Chapter 686 - 649: Thunder Angel Pretending to Sleep
Nightmare Space.
Chess pieces and various toys chase relentlessly behind the chessboard. After pushing the chessboard multiple times, Miss Ror and the Elite Angels have become excellent helmsmen, intelligently using the wind and leveraging the Petrification Aura of the Blood Eagle to slow down and evade the toys’ repeated blockages, effectively delaying the Toy Army’s landing.
It must be said, this is the advantage of having high-intelligence NPCs join the player’s team; their intelligence is simply not comparable to ordinary BOSS troops. And such high-end NPCs with backgrounds, their tactical execution is even hard for the player’s Vice Heroes to match.
However, even so, the battle on the chessboard is still tough. When only less than 10 horses remain on the chessboard, the Furry Bear runs out of Stamina. Now only Da Fei’s Queen is left, fighting solo amidst the enemy’s horses and pawns, anxiously seeking opportunities to turn the tide.
Honestly, it’s really exhausting! Plus, this Thunder Angel isn’t exactly a beauty of an Angel, she’s completely a demonized monster! Da Fei isn’t really willing to go all out for IT. Da Fei genuinely feels like proposing a truce! If this Nightmare keeps escalating, then forget it all, grab the stuff and scram.
Just now, a horse moves and happens to land right on Da Fei’s Queen’s Attack path. Are they giving away the horse? Surprised, Da Fei glances at the enemy’s Queen across the board, who is also in line with the horse, but apparently blocked by a pawn in the middle.
If there’s a chance, don’t miss it. Anxious Da Fei doesn’t hesitate, immediately moving the Queen to strike. And at that moment when Da Fei’s Queen moves, the pawn in front of the enemy Queen diagonally steps aside, clearing the path, allowing the horse to stay under the enemy Queen’s protection!
Da Fei is shocked, his jaw drops to the floor! They set a trap!
Bang! With a loud noise, Da Fei’s Queen instantly kills the horse, and at that instant, the enemy Queen turns into an afterimage, whooshing in for the attack!
This is the retribution for blindly capturing in chess!
Right now, all Da Fei can do is get the Poker King card floating above the Queen to fly down and shield it. This is literally the lifesaver Da Fei got from Catherine’s sacrifice. Will it work? Just this one move!
— Puff! A muffled sound with sparks flying!
The two Queens and a Poker card come into close contact like a sandwich. What will happen now? Da Fei clenches his fists, eyes wide open, watching with bated breath, the anticipation like scratching a lottery ticket, hopeless yet filled with expectation!
"-17134!" "-763!" A massive and a regular damage number emerge from his own Queen and the Poker respectively!
Da Fei’s heart tightens! Did it get killed instantly?
No! Barely alive! His Queen still barely clings to life! That means the remaining bit of health must be thanks to the Poker card’s shielding and taking some of the damage!
In this instant, Da Fei is overjoyed, realizing how simple it is to counter instant kills between chess pieces. Just block it with a pawn in the middle! If the absorbed damage is enough, you won’t be killed instantly; if not, you’re still dead?
Anyway, no more words needed now, his turn is over, now it’s Da Fei’s turn. He immediately retreats the Poker, activates the barely-alive Queen, and just like that, a gentle shove at zero distance!
Bang! A crisp sound, the enemy Queen topples!
At that moment, the Furry Bear’s body flashes with Black Light, suddenly enlarges in size, and instantaneously regains full Stamina!
Level up! The enemy Queen, Da Fei’s most dreaded, is dead, and his most relied upon Furry Bear has finally gathered enough Experience to level up. Such double happiness, how could he possibly not win now!
The tangled situation finally breaks, and Da Fei can’t help but burst into hearty laughter!
Now, the enlarged Furry Bear charges into the pawn formation, tossing one chess piece after another off the board, while the remaining 10 horses, pulled in different directions, are already disordered and easily chased down one by one by Da Fei’s wounded Queen.
Just then—plop! From afar, a sound echoes from the Lava Sea below.
What’s this? Da Fei is suddenly overjoyed and quickly switches to the Blood Eagle’s perspective to see that two more pawns, thrown down by the Furry Bear, tumble and roll into the Lava Sea, sending plumes of burning vapor swirling up.
Da Fei laughs heartily, this time it finally worked! The upgraded Furry Bear has finally overcome the awkwardness of throwing without killing; now it can directly throw chess pieces into the lava to burn them. If it can burn chess pieces, what other kinds of miscellaneous toys should he fear!
For a time, Da Fei’s confidence surges. In any case, now he completely controls the situation on the chessboard, these little pawns aren’t worth the Furry Bear expending Stamina. Leave it to his Queen to clean up the board. The Furry Bear will rest now to prepare for the challenge from various toys.
The Angels, having pushed the chessboard for so long, are also tired and immediately rest to regain Stamina. Let the enemy catch up and continue to land some troops, and then the Angel Army will keep pushing the chessboard and running. Especially with the Elite Authority Angels in the Angel Army specifically tasked with additional Stamina recovery, this kind of stop-and-go guerilla warfare is just too suited to them.
And the Furry Bear truly doesn’t disappoint Da Fei—in the ensuing guerilla battles, it intentionally lets various Nightmare alarms, Nightmare books land, then each one gets hurled by the Furry Bear into the Lava Sea for instant kills!
Strong! Seriously strong!
And just as Da Fei clears another wave of landing pawns, the Furry Bear’s body flashes with Black Light again, it’s body fattens further, Stamina completely refills and levels up once more!
