.

So much so that she didn't hear Yuan Qi calling out to her.

"Nero, it's not over yet." Yuan Qi couldn't help but stretched out his hand and waved it in Nero's eyes.

Chapter 152: The sunlight cannot reach the basement.

In the outer ring area (slums) of the imperial capital, in a somewhat dilapidated orphanage, several children who were too young to summon duel disks were dueling with cards on several wooden tables in the yard.

"Come out! My trump card!" A little girl with dyed red hair raised the cards in her hand and shouted in a childish voice.

"I'll use the little white rabbit on the field as a sacrifice to summon the Queen of the White Night!" The red-haired girl put the little white rabbit on the field into the graveyard area of ​​the cartoon card mat, and slapped the Queen of the White Night in her hand into the monster area.

"No, no!" The red-haired girl's opponent, a short-haired girl, shouted quickly, "The Queen of the White Night is a seven-star monster and requires two sacrifices. You're breaking the rules!"

"Hmph, I think you are afraid of my Queen of the White Night's attack power of 2100!" said the red-haired little girl disdainfully.

"Huh? I'm not afraid! But according to the rules, the Queen of the White Night cannot be summoned. If you don't believe me, let's go find Sister Honglian and see what she says!"

"Okay! Who's afraid of who?" The red-haired little girl put away her precious trump card, took a step forward and prepared to walk into the house.

"no!"

A little girl with glasses stopped them both.

"Sister Honglian has been expelled from the Duelist Academy. She must be feeling very upset. Let's not bother her."

"Dueler Academy? What a lousy academy! How dare they expel my sister Honglian?" The red-haired girl frowned slightly. "When I become the Duel King, I'm going to tear it down!"

"Duel King? It's a miracle that you can become a professional duelist." The short-haired little girl said disdainfully.

"Well, it seems you haven't lost enough yet, have you?"

"You talk as if I've never won before." The short-haired little girl said disdainfully.

"Damn it! I'm going to make you surrender today!"

"Alright, let's continue the duel...Ah! How can you do that?"

The little girl with glasses showed a helpless expression, and the two men started fighting again.

In the basement of the orphanage, Nineteen, who had been busy all night, untied the headband that bound her hair, patted the girl lying on the sofa and said, "Hey, don't sleep anymore, your butt is getting burnt by the sun."

"How can the sun shine into the basement?" Honglian half-opened her eyes and yawned softly. "The rats in the sewer can't stand the sun. Night is our active time."

"For a moment I couldn't tell whether you were laughing at yourself or scolding me." Nineteen said unhappily, "Stop being so listless all day. I've made what you wanted."

"Hmm?" Honglian suddenly woke up, "So soon?"

"Who do you think I am?" Nineteen's lips curled up slightly. "Also, my original setting was to use electricity as energy, but I changed it to use duel power to make it easier for you to charge."

As he spoke, Nineteen handed the duel disk on the workbench to Honglian.

Although it looks the same as before, the structure inside has changed dramatically.

"Electricity is not a duel power, how can we mobilize the cards?" Honglian couldn't help but wonder.

"Let me ask you, how does the power of duel come about?" Nineteen sat on the leather chair and crossed his thighs.

"It happened during the duel." Honglian was puzzled. Isn't this something even children know?

"Be more specific? Is it from the duelist? Is it from the monster? Energy won't appear out of thin air. Think about it again." Nineteen continued.

Honglian couldn't help but frown. "First, exclude Duelists. Duelists grow by absorbing Duel Power. Secondly, exclude Duel Monsters. Using Duel Monsters consumes Duel Power."

"That's right. Both of them are consumers, not producers." Nineteen narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "Then where does the duel power come from?"

Honglian thought for a moment and said:

"Is it originally in the air?"

"veto."

"Is it hidden under the earth?"

"Are you stupid?"

"Is it a substance that doesn't exist in this world?"

"Correct! That's right!" Nineteen said, holding out his hands. "Although it's no secret to those bigwigs, the lower classes are still kept in the dark."

"The power of dueling doesn't come from this world," Nineteen explained seriously. "You can think of dueling as a ritual, and the power of dueling is the product summoned by this ritual."

"The more grand the ceremony, the greater and more intense the duel power it attracts."

"When the ceremony ends, most of the duel power will automatically flow to the victor, a small amount will choose to flow to the loser, and the remaining part will remain in the air."

At this point, a sly smile crossed Nineteen's playful face: "So if that's the case... since you have such a poor physique, even if I win, I won't have the strength to duel with you, so why not just rob it?"

"Rob by force?" Honglian seemed to understand a little, "You mean..."

"I've installed a miniature version of the 'Duel Power Recovery Device' I've used underground in your Duel Disk. A portion of the Duel Power will be reserved for initiating the Duel, and the remaining power will be used to operate the system. Once the Duel begins, it will forcibly absorb the Duel Power drawn in by the ritual. It will remain closed until the Duel ends, replenishing the used Duel Power during this period."

"In this way, you don't have to worry about how to charge the duel disk. At the same time... if your opponent can attract extremely pure duel power." Nineteen said this with a meaningful smile.

"Can I use other summoning methods?!" Honglian said with his eyes shining.

