Chapter 168: Two-Fifths of Dak Demon (4K)
-【Magical Beast: Eevee (Arrogance II)】
-【Defense: (300 + 2200) ÷ 2 = 1250】
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“Defense Split!”
It was Huhu who used her psychic ability—”Defense Split”—in a critical moment, combining her 2200 defense points with Eevee’s 300 defense points, splitting them equally. Thus, Eevee’s defense value instantly surged from 300 to 1250 points!
With Anubis Dog’s 900 attack points, it was impossible to penetrate Eevee’s current defense!
“Woof!”
Anubis Dog failed in its first attack and immediately retreated.
It lowered its body, emitting a low growl.
A trace of black mist seeped from its eyes.
…
Eevee’s body emitted a faint white glow.
This was the manifestation of Huhu’s psychic power!
In just a few seconds of offense and defense, Dak did not give any orders; it was purely Eevee and Huhu’s independent judgment.
Eevee abandoned its defense, using “Full Moon” to block Bennu Bird’s finishing blow.
Huhu casually threw a “Shield” spell, blocking Anubis Dog’s sneak attack!
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
The audience had not even reacted when two mana spirits had already performed an incredibly impressive coordinated battle.
To put it simply, this operation was worthy of being recorded in textbooks!
But it wasn’t over yet.
Eevee seized the gap created by Anubis Dog’s retreat.
Instead of counterattacking, it suddenly turned around and pounced towards Sphinx Cat!
Huhu’s skill had a very short duration and a long cooldown.
When Eevee pushed back Sphinx Cat, the psychic light on its body had already become very faint.
“Meow!”
Sphinx Cat let out an extremely unwilling roar.
But its mana was already depleted.
From using “Shadow Step” to lock Huhu, to now being forced back, it had already been two rounds.
…
“Damn it!”
Sarah gritted her teeth, wishing she could eat Eevee up!
But she still quickly grasped the situation on the field.
Anubis Dog and Sphinx Cat’s ultimate skills were still on cooldown.
Among them…
Anubis Dog still had combat capability, but Sphinx Cat was already at the point where a touch would break it.
In contrast, the mana spirit on the opposite side.
Huhu regained mobility.
Eevee was in top condition.
The situation clearly showed an unfavorable trend for her.
But she still had hope.
The floating Bennu Bird was only affected emotionally by “Full Moon”; once it recovered, the Magic Guidance Ball Life Barrier with only 13 mana points would not be able to withstand its casual strike!
And neither Huhu nor Eevee could reach high altitudes.
As long as they could hold out until that moment!
…
Sarah calmed down slightly and immediately ordered Anubis Dog to defend!
“From Dak’s perspective, Huhu’s movement speed is very slow and lacks long-range attack capabilities.”
“Eevee can’t take down Anubis Dog anytime soon.”
“The only method he has now is Sacrificial Summon!”
“But this Eevee is already a Two-star Mana Spirit.”
“A Two-star plus a Three-star equals a Five-star!”
“Unless Dak has a Five-star Mana Spirit card in his hand, I am still unbeatable!”
The exclamations outside the arena did not affect Sarah’s thoughts.
She was gradually becoming more composed.
“Drip!”
Sarah suddenly looked up at the opponent thirty meters away!
“Dak Demon, how will you break the deadlock?”
…
How to break the deadlock?
While Sarah was rapidly thinking, Dak was also calculating.
His deck had only twelve cards.
He drew five cards during the initial draw phase.
In the second round, he drew two more cards.
That left him with five cards.
What was the probability of drawing “Bliss III” in the third round?
The answer was…
Two-fifths!
“The probability of two-fifths is already quite high!”
[30s]
In the third round, draw!
Dak drew two new mana spirit cards in quick succession and checked them immediately.
[Magic Bullet Spell]
[Bliss III]
“It hit!”
A noticeable excitement flashed across his face.
Dak raised “Bliss III” high!
This gold-pink mana spirit card released an extremely intense pink light just four seconds after the summon activation!
Bennu Bird, which had just begun to recover, was immediately entranced by the pink light.
Even Anubis Dog was momentarily stunned.
Outside the arena, students watched this light, which was not particularly glaring.
