Both sides no longer violate the rules, but honestly abide by the basic rules of chess. Every step is taken very seriously, which reflects the precise and superb chess skills and has a sense of artistic beauty.
But with every step he took, a piece of the old man's body was missing, as if his flesh and blood had been gouged out by some invisible sharp blade.
In this way, after dozens of steps, the old man's body was completely gone, leaving only a floating head and limbs that seemed to be connected to the void, still playing chess with Chen Hao.
Then, one of its eyes disappeared, and so did the other eye.
Next came the nose, mouth, ears, then the chin, lips, philtrum, face, forehead... Finally, even the old man's hair disappeared completely.
The strange power behind it connected to it also disappeared, and was eaten away by the nightmare like a piranha.
The stone bench, the stone table, the chess game... disappeared into the darkness with the last light around them.
Poof! As if some bubble had been popped, Chen Hao, who was changing randomly, suddenly returned to his original state.
The mana that had disappeared for a long time seemed to be unsealed and returned to the soul again.
The nightmare ability is gone?
Chen Hao blinked.
He no longer had that strange feeling of being able to control everything, do whatever he wanted, and do whatever he wanted, but he no longer had the ability to control himself.
It's like returning to reality from a dream, there is a sense of reality, but there is also a slight sense of loss.
The darkness around me is so dark that I can't see my fingers, but it has a texture that I know is real and can be seen and felt, unlike the dim light that was everywhere just now. It seems that I can see, but I can't see anything, and it feels weird.
And very uncomfortable.
Obviously, the light comes from the weird power behind the old man playing chess. Where the light is, there is the weird power. Being shrouded in light is equivalent to being shrouded in the weird power and unable to get out.
Now that the nightmare has eliminated the strange power, the light disappears and normal darkness returns.
But Chen Hao was thinking about another thing.
"When I used the nightmare ability before, the nightmare itself evolved all kinds of weird things in the target sea of consciousness. Even if it was unreasonable and illogical, it would still appear in the dream, and reality would not appear."
"Unless I use the Eye of Illusion, I can't see the situation in the nightmare. I don't know how weird and unreasonable it will be.
But even if you use the Eyes of Illusion, you can only see at most, just like watching a movie or TV."
"But this time, the strange power that wiped out the old man playing chess was completely different. The nightmare ability actually happened in reality. I became a nightmare myself, changed randomly, and finally killed the nameless strange power."
"why is that?
Why does the nightmare ability appear in reality?
Is it because of the strange power of the old man playing chess?
So nightmares can only happen in reality?"
"If nightmares can happen in reality, doesn't it mean that nightmares can shine into reality and even become reality?"
... Chen Hao thought, his eyebrows twisted into a big knot.
He originally thought that he had mastered the nightmare ability, which was a rare and weird ability, no different from the blood phantom's ability and the weird shadow ability.
But this incident about the strange power of the old man playing chess changed Chen Hao's view.
Under certain conditions, nightmare abilities can not only pull people into dreams, but also bring dreams into reality.
This is terrible.
It seems that the nightmare ability is not as simple as he thought, nor is it as singular as the nightmare appears to be.
Chen Hao couldn't help but think of what Emperor Xuan Qing said: If you go to the Dark Valley, your nightmare ability will come in handy, which is very suitable.
Does the emperor still know about the existence of the strange power of the old man playing chess?
This is incredible.
Is it a coincidence or does the emperor already know something?
What was the unexplainable thing that the emperor asked him to bring back?
Chen Hao didn't think too much.
Because he knows that the information he currently understands is insufficient, and even if he is reasoning, he will not be able to draw any useful conclusions. Instead, he will be trapped in a corner or confused.
Regardless of the reason, whether it was being used by the emperor, or whether there was really something in the Dark Valley, everyone came here and experienced the new changes in the nightmare's ability. Chen Hao could only move forward.
He will not leave problems to himself. If there is a problem, he must understand it, otherwise he will have trouble sleeping and eating.
After all, if there are problems, there are hidden dangers.
Suddenly, a ray of spiritual consciousness swept across his body, and then a surprised and joyful voice sounded: "Xiao Haozi."
She is none other than the Eighty-sixth Princess.
Chen Hao used his nightmare ability to kill the strange power, and the imprisonment of the Eighty-sixth Princess was naturally released.
"Your Highness, are you okay?"
Chen Hao retracted his thoughts and checked the eighty-sixth princess with his false eyes. He was relieved after confirming that the strange power had left no consequences.
"I'm fine, I just lost consciousness due to being imprisoned. I just saw you being turned into a pawn by that old man, and I don't know anything else. What happened next?"
Princess Eighty-Six asked.
Chen Hao made it up casually: "I used a special trick to change back to my original self, and then fought hard with the weird power behind the old man, and finally succeeded in getting rid of it, that's it."
"I knew it would be like this, Xiao Haozi, you are really my lucky star."
Princess Eighty-Six had no doubts at all and hugged Chen Hao happily.
"Your Highness, there is an order of hierarchy and distinction between superior and inferior. You should pay attention to it."
Chen Hao reminded.
Although the Eighty-sixth Princess is Du Xueqing's body, her consciousness is not, and Chen Hao feels quite awkward.
The Eighty-sixth Princess said disapprovingly: "There are just two of us, how can we be divided into superiors and subordinates? Besides, I would have died long ago without you. I no longer regard you as my subordinate. We are friends who share life and death."
Chen Hao glanced at her. He didn't expect that the Eighty-sixth Princess would say that, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"If you kill that old ghost, can we leave here?"
Princess Eighty-Six asked.
Chen Hao hummed, and suddenly his expression changed. From the corner of his eye, he could faintly see a glimmer of light in the darkness.
He looked at it with his spiritual consciousness, walked over and picked up the flash of light.
It turned out to be a bead the size of a pigeon egg, which was a strange gray-white color with transparent stripes of unknown meaning on it.
This bead is very strange. It looks like it is between reality and illusion, as if it is about to disappear at any time. Even if you touch it, it has a vague feeling.
"Is this the inner elixir of the strange power behind the old man playing chess?"