Carefree Valley!
Gu Hai walked out of the spirit spring cave. However, no one in the valley noticed the sudden appearance of a few people.
After covering the entrance of the cave with charred wood, the group headed to the other side of the grave.
"What a horrifying aura! I feel a saber hanging above my head in these dark clouds!" Gao Xianzhi said as she looked at the sky with an unsightly expression.
"Is this a ritual array? A ritual array encases Carefree Valley? What kind of ritual array is this? "Chen Tianshan asked, his expression changing.
Gu Hai looked at the sky. Dark clouds covered the sky. Starlight shone down like stars in the night sky. In the distance, there were even two brightest pillars of light shooting towards the center of the sky. "Boom! Boom! Boom!
There was a huge platform in the center. More than two thousand people surrounded it. All of them showed horrified expressions as they looked at the huge platform.
Hundreds of corpses lay below the platform. The corpses were split vertically from their foreheads. Their internal organs fell out, and blood dyed the place red. It was an incredibly horrifying sight.
When the two thousand-odd people saw these corpses, they trembled in fear. Some of the women even cried continuously to hide the fear in their hearts.
Gu Hai saw Song Qingshu among the crowd.
At this moment, Song Qingshu also appeared bewildered as he stared at the huge platform.
There was a Go board on the platform. However, starlight shone on the Go stones on the Go board. The two brightest beams of light encased the two players.
The two players played Go above the sea of corpses. The surrounding two thousand-odd people all stared at the Go board in horror.
"What are they doing?" Xiaorou felt confused as she watched this scene.
"The one playing is Elite Hall's Earth Division Master, Montes?" Chen Tianshan asked, his eyes lighting up.
"Montes?" Gu Hai looked in the direction Chen Tianshan pointed.
Then, he saw a bearded man sitting on one side of the Go board, controlling the white Go stones.
Gu Hai narrowed his eyes slightly. He still remembered Venerable Liu Nian's meaningful reminder before he left.
The one playing the black Go stones was a white-clad man. At this moment, he stared at the Go board in horror, showing a flustered expression.
"No, no, I was the one who won just now, I was the one who won!" The white-clothed man exclaimed.
Montes took a deep breath and said, "The outcome has already been decided. I'm sorry, I can only blame the lack of time!"
"Pa!"
Montes placed a white stone.
Boom!
On the Go board, a large number of black Go stones were surrounded and instantly pulled out.
"Bang!"
The black pieces suddenly disappeared, and the outcome was decided in an instant.
"Bai Zi wins!" A booming sound suddenly came from the dark clouds.
"Branch Leader Meng won?" Many people cried out.
"No, Montes, you tricked me, you tricked me, I'm going to kill you!" The white clothed man glared and jumped up, grabbing his sword and stabbing towards Montes.
"Boom!" Montes punched the tip of the sword. It immediately knocked the long sword back.
The white-clad man revealed a ferocious expression. He wanted to stab again, but at this moment, the sound of a saber rang out from the dark clouds.
"Shing!"
It sounded like a saber being drawn from its scabbard. A three-hundred-meter-long saber qi shot towards the white-clad man.
A sharp sound tore through space, so piercing that Gu Hai's eardrums hurt. The saber qi swept through everything in its path, charging at the white-clad man. It was too fast.
The white-clad man could not fight Montes in time. He could only hastily raise his sword to meet the saber qi. At the same time, his face contorted in horror.
"No!" The white-clad man roared in despair as his sword soared into the sky.
Boom!
The sword qi and sword could not block the ferocity of the three-hundred-meter-long saber qi. They all exploded in an instant. The white-clad man screamed miserably as the saber qi chopped him in half. His internal organs burst out with blood, scattering in all directions and landing on the square platform.
"Ah!" Startled cries rang out in the surroundings.
"This is?" Chen Tianshan and the others felt their scalps go numb.
After losing a Go game, the saber qi formed by the ritual array chopped him to death.
The expressions of Gu Hai, Gao Xianzhi, and Xiaorou changed.
Despite the cries in the surroundings, no one left.
Suddenly, the Go stones on the Go board changed, turning into a Go puzzle.
"It is this Go puzzle again? The Heavenly Saber Death Match? "
"After being chosen by the ritual array, if one does not play, one will die. If one does not play after thirty breaths of time, one will die! The loser will die? This … what should we do? "
"I don't want to die!"
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The weak-willed people in the surroundings felt horrified.
When Gu Hai heard everyone's horror, his expression changed as well. He looked up at the sky. Is this a desperate ritual array?
"Division Master?" the group of Elite Hall disciples asked anxiously.
Montes took a deep breath and said, "It's fine. According to the rules of this world, the surviving disciples of the Sky Chess Pavilion are not allowed to attack us. The people outside must have broken the rules. The Sky Chess Pavilion's surviving disciples will soon inform the First Elder. As long as this drags on, someone will come and deal with them."
