Chapter 496: Angus Jeffrey’s Struggle Is So Blood-Pumping (4k)
“Rumble!”
In the blink of an eye, most of the field was covered in ice spears.
The densely packed ice spears continuously bombarded, turning the ice-covered ground into a mess!
Almost everyone’s eyes were fixed on the field, trying to spot the mana spirits shattered by the ice spears.
However, the momentary surge of excitement in Jeffery, who was commanding the “Remote Frost Sprite” to use the “Frost Bramble Array,” suddenly plummeted.
He could clearly sense something amiss. Without hesitation, he organized another “Sacrificial Summon.”
“Roar!”
At almost the same time, the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon, with its blue eyes, burst out from the dense ice spears.
The “Frost Bramble Array” had a wide coverage but wasn’t powerful enough to instantly destroy a six-star mana spirit.
After smashing several ice spears, the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon fiercely lunged at the “Remote Frost Sprite” still spinning in the air.
On the ground,
Fat Cat used his ultimate skill—”Defend”—the moment the ice spears descended.
“Defend” lasted for thirty seconds and could completely block attacks, unaffected by most ultimates.
Its cooldown was short, but if used consecutively within an hour, each use’s success rate would drop significantly.
Fat Cat, using “Defend” for the second time, fortunately seized one-third of the probability, opening up a thin light wall above him.
This light wall not only protected the Blue Side’s Mana Guidance Ball but also shielded Eevee.
Under Fat Cat’s protection, Eevee curled up into a ball.
The ice spears of the “Frost Bramble Array” shattered in mid-air, scattering icy debris.
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The undamaged Blue Side Mana Guidance Ball clearly surprised most people.
However, more attention was drawn to the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon.
The Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon, bursting out from the gun array, approached the Remote Frost Sprite. With full force, its dragon claws fiercely reached out, shattering half of the three-meter giant ice ball.
The Remote Frost Sprite quickly rose.
Without the “Frozen Land of Li Yuan” providing ice elements, the Remote Frost Sprite, despite having an “Ice Element Heart,” had nothing to absorb.
The half of its body smashed by the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon was hard to recover.
Its ultimate skill was also on cooldown.
In this situation, the Remote Frost Sprite could only be sacrificed.
Indeed, Angus Jeffrey did just that.
He performed the “Sacrificial Summoning Spell,” treating the Remote Frost Sprite as a sacrifice.
With a four-star Remote Frost Sprite and a hidden three-star mana spirit—White Bear Sleeve—a seven-star mana spirit could be summoned!
But when Jeffrey’s “Sacrificial Summoning Spell” reached its climax, just as the Remote Frost Sprite was about to turn into light, a sword flash instantly shattered the remaining half of the Remote Frost Sprite!
It was helpless now; the scattered ice dust gradually turned into mana dust.
Angus Jeffrey’s expression changed drastically.
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“This is a duel.”
Dark Demon placed the Mana Guidance Card of “Solo Sword Sheath” down, his tone calm.
In the rapidly changing Mana Duel, once choosing to interrupt a “Sacrificial Summon,” one must be prepared for the second sacrifice to be interrupted.
As Jeffrey’s opponent, Dark Demon certainly wouldn’t let Jeffrey complete the second sacrifice smoothly.
With this forced interruption of the “Sacrificial Summon,” Angus Jeffrey was left with only an invisible White Bear Sleeve on the field.
But this White Bear Sleeve seemed to have little use beyond being a sacrifice.
Otherwise, during the chaos of the “Frost Bramble Array,” it should have appeared to attack.
Contrarily,
Dark Demon already had four mana spirits on the field!
The cat boss protected the Mana Guidance Ball, while Eevee took care of…
The Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon and Solo Sword Sheath could directly target the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball!
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[Battle Phase (4)] [30s]
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The turn switched instantly.
Dark ordered the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon and Solo Sword Sheath to attack the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball.
Jeffrey quickly drew two new Mana Guidance Cards from his deck into his hand!
His previous hand lacked Mana Guidance Cards for clearing the field, so he pinned his hopes on these two new cards.
The moment he got these new cards, his stern expression changed dramatically, his eyes brightening.
Three seconds.
He watched the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon and Solo Sword Sheath fly towards his Mana Guidance Ball like lightning, yet he chose to continue using the “Normal Summoning Spell”!
The Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon had an attack of 3000, Solo Sword Sheath 2200, and the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball had 5666 mana remaining.
He still had at least one round of attack margin!
And…
Just as Solo Sword Sheath’s edge was about to touch the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball, the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball suddenly vanished without warning.
Where it disappeared, a white bear cub abruptly appeared!
“Field Swap?”
Dark widened his eyes, scanning the entire field, but did not see the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball replaced by the White Bear Sleeve.
“Could it be that the buffs were swapped along with the positions?”
Dark’s mind raced, immediately thinking of this possibility.
This meant the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball was now in “Stealth” mode, impossible to find.
“Bang!”
The White Bear Sleeve was instantly blasted apart by the Sinful Blue-Eyed Dragon’s claw.
Then, Dark’s mana spirits immediately began searching for the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball.
Meanwhile,
On the Red Side Summoning Area, a massive summoning circle lit up again!
Angus Jeffrey completed this normal summon.
A first-tier mana spirit appeared in the summoning circle.
“Don’t get too excited!”
Jeffrey shouted suddenly, drawing a Mana Guidance Card from his remaining hand, ready to summon after the three-second cooldown.
With the newly summoned mana spirit, his original Mana Guidance Card finally had a purpose!
“The duel isn’t over until the end, so don’t give up.”
“Anything is possible before the Life Barrier breaks!”
