Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 550 - 313: Solo Game_3

But the direction he faced, the three grids outside the finish line, all turned into pitfalls.

When he rolled the dice for the third time, additional pitfalls surrounded the other three grids on the side outside the finish line.

To enter the finish line zone, he had to take a detour from the other side.

Not to mention how long it would take to go around the pitfalls on the road, Chen Qingyun wasn't confident with the additional pitfalls, fearing they would block all paths to the finish line before he got there.

In his mind, he simulated the routes; it would take at least five dice rolls to reach the finish line.

This is assuming the random and additional pitfalls do not appear in his path—if any step goes wrong, it would mean more steps to correct the route.

Then it would require more and more corrections, making it harder to reach the finish line each time... So, Chen Qingyun gave up struggling.

When the lucky card was used, it granted a chance to leap over the pit ahead and an extra dice roll.

Chen Qingyun rolled the dice, advanced three grids, leapt over the pit blocking his path, entered the finish line, and received an extra reward.

All four people have already cleared the game; they could choose an exit to leave if they wanted. They looked at Lu Yu, waiting for him to come over.

Alone now, Lu Yu had no choice but to fight solo, entering the death chessboard by himself.

Lu Yu randomly appeared in a corner of the chessboard, facing a magic-spirited puppet holding a feather fan on the other side, his opponent.

The magic-spirited puppet gently waved the feather fan, appearing quite out of place, but that wasn't the crux of the issue.

As the guest, Lu Yu had the first-move advantage.

Glancing at the position of the magic-spirited puppet, he rolled the dice through the air, choosing to advance one grid.

Lu Yu moved one grid to the left, adjusting his position, while the magic-spirited puppet retreated three grids, just one grid short of exiting the board and directly getting eliminated.

The magic-spirited puppet had no choice; it had to move forward, or else it would be eliminated by Lu Yu in the next turn.

When it came to advancing two grids, before the dice had fully landed, Lu Yu nudged the dice through the air, changing it to advance three grids, while he moved back one grid.

Immediately, Lu Yu then rolled to advance three grids, choosing to move three grids to the left, with the magic-spirited puppet retreating one grid, the pitfall appearing in a non-threatening spot. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

The possibility of being affected by pitfalls early on wasn't too high; the further the game went, the easier it was to be affected by them.

Regardless, Lu Yu kept moving to the left, only moving forward a few grids when he seemed about to exit the board.

Before anyone knew it, over 40 rounds had passed, and Lu Yu's position was within seven horizontal grids of the magic-spirited puppet.

Just as they were about to enter the punishment mode after 50 rounds, Lu Yu and the magic-spirited puppet were still inching along the edges of the board without advancing many grids.

If they entered the punishment mode, both Lu Yu and the magic-spirited puppet would likely be swallowed by swathes of pitfalls within a few rounds.

"What's he doing?" Luo Heng asked, baffled by Lu Yu's actions.

Chen Qingyun said gravely, "Solo fighting is indeed much harder than dueling. In such a scenario, if both parties don't cooperate, it's mostly just staying in one place without approaching the finish line."

"This is still the result of Lu Yu occasionally disrupting the other. Otherwise, they'd truly just be stuck in place."

"But why isn't he heading towards the finish line? What is he planning to do?" Chen Qingyun was also perplexed.

On the 49th round, Lu Yu rolled the dice, advanced one grid, moved left one grid, while the magic-spirited puppet retreated three grids, just landing on the grid where Lu Yu stood.

A random pitfall appeared nearby, but by then, no one cared about the appearing pitfalls anymore; everyone was fixated on Lu Yu.

With one hand, Lu Yu pressed down on the magic-spirited puppet's head that appeared in front of him, smashing it down to the ground firmly.

Bang~ The sound of the magic-spirited puppet's head hitting the ground was loud.

The incredibly sturdy head had a dent appear on the spot; Lu Yu stepped on the magic-spirited puppet's body, grabbed its arm, and twisted it forcefully, breaking it, sending tiny parts flying everywhere.