Students from the Mana Academy instinctively felt an ominous premonition.
Students from the Noble Academy saw it as a sign of a comeback!
Only Wit Gold suddenly grabbed his “Forbidden Love” card!
Dak’s manner of controlling “Bliss III” was very similar to how he controlled “Forbidden Love”!
Except “Bliss III”’s light was stronger than his pink fog, making its hypnotic effect even more powerful!
However, unlike “Forbidden Love,” “Bliss III” didn’t focus on hypnosis. Once the light faded, the affected mana spirits would quickly regain their senses.
Wit couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when he noticed Anubis Dog’s eyes quickly returning to normal.
“They’re different.”
…
Of course, they were different!
The leap from One-star to Two-star was already shocking enough.
But at this moment, the [Magical Beast: Eevee] wasn’t just improving in stats; its card—its form—was undergoing drastic changes under the intense pink light!
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“This can’t be possible!”
Sarah Swati slammed her palm on the spellboard!
Her eyes were filled with disbelief.
The audience outside held their breath.
The surrounding area of arena ① became instantly silent.
Professor Jones was equally astonished by Eevee’s form change.
Magical Beasts were essentially illusory beasts of uncertain form.
They were intangible and unpredictable.
Before being seen, their forms were uncertain.
They could be cats, dogs, or even dragons!
Everyone might see a completely different form of a magical beast.
But once a magical beast is refined into a mana spirit, the mage gains some understanding of it.
The instant it is seen by a mage, it is permanently fixed in that form.
Professor Jones had never heard of a fixed-form magical beast changing again!
The deeper one delved, the more unbelievable it seemed.
Dak Demon undoubtedly broke this small common knowledge, achieving results that had never been seen before!
“He’s still just a first-year student!”
After the shock came admiration.
Professor Jones was greatly pleased that such a genius came from his own academy.
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In the arena,
Under the light of “Bliss III,” a mark of “Bliss” appeared on Eevee’s forehead.
Moonlight with a faint pink hue radiated from its forehead.
Its tiny body underwent rapid changes in the light.
From a height of just 0.3 meters, it instantly grew to 1 meter tall.
Its originally brown, smooth fur quickly turned jet-black.
The ring patterns on its body emitted a pink glow.
It was the moon’s proxy walking in the night, a charming sprite symbolizing “Bliss”!
The process seemed slow, but it was actually very fast.
It raised its head, and the remaining light converged back into its forehead.
Moon Eevee, present!
…
Four seconds later.
Dak swiftly drew “Arrogance I.”
As the dark golden orb was injected into Moon Eevee, the renegade on the field finally did not run out.
“Shadow Ball!”
A pitch-black sphere emitting an evil aura instantly shattered Bennu Bird’s body.
Scattered feathers turned into fragmented light particles in the interwoven gaze.
Anubis Dog guarding the blue-side mana guidance ball displayed a terrifying appearance.
But one could tell from its constantly twitching hind legs that it was just putting on a show.
…
On the competitors’ platform, Sarah checked her six-card hand, her aura unstable.
Immediately afterward…
Moon Eevee tore apart Anubis Dog with one swipe!
The blue-side mana guidance ball was completely exposed to its claws!
Sarah Swati no longer struggled fruitlessly.
[1000-0]
“Battle ends!”
“Victor: Dak Demon.”
…
“Boom!”
Sound returned instantly.
The noble academy students outside the arena shouted like welcoming heroes, rushing toward the red-side competitors’ platform.
Despite some confusing elements, this duel was undoubtedly the most intense and spectacular in the competition!
They were like welcoming a champion!
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[End Phase]
“Dak Demon!”
Sarah’s clear voice spread through the spellboard’s amplification mechanism.
Dak flipped over the mana spirit card of [Magical Beast: Eevee], receiving the light transformed into Moon Eevee.
At the same time, he looked up in response.
Sarah bit her lower lip hard, suppressing her inner frustration, and said with wide eyes, “It’s not over yet!”
“Yes.” Dak nodded slightly, “I’ll wait for you in the finals.”
…
When Dak walked off the platform, he was surrounded by his classmates.
