Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2293 - 2293 2283 Inferior Position

2293: Chapter 2283: Inferior Position 2293: Chapter 2283: Inferior Position “Heh, is that so?”

Long Yan shook his head nonchalantly; although partly entertaining that thought, it wasn’t entirely what he had in mind.

Seeing Long Yan’s confident demeanor, the elderly man suddenly fell silent, uncertain of Long Yan’s intentions once again.

“This chessboard is a Demon Artifact, isn’t it.”

Instead of focusing his gaze on the chess game, Long Yan fixed his attention on the chessboard which had just now absorbed Feng Ci’s body, not sparing flesh or anything else – all was consumed by the chessboard.

“Of course.”

The elderly man spoke calmly; every time the General’s Tomb began, countless challengers would come to try their luck.

Those who failed became nourishment for this chessboard; as for the successful ones, none have emerged yet.

“You might just become nourishment for this chessboard in a bit.”

Watching the elderly man’s face showing a gentle smile, Long Yan simply laughed.

Despite the man’s gentle smile, his words were terrifying indeed.

Intending to turn himself into nourishment for a Demon Artifact?

How could Long Yan possibly let him get his way?

Long Yan moved a black piece to a peripheral spot, prompting the elderly man’s pupils to suddenly contract sharply; he seemed to think of something unpleasant and covertly glanced at Long Yan who was his opponent in this game, then tentatively placed a piece at a spot on the chessboard.

Maintaining his composed expression, the elderly man had many things to ponder.

Consequently, his pace in placing pieces was getting slower and slower; Long Yan, on the other hand, was placing his pieces just as fast as before.

Observing the situation on the battlefield, a wry smile of resignation appeared on the elderly man’s face.

He simply couldn’t comprehend the strategy behind Long Yan’s moves.

Each of Long Yan’s moves seemed to have a thought behind it, but the elderly man couldn’t figure it out.

To him, the manner in which Long Yan played was bizarre, and some moves even seemed suicidal.

“Alright, let’s stop here.”

The elderly man waved his hand, and a surge of True Qi immobilized Long Yan.

After fruitlessly pondering, the elderly man simply finished the game according to his own habits.

Only then did a smile appear on Long Yan’s face.

“Just perfect.”

From the game just now, Long Yan saw that together the two players had taken a total of three hundred moves until their pieces fell upon the chessboard.

Of course, it was the same now, which Long Yan was already aware of, but he wasn’t entirely certain about it before.

Now that everything was as he had anticipated, he was sure to win this battle.

Dispersing the True Qi with a wave of his hand and under the astonished gaze of the elderly man, Long Yan directly entered among his own Great Army.

Seeing this scene, the elderly man didn’t speak; with a wave of his hand, countless black and white soldiers appeared on the chessboard.

The board flickered with a strange glow, waiting for the loser to emerge.

“In my view, your chess playing is no different from committing suicide.”

“Who knows?”

Long Yan spoke casually.

In the time that he was not under the elderly man’s control, Long Yan still had enough time to escape, and the mechanics of this game were not at all as the elderly man had described.

“Full army, attack!”

Following the elderly man’s order, the black Puppets rushed towards Long Yan as if infused with invigorating blood.

The chessboard turned out to be quite a curious thing, and seeing that just with a thought from him, the black Puppets intercepted the attack of the white Puppets, Long Yan sincerely uttered a comment.

The elderly man’s advantage was enormous; now, the entire chessboard was densely covered with white pieces, as if he wanted to make a quick decision.

The elderly man employed all his soldiers at once, aiming to overwhelm Long Yan’s troops.

But under the desperate resistance of Long Yan’s black Puppet army, the white Puppets would still need some time to break through Long Yan’s defenses.

“Eh!”

The elderly man couldn’t help but exclaim; initially, he thought that Long Yan’s piece arrangement was random, but in actuality, when it came to the battlefield above, the troop deployments were rather ingenious, taking up advantageous positions.

He couldn’t help but gain a new level of respect for Long Yan.

But even though Long Yan’s brilliant performance caught his attention, the elderly man thought that all these clever arrangements would be of no use under the sheer advantage of numbers.

The situation unfolding before his eyes was just like a thousand years ago: the Great Army sieged, and soldiers fought to the last drop of blood.

Despite the clever tactics, they were pointless under the absolute crush of numbers.

“You might as well give up, I can spare your life.”

The elderly man turned his back, feeling it was a pity for such a genius to perish here.

He also wished to leave talent for future generations and wondered how Qin Country was doing now.

“Thank you for your kindness, but my dictionary doesn’t have the words ‘give up.'”

A smile tugged at the corners of Long Yan’s mouth, his black hair whirling about.

At that moment, Yun Huang inside Long Yan’s Sea of Consciousness slightly furrowed her brow, as Long Yan had inadvertently activated the power of the Dark Sun, and the surging dark light nearly broke through Yun Huang’s Seal.

“This host is really troublesome.”

With a helpless and bitter smile, Yun Huang questioned whether choosing this host was the right decision.

But complaints aside, Yun Huang still acted to seal the Dark Sun.

Such a massive negative emotion could have caused Long Yan to succumb to the demon the instant it entered his body.

Seeing the spirited Long Yan, warmth began to return to the elderly man’s previously ice-cold body, with an indescribable emotion arising in his heart.

Was it a sense of longing?

Or the familiarity, or perhaps the boiling heat of passion?

“Go!”

Long Yan pointed his hand at a black Puppet, which, having been still as a wooden chicken, began to march forward, the Big Knife in its hand slashing towards the white Puppets still trying to breach Long Yan’s defenses.

“Thinking of surrounding me, how delusional.

It seems this Elder has been underestimated.”

A flash of anger crossed the elderly man’s eyes.

The white Puppets that had been fully attacking the defensive line started to move to both sides, with the battlefront continuously elongating; this would be very detrimental to Long Yan in the long run.

“Kid, I admit you’re a genius at commanding an army, but with few soldiers and generals, what can you do?”

The elderly man didn’t know why he was still trying to persuade Long Yan to give up, probably finding an excuse for his own past failure, or perhaps finding one for that god-like man.

“That’s not necessarily the case; who says I’m short on troops and generals?”

A smile appeared on Long Yan’s face, it seemed that after spending so long here, the elderly man still hadn’t understood the true Rule of this strange thing.

Only to see the black chess pieces at the very front suddenly paused and grew significantly in size.

What would have taken a drawn-out fight to resolve, now the black Puppets could take out an enemy in one fell swoop, even showing a momentum to counterattack.

“This…”

The elderly man was extraordinarily surprised by the scene unfolding before him.

What was this thing allowing the pieces on the other side to become so strong so suddenly?

What exactly was going on?

The elderly man had played hundreds of such games during this time, but the situation before him had never occurred before.

“What exactly is going on?”

A glint of confusion shone in the elderly man’s eyes, wondering why Long Yan’s Soldiers were now different.