A duelist never gives up!

The quarrel broke out in the audience, but there was no fluctuation on Nero's little face.

Like it or hate it.

Whether it is praise or criticism.

His duel was not a show for them to watch.

One's duel is to bring victory to oneself, to give oneself the "real thing" that allows one to move forward.

"I activate the effect of Himekokoge to return two face-down cards on your field and the Ninjutsu Super Transformation Jutsu to the deck."

That's it, it's over.

Nero thought so as he looked at the soul bird god - Peacock and the soul's descent in his hands.

"No way—it's not going to end like this!"

"?!"

The girl named Hanako screamed hysterically, "I'm chain-activating the Ninja Technique - Shadow Seam Technique!"

"You can activate this effect by releasing 1 "Ninja" monster you control. Select 1 monster your opponent controls and remove it from play!"

"I liberate the White Dragon Ninja on my field and banish the monster on your field - Soul Bird God - Hime Peacock!"

Chapter 10: Just like the cold winter in December.

"Wonderful!"

Nit-san stood up excitedly and said, "Once the effect of Princess Peacock is successfully activated, Hanako's White Dragon Ninja will be immune to the effects of the Ninja Technique Super Transformation Technique. So Hanako used the Ninja Technique Shadow Seam Technique without hesitation to switch between the White Dragon Ninja and Princess Peacock!"

"Although Hanako currently has no monsters in her frontcourt, she still has the Ninja Leader Hanzo that she retrieved from the graveyard. Nero only has one Ten Thousand Hands God on the field right now. As long as it's the next turn, Hanako can rally her forces!"

Nero looked at Hanako standing opposite her, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

Hanako's move did disrupt her rhythm. She had originally planned to use the Princess Peacock as a sacrifice to ritually summon the Princess Peacock in her hand after the Princess Peacock activated its effect.

There is only one four-star Thousand-Handed God on the field now, which does not meet the requirements of sacrifice at all.

"I enter the combat phase and use the God of Ten Thousand Hands to attack directly." Nero stretched out his little hand and said lightly.

The God of Ten Thousand Hands struck with all his might, hitting Hanako.

Hanako 4000lp→2600lp.

"That's the end of my round."

"Great!" The players from Yunxing Academy couldn't help but cheer.

"Hanako stopped Nero's expansion!"

"This way the situation is reversed!"

"Come on! Hanako! Come on! Hanako!"

Hanako listened to the cheers behind her and couldn't help but curl her lips slightly: "My turn, draw a card!"

"I enter the main phase and Normal Summon—Ninja Leader Hanzo!"

Hanzo, dressed in black, appeared on the duel field again, looking at the Ten Thousand Hands God opposite with sharp eyes, as if he was always ready to avenge his lord.

"I activate Hanzo's effect, adding the Ninja Technique Shadow Seam from my deck to my hand, and I also activate the Field Hidden Sato effect, adding the Graveyard Golden Ninja to my hand!"

Hanako first added the second Shadow Seam Jutsu from her deck to her hand, then continued, "Then I activated the effect of the Continuous Spell Card, Hidden Ninja Scroll, sending the Golden Ninja in my hand to the Graveyard and adding the Ninja Art Super Transformation Jutsu from my deck to my hand!"

"Shadow Seam and Super Transformation again!" Nit-san shouted from the commentary booth. "Hanako has added two Trap Cards to her hand once again, while Nero only has two left. Can she break through the multiple traps Hanako has set for her this time?!"

"I enter the combat phase and use Hanzo to attack the Manjushin!" Hanako pointed at the Manjushin who had attacked her in the last round.

"brush!"

A flash of knife light passed by, and all the arms of the Ten Thousand Hands God broke apart at once. Then he let out a shrill scream and disappeared from the duel arena.

Nero: 4000 → 3600lp.

"I'm ending this round, it's your turn." Hanako swallowed and said nervously.

The same two traps. Nero hadn't broken through with all six cards in his hand before, so even if he drew one more card now, it probably wouldn't change anything...

However, for some reason, Hanako felt an unknown throbbing deep in her heart.

It seemed as if the defense line he had carefully constructed would be easily broken through by Nero in the next second.

"My turn, draw a card." Nero calmly drew a card from his deck and said, "First, I activate the effect of Kaleidoscope of Shadow Clothes in the Graveyard. When I have no monsters on the field, banish this card and a "Shadow Clothes" monster to activate this effect. Add a "Shadow Clothes" Spell Card from your deck to your hand."

