Chapter 84: Divine and Demon Chess Game? No honor, huh!

The Altar Fragment, the moment it was placed, turned into White Light and was completely devoured.

Game on!

Su Ming stared intently at the progress bar!

The numbers began to tick!

【Current Energy: 93.6%】!

It worked!

It really worked!

One Altar Fragment directly raised the energy progress by 0.5%!

Su Ming calculated at lightning speed.

One piece adds 0.5%; two pieces make 1%!

To fill this altar from empty to full requires 200 Altar Fragments!

At the Official purchase price, that's 20,000 each…

That's four million!

For these organizations, money isn't really an issue.

The problem is, this thing is a treasure with value but no market!

The Black Shadow organization, to feed this altar, apparently pawned even their underwear!

"So touching, really."

Su Ming's mouth twitched into a grin.

"What kind of spirit is this? It's selfless, solely for others, boundless love!"

Combat—thrilling!

Scavenging—thrilling to the max!

"The world's so big, it's time to explore!"

Su Ming no longer hesitated, tossing the fragments one by one upward!

【Current Energy: 94.1%】!

【94.6%】!

【95.1%】!

…

As each Altar Fragment was devoured.

The K81 Altar's emanating dim light grew ever stronger!

Su Ming could feel his internal Source Blood raging, battle intent and yearning intertwining!

The final piece!

【Current Energy: 100.0%】!

Buzz—!!!

The hum resonated, echoing through the entire space!

The whole White Bone Altar blazed with dazzling brilliance!

【K81 Altar fully charged, initiate reverse invasion of Ten Thousand Years Chess Game, enter instance?】

"Huh…"

Su Ming's mood surged, a flash of madness flickering in his eyes.

"If I die, let it be!"

He roared, confirming outright!

Boom—!!!

The light on the altar was no longer coldly dim.

It turned into pure white, devouring everything!

At the altar's apex, the Bone King's soul flame in its eye sockets surged suddenly!

It opened its jawbone, emitting a silent roar!

The next second.

An irresistible terrifying suction arose, the whole world collapsing toward that White Light.

Su Ming's body was instantly shattered into billions of light points.

Together with his consciousness, he was drawn into that endless White Light vortex!

A sense of weightlessness.

A feeling of tearing.

The concepts of time and space were utterly crushed at that moment!

He didn't know how long had passed.

Perhaps just an instant, or perhaps ten million years.

Su Ming's consciousness reassembled…

"What is this..."

He was seated on a throne floating in the void!

At the other end, another terrifying presence, shrouded in endless killing aura, indistinct!

Below lay an expansive, endless Divine and Demon battlefield!

Crisscrossing ravines covered it, each fissure exuding murderous aura capable of erasing stars.

At the two ends of this battlefield, two massive forces are facing each other at a distance.

Those aren't armies!

They are two seas of war, alive, forged from pure killing intent and blood Qi.

On his side, the waves are crimson.

Countless gods and demons clad in blazing heavy armor stand silently.

The weapons in their hands swallow and exhale flames capable of burning through the heavens.

Above the formation, blood Qi converges into a ferocious flaming dragon that spans the sky.

As the dragon's eyes open and close, stars are shattered!

On the other side, the glacier is pitch‑black.

Similarly countless demon gods, clad in armor forged from ancient dark ice.

Even the breath‑released chill freezes the surrounding space‑time.

In front of their formation, endless killing aura becomes a towering white‑browed, fierce tiger.

Under the tiger's claws, space‑time shatters!

"This damn… is this really a battle I can take part in?!"

The war drums have not sounded, yet the aura of steel‑clad cavalry and Corpse Mountain Blood Sea has already turned into tangible pressure!

His soul is on the verge of being unable to bear it!

This is…

To have him command such a cataclysmic war, with the galaxy as a board and gods and demons as pieces?

What a joke!

He truly doesn't deserve it!

Just as Su Ming's mind was violently shaken, the figure on the opposite throne abruptly waved a hand!

Then, the pitch‑black glacier below moved!

Boom—!!!

The war drum that shatters stars sounds!

