The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

He was in a trance for a long while before he came to his senses and stared at the furious dragon in front of him, confused.

"What did you say?" he asked dazedly.

"What were you thinking just now?" The huge dragon's body couldn't help but tremble slightly in anger and shock.

Li Yin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what was going on. Immediately, he smiled.

This time, he did not hide or conceal anything. He spoke in an extremely frenzied and unrestrained manner, and in one breath, every word he spoke was powerful and resounding as he revealed his secret psychological activities to the giant dragon in front of him:

"Fuck, I really use it, I can beat you with my asshole, stupid dragon."

At the end, he added: "You are such a lousy chess player!"

"Impossible!" The dragon's breath once again sprayed towards Li Yin like a violent storm, "I don't believe it!"

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" It roared madly and kept shaking its body. It subconsciously increased the strength of its claws, squeezing Li Yin's whole body again, causing a crackling sound.

"Hahahaha..." Amid the explosion of bones breaking, Li Yin couldn't stop laughing at the huge jaw that was shining coldly and whistling in the wind.

After laughing for a while, he suddenly realized:

"Wait, you stupid dragon, you just said that you forgot to eat and sleep and studied for so many days, you are not studying this broken chess game, right?"

"Don't call me a stupid dragon!" The dragon screamed for a while, lifted Li Yin up, stared at him, and said angrily.

"Why do you think you can beat me? I don't believe it!"

Before Li Yin could speak, a series of secret mental activities in his heart had already been transmitted to its heart along with a contemptuous look.

Although this dragon used a real model instead of a simple chess piece with a symbol, the magician, the knight, the thief with a dagger in light clothing, and the priest with a scepter near the bottom line of the chessboard were all too familiar. The identities represented by the model chess pieces and the shape of the chessboard under their feet were exactly the same as the military chess he played in Lahea.

And if he was not mistaken—

A mental image of a chess game on the ground came clearly into the dragon's mind.

The endgame in front of us is the first of many endgames included in the famous chess book "Thousand Machine Compilation", "Secret Sword Killing Technique".

He could even easily tell that the situation before him had already reached the fourth move of the Secret Sword Killing Technique.

Once this game is completed, it will be a game of certain death. For thousands of years, many chess masters in the world have pondered over it, but no one has been able to crack it yet...

And this sapphire dragon in front of me actually claimed that it was about to "make a breakthrough" and "find the secret to victory". I don't know what stupid trick it came up with... It's still here, smug and self-satisfied, treating it like a treasure. Being interrupted is like digging up its ancestral grave. It's really laughable...

"Stop!" The Sapphire Dragon grunted, swung a huge claw, suppressed its anger, and lightly clawed Li Yin's head, interrupting his thinking. It really couldn't stand the ridicule of this human insect.

"I don't believe it!" After the human insect's circling eyes returned to normal a little, it said again in an excited tone.

"The so-called 'inevitable death' is nothing but a random conclusion made by you human bugs because of your narrow minds and arrogant hearts."

"In front of the great minds of our dragon race, there is no deadlock that cannot be broken!"

When it comes to arrogance... humans are nothing compared to dragons - another mental activity was heard, the Sapphire Dragon glared, waved its claws and clawed at Li Yin's head again.

After he regained some clarity of mind, he said in a rough voice:

"Humble insect, when the great dragon race speaks, you should listen attentively instead of letting your mind wander. I must remind you that I can hear clearly any dirty thoughts in your mind."

"Anyway," it coughed, and the huge tremor shook Li Yin's head, "humble insect, the great dragon decided to give you another chance."

"You," its blue vertical pupils stared at Li Yin in its palm, very seriously, "you stupid human bug, come and play a game of chess with the great dragon."

"Fuck you, you chess madman." When the giant dragon spoke seriously, he unconsciously increased the strength of his hands, pinching Li Yin so hard that it hurt. Li Yin cursed instinctively when he felt the pain, and opened his mouth to spit blood at its head.

The dragon stretched out its other claw very experiencedly, blocking its face and blocking the stream of blood. Then it naturally stretched out its claws and wiped the blood in its palm all over Li Yin's head and face like it was holding a rag.

Amid Li Yin's unclear murmurs, it continued:

"You cowardly little bug, if you really want to live on, listen to me—"

It immediately sensed that the human insect struggling in its palm had stopped struggling and became very quiet.

It moved its claws away, and was satisfied to see that the human bug was staring at it in shock, with extremely shocked attention, ready to listen attentively.

"What did you say?" He asked in surprise, his pupils slightly dilated.

"Listen carefully," the dragon said slowly, "you lowly human bug."

"Since you think your chess skills are better than the great dragon, the broad-minded dragon will not offend you and give you a chance to verify your ridiculous strength."

