The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

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　Therefore, ticket prices on this day will also rise accordingly. Related industries will also become unusually active. For example...

　Dark had already been notified a few days earlier that Arvit, Claire, and others would also take time out of their busy schedules to watch this year's Academy Cup.

　Now that things have come to this, he certainly won't feel excited just because there are relatives and friends watching outside, but their presence will always make him even more excited.

　Dak ate his dinner very quickly.

　Although he originally intended to enjoy it slowly, he ran away after discovering that the "Mind Trading Shop" of the "Cosmic Brain Monster" had reopened.

　Recently, "Cosmic Brain Beast" has acquired a large number of "Lazy Hearts", which has made most of the students in the academy exceptionally diligent and significantly improved their learning efficiency.

　Of course, the curling was even more excessive.

　Wherever you go, you'll see students reading and reciting.

　After leaving the cafeteria, Dak went to Professor Lars Melno's office to inquire about the final exam papers.

　Only after learning that the exam papers had been compiled and sealed did he feel relieved enough to leave. He then went to the Fantastic Beasts Club and found "Momomon".

　After evolving "Momomon" into "Fairymon", Dark commanded it to activate "Fairy Barrier" and used group teleportation to teleport it to the edge of the dense forest.

　Several magical sprites took the opportunity to follow.

　Dark observed his surroundings and, after confirming that no one was around, took out a magic card and began to sacrifice and summon "Onix"!

　The first one summoned was naturally the second one, the one that was finally forged: [Onix] "In the name of Dark Demon, I offer this sacrifice to summon—[Onix]!" The giant rock serpent that materialized from the sacrifice summoning circle suddenly raised its head to roar.

　Dark clapped his hands to signal for quiet, then took out a hard ore used for magic alchemy from his bag.

　A glint of greed flashed in the Great Onix's eyes. Almost immediately, it lowered its head, bit off the piece of ore, and swallowed it.

　Dark examined its "magic card" and was astonished to find that the defense stat had been increased by a full 9 points!

　That year, I had my hands in my pockets, unaware of what an opponent was.

Chapter 1052 The Final Preparations (4k second update)

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　Chapter 1052 The Final Preparations (4k second update)

　"Just a piece of ordinary ore, and it adds nine points to defense?" Dark was astonished, his hand holding the magic card trembling three times. The increase in defense from "Onix" was too simple, making him subconsciously think it was impossible.

　But the 4009 defense on that magic card was a real, tangible value. Dark frowned slightly, then said to Onix, "Use 'Wide-Area Defense'."

　"Roar—" The Onix let out a soft cry, and white light emanated from its body, instantly spreading throughout the entire Fairy Barrier, enveloping all friendly units in the area in a protective shield.

　Dark glanced at the aura surrounding the Fairy Beast, then pointed to its feet and said, "Use 'Invisibility Rock' there."

　Onix suddenly raised its head, creating countless rocks. These rocks instantly became invisible after appearing and were scattered around Fairymon under its control, thus forming a special field.

　Dark immediately sensed the "greed" hidden within it. He gained a more intuitive understanding of the effect of this ultimate move.

　However, the Fairy Beast inside was not injured; its Wide Guard shield successfully withstood the first wave of damage upon entering the Stealth Rock terrain.

　According to the skill mechanics of "Stealth Rock", even after the 30 seconds have passed, "Fairy Beast" will no longer be damaged.

　Unless it leaves the "Invisible Rock" area before entering, the second wave of damage it receives will be reduced accordingly. Dark tested this and obtained similar results. Moreover, the second wave of damage received by the "Fairy Beast" was only one-sixteenth of its maximum health (magic power).

　After another wave of attacks, the third wave of damage left him with only one thirty-second of his maximum health (mana).

　If we continue, it becomes almost negligible.

　However, this percentage-based true damage usually won't be fully effective when the power difference between the two sides is too great.

　After pondering for a while, Dark had Onix use "Heavy Slam" on the air.

　After receiving the command, Onix charged forward with only a slight effort.

　It didn't move very fast on the ground, but its massive body, nearly ten meters long, was incredibly imposing. When it crashed into something, it was like a train ramming into it.

