PFC Chapter 197 Playing Chess? Not a Fool
Chapter 197 Playing Chess? Not a Fool
In the center of the courtyard, the dried-up riverbed had been filled with pitch-black liquid, exuding an ominous aura.
"The Chu River and the Han Border"!
On either side of the garden, in the cracked ground, one-meter-high cylindrical stone pillars slowly rise.
They are arranged neatly and in a staggered manner, with ancient characters engraved on their tops.
However, the two stone pillars that should have read "General" and "Commander" are blank.
Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, Augustus, who had just been forced to his knees by Chen You's punches, slowly rose up once more.
He ignored Chen You, his scarlet eyes fixed on the chessboard on the opposite bank, his voice filled with endless vicissitudes and hatred.
"The glorious spirit of battle will become an eternal pawn! And you, the humble challenger, will become the final stepping stone for my journey to freedom!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Augustus's mountain-like body leaped across the dark river and landed heavily on the only empty stone block in the center of the chessboard's bottom line on the opposite bank.
boom!
All the black pieces on his side were instantly lit up, their surfaces flowing with crimson patterns like lava, resembling an army awakened from hell.
"A thousand years of imprisonment, ten thousand years of ruin—this chessboard is the battlefield for our revenge!"
Augustus spoke again.
"In the name of the king, I have laid out this bloody battle; only the one who breaks this deadlock will witness true despair!"
Chen You couldn't help but yawn as he saw that Chen You was about to launch into another long-winded speech.
"Stop, stop talking, I understand." Chen You raised his hand, signaling Augustus to stop.
Augustus's voice abruptly stopped, and crimson flames danced on his body.
Chen You ignored him and focused his gaze on his feet.
He had a general idea of what it meant.
I am the "handsome" one here.
He strode directly to the empty stone pier on his side, which was designated as the "commander's" position.
The instant his feet touched the stone block, a gentle golden light shone from beneath his feet, quickly outlining the entire shape of his own chessboard.
At the same time, a semi-transparent virtual chessboard interface quietly appeared before his eyes.
The layout on the chessboard is exactly the same as in reality.
Special Battle: The King's Chess Game
Victory Condition: Defeat the enemy commander [General Augustus]
[Failure Condition: Your own commander [General Chen You] is killed]
[Players please proceed first.]
Chen You looked down at the stone pier at his feet, then looked up at the interface in front of him.
"Oh, so that's how you play it."
He muttered to himself, then felt that something was amiss.
This chessboard, this endgame, seems to be missing something essential, but I can't quite put my finger on it.
Although he himself doesn't play chess much, he still has some basic experience.
With his heightened spiritual awareness and enhanced mental power after cultivating immortality, deducing the course of the game should not be difficult.
Moreover, this instance is the "Road to Kingship," and it's not just for one Chinese player.
If the difficulty is set to the maximum, players can only win through exquisite chess skills.
Other players from other worlds, like those orcs whose brains are all muscles, would probably just die on the spot.
"In that case, let's test the waters first."
Chen You stared at the virtual chessboard. Although it was an endgame, there were still quite a few pieces on it, making one's scalp tingle.
He didn't want to carefully calculate the gains and losses of each step, so he directly chose the simplest strategy.
"Let's switch to another batch."
With a thought in his mind, he raised his hand on the virtual chessboard and moved his own "horse" forward, directly capturing the opponent's "cannon".
Next, the opponent's "chariot" can capture this "horse".
In Chen You's view, exchanging horses for cannons was quite fair.
"boom--!"
The black "cannon" piece shattered instantly, turning into countless points of light.
Become!
However, at that very moment!
The space in front of Chen You suddenly distorted, and a dark rift was torn open.
Immediately afterwards, a dozen monsters, each two meters tall, with bulging muscles and carrying huge metal cannons on their shoulders, strode out from the rift!
【War Gunner (LV32 Elite)】
As soon as they appeared, they all aimed their cannons at Chen You, who was in the "General" position, and dark red energy began to gather wildly at the cannon muzzles.
"So that's how it is..."
Chen You suddenly realized.
He finally understood what was missing.
This is not a one-man chess game at all!
This is a war game that requires 25 players to work together!
The player is responsible for strategizing from the rear. Every time they capture an opponent's piece, they summon a corresponding monster unit on the battlefield.
The other 24 members of the team need to charge into battle and take down the summoned monsters!
If a player moves too fast and captures pieces in succession, the number of monsters on the field will increase dramatically, and the teammates responsible for the battle will not be able to keep up and will be overwhelmed in an instant.
If the teammates in charge of the battle are not strong enough, the chess player will not dare to move the pieces easily and can only passively defend, eventually being dragged down by the BOSS.
This tests the team's coordination and rhythm!
but me……
Chen You glanced at the empty courtyard.
I am both the player and the sole soldier.
"Heh, that's interesting."
In the instant his thoughts raced, the dozen or so royal gunners had already finished charging up their weapons.
"Boom boom boom boom—!"
A dozen or so dark red energy projectiles, each the size of a basketball, trailing long plumes of flame and emitting piercing shrieks, shot towards Chen You from all directions, blocking all his escape routes.
Faced with such concentrated fire that would have thrown any team into a frenzy, Chen You didn't even lift an eyelid.
"go."
With a thought, he launched both Jade Emperor Swords simultaneously.
Heaven-Shattering Sword Technique - Startling Swan!
Two incredibly fast sword lights, one as bright as the sun and the other as dark as night, crossed each other in the air, drawing two perfect arcs.
"Puff puff puff puff puff!"
Those powerful energy projectiles, upon contact with the sword light, were like fragile bubbles, silently sliced open and detonated in mid-air.
The violent explosion created a dazzling display of fireworks in mid-air, and the raging energy shock didn't even flutter the hem of Chen You's clothes.
This is not over yet.
One strike intercepts, but the sword's momentum continues.
"Scattered Stars".
Chen You uttered two words softly.
The two Jade Emperor Swords instantly transformed into two high-speed rotating rings of sword nets, like two grinding wheels of death.
They charged towards the group of war gunners who had just spawned and hadn't even had time to strike their second pose!
"Hiss hiss hiss hiss hiss—!"
Those dozen or so LV32 elite monsters were instantly churned into the most primordial specks of light amidst the countless star-like sword beams, and dissipated into the air.
From the moment the monsters appeared to their complete annihilation, the entire process took no more than five seconds.
The entire courtyard fell silent once more.
Chen You sheathed his sword and stood there.
"this one?"
Little did he know that this single round of artillery bombardment, caught off guard, had caused nearly half of the Moon Goddess's elite regiment to be lost!