"Heh! Heh! Heh!"
However, the opposing black mages seemed to completely ignore Ethan's words.
They even ordered the three-masted ship to fire again, launching three cannonballs at once. This time, Ethan didn't even bother trying to stop them. Instead, he sneered and said, "Do you think I don't have cannons of my own?"
"Black Cannon and White Cannon, take orders! Shoot those Western cannons down for me!"
Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At Ethan's command, Black Cannon and White Cannon attacked at the same time.
Four cannonballs shot out at once. Three of them directly hit the cannonballs fired from the three-masted ship, while the remaining one shot straight toward the ship.
BOOM!
Ethan's black cannonball blasted the three-masted ship until it was on the verge of collapsing.
The black mages aboard the ship also seemed to have realized how powerful Ethan's chessboard was, and they no longer dared to fight him head-on with their little broken ship.
They hurriedly took to the air. Some flew on their own, some rode brooms, and some simply rode on members of the Featherguard race to reach Ethan's chessboard.
Ethan glanced over them. There were eight people in total.
The eight were dressed quite differently from one another. They all wore black wizard robes and tall, pointed wizard hats, but their appearances varied. There were men and women. Some had thick beards, some had delicate features, some looked mean, while others looked gentle.
A bearded wizard who seemed to be their leader stared at Ethan and rudely asked, "You're the guy who took first place in the second round, right?"
"What the hell is that to you?"
Since the other party was rude, Ethan naturally wasn't going to be polite either.
He shot back with those words.
"You don't know what's good for you, do you?", The bearded man flew into a rage and immediately pointed at Ethan, "How dare you show me such disrespect! Bishop, Ice Magic!"
At the bearded man's command, the other side of Ethan's chessboard, that is, the other side of the River and Border, suddenly changed.
All the squares on that side turned into a black-and-white chessboard.
Meanwhile, Ethan's side still looked like a Chinese chessboard.
At that moment, following another command from the bearded man, countless chess pieces suddenly emerged from the squares.
Then a chess piece wearing a tall hat and holding a scepter moved several squares, arriving directly opposite Ethan before waving the scepter in its hand.
Whoosh!
A streak of icy blue light flashed toward Ethan.
Ethan simply tapped the Advisor beside him and said, "Protect the General!"
Swish!
Ethan's chess piece instantly transformed into an armored soldier. The moment the icy blue light descended, it drew its sword and slashed at it.
The moment the Advisor's sword struck the icy blue light, it turned into blue fireworks that burst open in an instant.
The fireworks then fell to the ground, where wisps of cold mist actually rose from them. However, they didn't cause Ethan the slightest harm.
As expected... He had made the right move.
Under the rules of the Chinese chess world, the Advisor existed specifically to protect the General.
As long as the Advisor remained beside the General and wasn't immobilized, the opponent would never be able to kill Ethan's General.
"How could my Bishop lose to one of your chess pieces?"
The bearded man was completely stunned by what he had just witnessed.
Ethan merely sneered, "It's my turn now, isn't it?"
"What?"
The bearded man hadn't even had time to react when Ethan tapped the Chariot positioned at the outer edge of the chessboard and said, "Support the soldiers! Charge over there and kill them!"
Sure enough, the Chariot followed Ethan's instructions. Its two white stone wheels rolled and rolled across the chessboard until they reached the River and Border, where they finally stopped.
The two soldiers beside the Chariot immediately jumped aboard. Then they each extended a long spear toward one side, turning the Chariot into a super war chariot.
But Ethan hadn't finished his move yet, so it wasn't the bearded man's turn.
All he could do was watch helplessly as Ethan's Chariot rolled toward the black-and-white squares on his side, charging straight ahead and knocking down several of his soldiers and even one shield-bearer.
After all, how could soldiers fighting on foot possibly beat soldiers riding in a Chariot?
The bearded man was furious.
He roared, "You're cheating! Why are your soldiers allowed to ride inside the Chariot?"
"That's the charm of Eastern culture," Ethan smiled, "If there's a Chariot, why not ride in it? Besides, don't you still have soldiers hiding inside your castle?"
"Hmph!"
The bearded man snorted. He didn't understand the rules of Eastern chess anyway, so he could only accept whatever Ethan told him.
But now it was finally his turn.
He decided to have the Archbishop teach those soldiers sitting inside the Chariot a harsh lesson. He refused to believe that every single chess piece belonging to this so-called Eastern wizard could withstand the Archbishop's freezing magic.
"Archbishop! Freeze the World!"
Whoosh!
The Archbishop stiffly waved the scepter in its hand. A blue light slowly began to glow at the tip of the scepter.
Meanwhile, Ethan's two soldiers took the opportunity to quickly retreat into the Chariot. They even closed the windows, looking as though they had no intention of sticking their heads out until the attack was over.