Dragon Fang Arena, 6:00 am.
The morning fog was still lingering, but the battlefield was already alive with anticipation. Representatives from the five major clubs had gathered in the stands surrounding the main battle area, as if witnessing the start of a great war.
In the centre stood two figures - one with silver hair cascading over his shoulders, clad in a black and red battle robe, wielding a massive mechanised spear that roared like a war machine from the depths of hell.
The captain of the spear club - Onimaru Setsura.
The other, draped in a black cloak with intricate dark patterns swirling at the cuffs like a murder of crows in flight, held a map in his left hand and a blade concealed in his right. His expression was calm-cold, precise, unreadable.
The captain of the Magic Club - Yomi Kuro.
"This is a battle that was meant to be."
Sitting in the front row of the audience, Houdou Saya felt her heart quicken, drawn into the suffocating pressure of the impending clash.
"Yomi Kuro," Onimaru's voice was like chains dragging on the ground - deep, heavy and unyielding. "You are no match for me."
"Perhaps not," Yomi replied, a slight smirk playing on his lips. "But you don't understand my battlefield."
The air tensed.
Onimaru moved first!
With a thunderous roar, Gokuretsu lunged forward and unleashed a triple bolt of lightning straight at Yomi's heart!
"Thunderbolt - Triple Strike!"
This attack had previously sent Byakuran flying off the battlefield in an instant, but - Yomi's body shattered into fragments of light, dissipating like an illusion.
"First map - [Virtual Displacement]."
"An optical trick?"
Onimaru scoffed, stomping down as Gokuretsu's mechanisms roared to life, igniting another bolt of lightning!
"Thunder Break - Sky Leap Slash!"
A lightning-charged diagonal strike covered the three-metre range - but once again, it struck nothing but a mirage.
Yomi's voice echoed like a ghost from all directions:
I will not pit illusions directly against Gokuretsu... This battle is my stage, my rules".
Suddenly, the entire arena flickered.
Dozens of floating cards materialised in the air, forming an elaborate stage set. The shadows of countless Yomi Kuro flickered among them, moving seamlessly between reality and illusion!
"[Fourth Formula - Nightmare Array: Veil of Crows]"
Houdou Saya's eyes widened. "This isn't just a simple illusion field - it's a multi-scenario illusion trap!"
Mitou Karuma, standing behind her, narrowed his eyes. "This setup isn't just about deception... It's designed to manipulate Gokuretsu's attack trajectory."
"In other words..." "You have no idea who you're really attacking."
Onimaru didn't rush his next move. Instead, he planted his spear into the ground.
"...Enough."
A moment later, Gokuretsu's internal mechanisms activated and sent a pulse of destructive lightning outwards like a tidal wave.
"Fifth Form - Thunder Prison!"
BOOM!!
Every illusion in the arena shattered simultaneously, the entire Nightmare Array collapsing as the illusion field was utterly destroyed by pure force.
Yomi Kuro was violently ejected from his own domain!
Onimaru twisted his spear and charged again with a mighty step forward!
"Your illusions are worthless in the face of reality!"
Yomi flicked three cards into the air in mid-fall, forming a spinning silver magic circle.
"Then let's rewrite the script - [Linked Magic: Wheel of Fate]."
The battlefield shifted beneath their feet.
As the three cards exploded, the blast altered Onimaru's momentum, knocking him off course - forcing him into a new trajectory. Yomi landed first, transitioning smoothly into his next formation.
But Onimaru gritted his teeth and slammed Gokuretsu into the ground with all his might - "Enough! Thunder Break - Heart Piercing!"
This was Gokuretsu's Seventh Form - a specialised anti-illusion finisher designed to cause direct neurological disruption upon impact!
Yomi's cloak was ripped apart by the surging lightning, his chest marked by a searing wound.
"But."
A smile crept across his face through the pain.
"You've already fallen to my last move."
In his hand - the one card he had never played - he finally threw it.
"Final Technique - Curtain Call."
The entire battlefield collapsed, folding inward like a dimension of the card world.
For a moment, Onimaru found himself trapped in a mirror world - his attacks frozen in space, his movements blocked.
"What?"
"This..."
He tried to activate Gokuretsu but realised - he couldn't move.
Yomi slowly stepped forward, his eyes glowing.
"I told you," he murmured. "This battle was never about me winning... It was about me controlling how you lose."
Onimaru roared, forcibly channeling all remaining energy into Gokuretsu, disrupting the spatial fold just enough to shatter the illusion - but as the map world collapsed, reality reasserted itself.
And when the dust settled, Yomi Kuro was still standing.
Onimaru Setsura was kneeling, steam rising from his weapon.
Between them - only a hair's breadth of distance.
The referee hesitated for several seconds before raising the flag: -Winner: Magic Club Captain Yomi Kuro!
Houdou Saya exhaled, the tension in her shoulders easing. A small smile tugged at her lips - but behind it, her eyes glistened.
Mitou Karuma murmured, "He didn't win with magic. He won with strategy."
And from the distant watchtower, Tendou Kyouichi finally opened his eyes.
"The Magic Club's... Illusion King... so this is how he appears."
