The Villain Young Master Just Wants to Live a Buddhist Life

He lowered his head to look, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

But after the experience of last night, he quickly tightened his lips and recited a few lines of the Chu Shi Biao to himself before bending down to pick up the flower card on the ground.

Love's Ten Thousand Mile Silk, the pure white Mandala is a soft flower of affection; those who see this flower will have their malice stripped away.

Dark channeled a sliver of magic into the flower card, and the little Eevee that appeared on the card surface gave him the best morning greeting.

It was another refreshing day.

With Magical Beasts not yet in session, there was only one Dueling Class on Friday.

That said, placing the Dueling Class on Friday morning was specifically done so that the class could drag on for as long as the professor wanted...

Today's class was once again held with all four houses together.

The location was Battle Hall No. 2.

Before eight o'clock, almost all the first-years had already arrived at the battle hall, most of them eager and full of anticipation for their first-ever duel.

Although this so-called Elite Mode was merely a neutered version of a real duel, no one cared about that!

As long as they could get on the field and shout "My turn," it was enough to keep the first-years happy for a long time.

Of course, there were those who weren't happy.

After all, not everyone could complete the creation of a Magic Phantom Beast within a week.

In yesterday's Magic Guidance class, quite a few people had points deducted for failing to complete their creation.

If not for Victor's generous help, Robert would have been one of them.

Since class hadn't started yet, Dark found a bench and sat down.

Not long after, Diana squeezed over with Rose.

"Dark, who do you think will win today's match?" Diana asked cheerfully.

Dark smiled: "It's just a classroom match."

"Ha!" Diana slapped her thigh and bounced in her seat, "Anyway, my Big White Bear is already hungry and impatient!"

Rose quickly tugged on Diana's sleeve and whispered: "Tone it down, didn't you say last night you wanted to act more like a girl?"

Diana: (,, ,,).

"Ring-a-ling!"

The bell for class rang amidst everyone's anticipation.

The students stopped chatting and consciously lined up in the center of the hall.

Professor Jones was about half a minute late, walking into the hall while dragging a large pile of items.

"The weather is nice today, let's start with a warm-up lap."

Professor Jones was as dashing as ever, and her assignments were just as merciless.

The students, who had been full of anticipation just a moment ago, all wilted instantly.

"I thought we wouldn't have to run today..."

Although the students were full of complaints, they had no choice but to start running under the professor's authority.

Robert knew that this bit of extra credit wouldn't help, so he didn't push himself too hard.

He controlled his pace to run shoulder-to-shoulder with Victor, but eventually couldn't help asking: "Right, Victor, where did you go last night? At nine o'clock, I was planning to find you for a match."

Victor opened his mouth, but after a long pause, he said: "Robert, I don't have your stamina. Can we talk about this after the run?"

Robert: "Fine."

After two laps, except for a few individual students, the first-years from all four houses were completely drained of energy.

Robert originally wanted to continue his questioning, but Professor Jones called out loudly: "Those over there who still have energy, come over and help."

Helpless, Robert had to walk over with a few other students who still had stamina to help Professor Jones set up the field.

By the time the field was set up, about ten minutes had passed.

The students had regained their energy and gathered in the center of the hall.

After a while, Professor Jones took a metal sphere with three holes, resembling a bowling ball, out of a basket and walked over, holding it in one hand.

She looked at the students from the four houses and asked casually: "Does anyone know what this is in my hand?"

The little magic guides looked at each other, and then more than half of them immediately raised their hands!

This time, even Victor and Robert raised their hands!

Professor Jones picked a student at random.

The student said excitedly: "It's a Magitech Ball, Professor!"

Professor Jones said with satisfaction: "That's right, it is the Magitech Ball, the core of a Magitech Duel."

She then inserted her thumb, index finger, and middle finger into the three holes of the Magitech Ball and continued: "The so-called Magitech Ball, also known as a Dueling Ball or Life Ball, can create a 360° omnidirectional Life Barrier as long as you input magic power into it like this. Swati, explain the grading of the Life Barrier."

"Yes, Professor."

Sara Swati immediately stepped out, her wheat-colored skin looking as stunning as ever today.

"The Life Barrier of a Magitech Ball is generally divided into five levels, and the barrier strength corresponding to each level is different. A level 1 Life Barrier has 1000 points of magic power, a level 2 Life Barrier has 2000 points, a level 3 Life Barrier has 4000 points, a level 4 Life Barrier has 8000 points, and a level 5 Life Barrier has 16000 points! In a Magitech Duel, you only achieve victory if you completely shatter the opponent's Magitech Ball's Life Barrier, if the opponent voluntarily surrenders, or if they run out of Magitech Cards."

"Five points to Swati."

Professor Jones injected magic power into the Magitech Ball, and a spherical barrier composed of multiple hexahedrons expanded outward.