"But …?" the Elite Hall disciples asked anxiously.
"The Heavenly Saber Death Match? I want to see how incredible the casual creation of the best Go player in the world, Old Man Guanqi, is! "Montes said coldly.
Shing!
Suddenly, a three-hundred-meter-long saber Qi appeared in the dark clouds. The saber pointed at Meng Tai, and a world-destroying aura surged over. Meng Tai's expression changed, and he no longer dared to hesitate with the white Go stone in his hand.
Clack!
A white Go stone landed on the Go board.
"It seems like it has been thirty breaths of time. If he does not play his Go stone by thirty breaths, the heavenly saber will strike!" Song Qingshu said, his expression changing.
However, Gu Hai stared at the Go board, narrowing his eyes. "The Heavenly Saber Death Match?"
Clack!
Suddenly, a black Go stone seemed to be attracted by starlight, landing on the Go board.
Everyone stared at Meng Tai. Meng Tai held a white Go stone in his hand as he stared at the chessboard. It was as though he was completely immersed in the game. A heavenly blade hung above his head. It was as though it was waiting for the right time to strike down.
Cold sweat broke out on Montes's forehead. It seemed like he had already thought of where to play his Go stone and was just stalling for time until thirty breaths of time.
Clack!
A white Go stone landed.
Clack!
A black Go stone automatically landed.
The Go game slowly changed.
"Is he playing Go with Old Man Guanqi?" Chen Tianshan revealed a shocked expression.
Gu Hai quietly looked at the Go board and the Go game.
However, the others looked at Montes in anticipation. After the eighteenth Go stone, Montes suddenly showed joy on his face.
Clack!
A white Go stone was placed, and suddenly, it surrounded a black Go stone.
"What? The black Go stone is surrounded? "The countless cultivators in the valley immediately revealed shocked expressions.
"Old Man Guanqi's black Go stone is surrounded? How can that be? "
"This is great! This is great! The black Go stone is lifted. Could it be that he can win?"
"Will Division Master Meng win? He will win. This is just a casual move by Old Man Guanqi. Furthermore, Old Man Guanqi is already dead. This is just a set-up. It is not Old Man Guanqi himself. He will definitely win. This is great! "
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Everyone felt like they saw a ray of hope, feeling excited. There was a chance of survival. Everyone clenched their fists.
Indeed, with a roar, the dark clouds in the sky churned. The surrounded black Go stone suddenly flew out of the Go board and to Montes, looking like it had been lifted.
Then, that heavenly saber in the sky charged at Montes.
"Oh no!" Everyone's expression changed.
"Roar!"
Suddenly, a dragon roar came from Montes's body. His Veritable Energy materialized a thirty-meter-long brown dragon-shaped Veritable Energy around Montes's body as it charged at the heavenly saber.
This time, the heavenly saber did not chop down on Montes. Instead, it seemed to have been lifted and swallowed up by the dragon-shaped Veritable Energy.
"Roar!"
After the thirty-meter-long dragon-shaped Veritable Energy swallowed up the three-hundred-meter-long heavenly saber, the true dragon slowly grew larger.
"He got lifted to strengthen his momentum?" Everyone's expression changed.
"This is great! Division Master Meng is going to win. He is going to win!" Many people cheered.
Montes also revealed an excited expression.
Smack! Smack! Smack!
The two sides continued placing Go stones. Every few Go stones, Montes would eat a black Go stone. Gradually, he placed more Go stones.
"Roar!" "Roar!" "Roar!"
The dragon-shaped Veritable Energy grew increasingly larger. In a short time, it had already swallowed up thirteen heavenly sabers. The one-hundred-and-fifty-meter-long dragon-shaped Veritable Energy roared at the sky, looking like it wanted to compete with the ritual array above.
In a short time, Montes won one battle after another. It looked like he would win a great victory soon.
"Long live Division Master Meng!"
"Division Master Meng, quickly win!"
"He is going to win! He is going to win! He finally won't have to die! "
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The group of cultivators cheered loudly. The situation looked good, and it looked like victory would come soon. We are saved. We are saved? Everyone looked at Montes with grateful gazes. The Elite Hall disciples all felt excited.
Outside the crowd, Gu Hai narrowed his eyes slightly as he muttered to himself, "Wrong. Montes made the wrong move from the start."
"What?" Chen Tianshan looked at Gu Hai in confusion.
Gu Hai shook his head, ignoring Chen Tianshan.
Indeed, when Montes swallowed the fifteenth black Go stone, his expression suddenly changed. His face turned deathly pale in an instant.
"Division Master Meng, quickly make your move!" the crowd shouted anxiously.
After gaining successive victories, Montes's dragon-shaped Veritable Energy swallowed up fifteen heavenly sabers. Now, it had grown to sixty meters long. Its ferocious aura shook the world.
