My avatar is becoming the final boss

Chapter 207 Black King's Domain, Five Armies and Two Horses (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"This 'King's Flash'... seems to be even more powerful than I imagined."

Xia Pingzhou stood atop the parliament building, looking up at the hole in the sky above the city.

At the center of the hole, the lonely full moon was surrounded by a ring of dark clouds, like a bright mirror placed in a black pool of water.

"After all, it's a move that requires sacrificing three pieces to use," he thought. "With such complicated prerequisites, it would be too much if it didn't have some outstanding performance."

The queen statue suddenly patted his shoulder gently, raised a finger, and wrote words in mid-air with chilling blue flames:

"We have to go; we've caused quite a commotion."

Xia Pingzhou glanced at the blue text suspended in the air, then looked down at the brightly lit street.

At this moment, every citizen craned their necks, casting their gaze upon the top of the parliament building. They pointed at the hole in the sky and shouted. The murmurs rose and fell like waves, and the whole city gradually stirred, as if it had just bid farewell to dusk and was now welcoming a bustling day.

Xia Pingzhou nodded: "Let's go."

He turned to look at the king statue beside him and suddenly remembered that, due to the effect of the skill [Puppet King], the king statue could actually move now.

"Maybe they can run incredibly fast?" Thinking this, Xia Pingzhou gave the order:
"King, move."

Now, having unleashed the "King's Flash," the king's statue's eyes had lost their luster once more. He suddenly began to twitch, his elbows bent in a very stiff motion, like a robotic dancer on a high school festival stage.

Xia Pingzhou fell silent, thinking to himself, "What's the difference between this and not being able to walk?"

The queen statue glanced silently at the king, shrugged, and turned to look at Xia Pingzhou.

Xia Pingzhou shrugged and silently put the king's statue back into the black and white ring road.

"Let's go," he said.

The statue of the queen nodded to him, then quickly pulled Xia Pingzhou into her arms and activated her "Void Transformation" form.

The next moment, the two figures, like transparent birds, ignored the buildings beneath their feet and were pulled by gravity, plummeting straight down from the top of the huge clock tower, speeding through the central axis of the parliament building.

For a single second, their figures overlapped with the dial of Big Ben, as if they were embedded together.

The empress statue carried Xia Pingzhou straight to the ground, then shot into a nearby alley, leaping across walls and railings to reach the rooftop, heading towards the underground corridor.

Xia Pingzhou was carried the whole time. When he had nothing to do, he looked up at the panel suspended in mid-air and began to check the gains from the battle.

[Due to the passive skill "Demon Hunter," a one-time use chess piece—"Clock Demon"—has been obtained.]

"I should have kept the 'Blue Electric Mouse Demon' and the 'Magician Demon' so that I could have the whole family," he thought. "This chess piece must have been pretty powerful. Although I defeated it in one move, judging from its performance, it was probably at least a B-rank demon."

[A C-rank or higher demon has been detected killed. The cumulative kill count in the "Winter of the Wild Hunt" system has been updated: 27/40]

[Current kill count: 27. 13 more kills are needed to complete the "Training Mission 4" objective.]

The current advancement progress of the second character's Skyward "Chess" skill is: 33%/100%.

[Note: Once you reach 100% progress, your Skyward Breaker will automatically evolve into its third-tier form. After advancing, you can form a contract with a brand-new demon, comprehensively enhancing your Skyward Breaker's abilities.]

[One of the possible abilities that Skywalker might acquire after advancing to the third tier has been deduced: "Black King's Domain" (Once you deploy the "chessboard," no object can leave the "chessboard" at will unless you give permission or kill them)]

"Block the chessboard?" Xia Pingzhou raised an eyebrow. "Really? This is a lifesaver... My superpower system understands me best. This way, after Unit 2 is upgraded to Tier 3, I'll have a way to take down the Ripper."

Ji Minghuan had been worried that if Yan Molin didn't choose to confront him head-on on the day he officially started the war a month later, but instead kept running away, what would happen?
Although this possibility is slim, given the Ripper's personality, he would most likely be enraged and beaten to his knees before leaving. But once the Ripper realizes the situation and decides to distance himself from Xia Pingzhou's chessboard territory, then he will never be able to catch up with her.

Therefore, it is easy for a situation to occur where he has the upper hand in the game, but the Ripper suddenly doesn't want to play anymore and runs out of his chessboard, causing him to lose all his previous gains.

After all, due to the limitations of the Sky Drive mechanism, Xia Pingzhou's expertise lies only in positional warfare.

Currently, only the Queen can transcend the influence of the chessboard and move outside of it. Therefore, the second unit is likely helpless against powerful enemies outside the chessboard.

But now it seems that this concern is no longer necessary. As long as the Sky Chaser reaches the third tier, Xia Pingzhou can lock the Ripper within his chessboard.

