In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

—Hmm? Wait, there should be one more semi-finalist, right?

Lu Mingfei looked around and saw Lai Si all alone, so he raised his hand and pressed it down to signal the students around him to be quiet.

Then he paused for a moment, organizing his thoughts:

"I'm not the only one from the Knights Academy to reach the semifinals of the Rookie Cup. So I think perhaps we should also involve another qualified person in this discussion..."

Lu Mingfei moved quietly outwards, and the crowd parted to make way for him, allowing him to grab Lais and bring her to the front of the crowd as well. Lais looked at him in surprise, as if she had never expected him to do this.

"But Lu, she's also your rival," a student raised their hand to speak. "If you let her listen too... wouldn't that mean she'll also improve? What if you don't get first place then?"

"If I can't get first place, then let someone else take it. In a competition, losing just means you're not as good as the other team." Lu Mingfei said, patting Lai Si's shoulder forcefully.

"But what we truly value is what lies outside the competition. Morality and trust—these are things others may not see, things others may even ridicule, but if a person loses these admirable qualities, can they still be considered human?"

"Even if they still have human form and human speech, in essence they are just upright-walking beasts."

"We are noble knights, and we should uphold the code of chivalry—humility, justice, honor..."

"These are the things that should make our Knights Academy proud, not just because one of us, or even a specific person, won the Rookie Cup."

Lu Mingfei's voice wasn't very loud, but it was loud enough for the students of the Knight Academy present to hear, and also loud enough for students from other academies to hear.

The members of the House of Nobles stood in twos and threes, whispering among themselves; the House of Fools turned their gaze to Lu Mingfei, their eyes flashing with a certain approval; the House of Scholars also stopped arguing and listened quietly until finally they slowly began to applaud.

The applause gradually grew into a continuous burst, making Lu Mingfei blush and hide in the crowd.

……

Ten minutes of preparation time, neither long nor short, was just enough for Lu Mingfei and Laisi to learn about the specific information of their opponent's various magical spirits, as well as the tactics that might be used around these spirits.

As for the information between them? There's no way to find out more details. After all, whether you only tell Lu Mingfei about Lais' cards or tell Lais about Lu Mingfei's cards, it seems like you're trying to incite a civil war.

However, Ron was very enthusiastic: he wrote down the details of the spell cards that Lace had used on a small piece of paper and slipped it into Lu Mingfei's hand.

In the final four, the duels were no longer hosted by the arena's magical spirits, but by Professor Liss herself, who stepped onto the dueling ring. Her clear, melodious voice easily drew everyone's attention:

"The first match of the semi-finals—"

"Knight Academy, Lu Mingfei—vs.—Academy, Muin Tiltifi!"

Lu Mingfei walked step by step onto the arena, raised his hand to activate the magic device, and tentatively made it fly around a couple of times.

—To be honest, Lu Mingfei was under a lot of pressure at this moment, because in the analysis just now, the students had spoken highly of Mu Yin.

Because everyone believes that Muyin may have other cards in his hand!

"The first magic card crafted in magic class wouldn't have super-powerful skills and keyword abilities like [Star Elf]. She must have crafted [Star Elf] after the Traveler's Street opened."

"But why did she choose the Star Spirit as her starting spirit? It can neither stop damage to the magic device, nor can its skills directly threaten the magic device..."

"This can only mean that she's after two other features of this skill: divination and curses! She'll only release a spell card or summon a second magical spirit if the Star Spirit's skill damage doesn't take down your first spirit in the first round of combat—"

"But in the battle just now, no one was able to force her to use her spell cards, so we don't have any information about her in that regard."

The words he had just heard during his pre-match preparations echoed in Lu Mingfei's mind, prompting him to quickly make a decision and draw his first Pokémon card.

"In the name of Lu Mingfei, I summon!"

"In the name of Muyin, I summon!"

The Dragon Slime landed, twisting its body to dissipate the ripples created by the impact; the Star Elf danced in mid-air, its body allowing a direct view of Twilight behind it.

And naturally, she wouldn't stop her actions to control the battlefield. The Star Spirit has no physical form, meaning it can't deal with Lu Mingfei's magical spirits that have a physical form on the field—

Its ultimate attack, which requires time to prepare and doesn't deal much damage in the end, might not even be able to destroy the software's magical spirit. In comparison, it's more important to quickly summon a spirit that can hold the line.

Lu Mingfei first gave the slime a command to charge forward, and then summoned the next magical spirit, the Charge Fighting Knight. With the slime charging ahead, the skill judgment of the Star Spirit might be confused, and the Charge Fighting Knight could end the battle in one fell swoop.

Of course, if that doesn't work, then Lu Mingfei will have no choice but to summon even higher.

A level two magical spirit is not beyond the scope of a first-year student's knowledge—often, by the end of the first year, students will switch to level two or three magical spirits as their main force—and he was even asking his teacher about the creation of field cards.

At this point, the display of a Level 2 Magical Spirit will not attract unnecessary attention from the teachers; it will only make them marvel at how outstanding their student is becoming.

It's not that Lu Mingfei necessarily wants to win the championship trophy—although that's actually his goal—he's just curious about the differences between these different tiers of material packs.

Accompanied by a burning smell carried on the wind, a floating flame appeared in Muyin's half of the field—

It appeared right in front of the slime.

Fire Element

【✪】【100/0/200】

[Race: Elemental Being] [Attribute: Fire] [Special Ability: Elemental Transformation]

(Elemental Transformation: Unaffected by physical attacks)

【Ultimate Move: Fire in the Wind】

【Fire in the Wind: Gain resistance to wind-type effects】

From this fireball, which resembled a sun, several prominence-like tendrils extended, enveloping the tiny slime. The biological fluid within the mollusk rapidly vaporized, accompanied by a terrifying hissing sound—but strangely, the tarragon slime seemed to possess an inexhaustible supply of fluid, showing no sign of drying up no matter how much the miniature sun burned it.

However, Lu Mingfei could sense the magical power level of the Dragon Slime and was secretly taking out another spirit card from his pocket, ready to summon it at any moment—