[{"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-994":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},2249843,4388,"Chapter 994: Harald","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-994",994,"\u003Cp>“Apostle of Annihilation, destroy the card covering the center—Zhang Gai!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white beam of annihilation light from You Xuan’s magic card shot toward Harald’s back row, but Harald refused to yield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, but I won’t let you pass so easily,” Harald barked. “Activate my Zhang Gai: Trap Card ‘False Trap’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When any other trap card on my field would be destroyed by a spell, trap, or monster effect, this card can be destroyed instead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light from the Apostle of Annihilation struck the central trap. The trap flipped over, but just as it began to vanish, its illustration abruptly shifted. After a surge of data streams, it transformed entirely into the trap card “False Trap,” then dissolved into golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though destroyed in substitution, You Xuan had caught a fleeting glimpse of the image just before the swap—it depicted the famed God Elder, the one from “Divine Declaration.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the God Elder on this card was not the classic pose; or rather, his gesture had been reoriented to a frontal view, his palm facing outward, radiating boundless divine radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan remembered this card—it was one of the three exclusive traps in the God Elder series.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuous Trap—Divine Radiance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its real-card effect: After activation, for two turns, one of your Extreme Gods gains immunity to being targeted by card effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its anime effect: For two turns, all Phantom God Beast-type monsters on your field are unaffected by your opponent’s trap effects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A trap strategy,” You Xuan said. “Since you’re so eager to keep it, I’ll let it stay for now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At the same time, I chain ‘False Trap’ to activate Quick-Play Spell ‘Very Food,’ sending the activated ‘Apostle of Annihilation’ to the graveyard and restoring 1000 LP.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You Xuan, LP 700 → LP 1700】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I activate ‘Dumb Raccoon’s’ effect: When there is a monster on your opponent’s field with higher ATK than this card, this card can destroy itself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Play dead!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dumb Raccoon, already trembling before the Extreme God’s divine aura, was desperate to retreat to the graveyard. Now granted permission by the duelist, it immediately rolled its eyes and collapsed onto the ground like a corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It exploded into golden fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battlefield outside was too dangerous. The graveyard was safe. It adored the graveyard—it was warm, secure, and the elders spoke kindly, just like home. It loved it there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Dumb Raccoon explode, Harald’s expression tightened. “Here it comes again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan flicked a card between his fingers and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve already gotten the rhythm, haven’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When a monster on your field is destroyed by a card effect, this card can be special summoned from your hand. Appear—The Last Machine Emperor—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“—Machine Emperor·Shen Lu ∞!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground violently trembled. Amid the roar of interlocking gears, a massive chasm split open across dozens of meters, spewing forth a torrent of golden energy. From this boiling sea of power, a steel body slowly rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its entire frame was clad in imperial golden armor, each metal plate several meters thick, with magma-like energy veins flowing along the seams. Its lower body featured two colossal tread units, each tread plate rotating with subsonic vibrations that warped the air. Its arm-mounted heavy cannons unfolded, the mechanical whirring of barrel alignment sounding like a death god sharpening his blade. Stones and debris around it began floating upward against the laws of physics, as if paying homage to this mechanical tyrant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Machine Emperor·Shen Lu ∞, ATK 0】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“ATK 0?” Harald was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had expected the Last Machine Emperor to be a boss-tier monster; the previous two, though base-level, had decent ATK. Yet here, Shen Lu had zero?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Machine Emperor·Shen Lu ∞’s ATK rises by half your LP. My LP isn’t high now, so it’s just a minor addition—doesn’t matter.” You Xuan smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Machine Emperor·Shen Lu ∞, ATK 0 → ATK 850】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what matters is this next effect—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“—Machine Emperor·Shen Lu ∞’s effect activates! Once per turn, you can absorb one Synchro Monster on your opponent’s field as an equip card!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I choose to absorb—‘Extreme God Holy Emperor·Odin’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harald’s expression tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here it came!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, ATK meant nothing. As long as it could absorb an Extreme God, every Machine Emperor, one by one, was a natural enemy to the Norse gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But who was Harald? Captain of Ragnarök, holder of the strongest Extreme God. Knowing full well the Machine Emperor’s trait, he had already prepared a countermeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Activate my Zhang Gai!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harald activated from his back row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Trap Card—‘Panic Wave’!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Destroy one card on your field to activate. This turn, all face-up spells, traps, and effect monsters on the field have their effects negated!” (Original card)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harald raised his arm, pointing at Loki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I destroy ‘Extreme God Emperor·Loki,’ negating all effects on the field!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loki exploded like a grand firework, its energy radiating outward as invisible waves that swept across the entire field. All cards instantly dimmed—the three Extreme Gods lost their divine glow, Shen Lu’s golden shell dulled, and the energy chains just fired from its chest vanished into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Machine Emperor·Shen Lu ∞, ATK 850 → ATK 0】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Negated!” the commentator exclaimed. “Harald hasn’t let up on his Machine Emperor countermeasures—when effects are negated, the Machine Emperor can’t absorb Extreme Gods as equipment!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And as a cost, Loki is destroyed—but at the end of this turn, it revives automatically, meaning no cost at all. No, not only no cost—when Loki revives, it can return one trap card from the graveyard to the hand, giving Harald even more resources!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the field, teammate Braver chuckled. “Of course. This is Harald we’re talking about.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm,” Dragun also smiled. “Harald operates in a realm beyond even our reach. Just as the Extreme God Holy Emperor·Odin commands the gods, Harald is the duelist most suited to lead them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve already anticipated my Machine Emperor. Impressive.” You Xuan said. “Then I’ll set three cards face-down. End my turn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“End Phase: Extreme God Emperor·Loki revives from the graveyard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Harald spoke, Loki reappeared from a tear in the sky, wearing a sly grin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And I return one trap card from the graveyard to my hand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The card I return is this one—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harald revealed the trap in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Continuous Trap—Extreme Star Treasure·Svarin!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan raised an eyebrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That trap\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1052,"2026-06-19T08:58:37.480Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3bfecb546951602703e93296345a5b09eb642260cb507f8b4ced718fd8d02623","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-995","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-993",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwho-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-cover.jpg"]