Chapter 182: 182. Chapter 181: Chess Saint's Dao Fruit Second Metamorphosis, Boundless Divine Power, Who Is the One Placing Pieces Ou

182. Chapter 181: Chess Saint's Dao Fruit Second Metamorphosis, Boundless Divine Power, Who Is the One Placing Pieces Outside the Board? 【Seeking Monthly Votes】

The torrential rain roared, as if it were drowned out by explosions in midair!

The billowing thick smoke burst open above the sky, constantly rolling and boiling, like a black flood dragon surging upstream into the clouds!

The high‑speed rotating fire‑god cannon barrel gradually halted, scorching hot, and the rain striking it was completely evaporated.

Li Che's prepared thousand Avalanche Crows were all unleashed in one breath, completely emptied!

The Fire‑God Furious Jiao Mechanism Cannon is quite different from the Immortal‑engine Gatling; it places great demands on the operator's Qi and blood.

Li Che's furnace‑master physique boasts immensely powerful Qi and blood; when compressed and released, it erupts like a volcano, the furnace pouring forth.

The release of a thousand Avalanche Crows left his internal Qi and blood feeling utterly depleted, an intangible void surging up from his feet.

This cannon indeed consumes a great deal of Qi and blood.

Heat steamed upward as the barrel turned slowly, carrying countless flickering sparks, gradually coming to a halt.

From the muzzle, high‑temperature heat waves twisted the air, rolling fiercely.

The cannon fire ceased its release.

The smoke and dust were torn apart by the rain.

Under the gaze of everyone watching.

The aura of Huang Xilong vanished, leaving only a body that resembled charred coal, swaying as it fell from the sky.

Steam rose, tearing through the rain curtain.

With a splash, it struck the ground, blasting the puddles into a spray of water a yard high.

A Divine Origin Real Person…

To think it ended up like this!

Between heaven and earth, an extremely intense divinity surged and spread, tumultuous and raging, like a massive stone thrown into a great lake, raising waves thousands of feet high!

Silence!

Only the sound of rain falling remains.

The entire Golden Light Mansion city fell into quiet at that moment.

Even other Divine Origin Real Persons felt their bodies go numb, enveloped by extreme urgency and chill.

Lu Yao's eyes burst forth with dazzling radiance…

The Golden Core of the Hunt‑God Pavilion's master…

Was shattered!

The Divine Origin Golden Core is the foundation of a Divine Origin Real Person.

It condenses divinity into substance, perceives and captures the true will within the divinity, merges it into the Golden Core, causing the Core to emit golden light.

The golden light of the Golden Core can temper the primordial spirit, ultimately forging a Divine Origin Golden Body!

Divine Origin Real Persons naturally vary in strength.

According to the Grand Master's Divine Firmament, Unity of Heaven and Man, and the three top‑flower triple metamorphoses, the Divine Origin also undergoes three metamorphoses.

They are the three metamorphoses: Primordial Spirit, Golden Body, and Fetal Breath!

It is the solid path for a Divine Origin Real Person to transform from a divine fetus to a great deity!

However, once the Golden Core shatters, that Divine Origin Real Person is essentially ruined.

What kind of firepower can blast a Divine Origin Real Person's proud Golden Core, which bears a towering divine rank and oppressive aura, into pieces?

"That mechanism…"

Lu Yao's eyes glittered as they swept over, landing on the massive fire‑god mechanism cannon clenched by Niu Mo.

The Imperial Observatory also has a mechanism department; after incorporating the Tang faction, its mechanism division is not weak at all.

However, there is no mechanism that can compare to the cannon Niu Mo now wields.

If one must compare, perhaps only a ranked mechanical beast could match it!

The torrential rain fell like pillars.

Rushing over the earth.

Li Che did not hesitate much, sheathing the steaming Fire‑God Furious Jiao Mechanism Cannon.

Then, with his toe touching the ground, his whole body launched upward, the rain on the ground instantly exploding into rippling sprays.

The towering, tower‑mountain‑like body shot up into the high sky.

His five fingers clenched, and a long bow instantly fell into his hand.

It was the Crimson Flame Flowing Fire Shattered‑Star Divine Bow from Wenlong Mountain!

With the divine bow in hand, Qi and blood surged, the massive tendons along his spine trembled like crossbow bolts, and his furnace body quivered.

With a firm grip of five fingers, he drew the bow to a full moon!

The true intent surged, as if countless flowing flames were rapidly falling from the heavens!

Master's true intent!

Crimson Flame Flowing Fire Shattered‑Star Arrow!

