Chapter 606 Passing five levels and killing six generals
Lu Ping announced the result of the match, but did not immediately turn his attention back to the chess game.

His gaze fell on Bai Choufei through the magic, and then he looked deeply at the devastated forest in front of him. A strange hint flashed in his eyes.

He was very sure that Bai Choufei’s last attack was not just an ordinary Shocking Soul Finger, because it contained the divine power of the Thousand Jin Finger.

Lu Ping noticed this more than half a year ago when Bai Choufei first showed up at Leigushan Mountain, but he never had the chance to investigate further, so he simply gave up.

Looking back now, he finally confirmed what he had thought, because Bai Choufei had already practiced the “Thousand Jin Finger” skill quite well.

What’s even more interesting is that he did not blindly pursue power and forget his roots. Instead, he took the essence of the ‘Thousand Jin Finger’ and integrated it into his own ‘Shocking Finger’.

This made Lu Ping very pleased.

After all, there is no shortage of people willing to learn martial arts in the world, but there are very few people who can combine two different martial arts and reach new heights.

Zhu Shunshui became the first chess warrior in this game to be transferred out of the secret realm due to fatal injuries.

But this doesn’t mean he is weak.

After all, anyone who had seen Bai Choufei’s ‘Breaking Evil’ and ‘Natural Enemy’ moves just now would know how dangerous it was to face these two moves head-on.

However, from today on, Zhu Shunshui’s reputation in the world will definitely be greatly reduced.

On the Hunyuan stage, after watching Bai Choufei’s battle with Zhu Shunshui, the audience’s faces showed a sense of being unsatisfied, but before everyone could start a discussion, several more rounds of battles followed.

The Southern Song camp sent out two horses at the same time, taking advantage of the open ground created by Zhu Shunshui, and launched a set of “linked horse” offensive.

The two red horses supported each other from the front and back, and each step was linked to the next, and they quickly penetrated deep into the enemy’s territory.

At this time, the difference in chess skills between the two players became apparent.

Although the rules of this game were different from the previous ones, the unknown chess player standing next to the Southern Song Emperor still disrupted the black chess layout through clever means.

In less than twenty moves, the red chess piece captured three cities in a row.

First, he eliminated Bai Choufei, who was running out of energy, and then he turned around and eliminated the last black pawn, and even got rid of an elephant.

The defeated ‘black pawn’ and ‘black elephant’ are also not ordinary characters.

The former was the former military advisor of Liufenbantang, ‘Low-Headed Dragon’ Di Feijing.

When Lei Sun was still around, Di Feijing became the second-in-command of Liufenbantang through his wisdom, but that doesn’t mean his martial arts skills are weak.

On the contrary, Di Feijing is very likely to be the number one person in the Liufenbantang after Lei Sun.

Di Feijing’s martial arts, ‘The Great Abandoned Child Capturing Hand’, is the most advanced fist and kicking skill in the martial arts world. Anyone who is touched by it will be immediately unable to move, like a fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of others.

The latter is the 4th captain of the Divine Marquis Mansion, the ‘cold-blooded’ Leng Lingqi.

The Four Famous Detectives each have their own strengths. Wuqing’s hidden weapon skills are unmatched, Iron Hand’s fists are indestructible, Zhui Ming’s leg skills are top-notch, and Leng Xue… has the best swordsmanship!
The cold-blooded sword technique was the ‘Seventy-Seven Forty-Nine Moves of Quick Sword’ that he created. His sword technique was as fast as thunder and lightning, and there were only a handful of people in the martial arts world who could match him.

Unfortunately, there is always someone stronger than you, and there is always a mountain higher than the other.

Di Feijing and Leng Xue are indeed very strong, but their opponents are stronger than them!

There are two chess warriors who serve as the ‘red horses’. One is Xiao Feng, the former leader of the Northern Beggars’ Sect, and the other is Jiumozhi, a foreign monk from the Western Regions.

Xiao Feng is extremely brave and never retreats in battle. He is also good at using force to defeat cleverness and using force to defeat skill.

Under his fierce attack, Di Feijing’s grappling technique could not gain any advantage and he was defeated in less than fifty moves.

Jiumozhi is not only proficient in Shaolin magic skills, but has also learned the Dali Duan family’s “Six Meridians Divine Sword”. The sword energy is only three inches above his palm. Even if you look at the entire arena, his strength is ranked first.

