Chapter 368: A chess player who breaks through the third level, Xia Pingzhou vs. the Black Sun Devil (asking for monthly tickets)
August 19th, underground bar "Grey Crow".
It was just dawn and the cicadas in the trees began to chirp, but the bar signs and TV screens all dimmed at the same time.
Wine glasses were still placed messily on the bar, filled with leftover wine from last night, and the British-style jazz music was still playing non-stop.
At this time, a girl in a red dress with light makeup on the corners of her eyes and a boy in a jumpsuit were standing side by side at the door of the bar, each holding a suitcase in their hands.
"The nine o'clock train. Come to think of it, I haven't taken a train in ages."
The blood descendant put down the suitcase, smiled and stretched.
"It can't be helped. Haifan City is a small place, and there's no local airport." The hacker looked down at his phone. "Otherwise, I wouldn't want to take the green train. It's stinky and rotten."
"You are responsible for waking up Kitty and Miss."
"Who cares about them..." The hacker shrugged. "Don't worry, if the little cat lover doesn't get up, he will definitely be stabbed to death by the Ripper. And then he will wake up, and the young lady will wake up too."
"That makes sense. Our electronic pets are really good at judging people."
"Don't I understand their nature?"
"What did the leader say recently?" asked the blood descendant casually.
"Nothing much, just asking us not to be late." The hacker said lightly, looking up from his phone.
After stopping at the door and chatting for a while, the two of them pulled their suitcases and headed for the train station first, so the only three people left in the bar were Ripper, Ayase Origami, and Xia Ping Hiru.
After a while, they woke up one after another, washed up and left the private room.
Ayase Origami changed into her ochre-red kimono today, holding a small bag in both hands, leaning against the door frame at the entrance. She seemed to be still half asleep, as if her eyelids would close at any moment.
Yanma Lin was still wearing her black and white Japanese school uniform, with her smooth black hair draped over her head, reaching her waist. Hanging from her shoulder was a tennis racket case, which contained a scabbard.
Xia Pingzhou put on a black hoodie and used gloves to cover the crow tattoo on the back of his right hand.
He packed his carry-on luggage, stuffed his clothes into the brown backpack, slung the backpack over his shoulder, and then dragged Ayase Origami's suitcase towards the door.
"Let's go."
Ayase Origami hummed an inaudible "hmm" and then walked out of the bar shoulder to shoulder with him.
Xia Pingzhou glanced at the black glove on her hand, then glanced at Yan Molin, who was walking at the end of the corridor. She pushed open the metal code door, and sunlight streamed in, illuminating the entire underground corridor and sweeping away the darkness.
When the three of them walked out of the alley and came to the street of Lijing, Xia Pingzhou was suddenly stunned.
A cold wind blew over the tall neon sign, and then a shadow that covered the sky and the sun suddenly fell.
"Devil?" Xia Pingzhou murmured.
"No escape," said the Ripper.
At this moment, the entire street was shrouded in darkness, as if night had fallen, from the billboards on the tall buildings, to the telephone poles on the roadside, and finally even the faces of passers-by were darkened.
One after another, shouts rang out in the darkness.
The passers-by were so shocked that they looked up and saw a black sun.
That's right, this black sun obscured the original sun, and in the center of the sun was a drunkard's face. Its features were almost twisted into a ball, and a creepy smile was hanging on its face.
Anyone who sees a huge smiling face hanging on the sky will be heartbroken.
At the same time, at the edge of the sun, black arms stretched out one after another, like the tentacles of some insect.
These tentacles hung down from the sky, wrapped around the skyscrapers, and then broke them in half.
Amidst the deafening rumble, magnificent buildings collapsed one after another.
Dust and shards of glass swept in like a flood. The violent roar of an earthquake mixed with the screams of the people, forming a doomsday picture.
Xia Pingzhou raised an eyebrow and looked up from his phone, but the first thing he saw was a huge red question mark in the sky. It was undoubtedly a symbol of the card incident.
[The Lijing card event No. 15—"No Light in the World"—has been triggered.]
[Event content: Kill the Calamity-level demon - "Black Sun Demon".]
[Complete the card event within the 10-minute time limit to obtain a corresponding "Event Card."]
He turned his eyes away from the text panel and observed every corner of the city. The fountains in the park burst, the billboards on the streets malfunctioned, the carousel in the park spun madly, and the whole world seemed to be performing a chorus of doomsday.
This disaster came too suddenly and was impossible to prevent. The new batch of strange-dressed travelers from Lijing had not arrived yet.
Besides, demons were supposed to be dealt with by Exorcists, not by the Insects. Finally, if an Insect of the Silver Swallow's caliber were to come to support a catastrophic opponent like this, they would likely be killed instantly like cannon fodder on the battlefield, failing to even stall for time.