　Moreover, the impact, in the end, was all show and no substance. "Heavy Impact" ultimately needs an object to be used to be effective. Dark took out another piece of ore and fed it to "Onix" as a "reward".

　[Defense: 4009 → 4019]

　Even though it's just a piece of ordinary ore, it can still increase the "Orochi's" base defense by a full 10 points.

　The difficulty of this growth is so low it's almost absurd.

　Dark suddenly worried that its increased defense might disappear the moment the summoning was dispelled.

　Although theoretically it shouldn't be possible, Dark still felt a little uneasy. He had a feeling that the "Snake" special move wasn't so simple. Oh well, I'll go check the warehouse!

　Thinking too much is useless; Dak is prepared to learn through practice.

　With a wave of its hand, the "Fairy Beast" used "Group Teleportation" as instructed, bringing them to a warehouse.

　"If I remember correctly, this academy warehouse stores all sorts of minerals."

　He showed the warehouse guard his professor card, opened the door, and led Onix inside.

　The guard stared at the "Great Onix," his eyelids twitching, but ultimately had no reason to stop Dark from entering.

　By bringing the Onix into this warehouse, Dark was essentially leading a wolf into a sheepfold...

　Upon entering the warehouse, Onix's eyes lit up as it greedily stared at the rows of labeled minerals.

　If Dark hadn't been there, it probably would have pounced on them and devoured all the minerals!

　But Dark would certainly not allow it to run rampant.

　After passing through the passageway in the middle of the warehouse, Dark took out a whole box of neatly stacked iron ore and then turned to Onix, taking out the iron ore one by one to feed it.

　The [Orochi] immediately began to happily devour the iron ore.

　Its enormous body also showed signs of growing even larger after digesting and absorbing the iron ore.

　Dark kept observing the "Orochi" magic card, his gaze fixed on the "Defense" section of the magic card.

　As expected, Onix's defense increased significantly after it devoured a large amount of iron ore.

　As Dak watched the numbers jump around, after he devoured several boxes of iron ore, his defense level increased from 4019 to a full 5000!

　"Five thousand"

　Dark frowned and continued feeding Onix iron ore. But from that moment on, no matter how much iron ore was fed to Onix, its defense stopped increasing.

　Although it still eats happily, it can no longer serve any practical purpose.

　"Let's try something else."

　With a sudden thought, Dak switched to nearby copper ore, and even silver ore. However, although copper and silver ore were more valuable than iron ore, they were relatively less hard.

　As expected, the "giant rock snake" gained no benefit after devouring the copper and silver ore.

　Dak then switched to feeding Onix with a harder mineral—crystal ore.

　"Roar--"

　The Onix let out a joyful cry, welcoming all who approached. Its reactions made it impossible to discern which creature was useful and which was not. It was nothing like the Pteranodon, which was much easier to manage.

　However, after consuming a crystal ore, Onix's previously stagnant defensive power increased again!

　As a mere six-star magical spirit, its defensive capabilities were already exceptionally high. Now, it has increased by another thousand points, which is already baffling, but it seems it can actually continue to rise…

　It's important to understand that this increase in defensive capabilities is far more terrifying than the increase in the magic power of the "Coffin of Death."

　However, it seems that Onix's defense growth has its limits, but those limits are reflected in its mineral content.

　Iron ore increased its defense by a full thousand points, but it also made its body much harder than iron ore.

　In fact, when the defense reaches nearly 5,000 points, the defense increase from consuming iron ore becomes negligible.

　The amount of iron ore it consumed was far more than one hundred ingots.

　If we weren't currently in the warehouse of St. Mary's Academy, it would be difficult to find so much iron ore.

　After iron ore, even harder crystal ore didn't significantly increase its defense.

　Moreover, after only increasing by a couple hundred points, the growth rate seemed to plummet once again.

　Dak had to select harder ores to feed him.

　After feeding it a large amount of rare gem ore, Onix's defense was successfully increased to 5,500.

　Dark didn't save the academy any money; he turned around and opened another box of corundum ore.

