Chapter 685 - 648: Must Hold on Until Night Passes
Facing the Divine Beast-level Nightmare seeking truce again, Da Fei couldn’t help but feel tempted in his anxiety, yet doubts filled his heart.
This was genuinely the most faceless boss he’d encountered in history, asking for truce twice! What’s the difference between that and begging for mercy twice? It completely mismatched the status of a God-level Boss!
According to the system’s typical behavior, is the reward worth all this trouble Da Fei had gone through here? It seems like it is! Just the achievement reward alone directly elevated him from Master to Grandmaster, that’s quite a hefty reward! But the problem is—
The problem is this meant Da Fei had to abandon the Thunder Angel for profit, which made Da Fei very uncomfortable. Da Fei considered himself not very righteous, but in the end, it was just about not borrowing money or helping friends in fights in real life. Moreover, abandoning the Thunder Angel would mean all previous efforts were in vain, which also made Da Fei, who had been victorious in every encounter since entering the game, extremely uncomfortable.
Not to mention, Da Fei hadn’t lost any troops so far, whereas the opponent had been losing troops continuously; the situation was unpredictable, and there was really no need for Da Fei to seek peace. In short, since he had already deemed the truce suspicious, he decided to hold firm till the end. If he changed his mind midway, maybe Katelina would even despise him.
In short, wouldn’t killing the boss yield more rewards? Alright, in the end, the boss just didn’t offer a tempting enough bet. If it directly offered a Divine Artifact, Da Fei would absolutely take it and roll away immediately.
Thus, Da Fei began to chat aimlessly with the boss to buy time, waiting for the Furry Bear to recover its stamina. Indeed, for Da Fei, only the Nightmare Furry Bear was the decisive factor in this battlefield. Without the Furry Bear, Da Fei estimated he would have agreed to the truce right away.
Finally, both sides’ stamina were restored, and the boss laid its cards on the table, "Mortal, the last chance is before you, it’s either fight or truce, you decide."
Da Fei coldly smiled, "If you truly have the sincerity to seek peace, what if I don’t want your reward and you let us all go?"
The boss replied coldly, "It seems you think you can win. Unfortunately, a mortal is just a mortal!"
—System Prompt: Negotiations have broken down again, the battle resumes!
The violent wind reappeared, and it was fiercer than before. The chessboard beneath spun rapidly, appearing as if the entire sky was turning in the storm. Toys flying all over the air rapidly soared and converged around the chessboard in the whirlwind!
Da Fei was shocked, was this the power he restored after resting, or was he taking it seriously as a Divine Beast?
And at that moment, a red light exploded in front of Da Fei’s eyes, and a large array of system prompts flashed out:
—System Prompt: Warning! Nightmare Alarm Clock has joined the battlefield!
—System Prompt: Warning! Nightmare Puppet has joined the battlefield!
—System Prompt: Warning! Nightmare Magic Book has joined the battlefield!
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Da Fei’s jaw dropped in shock; it turned out he was summoning reinforcements, now the entire Nightmare Space’s monsters were encircling him!
What to do now? What can be done! After all, these reinforcements didn’t seem to be authentic flying creatures, landing on the chessboard was estimated to be as difficult as with the Chess Army, so he had to quickly clear out those chess pieces on the chessboard! And it had to be fast, no more of that hesitation like before. Since it was meant to be a quick battle, he couldn’t care about pushing the chessboard, even if letting a few Chess Army pawns land was better than leaving behind those pesky jumping knights.
With firm resolve, Da Fei waved his hand, "All warriors attack, pin down the chessboard pieces! Cover my assault!"
Ror immediately responded, "Understood!"
In an instant, the Angel Army swooped down upon the pieces on the chessboard, and the recovered Furry Bear charged into the chess formation, showing its bear might. This time, the whole army moved, causing chaos far beyond before, and Da Fei could no longer afford to miss this one opportunity, and immediately activated the Queen for another swift assault!
One, two, four! Five!
And just as the fifth piece was blasted by the Queen, a circular shadow of a chess seat descended from the sky—Da Fei’s heart sank, damn, he had misjudged! It was a linked knight strategy! His Queen couldn’t die yet!
Da Fei couldn’t help but exclaim in panic, "Save!"
In an instant, several nearby angels sprang to action and hacked to block the descending knight, but could not alter the landing point!