"I banish Unico's Shadow Cloth from the graveyard and add the second Shadow Cloth's Kaleidoscope from the deck to my hand."

"The second Kaleidoscope of Shadow Spirit Clothes?! Does she have another Shadow Spirit Clothes monster in her hand?" A drop of cold sweat broke out on Hanako's forehead, but soon, before she could think about it, Nero told her the answer.

"I activate the magic card—Prepare for Ritual." Nero inserted the magic card he had just drawn into the Duel Disk. "I add Chaos Fantasy Magician to my hand, and also add Graveyard High Ritual to my hand."

"Immediately afterwards, I activated the effect of Chaos Fantasy Magician, adding Magician's Twin Souls from the deck to my hand, and then returning a card from my hand to the deck."

"I continue by activating the effect of Magician's Twin Souls, sending Chaos Fantasy Magician to the Graveyard and Special Summoning this card from my hand."

The two magicians appeared on the duel field with smiles on their faces. They waved their wands and began to cast mysterious spells.

"I activate the effect of Magician's Twin Souls, sending the Soul's Descendant and Shadow Spirit Clothes' Kaleidoscope in my hand to the Graveyard, and draw two cards from my Deck."

"No wonder she dared to install so many systems in her deck at once," the Yunxing Academy teacher couldn't help but remark upon seeing this scene. "Whether it's Bargain Buy or Magician's Dual Soul, they're both very efficient filter draws, which will greatly reduce the chances of her getting stuck."

"Now's not the time to praise our opponent's deck," Kitayama Tsune said helplessly. "If Nero draws two key cards, Hanako will be in danger!"

"brush!"

While they were talking in the rest area of ​​Yunxing Academy, Nero had already drawn two cards.

"I'll start the ritual preparations." Nero inserted a magic card he had just drawn into the Duel Board and said, "From the deck, add Soul Bird God - Hiko Peacock and Soul Descendant to your hand."

"Immediately afterwards, I activated the Spell Card - Advanced Ritual, sending a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from the deck to the graveyard, and Ritual Summoning - Spirit Bird God - Hime Peacock!"

"It appears! It's the second Himekoko!" Nit-san exclaimed quickly after seeing Himekoko's magnificent appearance. "Is Nero planning to repeat the same mistake? Although Himekoko has a powerful effect, as long as Hanako uses her Field Spell Card, Kaku no Sato, or the Continuous Spell Card, Hidden Ninja Scroll, she can still search the deck for Trap Cards next turn!"

"Isn't this exactly the same as the last round?" The audience complained when they saw this scene. The same scene appeared in the same duel. Isn't this too boring?

"In my opinion, you should just buy Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon without a second thought! No matter what deck or effects the opponent has, you're not afraid of the noble dual resistance of being untargetable and unbreakable by effects!"

"Is Duelist Academy really going to be taken over by Yunxing Academy?"

"The oldest academy? That's it?"

wrong.

Hanako's breathing couldn't help but quicken. In her eyes, she saw a cold and biting breath bursting out from Nero's petite body, as if turning this hot summer into the cold winter of December, making her shiver with cold.

Yuan Qi, who was sitting in the audience, looked at the calm expression on Nero's face and finally relaxed his clenched hands.

"Nero should have won."

He said so.

Chapter 11: Is it my turn to choose who goes first?

"I activate the effect of Peacock and return the two cover cards and the Field Spell Card on your field to the deck." Nero glanced between the Field Spell Card and the Continuous Spell Card and quickly made a choice.

"chain!"

Hanako quickly opened her own face card, "I activate the Trap Card - Ninja Shadow Seam Jutsu!"

"Send Hanzo on my field to the graveyard, and banish the Peacock on your field!"

The trap cards and fields that Hanako had retrieved with great difficulty were returned to the deck with a light sweep of the peacock fan in Princess Peacock's hand. Fortunately, Princess Peacock also stepped into her own trap. For a moment, there were no monsters on the fields of Hanako and Nero at the same time.

However, things don't end there.

Nero gently inserted his last magic card into the duel disk and said, "I activate the magic card - Soul Descendant."

"Send the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon card in your hand to the cemetery as a sacrifice, and ritually summon the Soul Bird God - Yan Kongque."

"What?! Nero actually used the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon as a sacrifice to ritually summon Yan Kongque?!" Nit-san couldn't believe his eyes when he saw this scene. Although there was nothing wrong, he just felt...

