Yi Tian had been walking in the long and narrow passage of the Zhen gate for nearly a quarter of an hour. Along the way, thumb-sized lightning bolts would flash out from the walls from time to time. Every time they struck Yi Tian's protective barrier, a sizzling sound would be heard. Yi Tian snorted at this. This level of lightning wasn't a threat to him at all.
After walking for an hour, Yi Tian saw the exit in front of him. It was about three hundred feet away from him. However, the lightning in front of him was clearly stronger. The lightning arcs were still the same, but the density had increased.
After calculating the time, Yi Tian didn't want to waste too much energy here. He condensed his True Flame Armor and walked toward the exit. Along the way, several lightning arcs struck Yi Tian, but they were all repelled by the True Flame Armor.
The entire process could be considered easy. When they were 10 meters away from the exit, a bolt of lightning as thick as a bowl appeared in the air. Yi Tian thought to himself that it was good that they had arrived. The final test of this stage was also like this. He stretched out his hands and drew a Tai Chi Top pattern in the air. Then, he placed his Spiral Fire Shield on top of it.
With a muffled bang, the lightning arcs struck the fire shield, but they didn't move Yi Tian at all. After experiencing the Spirit Tool Tribulations many times, Yi Tian already had experience dealing with lightning tribulations. Moreover, the lightning arcs in the passage were much weaker than the Spirit Tool Tribulations, so he was quite familiar with dealing with them. After the lightning arcs that struck the fire shield disappeared, Yi Tian leisurely withdrew his spell and walked toward the exit. He didn't encounter any trouble along the way and only used 20% of his spirit force.
After exiting the passage, Yi Tian stood still and saw that he had arrived at a large field. He looked around and saw that Dugu Ao and Xing Yuan had already arrived. After walking forward to greet the two of them, Yi Tian found out that Xing Yuan was the first to arrive, followed by Dugu Ao. There was a difference of five breaths of time between the two of them. Yi Tian thought to himself that the two of them were still secretly competing with each other. Regarding this matter, the two of them only lightly brushed it off.
According to this situation, Xing Yuan was still slightly stronger than Dugu Ao. As for the strength of the remaining five people, they would naturally be able to find out according to the order they came out.
Looking at the situation in the large field, Zhao Jiuge used white lines to draw lines on the marble floor with the words "Boundary River" in the middle.
There was a group of puppets standing in front of him. They all held shiny weapons in their hands, and their formation looked quite frightening. There was also a chessboard on the side of the field. Yi Tian used his Divine Sense to identify each of these puppets. It turned out to be a Chinese chess set. Each puppet stood in the corresponding position of the chess pieces. Moreover, these puppets looked similar to the chess pieces in the Chinese chess set.
There were chariots and horses on both sides, and the soldiers were holding the judge's brush and feather fan. The Black General, who was sitting in the middle, was exceptionally huge. He held the Son of Heaven's Sword in his hand and sat on the throne, giving off an imposing aura without being angry. There were two cannoneers on both sides, and in the front row, there were five soldiers holding spears and shields.
Looking at these puppets, the ones in the front row were all at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and the ones at the back were at the mid stage of Foundation Establishment. As for the "Black General", he estimated that he was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Zhao Jiuge guessed that the person who set up the formation had taken into account that the cultivation levels of the people who came were different. Therefore, these puppets corresponded to the needs of different levels.
Behind the "Black General" on the field was a locked stone door. After using his divine sense to scan the stone door, Yi Tian found that there was no way to open it. He estimated that he would have to defeat the "Black General" on the chessboard in order to explore the ruins. However, only Xing Yuan, Dugu Ao, and himself had the ability to defeat a puppet at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
A small stone table on the side of the field caught Yi Tian's attention. He walked up and took a closer look. It turned out that the stone table was a chessboard, but only half of the black chess pieces were on it. There were seven weapons on the stone stacks next to the chessboard: a sword, a saber, a halberd, a fan, a pen, an axe, and a shield. They were all at the peak of the fourth level. There was also a line of words below: "Weapons that are not part of the formation cannot harm the puppets." Seeing this, Yi Tian already understood. It seemed that he would have to play a game. But what about the red chess pieces?
After thinking about it, this round would probably test his chess skills. Yi Tian revealed a playful smile. This round was going to be interesting. Breaking the formation required eight people to work together. Now, he could only seize the time to find an empty space to sit down and quickly recover to his peak state. When the time came, he would trick them into playing.
After returning to his original position and continuing to wait for his teammates, Yi Tian was surprised to see that the fourth person to arrive after fifteen minutes was actually Yang Ling. This time, Yi Tian had no choice but to re-evaluate his strength.
Although he seemed to be in good spirits and his clothes were not messy, Yi Tian guessed that his journey through the passageway trial had been smooth sailing. However, Yi Tian felt that his true strength should not be limited to this.
After Yang Ling arrived, he did not say much. He directly imitated Yi Tian and sat down to rest. However, his gaze towards Yi Tian was filled with deep fear.
Soon after, Yan Zhaoxue and Tong Yan also came out of the passage at about the same time. Women would not break through with brute force like men. Yi Tian guessed that in terms of strength, Dugu Ao should be about the same as Yang Ling, slightly weaker than Xing Yuan, and slightly stronger than Tong Yan.
