A duelist never gives up!

"How to show it? Play cards with her?" Yuan Qi looked at the sickles, swords and other things on Phantom Rabbit's waist, and a talisman in his hand. It was obvious that he was a character from a battle anime.

"Uh, I don't know either." Xuefeng scratched his face.

"At times like this, we still have to rely on this god to take action." Ai said from the side.

"Do you have a solution?" Yuan Qi asked curiously.

"It's very simple. As long as you stand in front of her, I will release my pure duel power, and she will definitely surrender to me!" Ai said confidently.

"..."

Yuan Qi could see that neither of these two people was very reliable.

You have to do it yourself.

The ghost rabbit was walking when it suddenly noticed the figure in front of it. It subconsciously grasped the hilt of its knife and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

"A duelist who came for you." Yuan Qi bluntly revealed his desire.

"Do you want me to follow you?" The Phantom Rabbit loosened the handle of the knife, and its deep red pupils shrank slightly, but quickly returned to normal.

"I'm sorry, I have a mission. There are duel elves on this mountain that are stronger than me. Young duelist, go find them." Phantom Rabbit refused.

"Mission? Can you tell me what your mission is?" Yuan Qi had no intention of letting the Phantom Rabbit go.

Phantom Rabbit was stunned and turned his gaze to Yuan Qi again.

"Maybe... you can try." Ghost Rabbit murmured, and then said to Yuan Qi, "Come with me, I will take you to the trial ground."

"Hey, the trial ground? Is that legend true?" Xuefeng poked his head out from behind a tree.

"Are you... the student who has been coming to the mountains recently?" Ghost Rabbit said subconsciously when he saw Xuefeng.

"You know me?" Xuefeng asked in surprise.

"I've seen you many times and thought you were here looking for powerful duel elves, but you always come back empty-handed." Phantom Rabbit replied.

Xuefeng said embarrassedly, "I'm such a weak duelist, no duel spirit would be willing to follow me..."

"Being weak isn't scary." Ghost Rabbit interrupted, "Being content with being weak is scary. Don't stay where you are."

"Oh oh..." Xuefeng said guiltily. Why did he feel like he was being lectured by a duel elf?

"The Trial Grounds were established thirty years ago by the dean of the Duelist Academy. At that time, a powerful duel spirit appeared and wreaked havoc within the academy. The dean personally sealed it away in the mountains behind the academy and set up numerous trials, stating that only duelists who passed the trials could master the duel spirit."

"My mission is to select duelists who are considered qualified to participate in the trial, and at the same time prevent those with ulterior motives from obtaining this power." Ghost Rabbit explained.

"Why me?" Yuan Qi asked doubtfully, "Do you think I can pass the trial?"

"Because... before I realized it, the back mountain seemed to have become a forbidden area." Ghost Rabbit said with a gloomy expression, "In the past, I would observe each duelist one by one, determine whether they met the requirements of the trial, and then appear in front of them and lead them to the trial site."

"But I don't know when, no students came to the back mountain anymore. Until ten years ago, a student sneaked into the back mountain and told me that the back mountain had been designated a forbidden area by the school."

"Then the student from ten years ago failed the trial?" Xuefeng asked curiously.

Ghost Rabbit hesitated for a moment, as if not wanting to recall the incident, but still said, "That student kept saying that Xiaomi and Nana were the strongest Duel Pokémons, and that he didn't need any other messed-up Duel Pokémons. Then he laughed three times and left."

"Psycho." After saying that, Ghost Rabbit couldn't help but curse.

"Ah! The Duel Elf is swearing!" Xuefeng exclaimed.

"..."

That student, couldn't it be, no, it's absolutely certain to be Teacher Nefeli, Yuan Qi said with a twitch of his lips.

"We're here. This is the entrance to the trial ground." Ghost Rabbit said when they came to a lake.

"The entrance is at the bottom of the lake?" Xuefeng asked in surprise.

"Well, you guys move back a little, I'm going to draw my sword." Ghost Rabbit said, putting his white and tender little hand on the hilt of the sword.

"Draw the sword? What for?" Xuefeng was confused, but she soon knew the answer.

With a flash of the knife, the originally calm lake surface was cut in half like tofu, revealing a crack about three meters wide. In the crack, a staircase leading directly to the bottom of the lake appeared in front of everyone.

