A duelist never gives up!

"I remember that Mr. Nefeli failed three times in a row, right?" Yuan Qi said calmly, "There's no necessary connection between having a quota and becoming a Duel King."

"Oh, I understand, I understand." Nafeli said with an expression that said, "I know you're jealous." "Don't worry, after I've been in office for nine years, I'll be content to step down and let someone else take over."

"..."

Yuan Qi didn't bother to pay attention to him and continued to ask: "What's the bad news?"

"The bad news is, your decks have been exposed." Nafeli scratched his hair in annoyance. "Strictly speaking, before the competition, the academy prohibits the main players from dueling in public, as it will reveal their deck information."

"But your high-profile confrontation with the Red Lotus Society in the stadium has already revealed too much information about your deck," Nafeli sighed.

"At this point in time, your information is probably already in the hands of various colleges."

Just as Nafeli said, the information in Yuan Qi's hands has already appeared in the hands of the leading teachers of various colleges and universities.

"Why are you still spending money collecting information on the Duelist Academy this year? I've told you many times that this academy is no longer good. Last year, it didn't even make it to the quarterfinals. Instead of wasting money on this, you might as well collect information on the regular players of the Carlos Royal Academy." The man said impatiently, fiddling with the information in his hand.

"No, the Duelist Academy seems to be a little different this year. The regular team members they sent this time are all first and second year students." said the woman on the side.

"Doesn't that mean they've completely given up? They're probably trying to save face by not allowing third-year students to participate," the man said calmly.

"You'd better take a look before you speak." The woman couldn't help but say.

"Okay, let me take a look." The man flipped through the information. "Undead Jun? He's not as good as the Death King. Rikka? Jiji Jun, a child of Arisa's family, right? A bit tricky. Why is there also a Bug Demon... Wait, Xyz Monster Hope? Lightning King? There's something interesting..."

"It seems that the Duelist Academy is well prepared this year." The man rubbed his temple.

"Take another look at this." The woman handed the last piece of information to the man.

"Hara Shichi? Using a Golem Dessert deck... I see. I was wondering why Golem Dessert prices have skyrocketed on the black market lately. Could it be that a Clash of Clans monsters appeared?" The man looked at Hara Shichi's deck information, his expression growing more serious. "A very good Duelist! We have another rival for the championship this year."

"Please continue to look at the next page." The woman continued.

The man was slightly stunned, turned to the next page, and immediately took a breath.

"Using a top-tier hero deck?!"

"The masked hero Dark Claw of the Universe?!"

"Equal in a duel with the Duel King, Purlivia?!"

"How could such a person be a student?!"

"Check! Check it for me! There's definitely something wrong here!!!"

Volume Two

Chapter 1: Are there really such people in reality?

Royal capital, the capital of the empire.

There is no special name. It is just called the capital because it is the capital where the king lives.

As the political and cultural center of the country, the royal capital is naturally very prosperous. Not to mention the clean and flat ground without any garbage, the tall villas, and the dazzling array of shops, the Altar of the Gods, which serves as the venue for the National Higher Education Competition, is enough to make people talk about it.

The altar was originally built by the designer to imitate the original place, hoping to create a second original place through the same conditions.

First of all, the designer also connected the altar to the "underground energy collection system" of all cities across the country, which can gather a large amount of duel power in a short period of time, ensuring sufficient duel power.

At the same time, all the top duelists at the time were invited to duel on the altar.

The designer even built a huge statue of the god of duel to the north of the altar.

It's just a pity that although the idea is beautiful, the reality is often cruel. Although the environment is similar to the starting place and the "ritual" is similar, the God of Duel did not respond at all.

In desperation, the king had to order the construction of spectator seats and a ceiling around the altar to be used as a venue for the National Higher School Competition.

This means there is no waste recycling.

As for the designer?

Anyway, no one saw him in the empire since then.

"So, is that you? Ayi."

Yuan Qi pointed to the statue in the north of the altar that looked like both a man and a woman, both a child and an old man, both a god and a devil.

Ai Yi's face darkened, and she pointed at her fair and cute face and said unhappily, "What do you think? Do I look like that? Do I look like that?!"

"You want me to show up for this broken statue? I've shown my good temper by not smashing it to pieces." Ai said unhappily.

After several days of long journey, everyone has arrived in the royal capital and is now registering at the competition venue. In addition to them, there are many teams from other academies in the competition venue.

