Peking Opera Cat Heart Feather
Chapter 3: Chess Maze
"The other cats are gone, and there are only two of us left. Come on, Jinghong." Bai Xinyu pointed the Qinglong Sword at the string cat.
Seeing Bai Xinyu's rhythmic power seeming to improve, the string cat said, "I didn't expect you to grow so fast. Well, let me play with you." As he spoke, he extended a hand into the black hole next to him. Once inside, a blue claw with a spade in its palm emerged from the other side.
However, just as the puppeteer was halfway through his transformation, a golden dragon-shaped sword energy rushed towards him. Helplessly, the puppeteer interrupted his transformation and rolled to the side. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that he had only transformed his torso and limbs; before his head could even be transmitted, Bai Xinyu interrupted it.
"Hey, don't you know that interrupting someone's transformation in a cartoon is very rude?" The puppeteer said angrily when he saw Bai Xinyu's sneak attack, and at the same time opened a black hole, and then punched the black hole, and the other side of the black hole opened behind Bai Xinyu.
Seeing this, Bai Xinyu immediately raised the Black Tortoise Shield behind him, blocking the puppeteer's punch. As he rushed forward, he also took the White Tiger Claw in his left hand. Hearing the puppeteer's complaints, he didn't say much. He simply swung the White Tiger Claw in his left hand, and a claw mark flew towards the puppeteer. At the same time, he released a sword energy at a very tricky angle, slashing at the puppeteer.
Seeing this, the puppeteer calmly opened a black hole in front of him, and the claw mark of the white tiger went straight through the black hole. When the black hole reappeared, it was facing Bai Xinyu herself.
"Disperse! Turn!" Bai Xinyu was not panicked when he saw this. After dispersing the attack of the White Tiger Claw, he turned the sword energy from the Green Dragon Sword and hit the puppeteer again.
Just as the puppeteer opened a black hole and was about to return the sword energy from the Azure Dragon Sword to Bai Xinyu, he discovered that nine Vermillion Birds formed by the power of rhythm suddenly appeared from behind and attacked him.
It turned out that Bai Xinyu had dispersed the White Tiger Claw attack, and then, using the energy of the White Tiger Claw's dissipation, he used it to teleport behind the puppeteer, then simultaneously drew his Suzaku Bow and attacked. The puppeteer sneered. "How ridiculous! You actually think these ranged weapons can hurt me?" With that, he opened a space-time folding black hole beneath him. The next second, a thread condensed from the energy of the rhythm appeared behind Bai Xinyu and flew towards her.
But when the thread just touched Bai Xinyu's body, it passed through. Only then did he realize that it was just an afterimage. The puppeteer felt something was wrong. The next second, he found Bai Xinyu standing not far behind him. Just as he was about to use time and space folding to chase him, he found that a circle had appeared on the ground at some point, and there was a cross inside the circle connecting the four sides of the circle. The four sides corresponded exactly to the east, west, south and north. The four weapons that Bai Xinyu had just used were also arranged in order according to the positions of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise and Vermillion Bird.
"Puppeteer, you haven't forgotten this, have you?" Bai Xinyu once again deployed the Four Symbols Formation. "Last time, you only borrowed Sect Master Nalan's body. This time, you're using the body of the Marionette Cat. I wonder how you'll ever let it go. Four Symbols, White Tiger." As he finished speaking, the White Tiger Claw corresponding to the west suddenly transformed into a towering white tiger. It charged towards the puppeteer with a fierce momentum. The cold light on its claws sent a shudder through the puppeteer's body.
Seeing this, the puppeteer didn't hesitate. He immediately maximized the spacetime fold and simultaneously moved to another part of the formation. However, to his surprise, the white tiger only shattered the spacetime fold, injuring the puppeteer's outer fur. "I see, this formation must be very demanding on your rhythmic energy. You're just a mere kitten, I'll see how long your rhythmic energy can last." After seeing that the white tiger had only inflicted minor injuries, the puppeteer realized that controlling the Four Symbols Formation required a tremendous amount of rhythmic energy. To fully unleash the Four Symbols Formation's power, four sect master-level warriors were required.
