Chapter 576: Turbulence

"The effect of 'Storm', destroy 'Silent Magician'!"

Amon shouted, and a transparent storm rose up, sweeping over Silent Magician. The magician's body was swallowed by the tsunami-like raging waves, instantly exploding into dazzling white light.

But that white light immediately gathered, once again manifesting an even more dazzling magic circle, like a white hexagram barrier!

"When Silent Magician is destroyed by battle or an opponent's effect, I can Special Summon one 'Silent Magician' monster other than itself from my hand or deck, ignoring its summoning conditions."

A beam of white light shot out from Fujiki You Xuan's deck.

"Blooming with silent radiance from the intersection of chaos and order, magician of light, descend here— —Silent Magician LV8!"

After being destroyed and leaving the field, it immediately evolved into a higher-level form. The ice-faced mage held her staff, as if bathed in holy light, and slowly descended from the white light barrier with a sacred aura.

【Silent Magician LV8, ATK 3500】

Amon frowned slightly.

Truly a troublesome magician.

"And as the cost for the Trap 'Storm' to destroy the card," Fujiki You Xuan said, "'Cloudian - Nimbusman's' ATK decreases by 1000 points."

【Cloudian - Nimbusman, ATK 2500 → ATK 1500】

Amon gave a light hum and said nothing more.

"Also, Silent Magician LV8 was Special Summoned during the Battle Phase, and the Battle Phase of this turn hasn't ended yet. Therefore, I can still declare an attack this turn."

Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand.

"Silent Magician LV8, attack 'Cloudian - Nimbusman'!"

Silent Magician's face was like frost, without a single ripple. She slowly raised the staff in her hand, white light gathering upon it, turning into a dazzling ball of light.

As the staff fell, the overbearing white light blasted out, sweeping across Amon's field like a surging sea wave.

Cloudian - Nimbusman's form was instantly blasted into powder by the white magical wave, dissipating into shreds of residual clouds. The powerful impact continued unabated, striking Amon, causing him to stagger and fall to one knee.

【Amon, LP 4000 → LP 2000】

But after taking the impact, he quickly propped himself up on his knees and stood up, sneering: "A powerful attack, worthy of the King. But I won't fall so easily... neither will my monsters."

As he spoke, the Cloudian that had been blasted into clouds across the sky saw its fragments gather again as if pulled by gravity.

The residual clouds condensed into a humanoid shape, forming a short, stout body, unscathed compared to before, only with more anger in its eyes.

【Cloudian - Nimbusman, ATK 1500】

"Cloudian monsters cannot be destroyed by battle," Amon said as he stood up. "No matter how many times they are scattered, they will firmly return to their original form, never falling even after experiencing a hundred hardships. This is the Cloudian, this is my deck."

"Is that how you see yourself?" Fujiki You Xuan said. "Indeed, a valuable quality. Amon Garlem, I know about you. You are truly a rare talent. Let's put it this way..."

Fujiki You Xuan narrowed his eyes, half of his face shrouded in shadow.

"You are someone who possesses the 'potential of a King', Amon Garlem."

Amon: "!"

Amon tried to remain calm on the surface, but his heart was like a raging sea.

This guy... does he really understand me this well?

"Yes, you seem to have long since lost any ambition. You voluntarily became a stepping stone for your younger brother, clearing any obstacles for the brother you love, not hesitating to dirty your own hands," Fujiki You Xuan said calmly.

"You made everyone believe this, not just those around you, but perhaps even you yourself have come to believe it."

"But deep down, have you really given up on your own ambition, your own ideals?"

Amon: "."

Fujiki You Xuan shrugged.

"Just a passing thought, don't take it to heart... I set two cards face-down and end my turn."

Amon gritted his teeth.

A passing thought?

No, this couldn't possibly be a passing thought. This guy must have done a lot of preparation; he came fully prepared.

No, focus on the duel first.

Amon took a deep breath.

"My turn, draw!"

!. Read

Amon drew a card and then slapped a card from his hand onto the Duel Disk.

"I Normal Summon 'Cloudian - Turbulence'!"

Just as the name suggests, as the card landed on the Duel Disk, a rapid, chaotic airflow rose on the field, gathering like a tornado. It was like a cloud body constructed from rapid airflow, its form spinning at high speed.

【Cloudian - Turbulence, ATK 800】

"Turbulence, huh," Fujiki You Xuan murmured.

An unremarkable Cloudian with only 800 ATK. But this was probably the monster Fujiki You Xuan thought most highly of in the entire Cloudian deck.

Because by modern Yu-Gi-Oh standards, this guy's effect also has huge potential.

"The effect of Cloudian - Turbulence: when summoned successfully, I place 'Fog Counters' on this card based on the number of monsters with 'Cloudian' in their name on the field!"

Amon pointed to the monsters on his field.

"Now I have 'Cloudian - Nimbusman' and 'Cloudian - Turbulence', two Cloudians on my field. Therefore, I place two 'Fog Counters' on Turbulence!"

【Cloudian - Turbulence, Fog Counters 0 → 2】

"The subsequent effect of Cloudian - Turbulence is that I can remove one 'Fog Counter' from itself to Special Summon one 'Cloudian - Smoke Ball' from my deck or either player's Graveyard!"

Amon shouted.

"This effect is not once per turn. Therefore, I remove two Fog Counters from Turbulence and Special Summon two 'Cloudian - Smoke Balls' from my deck!"

Turbulence let out a low roar, and soon a hurricane blew up. The storm formed two vortices on the field, and both vortices condensed, each turning into a cute little cloud ball and gathering on the field.

【Cloudian - Smoke Ball, DEF 600】 x2

Smoke Ball is the only Normal Monster in the Cloudian deck.

So this is the power of the card Turbulence. Assuming there are already two Cloudians on the field, Turbulence enters the field with three counters. Removing three counters allows you to immediately fly three Smoke Balls out from the deck or Graveyard, easily turning one card into four monsters.

And the effect to pull Smoke Balls is not once per turn, so one can imagine that with sufficient Fog Counters, one can continuously use the pulled Smoke Balls as resources and then repeatedly use Turbulence's effect to summon them back to the field, generating endless resources with one card.

Such astonishing single-card performance only seems unremarkable because it was born in the truly lackluster Cloudian deck.

But then again, while the K-Conglomerate has been crazily strengthening various old decks from the GX era over the years, they still haven't thought of Cloudians, and it's hard to say that Turbulence isn't to blame.

After all, because there is such a fake-card-level thigh, if strengthened casually, it might very well create another universal plug-in that can run wild in various mainstream decks...

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 577 =====

Such astonishing single-card performance only seems unremarkable because it was born into the truly lackluster Cloudian deck.

However, having said that, while the Kaiba Corporation has been frantically strengthening various old decks from the GX era all these years, they still haven't really thought of Cloudians; it's hard to say that the card Turbulence isn't to blame for that.

After all, precisely because there is such a "fake card" level powerhouse, if they were to strengthen it casually, a slight lack of caution could very well create yet another universal plug-in capable of running wild in all sorts of mainstream decks.

(End of chapter)