The master‑level true‑intent supreme skill was unleashed by Niu Mo at this moment.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The arrows shone with raging brilliance!

The arrows whistled out, blasting toward Huang Xilong's body, and in an instant erupted into rolling flames.

The fallen body of Huang Xilong, black as charcoal, twitched abruptly on the ground.

Angrily they launched upward, their powerful Qi and blood surging wildly!

Angered, he shot up as his mighty qi and blood surged wildly.

He is actually a Post-Master Realm martial practitioner!

He roared as he threw successive punches, his scorched black skin cracking and falling off piece by piece.

This Niu Mo...

He's too damn ruthless?!

His Golden Core was blown apart, yet they still wanted to shoot a few more arrows at his corpse?

How could such a disgusting existence exist in this world?!

Pfft!

Crimson Flame Flowing Fire Shattering Star Arrow, bursting in succession.

Huang Xilong roared, infusing his blood and qi, his strength nearing that of a half-step Grand Master, and he hammered fiercely at the arrows shot by Niu Mo.

But the overbearing fierce power contained in the arrows made Huang Xilong's heart sink!

Too strong!

This Niu Mo...

His martial cultivation is almost half a foot into the Grand Master Realm, right?

Pfft——

Huang Xilong roared, sweeping his fist technique sideways, but could not suppress the arrow's light.

In the end, he was pierced through the skull by a single arrow.

It took less than an instant.

Huang Xilong's ferociously roaring skull directly exploded, splitting into five pieces, shattering and bursting apart!

Viscous like mercury blood plasma sprayed out, then, powered by the energy within the divine arrow, it instantly evaporated into blood mist!

Boom——

The divine arrow pierced his skull, its might undiminished, striking the ground behind Huang Xilong; the entire ground was blasted into a huge pit, with accumulated water swirling like a vortex.

Mud surged, cracks like a net!

Everyone's hearts were greatly shocked!

It's astonishing that Huang Xilong didn't die; he was actually holding back a sinister strike.

Also astonishing was this Niu Mo, so steady that even after blasting the opponent's Golden Core, he still intended to use divine arrow means to blast Huang Xilong's skull!

These two...

They're both too damn ruthless!

Hum——

Everyone only felt their vision blur.

The burly Niu Mo darted forward at high speed, like a sparrowhawk, crossing tens of zhang in an instant, appearing beside Huang Xilong's corpse whose skull had been blasted apart.

Li Che indifferently gazed at the corpse of Huang Xilong, whose Golden Core he had blown apart.

He clenched his five fingers, pressed them hard onto the corpse, frantically drawing out the divinity of this Divine Origin True Person, condensing it into a Divinity Chess Piece.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Instead, he slickly began searching Huang Xilong's body, eventually finding the Heaven and Earth Jade, and took it with satisfaction.

From crossing dozens of zhang to finishing the corpse search, it took only about five breaths.

Having completed the harvest in a thoroughly satisfying manner.

Niu Mo rose to his feet, clenched his five fingers.

In an instant, under the gaze of everyone present.

He vanished via displacement!

Silently and soundlessly!

Only the rumble of the continuing rainstorm remained.

The rich scent of blood and blood mist, pierced by raindrops, left a thousand holes.

Everyone remained silent.

Watching Niu Mo kill, search the corpse, and depart in one seamless flow, everyone felt their heads buzzing.

This is......

A professional killer of the Netherworld?

Lu Yao exhaled a breath; as strong as he was, he didn't know when cold sweat like slurry began to seep from his back.

It wasn't because Niu Mo displayed the strength of his coordinated mechanisms.

But rather that meticulous, linked slaughter.

Being targeted by such an assassin...... would probably really be a headache.

Thinking of this, Lu Yao couldn't help but think of that little prince in the City Lord's Mansion.

How arrogant they were when they first paid respects to the mountain; now...... how timid they have become.

"Moreover...... Xue Dufu...... isn't he dead?"

Lu Yao looked toward the distance, where Xue Dufu was suppressed by Huang Xilong's Seven Element Divine Technique.

Although he wore a mask, the moment his martial art was unleashed, his identity as Xue Dufu was exposed.

Throughout Jin Guang Prefecture, the only one capable of employing such a Crescent Moon Blade Technique......

was none other than Xue Dufu.

But Xue Dufu is dead.

Was he...... pulled back from hell by the Netherworld?

And even joined the Netherworld?!

Lu Yao's head buzzed incessantly.

"Great, an Underworld…… I can't see through it, completely can't see through……"

The mournful, desolate erhu sound echoed; Inspector Hu Yingyue started playing the erhu again.

