The game watched dumbfounded as the girl cut her deck by herself, and the four words of the end of the round seemed to be choked in her throat, and she couldn't say it.

In rotational order, he is a white-haired girl after his turn.

But...... Once the rotation is established, the opponent will directly lose because there is no card to draw, which is equivalent to LP becoming 0.

What did I think when I saw that threatening expression...... What I thought when I saw the Magic Grocer Merchant...... Is it all just an illusion she created?

Her purpose has never changed, still Malik? took advantage of the psychology of me and Seaponie, and actually let this group melee end early with her will......

After the first group is divided, the rest of the battle will become meaningless, because the second group will definitely be the remaining two.

“…… You always surprise people. The game's gaze at Li Bai became more complicated, and he now felt more and more that the white-haired girl would be the biggest obstacle on his way.

"If I don't, I'm not sure I'll be able to count two people at the same time." Li Bai turned his face slightly sideways, avoiding the gaze of the seahorse.

She knew that doing this would inevitably cause her to be scolded afterwards, but that didn't mean that she would watch the same thing happen again - like the seahorse, Li Bai belonged to the kind of person who had a strong desire to control, she didn't allow the future to be thrown into an ethereal fate, and she wanted to control the future with her own hands.

Take a step back and analyze, win...... The hidden benefits are definitely better than enduring the wrath of a seahorse; Lose...... She probably didn't need to worry about that anymore.

So what are you waiting for?

"It's over, Pharaoh." Li Bai's voice completely calmed down, and she used this title for the first time in a conversation with the game, "That protective film created by grouping can temporarily block your two most troublesome opponents and solve at least one of them...... You should be satisfied. ”

"—but the process didn't satisfy me." Muto Game stood up straight, his expression stern, "I'm more happy to see that this result is due to my own strength...... Now the situation is more like handouts. ”

"So what are you going to do?" The girl asked curiously, "I can't think of any other way you can change the situation now, and I don't think you'd do it for that reason - it really doesn't look like you." ”

"Theoretically, I still have a chance for revenge." The game turned to look at the silent seahorse.

The corners of the latter's mouth curled contemptuously, and he snorted heavily.

The game retracts its gaze and smiles noncommittally.

"End of round."

……

As the lifting platform rose to the limit position, Li Bai felt a shock on the soles of his feet.

That's when the platform is automatically fixed, so that it can't get stuck on the top of the tower and won't slide.

Malik stood on the other side of the tower, and when he heard the commotion, he turned his head and stared at the white-haired girl with a blank expression.

When facing Li Bai alone, Malik did not intimidate as he did with others, which may also have something to do with their first official meeting.

Li Bai ignored his gaze, and instead came to the edge by himself...... Standing at the top of the tower and looking into the distance, the small artificial island pattern is in full view, and she can see the winding coastline and the deep blue sea level beyond.

"Well, do you still think he's just a special high school student?" Skylight reappears next to the girl, standing side by side with her on the edge of the top of the tower.

"He's secretly cheering you on."

Only by defeating Malik can Li Bai have the possibility of fighting him, and the game's statement is actually to express the hope that she can win the duel with Malik.

"I've never despised him." Li Bai looked straight at the scenery in the distance, and didn't care why Tianguangyan came out at this time.

"I haven't lost a single official match against him...... But I've always seen him as my strongest opponent. ”

She understands the complete plot, and it is impossible for her to only have the impression of a 'strong rival' and a 'strong man' for the game like others, and she knows deeply that if she is given a chance...... Even for a split second, she could be used to turn the tables, and she spent far more energy and computing power fighting the game than it would take to fight someone else - either a last resort or a lethal blow.

The top four player has the right to view all the battle records of the tournament, and it is no longer possible for her to rely on the shortcomings of the opponent's unknown information as before, and it is impossible for her to be as easy as before when she is prepared, and he has also obtained the God Card.

Fight him again, and the battle will be even harder.

"Even so...... I still underestimate him. While speaking, Li Bai took out a thick stack of cards from the tomb area of the duel plate, and then silently contacted his different space card pack and began to modify the card deck construction; Next up is the semi-finals against Malik, and she's certainly not going to be able to continue with this deck full of monster cards.

"The semi-final grouping itself is very interesting, and even more so with the addition of three God Cards, the variables increase a lot."

"A grouping that might seem good for someone at the moment will turn out to be extremely bad in the end." Putting the conditioned card back into the dueling plate, Li Bai stretched his body greatly against the wind, "At that moment just now, I really suspected that I heard it wrong...... Does he really know what he's talking about. ”

"If I win and he defeats my brother, then I'll have to face both the Dragon of Judgment and the Sun God......"

It seems that when he expressed this meaning, he already had some kind of enlightenment.