　This corundum ore increased Onix's defense to 5,700 points.

　Although it can continue to grow after reaching 5,700 points, the gains of just one or two points are really worrying.

　After consideration, Dak concluded that there was no point in feeding the diamond through a hardness gradient, so he skipped directly to "diamond".

　Diamond is basically the hardest common mineral that exists naturally in the world.

　Sure enough, after using a "diamond", Onix's defense increased by more than ten points.

　After feeding it without regard to cost, Onix's defense finally broke through to 6,000 points!

　A six-star Magical Spirit card possesses a whopping 6,000 points of defense! And Dark could clearly sense that this was far from the end.

　Because in this world, there still exist many hard minerals rich in magic.

　However, compared to minerals like gold, silver, copper, and iron, extraordinary minerals rich in magic are naturally fewer in number and more precious.

　Furthermore, not all extraordinary minerals are harder than diamond. After all, diamond represents the limit among ordinary minerals. Ultimately, there are only a limited number of extraordinary minerals that can be harder than it.

　Dark searched the warehouse and found only a mineral called "Felsteel Stone," which was usable.

　"Very well, we can't keep taking advantage of the academy. Inform the manor in a while and have them prepare some harder extraordinary minerals for use during the holidays."

　After thinking this to himself, Dak continued guessing about the wool...

　When Onix devours minerals, it's as if it has an extradimensional stomach, able to swallow any amount.

　After consuming an entire box of "Felsteel Stone" minerals of unknown value, its defense finally increased to 6,500 points and then stopped growing.

　Although further increases will be difficult, a defense of 6,500 points is already a level that even second-tier and third-tier magical spirits can only dream of.

　Dark could hardly imagine how desperate his opponent would feel after he summoned this "Orochi" in the duel arena.

　"That's enough for tonight, well done, Onix!" Dark patted Onix's head with great satisfaction.

　Although Onix looked completely bewildered, not knowing what effort it had put in while it was just eating, it still showed a happy expression.

　Dark then retrieved the Magical Spirit Card.

　After absorbing a large amount of hard minerals, Onix's body density and weight increased, and its size also increased by two or three meters, becoming much longer.

　Using "heavy impact" at this point should unleash even more terrifying power.

　Once outside, Dak greeted the warehouse guard and quickly left. Immediately afterward, he faintly heard a sound, like the old guard's agonizing screams—oh, that couldn't be it.

　Carrying "Cute Beast" back to the Fantastic Beasts Club, Dark chose to sacrifice and summon (Scythe Helm) directly in the clubroom.

　"Helmet Scythe" is over 1.3 meters tall and weighs 40-50 kilograms. It is the type of creature that cannot get up once it is pinned down by [Onix].

　However, given its speed, it should be able to dodge Onix's "heavy charge" relatively easily.

　The "greed" factor of the "Scythe Helmet" is basically reflected in the "desire for battle," or rather, the "desire to cut things."

　Dak took out a whetstone he'd smuggled from the warehouse. He gave it to the insect as a first-meeting gift, and it, along with a worm, huddled in a corner and began sharpening its tools…

　"She's the quiet and reserved type."

　This is what is meant by being ruthless and taciturn.

　Dark muttered something under his breath before introducing the "Scythe Helmet" and the "Onix" he had added to the cards to the magical spirits.

　For a magical Pokémon of the size of Onix, the clubroom is not a suitable place to live.

　Dark is already considering whether to build a base on the edge of the dense forest next semester.

　The magical elves were used to welcoming new family members and had even developed their own unique procedures. Soon, someone wearing a "scythe helmet" went to choose a room, so Dark didn't have to worry about it.

　However, with the match just around the corner tomorrow, Dark must remind the magical spirits to prepare.

　Of course, the best way is to store the magical spirits that are scheduled to appear tomorrow in the magical card and keep them in a dormant state to maintain their peak condition.

　However, Dark did not do that.

　For the magical spirits, tomorrow's duel is also a feast, a perfect opportunity to test their own strength.

　They're like athletes before a sporting event; they want to enjoy the atmosphere of chatting together late into the night before the competition begins.

　Nine o'clock in the evening.