"Let's play a game of chess. If you can make full use of your pitiful brain power and defeat the great dragon by chance - although this situation is almost impossible, the great dragon may not mind showing mercy and sparing your life."

Li Yin was stunned. He sorted out his thoughts and quickly sorted out the crucial information from the dragon's long-winded words:

"You mean, if I can beat you, I can live?"

"That's right," the dragon nodded. "How about we start?"

"No," Li Yin shook his head, "There is one more condition."

The dragon's eye muscles twitched, and its voice was deep and manic: "You despicable little bug, don't be greedy."

"Don't worry," Li Yin said calmly, "It's not a difficult condition to accept. I just added a supplementary clause just in case."

"Not only my life," he turned his head and looked behind him with difficulty, "If I win, you must not harm my companions."

"Okay." The dragon agreed readily.

After saying that, it put Li Yin on the ground, then kicked its feet slightly, flapped its huge wings, made a strong and powerful sound of flapping its wings, and rose up under a strong air pressure, flew high into the sky, and flew far away.

"What are you going to do?" Li Yin lay on his back on the ground, trying to stand up, but his broken bones wouldn't allow him to do so. He could only open his eyes wide, staring at the giant dragon that was gradually going away, and shouted loudly.

"Go find your dark elf mother bug."

"If you hadn't reminded me, the great dragon would have almost forgotten it." A pleased response came from the dragon in the distant sky.

Li Yin's eyes widened as a mouthful of blood rushed to his chest and gushed out of his throat.

The dragon's words sounded like deliberate sarcasm, but when Li Yin thought about it a little, he knew that this might be true.

Given how obsessed that guy was with his "chess game", when he was challenged just now, he might have briefly forgotten about Du Feiya.

It was its own prudent additional clause that reminded it of the presence of another "deserter".

Chapter 177: The Secret of the Chrysanthemum (Part 2)

From the distant sky came the deep, grand, and extremely brisk mental fluctuations of a giant dragon. Li Yin distinguished that it was the laughter of its soul.

He felt a little regretful.

If I had not mentioned that additional clause just now and had started playing chess with the dragon directly, due to the high concentration during the game, it might not have remembered Du Feiya's existence until the end of the game, and by then Du Feiya would have already run away.

However, now that things have come to this, there is no point in regretting.

Besides, he was very confident of winning this game.

The reason why I said “very big” instead of “absolutely” is because he didn’t memorize the entire chess record of this endgame.

In the final analysis, he was not a chess enthusiast. He just played a game or two with classmates and friends to kill time when he was bored. He had never been very interested in this game that had no "real output" and consumed a lot of brain power. In contrast, if he had enough time and energy, he would rather invest his limited brain power into the infinite arcane research.

The reason why he could remember this chess record was not because he had "slept day and night" and "studied hard" like the dragon, but because as the first chapter of a well-known chess record, "Secret Sword Killing Method" was widely circulated among military chess enthusiasts and was well-known. It could be regarded as a compulsory course for every military chess enthusiast in the world. Any real chess player could understand its layout method.

As for Li Yin, although he was not a real chess player and had never even read the original version of the chess book "Thousand Machine Compilation", he had many friends who loved military chess. They often used this trick when they first started playing chess with him for fun, and he had an extraordinary memory, so after suffering a loss once or twice, he had a deep impression.

But this impression was not complete. Therefore, if possible, Li Yin would rather Du Feiya had a more reliable way to escape, rather than pinning his hopes of survival on this half-baked military chess novice.

From afar came the roar of a giant dragon, accompanied by Du Feiya's delicate scream.

In a flash, the dragon had returned, flapping its wings and landing, placing Dufia on the ground.

"Li Yin!" Du Feiya climbed up from the ground tremblingly, caught a glimpse of Li Yin lying on his back on the ground in the distance, exclaimed, and trotted over.

The giant dragon did not try to stop him, but just tilted its head slightly and stared at Li Yin with great interest:

"When does it start, human bug?"

Du Feiya had just run to Li Yin's side and saw that he had his eyes open. Although his body was covered in blood and flesh, his chest was rising and falling, and he was obviously still breathing. She felt a little relieved, but then she heard the dragon's words and turned back in surprise, "Start? What start?"

"Ahem," Li Yin's cough attracted her attention, "This is the agreement between it and me. I will play a game of chess with this lousy chess dragon. If I win, we can survive."

"You don't have to say that." The dragon's eyes sparkled, but his voice was calm. "'Bad chess player', you should know that all your mental activities are exposed in the eyes of the great dragon."

"You are trying to irritate me and make me lose my mind by taunting me, so as to increase your chances of winning on the chessboard later."