However, Montes's forehead was covered in sweat. He could not make his move no matter what.
"How can it be like this? How can it be like this? "Montes looked at the Go board in horror.
"Division Master Meng, quickly!" the crowd urged anxiously.
"Shut up!" Montes rebuked. Everyone's excitement died down as they looked at Montes in confusion.
Shing!
Thirty breaths of time soon passed. A heavenly saber suddenly hovered above Montes's head. Now, he needed to make his move. Montes had no choice but to quickly play a white Go stone.
Clack!
After the white Go stone was played, a black Go stone suddenly appeared.
"Dragon slaying?" Gao Xianzhi's expression changed.
"Ah? What dragon slaying? Is it slaying the dragon-shaped Veritable Energy? "Xiaorou asked, feeling confused.
"No, dragon slaying is a term used in Go. It means that Montes will have a large number of white Go stones, and the other party will kill them instantly," Gao Xianzhi explained.
Indeed, when the black Go stone was played …
"Bam!" "Bam!" "Bam!"
Large numbers of white Go stones were picked up and eaten up by the black Go stones. In the blink of an eye, the situation changed. Earlier, Montes had won fifteen Go stones. Now, everything changed.
Montes had split the Go stones fifteen times, swallowing one black Go stone each time.
However, Old Man Guanqi used only one time, swallowing thirty-eight of the other party's Go stones in one go.
Immediately, the victor was decided.
After swallowing thirty-eight Go stones, the black Go stones overwhelmingly won. In that instant, the white Go stones had nowhere to run. In the blink of an eye, they suffered a crushing defeat.
"No!"
"How can it be like this? We were still winning earlier! "
"Why is it like this? Why is it like this?"
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Countless cultivators were stupefied as they looked at the Go board in horror.
Montes also showed a horrified expression. I got dragon slayed in an instant?
"Hahahahaha! The black Go wins!" The Ninth Young Master's loud laughter came from the dark clouds.
His laughter was filled with contempt, as if he showed disdain for Montes.
Boom!
Suddenly, thirty-eight heavenly sabers appeared in the dark clouds.
The moment the vast group of heavenly sabers appeared, a sharp killing intent surged out. The killing intent froze space like snow.
The thirty-eight heavenly sabers carried a strong aura as if they wanted to instantly kill Montes.
"No! Bastard! I am Elite Hall's Earth Division Master. How dare you?! "Montes exclaimed.
Boom!
The thirty-eight heavenly sabers suddenly charged down, and an aura that could destroy the world instantly arrived before Montes.
"Roar!"
Montes's dragon-shaped Veritable Energy soared into the sky. The six-hundred-meter-long dragon-shaped Veritable Energy carried a ferocious aura as it charged at the group of heavenly sabers.
Boom!
A loud sound rang out, and the clash gave off an overwhelming light. It was so piercing that no one could open their eyes. The berserk aura kicked up a storm and knocked everyone back.
Rumble …!
Rumbles rang out endlessly from the center of the explosion.
"Roar! Roar!"
A dragon roar rang out. Gu Hai vaguely saw a brown Veritable Dragon explode in the rubble.
Boom!
After the final sound, everything calmed down. The two-thousand-odd cultivators climbed to their feet and looked at the center of the surging dust cloud in horror.
The square Go board was still there. Montes actually did not die from the thirty-eight heavenly sabers.
However, Montes was now a bloody mess. He looked like he had suffered a thousand cuts as he fell into a large pit at the side.
Inside the crater was an earthen yellow shield. However, that earthen yellow shield was currently filled with spiderweb-like cracks.
"Division Master Meng is still alive?"
"That is Elite Hall's Earth Divine Shield? Even among Nascent Soul Grade Magic Treasures, it has the strongest defense! "
"The Earth Divine Shield protected Division Master Meng? However, the Earth Divine Shield shattered? Even the Earth Divine Shield is no longer working? "
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Everyone showed horrified expressions.
"Division Master!" The group of Elite Hall disciples quickly rushed over and helped Montes up. Then, they quickly fed him Medicinal Pills.
"Blargh!" Montes vomited a mouthful of blood.
He looked at the dark clouds with a horrified expression. His body twitched as if he could instantly die with just a little more force.
The churning dark clouds churned. "Humph! Elite Hall's Earth Divine Shield? It is merely so-so. Consider yourself lucky this time because of the Earth Divine Shield. However, the game is not over yet. Just wait. It will be your turn soon. I want to see how many Earth Divine Shields you have! "
Montes convulsed.
"Division Master, what should we do now?" the Elite Hall disciples asked worriedly.
Everyone looked at Montes. He was the only survivor, even though his injuries were too horrible to look at.
"Stall for time. The Sky Chess Pavilion will not … will not ignore this!" Montes said with much difficulty.