"As an outsider, I can comprehend so many hidden things." The girl was very emotional, "I thought he would lack composure without that experience, but it seems that he is too worried at the moment." ”

Blinded by self-esteem, the frenzied quest for victory after victory is not a sign of strength, such a person is nothing more than a slave to victory, and the seemingly tall throne built with a champion is actually fragile, and all it takes is one defeat to collapse along with all the self-confidence he has built up in the past.

In the original book, this is the state of the game that lost to the videotape Rebeccas; He showed a more or less different desire to win in his later life and competitions, and even risked his life to enter Becas City...... He used saving Double Six as an excuse to do so, but he avoided the fear of "fear of failure again" in his heart.

Had it not been for the fact that the watch game had awakened him at the last moment to stop the attack, the pharaoh would not have known how long he would continue to indulge in the illusion of proving himself.

Thinking of this, Li Bai couldn't help but glance at Tianguangyan from the corner of his eye.

Even the game will be stressed because of his identity as 'another personality'...... Doesn't she have a similar affection; Although theoretically this is actually her body, in real life more of the time is dominated by me, and her actual situation is no different from her sub-personality.

She didn't have anything unusual like this...... When I first appeared, I still liked to play with me from time to time, but now I seem to be completely content with the status quo, without any idea of trying to prove that I have zài.

This...... Seems a little counterintuitive?

The sound of the fixed machinery of the platform came from behind her, but it was the remaining two who also arrived, which made her immediately forget the problem she had just thought about and adjust herself to the state she should have been in before the battle...... It's just that she still doesn't dare to look at the seahorse squarely, for fear of being reprimanded by him at this time.

“…… Now that the grouping has been decided, let's start the first battle. After taking a deep look at his sister, the seahorse temporarily dissipated the knots in his heart.

The fairness of the result was watched by countless pairs of eyes, and even if he was the organizer of the event, it was impossible to change it, and now he had to admit it...... It's uncomfortable to get angry again.

As early as when Li Bai was looking at the scenery, Isono, who had already taken the elevator up, immediately stood in the center of the arena at the top of the tower, as the master of ceremonies and referee, he had to take on the task of presiding over the game.

The floor at the top of the tower, like the rest of it, is made of metal, as if in consideration of its future function, and the natural depression in the ground reveals a horizontal line, which happens to split the circular field into two sides.

"Now is the first quarter-final." Isono stood on the horizontal line and looked left and right at Li Bai and Malik, "Are both sides ready?" ”

"Yes." Li Bai responded briefly, and she took the lead in standing on the left half of the court, waiting for her opponent all day long.

"Is it finally going to begin?" Malik spun the dueling disc in his left hand and walked to the right half of the court, no doubt he had been waiting for a long time.

"Although I had a hunch, I was a little surprised when I saw you first." He directly ignored Isono, who was standing aside, and only the white-haired girl in front of him was in his eyes, "What made you overcome your fear of God?" The dragon of light? ”

"Make no mistake about it, Malik...... I'm not standing here to overcome any fear, but I want to stand here, I want to stand here. Li Bai frowned, very unhappy with his frivolous tone, "I won't let you hurt anyone again." ”

“…… I hope you still have that look on your face before you die. The negative personality habitually licked his lips, and the cruelty in his eyes became thicker.

Don't forget, being kicked out of the melee made him hold back a lot of anger, and he was hit by a girl at the moment...... If it weren't for the rules on the surface, he would definitely do it immediately.

The two exchanged decks with great efficiency, and the quarterfinals officially kicked off.

Li Bai was about to inquire about the ownership of the first public power, but at this moment, a black mist rose around her, temporarily attracting her attention...... The fog was not the same as the one in the aquarium caused by the Skylight Flame, and although it was pitch black, it seemed to be more viscous, giving her a nauseous feeling.

"Dark games?" She immediately sought out the possible perpetrator - and sure enough, a true eye appeared on Malik's forehead, emitting a golden glow along with the millennial tin staff in his hand, and these black fogs were known to be caused by him, and they were one of the symbols of the dark game.

"Thank me, it's for you...... Dark game with power up! Malik waved his cloak, and the black mist enveloped the entire field more quickly, and now the girl couldn't see anything but him, and Isano, who was supposed to be only a few steps away, seemed to have disappeared, and there was no trace at all.

"Strike first...... It's mine! ”

"Beware, Shiro!" Tianguang Flame did not appear, and Li Bai could only hear her voice, "These fogs are strange...... I can't seem to get out! ”

"The dark game is a kind of game rules handed down from ancient times, it will instinctively repel other forces when it is activated, and it is normal for you to be suppressed, don't care." Sensing that her feelings were a little excited, Li Bai patiently explained the real situation to her.

