Yuuki Yukumo was completely defeated.
It wasn't his body that collapsed. It was his mental state that collapsed.
He was astonished when Shiroya used the second golden hand. He was terrified when he used the third, and when he used the fourth …
Yuuki's demon spirit form collapsed, and so did his mental state.
He couldn't dodge in time and was dragged out of the arena by the golden hand. Furukawa then announced the winner.
Seiji was victorious once again.
"Yukumo-kun, are you injured?"
"No …" The red-haired boy was dejected.
Seiji looked at him.
To be honest, this boy was quite strong. If it wasn't for his mental state collapsing, it would have been difficult to predict the result if he had continued to fight seriously.
"It's quite impressive to have such strength at such a young age. Continue to work hard and become stronger, Yukumo-kun. "Seiji decided to try and console him.
Something flashed in Yuuki's eyes as he looked up at him.
"Yeah … I will. Thank you, Brother Shiroya."
Their match was the most visually exciting match since the start of the game. The demon spirit form's battle against the golden hand was so impressive that it caused the Yin-Yang Masters to discuss it.
Yuuki Yuuki's spell, "Red Demon Form," was the signature spell of the bonded Red Demon.
As for the spell that Shiroya cast, the gigantic golden hand, Seiji felt like it was rather mysterious. Just what kind of spirit cast this spell?
The Yin-Yang Masters had various guesses, but none of them felt like it was possible.
Summer Night smiled as she listened to all these discussions.
She had already told them that she wanted to keep it a secret. The curious people couldn't get an answer from her, so they could only think for themselves.
The judge, Ryouta Moritama, asked her if she wanted to steal or fold. This time, Summer Night chose to fold. She discarded two cards that were more difficult to play and converted them into points.
Seiji returned to her side.
Summer Night felt reassured upon seeing his victorious return.
…
After the first round ended, the judge revealed the score rankings.
Summer Night was ranked third. Although Akira Mitarai lost once, he played well, so he didn't fall too far behind. He was ranked tenth.
Next was the drawing of cards. After everyone drew a card, the second round began.
This round was in the opposite order from the first round. Soon, it was Summer Night's turn.
She played a series of cards and earned a beautiful wave of points.
When it was Akira Mitarai's turn, he played his second battle card. His opponent was Kanna Fujihara, who was in first place on the scoreboard!
Kanna Fujihara's Spirit-branded Retainer was Ryuuno Izawa.
No one present was familiar with this pair of master and servant.
In the previous round, Izawa, as a Spirit-branded Retainer, had displayed extraordinary strength. Less than ten seconds into the duel, he had easily defeated his opponent's Spirit-branded Retainer, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise.
The Yin-Yang Masters could tell that Izawa's bonded spirit was a yaksha, which was why they called him Yaksha Izawa.
"The duel between Hannya Yashuu and Yaksha Izawa is worth watching."
"Hmm … I'm curious who will win."
"I think it will be Hannya Yashuu. After all, he's a famous and powerful Spirit-branded Retainer. He lost the last match only because he was too careless. This time, he'll definitely win if he gets serious."
"That's hard to say. Yaksha Izawa is also very strong. In the last match, he defeated his opponent in such a short time. He has overwhelming strength."
"Indeed … it's really hard to predict. Let us wait and see what the outcome will be."
Everyone looked at the dueling ground.
Naruo Yashuu and Ryuuno Izawa stood facing each other.
Izawa took off his eyepatch, revealing his left eye which had a triangular blood-red spell formation on it.
Yashuu took off the black glove on his right hand, revealing a strange beast claw pattern on the back of his right hand.
Shunsuke Furukawa announced the start of the duel.
Yashuu instantly materialized a gigantic claw and swung it at Izawa!
With a loud boom, Izawa's figure was torn apart and transformed into green light that dissipated.
It was an illusion!
Izawa flashed to Yashuu's left and formed a seal with both hands to cast a spell.
* Boom!! *
Green flames exploded and engulfed Yashuu.
Suddenly, the flames were sliced apart, and a sharp purple-red light shot towards Izawa.
Izawa dodged the attack, but the purple-red light left a deep mark on the ground that extended all the way out of the dueling ground.
The two of them disappeared and reappeared again and again, constantly exchanging spells. It was an exciting scene to watch.
Seiji could tell that Yashuu had the upper hand. Izawa was more passive, but thanks to his powerful illusion spell, he wasn't actually hit.
If this continued, the judge would definitely declare Yashuu the victor.
Suddenly, Izawa cast six illusions. They spread out, prostrated themselves on the ground, and rapidly uttered an incantation.
Yashuu noticed something and gathered a powerful light in his right hand. He suddenly waved his hand and shot out many streaks of light that simultaneously enveloped seven Izawa!
* Shing shing shing! *
After a series of cracking sounds, all seven Izawa were shattered.
The real Izawa appeared behind Yashuu.
He had been secretly making preparations since the beginning of the battle. Now, he had completed his spell …
Killing formation, "Yaksha Dance"!
A gigantic triangular spell formation suddenly appeared on the ground. Numerous vicious-looking demons emerged from it, brandishing swords, axes, sickles, and various other weapons to attack Yashuu!!
Yashuu counterattacked with his spiritual claw. However, even after tearing apart one wave of demons, there was still another wave that kept surging towards him.
The victor had been decided.
Furukawa was about to declare the final verdict.
At this moment, Yashuu suddenly shouted, and a powerful purple-red light exploded from his body, isolating the demons from him.
Then, he suddenly glared at Izawa with an incredibly vicious expression. Right after that, a long-horned demon mask appeared on his face.
Demon Mask, "Hannya"!
There was a piercing howl that sounded like a mixture of a woman's screams, curses, and shouts. It was incredibly unpleasant to the ears.
Layers of purple-red ripples exploded together with the howl, instantly destroying all the demons.
Izawa's illusion was also destroyed. Izawa's true body was forced to appear on the other side.
The masked Yashuu suddenly swung his right claw.
* Smack!!! *
Izawa was sent flying by the gigantic spiritual claw.
He flew out of the arena and towards the card table like a cannonball. He was about to crash into it.
With a flash of blue light, Furukawa appeared between Izawa and the card table. He caught Izawa and leaped into the air, over the card table, and landed outside the barrier.
Nobody was frightened by this.
All the Yin-Yang Masters at the table had plenty of methods to deal with a human body flying towards them. They wouldn't be frightened by this.
"Ryuuno!"
Kanna Fujihara left the card table and ran towards her Spirit-branded Retainer.
Akira Mitarai also stood up and followed after her.
"Hannya Yashuu was too heavy-handed."
"He probably couldn't hold back and acted on impulse …"
"This is a battle, after all. It's inevitable for such a scene to occur."
"Although he went a little overboard in the end, this was truly an exciting duel."
The Yin-Yang Masters discussed amongst themselves.
While it was a mistake to be too heavy-handed, everyone present had seen the actual situation and felt that there was nothing to criticize.
Akira Mitarai and his servant apologized to Kanna Fujihara and took responsibility for healing Izawa.
Seiji hoped that Izawa wasn't too seriously injured … But now wasn't the time to worry about others.
He had personally witnessed Naruo Yashuu's strength when he got serious.
How should he deal with him?
Unless someone was suicidal enough to challenge this Hannya, Akira Mitarai would definitely point his third duel card at Summer Night.
In other words, Seiji would definitely fight Yashuu again.
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