Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Chess Peak was once again a bustling place.
Many showed up waiting at Chess Peak in the early hours of the morning. Liu Zong was finally going to play the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga again after going quiet for so many days. It was possible that he had been making a lot of preparations. The Celestial Dragon Chess Ga left by the Chess Saint and mastered by the nine students remained unbroken even after so many days.
Will Liu Zong be able to break it today?
Everyone looked forward to it.
Many turned their eyes at a single place. It was where Liu Zong was standing, and there were many other top-tier chess players gathering around him. His junior, Mo Jun, the Zhou siblings, Han Jing, and others were all there. The only one absent among the ones who had attempted to break the ga with Liu Zong was Ye Futian. However, there was soone else to take his place.
The reason why those people were willing to attempt to break the ga with Liu Zong was that they found themselves incapable of breaking the ga even after repeated attempts for days. In that case, they stood a better chance of letting Liu Zong take the lead. If they ended up breaking the ga, they would have probably been able to et the Chess Saint nonetheless, despite Liu Zong being the one to take most of the credit. Even if none of them were able to get anything from the Chess Saint Villa, they would have still done Liu Zong a favor.
Liu Zong was lauded to be a saint of the future, and he had the three saints at Xihua Sacred Mountain backing such claims. The value of getting at his good side would have been imnse.
At that mont, a group of people walked up to the Chess Peak. It was none other than Ye Futian and his party. He had planned to break the ga that day, but he caught wind of Liu Zong’s announcent that he would be attempting to break the ga again that very sa day.
The group arrived on a rock not far away from the front of the chessboard. Ye Futian glanced at Liu Zong. Liu Zong turned his head to look at Ye Futian. Their eyes caught each other and Liu Zong asked, “Will you be joining us?”
It was apparent that he approved of Ye Futian’s abilities at chess, which was sothing verified at the chess battle 40 days ago. Ye Futian defeated Mo Jun and was able to peer into the hidden changes of the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga, which spoke volus of his frightening talent at chess. Many claid that of all those who challenged the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga, Ye Futian was probably the second strongest at chess, right below Liu Zong. As such, Liu Zong cared not for the feud or grudges between Ye Futian and Mo Jun, as well as Zhou Ziyi, extending an invitation to break the ga with him. It was only within reason that Liu Zong did so.
“Nope,” Ye Futian looked at Liu Zong and said.
“Very well.” Liu Zong glanced at Ye Futian and then turned his eyes away without saying another word. Communication between both of them was done very simply. It was considered a conversation with both sides saying just one line.
Mo Jun, Zhou Ziyi, and the others at Liu Zong’s side all glanced at Ye Futian as well. Mo Jun’s eyes were calm while Zhou Ziyi’s looked sowhat cold. Ye Futian had no beef with the others, and as such, none of the others looked at him any differently.
“They’re here.” A group of people walked from the direction of the Chess Saint Villa. The nine taking the lead were none other than the nine students of the Chess Saint. Yang Xiao led them to land directly on the chessboard and scanned the crowd. His eyes then fixed on Liu Zong.
They knew that all who showed up were there to see if Liu Zong was capable of breaking the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga.
“Liu Zong, are you ready?” Yang Xiao asked without beating around the bush.
Liu Zong nodded and said, “I will be challenging the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga again.”
Yang Xiao nodded slightly and gestured. “Please.” All nine students took their places and Liu Zong walked out. The other eight followed him onto the chessboard.
“It’s starting.” Everyone in the audience looked on with anticipation, locking their gaze onto the chessboard. If the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga remained unbroken that day, there was no probably no hope for it to be broken ever again.
Ye Futian too cast his gaze on the chessboard. He had not expected that he and Liu Zong would have chosen the sa day to break the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga.
And now, Liu Zong was the first one to challenge the ga; however, it was probably difficult for either of them to break the ga.
Yang Xiao made his first move, placing his first piece onto the board firmly. Liu Zong waved and a black piece was dropped, going head-on with Yang Xiao. Sounds were heard on the chessboard as pieces continued to be placed onto the board. Every single piece placed was imbued with the formidable power of rules.
Soon, a drawing appeared across the entire chessboard.
Ye Futian could not help but activate Freedom ditation as he gazed at the chessboard. He saw both sides set their formations into place. Liu Zong stood at the center of the nine, at the side of the black pieces. He looked to be like a large ancient tree, and all black pieces extended from his side. The gas that the other eight were playing looked like eight major branches and every branch was imbued with a different aura, yet interconnected and inseparable from each other nonetheless.
Liu Zong’s position enabled him to take control of changes across the entire ga.
On the other side, Yang Xiao and the other eight looked just like how they looked before. All nine were interconnected with each other. All nine matrixes looked as if they were separate and independent, yet they ford a whole matrix together.
Sword matrixes, spear matrixes, ax matrixes... All nine worked closely with each other, as if nine dragons coiled on the chessboard, ready to lash out and crush everything in their way.
At that very mont, Ye Futian felt he was watching a battle instead of a ga of chess. The nine matrixes tore at the branches and leaves that Liu Zong had laid out violently, yet the broken branches and leaves continued to regrow, looking extrely adamant and resilient. The black pieces continued to encroach their opponent’s territory, feeding on them and forcefully tore into their matrixes.
