The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

"Jūdai! Look behind the academy!"

Upon hearing Asuka's reminder, the others quickly looked out the window, where seven stone pillars suddenly rose from the distant desert.

"Isn't that the place where the Three Illusory Demons were sealed away before?"

Jaden then suddenly remembered, "But weren't the three Phantom Demons there already destroyed?"

Has anyone gone there?

"Could it be that evil thing playing tricks?"

Manjoume looked at Judai: "What should we do? Should we go to that sealed place first, or...?"

Before Judai could answer, John stepped forward and said, "Judai, you can go over there without worry. I'll go to Misawa with the others to receive the cards first."

Jim: "Go ahead and don't worry."

O'Brien: "We will protect him."

Judai nodded firmly. "Okay, then I'll leave the rest to you!"

After saying that, he rushed out of the school.

......

Not long after, Jaden arrived at the place where the three Phantom Demons were sealed.

A crack is opening in the ground within the area surrounded by the seven stone pillars, connecting it to the underground.

At the same time, two figures, one tall and one short, were standing at the edge of the crack.

"Amen? And... what about Malden, whom Rei mentioned missing yesterday? What are you doing here?"

Judai watched the two men warily; their presence in this place at this time was clearly not normal.

Upon seeing Judai's arrival, 'Marden' immediately displayed an infatuated yet frenzied expression.

Jaden also saw a demonic claw peeking out from under Malden's black robe. "That hand... could it be from back then...?"

"You've come, Judai, but it's too late..."

Before Judai could react, 'Marden' jumped into the crevice.

"Wait! Are you going to run away again?"

However, just as Jaden was about to chase after him, Amon, who was waiting nearby, blocked his way.

"I won't let you disturb Him, Judai!"

"Amon?" Judai questioned him, "What do you mean? Why are you blocking my way?"

"For some reason, I accepted His invitation and joined His cause. For the sake of His plans, I will not let you go."

As Amon spoke, he revealed the Duel Disk on his left hand, "If you want me to step aside, you'd better defeat me first!"

“Amengalem, so you’re in cahoots with Him too… But do you know that He is the culprit who brought us to this strange world? If we can catch Him, we might be able to return to our original world.”

Amon's eyes, hidden behind his glasses, calmly stared at Judai. "Yes, I know that all too well, but it doesn't matter. I will defeat you!"

"Tsk, are you really going to stop me no matter what?" Jaden raised his Duel Disk with a disgruntled look: "I don't have time to play around with you, I'll finish you off quickly!"

The duel disks of the two quickly unfolded.

"Duel!!" ×2

[Yujo Judai: LP4000]

[Amengalem: LP4000]

Chapter 228 VS Cloud Demon

After the duel began, Amon made the first move.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Amengalem's hand: 5 → 6]

Amon knew very well that Judai was a formidable opponent far beyond his imagination.

Therefore, he was extremely careful, scanning his hand several times before cautiously playing a card.

"First, activate the Continuous Spell [Summoning Cloud] from your hand."

As he placed the card into the Duel Disk's Spell & Trap Slots, a dark cloud appeared behind him, with a faint light cascading down from it.

"The effect of this card is that once per turn, when you have no monsters on your field, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster with 'Cloud Monster' in its name from your hand or Graveyard."

"Using this effect, I Special Summon [Cloud Monster - Sheep Cloud] from my hand!"

hum!

A golden light flashed across the field, and a white cloud was projected onto the screen.

【Cloud Monster - Sheep Cloud: Attack Power 0】

[Amengalem's hand: 6 → 4]

Jaden frowned upon seeing this. "A Cloud Monster deck... Most of its monsters have the characteristic of not being destroyed by battle. Are you planning to stall for time?"

When faced with Jaden's question, Amon did not respond directly, but instead drew his third card and placed it on the Duel Disk.

"Next, I will sacrifice the sheep cloud on the field and summon [Cloud Demon - Rain Cloud Man] in Attack Position!"

Immediately, the white cloud disappeared from the field, and then a human-shaped rain cloud appeared.

【Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man: Attack Power 1000】

[Amengalem's hand: 4 → 3]

"This card can be Summoned by Tributing any number of WATER monsters you control, and you place that number of Fog Counters on this card. For each Fog Counter on the field, Raincloud Man gains 500 ATK."

"Of course, I only used one water-type monster as a sacrifice, so I only placed one fog marker."

[Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man: Attack power 1000→1500, Fog indicator 0→1]

Although it only increased attack power by 500 points, Jaden knew that Amon couldn't stop there.

as predicted......

He then revealed his second spell card: "Activate spell card, [Cloud Core of the Cloud Monster]!"

You can discard 1 Cloud Monster from your hand, then target 1 face-up monster on the field to activate this effect. Place Fog Counters equal to the target monster's Level.

"I discarded [Cloud Demon - Ghost Mist] and placed five mist markers equal to my level on [Cloud Demon - Rain Cloud Man], which will increase its attack power by 2500 points."

[Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man: Attack power 1500→4000, Fog indicator 1→6]

After finishing, he immediately placed his last card in the back row: "Flip one more card, end of turn."

