CHAPTER 231: CHAPTER 151: AUTHORITY, DEMON CHESS SPECIES, PREY OF THE BLACK COCOON

Still remembering the first time seeing the Cavalry’s power, Xia Pingzhou couldn’t help raising an eyebrow, thinking isn’t this just a monster gathering skill? However, this was his first time using this power in actual combat, hoping it would perform as effectively as described in text.

The next moment, catching the instant when the two Lightning Giant Rats were about to cross paths mid-air, the Cavalry precisely collided with them. Even a millisecond off wouldn’t hit both rats simultaneously — this was the timing Xia Pingzhou calculated precisely.

Immediately, the silver meteor completely enveloped the two lightning beams, the Cavalry’s lance dragging the shadows of the two demons, continuing forward, targeting the end of the alley.

The sound of hooves rolled and engulfed the whole world as if it wanted to drown everything.

No matter how the two blue giant rats discharged electricity, they couldn’t escape the fierce and domineering silver light stream; they could only be carried as a backdrop by the Knight’s figure, adding a touch of blue electric light to the silver meteor, making its glow even more dazzling.

Xia Pingzhou thought: "This move can indeed gather monsters... It will be much easier dealing with those communal demons in the future."

Catching this moment, Xia Pingzhou raised his hand to grab the shadow of two cannons.

The chess bodies shattered, and two silver cannons responded by arriving; they rigidly twisted the cannon barrels while mechanically loading shells, next, flames burst simultaneously from the barrels, shooting towards the cavalry’s direction.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Two deafening roars fell simultaneously, accompanied by the whistling of air, as two dark cannonballs charged forward, colliding in mid-air, thoroughly exploding into a horrific column of flame sweeping forward.

And at this moment, the Cavalry’s charge reached its endpoint, and the silver electrified meteor slowly stopped at the alley’s end, liberating the forms of the two Lightning Giant Rats.

Dizzy, they intended to immediately distance themselves from the Cavalry, yet in a flash, they were engulfed by the surging flame column from behind, incinerated into scraps.

As the firelight faded, even the Cavalry couldn’t escape being engulfed, and he along with his steed transformed back into chess shadows, returning to Xia Pingzhou’s circular chessboard.

Immediately, a series of reward notification boxes popped up in Xia Pingzhou’s pupils.

[Detected two C-level and above demons killed, the accumulated kill count of the "Winter of the Wild Hunt" system has been updated: 19/18 (mission completed, please claim the reward as soon as possible)]

Xia Pingzhou expressionlessly tapped the interface, and the reward notification sound popped out.

[Awarded "1" attribute point as the cultivation task reward, the cultivation task of "Winter of the Wild Hunt" has been upgraded to the next stage — accumulate a kill count of "40"!]

[Current kill count: 19, need 21 more kills to complete this stage goal.]

[Current progress of the second role Celestial Driver "International Chess": 5%/100% (Upon reaching 100% progress, your Celestial Driver will automatically evolve to Tier 3 form, post advancement can contract with a brand new demon, comprehensively enhancing the Celestial Driver’s abilities)]

"What new mechanism will emerge when my Celestial Driver advances to Tier 3..." Xia Pingzhou thought, "Could I possibly form a chessboard field to restrict enemies within this field, thus compensating for my shortcoming."

Just then, a relatively unfamiliar notification box suddenly popped up before his eyes.

[Due to the influence of passive skill "Demon Hunter," a one-time chess species — "Blue Electric Mouse Demon" has been acquired.]

Xia Pingzhou glanced sideways, only to see a new chess shadow on his Black and White Ring Road. This chess shadow clashed with the other pieces, appearing as a blue bucktooth little mouse, its whole body brimming with blue electric light.

"Pretty lucky, I recall ’Demon Hunter’ only has a probability of transforming killed demons into one-time chess pieces." Xia Pingzhou thought, "After returning, I need to test how to trigger that ’time pause’ thinking mode... With this move, I will skillfully handle enemy ambushes in the future."

Thinking so, he withdrew the two cannons onto the Ring Road, then raised his hand to grab the shadow of the Queen’s Statue, and the noble and tall Empress arrived on schedule amid the crisp sound of shadow breaking.

The Queen’s Statue retracted the dagger into her sleeve, picked up Xia Pingzhou’s body, and then ran across the surface of residential buildings like a ninja climbing walls, ascending to the rooftop.

Shortly after, members of the Venice Exorcist Association branch arrived at the alley, only to witness a scene aftermath of battle: one pit after another covering the walls, faint electric arcs remaining in the pits; the ground was littered with hoof-shaped marks.

The most exaggerated was at the end of the dark alley, where fierce flames left a blackened mark like a curtain on the wall. The burn marks climbed upward to the top of the building.

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Meanwhile, though it was afternoon in Venice, China Li Jing was already shrouded in night.

Black Cocoon quietly hung upside down beneath a hundred-meter skyscraper’s high-altitude construction platform, wrapping himself into a cocoon with a restraint belt, then silently fiddling with his phone inside the cocoon. The set flowing water sound notification sound constantly emanated from the cocoon.

[Blue Arc: I still want to ask, did you beat up Swallowing Silver because you wanted to protect him?]

[Black Cocoon: Of course, you understand what would happen if Swallowing Silver had caught up with Ghost Bell then.]

[Blue Arc: But you were too harsh.]

[Black Cocoon: It must be harsh, otherwise Mr. Swallowing Silver might get ahead of himself next time, challenging someone way above his level, his fate would be miserable.]

[Black Cocoon: I am just helping him recognize his strength.]

"Dad wouldn’t necessarily kill Swallowing Silver, but he’d surely be tougher than me, maybe he’ll end up breaking a few limbs of Swallowing Silver." Black Cocoon thought.

[Black Cocoon: Alright, enough pretending, I really just wanted to test my ability and incidentally beat him up.]

[Blue Arc: You truly are a great person, wanting to fight but not asking me?]

[Black Cocoon: I know you guys have deep bromance, but no need to be so GAY, right?]

[Black Cocoon: Pardon me, I just caught two species very similar to you in Venice, I already lost interest in fighting against you.]

[Blue Arc: Species similar to me?]

[Black Cocoon: You might check out the "Blue Electric Mouse Demon" photos at the Exorcist Association, I almost suspect they are your twin brothers.]

[Blue Arc: Stop kidding, I have a serious question now.]

[Black Cocoon: What question?]

[Blue Arc: Who exactly is my dad? You’ve been teasing me for a long time.]

[Black Cocoon: Take it easy, Mr. Blue Arc, your immediate concern is to find ways to accumulate more achievements to be promoted as one of the "Rainbow Wings", figuring out his identity won’t benefit you at all, at least not for now.]

[Blue Arc: I knew you are unreliable, I’ll just follow him myself, goodbye.]

With the chat ending here, Black Cocoon also knew he killed the conversation, so it’s better to switch and chat with someone else. So he opened Ghost Bell’s chat interface.

[Black Cocoon: Mr. Ghost Bell, your good son is planning to follow you and discover your identity.]

[Ghost Bell: Thanks genuinely for the heads-up.]

[Black Cocoon: Run, Mr. Ghost Bell, Run, don’t let your dear son find out your identity.]

After sending the message, Black Cocoon quietly put the phone away, instead using restraint sensing to observe all around, his senses like a black veil covering an entire street.

At this moment, a group of armed bandits jumped from the back of a cargo truck, rushing towards the bank.

But Black Cocoon’s attention was not on them; it was on the rooftop of a nearby tall building, where a clear shadow in a black high-collared tight suit stood.

His prey had appeared.