At Hongyi's speed, it would take at least 10 minutes to get there at full speed.
"How do you say that?"
Xia Pingzhou said this and put down the suitcase.
"There's no need to meddle in other people's business," Yan Molin said calmly. "A demon of this size needs to be dealt with by Rainbow Wing or Lake Hunter... and as it happens, isn't there a Rainbow Wing right there?"
As she spoke, she glanced at a corner of the city and saw a white-haired girl in black tights riding on the extended ice surface and speeding towards the sky.
Xia Pingzhou followed her gaze and saw Hongyi's "Ice Girl" Yuriel.
He was slightly stunned.
Only then did he recall that there was such a disaster-level figure in Lijing - Yuriel had just run to Gu Qiye's house yesterday just to take a look at Gu Qiye's bedroom.
Therefore, it is not surprising that she is still in Lijing today, just in time to witness this disaster.
At this moment, Yuriel leaned forward slightly and walked on the ice. The glacier under her feet continued to extend upward, taking her past the collapsed high-rise buildings.
Like an extremely graceful and swift ice skater, she rescued the victims from the tall buildings and sent their bodies down along the steep glacier.
The figures of the victims gathered on the ice like ants, and slid to the ground screaming one by one. It was a roller coaster experience. Fortunately, everyone landed safely in the end and escaped in an orderly manner under the organization of the police.
Uriel also created pieces of ice cones to tear apart the shadow tentacles clinging to the surface of the tall building.
She raised her head slowly and calmly, her snow-white hair dancing in the flying ice dust, and her ice-blue pupils reflected the black sun.
At the same time, on the other side of the city, Li Jing’s signature stranger “Swallowing Silver” had also arrived.
He was dressed simply, wearing only a silver helmet and a set of pink pajamas. It seemed that he was still on vacation at home this morning, and received a sudden official notice. He didn't even have time to change into his combat uniform, so he was forced to rush over.
At this time, Tunyin's pajamas were torn open, and a metal tube mouth protruded from the back of his arms and calves. Fire and air flow spewed out of it, and the impact force generated carried him soaring like a swallow.
"You bastard, this is my territory!"
He roared, biting the metal fragments in his palm, and formed a giant steel hand over ten meters long while flying.
Tunyin swung his right arm downward, and this huge iron hand swept across the shadowed street. He tried his best to take those citizens who were about to be crushed by the building into his iron-gray palm and lead them away from the bottom of the building.
Like Uriel, his first thought was to save people, rather than how to deal with the black sun.
Xia Pingzhou withdrew his gaze from Tunyin and turned to the Ripper, saying, "I just need to kill a demon to reach the third level. This demon seems to be suitable."
"You only reached the second level half a month ago, and you're already at the third level in just a few days. You can ask, but who would believe you?" Yan Molin asked casually. She stared directly at the black sun, her black hair dancing in the wind, the hem of her school uniform lifted slightly, her expression still indifferent.
"Me." The girl in kimono said suddenly.
"She." Xia Pingzhou said expressionlessly.
"Why don't you just say you want to protect that stupid donkey?" Yan Molin said indifferently, turning his head to glance at Xia Pingzhou, "Do you like that Tunyin that much?"
Xia Pingzhou was too lazy to argue.
In fact, he was completing his own card event and protecting Yuriel at the same time, so that Gu Qiye wouldn't collapse and be unable to recover after he came back. Although with Yuriel's strength, it was not his turn to protect her.
At this moment, Ayase Origami suddenly raised the sleeves of her kimono, and in an instant created a huge paper curtain in front of the three of them, blocking the dust and fog that was coming towards them.
Strong winds swept across the sides of the paper curtain, shattering the glass on the tall buildings. The wind was mixed with the smell of blood, and many people died in this sudden disaster.
"Never mind. It's up to you guys." Yan Molin said expressionlessly, "I'm going to the train station first. If you miss the train, you can find a way to fly here. If you're late, it's your own fault."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at the two of them out of the corner of her eye, then turned and left without looking back.
"That Rainbow Wing Ice Maiden has gone to rescue people. We shouldn't run into her." Xia Pingzhou looked up at Yuriel. "Take me up with you. I can take care of this demon."
Ayase Origami nodded silently, then raised her ochre-red sleeves. The pages in her cuffs fluttered down like snowflakes, then formed a giant butterfly that rose up.
The butterfly, incredibly large, landed on the ground. Xia Ping and Ayase Origami stepped on its wings. The butterfly spread its wings and flew towards the sky.
As the butterfly wings spread out, invisible wind blades were emitted, cutting through the oncoming shadow tentacles.
The Black Sun Demon noticed their presence at this time and cast his gaze down from the sky. His narrowed eyes reflected the oncoming paper butterflies.
At this time, a black and white circle had appeared around Xia Pingzhou.