"As long as there is enough force to impact the lake surface, the steps will appear." Phantom Rabbit said, putting away the blade that was emitting cold air.

"Is that so? I thought you really cut the lake in half." Xuefeng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The Phantom Rabbit didn't say anything, but just took the lead and walked up the stairs.

Eh? Are you ignoring me?

"Let's go." Yuan Qi patted the dazed Xuefeng and said.

Going down the steps, you will reach the lake. Perhaps because the back mountain is a forbidden area, the bottom of the lake is very clean and there is no garbage. In the center of the lake, an old altar stands there.

The ghost rabbit stepped onto the altar, and then its snow-white eyebrows frowned slightly, and a trace of worry flashed across its delicate and cute little face.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Qi asked when he saw that the Ghost Rabbit looked a little strange.

"Just now, the altar was activated by someone." Phantom Rabbit said seriously.

"Someone sneaked into the trial ground without my knowledge!"

Chapter 14: Doubles

"Someone sneaked into the trial ground without my knowledge." said the Ghost Rabbit.

"Does anyone else know this place besides you?" Xuefeng asked.

"Impossible! Those who fail the trial will have their memories erased." Ghost Rabbit said, shaking his head. "There's no point in staying here and speculating. Let's go in."

"How do I activate the altar?"

"Just inject the power of duel." As he said that, Phantom Rabbit squatted down and placed his palm on the altar. Then, the altar lit up with white light. By the time Yuan Qi reacted, they had appeared in a vast underground space.

"The first level is to solve the endgame, and it must be done within one round... Wait, who are you?" Ghost Rabbit was just about to explain the rules to Yuan Qi when he suddenly discovered that two men in black robes had appeared in this space.

"It seems that Lord Wood's concerns are correct. I didn't expect that a lost little mouse would really come in." One of the men in black laughed.

"Looks like he's a student of the Duelist Academy. Tsk tsk tsk, I love bullying kids the most." said another man in black.

"Something's wrong, Xuefeng, run." Yuan Qi shouted at Xuefeng, but he saw Xuefeng with tears in his eyes, raising his white wrist and saying:

"My wrist seems to be wrapped around something strange."

"This is... a dark duel! The loser will have his soul devoured!" said the Phantom Rabbit as he looked at the black mist wrapped around Xuefeng's wrist.

"Aqi, there's also some on your wrist!" Ai quickly reminded.

Yuan Qi raised his wrist and found that a black mist had wrapped around it at some point.

"Don't worry, neither of you two can escape. Once the dark game starts, no one can end it!" The man in black laughed sinisterly.

"Snapped!"

With a snap of the fingers, the black fog spread instantly, enveloping Yuan Qi and Xuefeng like a duel arena.

"Then... let me hunt your souls!" said the man in black, unfolding his duel disk.

Man in Black No. 4000: lp

Man in Black No. 4000: lp

vs

Original seven: 4000lp

Snow Wind: 4000lp

"Double? I've never played doubles!" Xuefeng exclaimed. She had been a duelist for a long time, but this was her first time playing doubles.

"It's okay. The rules of doubles are similar to a normal duel except that no one can attack in the first round." Yuan Qi comforted.

"drop!"

At this moment, a prompt sound rang from Yuan Qi's duel disk.

"Looks like I have the upper hand," Yuan Qi said. "It's my turn, draw a card!"

"Hey, this card is... Phantom Rabbit?" Yuan Qi subconsciously turned his head and found that Phantom Rabbit was standing behind him, looking at him silently.

"I can't stop this duel, so I can only help you this way." Ghost Rabbit explained.

"I understand. I'll leave it to you then." Yuan Qi said.

Hara Nana placed a monster on the Duel Board and said, "Main Phase One, I Normal Summon Golem Dessert Jelly Angel."

The cute jelly angel appeared on the duel field, but her bright smile disappeared because of the black mist around her, and she frowned cutely instead.

"Pfft!" Man in Black No. 1 couldn't help but laugh out loud. "You actually summoned such a weak monster. It seems you've given up resistance."

"It's not up to you to decide whether I'm weak or not," Hara Qi said coldly. "I activate Jelly Angel's effect, freeing myself to Special Summon a Golem Dessert from the Deck. I Special Summon Pancake Owl in Defense Position."

"Immediately afterwards, I activate the effect of Owl, banishing Jelly Angel from the Graveyard, Special Summoning Postman from the Deck, and activating the Postman's effect to retrieve a Magic Doll Night from the Deck."

