Chapter 406: Chapter 231: Shikigami Great Battle, The Arrogance of the Foreign Mage_1
The battle on the high platform was paused, two young Yin Yang Masters hurried down.]
[You and the Fire Worshiping Yin Yang Master ascended to the high platform under everyone’s gaze.]
[Discussions arose among the Yin Yang Masters below. Quickly, talk of the foreign mage, who was adept at magic but not so much at shikigami, wanting to guide Yiye Palace on the ways of shikigami spread around]
[Suddenly, cheers erupted for the ’master’ challenging you, while numerous angry young gazes stared hard at you.]
[You noticed the palace deputy summoning a ’judge’ – an upper-class Yin Yang Master whispering something to him.]
[Soon, the judging Yin Yang Master emerged, announcing loudly, given that you were a foreign mage unfamiliar with ’Shikigami Discourse’ rules, he thought it best to inform you...]
[The Shikigami Discourse would only include warfare between the two’s shikigami; each master may only manipulate their own shikigami and not use other magics.]
[Once a shikigami is rendered unable to fight or falls out of the platform, the other side would be declared the winner. Of course, there’s also the option of surrendering.]
[As this combat serves as foreign mage’s pointers to Yiye Palace, a single match obviously cannot fully serve this purpose.]
[Hence, the combat would happen in three rounds; each round requires both parties to send out different shikigami, to allow the foreign mage to provide a ’complete’ guide on the path of shikigami.]
"Oh boy, what should have been a simple shikigami fight has turned into a Pokémon battle?"
He only had two summoned beasts: Valkyrie and Cerberus.
The power of the Valkyrie goes without saying, she can undoubtedly guarantee one round of victory.
After the flesh and blood transformation of the Cerberus, its self-strength surged, possessing the bug-like traits of self-healing and immortality. In the shikigami warfare, it could exhaust the opponent to death by damaging each other.
Unless there is an accident, it should also be able to win a round of victory.
But while the first two rounds of combat can be resolved easily, what should he do about the third round of combat?
According to Yiye Palace’s ’Supremacy Clause’, the rule of winning two out of three games is obviously not applicable here.
The other party clearly said that they are guiding, as long as Lin Xun loses a game, he cannot afford the word ’guide’.
The Yin Yang Master who killed the chief samurai has already picked up the lunch box, but there’s more than one Yin Yang Master who returned to Yiye Palace with him.
It is estimated that other Yin Yang masters secretly informed the deputy-master earlier, he has a shikigami that has shown great power in Fugang City, so they have set such rules temporarily.
"Are they taking advantage of my lack of summoned creatures?"
Lin Xun looked at the ’Old Wooden Board’ in his item slot.
Just by using this item, he could summon his own ’shipwrecked mage’.
However, this prop is obviously not suitable for use here. All the professional Yin Yang masters below can easily discern whether the summoned is a ’monster shikigami’ or a ’demon residue’.
If he recklessly summoned the ’Shipwrecked Mage’, the shikigami law exchange would probably turn into an encirclement and suppression of the ’demon residual’.
Moreover, this prop is very precious, using it in the shikigami law meeting is evidently, overkill.
[The Yin Yang master on the opposite side of the high platform sees you hesitating and says loudly, does the foreign mage have any difficulties that he can’t guide? If so, you can admit defeat directly...]
[Will you abandon the summoned beast duel, or will you continue?]
After a slight hesitation, Lin Xun clicked on the ’Yes’ option.
[The attendees under the platform cheered for their Yin Yang master, while you were subjected to a wave of boos ...]
[Under the guidance of the referee, you and the opposing Yin Yang master retreated to the corners of the high platform.]
[As soon as the referee gives an order, both parties have to summon their shikigami to fight.]
[...]
[Please select the summoned beast you want to send into the fight...]
Lin Xun squinted his eyes, his mind turning quickly.
If the enemy already knew about the existence of the ’Combat Angel -- Valkyrie’.
The first summoned beast dispatched would most likely not be the strongest beast in the ranks.
The opponent might use the tactics of Tian Ji’s Horse Race, dispatching a weak shikigami against the Valkyrie to lose one round. In the subsequent two games, the opponent can then bring out full power.
As long as the opponent wins a round, the word guide will be invalid. If they can win two rounds, the foreign mage will be discredited, and naturally, he can only be at the mercy of others in the subsequent magic communication.
From Yiye Palace’s perspective, magic communication is a transaction that both parties urgently need. With stronger discourse power, one can gain more benefits at a smaller cost in the trade.
"Since that’s the case, I’ll take a gamble!"
[You pulled out the ’Little Evil Spirit Bell’!]
[You poured 10,000 points of spirit (limit) into this special equipment, sacrificing a large amount of spirit to summon the ’Little Evil Spirit’!]
[At the same time, the opposing Yin Yang master has also summoned their shikigami...]
[It’s a green-haired monster shikigami, with a bird’s beak, webbed limbs like a frog, and a body like a monkey.]
[What is most eye-catching is the giant turtle shell on the monster’s back, and the hollow part on the top of its head. The dish-like depression is filled with clear water, reflecting ripples under the setting sun.]
[You discovered ’Shikigami Monster Kappa’!]
[With the swing of the ’Little Evil Spirit Bell’, a mysterious gust of yin wind blew over the high platform, and 18 dark shadows quietly emerged!]
[They are as small as children, with blue faces and sharp fangs, or they have knives, maces, or forks...]
[The bodies of eighteen ’Little Evil Spirits’ are as black as swamp, tangible, and occasionally let out mournful wailing.]
[The opposing Yin Yang master is startled at the sight of the eighteen little evil spirits. Naturally, he recognizes that these little evil spirits are a group of conjoined shikigami, which does not violate the duel rules.]
