Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2294 - 2294 2284 War

2294: Chapter 2284: War 2294: Chapter 2284: War Seeing the puzzled expression on the elderly man’s face, Long Yan just smiled.

This was something Long Yan had discovered during the battles with Feng Ci: at that time, there was a robust black chess piece surrounded by white ones that didn’t fall even when Feng Ci died.

Regarding this matter, Long Yan could only think of one possibility, which was that in battle, if one side’s chess pieces accumulated enough experience, they could upgrade, turning from a pawn into a general.

“So that’s how it is.”

After hearing Long Yan’s explanation, the elderly man looked enlightened.

However, even generals are not invincible.

Although stronger than pawns, their strength is very limited.

For example, Long Yan’s general had just walked into the encirclement of white puppets.

“You should know the principle of ants overwhelming an elephant.”

The elderly man’s gaze grew colder.

He had been taught by that god-like man, yet he was only evenly matched with Long Yan.

Had his thinking dulled over the years?

Or was it that the young man opposite him was too strong?

The white puppets began to move as a whole.

With their overwhelming numbers, Long Yan’s black chess pieces started to be harvested by the white ones, one after another.

The elderly man’s battle tactics were very rogue-like, but it was also the kind Long Yan feared the most right now—the advantage of a sea of troops.

In the face of such a strategy, Long Yan was, of course, helpless.

“Although I must admit you are very formidable, you are still going to lose today.”

The elderly man had experienced this kind of heart-pounding sensation countless times.

His heart beat powerfully, and this boiling blood made him want to join the fight himself.

“Don’t speak too soon.”

Long Yan revealed a cunning smile.

Now that the white chess pieces were all mobilized, it also meant that there was no protection of white puppets around the elderly man.

Long Yan’s front lines sharply contracted, leaving only the previously promoted generals to protect the Big Dragon, while the remaining black chess pieces bypassed the huge army of white puppets from the side and rushed directly towards the elderly man.

“If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, you can’t catch its cubs!”

In Long Yan’s eyes, there was a resolute determination.

The only way to win now was to strike unexpectedly and to sink all ships after crossing the river.

He was never one to hesitate.

If he decided on something, he would give it his all.

Watching the situation on the battlefield, Lingxi looked on with a face that seemed to have anticipated this, not leaving any room for herself.

This is the Brother Yan she knew.

“Hmph”

The elderly man snorted in dissatisfaction, thinking it was too simple to rely on such methods.

He only diverted a small portion of the white chess pieces to defend, while the rest pressed the attack on Long Yan’s Big Dragon at full force, trying to outpace him.

“No, no, no, look at yourself, Senior, you’re now like an old general on the stage.”

“Eh?

What do you mean?”

After hearing Long Yan’s words, the elderly man curiously looked at him, wondering what Long Yan meant by an “old general on the stage.”

“Covered in flags all over your body!”

Before he had time to react, the white pieces’ defense line collapsed with a roar.

The attacking black chess pieces cut through the white ones blocking their way like a hot knife through butter, revealing that they were the previously upgraded black puppet generals.

“Kid, you really dare.”

Seeing that all that was resisting in front of Long Yan was a group of ordinary black chess pieces, the elderly man couldn’t help but curse quietly.

He didn’t expect Long Yan to pull such a clever trick; he really had overturned his boat in the gutter.

“Kid, don’t be smug, it’s not yet determined who will fall first.”

The elderly man’s heart surged with fierce resolve, for Long Yan’s situation was not good either, it was just a matter of whose defense would break first.

Unexpectedly, such words only brought a smile to Long Yan’s face.

The circle of black chess pieces surrounding him flashed with a golden light and their entire bodies expanded, and at this critical moment, these chess pieces all leveled up together.

“I just kept the chess pieces that were about to level up by my side, as for those that had already leveled up, I sent them all your way.”

Long Yan’s battle method was also very simple, exchange positions with the elderly man and see whose Big Dragon would break first.

Just that simple.

Just now, while the elderly man was boasting proudly, Long Yan had already observed all the chess pieces around him, ensuring not even the peripheral ones were omitted.

From the first wave of chess pieces, he discerned that the black ones could level up after eliminating three pieces.

“Youthful talent is truly formidable.”

The white line of defense collapsed thunderously, and the black puppet general surged into the opponent’s Big Dragon.

In this game of strategy, the elderly man had lost.

“I’ve played hundreds of games, and you are the first one to employ such tactics.”

In an instant, all the surrounding chess pieces disappeared, leaving only the figure of the elderly man.

Long Yan descended slowly, his energy completely spent with this match; if another round were to be played, he definitely could not win against the old man.

“This game was just the Kid using some clever tricks.

If we were to play another round, I certainly wouldn’t be able to match up to Senior.”

The elderly man sighed deeply, in war there are no ifs.

A loss is a loss.

After so many years, there was no question of denying it; winning or losing no longer mattered to him.

“You’ve passed through the General’s Tomb; I can rest easy now.”

After uttering this seemingly disconnected phrase, a blue light covered Long Yan’s body and an ancient thread-bound book materialized in his hands as the elderly man waved his hand.

“This contains some of the general’s insights; I hope it’s useful to you.”

Then, without waiting for Long Yan to say anything, the blue light grew more intense, and the scene began to change erratically, obviously signaling the end of the General’s Tomb.

Long Yan was somewhat unclear about the elderly man’s words, but now he was already appearing at the doorway.

The group of cultivators nearby was also in a baffled state.

What just happened?

They remembered that they were exploring inside, but how did they suddenly end up here?

“Is this the entrance to the General’s Tomb?”

“How did we end up here?”

For a while, the surrounding cultivators burst into a buzz of discussion.

It seemed that their speed was not faster than Long Yan and the others.

After all, dealing with those puppets would take quite a bit of effort for ordinary cultivators.

Of course, in Long Yan’s view, the situation should be normal since he too appeared here after clearing the level.

“Look, the General’s Tomb is sinking down!”

Suddenly a cultivator shouted out loud.

Long Yan only saw in front of him the General’s Tomb gradually sinking into the ground; this astonishing spectacle captivated the surrounding cultivators.

In less than half a moment, the entire General’s Tomb had vanished from its original location.

“Big Brother Yan, what did that dead man tell you?”

While Long Yan was still carefully contemplating the elderly man’s words, Lingxi threw herself onto Long Yan’s arm, grinning and asking in a cute matter.

Seeing Lingxi’s adorable appearance, Long Yan’s Big Hand gently caressed her small cheek.

Lingxi comfortably squinted her eyes, cuddling like a little kitten into Long Yan’s embrace.

Luo Pin felt a twinge of jealousy rise in her heart as she spoke up.

“It’s really true, with the new comes the forgetting of the old!”