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On his way from the arena to the lounge, Dark's thoughts nearly drifted off to the heavens. It wasn't until he finally sat down that he completely calmed down.
The impact of that duel on him was immense.
The image of the "Clockwork Throne" behind Professor Cazell flashed through his mind, and his expression grew increasingly calm.
The female staff member at the door saw him suddenly stop moving and thought he was upset after the defeat. She wanted to comfort him but didn't know where to start, and in the end, she was left to grieve alone.
But Dark didn't need any comforting.
He merely sensed the mystery of the laws of time, and a longing arose in his heart.
He does not lack magical spirits capable of wielding the power of time.
The "Sagemon," evolved from "Agumon" using "Greed IV," can control the power of time and space and appear in various times and spaces through the "Book."
Its ultimate move, "Time Stone," is divided into "Time Stone" and "Space Stone." The "Time Stone" can speed up or slow down the target's perception of time, while the "Space Stone" can shorten or increase the distance the target moves. The ultimate move, "Pandora's Dialogue," uses the "Time Stone" to record the target's used ultimate moves and can retrieve and reproduce them when needed.
Using the "Sage Beast" as a medium, one can glimpse the mysteries of time. But Professors Kazel and Lily's mastery of some of the mysteries of time certainly goes beyond that; it is possible that it is a transformation of some of the gains they made during their joint adventures before becoming professors.
Dark immediately thought of his own "Advanced Transformation." In this duel, he evolved BlackGatomon into the Ultimate form [Knightmon].
But that was based on arrogance, an evolution on the bright side. What about the dark side?
Is it possible to evolve BlackGatomon into a creature other than LadyDevimon (ScienceFlydramon)?
One of the evolutionary paths of "Science Dragonmon" is "Millenniumon".
"Millenniumon" is an evil god-type Digimon that leads the destruction of all eras and worlds and freely travels through time and space.
However, Millenniumon is far too dangerous.
That is the destroyer of dimensions, a synonym for disaster, a terrifying evil god that destroys everything.
To recklessly touch the "Millennium Beast" before grasping one's own destiny is tantamount to self-destruction.
Instead of fantasizing about the "final Millennium Beast," think about the distant "Dialga."
Read Chapter 1631 carefully; I'll only demonstrate it once (4k).
Losers' Bracket Final.
The departure of Darko Dimon, arguably the most popular player in this World Cup (currently second in popularity rankings), is certainly regrettable. However, for the competition itself, this is only now truly entering its most exciting phase.
The same applies to the "invocation ritual".
With all three "last three" being academic professors, the possibility of unexpected events occurring during the final stages of the ceremony has been minimized.
Representatives from various countries and races have already begun preparations to welcome the awakening of the "gods".
For the king and his entourage, who had never seen Hermes in person before, this meeting was of paramount importance.
Because that is a god who can truly control the fate of mankind!
The arrival of the age of gods usually means the collapse of the human era, and all humans will become food for the gods.
Whether the legends and accounts related to gods are sad or beautiful, they always state this fact between the lines.
Humanity was kicked off its throne and can only survive by being kept by the gods.
This is an extremely cruel reality that we have to face.
Only when an era changes and Ragnarok occurs will humanity have the opportunity to rise to prominence again.
But for people in the present era, that is a distant future, almost completely unrelated to themselves.
At this point, it's meaningless to talk about the so-called "light of humanity" or "seed of the future."
The reason why gods like Hermes have a relatively good reputation in human history is simply because, compared to most gods, they treated humans somewhat better.
But this is only "relative".
They do not, and cannot, regard humans as equals.
All myths and legends illustrate the fact that there was a significant class difference between the gods and humans in the age of gods.
They are the law, they are the rulers. The people of God's kingdom may seem to be living in peace and health, but in reality they are all birds kept in cages.
Therefore.
The current state of humanity is something that never existed even in the last few dozen or a hundred generations of gods.
This is a change unprecedented in ten thousand years.
After countless generations of gods, humanity has finally come to have the possibility of being able to "stand on equal footing" with the gods.
Once the magical path is forged, humanity will possess its first-ever "path to divine salvation," and all of this was fought for at the risk of life and death by Principal Arte, Dark Demon, and others.
But a possibility is ultimately just a possibility.
Whether all of this can proceed smoothly ultimately depends on the attitude of the "gods".
Not only Hermes, the "messenger of the gods" who is said to be very easy to talk to, but also eleven other "gods".
Before the true formation of the magical path, they still had room to back out.
Only closely intertwined interests can bind our comrades to this ship forever.
Immediately after the "Summoning Ritual," humanity will face its first test, known as the "Hermesian Attitude."
Therefore, the psychological pressure on the representatives of various countries is actually enormous.
And in this process, the desire to seek more benefits for one's own race and country is certainly unstoppable.
Even under such circumstances, it is utterly impossible to completely eradicate humanity.
It's truly difficult to predict how things will unfold tonight.
However, for Darko Dimon alone, he is still better at letting taller people hold up the collapsed sky.
He knew that Principal Art would definitely do a better job than him, and that worrying would be pointless, so he simply stopped worrying.
Let's get back to the game itself.
Learning and improving from the duels between professors is what he should and can do now.
As the thought crossed my mind.
Professors Cazell and Harvey took the stage one after the other, and thunderous applause immediately erupted from the audience.
Regardless of whether the professors were popular at the beginning of the competition, they now have countless fans as they have entered the final three.
Professor Cazell went on a winning streak after falling into the loser's bracket, and his ranking on the popularity charts has also risen steadily, now reaching fourth place.
The third is Professor Jones, and the fifth is Professor Harvey.