Lu Yao glanced helplessly at Hu Yingyue; his head was already buzzing, and adding the erhu sound almost drove him crazy.

Too lazy to bother with Hu Yingyue, he looked toward Li Che.

Li Che was stained with blood, but his condition looked not bad.

Huang Xilong was after all a God Origin True Person; for Li Che, a God Foundation cultivator, he was a suppression spanning two major stages.

Just the rank pressure caused Li Che to suffer heavy injuries and bleed profusely, which was quite normal.

If that Killing Rain Sword really struck, Li Che would surely die.

Fortunately, Horse Face secretly intervened and saved Li Che.

"Your relationship with the Underworld is quite good……"

Lu Yao took a deep look at Li Che, who was wiping blood and standing up.

Li Che, however, didn't say much.

Lu Yao didn't mind either, his eyes flickering: "If there's a chance…… give me a way to contact the Underworld."

"The Underworld probably also accepts missions, right?"

The Underworld's strength made even a God Origin True Person like Lu Yao feel moved.

Lu Yao's strength was considerably greater than Huang Xilong's; Lu Yao belonged to the later stage of Nascent Soul shedding among God Origin True Persons, somewhat shy of the Golden Body shedding, and even vaguely condensed some Golden Body.

Huang Xilong could barely stir the Golden Core to shed golden threads; he had probably just stepped into the middle stage of Nascent Soul shedding.

However, if Lu Yao were to endure the machine-gun barrage like the Ox Demon, his fate would likely be no better.

The best method is to move at extreme speed, open distance, then use Divine technique to long-range bombard the Ox Demon.

Huang Xilong, having used Divine technique on an ox, found himself hard-pressed against the Ox Demon and was ultimately blasted to death.

But this was all the Ox Demon's design.

So Lu Yao felt fear; the Ox Demon was fearsome, and the Underworld's ferocious beings were also fearsome.

Lu Yao felt that establishing a good relationship with the Underworld was naturally best.

Who doesn't have a grudge or two?

【Painting Immortal】 avatar Li Che paused, then nodded.

However.

Just then.

In the distance, a figure in green robes wearing a cat-face mask walked from the wind and rain.

"The Underworld lets you die at the third watch; who dares keep you until the fifth watch……"

Lu Yao and the others' gazes all swept over.

Lin Xiu's mouth twitched.

Isn't that Li Qing Shan?

Li Qing Shan drifted over and stood still in the wind and rain.

Watching Li Qing Shan show off while standing, chanting verses, Lin Xiu…… was extremely envious.

How did he not seize this opportunity?

Moreover……

Did Li Qing Shan really join the Underworld?

……

……

Five fingers clenched.

The Flying Thunder Chess Piece was instantly clenched in Li Che's palm.

The surrounding wind and rain suddenly vanished, leaving only the candlelight flickering incessantly.

Outside the city, in the Guiyi Miao of the Fire-Eyed Mysterious Shock Spirit Ape.

Li Che wore an Ox Demon mask, his burly figure emerging like a towering mountain.

He stood within the temple.

Boiling qi and blood roared incessantly; Li Che removed the Ox Demon mask and stored it in his Heaven-Earth Space, lightly twisting his muscles and bones, his back muscles and bones emitted a sound like a bowstring snapping, akin to a dragon and elephant's roar, vibrating without cease!

Slowly, the sound gradually faded.

It was like rolling beads of blood, like large and small pearls falling onto a jade plate, clear and pleasant to hear.

After a fierce clash, qi and blood tempered the flesh.

In a clash with a God Origin True Person, the pressure was indeed great; Li Che remained tense from head to toe, daring not to slack off in the slightest.

Only at the end, when Huang Xilong's skull was blasted by him, did Li Che feel a slight relaxation.

Hiss—

His whole body relaxed; the accumulated heat in his pores surged out like a pressure cooker blasting hot wind, stirring up a raging gale that surged without cease!

This battle, Li Che's qi and blood consumption was not small.

Whether it was the Fish Bait Avatar initially painted at great qi and blood cost, or later firing thousands of Fire God Cannons, both greatly depleted his qi and blood.

Ordinary Painting Immortal avatars are fragile; Li Che ensured his Painting Immortal avatar wouldn't instantly burst into ink mist under Huang Xilong's mighty God Origin rank pressure, lest he startle the snake.

Therefore, he increased the proportion of qi and blood.

Thus, this avatar's physical strength was not low.

It even reached the strength of an ordinary Grand Master.