"Hmph, that's something you won't have to worry about." Bai Xinyu then pulled out a Condensation Pill from the system's storage and ate it right in front of the puppeteer. The puppeteer also noticed that after Bai Xinyu consumed the pill, his rhythmic energy seemed to have returned to full strength. The tiger, which had seemed weak just now, suddenly became full of energy again.
"I didn't expect you to have such a good thing. Despair." The puppet had seen Bai Xinyu on drugs, so it used Despair directly on his original form. Bai Xinyu, well aware of the power of Despair, quickly summoned the Northern Black Tortoise Shield in front of him, transforming it into a shield to block the attack. Incidentally, the Black Tortoise Shield, after entering the Four Symbols Formation and transforming into the Black Tortoise, possesses a rebound effect.
The gray light emitted by the puppeteer spun around the Xuanwu's shell before flying towards the puppeteer. Bai Xinyu also noticed this and quickly mobilized the White Tiger and Azure Dragon to attack, trying to distract the puppeteer and allow his own ray of despair to hit him.
So under the main attack of Azure Dragon and White Tiger and the assistance of Suzaku, the puppeteer was no match for four hands with his two fists, and was finally hit by his own despair. After being hit by his own despair, the puppeteer directly abandoned the body of the puppet cat, and his body once again shrank into the black hole, leaving only the puppet cat.
"It's a pity that you got away. I didn't expect him to be so decisive." Bai Xinyu knew very well how much pain the puppeteer was feeling inside. She had thought that if his despair hit him, it would definitely draw out the pain in his body, and maybe there would be no second part.
Bai Xinyu had no choice but to smash the cat's body and ran towards the main hall.
When Bai Xinyu ran into the clan leader's hall, he saw that Wu Song had been lured by the puppet cat into eating the black soldier.
"Wu Song, don't be picky." When Bai Xinyu shouted this, Wu Song had already jumped up. But once you make a move, you can't regret it and can't change it.
"Ah, Xinyu, you come here, why don't you let me jump?" Wu Song looked up and found Bai Xinyu standing in the main hall. But he was still wondering why he was not allowed to jump?
"Wu Song's move just happened to fall into the ambush of the clan leader. I, the commander of the red team, have no way to retreat. Only by sacrificing one of my senior brother Hua and me can we make up for the mistake Wu Song made." Tang Ming also made a decision while explaining to Wu Song.
"Wu Song, you are so annoying." After hearing this, Xiaoqing also covered her face with her sleeves.
"Wu Song, you will kill us all." After hearing Tang Ming's explanation, Bai Tang certainly did not want to miss the opportunity to mock Wu Song and spoke out.
"Master Tang Ming, let me block it." The painter had just finished speaking when he heard a voice from above.
"Master asked Senior Brother Hua to go. It would be a waste of your life if you went. Besides, the puppeteer's target is you, not Senior Brother Hua." While Bai Xinyu was shouting, the painter had already moved in front of Bai Tang.
"Wait a minute, those two steps just now don't count and we have to start over, okay?" At this time, Bai Tang once again acted funny and said to the leader of Lu Sect while rubbing his claws next to his face in a narcissistic manner.
Upon hearing this, the Lu Sect leader stumbled backwards, dropping his brush. "Do you think my Mysterious Chess Table is just a game?" He stood up, instantly becoming immensely tall, pointing his brush at Bai Tang and yelling.
"No matter it's a game or not, you are a sect leader, you should at least give in to the kids." Bai Tang ignored him and continued to act funny. This time, even Bai Xinyu who was listening above and the puppeteer who had just driven away the effect of despair and continued to peek fell on the chair in shock.
"Bai Tang, stop messing around." Even Tang Ming couldn't stand it anymore and came out to stop them. It wasn't that Tang Ming didn't want to regret his move and save the painter, but he knew that once a move is made, there is no regret. As long as they regretted it, the sect leader would also be able to regret it. At that time, the loss might not just be the painter and the cat. They might all die because of regretting their move.
