[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh":3,"chapter-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-56":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2248905,4388,"Chapter 56: The Activated Barrier","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-56",56,"\u003Cp>\"Direct Battle Phase.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan issued the order immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"'True Silent Magician', attack the face-down monster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Silent Magician's staff spun lightly twice, and a white magic circle opened beneath her feet. Surging white light flowed into her hands, transforming into a raging torrent that swept across the opponent's field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The face-down monster flipped over, revealing a giant tomato with a grinning, ferocious smile crouched in Defense Position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Assailant Tomato, DEF 1100]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naturally, a big tomato could not withstand the divine power of the Silent Magician; a single surge of light instantly blasted the tomato into powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, you fell for it!\" Thief Keith shouted loudly, \"At this moment, my face-down card activates too!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The face-down card in the back row flipped over with a rustle, and the projection of a Trap Card rose up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trap Card - Ceasefire! When a monster is sent to its owner's Graveyard, you can destroy one monster on the field!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corner of Keith's mouth twitched into a cold smile as he pointed at You Xuan's field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This annoying Magician shall exit here and now! Destroy 'Silent Magician'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden light burst forth from the Trap Card; the destroyed Assailant Tomato seemed to shoot out from the card in the form of a spirit, like some mournful vengeful soul dragging the Silent Magician down into the abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell 'My Body as a Shield' from my hand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of You Xuan's arm, rolling data streams materialized before him into the image of a Spell Card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the opponent activates an effect that includes 'destroy a monster on the field', I pay 1500 Life Points to negate that activation and destroy it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spell took effect; the tomato's vengeful spirit immediately changed direction, bypassed the Silent Magician, and slammed straight into You Xuan. You Xuan winced in pain and stepped back half a pace, pursing his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You Xuan, LP 4000 → LP 2500]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As expected of a Dark Duel, the sensation is very real...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her master actually take a hit for her, the Silent Magician displayed a panicked expression, holding her staff and looking at him, her face showing a mix of concern and bewilderment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ho? A Duelist actually taking damage for his own monster?\" Thief Keith sneered coldly, \"In the end, cards are nothing but weapons, mere tools. A true strong person is one who knows exactly how to utilize every piece on the board.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, he paused with a grin, snorting with bared teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The strong enslave the weak; this is an unchanging truth. So-called Duelists are warriors capable of enslaving the strongest creatures. Victory requires sparing no cost; everything except the King who commands can be discarded!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan narrowed his eyes to size him up, thinking, Buddy, are you out of your mind?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell does \"spare no cost\" mean? In this situation, if I didn't take the hit for Silent, would I just leave my field empty for you to attack next turn?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then he thought again and suddenly realized this was a golden opportunity delivered right to his door to farm Bond points. Realizing this, You Xuan immediately put on an expression of intense pain and exertion, gritting his teeth as he said: \"You are wrong! A true Duelist must believe in their monsters, believe in their deck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every card in a Duelist's possession is a partner meticulously chosen from the endless library, connected to their soul, irreplaceable. You, who do not even understand this, are unworthy of being called a Duelist no matter how much power you obtain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan mused that although he had failed composition since childhood and been chased by his language teacher, he hadn't missed a single generation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. Every protagonist had some long-winded speech about Bond or believing in their deck; after listening to that for so many years, whipping up a paragraph off the top of his head was easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, this verbal barrage seemed to work well. When the Silent on the field looked at him again, her frosty little face was filled with emotion. You Xuan guessed that if he could see an Affinity Meter, a [Affinity +99] might already be popping up above the silver-haired girl's head; this round should surely have increased their Bond, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With higher Bond, maybe even his God Draws would become more accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan was very satisfied, even feeling somewhat like thanking Boss Thief Keith for the rockets he'd fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So annoying.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thief Keith's face turned cold as he hummed low in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This one and that one, you are exactly the same as those disgusting guys. Duelist's dignity, trusting the heart of the cards, and so on...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shut up! It's guys like you who are the most detestable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan guessed that the \"guys\" this fellow referred to must be Yugi and Jonouchi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After losing to Pegasus back then, Thief Keith let himself go, resorting to any means necessary to win ever since. Before the Duelist Kingdom tournament, he even attempted to steal Jonouchi's entry card to make him lose by default, and later during the duels, he used cheap tricks like \"hiding cards in his sleeve,\" making him a typical case of someone who would stop at nothing for victory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let me bury your naive ideas along with your so-called 'partners'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thief Keith raised his voice and roared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The moment Assailant Tomato was destroyed just now, its effect had already activated! When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon one DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck in face-up Attack Position.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I Special Summon 'Snipe Hunter'!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Snipe Hunter, ATK 1500]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I set one card on the field and end my turn.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[True Silent Magician, ATK 3000]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My turn, Draw!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drawing this time, Thief Keith's movements paused noticeably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brief silence followed, then his facial muscles began to twist, the corners of his mouth rising as if he couldn't suppress his grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh heh... Heh heh heh... Hahahaha—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reaction immediately put You Xuan on high alert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the look of it, did he draw something incredible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, it's game over, kid.