Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!-Chapter 145: Evenly Match?

"'Beast Machine King Barbaros Ür,' attack 'Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys'!"

The Machine King roared, thunder echoing across the battlefield. Its red armor flashed coldly, its massive body charged with the force of lightning!

Kira: "I activate my face-down—Continuous Trap—Spirit Barrier!

As long as I control a monster, I take no battle damage."

Phoenix was pierced by thunder, exploding in a fireball. But the flames formed a burning barrier, blocking the Machine King's charge.

"You blocked the damage, huh? But it's not over yet." Tenma smiled. "Barbaros Ür's special ability—it can attack up to as many monsters as its Level each turn." (manga effect)

This manga-style description is a bit unorthodox, but it's essentially like Chimeratech Overdragon: it can attack as many times as its Level, but only monsters.

"Beast Machine King is Level 8, so it can attack up to eight monsters in one turn!"

Even Mokuba's expression changed: "A monster that can attack eight times in one turn?!"

Kira, though, was calm.

Small potatoes.

If you've seen Chimeratech Overdragon with 10,000+ ATK hitting a dozen times in a turn, this isn't that shocking.

Tenma shouted: "Barbaros Ür's second attack—attack 'Mystic Tomato'!"

The Tomato was instantly crushed by the overwhelming might of the Machine King.

"But with 'Spirit Barrier,' I take no damage," Kira said. "And I activate 'Mystic Tomato's' effect—when destroyed by battle, I Special Summon a DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK from my deck.

I Special Summon a second 'Mystic Tomato'!"

[Mystic Tomato, ATK 1400]

"Not enough! Barbaros Ür's third attack!"

The second Tomato was also crushed, but Kira kept summoning: "Still no damage, and I Special Summon a third 'Mystic Tomato'!"

[Mystic Tomato, ATK 1400]

"Pointless! Barbaros Ür's fourth attack!"

All the loyal Tomatos were wiped out, but Kira continued: "I use Tomato's effect again to Special Summon a DARK monster with 1400 or less ATK—

I Special Summon 'Apprentice Magician' in Attack Position!"

[Apprentice Magician, ATK 400]

Tenma: "Then the fifth attack—destroy 'Apprentice Magician'!" freewebnøvel.com

The Apprentice was also KO'd, but Spirit Barrier blocked the damage. Kira searched his deck again.

"Apprentice Magician's effect—when destroyed by battle, I can Set a Level 2 or lower Spellcaster from my deck. I Set 'Apprentice Magician' #2."

The onlookers were speechless.

How long can he keep this up?

Tenma frowned slightly: "Then the sixth attack."

Apprentice #2 was also taken out—unsurprisingly, Kira brought out #3.

"Seventh attack," Tenma ordered.

Apprentice #3 was also KO'd, but its effect triggered again. Kira Set a Level 1 'Magician of Faith' from his deck.

Tenma raised his hand: "Eighth attack—the final blow."

The last Magician was gone, the chain finally broken. Magician of Faith was destroyed, but Kira retrieved a Spell Card from the grave.

"When Magician of Faith is flipped, I can add a Spell Card from my Graveyard to my hand. I recover 'Dark Hole.'"

The card professors tensed up: "He got Dark Hole back—he's going to wipe the board next turn!"

Tenma frowned but continued: "But my attacks aren't over. Now your wall is gone.

Twinheaded Beast attacks directly!"

The Beast charged at Kira's now-empty field.

But just before it hit, Kira's hand flashed gold—a fuzzy little Kuriboh leaped out, "kuri kuri!" and blocked the hit!

Only in Yu-Gi-Oh! could a Kuriboh heroically jump out to take a hit.

"By discarding Kuriboh, you reduce the battle damage to zero?"

Tenma said gravely.

"You can defend to this extent... but Twinheaded Beast's special effect allows it to attack twice per turn.

Second attack!"

This time, the offensive finally broke through, striking Kira and forcing him back two steps.

[Kira, LP 4000 → 2300]

The card professors gasped.

His Life Points finally dropped.

Even from an observer's perspective, they could feel how hard-earned that hit was. Ten attacks in a single turn and Kira blocked almost all of them!

Tenma: "I set a card and end my turn."

Kira: "My turn, draw."

Tenma immediately acted: "I activate my trap—Thunder of Ruler! This card can only be used during your Standby Phase; you can't enter your Battle Phase this turn!"

Tilla, from the sidelines: "True, that's the best way to stop an opponent's attack. But Lord Tenma had to go this far just to slow things down..."

"Indeed," another card professor nodded. "That shows how much pressure his opponent is giving him."

This was already beyond anything a student duelist could handle.

"I activate 'Pot of Greed'—draw two cards." Kira quickly drew, then played the card he'd recovered: "Spell Card 'Dark Hole'!

Destroy all monsters on the field!"

Thanks to Magician of Faith, the most powerful board wipe was back. Tenma's mighty Machine King and Beast were both sucked into the vortex and shredded to pieces.

Field cleared in an instant!

Kira: "I set a monster and end my turn."

"That was close. If not for Thunder of Ruler, he might've finished Lord Tenma off after that Dark Hole," a card professor muttered.

The others were silent, but all were doing their calculations.

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