Chapter 432: The Miracle Perforation

"Ding—ding—"

"Hoo—"

Under the big sun, Jim put down the multi-functional pickaxe in his hand, gently wiped the sweat on his chin with the back of his hand, and then took off his cowboy hat, using it as a fan to gently fan himself.

"Awoo—" Beside him, Karen had a cup of water on her head, let out an "awoo" cry, and crawled to his side.

"Thanks, Karen." Jim took a sip of water, lifted Karen up, and thanked her affectionately.

"Awoo!" The crocodile looked up and shouted.

"Are you worried about me? Haha—it's nothing. Although dueling in this dimension will cause damage, but... it's not a Shadow Duel, is it?"

Jim laughed.

His next opponent, the one competing for the possibility of the top eight, was that famous Absolute Fusion User, that legend in the mouths of countless people. He was a guy who, although still a student, already had too, too many rumors about him.

More importantly, Karen also knew that Tiancheng Guang had many talents that ordinary people simply didn't have.

It was normal for Karen to worry about him.

But—

Wasn't Jim the same?

He subconsciously covered his right eye.

There, bandages covered his right eye tightly, not revealing a single bit of its appearance.

Many years ago, in order to protect Karen, he lost one of his eyes. Just at that time, someone happened to pass by, and then, moved by the affection between Jim and Karen, gave him a brand new eye—

The Eye of Orichalcos!

He gently touched his right eye.

That man said that this eye could save his friends when he needed it. And it could protect him from being infected, and even allow him to talk to spirits, and so on and so forth.

For so many years, he had always thought that the man only used this eye to protect him so that he wouldn't get infected by the wound.

But—

When he saw Tiancheng Guang, his own eye gently reacted.

It wasn't to say that Tiancheng Guang was the friend he needed to save that the man spoke of.

Rather...

Alchemy.

"Legendary alchemy, the legendary alchemy material Orichalcos. Sure enough, the ancient times are truly interesting—" He sighed like this, wiped his sweat, and looked at the ruins in front of him.

Although dressed in cowboy attire, it is worth noting that Jim was not a student of the America branch; he was a student of the South branch and had nothing to do with America.

And by the same token, although he looked like a cowboy and a gunman, in reality, he was a "geologist" and an "archaeologist."

It must be said that there were indeed as many talents in the Duel Academy as stars in the sky, with geniuses in every trade. A gaming genius like Yin Liuxing also needed Zhai Wang to get ahead in the academy, which was enough to see the extraordinary changes brought about by dueling in this world.

Jim had even dug up dinosaur fossils!

In short, whether it was his experience as a child or his love for the earth, Jim loved mining and excavation very much.

It was precisely because of this reason that after coming to this strange Critical Point Dimension, he was very curious about the history of the Spirit World and the differences between it and the Human World. So he investigated and excavated in one place for a long time, encountered the ancient spirits of this dimension, and ran into Obelisk. Then he dug for dozens of days, and when he finally came out, he didn't even know about the Dark Realm invasion.

But this fate also allowed Jim to know You Cheng Shi Dai, and subsequently know Tiancheng Guang.

Learning that his next opponent was Tiancheng Guang, he had actually been excited for a long time. During the two days of rest, he didn't go anywhere else but rushed to a place he discovered when he first came to this dimension, just knocking on the ground like this, thinking about dueling and the future.

Ding—

Ding—

Suddenly, accompanied by Jim's action falling, a subtle flash lit up in front of him, and immediately after, a more brilliant light lit up from the hole in the ground.

Jim was startled.

He hurriedly retreated backward, and subsequently, a huge white light rose from the ground, illuminating the entire cave like stars.

"Wh... what?"

Jim was still a bit surprised and was just about to do something, but saw a card already flying out from deeper inside, slowly floating in the air.

The light of the card gradually dissipated, and a card he had never seen before, but which had a kind of inexplicable familiarity, floated over gently.

"Awoo?" Karen crawled over, climbed onto Jim's body with a few kicks, and looked at the card together with him.

Jim quickly looked at the patterns and text on the card, and excitement gradually appeared on his face.

So—

Such a strong card!

How could there be such a powerful card!?

He looked at this card in surprise.

More importantly, he felt that this card seemed to have some kind of huge power, only it was sealed.

Jim frowned.

With this card, he felt his winning percentage suddenly rise quite a bit.

But he also had to be prepared.

He gently touched his right eye.

Hmm... just in case, let's test it out over these two days first.

Two days later.

The Haima Company had rebuilt the duel arena. The duel arena became higher, the protection for the audience became more meticulous, and a large number of transparent protective shields were prepared to prevent splash damage.

After all these were prepared, the duel finally restarted.

However, the two-day wait plus the exaggerated duels of Maruto Ryō and Tianshang Yuan Chui Xue meant that the first few duels obviously didn't arouse the high interest of the audience, making the scene appear a bit calm.

However, when another person took the stage, the audience, who had lost a bit of enthusiasm, suddenly erupted into cheers once again.

The pinnacle of the academy, the answer to fusion, Tiancheng Guang!

Tiancheng Guang waved to his friends below, while on the other side, his avatar and the Fengguang Company's advertisements were already displayed to all the audience with the help of 3D images.

In contrast, Jim's popularity upon entering was much lower. Besides the students from the South branch who supported him, only some geology and archaeology enthusiasts cheered him on.

In the sky, Jim's 3D image and the huge fossil slate pattern also floated in the duel arena.

"Your luck is quite good, Student Tiancheng. I didn't expect to be able to duel with you so soon. It can be considered an advance duel for the exchange students representing the next semester."

Hearing Jim's words, Tiancheng Guang couldn't help but respond: "That's right. Before, Jūdai even wanted me to have a duel with you. Ha, I didn't expect the opportunity to come just like this. You are also a fusion duelist, so let's strive to bring an interesting duel to the audience and everyone."

Jim gently lifted his hat with his index finger: "Ha—I was thinking the same thing. Telling you in advance, Tiancheng, I happened to get a super strong card these past two days. If you are not careful, you might lose in an instant, you know?"

A super strong card?

How strong?

Tiancheng Guang muttered in his heart.

"Alright, then let's come—"

"Duel!" x2.

Duel Academy Headquarters, Academy Representative, Absolute Fusion User, Tiancheng Guang LP: 4000.

Duel Academy South, Academy Representative, Archaeologist, Jim, LP: 4000.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 433 =====