Chapter 643: Chapter 367: The Tier Three Chess Player, Xia Pingzhou vs. Black Sun Demon

"Cloning Demon," he ordered.

A small paper figure then appeared on his shoulder, trembling as it leapt down.

This was Xia Pingzhou’s second contracted demon. It could replicate any of his chess pieces within eight seconds.

At this moment, the piece Xia Pingzhou wanted it to replicate was naturally the "King".

As the small paper figure landed, it instantaneously transformed into another foreign giant on the butterfly’s back, solemnly and majestically raising the scepter in its hand.

"Sacrifice the Knight, Bishop, two Soldiers, two Cannon Giants, King’s Flash." Xia Pingzhou continued to order.

The targets of his command were not singular, but rather the two Kings on the butterfly’s back. With a tearing howl in the air, a cold, isolated notification rang in his mind.

[Sacrifice the "Knight Giant", two "Soldier Giants", and the conditions for the King’s power release—sacrificing three pieces on the field—have been met.]

[Notice: The ultimate ability of the King’s Statue—"King’s Flash" has been unlocked.]

[Sacrifice the "Bishop Giant", two "Cannon Giants", and the conditions for the Clone King’s power release—sacrificing three pieces on the field—have been met.]

[Notice: The ultimate ability of the Clone King—"King’s Flash" has been unlocked.]

At that moment, the two Kings atop the paper butterfly simultaneously raised their scepters high, pointing the tips towards that black, smiling sun. A black and white sphere of light formed at the tip of the scepters.

The sphere expanded and contracted, seemingly condensing an entire chessboard world.

The Black Sun Demon seemed to sense something amiss and grinned deeply. Thousands of black tentacles stretched from the sun’s edges, descending from above, engulfing the flying paper butterfly.

From the ground, it looked as if a black spiderweb was falling, gradually enveloping the snow-white butterfly. At this point, Xia Pingzhou could no longer see the sun, nor could Ayase Origami, with only darkness in their view.

Yet the girl in the kimono showed no expression and couldn’t be bothered to take out the Endless Copybook to respond.

Because she had seen this scene before.

This brief second was silent, almost as if all sounds had ceased, then the black-and-white sphere of light, bouncing at the tops of the two scepters, suddenly shattered in the next moment.

It was as if an entire world shattered, then entirely transformed into beastly, frenzied beams of light erupting from a minuscule point.

Contraction, expansion, explosion, fusion! The two beams of black and white light merged into one, transforming into a colossal pillar like the Heaven-Reaching Tower, shooting straight skyward.

In an instant, like a jungle of shadowy tentacles, they were ripped apart entirely in one instant.

The Black Sun Demon’s smile twisted.

Suddenly, a Cambrian-like cold stream swept in from afar, the chill almost enshrouding the entire city—high-rise glass facades even became covered with a thin layer of frost.

This unforeseen change caused Xia Pingzhou on the butterfly’s back to pause slightly, then he raised an eyebrow and caught a sideways glance.

At that moment, a gigantic meteor conglomerated from ice blocks shot upward from the ground, brushing past the paper butterfly swaying in the sky.

Following closely, that meteor dragged a stormy cold stream, almost crashing straight onto the black sun! With a thunderous boom like ocean waves, nearly shattering the atmosphere, resounding through the entire world, the icy air and the shattered meteor spread together.

The face in the center of the sun showed a painful expression for the first time, cracks gradually appeared on the Black Sun Demon’s face, like a shattered mirror, and those tentacles stopped extending outward, instead of covering the ugly visage layer by layer.

"Should I thank the help from my sister-in-law..." Xia Pingzhou murmured silently.

He moved his gaze away from You Ruirui, extending his hand to pick up a demon chess piece.

It was a doll holding giant scissors, wearing a Gothic dress, with a black and red interlaced bow on its head. Buttons sewn into its eye sockets.

This chess piece was named "Scissorhand Demon", a frequent presence among demon clans around Tokyo.

Now, as the Scissorhand Demon was summoned, it lightly landed on the shoulder of the Queen Giant. The queen turned her head, reaching out to touch this doll.

Ayase Origami had great trust in Xia Pingzhou. He said no need for her to act, so she stood silently atop the butterfly’s back, motionless. The paper butterfly continued flying at full speed towards the black sun, this scene appearing like a moth to a flame, their scales incomparable.

Xia Pingzhou stared directly at the black sun.

"Bridge of Humans and Demons," he said silently.

[The "Bridge of Humans and Demons" has been activated, the merging parties are international chess species—"Queen Giant" and demon chess species—"Scissorhand Demon".]

[The new chess species "Scissor Princess" is about to be born.]

The cold system notification sounded in his ears, an illusory bridge rose into the air, simultaneously drawing in the figures of the Scissorhand Demon and Queen Giant.

When the Queen’s Statue opened her eyes again. She had turned into a gigantic cloth doll.

Buttons of red and black color were embedded in the eye sockets, and she donned a Gothic dress, a graceful Gothic top hat adorning her head, holding a ten-meter-long pair of scissors in her hand.

[The "Doll Princess" possesses the ability: "Divide into Two".]

"Divide into Two." Xia Pingzhou ordered.

The Doll Princess’s expression sharpened as she leapt off the paper disc angrily.

Her body light as ash, the Gothic dress fluttering and billowing in the wind, both hands gripping the colossal scissors, charging straight towards the black sun.