At that mont, Ye Futian felt an extrely mystical aura emanating from Liu Zong. It was a very formidable spiritual power. He then felt that all the other eight around Liu Zong seed to have lded into a single, inseparable entity.
“Spiritual Sharing.” Ye Futian wore a concerned expression. Liu Zong was a terrifying spirit elentalist cultivator and he was learned in many arts. At that mont, Ye Futian felt as if he was holding all nine of them together as one with his spiritual powers, enabling all of them to communicate their wills effectively. Furthermore, their play styles complented and reinforced each others’.
“Powerful indeed,” Ye Futian said to himself secretly. It seed that Liu Zong was just how Ye Futian thought him to be. If it was sothing that he was able to figure out, then Liu Zong would have been able to arrive at the sa thought. Liu Zong and he shared certain thoughts, after all.
Streaks of lightning sword aura descended from the skies, the flashes disappearing in an instant, incredibly sharp. A terrible gust of sharp aura whipped throughout the chessboard. Many looked at the chessboard and trembled within. Are they really playing chess here?
The chessboard at the mont looked like a true battlefield instead. 18 mighty ones all stepped onto the board and played as pawns themselves. Their bodies dropped with every piece placed. Two extrely violent aurae clashed with each other.
“Celestial Dragon Chess Ga.” At that mont, many were vaguely able to see a boundlessly terrifying dragon coiling on the chessboard. Its claws were as sharp as blades, shimring with cold light. Dazzling sword matrix appeared at its abdon. When a piece was placed, the sword matrix tore at the board, crushing everything in its path. However, Liu Zong’s body served as the center of their side. The ancient tree’s branches and leaves all turned golden, and Liu Zong seed to have taken the form of a golden ancient Buddha. The voice of the Buddha rumbled through the air when he placed a piece. The golden leaves and branches turned into golden arms, defending against the ga’s terrifying onslaught.
“A chess battle.” Under the workings of Freedom diation, Ye Futian seed to be seeing a true chess battle being fought using matrixes. It was no longer simply a ga of chess. It was a show of force being refined to the extre from the art of chess. Liu Zong had forced the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga to bring its most formidable might to bear. The dragon erged and danced in the air.
At that mont, all eight players beside Liu Zong were subjected to extrely terrifying pressure, especially Zhou Ziyi. Her face had turned pale and she breathed heavily. Her clothes were drenched in sweat and her fair skin was vaguely shown through her dress, making her look very alluring. However, she was unable to pay any heed to that at all. Such was the force of the pressure she was being subjected to at the mont.
The Celestial Dragon Chess Ga felt as if it had no weaknesses and there was nothing that could be exploited. The placing of every piece seed to only serve to amplify said force.
The shadow of the dragon beca increasingly powerful and it eventually brought its massive body to bear. With the next piece placed, a sharp claw lashed out in the air, tearing everything in its path.
The end seed to be right before their eyes, and Liu Zong and his people seed to be near defeat.
“Not good.” The faces of many changed at that scene. With the Celestial Dragon Chess Ga bringing such terrifyingly killer move to bear, Liu Zong’s force seed to be at the edge of dissolution. However, Ye Futian frowned at the next piece placed. He took a look at Li Kaishan who placed the piece and was puzzled as to why that piece was placed there. There were other better options which would have cut off one of Liu Zong’s arms, crushing so of Zhou Ziyi’s pieces.
Yet at the sa ti, Liu Zong placed a piece first. He had taken full control. The sky changed with that move. Many felt as if the Buddha’s arms lashed out at the incoming dragon claw. The expressions of Yang Xiao and the others turned grim. Yet another piece was placed and Liu Zong countered without hesitation.
The Buddha’s attacks lded into one, lashing out at the arm of the dragon. A fearso illusion appeared. The dragon claw shattered and a part of the ga it belonged to was gobbled up right there and then; it was a ga ford with pieces laid down by Li Kaishan. That move should have been the sharpest edge of the ga, and yet, it broke at that very mont.
“Liu Zong,” so called out. Is he going to win?
Countless held their breaths in and waited, locking their gaze at the chessboard. Liu Zong had actually gained the upper hand.
Yang Xiao and his people continued to place their pieces. They looked rather pale. The chessboard did not take one’s plane level into consideration when deciding the victor. The amount of power all players were able to bring to bear was the sa.
Finally, when Liu Zong placed yet another piece, the dragon’s abdon suffered a crushing blow, and it was bisected right there and then. The ga was broken and it completely shattered.
The nine interconnected dragon matrix was broken.
The eyes of Yang Xiao and his people froze at that very scene. Yang Xiao lifted his head and looked deeply at his second brother, Li Kaishan, but he eventually said nothing.
Yang Xiao smiled and said to Liu Zong, “Congratulations.”
The ga dispersed when he finished. The crowd was in an uproar.
“It’s broken.”
“Liu Zong actually broke the chess ga left behind by the Chess Saint. He will be taking the Chess Saint’s expectations and art.”
“That is Liu Zong for you indeed. A top-notch genius like no other.”
Everyone was in awe. However, Ye Futian was seen frowning. He turned his eyes at Liu Zong and then to Li Kaishan, sporting a peculiar expression as he did.
He recalled soone saying, “Li Kaishan, the second student of the Chess Saint, is an honest man.”
But was he truly honest?
The Celestial Dragon Chess Ga should not have had openings or weaknesses, yet openings and weaknesses had appeared!
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