Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 946

Chapter 946: Chapter 946 — Anti-Magic Arrows

"The effect of Book of Eclipse—I set Rose Tentacles face-down!"

The red-covered book appeared above the field, its pages turning slowly. A darkened sun hung in midair as if being eaten by shadow, shining down coldly; the light and shade became strangely sinister.

Under the swallowed black sun, the vine seemed to fall into hypnosis, sinking into "sleep" and becoming a horizontal, face-down monster card. At the same time, Trueman’s King Kong also "fell asleep," dropping prone and turning into a face-down card.

Book of Eclipse didn’t just neutralize Kira’s vine and the triple-attack—it also set King Kong face-down, preparing it for next turn’s offense. When King Kong flips, it can destroy up to two cards on the field, a powerful removal effect comparable to Gladiator Beast Gyzarus.

And because Rose Tentacles was set face-down and no longer a valid equipped target, the Equip Spell Power of the Guardians in Kira’s back row shattered into pieces with a snap.

"With just one card you dismantled that formation. Not bad—you’re not as trash as you look," Kira chuckled.

Trueman didn’t mind the mockery and smiled back. "Oh? Still in the mood to sneer—so that’s the king’s confidence, is it?"

He wanted to see whether this man could remain so calm when forced to the brink.

"I activate the Spell Card ’Card of Heaven and Earth’," Kira said. "In a turn you performed a Tribute Summon, draw 2 cards. But cards drawn by this effect cannot be used this turn—and if you can Set cards, you must Set at least 1 of them to the field."

Kira then took another card from his hand.

"I Set one card. End my turn."

Then Kira smiled. "Book of Eclipse doesn’t only set monsters, right?"

Trueman snorted. "At the end of the turn in which Book of Eclipse is activated, all face-down monsters on your opponent’s field are flipped to face-up Defense Position. And for each monster flipped by this effect, your opponent draws 1 card."

Kira only had Rose Tentacles, so it flipped from face-down to face-up.

"I draw 1 card."

Kira drew.

In fact, in the old duelist community from his previous life, Book of Eclipse had a famous "moment." In a World Championship finals match, after a player used it, both players forgot to resolve the end-of-turn flip and the opponent’s draw effect.

Even funnier, the judge seemed to forget too. They played many turns before suddenly remembering—but by then, rewinding wasn’t realistic, so the players agreed to just continue as-is.

People always meme the Pharaoh’s "making up rules," but "talking your way through it" has always been a core Yu-Gi-Oh tradition—even at today’s Worlds Champion, it’s not as if such incidents never happen.

At its core, "talking your way through" is just persuading the other side with your tongue. If you say it confidently enough that your opponent can’t refute it and believes you, then rules become smoke.

Modern tournaments aren’t free of it; it’s just harder than in the early days. A would-be rules-lawyer must be extremely fluent in "K language," understand loopholes, and know which effect timings can be disputed.

If you can convince both the opponent and the judge, you become the absolute rule. Harder—but in essence not so different from how the Pharaoh dominated Duelist Kingdom.

Trueman said: "My turn. Draw."

"I activate Pot of Greed, and draw 2 cards from my Deck."

Trueman drew, then narrowed his eyes behind the sunglasses and thought for a moment.

Then he said: "Once again, I flip my face-down Primineral Kongreat to face-up Defense Position."

The set monster flipped; the pitch-black rock giant ape rose again, roaring and pounding its chest with both fists.

[Primineral Kongreat, ATK 3000]

"When King Kong is flipped, destroy up to two cards on the field!"

Trueman thought for two seconds, then pointed at Kira’s field.

"Destroy Rose Tentacles—and the Continuous Spell The World Tree!"

Kira had only said The World Tree could gain counters from Plant destruction, without revealing its full function. Trueman instinctively sensed it was dangerous—possibly a combo key—and decided it had to go.

"At this moment, my Trap also triggers," Kira said. "Trap Card ’Card of Pandora’."

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