Professor Harvey still suffered from the "necromancer" advantage. After the duel, his popularity was overtaken by Professor Kazel.
However, if he can defeat Professor Cazell in this duel and reverse the situation in the popularity rankings, it wouldn't be too much of a problem.
However, the possibility of him defeating Professor Cazell in a duel... while it's not impossible, Dark currently believes that Professor Cazell has a higher probability of winning.
After all, the existence of the "Clockwork Throne" was simply too outrageous. Professor Harvey couldn't possibly use a truly forbidden technique in such a duel.
As for his strongest existing trump card—the "Fallen Undying God"—the summoning restrictions on that thing are simply too great.
Given the existence of the "Fallen Undead God" and the method of summoning it, Professor Kazel has a hundred ways to prevent its summoning.
One side is constrained, while the other is completely unrestrained. The outcome can naturally be predicted in advance.
What Dark was more concerned about was which system Professor Kazel would use in this duel.
On the duel stage.
The two professors were already standing in their respective areas.
Judging from their appearances alone, one would never guess that one of them was actually a notorious necromancer.
The atmosphere on the field was not tense at all.
It was supposed to be the loser's bracket final, but it felt like a gathering of old friends, with the food casually arranged.
Whether they had the desire to win or not, the two professors chatted briefly before launching into a duel.
The dueling arena unfolds simultaneously.
In an instant, the dueling arena split into two distinct halves, one black and one white. The battle hadn't even begun, but the standoff had already started.
Within Professor Harvey's dueling domain, the aura of an "undying realm" is already faintly emerging.
It is clear that he is trying to fully integrate the "Undying Realm" into the dueling arena.
Once he succeeds, one can imagine how terrifying it would be if he unleashed his domain, turning the entire dueling arena into an "undying realm" where no living being could exist.
However, this terrifying dueling domain could not interfere with Professor Kazel's half of the arena in the slightest.
The dueling area was completely white, showing no outward changes, but that was precisely where the change lay.
The duel then proceeded to the "battle phase".
Professor Harvey took a step forward, and countless magic circles immediately appeared, causing the terrifying army of the undead to descend once again.
But this time, this army of undead was no mere decoration! Professor Harvey activated his Spell Card—"Grand Sacrifice of the Dead"! In an instant, a pure white light, incongruous with its surroundings, erupted from beneath the field.
There was no trace of light within that radiance, only endless darkness.
That is the light of the soul, a sacrifice to darkness!
The undead army, which originally had a maximum of six stars, instantly disintegrated and shattered under the white light, turning into dust and bone powder.
However, the pale bone powder did not fall to the ground due to gravity; instead, it floated in the air and filled the area.
After a strange half-second pause, countless bone fragments instantly coalesced and fused into one skeletal monster after another.
These skeletal monsters vary greatly in height and size, some even shorter than humans, while others are giant skeletons over ten meters tall.
—Whether a giant over ten meters tall can still be considered a giant after Professor Jones is still debatable.
However, among this army of skeletons, the giant skeleton, which is over ten meters tall, is still very conspicuous.
Each of these skeletons exuded an extremely powerful aura. They were all nine-star magical spirits!
Although the World Cup main event duels have evolved into a twelve-star free-for-all, it's clear from Dark's duel that nine-star magical spirits still have room to shine.
With a sufficiently powerful mechanism, even a nine-star magical spirit has the potential to defeat a twelve-star magical spirit.
Among Professor Harvey's batch of nine-star skeletons, there are some powerful individuals that are clearly different from the other skeletons.
Among them, the "Dark Skeleton Knight," whose body is shrouded in black aura forming armor, who wields a dark greatsword, and rides a skeletal horse, is so powerful that he inspires fear.
Dark even saw a hint of the "Golden Land Cavalry" in him.
Then, Professor Harvey gave an order.
Led by several elite skeletons, this group of nine-star skeletons charged towards the opponent's territory.
The bloodshed on the battlefield and the sheer force of death created an atmosphere of "fight to the death" from the very beginning of the duel.
However, Professor Cazell was not standing still.
To everyone's surprise, the card he summoned at the start was a "Field Card"! As the summoning was completed, a golden light radiated out, and the ground in his half of the field instantly turned into a vast expanse of yellow sand.
Then, a sandstorm suddenly rose up in the middle of that half of the field, and the ground beneath it began to sink, with a golden spire emerging from beneath the sinking ground.
"Boom!"
The ground tremors intensified instantly, and the building that emerged from the ground suddenly rose dozens of meters high, appearing before all the spectators!
It was a giant pyramid, several times larger than the pyramids of the "City of Gold" in Darkness.
Its edges almost touch the sidelines of the field, and the sides of the tower are stepped, with four avenues extending from the base to the top, finally converging at the top.
Professor Kazel, standing atop the pyramid, looked down. The densely packed army of the undead was blocked from advancing by the pyramid.
His field card is called "Tula Pyramid," and it does not belong to the Golden Kingdom. However, it is much older than the Golden Kingdom, and is a miracle product of countless human blood and sweat, created under the rule of a god named "Tula" in another age of gods.
According to legend, the Pyramid of Tula is the tomb of Tula.
Whether Tula ultimately buried himself in the Tula Pyramid remains unknown.
The Tula Pyramid has long since vanished, perhaps destroyed by the power of time, hidden in some lost divine realm, or destroyed by other gods.
Professor Kazel's "Pyramid of Tula" replicates part of the legend.
Sleeping within is the Pharaoh named "Tula"!
But awakening Pharaoh Tura is not easy. Before the "Graveyard" appeared and duels became rituals, he was completely unable to do so.