At that time, she was like a turtle in a jar, forced to face Xia Pingzhou's massive army alone.

"A vast army?" The thoughts of the empress statue were transmitted to Xia Pingzhou's mind.

“Five armies and two horses.” Xia Pingzhou responded with the same thought.

The queen statue nodded, seemingly taking this matter rather seriously.

A man and a giant statue traversed the pitch-black night. Looking up, the full moon in the clouds shone with a brilliance brighter than ever before, as if it were daytime.

The chimes of Big Ben and the voices of people on the long street overlapped, creating a brief moment of clamor that made one mistake it for a sleepless night. But soon the clouds covered the moon again, and the city dimmed under the flickering moonlight, while the Thames continued to flow quietly. At the same time, Xia Pingzhou returned to the underground corridor.

In the pitch-black corridor, the only sounds were his footsteps and those of the empress statue.

He returned the Queen statue to the black and white ring road, then withdrew his Sky Chaser, took off his hat, smoothed his slightly messy hair, and put his hands into the pockets of his black coat.

As he passed by Origami Ayase's room, he made sure to walk quietly, afraid that she would ask him where he had been.

However, he was slightly taken aback when he arrived at his room.

Xia Pingzhou stopped in his tracks at the doorway. He saw a cell phone chain hanging on the doorknob, with a cell phone at the end and a small black and white cat doll attached to it.

He had never seen this doll before. He guessed that Ayase Origami bought it herself at the mall today when she was wandering around alone, intending to give it to him as a phone charm.

Xia Pingzhou could almost imagine that the young lady had just come out of her room, knocked on his door, and when no one answered, she leaned against the door and waited quietly for a while. She probably thought that Xia Pingzhou was already asleep, so she hung her phone on the doorknob.

Of course, it's also possible that she already knows Xia Pingzhou has slipped out on his own again.

Xia Pingzhou lowered his eyes, picked up his phone, glanced at the extra phone charm, then turned the doorknob and entered the room. The basement was empty, with only the hum of the exhaust fan remaining.

A normal person living in such a place for a long time might experience tinnitus due to the oppressive atmosphere. Fortunately, Ji Minghuan is different; his true form lives in an even more oppressive place.

Xia Pingzhou casually closed the door and collapsed onto the bed, feeling utterly exhausted.

He brought up the gear panel, opened the event card book, and glanced at the cards he had just acquired.

[Event Card Name: It's High Noon]

[Event Card Number: London No. 1]

[Event Card Effect: This card can only be used at "midnight." It emits a bell ringing sound, and enemies who hear the bell will experience a sudden amplification of gravity.]

[Note: Event cards will disappear after use. You can also choose to sell the card for 1 skill point.]

“Amplifying the enemy’s gravity, which could make them kneel on the ground and be unable to move, sounds like it could be incredibly effective,” Xia Pingzhou thought. “But the time limit is too strict. It can only be used at midnight. However, I don’t need a skill point for now, so I’ll save this card to unlock the Ripper.”

With that thought in mind, he closed a series of system panels.

"Go to sleep..." Xia Pingzhou picked up the phone charm and looked at the cat doll hanging on it. "I'm going to Norway tomorrow. I can use this opportunity to get some information from Tong Zizhu and ask about the mother of the No. 1 mecha."

He yawned, put his phone back on the pillow, and slowly closed his eyes.

My consciousness gradually faded amidst the buzzing sound of the spinning fan blades.

Just then, he was suddenly awakened by a series of rapid sounds.

"Abaguru, Abaguru..."

Ji Minghuan emptied his mind and stared blankly for a while before realizing that it was Caesar's voice.

He thought to himself that it should still be dark in the small garden. Could it be that another assassin had come? But what kind of assassin would be so bold, especially since Li Qingping was still guarding the courtyard?

As he thought about it, he quickly synchronized his consciousness with the third unit.

The palm-sized Nobel shark opened its eyes from the crystal ball and found itself on the rooftop. Caesar placed the crystal ball on the top of the railing, lowered his eyes, and looked intently at the islands in the sea.

"What's wrong, Caesar?" Agubaru asked.

However, it paused slightly as soon as it spoke, because it saw a huge, red exclamation mark above the island in the sea, which meant that a card event had occurred in the Whale Garden.

“Something doesn’t seem right… The magical creatures that live on that island seem to be heading towards the town,” Caesar said, pointing his index finger towards the forest.

Yagubalu's pupils narrowed slightly, his keen dynamic vision allowing him to spot a shadow moving at high speed through the forest like a demon.

"Then let's go take a look."

As it spoke, it manipulated the dark water flow to open the lid of the crystal ball, leaped out of it, and landed on Caesar's shoulder.

"Ah."

　Asking for a monthly ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)