Amid the shocked gazes of the martial arts world, Jiumozhi first used strength against strength to break Bai Choufei’s “Shocking Finger”, then used speed to counter speed and finally broke Lengxue’s “Quick Sword”.

After two fierce battles, he was almost unscathed. His strength was so high that all the spectators were stunned.

…In the audience, all the martial artists were surprised at the brilliant counterattack of the Southern Song camp, and they were all secretly amazed.

“Red has won three games in a row. The low morale caused by Zhu Shunshui’s defeat just now has now completely disappeared.”

“I have to say, this move is quite skillful.”

This skill not only refers to the level of chess playing, but also to the timing of the red chess player’s “use of the general” and his choice of opponent.

From the beginning of the game to now, the red side has repeatedly used the “Tian Ji Horse Racing” strategy to successfully eliminate those inconspicuous “small pieces” among the black pieces, greatly reducing the opponent’s core strength.

Although a vehicle and a cannon were lost in the process, the benefits brought by the two horses were even more significant afterwards.

“I heard that Xiao Feng reached an agreement with the Southern Song Emperor. If he wins by chance, he will make sure that the descendants of other races like him will no longer be oppressed by others. For this, of course, he will fight with all his might.”

“Xiao Feng… Although he has a bad background, he has always been loyal to his emperor and patriotic, and he is a chivalrous and courageous man. He is indeed a great man. Everyone who knows his name respects him.”

“I think he would have come forward even without this agreement.”

“But that Western Regions foreign monk Jiumozhi has never been well-known. The only time he showed up in recent years was when he was beaten and fled by Lu Xianren in Yanziwu. I didn’t expect that his strength is so strong…”

“Whether one is strong or not depends mainly on who he is compared with. He was defeated by Lu Xianren in the beginning, so it’s not shameful!”

After talking about the two people from the Southern Song camp, everyone turned the topic to the chess warriors from the Northern Song camp.

“Di Feijing and Lengxue are rare masters in the martial arts world. I never thought that they could only be the most inconspicuous pawns and elephants on the chessboard…”

“So it seems that the overall strength of the black chess is indeed stronger, right?”

“I heard that they originally invited the leaders of the four great martial arts families, but unfortunately those four were injured in the turmoil some time ago and had to announce their withdrawal from the competition.”

“Are you talking about the four pillars of Fengyun Escort Agency? Indeed, if those four were here today, I wonder if Tang Zhan, Di Feijing, Liu Suifeng and others would still have a chance to play?”

“…”

The noise was carried by the wind and gradually reached Lu Ping’s ears.

Lu Ping’s eyes flickered, and he murmured in a low voice: “It seems that everyone is still more optimistic about the black chess piece…”

“Though I do too.”

Although the red chess piece has temporarily gained the upper hand, the real masters of the Northern Song camp, such as Yuan Shisanxian, Zhuge Zhengwo and other old guys, as well as the ambitious Su Mengzhen and Li Chenzhou, have not made any move so far!
As long as these people are still there, it will be impossible for the red chess player to take advantage of the current favorable situation and win the victory in one fell swoop.

While thinking, the red chess player crossed the battlefield one after another and came to the black chess bottom line.

“Hmm… I see. I understand.”

After closely observing the Red Chess’s movements for a long time, Lu Ping finally realized: “The Red Chess is planning to capture the king first!”

“They obviously know that they don’t have enough high-end combat power. If they fight in a ‘soldier vs. soldier, general vs. general’ manner, they will have little chance of winning in the end, so they want to directly take down the ‘black general’.”

“And in order to do this, they need to clear the battlefield in front of them, let their other chess pieces get as close to the black general as possible, and finally rely on a round-robin battle to frantically bombard the black general.”

After figuring out the red chess’s strategic plan, Lu Ping took a step back and began to think about the black chess’s strategy.

The tactics of the black chess pieces are obviously different from those of the red chess pieces. They have more high-end combat power, so they adopt a “push-forward strategy”. However, due to their weaker chess strength, they make many mistakes.

Just when Lu Ping figured out the trick, the situation on the field changed again.

Under the cover of chariots, horses and cannons, the two red soldiers quietly came to the vicinity of the black chess piece’s nine squares, like two sharp swords hanging over their heads, ready to chop down at any time.

Realizing Red’s intention, Black immediately went on the defensive.

The two sides faced off near Jiugong and were temporarily deadlocked.

(End of this chapter)