My anime-style card deck is fine!

As for Amon?

Amon just wants the biggest one!

"Hmm? Finished? Wow, that took me a lot of effort."

After staring blankly at the sky for a while, Amon straightened up like a hardworking old farmer, wiping away imaginary sweat, and looked at the hundreds of corn cannons in front of him, revealing a satisfied smile of harvest.

Crazy Plants: Corn Cannon--

property: grass

Rating: ★★★

Category: Magic

Related terms: [Plants vs. Zombies], [Hungry Zombies], [Plants vs. Zombies]

Effect ①: Corn Cannon - This card can be used by consuming 500 Sun; Tribute 2 [Corn Pitcher] tokens on the field to Fusion Summon 1 [Corn Cannon] token.

Effect 2: Corn Cannon - This derivative cannot perform normal attacks; once per turn, it ignores the Duel Arena restrictions and performs a long-range attack on a designated target within a 30-meter radius. Attacks performed under this effect have double attack power.

Note: Corn Cannon Derivative: Attack 1800.

"Hehe, hehe ...

Amon's smile instantly turned unrestrained, and his arrogant laughter echoed across the sky above El Capitan: "Are you ready! My dear classmates, this is just a small gift, please don't take it for granted!"

"Corn brand Dongfeng Express is about to be dispatched. Please be ready to receive it!"

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Corn Cannon

In this world where cards have replaced gunpowder, although artillery and mechanical civilizations have still developed, few people can understand what real artillery looks like.

But Amon is different!

Born in that red country in his previous life, Amon's fear of insufficient firepower was deeply ingrained. Therefore, when Amon pondered how to deal with those overqualified candidates on the battlefield, his first thought was...

We'll bombard him with cannons!

Plants vs. Zombies?

Whether it's the Crazy Plants deck with its independent energy element operation or the Hungry Zombie deck that amazed everyone with its 50,000 troops, they are all just byproducts of Amon's creation of the Corn Cannon!

Yes!

Amon has only one goal, and has always had only one goal!

That is—the Corn Cannon!

"Kakaka-!"

With a thought command, the silent corn cannons sprang into action in the next instant.

As the machinery operated, one after another, huge corn missiles, each over three meters tall, were erected. The plump, round corn showed no signs of being lethal.

But those rows of warheads reaching into the sky seem to indicate that things are not so simple.

"—All preparations are complete!"

Amon stood atop El Capitan, looking quite spirited.

Unfortunately, because of Amon's eighteen hours of preparation, no one paid attention to him, the turtle-style player who was "destined to advance," and Amon didn't care about it at all.

The battlefield assessment lasted a full twenty-four hours.

Almost two days and one night!

(PS: To correct the previous time, if it's only twelve hours, it's just past midnight.)

"The target is very conspicuous!"

Amon suppressed his desire to duel for more than ten hours, all for this moment!

"Target the strongest and thickest beam of light! Target locked, all corn missiles ready—"

"emission!!!"

……

What is a salvo?

This is a salvo of artillery fire!

Each ear of corn reveals the magnificence beneath its plump exterior; the flames spewed from the corn stalks launch the corn into the air in an instant.

Into the clouds.

"Whoosh whoo ...

The shockwaves from the simultaneous missile launches of four thousand corn cannons created a whirlwind atop El Capitan.

The missile launch alone took a full minute!

In an instant, the clouds in the sky were torn to shreds by the four thousand corn-shaped missiles that swept in!

"Hahahaha—! What is a man's romance? It's weapons! It's force! It's a salvo of missiles! It's artillery barrage!!!"

Amon laughed with extraordinary abandon, his laughter exceptionally bright and cheerful: "Big Brother Mu! This is nothing! My firepower is far from limited to this! One round per missile, next round of missile reloading—!"

"Then, the second wave is coming too!"

"—Full launch!!!!!"

And at this time...

Above the clouds, several examinees are chasing each other.

This is a rare encounter in the current calm of the battlefield, which has attracted the attention of many viewers.

"C3! [Skyfire strikes from the sky!]"

A girl wielding a magic wand and dressed like a traditional magician, holding a huge wooden staff, can freely manipulate magic to launch attacks by searching for specific magic cards once per turn.

A huge fireball suddenly appeared in the air.

Then the torrent of flames poured down like a waterfall, and in an instant, the flames flooded the surface of the clouds like a flowing river, turning the originally white land of clouds red like lava.

The scorching fire was burning the earth and rapidly melting the clouds.

"It's useless. You can't escape. You can only be defeated by me and fall into the clouds!" The mage girl looked at the examinees on the clouds with some arrogance.

Yes, it wasn't a brawl between several people, but a hunt by one person!

Although they are all three-star card masters, their strengths are on completely different levels!

"hateful!"

One candidate said with a disgruntled expression, "This randomly assigned map is disgusting! I have a Mountain Giant deck, why don't you just land on the ground!"

"Just say less..." another candidate said helplessly.

But they completely gave up the struggle.

The third candidate, however, was holding a magic card and seemed eager to use it.

However, before he could retaliate, a sudden and shocking change disrupted the atmosphere of the battlefield.

"call out--!"

They couldn't see what it was, but they felt a sudden turbulence sweep across the clouds, blowing the people on the clouds about.

The floating mage girl nearly fell headfirst into the torrent of fire she herself had created.

"……what happened!?"

"Waaah! Don't let me find out who it is, I'll definitely—" The exasperated magician girl couldn't help but stomp her foot in the air, but the next moment, a swarm of missiles followed closely behind and whistled past them.

They finally saw what was coming.

"corn--?!"

The candidates in the clouds, as well as the spectators and examiners watching the area from the sidelines, all exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Yes!

What broke the battlefield were the ears of corn whistling past!

These fleeting ears of corn whistled past, creating a chaotic upheaval in the clouds above the battlefield, catching several unprepared examinees off guard and knocking them off their feet.

But they were no longer worried about being overwhelmed by the fiery currents falling from the sky.

because……

The whistling corn has already torn the clouds apart!

The powerful gust of wind alone extinguished the fireball created by the magic in the sky.

"Ugh! This feeling is awful!" The magician girl could no longer control her levitation magic. She was swept away by the turbulence and disappeared from the spot in an instant, leaving behind only a string of words filled with frustration and exasperation.

The other candidates did not use levitation magic or cloud support.

And so it fell.

Unexpectedly, the two ended up together. Since they were destined to be eliminated once, they simply relaxed and treated it like bungee jumping, chatting idly in the air.

"Speaking of which, which mountain giant is it?" One of them noticed something was wrong; the trio was missing one member.

"..."

Another candidate hesitated for a moment, then coughed and said, "Um, I saw him being carried away by an ear of corn."

"……ha?!"

The other half, the examinee who was taken away by the corn, was now clinging tightly to the corn.

Although he knew that he wouldn't really die on this battlefield with battlefield protection, the extreme speed that pushed his physiological limits made it impossible for his instincts to let go!

And so, I was carried along in the air by the corn.

"Haaaaaaah!!!!" the unlucky test-taker screamed, but he gradually got used to it.

When they came to their senses, they found that their surroundings had changed.