Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 564

Chương 564: Chapter 564: A Desperate Gamble

"Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder, descend!"

One of the Three Sacred Beast, said to possess power capable of plunging the world into chaos—and that's no exaggeration.

Many might think Chairman Kagemaru's description is overblown, that even if the Three Sacred Beast are powerful Duel Spirits, they're not truly top tier. Talk of world-destroying is too much, right?

Actually, not at all.

It's true the Three Sacred Beast seem less awe-inspiring than the previous generation's Egyptian Gods. Even by anime standards of strength, their innate resistances and effects don't match the Gods.

But "plunging the world into chaos" doesn't refer to how they perform in a duel.

In the duel between Jaden and Kagemaru, even halfway through a single duel, the Sacred Beast showed exactly why they bring darkness.

It's a power outside of dueling.

The Three Sacred Beast are practically the nemesis of all Duel Spirits in the world.

Just during that brief stretch of Jaden's duel, the three Sacred Beast Kagemaru summoned had already absorbed vast amounts of spirit energy. Even Spirits thousands of miles away were affected, nearly drained dry.

With this power alone, the Three Sacred Beast can inflict catastrophic damage on every Duel Monsters card worldwide. In a world where the extraordinary—and even the fundamental rules—are built on cards, saying they can drag the entire world into chaos and darkness is neither alarmist nor exaggerated.

And at this very moment, Kagemaru, who spent his life pursuing the power of the Sacred Beast, had the honor of being the first in years since their sealing to experience their power firsthand.

Such pressure and might—merely looking at them was almost suffocating.

"So this is a Sacred Beast."

Staring up at the colossal silhouette, Kagemaru grit his teeth.

This should have been his power.

His hope to keep living.

"Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder attacks," Kira waved his hand. "Attack 'Troposphere'!"

Kagemaru said in a low voice, "You activated the Continuous Trap 'Gravity Bind' yourself. Monsters Level 4 or higher can't attack."

"Yes, but Hamon is a noble Sacred Beast." Kira smiled lightly. "Traps don't work on Sacred Beast."

Those were Kagemaru's exact words to Jaden in the anime after the Sacred Beast appeared. Traps are ineffective on Sacred Beast; Spells only work if activated that turn.

In the anime, the Sacred Beast' resistance to Spells/Traps resembles the Gods' in some ways. In DM, the Gods' resistances were described as "Traps don't affect the Gods, and Spells only have effect for one turn." 1

Similar to the Sacred Beast, though in GX the Sacred Beast' resistances hew closer to printed card templating.

All Three Sacred Beast are unaffected by Traps. Spells only affect them during the turn they're activated. If it's a Continuous Spell activated earlier, or a Normal Spell like Swords of Revealing Light that continues to apply after the turn of activation, once that turn passes, the Sacred Beast are immune to it.

However, Sacred Beast seem to have no blanket resistance to monster effects, and lack the "cannot be forced to leave the field" protection the Gods sometimes showed, or hidden resistances like Slifer being immune to Brain Control under Marik.

Otherwise Jaden wouldn't have one-tapped them with Elemental HERO Neos Bubbleman's effect after battle.

Elemental HERO Neos Bubbleman is only Level 4, but it can destroy a monster it battled after damage calculation. That worked on a Sacred Beast, so they likely lack general monster-effect and destruction immunity.

Only traps are fully nullified.

Kagemaru bit down.

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