He had no intention of holding back or testing anyone.
Reality is not like in comics where you can go from Super Saiyan 1 to Super Saiyan 5. It is best to unleash your killing move without reservation at the beginning and catch the enemy off guard.
He summoned all the chess legions in one breath, the king, knights, soldiers, bishops, cannon carts, queens, and the shadows of giant statues flashed on the back of the butterfly.
Then, one after another, majestic and awe-inspiring figures rose from the ground, surrounding Xia Pingzhou. He raised his head slightly, his black hair swaying in the wind.
"Copy the demon," he ordered.
Then a small paper man appeared on his shoulder and jumped down tremblingly.
This was Xia Pingzhou's second contracted demon. It could copy any of his chess pieces within eight seconds.
At this time, the object Xia Pingzhou wanted it to copy was naturally the "King".
As the little paper man landed on the ground, it instantly transformed into another giant statue of the king and rose up on the back of the butterfly, raising the cane in his hand solemnly and majestically.
"Sacrifice the knight, the bishop, two soldiers, two cannon carts, and the King's Flash." Xia Pingzhou continued to give the order.
His command wasn't directed solely at the two kings on the butterfly's back. Accompanied by a whistling sound that tore through the air, a cold reminder echoed in his mind.
[Sacrificing the "Knight Colossus" and two "Soldier Colossi" has satisfied the conditions for releasing the King's power—sacrificing three chess pieces on the field.]
[Hint: The King Statue's ultimate power - "King's Flash" has been unlocked.]
[Sacrificing the "Bishop Colossus" and two "Cannon Cart Colossi" has fulfilled the conditions for releasing the King's power—sacrificing three chess pieces on the field.]
[Hint: The ultimate power of the clone king - "King's Flash" has been unlocked.]
At this moment, the two kings on the paper butterflies raised their scepters high at the same time, pointing the tips at the black smiling sun, and a black and white ball of light formed above the scepters.
The sphere suddenly expanded and then shrank, as if it condensed an entire chessboard world.
The Black Sun Demon seemed to realize something was amiss, and a deep grin spread across his face. Thousands of black tentacles stretched out from the edge of the sun, descending from the sky and overwhelming the fluttering paper butterfly.
Looking from underground, the scene looked like a black spider web falling down, gradually surrounding the snow-white butterfly. At this time, Xia Pingzhou could no longer see the sun, and the same was true for Ayase Origami. Both of them had a pitch-black vision.
But the girl in kimono showed no expression and was too lazy to take out the Endless Copy to respond.
Because she had seen this scene before.
This second was very short and very quiet, almost complete silence. Then, the black and white ball of light that was dancing on the top of the two scepters suddenly burst in the next moment.
It was as if the entire world had shattered, and then all turned into wild and ferocious beams of light, erupting from that tiny point.
Contraction, expansion, explosion, fusion! The two black and white beams merged into one, transforming into a towering pillar like the Tower of Babel, soaring straight into the sky.
In an instant, the shadow tentacles that looked like a jungle were torn apart.
The Black Sun Demon's smile twisted.
Suddenly, a Cambrian-like cold current swept in from afar, and the cold air almost enveloped the entire city. Even the glass curtain walls of high-rise buildings were covered with a thin layer of frost.
The sudden change made Xia Pingzhou, who was on the back of the butterfly, startled for a moment. Then he raised his eyebrows and looked sideways suddenly.
At this moment, a huge meteorite made of ice cubes came straight from the ground and swept past the paper butterflies swaying in the air.
Immediately afterward, the meteorite, dragging a violent cold current with it, slammed almost straight into the black sun! A resounding roar spread like a tidal wave, nearly ripping through the atmosphere and resounding throughout the world! The cold air and the shattered meteorite spread together.
For the first time, the human face in the center of the sun showed an expression of pain. Cracks gradually appeared on the face of the Black Sun Demon, like a broken mirror. The tentacles no longer stretched out, but instead covered the ugly face layer by layer.
"Should I thank my sister-in-law for her help..." Xia Pingzhou murmured silently.
He turned his gaze away from Uriel, reached out his hand, and picked up a demon chess seed.
It was a rag doll holding a giant pair of scissors, wearing a gothic dress, a black and red bow on its head, and buttons sewn into its eye sockets.
This chess piece is called "Scissorhands Demon" and it refers to a group of demons that often appear in the Tokyo area.
At this moment, after being summoned, the Scissorhands Demon landed lightly on the shoulder of the Queen's statue. The Queen turned her head and reached out to touch the rag doll.
Ayase Origami trusted Xia Ping Zhou very much. When he told her that she didn't need to take action, she stood silently on the butterfly's back, motionless. The paper butterfly continued to fly at full speed towards the black sun. The scene was like a moth to a flame, the scale of the two was on a completely different level.
Xia Ping looked directly at the black sun.
