Chapter 681 - 644: The Ultimate Advancement of the Pawn
In the Nightmare Space, dozens of rocket-like "chariots" and "bishops" instantly outpaced the main army behind them, catching up with Da Fei as he pushed the chessboard to flee.
Just now, the Nightmare Monster said not to let them land on the chessboard, which shows that the enemy’s ground combat capability is extraordinary. Since that is the case, intercept them mid-air!
Da Fei immediately stopped pushing the chessboard, and the entire Angel Army went to intercept, and to ensure the effectiveness of the interception, Da Fei specially dispatched three Power Angels wielding two-handed great axes to assist Ror, aiming for a four-man combined assault to deal as much damage as possible to a chess piece.
Facing the interception by the Angel Army, the Chess Army ignored it completely, relying on their thick skin and high stamina to charge towards the chessboard with the clear goal of landing.
Da Fei’s heart sank; if so, then don’t miss the opportunity to strike—activate the Blood Eagle Petrification Aura again! In an instant, the ascent speed of all the charging chess pieces suddenly slowed!
Oh yeah! That’s the effect I wanted!
At this time, the battlefield with Ror’s involvement was decisively determined, as a "chariot" began the erratic spinning in the air like a top, under the encirclement and attack of four Angels, it seemed to have lost its sense of direction!
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched, taking little damage, but the impact was quite significant. Could it be?
Da Fei hurriedly rechecked the attributes of his Nightmare Pawns:
——Nightmare Chess Pawns: Nightmare Creature, Building Creature. Attack 30, Defense 300, Damage 100, Attack Speed 7, Magic Resistance 90%, Stamina 10000, Command Value 0, Special Skill: Charge Trample, Master-level Defense Skill, Siege Attack, Life and Death Struggle.
That’s right! These chess pieces are Nightmare Creatures, Building Creatures, but they are not Flying Creatures. They may float in the air, but they are not Air Force! No wonder these chess pieces fly so awkwardly, no wonder they need a Divine Beast BOSS to secretly fan the dark winds for them!
However, since the chess pieces are specialized for siege attacks, they are specifically designed to counter building attributes, which means that only the Nightmare occupying the chess pieces can inflict effective damage on them.
So that’s how it is, Da Fei’s thoughts became clear again, and he came up with a counter-strategy at once. In any case, it’s about utilizing the Angels’ advantage in fast and agile maneuvers to spin as many of them as possible into tops, to further isolate them. As for those that slipped through and landed, let the Nightmare Pawns bear the brunt and lead the assault.
So, under Da Fei’s command, the Angel Army scattered and coordinated their strikes in the air, with the clash of metal and sparks flying everywhere. In mere seconds, more than half of the chess pieces were left spinning in the air, falling behind. But still, nearly twenty of the chess pieces broke through the interception and landed on the chessboard.
When these chess pieces landed, the entire chessboard emitted a clanging, clattering sound, the momentum was quite alarming. Holy smoke! Who says chess can’t cheat, they don’t have pawns, all they have are chariots and bishops!
In summary, Da Fei must end the battle before the "spinning" chess pieces recover or before the chess hero’s main army catches up.
But the time was pressing, even though there were only twenty of them, given their thick skin and high stamina, even if Da Fei’s entire army went into battle, there was no guarantee that they would be eliminated in time. So, of course, Da Fei’s strategy was not to send out the whole army to fight. Instead, continue to have twenty Angels push the chessboard to escape, maintain the distance, and then let the remaining ten plus Angels along with a pawn and a Poker King card to decide the battle!
Da Fei believed that in the face of his strong defense, even if our number was at a slight disadvantage, we could still fight.
Now, the Angels continued to push the chessboard with the wind, while Da Fei started to face the charge of the Chess Army! Although Da Fei’s army were all Air Force, and didn’t care about their ground assault, once Da Fei retreated, the Thunder Angels sleeping on the chessboard would surely be doomed, so Da Fei had to hold his ground.
Looking at the row of chess pieces coming at him like chariots, moving sideways and diagonally with a rumble, Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched again—this chess piece moves on the chessboard with the same nature and rules as chess: chariots move horizontally and vertically, bishops move diagonally. What does the current situation resemble? Like a few cars coming at you from all directions at an intersection, right?
If that’s the case, then I will be the red light!
Under the cover of the Blood Eagle Petrification Aura, the chess pieces were not moving fast, and Da Fei could clearly see their direction, taking aim and allowing his trump card Poker to meet them at the approximate intersection. After all, compared to the delicate Angel Army, this stolen Poker card was neither loved nor cherished, with plenty of stamina but unable to be taken out of the space, so its death was inconsequential!
——Bang! A crisp sound, "-304!" appeared as the Poker King was knocked back like a kite. With that collision, a bishop and a chariot behind stopped, and their halt caused another two chess pieces behind them to stop.
Da Fei was overjoyed. Success! One card blocked five chess pieces; that was the effect I wanted!
However, in the face of my invincible defense, these chess pieces still managed to deal 300 points of damage, showing the astonishing power of their Charge Skill. But compared to my Elite Angels’ stamina, this damage was still within the range of endurance and recovery.
Now, Da Fei had a complete strategy to deal with the opposition, immediately dispatching three Angels to air-drop and block the chariots. In an instant, the twenty chess pieces on the entire chessboard were blocked together.
