568 Black and White Between the Chessboard (2/2)

This happened many times.

Suddenly, Sangsang's face became extremely pale, and her eyebrows scrunched up tightly. Her slender figure began to tremble violently as if she was in terrible pain. Anyone would be able to sense the extent of horror she felt in her dream.

Ning Que had been extremely tense throughout and had long ago reached the upper limit of his patience. When he saw the state Sangsang was in, he did not even think before whipping out the podao behind his back and slamming it down viciously on the chessboard.

Master Qishan had said that Buddha had left behind this chessboard, which meant it must be very precious.

However, at a moment like this, it mattered naught that Buddha had left it behind. Even if Buddha himself had appeared, Ning Que would still slam his sword at him. If Buddha blocked him, he would kill Buddha. He was serious.

Of course, Ning Que knew that the chessboard that Buddha left behind could not be destroyed so simply. While he worried earlier, he had already made preparations. Together with Haotian Divine Light and in the Dahe Sword style that Liu Bai used, he gathered all the Great Spirit in his body and channeled it through the podao into the board.

This was the strongest stroke he could use.

Dust and smoke billowed, and light scattered.

The podao was rebounded by the chessboard.

The chessboard was perfectly fine.

Sangsang did not wake up.

Ning Que actually fell asleep himself whilst still gripping the blade.

Master Qishan looked even more haggard. He sighed and said, ”What a pair of lovesick fools.”

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The world before it ended was in chaos. Those who have managed to survive finally felt the terror of death. They drove their carriages, or stole one from others, and began to flee.

They did not know where they should go in order to avoid the flood descending from above, and from the peaks rising from lakes. They did not know where to go to flee from the burning nights and the cold days. They only fled blindly and in pandemonium.

At a certain intersection, those fleeing were forced to stop.

There was a black horse carriage at the intersection. It had knocked over several other carriages, adding on to the chaos at the intersection. It blocked it so that no one could move.

The black horse carriage blocked the intersection so that no one could flee to the south. And those who wanted to flee west could not do so either. Men who wanted to take advantage of the situation could not reach the scantily-clothed girls on the other side of the street. A young man crawled out of a pile of bodies. He saw his first love, but could not hug her.

People yelled in anger and they scolded bitterly. Some scooped up mud and threw it at the black carriage. However, the young man in the carriage did not seem to even notice them. He allowed himself to be pelted with mud, and continued looking up at the sky in a daze.

There were many white balls of light in the sky. He did not know what they represented, but he could sense the terrifying abilities in them and could guess what they could do.

The young man in the black horse carriage was Ning Que.

He did not know how he had arrived in this world, and he did not know how he could bring the Big Black Horse and his carriage with him. However, he felt very lucky to be able to come to this world to find Sangsang.

It was an extremely difficult thing to find someone in the chaotic world that was about to end. Ning Que had already searched for Sangsang for an extremely long time to no avail, until he raised his head and saw the skies today.

He shouted at the Big Black Horse.

The Big Black Horse neighed and lifted his hooves. He pulled the steel carriage behind him, flattening the horse carriages and people before him. A path filled with blood and gore opened before him in the crowd trying to flee.

The black horse carriage raced toward the balls of light.

A few days later, the carriage arrived at the spot below Sangsang.

Ning Que looked up at Sangsang.

Countless rays of light shone through her.

The light rays were devoid of heat. However, they were so dense that friction between the rays could not be avoided.

The speed of light was very fast, and the friction between them was frightful and able to produce high levels of heat.

Sangsang's body had begun to burn and was extremely bright.

Ning Que shouted, ”Sangsang!”

Sangsang seemed not to have heard him. She did not look toward the ground.

Ning Que shouted once more, ”Sangsang!”

Sangsang heard him this time. She looked down and cried, ”I don't know what has happened.”

Ning Que said, ”Don't be afraid. Come to me.”

Sangsang shook her head. She looked at the light surrounding her and said, ”You will die.”

Ning Que said, ”I have said before, that if you die, I will die too. So why don't we die together.”

Sangsang knew that this was true, so she jumped down.

The pure white light followed her and descended upon the land.

Ning Que took out the big black umbrella and gave it to Sangsang.

Sangsang opened the big black umbrella as if she was holding up a piece of the night sky.

The night shrouded Ning Que, her, and the black horse carriage.

The rules of the world could not find them any longer.

They disappeared from this world.

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Ning Que and Sangsang woke up at the same time.

They found that they were still at Tile Mountain.

Outside the cave, by the chessboard.

There were two chess pieces on the chessboard.

One was black and the other, white.

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