This bait is undoubtedly successful.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Li Che took out an Eight Extremes Martial Pill and stuffed it into his mouth.

With a gulp, the martial pill dropped into his belly.

"Huh—"

"Su—"

Between one exhale and inhale, Li Che crushed the medicinal potency of the martial pill, wildly cleansing his flesh!

This battle yielded a huge gain for Li Che!

His eyes opened and closed, and a raging wind stirred within the Guiyi Miao.

On the altar, the candlelight flickered; the spirit monkey god statue, its bald head rubbed raw, wore a face full of bitterness.

This son of a bitch… is back again!

He's about to be sucked dry, he's really about to be sucked dry!

It seemed as if the temple god's shriek was echoing, that was the emotion of resistance.

But Li Che took it wholly as the temple god's welcome to him.

His heart and mind stirred.

Instantly, a flow of light drifted leisurely before his eyes.

【Dao Fruit: Immortal Artisan (lv4, 20%), Dragon Elephant Vajra (lv4, 30%), Immaculate Heart (LV3, 70%), Chess Sage (LV3, 98%), Immortal in the Painting (lv2, 50%)】

The Dao Fruit data unfolded before his eyes.

Li Che's eyes gleamed.

The improvement of the Immortal Artisan Dao Fruit was as expected; completing the manufacture of the Fire God Angry Flood Dragon Mechanic Cannon brought a considerable maturity.

The other is the Dragon Elephant Vajra; the combat experience gained from slaying a God Origin True Person likewise brought abundant improvement.

But what surprised Li Che the most were the Immaculate Heart and Chess Sage Dao Fruits!

The Chess Sage Dao Fruit, because it absorbed the divinity of a God Origin True Person condensed into chess pieces, is nearly equivalent to reaching LV4.

Even, Li Che can choose to directly transfer the maturity of the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit to raise it.

However, Li Che is not in a hurry; he calmed his emotions, intending to tally his gains first before enhancing himself.

The flowing light before his eyes faded away.

As the martial pill's effect took hold, Li Che's qi and blood were rapidly recovering.

His eyes gleamed.

In his chest, the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit throbbed.

Immaculate Heart—Detain the Divine!

The next moment.

Countless black divinity swiftly gathered before his eyes, as if countless rays of light were being swallowed, darkness began to coalesce into a mass.

Gradually it coalesced into the likeness of Huang Xilong.

But it appeared in a dim hue.

Just like Xue Dufu.

Huang Xilong had just been summoned forth, seeming dazed as if dragged from the hellish netherworld, the whole person muddled and confused.

Still dazed.

But upon seeing Li Che, his pupils gradually gained light.

The light grew brighter and brighter…

The next moment, it seemed as if a gleam of gold appeared!

Buzz—buzz—buzz—

Huang Xilong's dark body trembled; he opened his mouth and let out a long howl.

Powerful undulations of divine sense surged, and that Golden Core, stained with a black halo, floated up!

Li Che furrowed his brows.

Is this resistance?

Detain the Divine… the summoned deity actually dares to resist?

Is it because Huang Xilong is a God Origin True Person?

Li Che couldn't help but speculate.

He calmly watched the struggling Huang Xilong.

Suddenly.

He raised an eyebrow and flicked a finger.

Xue Dufu's figure instantly appeared; upon appearing, his eyes shone brilliantly as he looked at Li Che.

"Pay respects, Sovereign!"

Then he greedily gazed at the Huang Xilong summoned forth.

Li Che instantly sensed Xue Dufu's thoughts.

"Do you want… to devour him?"

Li Che was startled.

Xue Dufu kept nodding.

Li Che narrowed his eyes and smiled: "If that's the case…"

"Then I shall reward you."

"He belongs to you now."

The words fell.

Xue Dufu's divine general form shot up, his five fingers like hooks, black qi surging, and he fiercely seized Huang Xilong's skull.

In an instant, he pinched it to burst!

Boom—!

Countless black smoke billowed; Xue Dufu opened his mouth and wildly inhaled, drawing countless black smoke continuously into his mouth.

Xue Dufu's aura also continually grew stronger.

In just a moment, it surpassed Xue Dufu's aura when he was alive.

On his body, divine gangs emerged one after another, finally settling at fifteen divine gangs, i. e., penetrating the 150 apertures throughout his body.

When Huang Xilong was completely devoured,

Xue Dufu's aura returned to calm, black qi surging, he clasped his fists respectfully and fervently thanked Li Che.

"Th... thank... thank you, Sovereign!"

Li Che could feel that Xue Dufu's loyalty toward him was almost maxed out!

