"Then we'll have to trouble Princess Jiuhuang," the two senior sisters clasped their hands.
Seeing Liang Rujing's confident demeanor, they felt her skills wouldn't be too bad.
As it turned out, many things are often less reliable than they appear.
Liang Rujing was an absolute novice at chess!
In less than two minutes, she had already sacrificed her teammate!
"Little friend, you were careless," the ghost old man chuckled, placing a stone.
Liang Rujing immediately lost over a dozen chess pieces.
"Crack, crack..."
Layers of stone fragments peeled off the surface of the captured pieces, transforming into cultivators and beast souls.
These souls did not linger but attacked Ye Fan and the others!
Seeing that Ye Fan wasn't instantly defeating these souls, the two senior sisters immediately drew their weapons and met the onslaught.
Fortunately, these souls were slightly weaker than them.
Although the fight was strenuous, it was still within their control.
"Sister, go!" Liang Rujing shouted excitedly.
Ye Fan muttered inwardly again.
Why was the dog system silent again?
Had it really run out of power?
Hiss!
Was happiness coming too suddenly?
No!
He couldn't get too happy too soon.
He had to observe first!
After half an hour, the two senior sisters finally dealt with all the souls.
The souls turned into faint glows and returned into the ghost old man's body.
As these spirits entered him, the old man's body appeared to become more solidified.
The two senior sisters did not suggest a change and signaled Liang Rujing to continue.
They, being super novices, couldn't see that Liang Rujing was losing pieces because she was too unskilled.
They simply thought the ghost old man's chess skills were superior...
In this regard, they thought similarly to Liang Rujing.
The chess game continued.
A quarter of an hour later, Liang Rujing lost another dozen pieces!
The two senior sisters didn't dare to delay and rushed to engage.
Throughout this, they held no suspicion or dissatisfaction towards Ye Fan.
In their view, Ye Fan was merely using the opportunity to increase their combat experience.
After all, the cultivation of these souls wasn't particularly high.
Half an hour later, Liang Rujing had already lost half of her pieces.
The two senior sisters sat to the side, recovering, their faces slick with sweat.
In the later waves, they had clearly found the fighting much more difficult.
They had even sustained some injuries.
Meanwhile, the ghost old man appeared even more solid.
If things continued like this, if Liang Rujing lost all her pieces, the old man might even regain his physical form.
Ye Fan raised an eyebrow.
Still no movement from the dog system?
Had he truly struck it rich?
Just as he thought this, Ye Fan saw a golden light flash in his eyes.
Looking at the golden light swirling in his chest,
Ye Fan suddenly felt the urge to curse...
He knew it!
No such good thing would happen!
Damn it!
...
The terrible chess player was oblivious, still passionately playing against the old man.
"Little friend, your strategy is defeated," the ghost old man chuckled and delivered a killing blow to Liang Rujing.
This time, he captured over thirty of Liang Rujing's pieces!
Seeing the stones crack on the captured pieces, a flicker of excitement flashed in the old man's eyes!
Almost there, almost there!
As long as he captured the rest, he could recover his physical body!
The two senior sisters quickly grabbed their weapons.
However, this time the souls did not attack immediately. Instead, they stood in place.
Bright golden light erupted from each of them, making them look like little golden figures!
The golden souls did not attack Ye Fan and the others. Instead, they turned and attacked the black stone statues on Liang Rujing's side.
With a mere touch, the black stone statues transformed into golden souls!
The ghost old man's face changed drastically!
Are you cheating against me?!
The old man dared not delay, and with a wave of his hand, he transformed his side's white stone statues into their soul forms.
"Since you've broken the rules, don't blame me for being rude!"
After unsealing the stone statues, the old man's aura also began to surge.
Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Formation, Spirit Transformation...
The souls transformed from the black stone statues immediately engaged with the golden souls on Liang Rujing's side.
And because the old man had more remaining pieces, he dispatched some to attack Ye Fan and the others.
What should have been a crushing victory for the old man turned into a bizarre turn of events...
The ordinary souls and the golden souls, upon contact, were immediately assimilated into little golden figures...
And these assimilated little golden figures immediately turned their attack towards their former comrades...
The surging aura of the ghost old man faltered, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
You, you, you you you...
Are you playing dirty?!
In just a few breaths, all the souls were assimilated.
A group of little golden figures, like wolves and tigers, charged towards the ghost old man!
"..."
Before the ghost old man could curse, he was engulfed by over two hundred little golden figures.
The little golden figures drilled into the old man's body, and his body began to swell like a balloon.
Getting bigger and bigger...
As everyone knows, what happens if you keep blowing up a balloon that's already full...
"Bang—!"
With a loud bang, the old man and the little golden figures vanished.
The numbers on the chests of the two senior sisters' scoreboards jumped significantly.
Countless tiny glows slowly rose and gathered into Ye Fan's body.
However, besides Ye Fan, the other three seemed to see nothing.
Ye Fan felt as if all his strength had been drained, his face dejected.
The nightmare continued...
Just destroy it all...
He was tired...
...
At the end of the third level labyrinth, Ye Fan and his companions encountered a gambler Boss.
The rules were that they had to play cards with the Boss, and each loss would cost them a hundred years of lifespan.
Ye Fan, regardless of the cards, went all in.
And each time, the Boss's hand was just barely worse than Ye Fan's...
Even when the two senior sisters and Liang Rujing took over, the outcome remained the same.
The Boss panicked...
No!
If this continues, I'll gamble myself to death!
Unfortunately, he was restricted by the rules of the secret realm and couldn't cheat.
Grabbing the cards on the table, the Boss silently prayed.
Give me a good hand, give me a good hand!
With a nervous heart, the Boss opened his hand.
A wave of ecstasy washed over the Boss's heart.
He had actually drawn the strongest possible hand within the rules!
The kind that would guarantee a win no matter how it was played.
Even if he split it up in a bizarre way, he couldn't lose!
The Boss felt he had it in the bag this time!
I have the winning hand now!
What can you use to beat me?!
I'm asking you, what can you use to beat me!
"All in!" the Boss declared, feeling exhilarated.
"Call," Ye Fan replied faintly.
He had drawn the worst possible hand within the rules.
The kind that had no chance of winning, no matter how it was combined.
But Ye Fan dared not hold out any hope.
Clearly, the dog system had been cheating for him earlier.
Having played this long, he, the two senior sisters, and Liang Rujing had each gained hundreds of years of lifespan...
For Ye Fan, who was desperately seeking death, this was nothing short of torture...
It was Ye Fan's turn to go first. He casually threw out a card.
The Boss casually followed with a card.
Watch me crush you!
The next moment, the Boss was stunned.
After his card landed, it turned into a blank card!
The blank card dissolved, meaning his move was invalid.
The Boss was filled with disbelief.
This is impossible!
How could my card turn blank?
The Boss gritted his teeth and played another card.
After it landed, it was still blank...
One by one, then another...
Until the last card fell, its face remained blank...
Although the Boss set the rules for the game, he had to abide by his own rules within this secret realm.
Now, it was as if all his cards were invalid.
This meant he had lost...
"You... you, you, you you you..." the Boss stammered, pointing at Ye Fan: "You cheated!!!"
However, his accusations were useless.
His body began to dissipate.
The light that formed the Boss flowed into Ye Fan.
[Congratulations to the host for gaining one thousand years of lifespan!]
The long-lost system voice sounded.
It sounded full of vigor!