Want to play cards? I'll use my King's Deck!

The mirror shatters, and another "Black Magician" appears on the battlefield, riding the "Cursed Dragon".

It wields a spiraling black spear, channeling its power into its teammates.

"As long as 'Dragon Magician Knight Dark Magician' is on the field, when your monster destroys an opponent's monster by battle, it inflicts damage equal to that monster's original ATK value. Including battle damage, it is equivalent to a direct attack."

"Then, because two more cards were banished, 'Gandora the Destroyer's' ATK increased to 8400. Go, 'Gandora the Destroyer's' ATK, attack 'Judgment Dragon'!"

"【Radiant Light of Destruction】!!"

An immense amount of destructive energy gathered in its mouth, erupted and spewed out, engulfing the "Judgment Dragon's" resistance and completely ending the duel.

【Alicia LP: 7850→0】

It's so painful to have Chapter 297 shut down.

"Hehe, how about that? Were you startled, Alicia? Little X is very strong and powerful, right?"

Although its attack power is not as high as the previous 14,000 points, the "Destroyer Dragon Gandora: Blazing Light" still delivers a powerful "Destroyer Dragon Roar".

The black and red energy torrent surged and rushed, easily extinguishing the "Judgment Dragon's" feeble resistance. After swallowing the greatest military might of the light path, it extended dozens of meters further back until it reached the end of the room and crashed into a wall of unknown material before stopping.

The earth trembled incessantly.

The intensity of the attack was almost visible to the naked eye. Fortunately, this was not a dark duel, and the Millennium Scales, controlled by the Great Sage of the Crystal, balanced it out, so it would not have a serious impact.

At most, it's visually striking.

Of course, this level of dueling performance is nothing out of the ordinary for any duelist here, and there's nothing particularly surprising about it.

More worthy of discussion and reflection than the grand spectacle of the duel itself is the development and outcome of this battle.

For example, like the scene right before our eyes—

As soon as the duel ended and the 3D images of both sides disappeared, the cheerful girl, swaying her short golden hair, approached Alicia.

Not a single word of comfort came out of his mouth to his childhood friend; instead, he was so gleeful and kept showing off that he seemed to have won a victory himself.

This scene felt particularly familiar to Izayoi Yuki.

I vaguely remember when Yuki challenged me to a duel to join Kiyosumi's dueling club, I think I had the same reaction. Looking back now, it feels like it was a long time ago.

Well, ever since then, Mai has been a bit biased towards outsiders. Hmm... but now that Yuuki is their teammate, we can't say that anymore.

Thinking this, Izayoi Yuki's lips unconsciously curled up slightly.

Meanwhile, Alicia was also answering Hoshino's questions seriously.

"It's really impressive. How should I put it? It truly lives up to its reputation. I never expected that I wouldn't even be able to force out a single God Card in the end."

Alicia wasn't unprepared to lose to Yuki, but she thought she could hold out until Yuki used the God Card before being defeated. However, the result was far from what she had imagined.

This also made her realize that she still has many shortcomings, even after becoming a so-called saintess.

There's nothing to be proud of.

"I'm completely convinced. No wonder you chose Yu Xi as your teammate, Xingye. She's a really reliable person."

"Hehe, of course. My judgment is always spot on!"

Xing Yewu smiled and turned to look at the boy who had just won another victory and was relaxing: "Xiao Xi, why don't you say a few words?"

"No, what do you want me to say?"

Being praised like this by a girl he was close to, even though he was used to hearing such compliments, You Xi still felt a little shy and embarrassed, and at the same time, a little dumbfounded. In this situation, what he said seemed inappropriate, didn't it?

But since Xing Yewu had already given the order to speak, he couldn't just remain silent.

After thinking about it for a while, You Xi finally opened her mouth.

"Miss Alicia is actually quite strong, but this duel is a bit special. It's her first time using cards like 'Judgment Dragon' and 'Punishment Dragon,' so she's bound to be a little rusty and unfamiliar with them. But this way, you should be able to completely master them, right?"

"Yes."

Alicia nodded slightly upon hearing this: "Thanks to your help, Yuuki, the balance between light and darkness has been stabilized, and I can now use the full power of the 'Path of Light' smoothly."

"Lightsworn" is one of the more troublesome decks in the Church of Angels' heritage. "Judgment Dragon" and "Punishment Dragon" represent the ultimate light and darkness respectively, and they are from the same source, making it the most difficult to master this deck.

However, the potential of "Lightway" is also the highest among them.

After returning to the Church of Angels, she can then create her own unique "Lightsworn" deck based on the deck-building tips and records left by the saints throughout history.

Only then will she be considered a true saint.

"Hey, hey."

At that moment, a dissatisfied voice came over.

"Are you only grateful to that human?"

The voice was quite clear and somewhat childish; you could tell who was speaking just by listening.

Turning their gaze, they saw the blue-haired young female sage with her slender white arms crossed, her beautiful eyes, a blend of blue and red, half-closed as she glared at them. Her displeasure was palpable.

"Of course, Lady Vera's help is the most important."

