Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 148

Chapter 148 - 148: The Strongest Warrior

"My turn, draw," Kira said. "I activate the Spell Card 'Trade-In'—discard a Level 8 monster from my hand to draw two cards from my deck."

Kira revealed a card.

"I'll discard this Level 8—'Black Luster Soldier.'"

Not the Envoy of the Beginning, but the original Ritual version first used by Yugi Muto.

Naturally, Kira hadn't had this card before; he'd gotten it this trip from the Black Luster Soldier research group at KaibaCorp headquarters.

Tenma's eyelids twitched.

"The legendary warrior?"

But he knew ever since Envoy of the Beginning was developed, it had been seen as Black Luster Soldier's evolved form. The old Ritual version was now more collectible than useful—so what could he do with it now?

"Discard 'Black Luster Soldier' to draw two cards."

Kira drew, then spoke calmly.

"Mr. Tenma, your passion as a duelist has inspired me. Thank you for letting me be the first to face the new form of Barbaros.

As a return gift—"

He slowly drew a card from his hand.

"I'll also show you a never-before-seen new form of Black Luster Soldier."

Everyone was shocked.

A new form of Black Luster Soldier?

Some of the quicker card professors glanced at Mokuba.

KaibaCorp had the top research teams working on this. They'd heard about it.

Did they make a breakthrough?

Mokuba quickly caught on: "You're going to test 'that' here?"

"Yes, I promised the team leader I'd test it in real battle and send back data. There's no better duel or opponent."

"I activate the Spell Card 'Reinforcement of the Army' to add a Level 4 or lower Warrior from my deck to my hand.

I add this card—"

He drew the card.

"Level 4 Warrior—'Beginning Knight.'"

Tenma held his breath.

Just a Level 4 Warrior... but it gave him a bad feeling.

"Then I activate the Ritual Spell 'Super Soldier Synthesis!'"

Kira raised the spell card.

"This card lets me send a LIGHT or DARK monster from my hand to the grave, then send a monster of the opposite attribute from my deck to the grave, to Ritual Summon 'Black Luster Soldier' from hand or graveyard!"

Everyone was shocked.

Pick materials from the deck?

Ritual Summon from the graveyard?

"I send my just-added LIGHT 'Beginning Knight' from hand and DARK 'Evening Twilight Knight' from the deck as materials to Ritual Summon!"

Light and darkness, black and white—the young knights became streams of energy, merging like a whirlpool pouring into the galaxy.

"One soul leads to light, one to darkness—the gates of chaos open—!"

A storm of chaos erupted, sword light splitting the heavens. A pillar of light descended, infinite particles forming the knight's figure amid the maelstrom. The sword cut through the light, and the knight's armor shone like stars.

"—Black Luster Soldier, Summon!"

[Black Luster Soldier, ATK 3000]

The pressure was even greater than Envoy of the Beginning, reminding Tenma of the time when the Gods descended, a storm swirling in the dueling arena.

It felt as if, at the moment Black Luster Soldier appeared, the battlefield belonged to him.