After saying that, Montes seemed like he could no longer move. He sucked on a Medicinal Pill and went limp.
The group of Elite Hall disciples quickly stood guard for Montes.
Everyone in the formation looked up with a look of despair. The more miserable the loss, the more intense the ritual array's killing blow would be.
Who would be next?
"It's fine. Division Master said to stall for time. We have to stall for time!" Song Qingshu called out from the side.
Everyone nodded. However, despair still filled their eyes. Wait for the Sky Chess Pavilion's First Elder to save us? Is that possible?
At the entrance of a large hall in the Innate Puzzle World:
The doors to the large hall opened, but the interior was incredibly dark. No one could see inside. A black-clad man knelt on one knee outside the hall.
"First Elder, the Ninth Young Master used the Heavenly Saber Death Match to trap more than two thousand outsiders in Carefree Valley. The various elders have differing opinions. First Elder, please make a decision!" the black-clad man said respectfully.
In the gloomy hall, there was a moment of silence. After a long while, a faint voice sounded.
"I know about Little Jiu's matter. My Sky Chess Pavilion will not interfere in their matters. However, they have indeed gone overboard this time!" the faint voice rang out.
"First Elder, should we stop the Ninth Young Master?" the black-clad man asked respectfully.
"There's no need. Wait until the matter at Carefree Valley is over. Then, inform Little Jiu not to make a move. We also need to teach these outsiders the rules. Although the pavilion master has fallen, my Sky Chess Pavilion was once a sect. No one can be presumptuous here!" the faint voice rang out.
"Yes, this subordinate understands!"
In Carefree Valley:
"No! No! It's not me! It's not me!"
A beam of light encased a gray-clad man. That man crumbled on the spot, feeling horrified.
In his horror, the gray-clad man did not step onto the Go board. Instead, he screamed at the dark clouds in horror, kneeling and begging for mercy, begging the people outside to spare him.
Boom!
A heavenly saber instantly chopped down. Before that gray-clad man could cry out, it chopped him in half, turning him into a bloody mess.
Horrified screams rang out in the valley again. Boundless despair enveloped everyone.
"Despair. I like to hear such sounds of despair. Hahahahaha! Again!" Sinister laughter came from the dark clouds.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, another beam of light shot down, instantly enveloping a person.
"Song Qingshu?" Chen Tianshan exclaimed from nearby.
The light encased Song Qingshu. Song Qingshu was chosen as the next person to die?
"No? Division Master Meng, save me! Save me! Why is it me? I don't want to die! "Song Qingshu immediately cried out.
"Stall for time! Play according to my previous Go strategy and wait for the Sky Chess Pavilion's people to make their move! "While regulating his breathing, Song Qingshu said with difficulty and entered a meditative state again.
"Stall for time?" Song Qingshu slowly stepped onto the Go board with an unsightly expression.
When he stepped onto the Go board, everyone immediately lowered their heads, as if they were afraid of making eye contact with Song Qingshu.
Song Qingshu stood on the Go board and scanned the people below with an unsightly expression. Wherever his gaze landed, many people dodged as if they were fleeing from the plague.
"I have to choose my opponent within thirty breaths. Who should I choose? Who should I choose? "Song Qingshu was anxious.
His gaze inadvertently landed on Montes. Perhaps Montes could no longer play Go. If I choose him, he will definitely lose. I can stall for time, but for how long? Furthermore …
Song Qingshu forcefully suppressed this desire and continued to scan the crowd. Suddenly, Song Qingshu's expression changed as he saw Gu Hai's group.
"Gu Hai?" Song Qingshu suddenly glared and said angrily.
"Huh?" Below the Go board, Gu Hai frowned slightly.
The cultivators around Gu Hai quickly dodged. In the blink of an eye, Gu Hai's group was exposed before everyone.
"I choose him! I choose him! Gu Hai!" Song Qingshu shouted as he pointed at Gu Hai.
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, a beam of starlight from the dark clouds fell on Gu Hai. Gu Hai became the chosen person.
"Brat, quickly get on the Go board. Otherwise, the heavenly saber will chop down on you!" someone called out kindly.
"Song Qingshu, how bold of you! Are you trying to send the division master to his death?" Chen Tianshan's expression changed as he glared.
Song Qingshu's expression turned ferocious as he said, "No matter who I choose, one will die. Who dies first, me or him?! Humph! Gu Hai, accept your fate. My Go Dao is not comparable to that of the division master. However, I am definitely stronger than you, someone who has not played Go for thirty years. Die! I want you to die! "
Gu Hai revealed a cold smile. "Song Qingshu, I already gave you three chances. This is the fourth!"
Gu Hai slowly walked to the Go board.
"I have not played Go with anyone for thirty years. Do you still want to beat me?" Song Qingshu retorted coldly.
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