Chen Lin focused intently on the changes taking place on the chessboard.
Once all the light had merged into the black and white chess piece, it floated up on its own.
Then it began to rotate slowly.
The piece grew increasingly lustrous. A fine golden line appeared where black met white, and upon close inspection, faint traces of color could be seen within that line.
Color!
The discovery made Chen Lin's eyes flash.
In the Nightmare Realm, almost any Nightmare Treasure that gave off colorful radiance possessed true properties.
In other words, this chess piece had already surpassed gold grade!
Chen Lin did not dare act rashly.
He stood, studied the piece carefully, then looked at the chessboard.
The board had become dull and lightless. Its peculiar aura was gone, and even the colored patterns on its surface had vanished.
He had no idea whether it could recover or whether this could only happen once.
After observing for a while, Chen Lin returned his attention to the piece and reached out to touch it tentatively.
Seeing no unusual reaction, he grasped it outright.
The piece felt cool in his hand.
He tested it, but neither his innate law origin nor his inner star force could activate it.
Chen Lin then tried his other forms of energy.
At last.
When he tried destiny force, the fine golden line between the piece's black and white halves began to glow faintly.
His eyes lit up.
He immediately increased the supply of destiny force.
To his disappointment, however, the piece showed no further changes, nor could he control it. Even its glow remained the same.
This meant it was not a Destiny Treasure.
At least, its evolution was not yet complete.
After some thought, Chen Lin manifested his destiny Long River and tried to