The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

When he thought of this, Li Yin couldn't help but feel his butt tighten.

Even if he dies, he would choose a relatively less painful way to die!

Time kept passing as both sides pondered and chess pieces moved one by one.

The Sapphire Dragon took longer and longer to think, scratching its head and shaking its tail more and more frequently.

In contrast, Li Yin became more and more confident and calm. His eyes sparkled, and his voice was firm every time he announced the next move to Du Feiya.

Although he did not write down the complete chess record, the absolute advantage in the game that had already been decided, coupled with his excellent brain power after absorbing the mind flayer larvae and the inexhaustible energy of his ghoul physique, allowed him to steadily approach victory step by step.

Now, the initial uneasiness in his heart about being out of the game has disappeared, because his eyes, which contain profound wisdom, have penetrated the current situation and seen the final destination of this game, the destination of his victory.

At this moment, he is the map of victory that cannot be changed or violated!

……

About half an hour passed, seven steps later.

As the "Knight" came to the square near the "Dragon" and put the spear in his hand against the "Dragon's" belly, this endgame finally came to an end.

Although under the "localization" of the Sapphire Dragon, the "Dragon Lord" has an extremely burly figure, and in comparison, the knight on horseback seems to be riding a grasshopper, but according to the common rules of "Military Chess" and "War Chess" that both parties have previously verified, this scene undoubtedly declares Li Yin's victory.

"Still lost?" The dragon shook his head, his pupils trembling, his voice booming, obviously unable to accept it.

"It's not your fault," Li Yin said calmly, speaking before it shook its head and roared "I don't believe it, I don't believe it" and exhaled dragon breath, "This is not an equal game."

"This was originally a game that I was sure to win. I also memorized part of the map, which gave me a huge advantage. This defeat does not prove that there is anything wrong with your chess skills at all."

"No," the dragon still roared angrily, "I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

Li Yin's eyes twitched. It's coming. It's coming...

It swung its tail violently, and there was a loud bang on the ground, as if a large meteorite had fallen from the sky. A long and narrow pit was immediately smashed on the ground, with debris flying everywhere and smoke and dust filling the air.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" The giant dragon waved its claws and scratched the ground angrily. For a moment, sand and rocks flew continuously.

The gravel shot up into the air and then fell like rain. Although it was gravel, each piece was about half the size of Li Yin's head. If he was hit head-on, he would be seriously injured. Du Feiya dodged left and right on the ground. Li Yin, who was lying at the bottom of the pit, also rolled over and over.

"I don't believe it!" The dragon roared again, and then the sound of flapping wings came from the smoke. The wind surged, and its huge body whizzed up, rising above the smoke and dust, and reappeared in the air.

"I don't believe it!" It opened its mouth wide at Li Yin and Du Feiya.

"It's over——" Li Yin felt a chill in his heart and was about to jump up.

"I don't believe it!" But it roared again, and then its huge body, like a suspended crystal mine, suddenly rose straight up and rose towards the dome.

Li Yin and Du Feiya looked at its rising figure in shock. Just as its body was about to touch the thick underground rock layer, it suddenly turned and flew to the side.

Its figure flew farther and farther away, and just when it was about to disappear from Li Yin and Du Feiya's sight, it suddenly turned around, made a circle, and came back.

Li Yin was startled, thinking it was finally going to attack him. However, he saw that it was not flying straight towards him, but along an arc-shaped trajectory.

It took the chessboard as its center and flew around Miaoyuan. A loud and resounding voice, filled with overwhelming anger, continued to come from all directions of the underground world as it flew, deafening the ears and causing Li Yin and Du Feiya to tremble slightly...

He and Du Feiya looked at each other, and neither of them moved.

Their body's fear instinctively told them that they should seize this opportunity to escape. But Li Yin's reason told him that the dragon had lost its mind only because of anger, not because it had a low IQ. Their escape could not escape the dragon's eyes and ears. This behavior would only add fuel to the fire and further stimulate the dragon's anger.

And with the dazzling flying speed of the dragon they were observing at the moment, if the dragon decided to chase them, their taking these few steps ahead would be simply pathetic and ridiculous...

And now... since the dragon didn't drown them with its dragon breath at the first moment, maybe... they could have a little confidence in its broad-mindedness and integrity?

Li Yin moved slowly, and under Du Feiya's surprised gaze, he climbed up from the bottom of the huge pit calmly and fluently.

He explained his judgment to Du Feiya, who agreed with him, and the two of them sat there quietly, waiting for the dragon to calm down and return.

