amaotonovel Chapter 296 Chess Spirit
Chapter 296 Chess Spirit
Chapter 296 Chess Spirit
The place resembled a chessboard between heaven and earth, with a huge chessboard floating above Ye Ru's head, giving people a rather strange feeling.
Here are high mountains, flowing water, and a giant dragon with its eyes closed, seemingly trapped.
"The time is now to awaken this sleeping dragon and let it activate the other enemy pieces."
Ye Ru closed his eyes, and the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries appeared in his mind. He then turned out a chess manual from it.
"So this is the game of chess."
Slowly opening his eyes, Ye Ru's pupils filled with a sense of enlightenment. Then, he suddenly waved his hand, and a black stone fell like lightning towards one of the spots.
As the black piece fell, the seemingly lifeless chessboard suddenly emitted a white light, and then the white piece began to move automatically, as if someone was deliberately controlling it.
As the white piece landed, the surrounding rivers suddenly began to flow, eventually binding the dragon even tighter.
"fall!"
Ye Ru threw out another piece, which instantly transformed into a mountain, suddenly blocking the flow of the great river. A sense of surging and swirling energy burst forth from the chessboard.
boom!
With a muffled thud, the tightly closed black dragon suddenly opened its eyes slowly, and a dragon roar resounded. Then, it soared into the air and finally crashed into the distant mountain range that blocked its way.
The impact caused the ground to shake violently.
"It looks like the piece was placed correctly."
With the black dragon brought to life, Ye Ru smiled. With this black dragon, he could now take the initiative to attack the white pieces.
While Ye Ru was fighting the white pieces, Chen Tianjian and the others outside also showed a look of astonishment.
"Brother Zhao, you are a master of chess, what do you think of this move?"
After a moment, Chen Tianjian turned his head and said to Zhao Mingcheng in a deep voice.
"White has trapped all the black pieces. The only way out is the black dragon. Ye Ru has made the right first move. Of all the black pieces here, only the black dragon is offensive. The others, if they make even a slight move, will lead to a complete loss."
Zhao Mingcheng pondered for a moment, then spoke.
At the same time, he did not expect that Ye Ru would be able to find a way to revive the black dragon in the first step. From the perspective of the whole game, it is not easy to revive it. Once a wrong move is made, what awaits him is a storm of attacks.
"This child does have some talent, but whether he can get a spot this time depends on what happens next. Even if he loses, it doesn't matter."
Xiu Hanlin's gaze narrowed slightly. Ye Ru's actions had stirred a sense of appreciation for talent within him.
After all, he wasn't an unreasonable person, but he wouldn't be lenient with those who only had empty talk but no real skills.
"Mr. Xiu, have you changed your mind?"
Chen Tianjian said with a hint of joy on his face.
The Yanhuang Kingdom adopted a system of separating the imperial court and the Holy Academy. Generally speaking, the imperial examinations were held by the Holy Academy, which then provided talent to the imperial court. The two were complementary and mutually reinforcing. As an official of the imperial court, he naturally could not interfere with the imperial examinations and could only find someone to help Ye Ru with the process. However, he did not expect that the chief examiner in the Purple City would be such an inhuman person.
"Nothing has changed yet. Everything depends on this young man's talent. If he truly has the talent to be a pillar of the nation, what's wrong with me changing the rules for him? At least it would bring a hundred years of peace and stability to our Yanhuang Kingdom. Why not? But if he is just an ordinary person, then there's no need for the imperial examination. He's not qualified."
Xiu Hanlin shook his head and said.
These words made Chen Tianjian sigh, and then he looked back at the chessboard.
At this moment, Ye Ru's pieces were being suppressed everywhere, and the white pieces' attacks were becoming increasingly fierce, which made Ye Ru's brows furrow even more.
Because he knew that the one controlling the white pieces was far superior to him in the art of chess, but the other possessed the Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, so the outcome was still uncertain.
"Snapped!"
Another black ball landed, and the black dragon instantly devoured everything around it before soaring into the sky and shooting off to other places.
Meanwhile, the white piece landed silently and lightly, seemingly still trying to block the black dragon.
"And you are, sir?"
At this moment, Ye Ru was unaware that a man in white had appeared in front of him. The man looked at Ye Ru with a smile, and his refined and elegant demeanor gradually emanated from him.
“Everything has a spirit. You can call me the spirit of chess, after all, I was born from this game of chess.”
Chess Spirit said with a smile.
"Master Chess Spirit, may I ask who the owner of this chess set is...?"
"It's long gone. This chessboard is now ownerless. Whoever wins can take it. Why don't you and I give it a try?"
A hint of confusion flashed in the Chess Spirit's eyes before he slowly spoke.
"Master Chess Spirit, it's your turn to make a move. Please."
Ye Ru tapped his palm lightly, then spoke slowly.
"Then you're welcome."
The chess spirit nodded, a solemn expression appearing on his face. If it were an ordinary person, he would not have come out at all. The reason he came out was because Ye Ru's move was also very clever, and he couldn't help but take this opportunity to have a match with Ye Ru.
As the chess spirit's white piece fell again, a white dragon appeared above it. The white dragon was so powerful that Ye Ru felt a sense of oppression. The black dragon seemed to sense this as well, and raised its eyes, looking at the white dragon with icy eyes.
Two dragons, one black and one white, appeared in the sky. Ye Ru placed the black piece in his hand, and his black dragon suddenly roared, then spewed out a breath of dragon fire, which shot directly towards the location of the white dragon.
"This move is not a good one."
"Break!"
The chess spirit also looked solemn as a white piece blocked the black dragon's attack.
"Hasn't Mr. Chess Spirit realized that I now have the first move?"
Ye Ru's lips curled into a smile, causing the chess spirit's face to freeze slightly.
"Even if we have the first move, it might not work."
After Ye Ru placed his black piece, the chess spirit also placed its white piece. In just a moment, a second white dragon gradually materialized.
The two white dragons emerged simultaneously, making the already strong pressure even more intense, and the sound of the wind seemed to be right next to their ears.
"It seems that this game has entered a heated phase."
Chen Tianjian looked at the two white dragons, took a deep breath, and said.
"Hmm, although the black pieces are aggressive, the white pieces are clearly superior. The move of retreating to advance is truly brilliant."
Zhao Mingcheng nodded.
Ye Ru looked at the two white dragons and gently exhaled. After a moment, Ye Ru uttered a few words that made the smile on Qi Ling's face stiffen again:
"You think... you can turn the tide with just two white dragons...?"