Small Mountain Village.
In the Small Courtyard, beneath the peach tree.
Yunxi and Li Fan were playing Chess Game. She had already placed several stones, following the path of the "Darkest Game."
She watched Li Fan nervously and asked,
"The Darkest Game... can you win this time?"
Li Fan replied,
"Of course I can win..."
"But are you sure you want to see it?"
He seemed reluctant to play this game, a trace of hesitation in his voice.
Yunxi nodded nervously. "I... have to see it."
Li Fan sighed. "All right, then. Let's play."
The two of them quickly placed their stones.
Li Fan's stones were captured one group after another.
Sometimes, Li Fan's moves were dazzling—moves that would have been checkmate in any ordinary difficult game. Yet under Yunxi's strategy, they were swallowed up all the same!
That was the terrifying, unsolvable nature of the Darkest Game.
The game's atmosphere had grown heavy. The many disciples could feel it, too.
"This is the first time Master's ever played a game this intense...!"
Nan Feng couldn't help stopping her zither playing.
"Big Sister Yunxi is amazing... she's made Master take this seriously!"
Ziling's big eyes were wide with astonishment.
"It's a pity Junior Brother Jiang Li isn't here. Maybe he'd be able to see something..."
Long Zixuan felt sorry for Jiang Li.
A crowd of disciples had gathered to watch.
Though they didn't understand the game, they could all sense that this match... had to be incredibly important.
After all, it was unprecedented for Li Fan to take something this seriously...
Li Fan and Yunxi continued placing stones at a rapid pace.
In the blink of an eye, Li Fan was nearly defeated!
"Devil King... can you really break it?"
Yunxi was actually... a little nervous.
By now, Li