The next day, Chess Peak was in an uproar again.
Many came to Chess Peak early in the morning to wait.
After many days of silence, Liu Zong finally returned to the Celestial Dragon Chess Game. He must have been prepared. The Celestial Dragon Chess Game was left behind by the Chess Saint and was controlled by his nine students. No one had been able to break it for many days.
Could Liu Zong crack it today?
Everyone was waiting with bated breath.
Many turned their eyes in one direction. It was where Liu Zong was. There were many skilled chess players gathered around him. His younger brother Mo Jun, Zhou Zichao and his sister, Han Jing, and the others were all there. Ye Futian was the only one missing from the nine who had broken the Celestial Dragon Chess Game. However, someone else had replaced him.
Those people were willing to break the game with Liu Zong because they knew that it was impossible for them to break the Celestial Dragon Chess Game on their own. If that was the case, they might as well let Liu Zong take the lead. If they were to really break the game, while Liu Zong would be the one to take the lead, they would at least be able to meet the Chess Saint.
Even if he could not get anything from the Chess Saint Villa, it was still a favor to Liu Zong.
Liu Zong was hailed as a future saint, and the three saints of Xihua Sacred Mountain thought highly of him. The value of getting a favor from him was not to be underestimated.
A group of people came to Chess Peak at that moment. It was Ye Futian and the others. He had intended to try to break the Celestial Dragon Chess Game that very day, but he learned on his way that Liu Zong had sent word that they would try to break the game again that very day.
He stopped on a boulder not far from the chessboard. He looked in Liu Zong's direction, and Liu Zong happened to look back at him. Their eyes met, and Liu Zong said, "Together?"
It was apparent that he recognized Ye Futian's prowess at chess. That was proven in the chess battle 40 days ago. Ye Futian defeated Mo Jun and saw through the later changes of the Celestial Dragon Chess Game. His talent at chess was nothing short of astounding. Many claimed that Ye Futian was probably the strongest at chess aside from Liu Zong among all who came to challenge the Celestial Dragon Chess Game.
Therefore, it was reasonable for Liu Zong to ignore the grudges between him, Mo Jun, and Zhou Ziyi and still invite him along.
"No," Ye Futian said to Liu Zong.
"Alright." Liu Zong glanced at Ye Futian and then looked away. He did not say another word. The exchange between the two was very simple. Each person said two words, and it was a conversation.
Beside Liu Zong, Mo Jun, Zhou Ziyi, and the others also glanced at Ye Futian. Mo Jun's eyes were calm while Zhou Ziyi's were slightly cold.
As for the others, Ye Futian did not have any grudges with them, so he did not mind.
"We're here." At that moment, a group of people came from the direction of the Chess Saint Villa. The nine people at the front were the nine students of the Chess Saint.
Yang Xiao led them directly to the chessboard. He looked around at the crowd, and then his eyes fell on Liu Zong.
They naturally knew that everyone had come that day to witness whether or not Liu Zong would be able to break the Celestial Dragon Chess Game.
"Liu Zong, are you ready?" Yang Xiao asked straightforwardly.
Liu Zong nodded. "Today, I would like to challenge the Celestial Dragon Chess Game again."
Yang Xiao nodded slightly, made a gesture, and said, "Please."
The nine of them landed in their respective positions. Then, Liu Zong stepped forward. Beside him, the other eight people followed him and stepped onto the chessboard.
"It's starting." Everyone waited with rapt attention, their eyes fixed on the chessboard. If they were unable to break the Celestial Dragon Chess Game on that day, there would have been no hope of breaking it.
Ye Futian looked there as well. He did not expect that he and Liu Zong would have thought of breaking the Celestial Dragon Chess Game on the same day.
At that moment, Liu Zong made the first move.
However, breaking the Celestial Dragon Chess Game was not going to be easy.
At that moment, Yang Xiao had already made his move. The first piece landed on the chessboard, and the sound was forceful.
Liu Zong waved his hand and the black piece landed, facing off against Yang Xiao.
One sound after another was heard on the chessboard. The pieces continued to be placed, and every piece that was placed was imbued with formidable power of rules.
Soon, the entire chessboard was presented as a picture scroll.
Ye Futian's Freedom Meditation was activated involuntarily. He stared at the chessboard and saw that both sides had laid out their matrixes. Liu Zong stood at the center of the nine people on the side of the black pieces. He looked like a huge ancient tree, and all of the black pieces on the chessboard extended from his side. The chessboard that the other eight laid out looked like eight branches. Each branch contained a different aura, and they were closely connected to him, making them inseparable.
From Liu Zong's position, he was able to control the changes of the entire chessboard at any time.
On the other side, Yang Lan and the other eight were still playing the same game as before, with nine interlocking matrixes. The nine matrixes seemed to have formed their own systems, yet they were still a whole.
Sword matrixes, spear matrixes, axe matrixes … The nine matrixes merged together, looking like nine dragons circling above the chessboard, destroying everything in their path.
At that moment, Ye Futian felt as if he was not watching a game of chess, but a battle.
The nine matrixes tore at the branches and leaves that Liu Zong had laid out in a frenzy, but the branches and leaves kept being destroyed and regenerated. They were extremely tenacious and grew endlessly. The black pieces kept sprouting and growing in the opponent's soil, forcefully piercing into the opponent's matrix.