"I cover three cards. The turn ends. Xuefeng, it's your turn." Yuan Qi said.

"I understand. It's my turn, draw a card!" Xuefeng gently drew a card from the deck.

"Here it comes!" Xuefeng looked at the card he drew and smiled happily.

"I Normal Summon Lone Flower!" Xuefeng summoned the card she had just drawn. "Activate Lone Flower's effect. Once per turn, you can activate this effect by Releasing 1 face-up Plant-Type monster you control. Special Summon 1 Plant-Type monster from your deck. I Releasing Lone Flower from the field, Special Summon from your deck—Rokkatei Iron Chopsticks!"

An elegant woman wearing a purple dress and holding a crystal clear umbrella appeared in the duel arena.

Six Flower Spirit Iron Chopsticks: Level: 8, Attribute: Water, Race: Plant, Attack 2600/Defense 1200.

"Oh, it actually has 2600 attack power. It seems you are a bit stronger than your classmates." The man in black said jokingly, "I wonder how much such a powerful card would be worth on the black market?"

"Hmph, I won't let that happen!" Xuefeng said, slapping a monster from his hand onto the Duel Board. "I activate the effect of Six Flower Primrose. This card can only be Special Summoned from your hand in Defense Position when a monster on your side of the field is Tributed."

As soon as Xuefeng finished speaking, a little girl with blonde hair and twin ponytails appeared in front of everyone. However, compared to the mature big sister next to her, the young girl only had 800 attack power. Fortunately, she had 1800 defense power, so Xuefeng summoned her in defense mode.

"Next, I activate the Field Spell Card - Water World!"

After saying that, Xuefeng looked around. The sea water that should have appeared along with the field magic card did not appear for some reason, and the dark fog still surrounded Yuan Qi and Xuefeng.

"It's useless. In the dark duel, there is only one venue, and that is the bottomless fog!" explained the second man in black.

"But the Water World effect still activated successfully. All my Water monsters' Attack increased by 500 and their Defense decreased by 400."

Six Flower Spirit Iron Chopsticks: Attack 2600/Defense 1200 → Attack 3100/Defense 800.

Six Flower Primrose: Attack 800/Defense 1800 → Attack 1300/Defense 1400.

"It's not over yet," Xuefeng said, slapping another magic card onto the field. "I'm going to activate the Continuous Magic Card - Water Stage. The effect of this card is that Water monsters on your field cannot be destroyed by battles with monsters other than Water."

In this way, the defense is completed. Xuefeng looked at the attack power of Iron Chopsticks on his field, which was higher than that of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and his originally nervous heart relaxed.

"I cover a card, and the turn ends." Xuefeng said, ending his turn.

"Now that you're all done, it's my turn," said the Man in Black, number one. "My turn, draw a card!"

"Oh wow, I didn't expect to get it so easily." The man in black smiled meaningfully.

"In that case, let me show you the abyss of despair." The man in black raised the card in his hand and shouted loudly.

"I activate the magic card - Black Hole!"

"Its effect is to destroy all monsters on the field!"

Chapter 15: Is it possible that Xyz Summoning is actually a very simple summoning method...

A powerful black hole swept across the entire duel arena, and the monsters on Yuan Qi and Xuefeng's fields were instantly reduced to ashes.

"Eh... you must be kidding, right?" Xuefeng looked at her empty front court, her face pale as she said, "I finally summoned this ace..."

"Calm down! Xuefeng, your LP has not decreased. There are still covered cards on the field and cards in your hand. The duel has just begun." Yuan Qi said as he returned the destroyed owl and postman to the deck.

"Hey, the destroyed monsters should go into the cemetery. Do you understand the rules?" Man in black No. 1 shouted when he saw Dao Yuanqi's actions.

"Idiot, that's the feature of the Puppet Dessert deck. The monsters return to the deck after being destroyed." said the second man in black.

"Huh? What's the point of such a boring effect?" the black-robed man said disdainfully. "Let me show you a more powerful deck!"

As he spoke, Black Man No. 1 slapped a monster onto the Duel Board. "I Normal Summon Castor! Activate its effect. The turn this card is successfully summoned, I can only Normal Summon one more monster with "Poison" in its name in addition to my Normal Summon. Then, I will Normal Summon from my hand once more..."