Then when they met at Yunlai Tower, these two people should not have been so afraid of Dugu Ao. Could it be that Dugu Ao still had something powerful that Yi Tian did not understand? Or could it be that Loose Cultivators were afraid of the Heavenly Devil Sect's power? This matter also confused Yi Tian.
On the other hand, it was Shui Dongcheng and Du Heiyi who spent more than an hour to walk out of their respective passages in a sorry state. As soon as they saw everyone, they poured out their grievances and recounted their encounters in the passage.
Yi Tian was too lazy to listen to their nonsense. When everyone was present, he called out to everyone, "Everyone, this drill ground in front of us is another trap. We will have to rely on everyone's sincere cooperation to pass."
This time, Yan Zhaoxue also learned her lesson. Using her divine sense to scan the drill ground, she discovered that the center of the entire field was a chessboard that was about twenty feet in size. There were sixteen puppets standing on the opposite side, representing the black side. Her side was definitely the red side.
Girls generally did not delve too deeply into chess, so she pretended not to care about it. In any case, the less said, the less mistakes there would be. As for Yang Ling and the others, they all shook their heads after looking at it. They should forget about playing with their brains. Their strength was in using their blades.
In the end, this matter was pushed to Yi Tian. Fortunately, he had already anticipated this and had a plan in his heart. There should be sixteen red chess pieces, but in terms of types, they happened to be Commander, Soldier, Statue, Horse, Chariot, Cannon, and Soldier. Including the chess players, the eight people in charge of breaking the formation all had their own roles. Thinking of this, Yi Tian secretly admired the Heavenly Fortune Sect for being able to think of such a difficult situation.
If it was a normal game of chess, Yi Tian would not be afraid. However, the current situation could not be judged according to common sense. The seven red pieces against the sixteen black pieces were already unfair. The Heavenly Fortune Sect's trick of testing people was really indescribable.
In this way, the red side would definitely have to be strict in defense to win. For a moment, Yi Tian thought of countless plans in his heart.
Thinking back, he had done some research on chess. Back when he was in the White Horse Gang and played chess with Wang Bao, he had also tried to give the opponent nine pieces.
However, that was giving away all the Soldier and Soldier pieces. The remaining pieces were all attacking pieces. Now, there were only four pieces left to attack the other side. He had to think carefully.
After an hour, Yi Tian had a plan. Then, he turned to the people behind him and said, "It's more or less done. Follow me. Let's start the battle and try to break the formation as soon as possible."
The eight people walked to the chessboard. Yi Tian sat on the red side of the chessboard and pointed at the chessboard with his hands. After a wave of spiritual energy hit the chessboard, the entire drill ground shook.
Shui Dongcheng looked at Yi Tian with a panicked expression and said, "Brother Yi, what are you …"
Without waiting for him to finish, Yi Tian interrupted him impatiently and said, "Everyone, go to the stone pile at the side and take your weapons. Carefully look at the markings on the weapons. Xing Yuan is the Chariot, Dugu Ao is the Horse, Du Heiyi is the Soldier, Shui Dongcheng is the Cannon, Tong Yan is the Soldier, Yan Zhaoxue is the Soldier, and Yang Ling is the Commander."
Hearing this distribution, everyone was stunned. It was fine for the others, but for Yang Ling to be the Commander was a bit out of place. In terms of strength, he was not the strongest. Wasn't it a bit too much to bet on him?
The little girl, Yan Zhaoxue, was dissatisfied with the distribution and said, "Little Yi, how did you distribute them? Why did you let the bearded man be the Commander?" This sentence also stirred up the doubts in everyone's hearts. Logically speaking, the strongest person should be Xing Yuan.
"I only distributed them according to their individual strength. Furthermore, Xing Yuan has to be the vanguard to break the other side's defense. As for Yang Ling, I have confidence in him." After speaking, Yi Tian sat in front of the chessboard without looking back and read the main points of the game.
According to the chessboard, each person had to play a role as a chess piece, and the weapons on the stone block represented each chess piece.
After the chessboard formation was activated, the pieces standing on the chessboard could only attack the black side according to the player's moves.
The attacked side had to receive a move from the attacking side before they could counterattack. Only the victorious side could continue to stay on the chessboard, while the defeated side was considered eliminated. Finally, the black side's general had the key to open the restriction at the back, so they had to kill the general and defeat the black general in order to pass.
In other words, even if the black pieces attacked the red side's nest, as long as Yang Ling, as the Red Commander, could withstand it, the entire game would not be considered a loss.
After explaining to the crowd, they all looked at Yang Ling with pity, but they only saw his calm expression and fearless response.
However, when he looked at Yi Tian, he frowned slightly, and a trace of gloominess flashed in his eyes. Then, he returned to normal.
After the seven people drew their weapons, they all turned into flashes of light and flew to their corresponding positions on the chessboard. Yi Tian, who was sitting in front of the small chessboard, saw that there was an extra row of five pieces on the right side of the red side in front of him. The right cannon and the center soldier in front of the commander were all surrounded by a layer of light. They could see and communicate with each other, but couldn't provide support.
A layer of light also appeared on all of the black pieces, completely enveloping the bodies of the puppets.
When they were in position, a blurry shadow appeared on the stone bench behind the black side. It seemed to be the black side's player this time.
After having a plan in mind, Yi Tian was the first to raise his head and charge at the center soldier. As a piece fell, this game of chess with unequal strength began.
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