"Okay, as long as your master is willing to go back, I will agree to you." When the master heard Tang Ming preaching to Bai Tang, he knew what Tang Ming was thinking, so he came out to provoke him.
"When we do something wrong, we can learn from it through regret. But a mistake is a mistake, and we must pay the price for it. This is a battlefield, and one mistake can lead to a complete loss." Tang Ming continued to educate the cats.
"Master Luozi Wuhui, please go now." After educating a few kittens, Tang Ming said to the master resolutely.
Artist: (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴It's not you who's eating it, so of course you can say it so calmly. I'm not calm, can you please stop dillydallying and not die a quick death (╥╯﹏╰╥)?
Just when the clan leader wanted to get off the car to eat the soldiers, the puppet cat who had been hiding behind the clan leader whispered to him, "Tang Ming doesn't take the bait, so keep on tempting him." The clan leader was very angry after hearing this, "It's obvious that we only need to eat the soldiers and then cooperate with the cars and cannons next to us to take down the Xingluo squad in one fell swoop. Why do we still give them a chance to live? I'm afraid you are not from the opposite side?" The clan leader of Lu Sect said to the puppet cat very angrily.
Bai Xinyu: As expected, we were from the same sect, I could tell at a glance.
The puppet cat didn't object after hearing this, but instead formed a token on its head with a black base and the word "Order" written in gold. The Lu Sect leader was helpless when he saw this other token and had to follow the puppeteer's method.
Tang Ming seized this opportunity and kept deploying his troops. After more than ten rounds of fighting, Lu Sect leader Ouyang Luyuan only had one soldier, one elephant, one chariot, one cannon, and one horse left, while Bai Tang only had one general, one elephant, one chariot, and one cannon left.
After a few more rounds, neither side lost any chess pieces. Tang Ming and the leader of Lu Zong were sweating on their foreheads, while the puppet cat was still blindly giving orders, which made the leader of Lu Zong upset and anxious. At this time, Xiao Qing jumped to the side of the leader and checked the leader of Lu Zong.
"Master, you lost." Xiaoqing said to the Master of Lu Sect at this time.
"What a joke! Do you think you can defeat me by surrounding me?" He then called back the soldiers who were blocking the front to block General Xiaoqing.
"Use your eyes." At this time, Bai Tang, who was out of his own camp, said to the sect leader, "Sect Leader, you must know the rule that generals cannot meet each other, right? You moved the only chess piece in front of you. There is no obstacle between the supreme commander. You lose." And after looking around, the Lu Sect leader also successfully discovered that there was indeed no chess piece blocking him and Bai Tang.
"It's all your fault for giving reckless orders, otherwise I wouldn't have made such a low-level mistake." At this time, the leader of Lu Sect said to the puppet cat who was still yelling and cursing behind him.
"Oh my, puppeteer, you are not pretending to defect to An, but actually helping us, the Peking Opera Cats, right? Otherwise, why would you go easy on us one after another?" Bai Xinyu did not miss any opportunity to mock the puppeteer.
"Your rhythmic power has been sealed by the chessboard. You have completely lost." The only remaining painter said to the sect leader.
"Wait a minute!" At this time, the sect leader also thought of Bai Tang's regret and shouted hurriedly.
"Master, you said it, there's no regrets after making a move, Comet." As Bai Tang said that, he flew high into the sky and hit the Master. The moment the Comet hit the Master of Lu Sect's heart, the Chaos Shackles were broken, and Lu Sect's mysterious chessboard was also released.
The puppet cat also kept its promise, delivered the scrolls with a silk thread and then disappeared.
Just when the cat thought that the puppet cat had disappeared, suddenly a space-time folding portal appeared behind Wu Song and headed straight towards him. Seeing this, Tang Ming hurriedly pushed Wu Song away, but he was hit directly because he was caught off guard. He fell to the ground and was unable to get up for a while.