At that moment, Ye Futian felt an extremely mysterious aura from Liu Zong. It was an extremely powerful spiritual energy emanating from him. Then, he felt that Liu Zong and the other eight people on the chessboard seemed to have become a whole and could not be separated.
"Spiritual Sharing." Ye Futian revealed a strange expression. Liu Zong was a very terrifying spiritual elemental cultivator of the mandate of heaven, and he had cultivated in many techniques. At that moment, he seemed to be using his spiritual energy to link the nine people into one, so that they could also communicate their thoughts.
Moreover, the way of chess complemented and strengthened each other.
"Powerful," Ye Futian thought to himself. It seemed that Liu Zong was thinking the same thing as him.
He could see that Liu Zong had probably also guessed how to break through the way of chess. In some ways, Liu Zong and he were the same.
Streaks of lightning sword qi descended from the sky. The light flashed, and they were extremely sharp. On the chessboard, a terrifying sharpness swept out.
Many looked at the chessboard and felt their hearts tremble. Was that really a game of chess?
At that moment, the chessboard seemed to have turned into a real battlefield. All 18 mighty ones had stepped onto the chessboard, using themselves as chess pieces. Every time a piece was placed, their bodies would follow suit. Two extremely violent auras clashed.
"The Celestial Dragon Chess Game."
At that moment, everyone was able to vaguely see an incredibly terrifying dragon circling on the chessboard. Its claws were like sharp swords, glittering with cold light. A dazzling sword matrix seemed to have appeared on its abdomen. When a piece was placed, the sword matrix would have been brought down, destroying everything in its path.
However, at that moment, with Liu Zong at the center, the branches and leaves of the ancient tree turned golden. Liu Zong seemed to have turned into an ancient golden Buddha. His voice of Buddha shook the sky as the branches and leaves turned into golden arms, blocking the terrifying killing move of the Celestial Dragon Chess Game.
"A chess battle." Under Freedom Meditation, Ye Futian saw a true chess battle. It was no longer a simple game of chess. That was the power of the art of chess when it was brought to the extreme.
Liu Zong had forced the Celestial Dragon Chess Game to bring out its greatest power, the Dragon of Heaven.
At that moment, the eight people around Liu Zong were all under extremely terrifying pressure, especially Zhou Ziyi. Her face had turned pale and her breathing was labored. Her clothes were drenched in sweat, and her fair skin was vaguely visible in her long dress, which made her look exceptionally alluring.
However, she had no time to care at all. It was a testament to just how much pressure she was under at that moment.
The Celestial Dragon Chess Game seemed to have no openings at all. There was no weakness to be found at all. Every piece that was placed increased its power by several degrees.
Finally, the shadow of the Dragon of Heaven grew increasingly powerful. Its incredibly huge body crushed everything in its path. As a piece was placed, a sharp claw was brought down below, tearing everything in its path.
It was as if the situation was about to be completely broken and Liu Zong and the others were defeated.
"This is bad." Many people's expressions changed at the scene. The Celestial Dragon Chess Game had brought such a terrifying killing move, and it was very likely that Liu Zong's formation would have been destroyed.
However, Ye Futian frowned when he saw that piece being placed. He took a look at Li Kaishan, who had placed his piece, not understanding why that piece was placed there. He had a better choice, which was to cut off one of Liu Zong's arms and destroy some of Zhou Ziyi's pieces.
At that moment, Liu Zong placed his piece first. The game was now completely under his control. The weather changed as that piece was placed. Everyone felt the arm of the Buddha lashing out, heading straight for the dragon's claw.
Yang Xiao and the others looked solemn. Another piece was placed, and Liu Zong placed his piece again without hesitation.
The Buddha's attack gathered as one, heading straight for the dragon's arm. A terrifying illusion appeared, and the dragon's claw was shattered. One of the pieces on the chessboard was devoured right away. It was the piece that Li Kaishan had placed. That piece was supposed to be the sharpest spear of the Celestial Dragon Chess Game, but it was broken at that moment.
"Liu Zong."
Someone cried out. Was Liu Zong going to win?
Countless held their breaths, staring at the chessboard. Liu Zong had actually gained the upper hand.
Yang Xiao and the others placed their pieces one after another, looking rather pale. Victory and defeat were not determined by plane on the chessboard. Everyone was able to use the same amount of power there.
Finally, when Liu Zong placed another piece, the dragon's abdomen was dealt a devastating blow, cutting it in two right away. The game was broken, and it was completely broken.
The Nine Nine Consecutive Dragons Matrix was broken.
Yang Xiao and the others were frozen at the scene before them. He looked up and took a good look at his second brother, Li Kaishan, but said nothing in the end.
Yang Xiao smiled and said to Liu Zong, "Congratulations."
The game dissipated as soon as he said that, and many gasped.
"It's broken."
"Liu Zong actually broke the game left behind by the Chess Saint. He will receive the Chess Saint's expectations and the art of chess."
"As expected of Liu Zong, a peerless genius."
Everyone was in awe.
However, Ye Futian frowned. He looked at Liu Zong, then at Li Kaishan, wearing a strange expression.
He recalled a saying that the second student of the Chess Saint, Li Kaishan, was an honest man.
But was he really honest?
The Celestial Dragon Chess Game should not have had any flaws, but one did!
(End of Chapter)
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