As the Umbreon princess, she possessed a special ability to purify darkness and evil.
The dark creatures Selena had summoned were purified and weakened by her, and they were soon defeated.
This duel ultimately ended in Lucia's victory—a complete victory in both intelligence and strength.
Thus, though it was deeply regrettable, Selena ultimately bade farewell to this world stage.
Lucia, meanwhile, successfully advanced to the third round.
As for whether she could go any further, that would depend on her "positioning" in the next round.
After that, the matches continued.
One highly anticipated contestant after another took the stage, delivering one thrilling duel after another for this World Cup.
After more than two hours of intense competition, the eleventh duel finally began, marking the completion of one-third of the preliminary second round.
The contestants taking the dueling stage in this match were the Dimon Family maid Joliette and Louis Kenan, disciple of a certain Sage, whose fame had risen sharply during these open qualifiers.
Louis Kenan had ranked eighth in the open qualifiers, second only to Senior Pandora.
His strength truly was formidable. Joliette had already given it her all, yet she still failed to advance any further.
Louis Kenan won the duel.
The five maids from the Dimon Family who had advanced into the preliminaries had now all been eliminated.
However, Joliette had already made it into the top sixty-four. No matter how one looked at it, that was not a poor result.
Though she herself was extremely dejected, Dark was fairly satisfied and spared no praise.
Then came the twelfth duel.
At last, another professor from Saint Marian Academy took the stage. This time, it was Professor Kazel.
"I'll go set an example first."
Kazel stepped onto the dueling stage.
He was the first of the academy's professors