"It's horrifying, but it still can't get rid of the identity of a game - as long as it's a game, there are rules; Where there are rules, there is fairness and justice. It wasn't the first time she'd been through a dark game, and the tough battle with Becas had brought her a lot of experience, and she was quick to calm down after the initial surprise.

"The opponent has the same conditions as us, but there is more suppressive power on the mental level...... Aside from the 'real pain' and the penalty for failure, there's nothing wrong with dark games......"

"Beware!"

Just as she was distracted to explain to the Celestial Flame, something like a tentacle suddenly drilled out of the thin mist in front of her, and the speed was so fast that it made a sound similar to that of a sharp blade slashing through the air, and it was taking advantage of the gap exposed by the girl lifting the dueling disc to stab at her henchman!

Of course, Li Bai would not stay there motionless, she immediately mobilized the light power in her body, intending to lay a barrier in front of her body in order to shake this tentacle open.

But the accident happened, and the power in her body didn't react at all, as if there was no zài at all...... Before the girl who was completely stunned could think about what the reason was, she was stabbed directly into the heart by the tentacle...... After a few tenths of a second of a nerve transmission, the pain of fainting in the child came from there.

Li Bai's pupils shrank so small for the first time, and she couldn't even speak because she suffered the pain without any expectation, so she immediately bowed her body slightly, bent her knees to stabilize her center of gravity, and at the same time tried to slowly tense the muscles at the wound, using this way to achieve the purpose of gradually relieving the pain.

But it turned out that she underestimated how tightly the heart was pierced...... Not to mention, the tentacle was still in the ground, and it whirled itself out of the wound as she tensed her muscles.

The stimulation caused by the double gap of "mmmmm......mmmm" was unreasonable, and the screams she blurted out were turned into a whimper; Her knees were no longer able to support her body, and she sat heavily on the cold ground with her.

Holding the wound tightly could not stop the blood from gushing out, coughing up a few mouthfuls of blood with organ fragments...... Li Bai felt that his vision was blurring.

"How...... This attack? She thought in a trance.

"Am I going to die?"

"Wake me up!!"

The shrill cry shook the girl, and she jerked up her head, which was about to hang down to her chest, and looked around a little dazedly.

"It's finally restored." Tianguangyan sighed almost in prostration, she was frightened by the girl's strange appearance just now, and if she had her body, she would have been in a cold sweat.

If a person mentally identifies herself as dead, then she is truly dead...... Brain death, one of the most complete ways to die.

"What was the situation?" Peacock Dance, who stayed in the monitoring room, looked at the big screen in amazement.

Just now, the girl who was attacked by the monster actually reacted with a real attack, and that expression would definitely not be pretended...... What's going on?

"Just now, what happened just now?" Li Bai's eyes widened, and he immediately reached out and touched the position of the heart on the left side of his chest, "The wound is gone?" ”

The wound on her chest and the blood that had flowed from the attack were gone, and only the aftermath of the pain remained...... Although it has been lightened a lot.

Upon probing, the red number on the dueling disc showing the value of LP caught her eye, not long ago, the value there was still a full value of 4000 points, but after the horror just now, it became 3500.

"So that's the case......" Seeing the change in health value, Li Bai immediately analyzed the abnormality just now.

It was a direct attack from an enemy monster.

Recalling the appearance of the tentacles that emerged from the fog just now, Li Bai became more and more sure of his guess.

"But the pain perception is wrong." She pressed her chest lightly, feeling her heart beating through a layer of fabric and skin.

Even if the heart is pierced, the pain that makes people forget a moment is too intense...... If she hadn't had this similar experience once, she might have fainted in pain.

"That's a good look on your struggling and twisted face!" Malik's voice came from the other side, and through this passage, the girl could feel his excitement, which couldn't help but make her secretly curse a pervert.

The spread of the black mist stopped, and the thin mist that had been blocking between the two shrank into an even thicker black mist around them, revealing Malik's figure and the abominable monster beside him.

It looked like a giant sea cucumber, its puffy body was blue-white, and its head and tail had dark red tentacles of different thicknesses, and at this moment, it showed all its tentacles, roughly more than twenty, as if it had tasted blood just now and led them to be excited, and the monster controlled them and couldn't help dancing - it was one of them who attacked the girl just now.

【Attack Vampire Maggot】Demon Clan, Earth Attribute, Level 4, Attack Power 500, Garrison Power 1200; Effect: This card can be used to attack in defiance of the rules on the first turn, and in addition, the controller can discard a card in his hand in exchange for turning the attacking card into a defensive representation.

