"Old, weak, and disabled soldiers?"
Ling Feng's words immediately caused the three people behind Elder Hua to erupt in anger once more!
"You scoundrel, how dare you insult Elder Hua like this! Believe it or not, I'll kill you!"
"Kid, don't you spout nonsense here! When Elder Hua was fighting on the battlefield, you hadn't even shed your fetal hair!"
"Old leader, please permit your junior to eliminate this brat as a warning to others!"
The three of them were flushed with anger. In their hearts, Elder Hua was a sacred and inviolable hero.
A five-star general with brilliant military achievements was called old, weak, and disabled soldiers by Ling Feng with a single sentence!
How could they tolerate this!
"No talking while watching a game!"
Hua Zhenyan's face turned ashen, but he still reprimanded the three behind him.
Seeing this, the three could only suppress their anger, but their gazes fixed on Ling Feng as if they wanted to devour him alive.
*Tak!*
Hua Zhenyan placed another piece.
*Pa!*
Ling Feng pressed forward relentlessly!
At this, Hua Zhenyan's anger flared up. He stared at Ling Feng and sternly admonished, "Young man Ling, I've seen too many arrogant youths like you. Do you really think your long saber, which you'll never return with, can slay the raging dragon before my formation?"
*Tak!*
Hua Zhenyan placed another piece, his force a bit more vigorous. Looking at the chessboard, it seemed as if a raging dragon was truly before his formation, soaring out of the sea with an unstoppable momentum!
However, Ling Feng showed no hesitation in the face of such pressure.
*Pa!*
The black piece was placed again, and the raging dragon's momentum was instantly suppressed.
Hua Zhenyan's eyes widened. Looking at it, Ling Feng wasn't wielding a long saber, but a colossal hammer that was already suspended above the raging dragon, ready to strike.
Once it struck, it would surely bring about the collapse of heaven and earth!
Ling Feng saw the sweat on Hua Zhenyan's forehead and sneered, "Hua Zhenyan, twelve years ago in the Northwest War Zone, at the Battle of Linhuashan, you led three thousand elite soldiers and broke through ten thousand enemy strongholds!"
"Back then, when you were killing enemies, did you have such a condescending attitude?"
Hua Zhenyan suddenly looked up. The battle back then was Hua Zhenyan's lifelong pain, and it was also the battle that allowed him to be promoted to a five-star general, earning him great merit and allowing him to retire and return home!
Only he knew the truth of that battle!
However, Ling Feng's words made Hua Zhenyan feel as if his privacy had been invaded, and he couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
He had originally intended to persuade the younger generation to give up investigating Ling Yan's death, wanting to teach him a lesson through the chessboard and break his psychological defenses. But who would have thought that he would be repeatedly countered by the other party?
Unwilling!
Hua Zhenyan didn't believe that he would be defeated by this brat Ling Feng!
*Tak!*
Another piece was placed, and the raging dragon raised its head and coiled around the colossal hammer!
Hua Zhenyan's voice had become a little hoarse, "Young man Ling, don't be stubborn and ruin your beloved's life and bright future! Let the past be the past!"
Ling Feng naturally understood the deeper meaning of Hua Zhenyan's words.
He simply wanted Ling Feng to give up investigating his elder brother's death!
This was his true intention for coming here. To beat around the bush and use the chessboard to suppress him was utterly ridiculous!
*Pa!*
Ling Feng placed another piece. The colossal hammer shattered, and a true raging dragon soared through the nine heavens, while Hua Zhenyan's raging dragon was reduced to a small python!
More than twenty black pieces were swallowed by Ling Feng in one fell swoop!
Hua Zhenyan immediately broke out in a sweat, and his meticulously styled silver hair even appeared disheveled.
Then he heard Ling Feng say coldly, "How can the past be past?"
"Hua Zhenyan, in the Battle of Linhuashan back then, only you survived out of three thousand elite soldiers. The war records state that the enemy was annihilated. Is this matter true?"
Upon hearing this, Hua Zhenyan's already chaotic state of mind completely collapsed.
The chess piece in his hand, which he was about to place, froze in mid-air, unable to be placed. He was completely suppressed!
The three behind him were horrified to see Hua Zhenyan's demeanor completely gone.
One of them couldn't help but shout at Ling Feng again, "Kid, how can you point fingers at Elder Hua's past achievements! Look at what you are!"
Hearing this, Hua Zhenyan suddenly woke up as if from a dream. As he gasped for breath, his state of mind had stabilized considerably.
Another person, seeing this, snorted disdainfully at Ling Feng, "Hmph, Ling Feng, you merely destroyed the Heavenly Saber Society. You're just a brute, not even a bandit or a hooligan. How dare you play chess with Elder Hua!"
A brute!
These four words were like a stimulant injected into Hua Zhenyan's heart.
Instantly, Hua Zhenyan's aura surged.
The events of the past had long since faded with the wind, and even the war records were clearly documented. He was a hero, and no one could change that.
How could this Ling Feng, merely a brute, know about the events of that year?
*Tak!*
Another piece was placed, and two raging dragons confronted each other in the sky!
Hua Zhenyan stared at Ling Feng, "Heh heh, young man Ling, you are too young! This world is not as black and white as you think!"
"The dead must make way for the living. People should know when to stop and not be greedy! Otherwise, they will die a terrible death!"
After all his earnest persuasion, there was hidden malice within!
But Ling Feng didn't fall for it at all!
*Pa!*
Ling Feng placed another piece!
Hua Zhenyan looked closely and his face instantly turned deathly pale. The piece in his hand fell with a *pa* sound!
The scene before him churned with wind and thunder. Amidst lightning and thunder, a bolt of heavenly lightning struck down. Hua Zhenyan's raging dragon fell to the ground, barely clinging to life. It had transformed into a lowly insect, rolling in the mud in disgrace, and perished instantly!
"This... how is this possible?" Hua Zhenyan's pale face gradually turned red, and he exclaimed in disbelief.
He knew that he had lost!
Ling Feng slowly stood up, his gaze towards Hua Zhenyan extremely cold, and even more contemptuous!
"In the Battle of Linhuashan back then, your three thousand elite soldiers were trapped on the mountain, out of ammunition and food, in a desperate situation. Everyone died, but you, Hua Zhenyan, barely clung to life, fled down the mountain, falsified military reports, and cheated for military merits!"
Ling Feng's eyes were like knives as he stared at Hua Zhenyan, enunciating each word, his voice like a raging dragon, shaking the soul.
"This matter, you may deceive the world, but you cannot hide it from the clear justice of heaven!"
With his last sentence, Ling Feng almost roared, like a thunderclap from the nine heavens exploding in Hua Zhenyan's mind.
Hua Zhenyan's entire body trembled. The chessboard before him suddenly exploded, and his body slumped to the ground with a *plop*.
"You... why do you know this? Who exactly are you?"
Hua Zhenyan pointed at Ling Feng as if he had seen a ghost, his face flushed purple.
The three behind him naturally didn't believe Ling Feng's words, but seeing Elder Hua collapse and look utterly lost, they couldn't help but become suspicious.
Could it be that Ling Feng was right?
A deserter!
Falsifying military reports and cheating for military merits?
If that were the case, then the image of this "hero with brilliant military achievements" and "respected elder" of Hanjiang would completely collapse.