"What's the hurry?"
Golden Armor King was clad in golden armor. Even without saying a word, merely sitting there, he exuded an imposing aura that inspired awe without anger.
His gaze fell on the table before him. "Take a look at this game. How should it be resolved?"
Kun Ling felt helpless, but he understood his uncle-in-law's temperament. Thus, he said nothing more, steadied himself, and sat down opposite Golden Armor King to carefully study the game on the table.
This game was called Law Fighting Chess. Its rules were simple enough: every chess piece on the board could contain the power of a single law.
Each player held forty-nine pieces and took turns placing them on the board. Whoever devoured all of the other party's pieces first would win.
Kun Ling stared at the board for a while. More than thirty pieces had already been placed upon it, each containing the power of a different law. They formed two opposing forces that endlessly tangled and slaughtered each other across the board.
These law powers mixed together, making the already strange and unpredictable game even more intricate and tangled.
As Kun Ling watched, he gradually became engrossed. By the time he came back to himself and withdrew his Demonic Thought from the board, Golden Armor King had long since vanished.
Kun Ling seemed to understand something. His uncle-in-law had wanted to use Law Fighting Chess to tell him that Xu Chunniang had so easily broken his Seven Laws Lantern because the seven law powers she had condensed happened to perfectly restrain the seven law powers within the Seven Laws Lantern.
Kun Ling remained silent for a long while. In truth, he had already vaguely guessed the answer, but he had been unwilling to acknowledge it.
For accepting that fact meant