White Ribbon Rules Begin to Encroach

When two Term Talents collided and activated simultaneously, both sides conducted a deep analysis—

Blood-red analysis text appeared before Ji Yan's eyes, while Xu Qiu heard the sound of analysis in his ears...

But the result was nothing like Ji Yan had imagined. Nothing unexpected happened.

Although Xu Qiu's [Half-Knowledge] was SS-rank, it could only analyze the most superficial information. It could not even accurately identify Ji Yan's identity as [Black Piece]...

Ji Yan had originally intended to use [Half-Knowledge] to analyze [Omniscient Understanding], to see whether he could pry information about the origins of this Bug-Tier Talent from Xu Qiu.

That idea had been too naive.

But then, Xu Qiu's expression changed drastically.

He stared at Ji Yan in horror. "You... you're not an eerie from this Dungeon?!"

"Then what exactly are you...?"

Xu Qiu's lips twitched as he muttered to himself, "Tier 8 dungeon... Abandoned Dungeon... chess piece..."

"Chess piece?"

Surprise flickered in Ji Yan's eyes. He had not expected [Half-Knowledge] to actually uncover information about the [Roaming God Forbidden Ruin].

He smiled at Xu Qiu. "You won."

"You really did manage to catch a glimpse of it."

Xu Qiu seemed not to hear Ji Yan. Only the voice of [Half-Knowledge] remained in his ears, and his eyes slowly widened as though he had glimpsed an unbelievable secret.

"Chess piece... Black Piece..."

"Black Piece... Wait, you're...!!"

Rip—

Blood sprayed out, rapidly losing its warmth in the frigid air.

Xu Qiu's head fell to the ground. His headless corpse swayed before collapsing stiffly onto the floor.

His mouth hung open, his eyes wide.

He stared fixedly at Ji Yan, about to utter the final two words, but only a silent rasp escaped him...

Ji Yan made a silencing gesture. "It's enough that you know."

"This secret cannot be spoken