The girl in a reddish-brown kimono stood above the Black King Domain, her gaze sweeping over the endless spread of black-and-white chessboard squares, as if extending to the edge of the world.
She was like the most vivid and elegant splash of color, standing at the center of this gray-black realm.
At that very moment, Xia Pingzhou and Gu Qiye locked eyes.
As their gazes met, Xia Pingzhou raised his hand to grasp the chess shadows above the pathway, and the images of statues began to scatter over the chessboard.
"We don't need to defeat him," he said, "He is the strongest among them, we just need to stall him, understand?"
Saying this, Xia Pingzhou gently squeezed the kimono girl's right hand. She hesitated for a moment and nodded lightly.
Xia Pingzhou knew very well that after defeating the Father of Puppets, Gu Qiye's power had risen once more.
