[{"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-920":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},2249769,4388,"Chapter 920: What Is a Phantom?","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-920",920,"\u003Cp>Circles of emerald light surfaced one after another; from the vortex of energy emerged jet-black claws. Armor materialized inch by inch, forming the full body of Armor Wing like a living organism, its blade-wings slicing through space and triggering tremors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crimson eyes scanned the battlefield, engines roared, storms of data and dancing star-particles cheered in the air, bringing the first Synchro Summon of this duel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Feather · Armor Wing, ATK 2500】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Long Ya: “You summoned your ace on the first turn! Kro is truly impressive!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, Lord Kro, am always at full power!” Kro said. “Go, Black Feather · Armor Wing—attack ‘Chaos Core’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summoning Armor Wing on the first turn was within You Xuan’s anticipated possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this stage, neither Kro himself nor Black Feather was fully refined; early Armor Wing was Kro’s core ace. Of course, in this era, Armor Wing’s effect was still extremely potent—when Yu-Gi-Oh! first entered the Synchro era, even You Xuan himself had suffered greatly from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Feather · Armor Wing, with 2500 ATK, cannot be destroyed by battle, and inflicts 0 battle damage to its controller. When this card attacks an opponent’s monster, after battle it can place a “Wedge Counter” on that monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By removing the placed Wedge Counter, you can reduce that monster’s ATK and DEF to 0 until the end of this turn only.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this effect is obviously devastating—when it comes to combat, this card is virtually invincible. No matter how high your monster’s ATK, it cannot destroy this card or deal damage. And once it battles, the opponent’s monster’s ATK drops to zero, leaving it defenseless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though from a modern perspective, mere battle destruction immunity is unremarkable—directly destroying, banishing, or returning it to hand can easily deal with it—in You Xuan’s day, when his friend pulled this card, he was utterly stunned, even suspecting his friend was using a fake card to fool him. How could such an unscientifically powerful thing exist?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Armor Wing charge toward him with terrifying momentum, You Xuan’s expression softened with nostalgia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What a nostalgic monster.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It reminded him of those days when he didn’t even understand banlist rules, playing carefree and joyful duels with his friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very moment the attack struck, above Chaos Core, the void of space twisted violently—as if a rift in spacetime had been ripped open. A profound, majestic light shot forth, like ancient phantoms, manifesting golden and blue spectral forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder King · Harmon! Phantom King · Rabi Aier !\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectral form of Phantom King shimmered like countless flowing lights, transcending reality. Thunder King · Harmon was the embodiment of lightning, encircled by crackling arcs of electricity, each thunderclap echoing like a resonance from the depths of the universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nani!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three opponents were instantly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phantom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as mere spectral shadows, their bodies radiated an oppressive force from ancient times, compelling instinctive fear and reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t panic—it hasn’t appeared yet,” You Xuan smiled. “This is the effect of ‘Chaos Core.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When this card becomes the target of an attack or a card effect, you can activate it: send up to one each of ‘Flame King · Uria,’ ‘Phantom King · Rabi Aier ,’ and ‘Thunder King · Harmon’ from your deck or hand to the graveyard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan displayed the three uniquely colored monster cards—yellow, blue, and another—and sent them to the graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I send ‘Phantom King’ and ‘Thunder King’—two Phantom cards—to the graveyard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kro snapped back to attention: “Then the attack continues—you’ll take 2500 battle damage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahaha, unfortunately, you won’t,” You Xuan said. “After sending the Phantom cards to the graveyard, Chaos Core places two ‘Phantom Counters’ on itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This turn, I take 0 battle damage. Also, if Chaos Core is destroyed by battle or effect, it can remove one of its own Phantom Counters as a substitute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armor Wing’s fist slammed to within half a meter of Chaos Core—then hit an invisible wall, unable to advance a single step, forced back helplessly. Transparent ripples bloomed before Chaos Core, but not a single scratch touched its true form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kro: “Then I’ll use ‘Black Feather · Shirokuro’ to attack ‘Chaos Core’ again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black Feather · Shirokuro, ATK 2000】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bird-warrior Black Feather lunged again, delivering another punch. Of course, as expected, the attack was blocked by the invisible barrier before Chaos Core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it failed to land, Jack nodded: “Good, Kro. Chaos Core’s counters have now been consumed by two—its substitute destruction effect is gone!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kro: “I set one card face-down. End my turn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Three Phantoms—legendary monsters in Duel Monster history—should consist of three. From its effect, Chaos Core should be able to send all three Phantoms from the deck to the graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the opponent chose only to send Phantom King and Thunder King—two cards. You Xuan did not foolishly assume the opponent’s deck lacked the third Phantom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the most likely possibility is…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, be careful!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Goddwin likely already drew one of the Phantom cards!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others: “!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re truly sharp, You Xuan. And Kro Hogen isn’t bad either—launching such a fierce attack on the first turn. Looks like I’ll need to get a little serious too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan smiled faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My turn, draw.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Activate the spell card ‘Hand Destruction,’” You Xuan said. “Both players discard their entire hands, then draw the same number of cards from their decks.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tossed all his cards away and drew anew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next, activate my set card,” You Xuan revealed his back row. “Continuous Trap ‘Triangular Barrier!’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When this card activates, you can activate all cards with the same name from your graveyard.” (Original card)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Triangular Barrier, when activated, can summon its copies from the graveyard, and when all three are on the field, once per turn, it can nullify all battle damage inflicted by one monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle damage negation is somewhat underwhelming, but the ability to rapidly assemble three traps is clearly meant for Flame King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is one of the traps specifically designed by Yubel for the Phantom deck in GX.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As You Xuan suspected—yes, I already have one Phantom card in hand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan swept his hand forward; invisible waves erupted from the three traps before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, let me show you—what a Phantom truly is!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1051,"2026-06-19T08:58:37.480Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5ccc70d420904cb0f7b23feaa9a928bb2c6978a600a45ab3ddb71c01413b2b74","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-921","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-919",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwho-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-cover.jpg"]