"You old cat again, but this time I was going to deal with you too. It was effortless." The puppeteer once again folded his hand through time and space, and then opened another black hole. Under Tang Ming, everyone watched as Tang Ming was about to be taken away, but he was entangled in the puppeteer's silk thread and unable to move.
"Wu Song, I don't know what happened before. But you must remember that being calm is your advantage. When I'm not around, you must stay calm. You must trust your companions on the road ahead. As for Xiaoyu, he has been traveling in the Cat Map for many years and knows as much as I do. You must play the role of a leading senior brother..." When Tang Ming wanted to say something else, he was knocked unconscious by the puppeteer and thrown into the black hole.
"Ah, Master Tang Ming, puppeteer, if you have the guts, don't run away!" Bai Xinyu saw that the puppeteer actually took Tang Ming away personally. Although his task was only to prevent Tang Ming from being eaten on the chessboard, he was still reluctant to let him be taken away like this.
"Tsk, don't run. Wait until this clone is once again trapped in your bizarre formation. Have I eaten too much? Goodbye." With that, he retracted the silk threads around his body to his feet, opened a black hole, and disappeared. As he disappeared, a voice came from the hall. "If you want your master back, come find me. Hehehe."
"There is no time to lose, Xinyu, we must find the puppeteer and rescue the master." Xiaoqing said to Bai Xinyu while holding the map.
"Master, our master is still in danger. We won't stay any longer, so we'll take our leave." Bai Xinyu also knew the seriousness of the matter, and he had already signed in at Lu Sect, so he wanted to go and see Ximen's acting skills.
"Wait, Wu Song. You impressed me the most among you. During the time when your master is away, you have to take on the important responsibility of maintaining the team. These chess pieces are treasures collected by my sect. They can change into different moves according to the characteristics of your rhythmic power. I need to correct all the errors in the books as soon as possible. I can't go on the expedition with you. I hope these chess pieces can help you." As the leader of Lu Sect took out the chess pieces from his palm and gave them to Wu Song, and those chess pieces naturally entered into Wu Song's whistle stick.
(Bai Xinyu: What do you mean by optimistic or pessimistic? You're just embarrassed about stealing Wu Song to be the fire starter, right?)
"Thank you for your kindness, Sect Master." Although Wu Song didn't understand why Sect Master Lu was optimistic about him, he still bowed to him.
After the Xingluo Clan left the Lu Clan's palace, Wu Song couldn't help but ask Bai Xinyu about the puppeteer. "Xinyu, Master said you know as much as he does. Do you know who this puppeteer is?"
"I actually know this. The puppeteer's original name was Changle. For some reason, he had a lot of resentment towards the Peking Opera Cat. Later, due to an incident, he completely surrendered to An. And now, with An's support, the puppeteer has become the leader of the Nian Sect."
After hearing this, Ji Mao fell into deep thought. After Xiao Qing opened the map, he found that the map disappeared after reaching Nian Zong.
"System, where's my reward?" After explaining to the other cats, they continued on their journey. After confirming that everything was clear, Bai Xinyu contacted the system. [System rewards are being distributed. Rhythm power is being automatically drawn. Rhythm power drawing is complete, raising the Rhythm power of the Da Zong to a level second only to the Zong Master.] "???(?′w`?)???? System, you're causing trouble. Wu Song just got hit, and you're already giving me the Rhythm power of the Da Zong. You're causing trouble. Forget it, let me bring up the system panel so I can take a look."
Name: Bai Xinyu
Gender, Female
Age: ten years old
The rhythmic power mastered includes hand, eye, body, step, singing, reciting, acting (master level), fighting (to improve), accepting, supervising, recording and judging.
Weapons: Azure Dragon Sword, White Tiger Claw, Black Tortoise Shield, Suzaku Bow.
Integral 700
System Warehouse: Condensation Pill x199 Gold Coins 5723
"Not bad, I didn't expect the Condensation Pill you gave me, System, to be quite useful. I used to think it was only useful for healing wounds, but I didn't expect it to be so effective in restoring rhythmic energy."
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