In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

boom--

The explosion kicked up a cloud of dust, but the Star Elf remained unaffected: she roamed the arena, searching for Lu Mingfei's next magical elf.

However, just as she was surveying Lu Mingfei's side of the field, a swift shadow emerged from the dust and smoke, slamming into Mu Yin's magical artifact with an unstoppable force!

The knight lowered his lance, using the momentum of the galloping horse to pierce Moin's magical artifact. 300 points of magic power vanished instantly—and this, of course, did not escape Professor Liz's notice:

"The victor is Lu Mingfei of the Knights Academy!"

The floating star spirit flew to Muyin's side, embraced her, and then returned to the magic card. Muyin herself then walked towards Lu Mingfei and reached out her hand to him.

"Your knight, he possesses the [Agility] ability?"

"Yes."

Lu Mingfei made no attempt to conceal it; this underhanded tactic could only be used once.

"When I fought Ms. Bell, I deliberately delayed his charge by six seconds—all for this moment."

"Reserved especially for me? I'm truly flattered." Mu Yin wasn't angry about this. "Will you join the dueling club? I'd love to see our next battle."

...No, sister, why would you like this kind of scene? I didn't realize...

Lu Mingfei released his grip, gesturing for Mu Yin to go aside and chat with him so as not to interfere with the upcoming battle:

"Do you already know how to join the Duel Club this year? Our academy hasn't even told us how to join yet."

"I wouldn't say I know this year's selection criteria, but rather some prerequisites for entry summarized by senior students." Mu Yin pondered for a moment, then slowly explained:

"Although they did not limit the number of cards that could be used for entry, our academy, after compiling statistics on the students who successfully entered the department, summarized a, well... minimum standard for successful entry."

"Sixteen low-star magic cards and one mid-level spirit card of at least four stars. Among these low-star magic cards, there must be corresponding ritual cards or spell cards that can summon the mid-level spirit card within ten turns."

"With intermediate-level spirit cards as a foundation and low-level magic cards as a supplement, we should be able to successfully enter the Duel Club."

After recounting these events, Mu Yin added the following:

"Of course, sometimes if you have very strong fundamentals or exceptional talent in command, then the standards can be relaxed a bit. For example, for you, about thirteen or fourteen low-star magic cards would be enough—if it's a more common arena battle..."

"Other forms of combat require further classification and discussion..."

Lu Mingfei nodded, indicating that he had listened attentively, and then watched Mu Yin return to the audience.

On the arena, seeing his starting Pokémon instantly controlled by Lacey, Brownie from the Noble Academy surrendered without hesitation.

There was nothing he could do but surrender. His two elves were about the same size, and after being controlled by Lace, along with her own magical elves, their combat power was already overwhelming.

In comparison, it would be better to surrender immediately.

The two exchanged greetings after the match, followed by the final duel of the day—

In previous years, Professor Liz would have given the two of them more time to prepare, adjust their mental pressure, and make a final contingency plan based on the opponent's fighting style.

However, today, since both of them are from the Knights Academy, and one of them is Lu Mingfei, the son of a hero whose reputation far surpasses that of Lys, Professor Lyss pondered for a moment and discovered:

Given the current situation, it seems inappropriate to send the two of them back to the stands to prepare.

In that case, the students from the Knights Academy would definitely surround Lu Mingfei, while Lais would be left aside, which would only widen the gap between them even further.

Thinking of this, Professor Liz sighed softly, then raised her voice so that the two people present could hear:

"Please come to the ring to prepare. The final match of the championship duel will begin in ten minutes."

After saying this, she turned and left, her figure teleporting to the front of the audience seats, preparing to give a lecture to the students during this time. Lu Mingfei looked around and asked Lai Si a question:

"I have a question—how did you create that spell card?"

"Hmm... through the basic transmutation circle." Rais drew in mid-air, making a kind of indication, "not transmutation circle number one, but transmutation circle number zero."

"The Zero Transmutation Circle is the source of all transmutation circles. It has a unique property: it will completely reflect the mind of the magic provider and will not give any special bias to the final result."

"Last Sunday, after returning from Traveler's Street, I was planning to create a high-status summon for myself to use as a tank, but at that time, I heard other students talking about me."

"Then, because my emotions were too volatile, I felt that I was not suitable to make or refine cards. Then I thought of the Zero Transmutation Array, which represents the characteristics of the mind, so I thought of using the Zero Transmutation Array to refine a card."

"—Why did you choose that time to refine your cards? Because my emotions were so volatile that I couldn't sleep even if I lay down, which would affect my studies the next day."

"Then, during this emotionally charged moment, the card was crafted, and the Zero Transmutation Array revealed my mind, which eventually became this card."

Lu Mingfei listened to her story and fell into deep thought.

—The basic transmutation array does not refer to any one transmutation array, but to all transmutation arrays that are prefixed with a number.

These transmutation arrays are like the most basic elements that make up a set. They can be used individually for transmutation, or, as Lu Mingfei did before, several basic transmutation arrays can be put together to form an array diagram before transmutation.

"From this perspective, the key to forming spell cards is pure mental fluctuation?" Lu Mingfei recalled the various scenes of Laise's creation in his mind and made a guess, "Pure, vibrant emotional fluctuations are recorded by the magic card and transformed into special spells that can be repeatedly cast..."

"No, that's not right. This should be the method for crafting spell cards that take away control of others—among spell cards, there should be more purely offensive spells like fireball and lightning, or auxiliary spells like invisibility and silencing..."

"The basic principle of controlling magical spirits is to project the fluctuations of one's own emotions into the mind of the enemy's magical spirit, causing the enemy's magical spirit to simultaneously experience a certain emotion, and then obey the commands of the source of that emotion."

"That's why there's the so-called 'bond.' After all, magical spirits have a great deal of autonomy. Even if control is transferred, a magical spirit can probably still strike at whoever it should based on its own judgment..."