"By the way, can we try standing on the field now?" Xuefeng said expectantly, looking at the duel field covered with grass. She had only seen it from a distance in the audience seats before, and this was the first time she had seen it so close.

"Sure." A staff member nearby smiled and said, "If you don't mind, you can even have a duel or two up there to practice the feel."

"Really?!" Xuefeng excitedly turned his gaze to Yuan Qi, "Yuan Qi, do you want to duel with me here?"

"Sorry, I'm a little tired after getting off the carriage, and I don't really want to duel." Yuan Qi declined.

"Me too. I'm so tired. I wouldn't have come if I had known." Sera's steps were unsteady, as if she might fall to the ground at any moment.

"I don't have any problem with that, but..." Julie glanced at the students from other colleges who were also registering their information. "It's not a good idea to duel in front of other colleges."

No, you're worrying too much. They've already checked all our deck information.

But... since they already know our deck, why do they keep glancing at us?

Yes, from the very beginning, Yuan Qi felt that he was being stared at intentionally or unintentionally by pairs of eyes, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Seeing Xuefeng's disappointed look, Nero couldn't help but say, "If you don't mind, I can..."

"Hey! Let's go! We're just here to register today." Nafeli called from a distance. "The competition is tomorrow."

"Okay." Xuefeng suppressed his excitement and turned to walk towards Nafeli.

At this moment, someone in the crowd sneered:

"It's better to stand on the field for a while now. You might not be able to stand for long tomorrow and be eliminated."

"Which dog is barking there? If you have the guts, stand up and shout in front of me. What's the point of being sarcastic behind my back?!" Nafeli's face turned cold and he said unhappily.

He was already a little unhappy when the deck information was exposed, and now there are people mocking them. Do they really think the Duelist Academy is a soft persimmon?

"Teacher, forget it, don't bother with them. You will be the Duel King in the future." Yuan Qi pulled Nafeli and said. In his opinion, talking nonsense was the most boring thing. Since the other party was like this, why bother with it?

Who knew that after being scolded by Nafeli, not only did the other party not give up, but he actually stood up and said, "Just stand up if you want to. What? You're not allowed to say you're weak? Everyone knows that your Duelist Academy hasn't made it to the quarterfinals for three consecutive years. It's a pity you still dare to participate in the competition!"

"Um???"

Yuan Qi was confused. He looked at the girl in the orange team uniform who stood out, and it seemed as if ten thousand horses were galloping through his heart.

How can there really be such a person? No, we haven't made it to the quarterfinals in three years. What does that have to do with you? Who are you?

"If you say so, your academy must be very strong." Nafili said with a wry smile.

"Of course, our school was in the top four two years ago, and in the top eight last year!" The girl snorted coldly, almost looking up at the sky.

"As a regular player of your academy, you must be very strong," Nafeli continued.

"That's about right." The girl raised the corners of her mouth unconsciously.

"In that case, do you want to fight the weakest player in our team here?" Nafeli asked maliciously.

"Well..." The girl heard this and looked around at the group of players from other academies who were watching the excitement in silence. Her expression suddenly changed. "See you on the court!"

She remembered that her teacher had told her not to duel in public before the competition.

"Oh, that's a great excuse. Who knows if we might meet tomorrow? What if your college is eliminated in the first round? You might as well admit that you are scared and apologize to us here. It's not impossible for me to forgive you generously." Nafeli continued to provoke. After all, he was not afraid of those wearing shoes when he was barefoot, so he would not suffer any loss.

"Who's afraid? Just hit me!" The girl was young and full of energy, and she was proud of herself, but she couldn't stand others saying that she was not capable enough.

She grabbed the deck from her waist and walked onto the field under scrutiny. She said to Nefeli, "I'm ready. Who are you going to send up?"

"Xuefeng, didn't you just say that you wanted to give it a try in the arena? Go ahead and let everyone see the power of our Duelist Academy." Nafeli waved his hand.

"Okay, I understand!" Xuefeng's face was serious, but his heart was actually already surging with emotions.

There's no mistake, this is the usual plot in novels where the villain jumps on you, and then the protagonist pretends to be awesome and gets slapped in the face, right?!

I didn’t expect to meet him, so excited!!!

However, when Xuefeng stood on the field and raised her duel disk, she suddenly realized something.

Wait, isn't that what Mr. Nefeli meant by calling me to class...

Am I the weakest?!

Chapter 2: Come out, my ace!

"Let me make it clear first, I'm very strong. It's not too late to jump down now," the girl said, raising the duel disk in her hand. "Otherwise, the dozens of contestants from the academies here will see your miserable appearance after losing to me."

