But Snow Empress knew very well that the man before her was truly capable of doing something like that.
She took a deep breath.
Forcing down the stifling resentment in her heart, her ample chest rose and fell sharply with her breath.
Snow Empress extended a hand that seemed sculpted from suet jade and picked up a white piece from the alms bowl.
She stiffly placed it in one corner of the board.
Shui Bing'er and Qian Renxue, standing not far away, had long since been dumbfounded.
Shui Bing'er swallowed and bravely stepped forward.
She picked up the teapot on the table and tremblingly refilled Lu Ming's cup.
Her hand shook far too badly.
A few drops of tea splashed out onto the warm jade tabletop.
"Master... are you really going to play chess here?"
Shui Bing'er's voice trembled, and she looked ready to burst into tears at any moment.
Lu Ming lifted his teacup and glanced at her.
"You can't even pour tea steadily. Go stand to the side and watch."
As though granted a pardon, Shui Bing'er hurriedly retreated to Qian Renxue's side.
Qian Renxue merely snorted coldly, folding her arms over her chest.
"You're still putting on airs when death is at your doorstep."
Qian Renxue glared at Lu Ming through gritted teeth.
"When the flames filling the sky burn through this roof, let's see how you keep playing!"
Rumble—!!
The instant Qian Renxue finished speaking.
An incomparably terrifying boom suddenly erupted above the main hall.
An enormous molten fireball slammed viciously into the Harem's Defensive Array.
The entire main hall shook violently.
The golden light Array Patterns overhead flickered frantically, producing a dull grinding sound that set teeth on edge. Dust even rained down from several thick Coiled Dragon Pillars.
Shui Bing'er screamed in fright and