\" Thief Keith laughed uproariously, \"I have drawn 'this card', the ultimate embodiment of god-given power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch closely! I will use this card to awaken the darkness within my heart! My hatred accumulated over these years, my rage, the darkness that will swallow this world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slot on the side of his Duel Disk clicked open. Keith raised his right hand high, lifting the card in his hand like a devout believer, and the card erupted with ten thousand rays of green light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Field Spell—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—The Seal of Orichalcos!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan: \"!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he heard those words, he thought he had misheard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wait, what the hell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't Orichalcos from the DM arc? In this world, shouldn't that be old news from nearly ten years ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn't your organization's leader Dartz already talked to death by Wang Yang with all sorts of nonsense, and wasn't that ghostly Orichalcos Evil God wiped out by the Three God Cards? How can this thing still exist now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as that card was stored into the Duel Disk along with the Field Zone, You Xuan became certain he hadn't misheard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, green electric sparks began to crackle and pop from Keith's Duel Disk, surging energy through his entire body; the hem of his clothes spiraled in a emerald whirlwind, and he threw his head back, roaring \"Aaaah!\" like a Saiyan powering up, his whole body erupting in green flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the green light condensed at his forehead, swirling into the shape of a hexagram mark that emitted a eerie green glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~ Power, I can feel the power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thief Keith roared loudly as green light exploded from within him. Simultaneously, the ground beneath the duel field of both parties was occupied by green hexagram carvings; green light shot straight into the clouds, forming an impregnable barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Seal of Orichalcos, once activated in the anime, could never be stopped, could not be negated, and could not leave the field by any means. The soul of the losing Duelist would become fodder for the Evil God; unless one person fell, no one could leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this thing was also known in the anime as the \"Whoever Uses It Dies Barrier,\" because everyone who ever activated it lost; this invincible curse even created one of the few defeats for the invincible Pharaoh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after all this trouble, that so-called \"Evil God\" is the God of Orichalcos again?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But didn't your damn Evil God die at the hands of the Three God Cards?\" You Xuan couldn't help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Foolish,\" Keith barked, \"The God of Orichalcos is the dark side of the human heart, the dark will of this planet! No matter how many times it is defeated, it will always rise again!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did You Xuan remember that Dartz, the boss of the Doma arc in DM, indeed seemed to have said something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as humanity and this planet exist, the God of Orichalcos will never perish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So although the Three God Cards defeated it, appearing to destroy it temporarily, in reality, they had only sealed it; its ambition had not disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, or perhaps by today, it might even be more arrogant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan tried to put himself in the perspective of the God of Orichalcos; if this guy woke up now and peeked into the human world again, he would surely be overjoyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Pharaoh has run off, the Three God Cards are gone; wouldn't the future belong entirely to the God of Orichalcos?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan suddenly felt a headache coming on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't some trivial matter that didn't concern him. Who the hell said the world of card games was safe? I just arrived and haven't even gotten my footing yet, and now the world is ending again...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But of course, he didn't believe the world would actually end. Although the new-generation protagonist Judai Yuki hadn't grown up yet, at least Seto Kaiba existed in this era. President Kaiba had spent years locked away researching new forms for his White Dragon; facing the old boss from back then, he might not necessarily lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, even if it got past Kaiba, there was still the true final boss, Yugi Muto, waiting behind. Back then, he even sent the Pharaoh away; no one knew how strong Table Game Yugi was now, eight years later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking another step back, even if it performed exceptionally well and truly couldn't be suppressed even by Yugi, the Pharaoh would at least have to perform a sit-up from inside his coffin...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ridiculous; does anyone really think that once the Pharaoh went to the Netherworld, his title was permanently revoked?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the end of the world was not coming, nor was it a problem You Xuan needed to consider right now. What he needed to consider now was winning this duel to save his own life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although in terms of results, the anime showed that whoever used the barrier died, the moment this card was played, You Xuan could clearly feel that his opponent's aura had changed. Thief Keith's figure suddenly seemed to tower much taller in his eyes, accompanied by some form of invisible pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was easy to guess that this must be a massive increase in Keith's \"Destiny Power\" as a Duelist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the anime, the Seal of Orichalcos was akin to some kind of cheat-like artifact—a dark divine tool capable of borrowing part of the God of Orichalcos's power. Once played in a duel, even an ordinary user could temporarily gain Destiny Power comparable to a top-tier expert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the anime's portrayal, one could see this barrier was powerful enough to grant a mere extra the ability to forcibly wield the power of Obelisk the Tormentor; even when Atem attempted to use the power of the Millennium Puzzle to destroy the barrier, he failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, preparing for the worst, the enhancement of the user's Destiny Power by this barrier might not be underestimated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~ kimochi (comfortable); indeed, the feeling of having power is completely different...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green light shimmered in Thief Keith's eyes as he grinned ferociously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, are you ready to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First PY for the new book!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Title: My Superpower is Magnetic Field Rotation\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Synopsis: Let me see what my superpower is: Complete Self, Time Ability, Magnetic Field Power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Possessing both Time Power and Magnetic Field Power, plus something called Complete Self; it's too strong, doesn't this make me invincible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What about other people's superpowers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Restarting the world, being a superman among men, changing hearts through dreams, magical girl transformations, traveling to another world, fantasies descending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wow... Everyone's abilities are so cool!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then it wouldn't be too much for me to use Hell War God to summon my adopted father and sworn brother, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Adopted Father: Hell] [Sworn Brother: Bai Shounan]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2173,"2026-06-19T08:58:34.393Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","cc50836db48b13dac5d96d4a82691c8876e5b116051309c92ef6e521cdba27d7","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-57","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-55",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwho-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-cover.jpg"]