[I Am Me, He Is Him!]

Old Chess King let out a bitter laugh. "Man proposes, Heaven disposes." He charged at Gao Peng, the Heavenly Prison King disguised as Butler Scorched Stone, intending to perish together with him in the coming explosion of the Forbidden Radiance Pink Star.

Gao Peng, the Heavenly Prison King, merely raised a hand and held Old Chess King suspended in midair from afar. Smiling, he said, "I am no longer the man I was six thousand years ago. Besides, if I had not fought until I was utterly exhausted back then, how could you have killed me with your strength? Chess King, my old friend, you may set off alone. I still have a mission, so I cannot accompany you on the road." He gave a light shake of his hand.

Old Chess King was instantly flung backward.

By the time Old Chess King charged forward again and laid out hundreds upon hundreds of chessboard formations, Gao Peng, the Heavenly Prison King, had already turned into a phantom and vanished into the Bright Secret Passage.

"Alas, I'm old." Old Chess King stopped sadly. Bending down, he picked up the chess pieces scattered by the shockwaves, then sat down again.

Six thousand years of guarding—though he had been watching over an enemy, he had also been imprisoning himself.

Only now had the responsibility of guarding truly left him.

Freedom belonged to him once more.

In these final moments of his life, brief though they were, he truly felt the joy of playing chess. As he placed a chess piece on the board, a smile appeared on his face. He muttered to himself as though speaking to someone, "At last, I can play chess with a relaxed heart. You... what regrets could you possibly have left? Though you lacked the strength to stop