#522 - Chapter 522: Chessboard Confrontation

Ji Changsheng and Ye Xiaoyao, hearing this, hurriedly stepped aside.

"Bang!"

The sound of an explosion in the air echoed, and the stone bridge not far from Ye Xiaoyao was completely blown apart.

"Who is it?"

Ji Changsheng, disgusted by this behavior of attacking without warning, immediately shouted sternly.

"Hahaha~ Hahaha~"

A chilling laughter spread through the air, making everyone's skin crawl.

As the dust settled from the destroyed stone bridge, a thick fog appeared.

No one could see what was inside the fog.

As the fog crept closer and closer, an unusually dangerous atmosphere spread through the air.

Everyone was bewildered by the aura emanating from the fog, standing frozen in place.

At the critical moment, Wang Xuan suddenly woke up, and the divine sword in his hand thrust forward almost simultaneously.

Instantly, the divine sword shone brightly, and the fog, in pain, was forced back a fraction by the sword's light.

"Go!"

Seeing that his senior brothers had not yet reacted, Wang Xuan hurriedly shouted.

Ji Changsheng and Ye Xiaoyao, in a daze, were walking towards a peach hermitage, where a stunningly beautiful woman beckoned them to come in for tea.

Just as they were about to step over the threshold with their left feet, they were startled awake by Wang Xuan's loud shout.

The two, now awake, looked towards the peach hermitage and saw that it was actually a skeleton that had been dead for who knows how long.

Realizing they had been tricked, Ji Changsheng and Ye Xiaoyao no longer cared about anything else and ran madly after Wang Xuan.

The three of them ran straight to the main hall where they had agreed to meet Lin Yaoyao and the others before stopping, looking back to find that the fog had long disappeared without a trace.

Only then did the three of them completely relax, panting heavily.

On the right path, Mu Qianqian and Ye Wuxin almost simultaneously stared blankly at a giant chessboard in front of them.

That's right, Ye Wuxin had originally run to the left path, but later felt that the right path was more pleasing to his eye, so he switched with his senior brother Ye Xiaoyao.

Now, after walking for less than a quarter of an hour, they discovered that a giant chessboard blocked their path forward.

This meant that if they wanted to continue, they had to break the game.

Otherwise, they could only return the way they came.

Returning the way they came was impossible. They had finally managed to get in, and how could they be embarrassed to go out empty-handed if they didn't find any treasures?

"Senior Sister, do you recognize this kind of chessboard?"

"See, this chessboard is missing a piece."

Ye Wuxin carefully observed it and said, "Yes, the general is missing."

Mu Qianqian smiled and said, "It'll be there soon."

Ye Wuxin asked in confusion, "Senior Sister, where? Why can't I see it?"

But Mu Qianqian had already stood in the chessboard and beckoned to him, saying, "The missing general is me."

Just as Ye Wuxin was wondering, he heard Mu Qianqian quickly say, "Wuxin, there's not much time left, I'll make it short."

"This kind of chessboard must be played by two people, one as the chess piece and the other as the chess player. The chess player only has one chance per game, one hour."

"If the chess player wins the game, the chessboard will open, and we can pass through. If the chess player loses, the chess piece dies on the spot, and the chess player suffers severe damage."

"Moreover, once this kind of chess game appears, it is bound to the people who appear here. If the time is up and they haven't started cracking it, both of them will be devoured by the chess game and cease to exist."

"What? Senior Sister, how could you act first and report later? Come down quickly, my chess skills are not good, I won't be able to win."

Ye Wuxin had already heard the seriousness of the matter and was immediately moved.

But he was even more worried about his senior sister's safety, and quickly changed the subject.

"No! Once you stand on it, there's no way to get down."

"There's almost no time left, don't say anything else, Wuxin, let's start, I believe in you!"

Mu Qianqian, standing in the chessboard, could feel the killing intent rushing towards her at any time, and hurriedly urged.

Ye Wuxin had also heard the ticking sound on the chessboard, so he didn't insist anymore.

Instead, he nodded to Mu Qianqian, made a victory gesture, and stared intently at the chessboard.

At this moment, the chessboard scene in front of Ye Wuxin changed.

It was no longer as huge as before, but the size of a regular Chinese chess board, and Mu Qianqian in the chessboard also became very small.

However, this chessboard gave Ye Wuxin a very dangerous and complex feeling, and the danger it contained seemed to burst out.

Thinking that he was holding his senior sister's life in his hands, Ye Wuxin couldn't help but tremble.

The entire chessboard seemed to be able to sense Ye Wuxin's emotional changes, and the chess game changed instantly, and the dangerous aura it contained became even stronger.

Mu Qianqian, as a chess piece, naturally felt the changes in the chessboard, but did not see Ye Wuxin make a move.

Mu Qianqian knew that Ye Wuxin was nervous, and hurriedly said, "Wuxin, calm down, this chess game is not difficult."

As soon as Mu Qianqian finished speaking, she felt a burning pain in her throat, as if it had been scalded by boiling water, and she could no longer open her mouth.

And Mu Qianqian's words had a huge impact on Ye Wuxin.

Hearing his senior sister's weak voice, Ye Wuxin's spirit was shaken, and he felt a warm current flowing through his heart, soothing his unusually nervous heart.

"Kill!"

Ye Wuxin no longer hesitated and firmly dropped a piece.

As Ye Wuxin dropped a piece on the chessboard, the chessboard moved again, and a piece slowly fell from the air, as if an invisible hand was manipulating the entire chess game.

Seeing that the situation he had just cracked was blocked again, Ye Wuxin was not discouraged, but instead took a different approach.

......

Half an hour passed, and Ye Wuxin and the invisible hand fought inextricably, and the chess game fell into a stalemate.

The atmosphere became more and more tense, and it seemed that they could smell the strong smell of gunpowder in the air, as well as the increasingly close swords and shadows.

Ye Wuxin's clothes were already soaked, and even his usually neat hair was now tightly attached to his scalp.

However, he didn't care about these things.

He couldn't care about anything else, only this huge chess game in front of him.

He must win, he must not lose.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and both sides had only four or five pieces left.

Ye Wuxin could even hear his own violent heartbeat, and he could even see a figure in the dark anxiously waiting for his defeat.

When he was defeated, it would be the time when the person in the dark would succeed.

But he just couldn't let that person get his wish.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and in the middle of the chessboard, there seemed to be a bowstring erected, a bowstring that could break at any time.