—What the hell!
Zhou You froze as well.
Of course, he knew the Heavenly Court in this world had been corrupted. But an Earth God was a terrestrial deity, and one of the lowest-ranking ones at that. Normally, no matter how deep the corruption ran, it should never have reached them.
At the very least, Zhou You had never seen a local earth deity become corrupted in the previous Blood Rain Record.
But now...
Even these most basic terrestrial deities had been affected.
That could only prove one thing.
—The corruption in this scenario had already reached an unimaginable depth.
Fuck. Was this really because I changed too much last time?
Of course, despite that curse, Zhou You felt no regret.
That was simply his nature—the deed was already done, after all. Besides, there was no way he could stand by and watch his friends and family die for nothing, was there?
And the instant he lifted the red cloth, the Earth God reacted.
Its wrathful face turned toward him, and the "villagers" beside it, who resembled clay figures and wooden puppets, rose to their feet. Dozens of arms reached toward him, as though to pin his body firmly to the ground.
However.
Zhou You glanced at them. Instead of drawing his sword or using Primal Unity Force, he summoned the Chessboard, picked up a Chess Piece, and tossed it onto the ground.
This was The Final Game he had obtained earlier, which he had also used in the real world. It followed the rules of chess, but after several experiments, he found that he could only use the bishop, knight, and pawn pieces. He did not know whether that was because of the curse. And just like that mayor, the number he could deploy was limited by points.
But