"Fine, then you can continue to wait … wh-what?"
Qing Huo High Blaze's voice suddenly grew louder. Jiang Wang suddenly wanted to move, but he was not used to it.
Jiang Wang stopped and asked, "What, I can't go now?"
"You can, of course you can!" Qing Huo High Blaze hurriedly said, "After fighting side by side for so long, you should have some understanding of the warriors' strength. See which warriors you want to bring."
Jiang Wang shook his head. "Didn't you already choose people before? Let's just take them. "
Qing Huo High Blaze smiled apologetically. "Hasn't that matter already passed?"
For the Qing Huo Division, he was actually willing to lower himself. One after another, "You," without complaint, serving Jiang Wang like he was a lord.
"Sir Star General." Qing Huo Yuanchen said somewhat indignantly, "Do you look down on our warriors?"
"It's not that I look down on you." Jiang Wang said, "But … just me alone is enough."
Qing Huo High Blaze chased after him for a few steps.
Jiang Wang's current overconfidence was different from the feeling he gave people before.
After a few steps, Qing Huo High Blaze had already made his decision, so he said, "Let Yuanchen accompany you."
Jiang Wang did not refuse this time. "Then let's go."
Qing Huo High Blaze gave Qing Huo Yuanchen a meaningful glance. Of course, he could not let those old men accompany Jiang Wang to the life and death game. Jiang Wang had already proven his strength. The Qing Huo Division was going to fight for a ranking this time!
Qing Huo Yuanchen also understood. He picked fifteen warriors on the spot and silently followed Jiang Wang.
Including him, the sixteen warriors guarding the Wuzhi Catacombs were the Qing Huo Division's candidates to enter the life and death game this time.
As expected, Jiang Wang did not say anything.
He would not go so far as to force those sixteen old men to come.
Not willing to pick people, including not revealing the plan before, was to make these people anxious. In essence, it was to express the resentment that arose from Qing Huo Qiming jumping down the You Tian. If it were not for Qing Huo High Blaze forcing Qing Huo Qiming to enter the catacombs, this matter would not have happened.
High Blazing Celebratory Flame understood this, which was why he allowed himself to be scolded and mocked. Even his undisguised anxiousness for the past few days could not possibly not be to vent Jiang Wang's anger.
In front of the 'big picture' of the Qing Huo Division, he did not care about his personal honor.
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They had stayed in the Wuzhi Catacombs for a few days. Every day, they cycled between resting and fighting. Leaving the fortress all of a sudden felt like a lifetime had passed.
It was afternoon on the void continent, and the sky was still bright.
Qinghuo Yuanchen led the way at the front, flying swiftly.
The group rushed to Qing Huo Division's Fire Temple as fast as they could. Qing Huo Heng had been guarding this place recently, ready to send the Chess Master to the Chess of Life and Death at any time.
Seeing the Fire Temple, Jiang Wang had a vague illusion that the Fire Qiming was still there. But reason told him that this was impossible.
The new Shaman Priest had already taken office and he still wore that exaggerated mask. This Shaman Priest had nothing to do with Qing Huo Qi Ming's line. A Shaman Priest who could not overcome his fear and did not dare to enter the catacombs was enough to become the tribe's disgrace. The Qing Huo Division had been nurturing a new Shaman Priest since a long time ago. But due to the special nature of the Shaman Priest's identity, it could not be easily replaced.
Jiang Wang did not say anything to this new Shaman Priest. Of course, the new Shaman Priest also maintained the dignity of a Shaman Priest.
Under the guidance of the new Shaman Priest, the group walked into the Fire Temple.
After walking through the long passageway, one side of the passageway led to the totem pool that Jiang Wang had visited last time, and the other side led to his destination this time — the same dark room. In the center of the room stood a door densely covered in flame patterns.
There was nothing else.
The new Shaman Priest stood in front of the door and made a gesture of invitation. There was no need for any ceremony. Or rather, the anxious Qing Huo Heng had already made all the preparations.