破局之枪 VS 幻术之王〈激战篇〉
龙牙场,清晨六点.
晨雾未散,战场之上却已人声鼎沸.来自五大社团的代表皆聚于观战席,围绕主战区,仿佛一场盛大的"预演战役"即将拉开序幕.
站在场地中心的,是两名男子——
一人银发垂肩,身披黑红战斗长袍,手持厚重机关长枪,仿若战场铁骑从地狱中归来.
标枪部部长・鬼丸刹罗.
另一人则以黑袍覆身,袖口暗纹似群鸦流动,左手捏牌,右手藏刃,神情淡然,如夜幕下孤狼,冷静,精准,无法预测.
魔术部部长・夜见苍.
"这是一场,注定无法闪避的战斗."
凰堂纱夜坐在观战席第一排,望着场中,心跳仿佛被那股压迫感牵引,不由得加快了一分.
夜见苍."鬼丸刹罗的声音如铁链拖地,低沉,坚硬,"你不是我的对手."
"也许不是."夜见苍抬眼,嘴角却带笑,"但你不懂我的战斗."
空气轰然一紧.
鬼丸动了!
只见"獄裂"怒啸而出,雷流炸裂,长枪化为三连突刺直逼夜见苍心口!
"破雷——三式贯心!"
这一击,曾在一瞬将白蓝从战场掀飞,但——
夜见苍的身影却在刹那化为碎光,竟早已脱离原位.
"第一张牌——[虚数换影]."
"...障眼术?"
鬼丸冷哼,脚步一踏地,獄裂转轴轰鸣,爆雷再启!
"崩雷・跃杀!"
一记闪电斜斩,覆盖三米!
但再次斩下的,是空气中的虚像!
夜见苍的声音,如鬼魅回响于战场各处:
"我不会用正面幻术去碰你的獄裂...这场战斗,是我设计的舞台."
下一刻,整座战场边界浮现出无数悬空卡牌,宛如一座大型剧场布景,牌影之中,数不尽的夜见苍轮番浮现,真假难辨!
"[第四式连锁术式——梦魇阵型·鸦之幕]!"
凰堂纱夜猛地站起:"他布下的是——多重剧本型幻术领域!"
御堂狩真在后方皱眉:"这套组合...是针对獄裂雷击轨迹进行重构的视角干扰.也就是说——"
"你根本不知道你在攻击谁."
鬼丸刹罗没有急于攻击,他沉下身形,长枪朝地面一顿.
"...够了."
下一刻,獄裂内部机关启动,一圈雷纹扩散,如实质般撕裂虚像空间.
"第五段,雷域展开——[破幻雷牢]."
轰!!
场中所有牌影瞬间碎裂,连带幻术结构也发生崩塌,整个"梦魇剧场"如同风中残纸,被雷流全部抹去.
夜见苍身形从天顶落下,已被强制剥离出幻术空间!
鬼丸反手一旋,獄裂逆转方向,再度冲锋!
"你的魔术,在'现实'面前一无是处!"
夜见苍在空中弹出三张牌,瞬间围绕自身回旋,构成一个银白魔术环.
"那就换一个剧本吧——[连锁魔术·命运之轮]."
场地突然下沉,剧场重构!
三张牌同时自爆,构成魔术炸点,击偏鬼丸突进路线,夜见苍顺势落地,滑步入下一阵列中.
鬼丸却双手握紧獄裂,大喝一声,雷流灌注地面!
"够了!![雷崩·断心刺]!"
这是獄裂的第七式,破幻特化型压制杀招,一旦击中,将直接引发精神系统震荡,让幻术师短暂脑电错乱!
夜见苍嘴角泛起一丝血迹,胸前的外衣已被雷光划裂.
"——但是,"他低语,"你已经落入我的最后一张牌."
他手中那张,一直未打出的卡,终于被抛出.
"终局术式・戏幕收束."
战场剧场结构全部关闭,一瞬间,时空的背景坍塌,整个战场化为一张卡牌内部的镜中世界!
鬼丸刹罗一惊,却已来不及跳脱,发现自己的攻击,被空间本身所锁定——
他动弹不得.
"这是...!?"
"我说过."夜见苍慢慢走近他,"我的战斗,从来不是'赢你',而是——控制你的落败方式."
鬼丸刹罗咬牙,强行激发獄裂全输出电流,硬生生击碎部分术式,但在挣脱之前,卡片世界却化作闪光崩毁,留下夜见苍孤身一人站在原地.
他用尽全力,在最后一秒让幻术崩解,战场恢复现实.
而鬼丸刹罗则站在对面,半跪在地,手中獄裂冒着蒸汽.
两人之间,是毫厘间的对峙.
裁判迟疑数秒后,举旗宣布:
——魔术部部长 夜见苍,胜!
凰堂纱夜望着夜见苍的身影,嘴角缓缓扬起一抹微笑,眼底却有些泛红.
御堂狩真低声道:"...他不是用魔术赢的,是用'战术'胜的."
而站在远方高台的天道京一,终于睁开了眼,低语:
"魔术部的...'幻术之王'...原来,是这样走出来的.