"No, you can use some powerful magic cards." Nineteen said, tapping Honglian's head. "Fusion particles, synchronization particles, and super network are another matter. Although I know about them, they have nothing to do with you, so I won't talk about them."

"..."

"Anyway, I'm exhausted after being busy for so long. I'm going to take a shower. You can handle everything on your own from now on." Nineteen stretched lazily, and her brown hair swayed gently, but because she hadn't taken a shower for several days, it looked a little greasy.

Honglian placed the duel disk back on his arm with ease, feeling an inexplicable sense of joy and peace of mind. However, compared to before, the duel disk seemed heavier.

"Oh, right." Nineteen, who was holding a change of clothes, poked his head out again and said, "There's your letter on my desk. By the way, I haven't read it."

Honglian looked at the envelope that fell under Nineteen's chair and sneered. You opened it but didn't read it, right?

Honglian looked at the white letter paper on the table and couldn't help but frowning slightly, because the lines of handwriting were crooked, just like a child writing for the first time, and there was no difference from the crawling of an insect.

But after thinking about it, Honglian still patiently read it word by word.

Chapter 153: Hiss!

"To Honglian:

I repelled the person who wanted to take Nero back to the family. Although I repelled him, I didn't actually win the duel because the person who came to take Nero away was her aunt - Per... I forgot her name, but she was the Duel King.

The two of us were evenly matched, with no clear winner, but some unexpected events ended the duel. Fortunately, Nero was able to continue studying in the academy, and I also gained a lot.

We are about to participate in the National College Competition. This time, Mr. Nafeli will be our team leader. Although he looks a little unreliable, it shouldn't be a big problem.

When I was writing this letter, I suddenly thought, since you also live in the royal capital, why don’t I just wait until I get to the royal capital and then come to you directly?

But after thinking about it, I decided to forget it. I had already written it, so I couldn’t waste the letter paper.

PS: The dean of studies helped me find the address when he was looking through the roster. You didn't seem to tell Nero your address?"

After reading it, Honglian curled her lips and said, "Why did he write to me when he acted like we had a good relationship? He's clearly the culprit who caused me to end up like this."

"So, do you want to reply?" Nineteen said after taking a shower and rubbing his hair with a towel.

"No reply." Honglian crumpled the letter into a ball with an expressionless face and threw it into the trash can.

"To Yuan Qi

Next time you brag, remember to be more realistic. If you're evenly matched with a Duel King, then I'm also a Duel King. Nero's in your care. I didn't tell her my address because I plan to meet her after I become a professional duelist...

No, let's be frank. I don't want her to see me in such a miserable state. Strictly speaking, I haven't recovered from the failure yet. But don't worry, these are only temporary. My duel disk has been upgraded recently, and I will be trying to become a professional duelist soon. While you are still in class at the academy, I may have already started playing in the points competition. By the time you finally graduate from the academy, I may be about to become the Duel King.

Come to think of it...you should be two years younger than me?

Forget it. If you want to contact me in the future, don't use the old-fashioned way of writing letters. When you come to the capital, buy a portable phone and contact me with it. The number is 176xxxxxxxx.

Finally, if you can't win the National College Championship, then I suggest you find a hole and bury yourself.

On the carriage to the imperial capital, Yuan Qi folded the letter and put it in his pocket. He looked at Nafeli and said, "What did you want to say before you got on the carriage?"

"How do you know what I'm going to say?" Nefeli asked in surprise.

"Teacher, the expression on your face that shows you wanting to talk is too obvious." Yuan Qi said lightly.

"Ahem." Nafeli coughed twice. If he knew that he was busy, why did he read the letter in front of him? Could it be that this student of his was actually a bit treacherous?

"I have good news and bad news to tell you." Nafeli said seriously.

Yuan Qi raised his hand: "I want to hear the bad news first."

Nafeli frowned: "No, you have to hear the good news first."

"Okay, you say it."

"Before I say anything, I want to ask you, Mr. Yuan Qi, do you have a dream?" Nafeli said seriously.

Yuan Qi thought about it and said without hesitation: "Become the Duel King."

This is indeed his current dream.

"Very good, it seems your dream is the same as mine." Nefeli raised the corner of his mouth proudly, "And now, I can clearly tell you that your dream is halfway accomplished!"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Yuan Qi asked in confusion.

"Do you know what this is?" Nafeli said, taking out a card from his pocket.

It was a golden card, engraved with gorgeous patterns and portraits, and it emitted a faint glow even in the daytime.

"This is... the qualification card to enter the starting place!" Ai couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't you know?! This is the legendary qualification card that allows you to enter the Origin Land!" Nafeli waved it in front of Yuan Qi's eyes and said, "As long as you have this card, when the Origin Land opens next year, you can enter and compete for the title of Duel King!"

"For me?!" Yuan Qi said in surprise.

"What are you thinking about? This is the card given to me by the dean!" Nafeli quickly put the card away.

"What I mean is, next year, when I become the Duel King, you will be the Duel King's student. To round it off, you will have fulfilled your dream." Nafeli raised his eyebrows.

Wow, it turns out you came here to show off to me.

Yuan Qi sneered and said, "How can I let you succeed?"