“Wow!”
“Dak, you really did it!”
“You’re not like some hero, you’re truly a winner.”
“I thought you were going to lose at first, but is this the charm of dueling?”
“You’re amazing!”
There were both simple praises and meaningless comparisons.
Noble Academy students freely expressed their emotions.
Dak was surrounded in the center, responding politely to the enthusiastic applause, “No, I was just lucky. It’s all about the two-fifths choice.”
…
By the time the students calmed down, the round of four matches had ended.
Eight contestants were divided into winners’ bracket and losers’ bracket.
Winners’ Bracket:
①, ②, ⑤, ?;
Losers’ Bracket:
⑨, ?, ⑩, ⑦;
Diana smoothly defeated the student from the Fool’s Academy.
Emma also won in her duel against a male student from the Mana Academy.
But another student from the Knight Academy lost to the student from the Fool’s Academy.
The next match would be a knockout round among the losers’ bracket, selecting two out of four.
The winners’ bracket would continue with their matches, also selecting two out of four.
The two who fell from the winners’ bracket to the losers’ bracket would duel with the two survivors in the losers’ bracket to select two more.
And so on.
…
During the break between matches,
Dak sat on the edge of a bench sorting his cards.
In fact, his deck had significant flaws, especially the extremely long cooldowns of the Capital Sin Series cards.
“Arrogance I” had a cooldown of 59 minutes.
“Arrogance II” had an even more absurd cooldown of 180 minutes!
“Bliss III” had a better cooldown of 120 minutes.
Although there would be a half-hour interval between each match in the winners’ bracket,
from the quarter-finals to the final, there were only four intervals, totaling 120 minutes.
This meant “Arrogance II” would never be usable again.
“Arrogance I” could be used after two intervals.
“Bliss III” could only be used in the final.
So he needed to adjust his deck next.
The duel with Sarah Swati had given him a great wake-up call.
Not only was he advancing, but others were also rapidly progressing.
…
Before the next round began,
Dak finally completed his deck adjustment.
First, he definitely kept all six mana spirit cards.
Second, he replaced some useless cards with support cards.
The final result was:
“Magical Beast: Eevee”, “Trash Slime”, “Huhu”
“Deoxys”, “Big Milk Jar”, “Eevee”
“Push Spell”, “Barrier Spell”, “Barrier Spell”
“Magic Bullet Spell”, “Invisibility Spell”, “Flash Spell”
Still twelve mana spirit cards.
The ratio of mana spirits to other types of mana spirit cards was 1:1.
Although this deck didn’t seem particularly reliable, it was the best adjustment Dak could make.
He placed his adjusted deck carefully and then got up to approach the bulletin board displaying the schedule for the next stage of the tournament.
Students gathered around the bulletin board whispering.
When they saw eight-strong contestants approaching, they quickly made way.
Dak exchanged greetings with two enthusiastic classmates before coming behind Diana, who was looking up with a troubled expression.
“What’s wrong?” Dak asked casually.
Rose turned around and winked at him.
Diana suddenly turned her head and complained, “I’m unhappy, I’m going to lose.”
Dak looked up at the schedule: “Isn’t the schedule just announced? How could you lose… (⊙o⊙) Uh.”
He saw that the first row of the winners’ bracket read:
① vs ②!
…
Winners’ Bracket:
Arena ①:
① vs ②;
Arena ②:
⑤ vs ?;
Losers’ Bracket:
Arena ③:
⑨ vs ⑩;
Arena ④:
⑦ vs ?;
…
“So my next opponent is you?”
Dak walked out of the crowd with Diana.
Diana frowned slightly and whispered, “I thought we would at least meet in the semifinals.”
Dak comforted her, “It’s not good to underestimate yourself. Believe in your mana spirit cards. Even I don’t have full confidence in winning.”
Diana: “But I don’t even have a Second-tier Mana Spirit card!”
Dak: “Mana duels aren’t about who has higher-star mana spirits. My duel with Sarah Swati almost cost me. Your deck is very powerful, a formidable enemy!”
Diana: “A formidable enemy? Hehehe. Then I’ll give it my all!”
Dak: “Good, formidable enemy.”