"The Bridge of Humans and Demons." He said silently.
["Human-Demon Bridge" has been activated, fusing the two parties: the international chess type - "Queen Colossus" and the demon chess type - "Scissorhands Demon".]
[A new chess game, "Puppet Princess," is about to be born.]
A cold system prompt sounded in my ears, and an illusory bridge rose in the air, and the figures of the Scissorhands Demon and the Queen Colossus were sucked into it at the same time.
When the queen's stone statue opened her eyes again, she turned into a giant cotton doll.
There were red and black buttons embedded in her eye sockets, she was wearing a Gothic dress, an elegant Gothic tall hat on her head, and a ten-meter-long pair of scissors in her hands.
[The power possessed by the "Puppet Princess" is: "Split into two."]
"Divide it into two." Xia Pingzhou ordered.
The puppet queen's expression turned stern, and she jumped up from the paper plate angrily.
Her figure was as light as paper ash, her Gothic skirt billowing and fluttering in the wind, her hands tightly grasping the ten-meter-long giant scissors, she rushed straight towards the black sun.
The scissors pierced the sun's crust, causing the tentacles covering it to suddenly crack. Then, layers of hard obsidian-like material burst out.
Instantly, wisps of pitch-black turbulence erupted from the scissors. The black sun split in two, and the demon let out a short wail before completely disintegrating and dissipating.
Warm sunlight streamed down, enveloping the entire world. The sky was as clear as washed water.
At this moment, the puppet princess unfolded her scissors, sat on the cross-shaped scissors, and fell from the sky. She lowered her fluttering skirt and landed above the paper butterfly.
Xia Pingzhou retracted it onto the black and white ring around him, then secretly breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the giant butterfly's back. He lowered his eyes to look at Tunyin, who was wandering around the city saving people, and then looked at Yuriel, who was standing on the glacier.
At this moment, the icy girl seemed to hesitate whether to catch up with them, but finally chose to turn back to rescue the refugees trapped in the ruins.
At this time, Ayase Origami also sat down, looking up at the blue sky in a daze.
Xia Pingzhou leaned on her shoulder and looked up at the series of settlement panels that popped up in front of him.
[Detected the killing of an S-rank or higher demon. The cumulative kill count of the "Wild Hunt Winter" system has been updated: 138/140 (2 more kills are needed to complete this task)]
[Current progress of Unit 2's Sky Drive "Chess" is: 88% → 100%]
[Congratulations, Unit 2 Xia Pingzhou's Sky Drive "Chess" has been upgraded to Level 3! (It has reached the highest level)]
[Advanced Reward 1: Gain a new Sky Drive ability: "Black King Domain" (Once you unfold the "chessboard", no object can leave the "chessboard" at will unless you allow it or kill you)]
[Advanced Reward 2: The chess piece "Bishop Stone Statue" gains a new ability: "Holy Light" (frees any object from any control state) (excluding psychic abilities)]
[Advanced Reward 3: Obtain an empty Sky-Drive slot for contracting a demon.]
[The current number of demons that can be contracted by this Sky Drive is: 1 (Contracted demons: Shadow Demon, Copy Demon)]
[Due to the influence of the passive skill "Soul Eater", the attributes of "Queen Colossus" have been slightly improved.]
[Due to the influence of the passive skill "Demon Hunter", a one-time chess type - "Black Sun Demon" has been obtained.]
"After becoming a chess piece, a catastrophic demon should still have some quasi-catastrophic strength left," Xia Pingzhou thought. "What will be born after it merges with the Queen?"
[Completed Li Jing's card event No. 15 - "The World is Without Light."]
[As a reward: A card has been added to your event card book.]
Xia Pingzhou raised his eyebrows, opened the event card book, found the event card he had just obtained in the groove, and clicked to view it.
Event Card Name: No Light in the World
[Event Card Number: Lijing No. ①⑤]
[Event Card Effect: You or your summoned creatures instantly absorb all surrounding sunlight, plunging the world into darkness for a short period of time.]
[Tip: Event cards will disappear after use. You can also choose to sell the card in exchange for "1" skill point.]
"What's the point of this thing?"
Xia Pingzhou just took a quick look and closed the panel.
"Kitten, you've secretly become stronger again." The girl in kimono glanced at him sideways.
"Oh yes, I suddenly remembered."
"What?"
"You said that when I'm better than you, we should switch places."
"...Breathing." Ayase Origami looked away.
"It turns out that you can't trust what women say."
Xia Pingzhou shrugged.
"Gone?" After a moment's silence, Ayase Origami asked.
"Yes, fly directly to the train station." Xia Pingzhou said, looking down at the time on his phone, "It's still not too late."
"oh."
After the kimono girl finished speaking, she controlled the paper butterfly to fly away.
(End of this chapter)
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