My Avatar is Becoming the Ultimate BOSS-Chapter 732 - 389: Xia Pingzhou vs. Gu Qiye

The girl in a reddish-brown kimono stood above the Black King Domain, her gaze sweeping over the endless spread of black-and-white chessboard squares, as if extending to the edge of the world.

She was like the most vivid and elegant splash of color, standing at the center of this gray-black realm.

At that very moment, Xia Pingzhou and Gu Qiye locked eyes.

As their gazes met, Xia Pingzhou raised his hand to grasp the chess shadows above the pathway, and the images of statues began to scatter over the chessboard.

"We don't need to defeat him," he said, "He is the strongest among them, we just need to stall him, understand?"

Saying this, Xia Pingzhou gently squeezed the kimono girl's right hand. She hesitated for a moment and nodded lightly.

Xia Pingzhou knew very well that after defeating the Father of Puppets, Gu Qiye's power had risen once more.

Now, his brother might already stand at the peak of the Catastrophe Level, perhaps on par with Lin Xingshi. But Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami were clearly not a match for such a monster.

To put it plainly, in front of Gu Qiye, he didn't even have time to merge the Queen's Statue with the Demon Chess Species, because the moment the Bridge of Humans and Demons appeared, Gu Qiye could destroy both pieces together, preventing the birth of the fusion Queen.

Therefore, what he needed was to achieve absolute defense on this chessboard, to stall Gu Qiye slightly, and finally find the opportunity to retreat from the Black King Domain.

Xia Pingzhou needed four seconds to retract the entire domain.

As the master of the Black King Domain, he could send others out the moment he touched them. But only by completely retracting the domain into the pathway could he escape himself.

Meanwhile, during the four seconds of retracting the chessboard, he couldn't use any chess species—this is because once on the chessboard, a chess player must decide the outcome: life or death, so the conditions for the player to leave the board are extremely harsh.

And during this seemingly "forfeiting" four seconds, Gu Qiye could kill him a thousand times over.

If the fully-formed Black Cocoon had come here, Ji Minghuan might have some confidence in subduing Gu Qiye. But standing here was merely a newly promoted Catastrophe Level Chess Player.

Before completing all the main quests, encountering such a BUG-level opponent with this body could only mean temporarily avoiding the edge.

"Defend," Ayase Origami said.

"Right," Xia Pingzhou said softly.

If it were under normal circumstances, Ayase Origami might have already launched an offensive. But since Xia Pingzhou said so, she thought there was no harm in defending for a few rounds to see the situation.

As the chess shadows shattered, Ayase Origami retrieved the Endless Copybook from her sleeve. The pages of the copybook flew out without wind, suddenly forming paper whirlwinds across the chessboard.

In the next instant, the whirlwinds of gathered paper spread all over the board.

Among them, one whirl hid the King's Statue that Xia Pingzhou had summoned.

Simultaneously, he also released several pieces, using them as a blinding technique. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

These pieces were: two soldiers, one knight, one bishop, and two rooks—all, like the King's Statue, were currently buried within individual paper whirlwinds.

With vision obscured by the pages, Gu Qiye could not discern their forms, which could slightly divert his focus.

As long as the King's Statue remained, Xia Pingzhou could ensure both his and Ayase Origami's safety.

On the black-and-white International Chessboard, pink pages fluttered like cherry blossoms, forming whirlwinds that shrouded nearly ten chess shadows.

At the same time, Ayase Origami also used a paper curtain to hide their figures along with Xia Pingzhou's.

The two of them performed with the coordination of a magic show, the scene on the chessboard became hazy and illusory under the paper's cover, and the chess shadows flickered in and out of sight.

Gu Qiye remained expressionless. His gaze swept over the paper whirlwinds, understanding the principle of capturing the leader first, so he naturally ignored the flashy distractions, focusing solely on Xia Pingzhou.

"Boom—!"

In an instant, his figure shot forward like a bolt of black lightning.

He was unimaginably fast, and before Xia Pingzhou and Ayase Origami could react, Gu Qiye's silhouette was already reflected in their pupils, just within reach! The electric light ripped through the nebulous paper curtain like some formidable dragon.

Immediately after, he raised his right hand, fingers converging, black electricity dancing at his fingertips, forming a sharp blade of lightning. Gu Qiye twisted and leveraged himself, bent his arm, and thrust his hand like a blade forward.

But at that moment, his lightning-charged blade suddenly collided with a gigantic bone shield.

"A shield?"

Gu Qiye frowned slightly, seeing reflected in his pupils the pale bone shield inscribed with a cross pattern—it was undoubtedly Xia Pingzhou's third Contracted Demon, the "Furious Demon."

At this moment, the Furious Demon had transformed into "shield" mode, hovering in mid-air, guarding in front of him and Ayase Origami.

Simultaneously, countless paper butterflies converged onto Gu Qiye like a torrential rain.

"Useless."

He reacted swiftly, a burst of dark electric arcs erupting from within, forming a field that spread around him.

"Boom!"

The field exploded with a roar, burning all the paper butterflies into black fragments, raining down ceaselessly.