But the saintess, as expected of someone carefully nurtured by the Church of Angels, calmly and properly soothed Vera's emotions in the face of her dissatisfaction, just like a well-bred lady.

"Without Lady Vera's help, I truly wouldn't know what to do, and I am extremely grateful for that. However, I don't know how to repay the Sage."

"Hmph, it's good to know."

Vera tilted her head back contentedly after receiving a string of compliments from Alicia. Her slight dissatisfaction at being ignored and disregarded by everyone vanished.

“We don’t need you to do anything. We’re just fulfilling our agreement with the Church of Angels. As long as you understand who deserves the most credit, that’s enough. Now that things are settled here, it’s your turn.”

When Wei'er was halfway through her sentence, her gaze fell on You Xi again.

However, the focus is not on him.

"—You want to send that thief back to the Elf Realm, right? The Tower of the Four Heavens is connected to the Elf Realm; it's essentially a door. If you explore the Trial a little, you'll naturally be able to send the thief back. If you can't find him, come back to us."

"I don't want to talk to that thief who seems to have some mental issues anymore," the young sage advised Yu Xi.

"Huh? Can't Lady Vera open the door herself?"

"It's possible, but that's too much trouble, and we're too lazy to do it."

Vera uttered some rather unwise words without hesitation. However, despite the short time they had spent together, everyone already understood the personality of the blue-haired little girl in front of them, so they were not too surprised by her hands-off management behavior.

"Wait a minute! So, does that mean you don't have to do anything at all?"

Only the Dark Witch suddenly discovered a blind spot and angrily pointed at the scumbag loli.

"You brat, how dare you be so arrogant just now! This is blatant fraud!"

"What do you mean by fraud? This is a test of your knowledge. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. We are the guardians of the Tower of the Four Heavens, so of course we need to see if you are trustworthy people."

The young sage spoke with righteous indignation, but when the black witch exposed her, she showed no shame on her little face. Instead, she refuted the latter's words one by one.

"Besides, this is common knowledge in the elf world. If you don't know it, who can you blame, you idiot?"

"Gu...!"

"So, the observation results mean there's no problem?"

Seeing that the Black Witch was speechless and about to explode, Youxi quickly brought her back to her inner world and took over the conversation.

"Well, putting aside the thief, what you said is fine." Vera's attitude towards Youxi and the Black Witch was completely different. "I hope you can keep an eye on that girl and make sure she doesn't cause any trouble in the tower. If we find out, we won't be polite."

"no problem."

You Xi nodded and agreed.

"I will keep an eye on Miss Belle."

"Xiao Xi, have you decided which sect you want to try in?"

After Yu Xi and the young female sage finished their conversation, Xing Yewu spoke up and asked about the matter she was concerned about: "Fusion, Synchro, or Xyz? It seems like you can do any of them."

"It should be fusion."

Yu Xi gave his answer without much thought, or more accurately, he had considered it before his duel with Alicia.

"Although I can do Synchro and Xyz Summoning, Fusion Summoning is definitely my main focus."

"That makes sense, considering that Xiaoxi's 'Dark Magician' and things like 'Gaia' are all fusion summons."

Xingye Wu clenched her fist: "Alright! It's decided then, I'll go to the Gate of Fusion too!"

"Stop fooling around, Wu."

As soon as Xingye Wu made up her mind, she was immediately subjected to the cruel suppression of Izayoi Yuki.

"Given your fighting style, why would you go to the Fusion Gate? You should be going to the Xyz Gate. Please don't joke about this kind of thing."

Izayoi Yuki asked the saintess beside her, "Alisia, what about you? Are you planning to go to the Gate of Transcendence with Mai?"

Since he is Xingye Wu's childhood friend and they haven't seen each other for many years, he should want to have more time to talk with Xingye Wu.

"No, I should be a pendulum."

However, Alicia shook her head and gave an unexpected answer.

"I want to try and see if I can expand the possibilities of the 'Light Path' into a pendulum."

"Pendulum... Ah, I see."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Within the Lightsworn family system, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link are already available. Only Pendulum and Ritual are missing to dominate the entire summoning system. Like Link, Ritual is a summoning method distributed throughout all doors, so there's no need to specifically search for it. Therefore, it's understandable that Alicia would focus on Pendulum Summoning.

If Alicia succeeds, perhaps a few more "Lightsworn" Pendulum Monsters will be created that allow you to place the card face-up in the Pendulum Zone when it is sent from the Deck to the Graveyard.

However, achieving this is extremely difficult.

"Ah...it's so nice, Alicia. Being able to expand your possibilities at will. I want that too, I want to expand the possibilities of fusion too."

"Come on, if you want to expand your possibilities, just expand on the path of supercapacity. Don't make me say the same thing twice."

No sooner had Hoshino's muttered complaints been uttered than Izayoi Yuki's second brutal suppression was met with this.

Yu Xi watched this everyday scene with a wry smile, and said to Alicia, "Then I wish you great success, Alicia."

"Thank you for your kind words, I hope you feel the same way... By the way..."

Suddenly, Alicia remembered something, took out a well-packaged box from her side pocket, and handed it to Xingye Wu, who was being persecuted by the first wife.