[Amengalem's hand: 3 → 0]

After Amon decisively used up all his cards and declared the game over, the control of the game was transferred to Judai.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 6]

Unlike Amon, Judai knows exactly how to play his cards as soon as he gets them.

Without hesitation, he slammed a card onto the duel disk, announcing, "I summon [Elemental HERO Blaze] in Attack Position!"

hum!

A flash of golden light appeared, and a warrior engulfed in flames appeared on his field, wielding a fiery fist.

[Elemental Heroes: Flame Warrior - Attack Power 1200]

"When this card is successfully Normal or Special Summoned, add one [Fusion] card from your Deck to your hand."

He quickly took a card from his deck and then threw it out along with another card from his hand.

"I activate the Spell Card [Fusion] from my hand to fuse [Destiny HERO Discman] in my hand with [Element HERO Flameman] on the field, two HERO monsters with different attributes."

Jaden immediately waved his hand and shouted, "Fusion Summon! Appear, [Elemental HERO Sunrise Warrior]!"

In an instant, the two heroes from different fields were swallowed by the fusion vortex, releasing a dazzling flash of light. A crimson warrior with a cloak billowing behind him descended through the light and stood before him.

【Elemental Heroes: Sunrise Warrior - Attack Power 2500】

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 6 → 4]

"Is it coming? Your most celebrated fusion tactic...!"

Yamen only had one card, so he dared not be careless in the slightest.

Jaden then pointed to the warrior beside him and said, "Sunrise Warrior's special effect: for each attribute on your field, all monsters on your field gain 200 ATK."

[Elemental Hero Sunrise Warrior: Attack Power 2500 → 2700]

"And when this card is successfully Special Summoned, add one Miracle Fusion card from your Deck to your hand."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 5]

After obtaining the card, he didn't rush to use it, but instead drew another card from his hand and played it.

"I activate the Spell Card [Monster Resurrection] from my hand and Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard."

"Awaken, [Hero of Destiny Disc]!"

The next moment, a beam of white light shot out from the entrance of the Judai Duel Disk graveyard, and a warrior with discs floating on his body leaped out of the light and landed in front of him in a defensive stance.

[Destiny Heroes Discman: Defense 300]

"At this moment, when the Discman is successfully Special Summoned from the Graveyard, draw two cards from your Deck."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 6]

After replenishing his hand, he still didn't use the card he had just retrieved. Instead, he revealed the other spell card: "I activate the spell card [Neuro Fusion] from my hand!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 6 → 5]

"Send [Elemental HERO Neos] and [Neo-Tecton Dark Panther] from your deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon [Elemental HERO Dark Neos] ignoring its Summoning conditions!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a rainbow-colored radiance shot into the sky, and a jet-black Ultraman with sharp claws on his limbs and a pair of demonic wings on his back appeared from the light.

"Due to the increase in the number of attributes on their field, Sunrise and Dark Neos have increased attack power."

[Elemental Hero Sunrise Warrior: Attack Power 2700 → 2900]

[Elemental Hero Dark Neos: Attack Power 2500 → 2900]

"After activating [Neuro-Fusion], I cannot Special Summon any more monsters until the end of this turn, but that should be enough..."

However, at that moment, Amen pressed the cover button without hesitation, "In that case, I'll open the cover now!"

The only face-down card at his feet instantly flipped open. "Activate Trap Card, [Storm]!"

Chapter 229 Eye of the Typhoon

"The effect of the Trap Card [Storm] is to target one of your monsters with [Cloud Monster] in its name and reduce its ATK to determine the effect."

"When a monster's ATK drops by 1000 points, it can destroy one Spell/Trap Card on the opponent's field; when a monster's ATK reaches 2000 points, it can destroy any two cards on the opponent's field."

After explaining the effect, Yamen pointed to the humanoid cloud in front of him and said, "Rain Cloud Man's attack power will be reduced by 2000 points, destroying your Sunrise Knight and Dark Neos Knight!"

[Cloud Monster - Rain Cloud Man: Attack Power 4000 → 2000]

As soon as he finished speaking, Rain Cloud Man disintegrated into a cloud of dark clouds, drifted over the field of Judai, and created a fierce tornado that struck the two superior heroes.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...!

In the blink of an eye, Sunrise Knight was shredded to pieces by the whirlwind.

"At this moment!" Jaden raised his Duel Disk, and a card popped out of the Graveyard: "When a Fusion Monster on your field that used Elemental HERO Neos as Fusion Material is destroyed or returned to the Extra Deck by its own effect, you can banish Elemental HERO Neos Fusion from the Graveyard to replace it, thus negating the destruction of Dark Neos."

As the tornado dissipated, Dark Neos reappeared before Amon's eyes.

"Couldn't we have defeated this monster...?" Amon clicked his tongue inwardly and said, "However, since Sunrise Warrior left the field, Dark Neos Warrior's attack power returned to normal."

[Elemental Hero Dark Neos: Attack Power 2900 → 2500]

"Furthermore, Raincloud Man cannot be destroyed by battle, and since you no longer have [Neuro Fusion] in your graveyard, Dark Neos will return to the deck during the End Phase, which is advantageous to me."

"Not always!"

"Nani?"

Jaden pointed to the black Ultraman standing to the side and explained, "Dark Neos's monster effect is activated!"