This monster only appeared in the original book, and it was when Malik and the game had the final showdown, and the effect was extremely buggy...... Li Bai didn't expect that he would encounter it in T1 if he deliberately cut and washed the opponent's card deck so finely, and this situation obviously doesn't work to explain it by coincidence.

Is the system doing it again?

"How about triple pain?" Malik looked at the girl with a sinister smile, "Don't be surprised...... More fun is yet to come, and in order to maximize this advantage, I deliberately chose monsters with extremely brutal attacks. ”

"I promise they'll surprise you just like this little cutie next to me."

“…… Actually made such an adjustment for me. It is undeniable that Li Bai's heart skipped half a beat when she heard this information, but she was unwilling to fall into the disadvantage in words, "But don't forget, the reason why the attack just now caused me such pain is not unrelated to my complete lack of psychological preparation." ”

"When I tense my nerves, it's not so easy for you to continue the results you just made!"

The effect of force is mutual, and from this point of view, the maiden is not wrong; Just like two people fighting each other with fists, if both sides tense their muscles and exert force, the pain of the fist collision will be lower than if one of them does not exert force.

During the duel with Nit, Li Bai had the privilege of tasting a more complete and comprehensive pain...... Now that her body had improved, she didn't believe that she would not be able to resist the dark game if she was prepared, even if it was three times as painful.

…… What if the pain is really beyond your imagination?

Malik was noncommittal about the girl's counterattack, he picked out a card from his hand and discarded it into the graveyard seemingly at random, "I launched the second effect of the Rush Attack Vampire Maggot, and after making the attack, this card can be discarded by guò to become a guard sign; So that even if you kill it, my LP won't cut. ”

"Then stamp the next card, and the round is over."

There seemed to be some hidden threat in his words, but he didn't say it.

Li Bai silently drew a card, and then substituted it into the remaining 5 cards in his hand, intending to think about how he needed to play next.

If the appearance of the Rush Vampire Maggot monster is really not a coincidence, then can I assume that he also has the sun god in his hand......

The card that the Vampire Maggot discarded to the graveyard by the quick-attack attack...... Will it be the same as in the original book?

The unfavorable start and the unknown made Li Bai a little nervous, and after just a few seconds of thinking, she decided that it was better for her not to take risks.

"I ...... Unleash the Magic Card Light Reinforcements and retrieve the Light Path Monster by sending three cards to the grave from the top of the deck. ”

"The retrieved card is Lila, the Magician of Light."

"And then! Because he was sent from the deck to the graveyard by the reinforcements of light, Wolf the Light Beast has a special summon on my field! ”

The girl's start is much richer than that of Malik, including not only retrieval and piling up the tomb, but also a special summon, a platinum-gold diamond-shaped rune appeared, and a werewolf wearing half-body armor of the same color held a long-handled giant axe in front of his master.

"And then use a magician to remove the trap, right?" Malik clenched his arms and watched Li Bai make preparations in all aspects.

In his opinion, the speed of piling tombs in the path of light is still too slow, and according to conservative estimates, it will take at least 2 rounds to pile up enough light paths for the dragon of judgment to appear, which is far from being comparable to the sun god.

And he's going to split the winner in the next round.

"Of course...... No. Li Bai originally pulled out the Lila card in his hand, but after hearing this, he paused slightly, and instead touched the card on the far left in his hand.

"I will use the Light Path Beast Wolf as a sacrifice to summon the LV6 Light Pulsar Dragon!"

The battle situation is ever-changing, and after hearing Malik's nonchalant tone, she temporarily changed her next move, because since Malik would say that, it is likely that the fold is not a solid pit, so it would be unwise to summon Lila in order to further pile up graves and earn cards, and she decided to start the game with attack suppression.

After two or three heart-like beats, the light shattered, revealing a dragon with flat blue and white armor, about the height of a three-story building, and several brilliant white circles of light around its body.

【Light Pulsar Dragon】

Attack: 2500

Garrison: 1500

"Offering a summoning?" Malik raised an eyebrow, the girl's actions made him a little incomprehensible, but it was also in his mind, as long as he was not well prepared, it was useless how high the attack power of this monster was, "...... It's a monster I haven't seen before, are you going to attack it like this? ”

Since the Light Pulsar Dragon appeared, the orb of light on its chest has extended a faintly glowing rope, the other end of which is directly on the girl's chest - a soul chain that shares the sense of touch and allows the player to empathize with the pain of the monster.

There is also this thing between the Rush Vampire Maggot and Malik.

"Do I seem to be such a kind person?" Li Bai sneered, stretched out his hand, and stroked the blue-white smooth scale armor of his subordinates beside him, a cruel light flashed in his eyes.

"Go, light pulsar, and attack in the way that best suits your dragon's instincts."

“…… Chew that bug for me. ”