Da Fei laughs heartily! Invincible now! It’s hard to lose like this! With Furry Bear so powerful, even if a sky-full of toy monsters attack, he doesn’t care at all! For a moment, Da Fei once again feels grateful for this competition’s Nightmare Horn, truly a treasure, no, absolutely a Divine Artifact in the Nightmare Space! By the way, if he defeats this Divine Beast Nightmare, he should also get a Divine Artifact, right? Wahaha!
Finally, Nightmare Morpheus speaks again: "Mortal, I really didn’t expect you to have such a treasure!"
Da Fei laughs and says, "What now, if you want to call for a truce, you need to offer something even more valuable than this."
Merriphis sneered, "Very well, let me show you what higher class means!"
During his speech, the wild winds ravaging the Nightmare Space suddenly ceased, and the fluttering toys and chess pieces started spinning in place uncontrollably, no longer pursuing the chessboard.
Da Fei was instantly startled. They stopped chasing?
Just then, a red light exploded in front of Da Fei’s eyes, and a huge red spot, no, a red disc, dove towards the chessboard.
Da Fei looked down and couldn’t help but gasp in shock! It was the largest and most ferocious Furry Bear visible, at least three times bigger in size than his own Furry Bear! And its flying speed meant it couldn’t possibly escape by merely pushing the chessboard; so this was his so-called higher class!
At this moment, the Giant Fur Bear sneered, "Mortals, did you enjoy burning the children’s toys earlier? Now let us wrestle. Whoever loses will burn in the sea of fire!" While speaking, the Giant Fur Bear had already leaped above the chessboard, then heavily landed on it, causing a tremendous shake.
Da Fei was so scared he almost wet himself; compared to it, his Furry Bear seemed no more than a child in front of a grown wrestler! If it had such ability, why did it ever bother negotiating?
Da Fei cried out in a hurry, "Let’s make peace! I agree to a truce!"
The Giant Fur Bear expressed unsurpassable sorrow and anger, "Too late!" In the midst of speaking, it lunged at the Little Furry Bear, grabbed and flung it, sending the Little Furry Bear flying off the chessboard!
Holy shit! Why are you even sorrowful? Da Fei was horrified, "Miss Ror, save them!"
"Roger that!"
All angels immediately rushed over, pulling and dragging, barely rescuing the Little Furry Bear from the brink of falling.
Meanwhile, on the chessboard, the Giant Fur Bear was using all its strength to push the Thunder Angel, who was sleeping like a mountain of flesh, attempting to push him into the Lava Sea!
How deep is this grudge? Aren’t you supposed to capture him alive? It was then that Da Fei noticed the Thunder Angel’s lion claws, hooked tightly onto the chessboard, marked by deep scratch trails made by the Giant Fur Bear’s pushing. Holy shit, weren’t you sleeping?
At that moment, the Thunder Angel murmured roughly, "Persist... is to win."
Da Fei was shocked. What’s going on? Was he awake all along? Was he secretly part of the battle? Otherwise, how could the Divine Beast’s plea for peace be explained? Either way, Da Fei sensed the crucial moment of the final battle approaching!
Da Fei immediately instructed the angels ascending the chessboard, "Save him! Stop it!"
"Roger that!"
The angels swooped in, and Little Furry Bear also rushed to hug one of the bear’s legs.
The Giant Fur Bear furiously kicked and flailed, instantly sending several angels who got hit crying numbers like "-353!" and "-316!" flying back from damage! As for the Little Furry Bear holding its leg, it wasn’t shaken off at all!
Nonetheless, although the Giant Fur Bear was strong, being a stuffed animal, it struggled against Da Fei, an unusually high-defense opponent. Its regular attacks were ultimately limited. However, though it didn’t shake off the Little Furry Bear dragging its leg, with each kick, the Little Furry Bear’s stamina lessened until it finally let go and was kicked off the chessboard!
So, Da Fei shouted again, "Save him!"
When the angels once again caught the Little Furry Bear, the Giant Fur Bear lay in front of the Thunder Angel’s mountainous flesh, panting to recover its stamina. Do all Furry Bears act like this?
Strike when the enemy is tired! For a moment, the angels launched another round of fierce attacks like swarming flies, while Little Furry Bear took the chance to breathe and recover stamina.
Time passed second by second in this frustrating struggle, and with the Giant Fur Bear’s relentless effort, the Thunder Angel’s body was pushed step by step to the edge of the chessboard, his half-exposed buttocks trembling on the verge of falling!
Da Fei sweated profusely in alarm. Can’t I stop him?
The decisive moment finally arrived; with a roaring burst of all its might, the Giant Fur Bear pushed—just then, the Thunder Angel, who had seemed like a dead dog, suddenly flapped his wings and leapt up. The Giant Fur Bear pushed at nothing, losing balance and dramatically falling off the chessboard himself!
What on earth? Da Fei’s eyes widened in disbelief!
At that moment, the Thunder Angel flapped his wings like a jumping fence old mother hen, blood splattering as he cried out, "Save me, I’m going to fall!"
Da Fei hurriedly commanded, "Hurry and save—"
Before he finished speaking, Ror and a host of angels quickly pulled on the chains attached to Thunder Angel’s body and barely dragged him back onto the chessboard.
Thunder Angel laughed heartily, gasping, "He tried to control me while I was sleeping, but the crystal given to me by the Warrior bound my soul. He is getting weaker; keep pushing the chessboard, don’t let him catch up! As long as it gets light, we will win, hahaha, wahahaha!"
Da Fei suddenly realized, so Thunder Angel had been pretending to sleep all along!
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