And while the enemy’s Charge Skill was on cooldown, Da Fei’s army swooped in for the attack, overhead, various damage numbers such as "-26!" "-29!" "-34!" popped up on the screen!
This is the damage from both sides just hacking at each other! Da Fei was immediately gobsmacked! Just a moment ago, cutting them down in the sky, he could deal seventy to eighty points of damage, but once on the chessboard, the enemy thickened up? How else to describe this damage but tragic!
Compared to the hitpoints of both sides, this is literally a turtle fight, you only hear the shells clanging! This is just pure stamina drain!
And just at this moment, amidst the flurry of two-digit damage numbers, suddenly a triple-digit damage "King’s Strike -100!" popped up!
Da Fei’s eyebrows twitched in alarm, King’s Strike? Isn’t that the Poker King’s special skill?
— King’s Strike: This creature can deal additional, fixed damage that ignores the enemy’s Defense and is also unaffected by hero bonuses.
Damn! Fixed damage that ignores Defense, this is freaking cheating, rightfully deserving the name King’s Strike! Does that mean my main force now can only rely on this card and my little pawns? Alright, hang in there! Just waiting for my little pawns to push forward and hit them!
Now, Da Fei was watching the chessboard battlefield while also keeping an eye on the pursuers in the sky. At this point, those spinning tops in the air had almost recovered and started wobbling as they gained speed to chase, and as for the hero chess pieces further below, they were relentless in pursuit!
Da Fei’s heart tensed, you can’t catch up with me, you can’t catch me!
In the midst of his anxiety, Da Fei’s Nightmare Pawns finally sluggishly reached the gridlock scene. Damn, their mobility really is just like the pawns in chess, this is such a pain!
In Chess, pawns can move in straight lines or diagonally but only one square at a time, so faced with the "Rook" that could only move in straight lines in front of it, Da Fei, to be safe, decided to give it a diagonal shove!
— Boom!!! A loud noise, a massive "-18644!" damage number thundered out, and then the Rook collapse with a crash!
Da Fei’s eyebrows jumped in surprise, holy crap! Instant kill! Are battles between chess pieces instant kills? Why didn’t you say so earlier? If it weren’t for their slow movement, I nearly made it the vanguard, which would’ve screwed up my big plan!
Da Fei took another look at the pawn’s attributes and suddenly discovered a new special skill had emerged!
— Life and Death Struggle: When Nightmare Chess is on the board, they will engage in life and death battles according to chess rules.
Da Fei suddenly realized, the little pawn was flying in the sky just now, and once on the chessboard, it got a new special skill! After all, the poker cards before were all about big fish eating the small and bombs blowing up planes, all instant kills!
However, killing poker cards let the player obtain card items, but killing Chess pieces may not necessarily yield chess item drops, right? And even if you get chess items, it seems you must be on the chessboard to match up, which obviously seems unreliable under normal circumstances, right?
At the end of the day, this Nightmare was a total fluke! And in this moment of realization, Da Fei couldn’t help but burst into uproarious laughter! Who would have thought, at this stage, the key to breaking the game really lay with this Nightmare obtained from a tournament outfit!
As long as there’s instant kill ability, plus so many Angels to protect me and provide cover fire, if we encounter a Rook, my little pawn will diagonally shove, and for a Bishop, it will shove sideways, I’ve got you all figured out!
With that, Da Fei focused intently, fully engaged in the game, as the Nightmare Pawns continuously pushed forward, the cluttered Rooks and Bishops on the chessboard successively collapsed!
When the general situation on the chessboard was settled, the second wave of Rooks and Bishops, having recovered from their gyroscope state, finally landed on the chessboard.
You’re too late! At this moment in Da Fei’s eyes, these Rooks and Bishops were just coming to deliver Experience!
Without suspense, the second wave of Rooks and Bishops were each broken by Da Fei’s Army under siege, and just as a Rook collapsed with a crash, the Nightmare Pawn flashed a Black Light, its short and round chess body suddenly grew taller and longer, Da Fei’s eyebrows jumped again, is this, the legendary pawn transforming into a Queen?
In Chess rules, if a pawn pushes all the way to the opponent’s baseline on the board, it can be promoted and evolve into the strongest piece on the board, the "Queen"! Of course, it can also evolve into a Rook, Knight, or Bishop, but most people choose the Queen. However, the likelihood of such a weak piece like a pawn attacking to the opponent’s backline is extremely slim unless the opponent is really bad.
Does that mean in this chess match, my little pawn killed dozens of Rooks and Bishops, directly getting fed and fattened for the ultimate evolution?
And at this moment, the Nightmare did not disappoint Da Fei, with a diagonal charge, swiftly and from afar, it instantly killed another Rook!
Da Fei laughed heartily! With the ultimate chess piece in hand, even if the opponent has many hero pawns, I still have a fighting chance! But not ruling out that the opponent might also have a Queen, I can’t be careless. In any case, now that I’ve taken care of the opponent’s high-speed units, I can fully utilize speed to my advantage and firmly keep the initiative in my own hands.
Relieving some stress, Da Fei suddenly remembered the situation on the tournament field, speaking of which, facing my invincible Army, what would the opponent be crushed into? (To be continued. If you like this work, we welcome you to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)