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Jeffrey’s sudden surge of passion made the young nobles watching cheer involuntarily.
But afterward, they felt a strange sensation.
In this fourth-year vs. first-year duel, shouldn’t the first-year be saying those words?
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Prince Charles, in the secret box, interlaced his fingers, placing them under his nose, deeply observing the duel.
The intensity far exceeded expectations, but the Deoxys and Lion Beast he wanted to see did not appear.
Fortunately, Solo Sword Sheath appeared first, still exuding a subtle sacred aura.
Angus Jeffrey was more tenacious than expected, dragging the duel on.
“I hope he can drag it until the ‘Hero’ arrives.”
Unconsciously, Charles went from expecting Jeffrey to win to hoping he could hold on longer…
Until Jeffrey’s sudden surge of passion, he regained interest.
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[Light Emissary]
[Bliss III Moon] (Modified)
The duel didn’t end.
Dark added two new Mana Guidance Cards to his hand, his eyes heavy as he looked at the Red Side Summoning Area mana spirit.
The mana spirit summoned by Jeffrey was a very famous type among first-tier mana spirits, so he recognized it immediately.
[Card Name: Netherworld Ice Coffin]
[Type: Elemental Card]
[Level: ???]
[Race: Undead]
[Attribute: Ghost/Ice]
[Mana: 2000]
[Attack: 0]
[Defense: 0]
[Ultimate Skills: Nether Path, Coffin Person]
The mana spirit floating in the Red Side Summoning Area had a coffin-like appearance.
Made of ice, it was crystal clear, like an ice sculpture, very delicate.
The Netherworld Ice Coffin was extremely fragile, with no attack or defense capabilities.
But its mana value exceeded three-star top-tier, reaching 2000 points.
Though not much in high-star mana spirits, it represented a tendency.
As an elemental spirit combining Ghost and Ice attributes, the Netherworld Ice Coffin’s body was made of ice, losing the Ghost’s property of ignoring physical attacks.
It was very fragile, seemingly breakable with one punch.
Indeed, in legends, great terror resided inside the ice coffin!
Once it shattered, terror would descend.
The ghost crawling out would devour everything!
The Netherworld Ice Coffin was modeled after this legend.
The great terror residing inside the ice coffin was… the recorded mana spirit!
Thus, the Netherworld Ice Coffin Mana Guidance Card usually served as a “carrier.”
Summoning it equaled obtaining a special method to summon the recorded mana spirit.
This was akin to a “Ritual Summon.”
The recorded mana spirit had conditions: first, it must be undead and ghost type; second, its star level must be between the Netherworld Ice Coffin and double its star level.
Jeffrey’s Netherworld Ice Coffin was a three-star mana spirit, capable of recording mana spirits from three to six stars.
There were many additional restrictions.
The condition for a “Ritual Summon” was “breaking out of the coffin!”
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In other words, theoretically, as long as the Netherworld Ice Coffin wasn’t destroyed, the recorded mana spirit couldn’t be specially summoned.
-Dark initially thought so until the Netherworld Ice Coffin on Jeffrey’s side showed a ten-second countdown!
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Dark had never heard of a Netherworld Ice Coffin opening by itself, but Jeffrey’s was evidently special.
Its coffin likely housed a six-star-plus entity!
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“Is this the depth of a fourth-year student?”
Dark casually activated “Bliss III Moon” (Modified), filling the weakest link in his lineup.
Eevee, curled up, bathed in Bliss’s glow, evolved into Moon Eevee after a long time.
Black agile body adorned with pink ring patterns.
The moon power emanating from it was no weaker even in daylight.
“Moon Eevee, Evil Fluctuation!”
Before the Netherworld Ice Coffin could break open, Moon Eevee roared softly, its evil aura brewing before exploding!
The malicious aura transformed into black light, radiating wildly like a tide!
For hidden opponents, the most direct approach besides “revealing” was using area-of-effect skills!
Moon Eevee intentionally reduced the damage of “Evil Fluctuation” and increased its coverage.
In an instant, the entire field was filled with black waves.
The Red Side Mana Guidance Ball was exposed!
“Whoosh!”
Solo Sword Sheath reacted the fastest.
A sword pierced through the sky, instantly piercing the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball’s Life Barrier.
[5666 – 2801]
After two rounds of attacks, the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball’s Life Barrier plummeted to 2801!
“Up!”
Jeffrey pressed his Mana Guidance Card, launching a surge of mana to control the Red Side Mana Guidance Ball back to the Red Side zone.
Dark’s response was faster than anticipated, leaving him overwhelmed.
But the countdown on the Netherworld Ice Coffin had reached zero, and the Mana Guidance Card he held successfully summoned, sealing the deal!
Yet when he looked at Dark, trying to observe any change in his expression, he found Dark’s gaze still filled with mockery.
Jeffrey’s heart sank instantly.
Then, a new Mana Guidance Card flew out from his deck, emitting a faint glow.
In the Red Side Summoning Area, the “Nether Path” of the Netherworld Ice Coffin had reached its end, the ten-second countdown successfully reaching zero. The ice coffin’s lid was pushed open from inside, revealing the pale-skinned humanoid mana spirit—the Frost Wraith—sitting upright in the ice coffin.
The Frost Wraith, with an elegant figure and tall, graceful form, wore a thin long dress tightly hugging her skin. Blue blood flowed beneath her pale skin, and an ice crown on her head glowed.
Her features were deep-set, with narrow eyes, beautiful yet sharp.
When she stepped out of the ice coffin, the “Frost Scepter” falling from above suddenly paused in front of her.
She stretched out her hand, grabbing the Frost Scepter, causing icy blue ripples to spread wildly!
The temperature dropped sharply.
