After replacing basic daily necessities and supplies at the rainforest station, Tenjo Hikari and his group walked out of the station.
The rainforest, unlike the volcanic station, should resemble the forest area more, being Spirit Duelists, so if you want to find opponents, you have to explore the real rainforest.
And with that, the level of danger increased significantly.
Walking in the rainforest, occasionally the roar of wild beasts would ring out, accompanied by rustling noises.
The three walked together, and as they moved, Mitsuzawa and Serena got closer and closer to Tenjo Hikari.
The sight in the rainforest was quite terrible, with dense trees and overgrown weeds, and no proper roads, it always felt like there were eyes watching them everywhere.
"Roar——————"
With a huge roar, the forest shook violently, countless birds flew up into the sky and disappeared from sight due to the roar, and at the same time, Tenjo Hikari suddenly looked to his right.
Swoosh——
At the instant he turned his head, an arrow shot out from deep within the forest, and under Mitsuzawa's cry, Tierra glanced at the arrow, which instantly ignited with blue flames, turning into powder in an instant and disappearing from the world.
This scene clearly exceeded the expectations of those hidden in the forest, but it did not stop their actions, and with a shrill scream, a huge tiger stepped out of the rainforest, pouncing towards Tenjo Hikari's group, followed by a team of scantily clad female warriors, aiming their bows at them.
Under the tiger's attack, Tenjo Hikari's group scattered and were not injured, but at the same time, arrows from the shadows and traps also sprang up, seemingly ready to ensnare everyone here.
But just at that time!
Swoosh swoosh swoosh——
Countless Purple Puppet Strings suddenly flew out from every direction of the forest!
Traps, arrows, tigers, warriors, all of them were caught by the threads almost instantly, immobilizing the entire rainforest as if time had stopped, unable to move!
Then, Tierra snapped her fingers crisply.
"Snap."
Blue flames rose.
A giant Archfiend with a right hand like a dragon's head, wielding a weapon, appeared by her side, roaring.
It did not stop its action, and after the roar ceased, it seemed ready to swing its weapon at the tiger beside it, seemingly wanting to take it down in one blow, to decapitate it directly!
"Stop!"
Another voice rang out.
An orange-haired, muscular female warrior leapt out from deeper within the forest, brandishing a spear and clashing with the Archfiend's weapon, and with a bang, both the Archfiend and she retreated a few steps.
What terrifying strength!
The warrior landed, planting her spear into the ground to absorb the recoil, then looked across to see that the silver-grey Archfiend had just floated a short distance in the air.
"You've passed the preliminary trial, now let my warriors down!" she shouted.
"Foolish mortals." Tierra's eyes flashed with scarlet light, "You attack willingly, show no remorse, and yet dare to demand from me?
Do you have a death wish?"
Ugh!!!
The orange-haired warrior was intimidated by Tierra's presence, instinctively stepping back a few steps.
"Unnamed powerful Spirit, my warriors erred, but we did not intend to take the lives of the intruders, the weapons are padded with cotton—" she quickly surrendered and bowed her head.
"Hmph." Tierra glanced at the ground, understanding that she was not lying, waved her right hand, dissipated the Archfiend, threw the tiger back into the forest, and released the puppet strings, flying next to Tenjo Hikari, too lazy to say anything further.
"Hiss..." Mitsuzawa Daichi gently rubbed his wrist.
In order to protect Mitsuzawa and Serena, Tierra casually tied them up as well, but with them, she certainly wasn't as meticulous, just roughly tied them up to keep them from being harmed.
But Mitsuzawa didn't mind such details.
He was just amazed—how could this Midrash be so strong?
Can an ordinary Spirit accomplish something like killing a dozen Spirits in an instant?
That's too exaggerated, isn't it?
The more he looked, the more he felt this Midrash was nothing like a normal Spirit.
Once all the Spirits were untied, Tenjo Hikari and his group could finally communicate with them normally.
Mitsuzawa immediately recognized them as the "Amazoness" Monster Spirits, and after introductions, they confirmed their identities.
The Amazoness Spirits, their group assessment considers them part of the "Twelve-Star Duelists", being Four-Star Duelists. And the orange-haired warrior leading them outside is the Amazoness Crow...the Amazoness War Chief.
However, merely challenging them is not enough to pass their test.
The Amazoness test the challengers' two basic abilities.
The first is Courage; the second is Wisdom.
Courage refers to a duelist's combat abilities, including melee, shooting; Wisdom naturally refers to a duelist's dueling ability, including calculation, knowledge. These two abilities correspond to the two branches of the Amazoness Deck in this world, the "Courage Amazoness" pursuing strength and the "Wisdom Amazoness" emphasizing strategy.
They set traps here, mainly to test the duelists' basic abilities. If they can't even handle this, they should just head elsewhere and not cause trouble here.
And as long as they can pass these two tests, even if they lose the duel, the students can be recognized by them. It is an area with relatively low demands, but still possesses certain difficulties.
"It's my first time hearing that dueling requires these abilities." Mitsuzawa Daichi couldn't help but comment.
"Is it? Brother Mitsuzawa, when I was studying in the laboratory, they taught me not only melee combat but also shooting, swordsmanship, and equestrianism." Serena found it quite normal.
Either way, the preliminary test was definitely cleared by the three, and they didn't dare to say otherwise.
As compensation for being frightened, the Amazoness would even present them with some gifts—though they heard it was all prepared by the Kaiba Company.
Upon entering the Amazoness camp, there were numerous students diligently attempting challenges like archery and combat.
Duel Academy Main School does teach these—though it wasn't in the original, this world offers these courses.
This was something Tenjo Hikari knew from the first exam, he suspected it was to prepare students for dealing with Spirits, or perhaps because this world merged with "Yu-Gi-Oh! A5" so it had the fundamental concept of "Action Duels".
However, most of the time, the school merely "teaches" students, not requiring them to master everything. Just like when Daitokuji taught Alchemy, it was just teaching, not ensuring mastery.
Not expecting all students to master everything.
"Swoosh——" After Tenjo Hikari and his group entered the camp, a silver-white figure drew a bow and casually shot an arrow, hitting the target with a clang in the center, then muttered softly, "Gloria sister, I'm a bit bored."
"Grace, since it's a challenge requirement, let's just do it." The blonde Gloria responded, casually drawing a bow and shooting at the target, accurately hitting the center.
The two of them were typical combatants, even the seemingly elegant, skirt-wearing Grace wouldn't hold back when it came to action. Facing such a trial, they naturally handled it with ease.
Right after the two finished shooting, they heard new challengers arriving, prompting them to turn their heads.
"Ah." Grace, upon seeing Tenjo Hikari, got distracted, missed the center of the target by a bit.
Gloria, on the other hand, was more straightforward, putting away her bow and laughing, "Tenjo Hikari! Haha, you came at the right time, we were so bored!"
The combative sisters had come to the rainforest area, encountered the Amazoness Spirits, anticipating intense battles, but were met with this kind of test, which was quite dull for them. Now, spotting Tenjo Hikari, their spirits were lifted.
There's no point fighting these Spirits, Tenjo Hikari is the real deal—
But!
More surprising than them was another voice.
"Ta, Tania!!" Mitsuzawa Daichi exclaimed.
At the center of the camp stood a muscular woman with a high ponytail and two claw marks on her right eye.
It was the Spirit that Mitsuzawa Daichi yearned for, day and night...
The Amazoness Tiger, Tania!