He was only waiting for Jiang Wang to come.
Qinghuo Yuanchen walked to the front and pushed the door open.
Behind the door was a wall of fire.
Qinghuo Yuanchen did not hesitate and directly stepped into the "wall of fire".
Jiang Wang was the second to enter.
The "wall of fire" was not scorching. As soon as he stepped in, the scene changed.
The first thing he saw was a huge stone door. A misty light flowed on the stone door, making it impossible to see what was inside.
Next to the stone door stood a tall stone slab. It should be the "Stone Tablet Chess Record".
The entire chessboard of life and death was shrunk on the stone slab. Different places and different objects emitted different shapes, colors, and intensities of light.
Among them, there were the most glowing dots. The intensity of the light was also the same. Moreover, they were constantly moving.
Those were the participants of the Life and Death Chess Record. He couldn't see what they were facing. He could only observe where they were going and who they were meeting. After meeting, the light dot that continued to move forward would naturally be the winner.
For example, the Fire Tribe had red light dots, the Water Tribe had blue light dots, the Earth Tribe had yellow light dots, the Plague Tribe had black light dots … and so on. As for the specific details, there were slight differences between each tribe. Perhaps only the natives of the void continent could accurately distinguish them.
This stone door was the entrance to the Qinghuo Tribe's chess game. A few Qinghuo Tribe members were guarding here, constantly paying attention to the "Stone Tablet Chess Record".
They were quite happy to see Qinghuo Yuanchen and the others come over.
According to the rules passed down from generation to generation, they needed to confirm their "identity" on the stone tablet.
For example, Jiang Wang was the chess master, so he had to place his hand on the master's palm.
Qinghuo Yuanchen was one of the two players.
After confirming it, Qinghuo Yuanchen glanced at the sky and said, "Master, there's not much time left. Why don't we set off tomorrow?"
Jiang Wang asked, "How much longer until nightfall?"
"The sky is very punctual during the life and death chess game," Qinghuo Yuanchen said. "There's still an hour left."
"Go in," Jiang Wang said.
If they went in now, it meant that they would fail if they couldn't occupy the first "birth point" within an hour. They would be directly erased by the life and death chess game. Alternatively, they could choose to give up before then and withdraw from the game. After withdrawing, they wouldn't be able to enter again.
This decision was undoubtedly risky.
However, the sixteen Qinghuo Tribe warriors, including Qinghuo Yuanchen, didn't raise any objections.
Jiang Wang was the chess master, and Jiang Wang's decision was the command.
Regardless of their standpoint, they were all very qualified warriors after years of fighting in the largest and most dangerous Wuzhi Catacombs within the Qinghuo Tribe's territory.
After stepping through the stone door, the misty light carried with it a mysterious law.
Jiang Wang sensed that his extremely thin totemic power had disappeared completely. This was the reason why void continent experts couldn't use their supernatural powers in the life and death chess game.
What made him heave a sigh of relief was that the "star power" stored in his fire totem wasn't affected.
This meant that his preparations hadn't been in vain.
The life and death chess game indeed only targeted totemic power.
Jiang Wang himself had Dao Energy, so the disappearance of some totemic power didn't affect him at all.
As for the sixteen warriors behind him, they all looked fine. Before coming to the life and death chess game, they'd left most of their totemic power in the Fire Temple's totemic pool.
It was said that this was something that Qinghuo Gao had repeatedly emphasized … they were truly very thrifty.
Perhaps Qinghuo Gao's starting point was stingy, but the end result was very good. At least these sixteen warriors had saved a lot of time to adapt.
After stepping into the life and death chess game, Jiang Wang and the others found themselves in a circle of light. This was probably the range of the starting point.
In front of them was a path paved with huge stone slabs. Every stone slab was exactly the same size, with a length and width of one hundred and sixty feet. A stone slab was a "position" in the life and death chess game, or a "chess position".
The range of visibility wasn't very wide. It could even be said that it was very narrow.
Most of the environment was hidden in a dense fog.
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