Within the pitch‑black formation, the airtight steel defense line made of countless soldiers suddenly split, creating a narrow gap.

Immediately after, a vanguard commander on horseback wielding twin hammers rode a nightmare warhorse engulfed in black flames, and rashly charged out from behind the defense line!

However, he did not charge straight ahead!

The nightmare warhorse galloped over the void, first sprinting forward two squares, then abruptly making a right‑angle turn to shift sideways one square!

This damn…

"Sun"-shaped movement!

Rumble!

As he settled.

Behind him, several formations of nightmare iron cavalry perfectly replicated his path.

They turned into black lightning bolts, completing the battle's first formation shift in an instant!

"Ah?!"

Su Ming was stunned.

No!

This opening move…

The deployment position and trajectory…

Why does it look…

He stared intently at the opposing nightmare iron cavalry that had completed the formation change.

An absurd thought surged up.

"This damn… is a horse jump?!"

Su Ming went completely numb.

He fixed his gaze and re‑examined the battlefield layout.

On their side, the crimson side, the command tent is centered!

Sss… the more he looks, the more it resembles…

On both flanks are advisors and elephants as massive as mountains.

Add the murderous nightmare iron cavalry, and at the far edge, the unparalleled spear‑wielding General God!

And at the frontmost, a wall of soldiers formed by countless troops!

This… where the hell is this any kind of god‑demon battlefield!

Clearly this is a board blown up to the extreme, played with real god‑demon legions…

Dragon Nation Chess!

"Just… no sense of martial virtue..."

"We always move the red side first!"

"You damn black side opened first?!"

Su Ming looked up, gazing at the figure in the opposite shadow.

His expression shifted from shock, to astonishment, then to utter weirdness.

He can play Chinese chess.

A little.

When I was a child I learned a few moves from the park old man, then was slain, stripped of armor, and cried home.

Growing up feeling disgruntled, I thought I could do it, and downloaded a Chinese chess app on my phone.

Then the medium‑difficulty AI hammered me, making me doubt life.

Let him play this game?

Or second move?!

Isn't that just resigning outright?!

Wait…

Su Ming suddenly thought of something, his breath halted.

He trembled, reaching into his trouser pocket.

"You don't speak martial virtue, you don't speak Rule Measure, then don't blame me!"

He suddenly pulled out his phone!

The screen lit up, battery under half.

Here, there is also no signal.

But…

No need!

Su Ming swiped the screen and found the Chinese chess app he had long sealed away!

Tap open!

A beautiful Chu River and Han Boundary interface popped up, with melodious BGM.

【Online Match】

【Human‑AI Battle】

【Endgame Challenge】

…

Su Ming didn't hesitate, clicked into 【Human‑AI Battle】!

The difficulty selection screen appeared.

【Beginner】

【Normal】

【Medium】

【Hard】

【Expert】

【Master】

【Nightmare】

【Challenge the Impossible】

Su Ming stared fixedly at the last option.

Before, he didn't even have the courage to click it.

But now…

Fuck it!

Unknown quality, not strong against the strong!

【Difficulty: Challenge the Impossible】!

【Please choose: Red side first move / Black side second move】!

Su Ming chose the Red side, then fully replicated the earlier Mysterious Black Legion's moves—

Horse eight advances to seven!

On the phone screen, the AI‑controlled Black side, with almost no thought, instantly gave a response!

Cannon two moves to five!

Opening cannon!

Found it!

Su Ming's eyes burned with frenzy!

He lowered his head, looked at his own towering Crimson Legion, and took a deep breath.

Then, he swung his hand fiercely!

"Cannon two moves to five!"

Boom—!!!

Below, within the Crimson formation, the corresponding massive cannon platform made of countless war puppets instantly obeyed the command!

The platform emitted a deafening mechanical roar, shifting a distance equal to five continental plates.

The black‑gaping muzzle aimed at the center lane, a terrifying energy capable of erasing everything began to converge wildly!

Alright, alright, alright!

Su Ming watched the scene, his mouth curling wildly.

Myriad‑age chess game?

Divine and demon duel?

Sorry.

Now, the one moving the pieces is from the 21st century…

Artificial Intelligence!