At this moment, Catherine shouted, "Captain, I’ll cover you!" She leaped up and hugged the horse base!
Da Fei was aghast! Wasn’t she courting death!
And with Catherine holding below and the angels blocking above, the steed’s body suddenly tilted, but its head was still irresistibly slamming down on the Queen’s head!
Da Fei held his breath!
—Bang!!! Blood splattered and a flash of white light! At this moment, Da Fei was stunned beyond speech! Catherine, clinging to the chess piece base, was crushed into a——crushed into a lump of Death White Light!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Katelina has died in battle and will be resurrected in Divine Punishment City!
But before being shocked at Catherine’s death, something unbelievable occurred. Da Fei’s Queen only suffered three-digit damage and was knocked back a square by the knight but wasn’t insta-killed!
What’s this? The only explanation was that Catherine blocked it, then the piece’s strike only counted as regular damage? Or did the piece’s headbutt not count as a rule-based Chess kill?
But now wasn’t the time to think about these, this was Catherine’s do-or-die life-saving move, he must seize it no matter what, he couldn’t make such foolish mistakes again!
Da Fei once again activated the Queen to send the knight before him to its afterlife. At this moment, Da Fei, with bloodshot eyes, scanned the scene like a torch.
The previous deployment of the knight created a significant gap in their formation, this time he would definitely not be mistaken! If wrong, he’d eat three pounds of ****!
In an instant, the Queen advanced again and successfully killed two more pieces.
Thus, only 30 knights remained on the field, with more than 10 knocked down by the Furry Bear. The remaining twenty, disrupted and hindered by the angels, had become a scattered, harmless mess, no, a bunch of Experience; it was time to harvest them, if not now, when?
And just then, with a clang on the chessboard, the Chess Army’s pawns finally landed. Amidst the pawns, there blatantly was a piece identical to his Queen, the opponent’s Queen appeared!
Da Fei involuntarily took a sharp breath, was he confident he could take down a piece with the same ability in such a chaotic situation? In non-chaotic times, he didn’t even have that confidence! However, Catherine’s death just now had indeed provided Da Fei with enormous inspiration; as long as something blocked it, would it prevent instakill? What if the Poker Ace blocked it?
No time to overthink, with Da Fei having controlled the knight situation, he couldn’t let more pawns land; thus, he waved his hand again, "Miss Ror, all units push the chessboard and evacuate!"
Ror: "Understood!"
What’s called control of the battle? That’s called control of the battle! Where to fight, when to fight, how many to fight against, that’s all up to him to decide! He just didn’t want to fight against the opponent’s Queen!
Now the chessboard moved again, blocking the Chess Army’s continued advancement. And as the pawns slowly pushed forward, with their Queen blocked amongst them not yet showing, Da Fei went berserk, madly charging and reaping the opponent’s knights.
What if the opponent’s Queen showed up? Da Fei truly had no more time to calculate the opponent’s attack paths, he could only have the Poker Ace always flying above his Queen’s head. If he couldn’t dodge, he could only block with the Poker Ace. Maybe Catherine’s miracle could happen again.
The battle had reached such a point, Da Fei’s final hope was his Furry Bear’s Nightmare upgrading. In the last round, the Nightmare Pawns personally bulldozed dozens of rook and bishop, jumping to the ultimate phase. This time, the requirements weren’t high, he just needed to kill dozens of knights, letting it gain experience and level into a big Furry Bear.
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Divine Punishment City.
With a flash of white light, Catherine resurrected at the square of Divine Punishment City. At this moment, the Thunder Angel Leader Sazer, clad in a golden glow, was hovering above the square, his gaze deep and piercing the void.
When Catherine resurrected, Sazer’s expression changed, "Warrior, how goes the battle?"
Catherine urgently said, "Commander sir, the battle is fierce! That Nightmare Morriphis has sought truce from our army twice, and it’s still ongoing. Please, sir, find a way to aid our forces! We’re just short of that little more strength!"
Sazer exclaimed, "The Demon seeking truce? Although I don’t know what’s going on, that’s definitely not the demon’s slash-to-the-death style, warriors must not be deceived! However, though I can faintly sense Ror’s location, I cannot break into Nightmare Space from the outside now. Warrior, you must hold on until the night passes! By then, the nightmare’s power will greatly diminish!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)