"That's a nice trick, clever little bug. But if your trick has been discovered by the enemy, what's the point of using it again? It will only make the enemy laugh." The dragon sneered.

Li Yin did not respond. He just calmed himself down and said:

"There is one more thing that I forgot to mention just now, but before we officially start the game, I hope this request can be met."

The dragon's pupils shrank slightly, "Your requests are truly endless... Can you please finish them in one go? You troublesome and greedy little bug."

"I promise this is the last one." Li Yin coughed again, and Du Feiya hurriedly took out a towel and wiped the new blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Speak." The dragon spat out a word coldly, obviously a little impatient.

"I wish you would stop snooping into our minds before the game begins. You know—"

"The great dragon did not peek--!" The Sapphire Dragon opened its mouth wide and roared, apparently a little angry.

"Okay, okay - cough cough," its huge roar shook the surroundings, and even Li Yin's chest felt the obvious vibration, so he coughed repeatedly, "Then, please allow me to change to a, cough cough, more appropriate way of saying it."

"Could you please temporarily close your mind's vision, Your Excellency the Great Dragon, and stop 'seeing' our mental activities?"

"Oh?" The dragon narrowed his eyes and immediately became alert.

"You cunning little bug, are you planning something behind my back?"

"No, absolutely not!" Li Yin immediately promised in a firm tone, "You can find out this through telepathy."

"Isn't this just - don't you think - the minimum respect for your opponent?"

"If you know exactly what my next move should be, do you think we still need to play this game?"

"Even if you win this game in the end, if someone else, Long, asks you about the details of this game in the future, would you be willing to describe it to them truthfully?"

"They will definitely think that Your Excellency the Great Dragon... did not win by relying on your actual chess skills, but on the intelligence advantage of your psychic powers."

"Even... your enemies might even slander you secretly, saying that you had already assumed that you were inferior to your opponent before the game started, so you resorted to such unfair means to win—"

"Stop!" The giant dragon roared, interrupting Li Yin's chattering.

"Are you kidding me?" It said passionately, as if it had suffered some injustice. Its blue eyes widened and its crystal clear jaws opened and closed at an unprecedented speed. "How could a great dragon be afraid of a tiny human bug?"

"Okay, in that case, then it's as you wish." The dragon's tone paused slightly. At the same time, Li Yin felt that its entire dragon's momentum froze for a moment. "I promise you, I will not use mind detection during the game."

"Your magnanimity is truly admirable." Li Yin said politely with a smile.

"But what should we do--" At the side, Du Feiya's lavender eyes dimmed slightly, as if she was thinking about something.

Li Yin stopped her in time.

It’s okay, he told her telepathically, I have a way.

After saying this, he began to repeat it over and over in his mind:

Stupid dragon, stupid dragon, stupid dragon... stinky chess bag, stinky chess bag, stinky chess bag...

After repeating this several times, he looked up and saw the giant crystal dragon opposite him, still with its mouth slightly open, staring at them motionlessly, with wisdom flashing in its two huge eyes.

Okay, he said to Du Feiya in his heart, it seems that it has indeed turned off the mind detection.

The dragon suddenly opened its mouth and made a rumbling sound.

Li Yin was dumbfounded. Because suddenly, he found that he could not understand what the dragon was saying. This guy was too honest, or maybe he wanted to avoid suspicion, so he not only turned off the mind detection, but also stopped using telepathy to communicate with Li Yin.

In the past, although Li Yin did not understand dragon language, every time it spoke, it had a spiritual consciousness as an annotation, and the information obtained through spiritual consciousness was even more efficient and richer than parsing language. But now that he lost his telepathy, all the dragon's words became a series of unclear roars to Li Yin.

Fortunately, there was a dark elf who understood dragon language beside him. Du Feiya didn't think there was anything unusual at first, but after seeing the dragon speak, the man and the dragon didn't react at all. They just stared at each other with eyes wide open and mouths slightly open, standing there in a trance, and finally reacted.

"It said, can we start now?" Du Feiya turned around and translated to Li Yin.

"Yes," Li Yin frowned and responded while enduring the severe pain all over his body.

Du Feiya converted Li Yin's words into dragon language and responded to the dragon again.

Then the dragon let out another roar that seemed almost the same to Li Yin.

He thought that there was no need for translation this time, as it should be the beginning, and he concentrated his attention, waiting for the dragon's next arrangement.

But Du Feiya suddenly said to him in the dark elf language, "Wait a minute."

He turned his head with some surprise and looked at her.

"It said 'wait a minute'," Du Feiya explained carefully to avoid Li Yin misunderstanding.

"It said, you just put forward a lot of conditions."