The giant dragon rolled up and down, roaring and snarling, and it did this for nearly half an hour.

Then, the roaring sound gradually subsided and finally disappeared completely. After a while, Li Yin and Du Feiya heard the sound of wings flapping in the air coming from far away.

The giant dragon circled and slowly descended from the sky above their heads. The smoke and pebbles on the ground spread out like water waves, with its landing point as the center.

Li Yin and Du Feiya covered their mouths and noses and coughed softly.

The dragon lowered its head, stared at the two of them in surprise, and spoke with a rumble:

"Why are you still here? Are you waiting to laugh at me?"

Its deep voice was filled with obvious anger. Although they were of different races and had very different physical characteristics, Li Yin could tell from its solemn eyes, stiff facial muscles, and even slightly dim crystal scales that it was in a bad mood.

"That's not my intention at all." Li Yin immediately replied respectfully.

"We remain here only to wait for you to fulfill your previous promise."

"There is no need for us to run away. Running away would be an insult to you. The great dragon race's trustworthiness is beyond doubt."

The dragon's huge, blue vertical pupils rolled around twice, and it looked at Li Yin carefully, as if it wanted to get to know him all over again.

"Clever little bug," it commented at last.

"Yes, the great dragon is very unhappy with you, a little human bug who plays chess with his asshole."

“But a promise is a promise.”

"You can go now, I won't hurt you." It waved its paw, looking bored.

"We will always remember your kindness and tolerance." Li Yin placed his hand on his chest and bowed slightly in greeting.

Then he turned around and pulled Du Feiya with him, walking out of the chessboard together.

However, they had only taken two steps when the rumbling voice of the dragon came again from behind them.

"Wait!" the dragon roared.

Li Yin immediately trembled all over, and at the same time, he also felt that Du Feiya's hand, which was in his hand, trembled violently. The two looked at each other, and saw a strong sense of uneasiness in each other's eyes.

After a moment's hesitation, they turned around and slowly raised their heads.

But they saw the giant dragon staring at them in surprise, especially Li Yin.

"Human bug..." Its pupils focused on Li Yin for a moment, and the pupils dilated slightly, "You can actually... walk?"

Then, its huge vertical pupils turned, and its sharp dragon eyes immediately noticed another abnormality. Its two large blue eyes widened in an instant:

"Y-You have two hands?!"

Chapter 181 Where is the Road?

Li Yin laughed and pulled out his left arm, which had been restored to its original shape, from the torn edge of his clothes.

There was no need to hide it. Now that the dispute between him and the dragon had been resolved, there was no need to be coy.

"I remember that time..." The dragon's pupils shrank and he fell into deep thought.

"...Do human bugs have such strong recovery abilities?" It scratched its head, "I remember..."

It stared with wide eyes at the human in front of it who was neither lame nor had lost a hand. Thinking back to his previous appearance, it felt that there seemed to be some error in its knowledge of biology.

"My physique is different from that of ordinary people," Li Yin admitted frankly.

Lie down at the bottom of the pit and you will recover quickly. Li Yin did not say it, but the sapphire dragon's telepathy allowed it to automatically intercept the second half of the sentence.

"Oh?" The dragon's eyes sparkled as he stared at Li Yin. "You are truly amazing, little bug."

It came to its senses and said, "No wonder you were so active even though you were seriously injured before. Is this related to your special physique?"

Li Yin nodded.

The sapphire dragon shook its head slightly, its eyes moving, and looked at Li Yin with interest.

The overly intense and focused gaze made Li Yin feel a little uncomfortable. Although the dragon had promised not to hurt them again, he instinctively had a bad feeling in his heart. Perhaps it was because he had been stared at by the dragon too many times before.

"So at that time?" The dragon stared at Li Yin for a while, and suddenly realized, "You fell into the bottom of the pit on purpose."

"And before that, you asked me to turn off the mind detection, and—"

"That's too far." Li Yin responded generously, "If I had this thought in mind when I asked you to turn off the mind detection, then you would have been able to detect my thoughts before turning off the mind detection."

"As for falling into the pit, I admit that it was intentional."

“But this should be understandable.”

"With your noble character, you would not bully a wounded man who is unconscious due to severe blood loss and severe pain on the chessboard, right? If this gets out, it will also be a loss to your reputation."

The dragon stared at Li Yin for a while, and its blazing gaze gradually faded, but the interest in its eyes was still strong.

