Within the Void, the two sat facing each other.
Unlike Bai Zhi's casual laziness, Shi Hei remained utterly expressionless. He had originally wanted to use that information to strike a blow at the other party, but he had not expected him to be far more shameless than he had imagined.
Compared to him, Shi Hei actually seemed somewhat like a gentleman...
"Let the game begin. It is time for this chess match, delayed for more than a dozen eras, to finally decide a victor."
Shi Hei raised a hand and expressionlessly swept it toward the altar before him.
With that motion, the pitch-black altar silently divided into three regions. Bai Zhi's side was white, Shi Hei's side was black, while the middle was a chaos of intertwined black and white.
"If you win this match, the point in time at which the End Human Emperor is born will be delayed indefinitely once more, until the next match begins. You will also have a chance to send those people out of the End Dream. But if you lose, with nothing left to stop it, the End Human Emperor will be born immediately."
"The game... what are the rules?"
Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly as he looked at the white region before him.
"And you are not really shameless enough to make me use three Cards against your several thousand Cards, are you?"
"Don't worry. I'm not as despicable as you."
Shi Hei gave a cold laugh, picked up his deck of Cards, and tossed the entire thing into the black-and-white chaos in the center.
"Use all living beings as chess pieces, establish the Void as the board, turn time into an axis, set space as anchors... and finally, make moves with fate."
Shi Hei raised his head and looked at