Xuefeng was feeling depressed and had no mood to pay attention to her. He just inserted the deck into the duel board and said, "Duel!"

"You... that's all, duel!"

"drop!"

With a clear sound, the girl's duel disk rang slightly, which meant that she could choose to go first or second.

"I choose to go first!" The girl drew five cards from the deck without hesitation.

Humph, you dare to ignore me? I'll let you see my trump card!

"I enter the main phase and activate the magic card - famous reasoning!" The girl inserted the magic card in her hand into the duel disk.

"Your opponent declares a Level of 1-12. Until a Normal Summonable Monster appears, flip cards from the top of your Deck. If that monster's Level matches the declared Level, send all flipped cards to the Graveyard. If not, Special Summon that monster, and send all remaining flipped cards to the Graveyard!"

"Hiss, famous reasoning? That's something." Nafeli couldn't help but frowned. He suddenly regretted sending Xuefeng into the game, but he was reluctant to send Yuan Qi into the game.

"It depends on whether we can pile it up." Yuan Qi was relatively calm. "If Yukikaze declares four, maybe we can pile up less."

Sure enough, although Xuefeng had never encountered this card in actual combat before, as a good student who loves learning, Xuefeng had heard the teacher talk about what to do when encountering famous reasoning in class.

"I declare level four." Xuefeng said softly.

"Okay, first the first one - the golden bamboo light, followed by the second one - the witch of the lava sea. Since the witch's level is two, I will special summon the witch of the lava sea! Send the bamboo light to the graveyard." The girl said, and slapped the witch of the lava sea on the duel disk.

As the saying goes, all things have spirits. The witch in the Lava Sea of ​​Fire Trees is obviously a feminine version of the lava rock. The evidence is the little girl's fiery limbs and rock-like brown skin. Although she looks cute, she is full of danger.

"Um???"

The original seven people were stunned. "Why would she put in a monster that can be Normal Summoned at will when she has Name Reasoning in her deck? No, why would she put in Name Reasoning?"

"I understand now." Nafeli held his forehead and said, "She didn't intend to use Name Reasoning to build a tomb, but rather to use Name Reasoning as a special skill."

Yuan Qi fell silent after hearing this. Is this... the regular player from the last quarterfinals academy?

Horror!

The girl herself was very satisfied with the result. She nodded, slapped a card in her hand on the Duel Board, and said, "I Normal Summon Lava Cannon."

"Next, since the Siren is a Tuner monster, I will Tune the Siren and Lava Gunner on the field! 4+2 Synchro Summon - Lava Valley Dragon Knight!"

Silver synchronized particles appeared in the air, and then a huge pterosaur swooped down from the sky and floated in front of the girl. On the pterosaur stood a cyan "rock man".

"Attack power 2500, defense power 1200... Is this your ace monster?" Xuefeng couldn't help but said in surprise.

It seems that the attack power is 100 lower than that of his own iron chopsticks.

"Hmph, a monster with only 2500 attack power surprised you?" The girl looked down on Xuefeng in front of her. "Watch carefully, learn well. Today I'll show you the level of players from truly strong schools!"

"I activate the effect of Lava Valley Dragon Knight, adding Lava Quetzor from my deck to my hand, and then send the Handmaiden of Lava Flame Volcano to the Graveyard!"

"Activate the effect of the Maiden of Lava Flame Volcano and continue to send the Lava Archer in the deck to the graveyard!"

After saying this, the girl showed the monster she had just retrieved and said, "Lava Quetzor. If there are three or more "Lava" monsters in your Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your hand."

Then, next to the big pterosaur, a small pterosaur appeared, and the two pterosaurs leaned against each other affectionately, like father and son.

"If I remember correctly, Lava Quetzorax seems to be a Tuner monster as well," Nefeli said, stroking his chin. "I think I've guessed what her trump card is."

As Nefeli finished speaking, the girl continued to raise her hands and shouted, "I will synchronize the Lava Valley Dragon Knight and the Lava Quetzor on the field and summon them! The scorching lava will burn the earth! The entire world will be trapped in a sea of ​​fire! Reveal yourself! Lava Valley Explosion King!!!"

Come on! My pride! My trump card! Crush the enemy before me!!!

"Boom!!!"

A huge body made of magma appeared on the duel arena, with silver armor inlaid on his chest. Behind him, four blazing flames fluttered slightly like giant wings. The temperature of the entire duel arena seemed to become hotter with his appearance.