Chapter 291: Unfamiliar Peer

Misawa and Serina were unable to gain recognition from Tyranno Kenzan in the short term. After spending some time in this area and having Tiancheng Guang gather enough information, they prepared to return to the Forest Zone with him before heading to the Rainforest Zone.

After all, with half a year of time, there was plenty of room to explore the Spirit World and experience scenery they would never normally encounter; there was no need to get stuck in any one area.

However, just as they were preparing to leave, they found they couldn't.

It wasn't that KaibaCorp's equipment had broken down again.

Rather, some sort of commotion had broken out at the station entrance.

"White Night Queen, direct attack!"

"Gwah—"

A figure was sent flying, crashing onto the ground.

What was going on?

Tiancheng Guang and his two companions looked at the fallen student, preparing to go over and help, when a group of people in white uniforms walked over.

"Guys from the Society of Light," Misawa Daichi frowned and said.

"As agreed, we'll be taking your badge!"

"Wait, don't—" The fallen student regained his senses and tried to stop them, but there was no way he could block the strength of three or four peers by himself, and his GX badge was easily snatched from his chest.

Tiancheng Guang and his companions watched, but they didn't say anything.

Because this was a normal part of the competition process and its rules; they had no reason to intervene.

The GX Tournament was just like this.

"Bastard, you bastard!" The fallen student pounded the ground with his right hand, crying out in pain.

Tiancheng Guang noticed that this student's badge actually contained two seals, meaning he was actually a fairly capable duelist.

No—

To be precise, most students who could appear in the Volcano Zone right now were confident duelists. Even if they couldn't get Tyranno Kenzan's recognition, they at least had one seal. They weren't like the boys in the Forest Zone who pestered Rosemary; these were duelists who were genuinely challenging the strong.

Tiancheng Guang looked to the side and saw many students wearing hateful expressions, which made him quite curious.

He had been holed up in the lab or watching duels in Tyranno Kenzan's exhibition hall with Misawa and the others for the past few days, so he really wasn't clear on the situation here.

"What happened, Lukawa?" Tiancheng Guang found a classmate he was somewhat familiar with and asked.

When that student saw it was Tiancheng Guang, he frowned at first, but it quickly faded.

Most classmates who were relatively familiar with Tiancheng Guang knew what kind of person he was, and having witnessed Tiancheng Guang's various duels against the Fusion Department, they didn't think Tiancheng Guang was the type of person the gossiping students made him out to be.

Hearing Tiancheng Guang's question, he deliberated for a moment before explaining the situation.

Duelists from the Society of Light had surrounded the place, blocking the station entrance. They wouldn't let anyone leave, forcing anyone who wanted to depart to duel them. If you lost, you had to hand over your badge; if you won, you could take their badge and leave.

Using this method, they had collected seven or eight badges in the past two days. But precisely because of this, it was infuriating—seals of the same star level only counted once. Even if they held seven or eight badges, the star levels of the seals within them were all about the same, yet they still blocked the way, clearly just wanting to make their classmates fail.

It was precisely because of this that some students who couldn't stand the Society of Light's actions challenged them directly. Not only students from the main academy but many from the branch schools also dueled them, and as more and more people lost, some of their friends came over wanting to "take revenge."

And the duelists from the Society of Light turned no one away.

"Damn it, why is a guy I've never heard of so strong?"

"Never heard of him? Is he from another academy?"

"No... he's from our main academy."

Something like this was happening?

Tiancheng Guang was very surprised.

There was a master like this in the main academy?

Was it Silver Meteor or the Rose Princess?

Tiancheng Guang looked toward the gate.

That wasn't it either—

He saw a duelist he was completely unfamiliar with.

Wearing the pristine white uniform of the Obelisk Blue, he looked listless, with dark circles under his eyes and a strange black tattoo on his right arm.

This was...

"He's a classmate from the same year," Misawa Daichi suddenly spoke up. "I have an impression of him. He's a student from Obelisk Blue. Since we aren't in the same class, I don't know much about him."

A classmate from the same year with that level of strength?

"Ah... it's Tiancheng Guang." At the same time, the duelists from the Society of Light noticed Tiancheng Guang and his group. "As Zaiwang-sama said, I've been waiting here for a long time, Tiancheng Guang."

"Just as the prophecy of fate revealed, I have waited here for your arrival." That duelist struggled to get up, and with a few people supporting him, he successfully stood on his feet.

Zaiwang's order, then?

That was normal enough.

"Who, Tiancheng Guang? He's here too?"

"Wow, look at that badge, he actually got a seal from the Volcano Zone!"

"As expected of Guang..."

The surrounding students also noticed Tiancheng Guang.

Some students from the branch schools weren't very familiar with Tiancheng Guang, but upon seeing him, they immediately realized a good show was about to begin.

That student picked up a large pile of badges: "If you win, I'll return everyone's badges."

"Also, you shouldn't have any three-star or four-star seals, right? I have them here." He picked up his own badge. "If you win against me, you can instantly gather five seals. For the next half year, you can do whatever you want in this dimension."

Although it didn't really have much to do with Tiancheng Guang, Misawa couldn't help but say, "Guang, the conditions seem acceptable."

Misawa's thinking was that regardless of anything else, Tiancheng Guang's reputation had indeed been affected by the Fusion Army incident. At a time like this, participating in such a duel was definitely an option.

Moreover, if he could directly obtain a three-star or four-star badge, it would be very worthwhile for Tiancheng Guang, who was destined to participate in the finals.

"Guang! Guang, please, help me get my seal back—" Beside them, a classmate from the same class saw Tiancheng Guang and, hearing the man's conditions, grabbed Tiancheng Guang's hand.

A student from the Slifer Red dormitory.

Tiancheng Guang glanced at them twice.

"Don't worry, even if it's just for my own sake, I have to defeat my opponent." Tiancheng Guang didn't want to walk all the way back to the Forest Zone.

"By the way, if I'm dueling a big celebrity like you, these conditions aren't quite enough," that duelist continued. "If you lose, you have to join our Society of Light."

"Adding extra conditions again?"

"As a price, if I lose, I have a card here prepared by Zaiwang-sama," he said, picking up a card without showing it. "It's a Fusion Monster you don't have."

"It seems Zaiwang really appreciates you, Guang," Misawa quipped.

"Hahaha, Er-Yang, what's wrong, are you jealous~~ Don't be too envious of me. Hahaha." Tiancheng Guang didn't think too much of it.

After all, he had been challenged by the professional duelist X before, so he didn't find the Society of Light's duel request all that surprising.

Last time, Zaiwang had provided the important information about "Raviel."

He was very curious to see what Zaiwang had prepared this time.

"Then let's duel—"

The two stood on either side of the station entrance, equipped their Duel Disks, and shouted simultaneously.

"Duel!" x2.

Kodama Haruki, LP: 4000.

Tiancheng Guang, LP: 4000.

(End of Chapter)