Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 1191

Chapter 1191: Chapter 1191: What is a Sacred Beast?

Green halos began to appear one after another. From within the swirling vortex of energy, black claws protruded. Inch by inch, living armor assembled itself onto a pair of armor wings covering the whole body, blade-like feathers slicing through space and stirring up violent tremors.

Crimson eyes swept across the battlefield. Engines roared as a storm of data and shooting stardust particles danced in the air, heralding the first Synchro Summon of this duel.

[Blackwing - Armor Master, ATK 2500]

Leo: "He summoned his ace on the very first turn! Crow is amazing as expected!"

Crow: "Of course! Lord Crow always goes all out! Go—Blackwing - Armor Master, attack ’Chaos Core’!"

Summoning Armor Master on the first turn was something Kira had accounted for among the possibilities.

At this point, neither Crow himself nor his Blackwings were perfect; in the early stages, Armor Master was his main ace. Even so, this card’s effect was extremely powerful during this era. Back when Yu-Gi-Oh! first entered the Synchro era, even Kira himself suffered big losses against this card.

Blackwing - Armor Master: ATK 2500, cannot be destroyed by battle, and the controller takes no battle damage from battles involving it. Plus, when it battles an opponent’s monster, after battle, it can place a "wedge counter" on that monster.

By removing a wedge counter from a monster, for this turn, that monster’s attack and defense become zero until the end of the turn.

So, it’s rather obvious: when it comes to fighting, this thing is essentially invincible. No matter how high your attack is, you can’t destroy it, nor inflict damage through battle. Plus, any monster that battles it gets weakened immediately.

Of course, from a modern perspective, mere battle indestructibility isn’t all that impressive; cards that destroy, banish, or bounce can easily deal with it. But in those days, when Kira’s friends played it, he was shocked and would even suspect his friends were cheating with a fake card; otherwise, why would something so unreasonably strong exist?

Watching Armor Master charge ferociously toward him, Kira couldn’t help but feel nostalgic.

"Such a nostalgic monster..."

Memories of carefree duels with friends—before he ever understood what a banlist was—came flooding back.

However...

At the moment the attack landed, the space above Chaos Core began to twist, as if a rift in time and space had suddenly torn open. Majestic and profound light burst forth, taking on golden and blue phantasms like ancient ghosts.

Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder! Raviel, Lord of Phantasms!

The Sacred Beasts appeared as flows of illusory light, otherworldly in posture. Hamon was surrounded by constant arcs of electricity, each thunderclap echoing as if from the depths of the universe.

All three opponents: "Nani!?"

Even as mere phantoms, their presence exuded an ancient pressure, sending chills and awe through everyone present.

"Relax. They haven’t really appeared yet. This is Chaos Core’s monster effect.

Whenever this card becomes the target of an attack or card effect, you can activate it. Send ’Uria, Lord of Searing Flames’, ’Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder’, and ’Raviel, Lord of Phantasms’—at most one of each—from hand or deck to the Graveyard."

Kira revealed the three distinctive monster cards—yellow, blue, and gold—then sent them to the graveyard.

"From my deck, I sent Raviel and Hamon—two Sacred Beasts—to the Graveyard."

Crow: "Then the attack continues. You take 2500 battle damage—"

Kira: "Sorry, but no. After sending the Sacred Beasts to the Graveyard, Chaos Core places two ’phantasm counters’ on itself.

This turn, I take no battle damage. Additionally, whenever Chaos Core would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can remove a counter instead."

Armor Master’s blow stopped half a meter before Chaos Core, unable to progress further, forced backward by an invisible force. Transparent ripples burst out in front of Chaos Core, but the original was unharmed.

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