She gave it a light push, and the all-metal Magitech Ball drifted slowly forward.

The Magitech Ball circled above the students' heads before returning to Professor Jones's hand.

She said: "In an official duel, learning how to maneuver the Magitech Ball to avoid an opponent's attacks is also a mandatory skill. Of course, our duel today doesn't have so many requirements. Furthermore, we are only using retired practice Magitech Balls. The magic power value of the Life Barrier is provisionally set at 500."

Chapter 42 Dark Demon Cannot Feel the Joy of Dueling

After explaining a few more minor rules to keep in mind during a duel.

Professor Jones took out a jar filled with numbered tags and had the students draw them one by one.

The young magi stepped out one after another, reaching into the jar to draw their tags.

Surprisingly, out of four entire classes, only seventy-eight students had actually completed the creation of a Magic Phantom Beast within this week.

On average, that was less than twenty people per class!

Most of the remaining students were still at the stage of having failed their creations and were forced to start saving up credits to purchase material packs.

It felt as if the professors had intentionally set a trap, opening Traveler Street before teaching the creation of "Magic Phantom Beasts" to give the first-years who didn't know how to exercise restraint a little lesson.

In any case, I don't know if the others learned their lesson, but Victor and Robert certainly got a full dose of it...

As for whether they would change after being taught a lesson, that was another matter entirely.

Dark walked to the jar and grabbed a tag at random: 7.

Good grief, am I fated with the number 7?

Diana leaned in again: "Hey, what number did you get?"

Dark: "Number 7, what about you?"

Diana: "77, hehe!"

Rose: "55..."

"Those who have received their tags, inject your magic power to pry them open, and hand the blue side to me."

Professor Jones took out an empty jar again to collect the blue tags.

Only then did Dark notice that the tags in his hand had red and blue sides. By injecting a sliver of magic power, the red and blue plates lost their magnetic attraction and could be easily pried apart.

After handing over the blue tag as instructed by Professor Jones, Dark stood quietly holding the red tag.

The arena in the center of the hall was divided into four equal sections by props, and Professor Jones placed two Magitech Balls in each small section.

Students without "Magic Phantom Beasts" were responsible for injecting magic power into the Magitech Balls and learning how to deploy the Life Barrier.

Professor Jones then selected four people to act as referees.

"The competition uses a single-elimination format; the winner advances, the loser is eliminated. In the world of Magitech Dueling, there is only the champion."

Professor Jones grabbed two blue tags from the jar and set them aside, then grabbed two more and set them aside, repeating this four times to create four groups of tags.

She flipped the tags over and read: "The first round is seventy-eight down to thirty-nine, with four groups proceeding simultaneously. Number 6 and Number 8, Number 66 and Number 7, Number 49 and Number 5, prepare to take the field."

Opening celebration?

Dark glanced at the red number 7 tag in his hand, not paying much mind to it.

Diana and Rose, however, seemed even more nervous than he was.

"Dark, good luck! I'll always be on your side!"

"Good luck!"

It wasn't like he was going to participate in a variety show audition.

Dark walked toward Arena 3 with a dark expression.

A total of eight people took the field at once, some nervous, some composed.

Dark took a glance; the contestant numbered 66 walking toward the same arena as him was a girl from the Magister House with twin tails, large eyes, and a somewhat pale complexion.

He offered a casual word of comfort: "Don't be nervous, it's just a practice match."

"Right, okay." The girl gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on her fingers.

The two of them walked to their respective player positions at opposite ends of the field.

Official matches feature player platforms that allow contestants to overlook the arena from a height, but

here, there were naturally only simple player zones marked out with white lines.

Dark stood in his player zone and looked out at the field.

The field for this in-class match simply replicated the rules of a real arena, designating the one-sixth of the field closest to the player zones as the summoning area.

This meant the summoning area for Magic Spirits was restricted, preventing one from summoning a Magic Spirit directly into the opponent's face—that is, face-rushing summons!

It is said that early Magic Duels did not have this rule, and mages would often employ "tactical summoning," making the duels crude and chaotic.

Some mages would even use "vision interference tactics," summoning large-bodied Magic Spirits directly onto the opponent's face to block their line of sight...

Later, as the rules gradually improved, such farces became much less frequent.

However, there is no limit to human imagination, and petty tricks within the rules remain countless.

The referee for Field No. 3 was Roentgen from the Noble House.

"Hey."

Roentgen waved at Dark, looking exceptionally dejected.

It couldn't be helped; serving as a referee was equivalent to a public execution.

Who told them they couldn't manage to craft a Magic Phantom Beast within a week?

Dark certainly remembered this classmate as one of those who had gone out shopping early Saturday morning.

It seemed he must have spent all his credits on Traveler Street, ultimately leaving him without enough credits to afford more material packs for his experiments.