Chapter 196: Black and White Pieces
After Li Xiang killed the Black Piece, more Black Piece Ghouls charged forward along the lines on the chessboard.
Li Xiang also discovered this.
To move, one must only do so along the lines on the chessboard; displacement skills cannot be used here.
If it were a normal player, encountering this situation would basically mean GG.
Being unable to displace means that once surrounded, the only path is to be surrounded until death.
At this stage, which player could be as abnormal as Li Xiang, calmly dealing with, or even fighting back against, dozens of Monsters nearly ten levels higher than himself?
On the chessboard, a large number of Black Pieces moved around Li Xiang.
Thanks to the position characteristics of the chessboard, only eight Black Pieces attacked Li Xiang simultaneously.
The attacks from all eight Black Pieces landed.
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-0
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Large patches of 0 damage values appeared on Li Xiang, and along with the large appearance of 0 damage, Counterattack also appeared in large amounts.
A single Counterattack dealt 110,000 damage, which was higher than Li Xiang's active attack damage. Li Xiang didn't need to attack actively at all; he could just Counterattack them to death.
These Black Pieces had a very high attack frequency, basically attacking three to four times per second. The result of such a high attack frequency was that they died very quickly.
The trigger probability of Counterattack was as high as 50%.
A Black Piece could withstand at most two Counterattacks before dying.
Therefore, two seconds later, not a single one of the eight Black Pieces around Li Xiang remained; they had all turned into system prompts and experience points.
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'Black Piece' across levels, gaining 734930 experience."
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'Black Piece' across levels, gaining 734930 experience."
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'Black Piece' across levels, gaining 734930 experience."
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The Black Pieces behind moved up to take their place.
Li Xiang watched happily, simply sitting down on the ground, waiting for the Black Pieces to attack.
Two more seconds later, another round of Black Pieces died, and the ones behind followed up again.
The number of Black Pieces on the field was constantly decreasing.
The Second Lord Ghoul in the distance kept raising its hand, dropping chess pieces, and creating Black Piece Monsters.
The more Li Xiang watched it, the more cheerful he felt.
Where else could he find such a good thing as gaining experience points without moving...
More than ten minutes later, a system prompt popped up.
【Ding! god-level ability "Blessing of the God of Combat" condition met: Attacking "Black Piece" triggers instant kill!】
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'Black Piece' across levels, gaining 734930 experience."
The instant kill effect appeared!!!
Any damage could instantly take down a Black Piece.
Li Xiang didn't sit anymore.
Sitting and waiting for Counterattack to trigger was too slow.
Now he had instant kill.
A normal attack directly covered the eight Black Pieces around him, instantly killing them all!!!
He swung his sword!!!
All eight Black Pieces turned into black mist and dissipated.
Eight system kill prompts appeared.
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'Black Piece' across levels, gaining 734930 experience."
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'Black Piece' across levels, gaining 734930 experience."
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'Black Piece' across levels, gaining 734930 experience."
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Each Black Piece contributed over 700,000 experience points.
In less than half an hour, Li Xiang had killed 232 Black Pieces, and his experience bar was almost full. At this rate, he could level up by killing eighty more Black Pieces!!!
Li Xiang excitedly brandished his divine artifact, but...
There were no more Black Pieces!
Li Xiang's gaze turned towards the Second Lord Ghoul in the distance.
It still maintained the posture of playing chess, but there were no more pieces in its fingers.
"Hey... no more pieces, go get some more."
As soon as Li Xiang finished speaking, Chen Sisi, who had been watching the battle from the sky, let out a chuckle.
This guy...
He was actually getting smug...
If this Second Lord hadn't died, with its ability to control the chessboard, the Monsters it summoned would all be high-level Monsters, and very few people would be able to withstand them.
After continuing a few more chess-playing movements, the Second Lord Ghoul stopped and then waved its hand.
The chessboard dispersed.
The courtyard returned to normal.
Li Xiang looked at the Ghoul BOSS with lingering interest, "No more summoning minions? Then I'll use You to fill my experience bar!"
Charge!!!
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As a Level 58 Diamond-grade BOSS.
The Second Lord Ghoul's defense was quite good.
Charge hit, but stun was ineffective against it. Li Xiang unleashed all his subsequent skills.
Magic Laser!
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Falling Boulder!
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A large number of skills were unleashed, directly taking away over 500,000 of the BOSS's health.
The BOSS wasn't a pushover either. After being hit by Li Xiang's combo, it held a black and a white chess piece in each hand and pressed them towards Li Xiang.
When both pieces touched Li Xiang's body, they exploded directly.
-100000
Seeing this high damage, Li Xiang's eyelid twitched, and he immediately activated Magic War Shield.
A shield of over two million appeared, protecting Li Xiang's safety.
For the remaining time, Li Xiang began to trade blows with the BOSS.
Although the BOSS could deal 100,000 damage by pressing two pieces onto Li Xiang.
Li Xiang's attack frequency was not to be underestimated either.
The 100% lifesteal granted by the Blood god's ability made Li Xiang completely unafraid of any head-on fight!!!
The lost health was instantly restored...
-23866
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Dense damage values continuously appeared on the BOSS.
The BOSS's health bar dropped at a rapid speed.
Just as the BOSS's health dropped below 10%, less than 500,000, the ground of the courtyard once again revealed a chessboard.
This time, Li Xiang was enveloped in black.
Across from him, the Second Lord Ghoul's hand appeared with a white chess piece.
It dropped.
A white phantom appeared.
However, this white phantom was very far from Li Xiang.
The moment the white phantom appeared, a magic ball shot towards Li Xiang.
【LV58. White Piece】
Quality: Elite
Health: 152020
Magic Attack: 5330~5435
Physical Defense: 2381
Magic Defense: 5663
Skill: Magic Orb
【Commentary: Formed from chess, the will endures.】
It was also a Level 58 Elite Monster, but this one was a pure magic-type Monster, attacking from a distance.
The Second Lord Ghoul continuously dropped chess pieces, and a large number of white phantoms appeared.
These white phantoms could appear anywhere on the chessboard, and they could all attack Li Xiang.
Suddenly, dozens of attacks landed on Li Xiang.
Li Xiang got excited!!!
With dozens of attacks, there were bound to be quite a few unlucky ones who triggered the Counterattack effect.
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"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'White Piece' across levels, gaining 734818 experience."
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'White Piece' across levels, gaining 734818 experience."
"Ding! You have killed an Elite Monster 'White Piece' across levels, gaining 734818 experience."
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Dense kill prompts continuously poured out, and experience points flooded in. Li Xiang's experience bar also reached the edge of being full.
Awesome!!!