"You're interesting, little bug." It grinned and spoke in a calm, pleasant voice.

"I think maybe we will meet again in the future if we are destined to do so."

“And I look forward to that day, and hopefully it won’t be too far away.”

"I'm flattered." Li Yin bowed slightly and smiled awkwardly.

He was really "shocked" when he thought that there might be a chance for him to meet this giant dragon as big as a mountain again.

"As for now," the dragon flapped its wings, raised its head and stretched its neck, its long neck stretching out an elegant curve in the air, "you have indeed won the victory for yourself. I will not hurt you anymore. Go and do what you want to do."

Amid the whistling of the violent air currents, it rose into the air, flew high into the sky again, and disappeared into the darkness in the distance.

Li Yin and Du Feiya looked at each other, then looked around at the statues of soldiers standing tall like living people, and then looked at the remaining traces of battle around them, as if in a dream.

After a while, they turned around, shoulder to shoulder, and walked out of the chessboard together.

"I think," Du Feiya was silent for a while, and then spoke in a low voice, "I made a mistake that is inherent to dark elves."

Li Yin looked at her suspiciously.

"Remember that time when I told you not to win the game?"

"We dark elves lack trust, so we suspect that other races are also untrustworthy."

"The facts have proven that although His Excellency the Dragon is somewhat arrogant and willful, he is indeed trustworthy and keeps his promises."

"Even though the anger of failure made it lose control." She recalled the scene where the dragon roared and flew into the air, circling the chessboard and constantly flying up and down, roaring like crazy, and her body trembled slightly, "It did not incline its anger to us and tear up the promise on the pretext..."

Two blushes suddenly appeared on both sides of her fair face, and her guilt was beyond words.

"In fact," Li Yin comforted her with a smile, "dishonesty is a common problem in every race. We humans also have this problem. It is not a chronic disease unique to dark elves."

"And I think this is not entirely a bad habit. It is a survival rule that organisms have evolved to ensure their own safety in dangerous environments."

"In a situation like that, I think there is nothing wrong with maintaining a moderate level of suspicion towards the enemy."

"Don't be too apologetic, and don't act like you've committed a crime."

"Really?" Du Feiya turned around and looked at Li Yin with wide eyes.

"Yeah," Li Yin nodded.

So Du Feiya's mouth corners twitched slightly, and a relieved smile slowly bloomed on her embarrassed face.

"Where are we going next?" she asked Li Yin.

"Find the real exit, and then you can go back." Li Yin replied, then walked forward.

……

Two days later.

At the edge of the underground cave, Li Yin and Du Feiya walked slowly along the rock wall. As the terrain continued to rise and fall, they climbed up and down in the cracks of the rocks, while keeping their eyes fixed on the side of the rock wall, carefully looking for a possible exit.

There was an unconcealable look of fatigue on Du Feiya's snow-white face. As for Li Yin, although he did not feel tired due to the special physique of a zombie, his face was obviously a little anxious and impatient.

Finding a way out—they underestimated how difficult this would be.

In Li Yin's expectation, the real exit for the dragon to enter and exit should be the same as the entrance when they entered the underground maze. It should be extremely large, very conspicuous and easy to find. However, they searched for two whole days and still found nothing.

The search on the side of the rock wall close to the scarlet spider's nest has almost been completed. If they continue like this and still find nothing, they will have to search the other side.

As for the other side, Li Yin was even less optimistic. Because they had come from this side, and those huge tunnels with similar shapes were also on this side. The exit should be on this side, unless this underground cave has multiple passages leading to the outside world.

Three days later...

The rock cave near the direction they came from had been thoroughly searched, but still nothing was found. Although they had no hope, Li Yin and Du Feiya had to move along the edge of the rock to the other side, trying to find a way out on the other side.

"Should we go back to the city or the chessboard and ask Lord Dragon for clarification?" On the fourth day, while climbing, Du Feiya leaned over a rock and asked Li Yin breathlessly.

"Wait a little longer," Li Yin frowned. He was unwilling to return to that place and face the dragon again until the last moment. After all, its huge body gave people too much pressure. In addition, in the previous conflict, the destructive power it showed was also frightening.

"But we should have asked them at that time," he thought. But it was hard to blame them. He recalled the scene. The dragon left without a second thought, and disappeared too quickly, without giving them a chance.

At this moment, the whistling sound of flapping wings suddenly came from the distant sky.

Li Yin raised his head and looked into the distance, a look of surprise and smile appeared on his fair face at the same time.