Crack, crack, crack~ Boom, boom, boom~ Within a few minutes, Lu Yu dismantled the magic-spirited puppet into bits and pieces, parts scattered all over the place, and its energy core in the torso was crushed by Lu Yu.

The magic-spirited puppet completely lost power, unable to continue participating in the game.

Lu Yu tossed away the magic-spirited puppet's parts, walked to the edge of the stone grid, knocked on the air wall, and looked up at the sky, asking, "Does the game continue?"

The air was silent for a moment before the dice automatically spun, and two additional pitfall grids appeared on the ground.

Meanwhile, the punishment of 50 rounds was triggered, and the entire row at the edge of the chessboard behind Lu Yu disappeared.

After disposing of the magic-spirited puppet, when entering the dual-game phase, being the first to clear without interference from the magic-spirited puppet, he quickly approached the finish line.

Standing at the finish line, watching Lu Yu, everyone was a bit dumbfounded, completely not expecting such a method to clear the game.

"I said, why didn't he get close to the finish line? Turns out, he planned to encounter and eliminate the magic-spirited puppet from the start." Chen Qingyun had a sudden realization.

"That's genius! If it were me, I'd never think of it." Luo Heng exclaimed excitedly.

Luo Feng realized this method was the correct way to clear the game because any dueling strategy with the magic-spirited puppet would only lead to both parties hovering in one place.

When Lu Yu affected the magic-spirited puppet's dice rolls, he was ensuring they stayed on the same level.

By controlling the magic-spirited puppet's dice to control his and the puppet's advance and retreat, he achieved staying on the same level.

By controlling his dice to approach the magic-spirited puppet, essentially, Lu Yu had control of this board.

Soon, Lu Yu was near the finish line, yet faced the same predicament as the others, being blocked by pitfalls and unable to reach without using the lucky card.

He stopped, looked at everyone, and asked, "Which is the way out of the maze?"

Hearing Lu Yu's words, everyone had a delayed reaction, but Lin Qingqing instinctively said, "We haven't used the lucky card yet."

"Use it now," Lu Yu said. "We only have two lucky cards left."

It was then that everyone realized a crucial piece of information: they only had two lucky cards left. Lu Yu felt something was off when Luo Heng and Luo Feng used their lucky cards in succession.

And later, when Lin Qingqing and Chen Qingyun were forced to use their lucky cards, they understood one thing.

The death chess... or rather, the game's controller, was forcing them to use up their lucky cards.

Lin Qingqing glanced at Lu Yu, said nothing, while Luo Feng sensed what Lu Yu meant, and after some thought, Chen Qingyun understood his intention too.

Luo Heng looked at everyone, then looked at Lu Yu, puzzled about what they meant?

"What's the trick? Don't play dumb..." Luo Heng complained.

No one paid attention to him. Lin Qingqing took out a lucky card, took a deep breath, and used it.

Moments later, Lin Qingqing opened her eyes, pointed to a path behind everyone, and said, "That road leads to the exit."

She also breathed a sigh of relief, as the lucky card didn't fail her expectations, meaning Lu Yu didn't have to sacrifice himself to find the correct path for everyone.

Lu Yu smiled, rolled the dice, took a step forward, and fell into the pitfall, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Moments later, Lu Yu did not reappear... Minutes later, Lu Yu still didn't reappear... After half a day, Lu Yu's shadow was nowhere in sight...

"What's he up to? Did he not choose to use a lucky card?" Luo Heng couldn't help but ask.

Lin Qingqing glanced at where Lu Yu disappeared, the board had already reset, seeming like Lu Yu wasn't coming back.

She turned toward the exit, saying, "He has his own plans, let's leave him be."

Eventually, Lin Qingqing began to realize someone was intentionally depleting their lucky cards.

Clearly, Lu Yu did not want to go along with that plan, preferring to end up in a deadlock than to give up his lucky card.

Perhaps, in the near future, the lucky card Lu Yu retained would be key for them to leave this place.

Lin Qingqing wasn't the only one to think this; Luo Feng also came to understand this. Seeing Luo Heng wanting to ask more, he patted him on the back of the head, "Don't ask, just move forward."