Compared to making Dao Chess Pieces fight for her, Jiang Yuechu trusted her own skills more.
If she didn't have some skill, how could she have carved a path through demons from the unorthodox frontier of Longyou and pushed her way all the way to Cloud Dream Haven?
Since this Catfish Demon could take Dao Chess Pieces into his body, why couldn't she?
The thought crossed her mind.
Jiang Yuechu no longer hesitated.
The imposing, terrifying dark-red hall shook with a thunderous roar.
Prison-Suppressing Evil-Subduing. The Central Palace appeared.
At the foot of the hall, the sole Dao Chess Piece wreathed in black mist suddenly opened its eyes.
Jiang Yuechu closed hers and tried to draw it toward her.
There was not the slightest resistance.
The Spirit-Grade Dao Chess Piece, glowing with a deep blue radiance, became a streak of light in the blink of an eye and shot straight into her body.
Her dark robes stirred without a breeze.
Rolling red flames erupted from her skin and pores, instantly engulfing her whole body.
She curled her five fingers as if grasping at empty air.
A long sword coalesced from flames in her palm.
Sword Qi turned bone-chillingly cold as flames surged skyward.
Jiang Yuechu narrowed her eyes slightly, carefully sensing the surging, boundless energy within her.
She silently calculated.
Every stat had surged by roughly thirty percent.
Thirty percent.
It might not seem like much, but at the Chess-Player Realm, even the slightest improvement was incredibly difficult to achieve.
What was more,
this was only the boost from a single Dao Chess Piece.
If, one day, she could also condense five Dao Chess Pieces, or even more, like this Catfish Demon,
and take them all into her body,
wouldn't her strength multiply dozens of times over?
This kind of