"It's so strange. Even though I know it's the right thing to do, I just feel a little uncomfortable."

"I feel the same way. I always feel like something is wrong."

"Actually, I still want to see the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon."

"..."

However, not only did these noisy sounds not reach Nero's ears, but even Hanako had no intention of paying attention to them.

She looked at Yan Kongque who appeared in the duel arena with a long sword in his hand, and her bright big eyes were filled with despair.

For a moment, she froze in place, and then her calves softened uncontrollably, and she collapsed to the ground in despair.

Lost.

I tried my best, but... I still lost.

She unwillingly grasped the green grass on the lawn, her sharp nails piercing into the tender flesh of her palm, and a faint trace of blood emerged from her palm.

But even so, there is no way to change anything. It is just a simple punishment for my powerlessness.

"Do you want to go down after I attack, or do you want to go down by yourself?" Nero couldn't help but speak when he saw Hanako looking a little embarrassed.

If Hanako had chosen to surrender directly, she would not have suffered the impact of the attack.

"Stop looking down on people!"

A hoarse voice squeezed out of Hanako's throat, and she stood up shakily from the ground. Her soft hair stuck to her cheeks because of sweat, making her look a little dirty.

"Just attack!"

Nero stared at Hanako silently with her black eyes. After a long moment, she nodded and said, "I'm entering the combat phase. I'll use Hiko Peacock to attack directly!"

The silver blade struck Hanako with lightning speed. Hanako fell to the ground like a kite with its string cut off. At this moment, Nit-san's voice rang out:

"It's a shame. Hanako was so close to winning the game for Yunxing Academy, but she fell just short. Let's applaud her and congratulate Nero on his victory in the Duelist Academy vs. Yunxing Academy match!"

"Next, if Nero can defeat the third-place player from Yunxing Academy, she will have successfully achieved an unparalleled record of three consecutive victories on the first day of the competition! At the same time, the Duelist Academy will successfully advance to the next round!"

"Even if Yunxing Academy defeats Nero, they still have to defeat two players from the Duelist Academy to win. It's fair to say that Yunxing Academy's current situation is extremely grim. I wonder which player they will send out at this critical juncture?!"

"It's my turn." Kitayama Heng helped Hanako sit on the chair and said softly.

"Sorry, Captain, I lost." Hanako lowered her eyes, not daring to look directly at Kitayama Hengdao.

"You did a great job. You shouldn't apologize." Kitayama Heng glanced at his teammates and said, "Although this is a cruel truth, I still have to say it."

"We are weak."

"Compared to the strong teams from other colleges, we are very weak."

"But don't feel ashamed. Being weak isn't shameful. Being willing to be weak is truly shameful." Beishan Heng said sternly, "Remember today's shame and try again next year!"

"Captain, you're talking like you're going to lose." The other players forced a laugh. "We haven't even started playing yet."

"I will lose." Beishan Heng shook his head and said, "Even if I can beat Nero, I can't beat that Sera. Even if I can beat Sera, I'm not sure I can beat the mysterious Yuan Qi."

"Even against Xuefeng and Julie, I don't have the confidence to say they can win for sure."

"So, today, I will definitely lose! Today, Yunxing Academy will definitely lose!"

The team members lowered their heads in silence. Beishan Heng's words ruthlessly shattered their last glimmer of hope.

No, maybe it never existed from the beginning. Hope is just a pure moon in the water.

"But is winning or losing the only meaning of a duel?!" Beishan Heng said solemnly, "In my opinion, the process of the duel is more important than the outcome! As long as you devote your soul to the duel! Burn everything you have! Give it your all! Then, regardless of winning or losing, the duel will not be meaningless!"

"I don't know what everyone is thinking, but I sincerely hope that you won't be discouraged by today's failure." After saying this, Beishan Heng walked onto the field without looking back.

Hanako looked at the receding figure and couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat. She covered her face and said in a sobbing voice, "Captain...I'll graduate next year."

"He will never get a second chance to compete in the National Senior College Tournament."

For a moment, in the rest area of ​​Yunxing Academy, drops of crystal tears hit the ground like pearls, making a crisp sound.

"The last player to take the field from Yunxing Academy is third-year student Beishan Heng. This is his first time participating in the National College Competition. He didn't expect to face such a huge crisis on his first try. I wonder if he can turn the tide and lead Yunxing Academy to victory?!"

"Let's wait and see!"

"duel!"