Effect
When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can Special Summon this card from your hand, then if this card's DEF is higher than the attacking monster's ATK, destroy that attacking monster. An Xyz Monster that was Summoned using this card on the field as Xyz Material gains this effect. ● Each turn, the first time this card would be destroyed by battle, it is not destroyed.
The monster effect "(1): When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. Then, if this card's DEF is higher than that attacking monster's ATK, destroy that attacking monster" is a Trigger Effect that activates in the hand. (This effect does not target.)
The process of "Special Summon this card from your hand" and the process of "then, if this card's DEF is higher than that attacking monster's ATK, destroy that attacking monster" are not treated as occurring simultaneously.
The monster effect "②: A monster that was Xyz Summoned using this card on the field as material gains the following effect" is an effect that is not classified as an Ignition Effect, Trigger Effect, Quick Effect, or Continuous Effect. (A monster Xyz Summoned using monsters, including "Sword of Swordsman of Revealing Light" itself, as Xyz Material will gain the effect marked with "●". This is not an effect applied to "Sword of Swordsman of Revealing Light" itself.)
The monster effect "● This card cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn" is a Continuous Effect.
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