"The summoned divine generals... can they actually devour each other to grow stronger?"

Li Che's eyes flickered, somewhat astonished.

This was something he had never anticipated before.

However, Xue Dufu's aura now being strong actually gave Li Che many more trump cards.

"If I keep feeding Niu Yi... how far will it ultimately grow?"

Li Che's eyes shone brightly.

He snapped his fingers.

Niu Yi vanished.

Within the God Temple, cold wind howled, with mournful wails.

He didn't know whether it was the sight of Niu Yi devouring Huang Xilong that frightened the Spirit Ape Temple deity on the altar.

Inside the Guiyi Miao, it became extremely quiet.

"The Hunter God Pavilion Lord's God Origin Divine Nature Pieces... a total of fifty were extracted, which is not few."

"God Origin Divine Nature Pieces, compared to God Appearance Divine Nature Pieces, when detonated via the Great Avalanche method, their power will definitely be greater and more terrifying!"

Li Che laughed.

The power of the Guanyin Lotus Bullet could rise even higher.

A moment of silence passed.

Li Che took out Huang Xilong's Cosmos Jade, a Cosmos Jade of a God Origin True Person, which was indeed extremely tempting to him.

A powerful divine sense invaded the Cosmos Jade, directly tearing open the barrier of this top-tier Cosmos Jade.

The inner space was vast and boundless.

Li Che swept his divine sense over it, beginning to take inventory.

The first step after opening the jade was to find the Divine Nature Crystals!

Hum—

With a thought,

Divine Nature Crystals floated up one after another before Li Che.

Dense and numerous...

Powerful divine nature surged wildly!

Li Che stared blankly, then his face twitched.

"Indeed... compared to last time's wealth, it's even more extravagant!"

The collection and foundation of a refined God Origin True Person are indeed not comparable to those of a crude martial artist.

Especially, he is the lord of the Hunter God Pavilion, such an assassin organization!

"Two Six Offices Divine Nature Crystals, twenty Seven Origins Divine Nature Crystals, eighty Eight Extremes Divine Nature Crystals... the rest are negligible."

"It's truly... too wealthy!"

Li Che felt dazzled and bewildered.

First, he raised his hand and grabbed two Six Offices Divine Nature Crystals, their immense divine nature surging wildly.

The flawless Six Offices Divine Nature Crystals had not been absorbed even a bit!

It was obviously reserve funds for the Hunter God Pavilion Lord to establish a branch in Guangjing Prefecture City.

Now they all belong to him, Li Che.

After storing all the Divine Nature Crystals, Li Che's emotions surged as he continued inventory.

As for divine weapons, they were rather ordinary: two Seven Origins Supreme Divine Weapons, a sword and a round shield.

They were quite complete for both offense and defense.

Unfortunately, they didn't suit Li Che well; after a quick inventory, he stored them away.

Li Che glanced at his own Cosmos space.

Unbeknownst to him, the divine weapons for killing and looting had already accumulated to dozens.

Among them, Seven Origins divine weapons were also not few.

"I should find a time to launder the loot..."

"Guangjing Prefecture probably can't absorb these; when I go to Dao City, I'll launder the loot there."

Li Che had a plan in mind.

He calmed his emotions and continued inventory.

Next came the category of dharma gates, which gave Li Che quite a surprise!

Seven Origin Divine Origin Method!

《Seven Yuan Suspended Thought Soaring Void Divine Origin Golden Core Method》!

It is a divine origin golden core method within the divine nature of the Seven Emotions and Thoughts!

A dharma gate that can cultivate to the Divine Origin True Person realm!

Li Che felt excited for a while, then grew calm, after all his current nature cultivation is still striving to condense a divine appearance.

Divine nature talent, he really isn't very good at it.

However, this is at least a path that can let him understand the Divine Origin realm.

After browsing through, Li Che suddenly realized.

"Divine Origin True Person, Golden Core Three Transformations..."

"Primordial Spirit Transformation, Golden Body Transformation, and Fetal Breath Transformation—what the Hunter God Pavilion Master is merely a first transformation of Divine Origin, the realm of Primordial Spirit Transformation."

"If he cultivates the Golden Body, the Fire God Cannon probably couldn't blast him to death."

"However, if later he equips the Avalanche Passage Raven imbued with Divine Origin divine nature chess pieces, its power should be enough to blast him to death."

Li Che put away the dharma gate, continued inventory, and indeed he found some good stuff.

A golden‑skin book appeared in his hand.

《Soaring Void Eight Qi Steps》!

"This is... the martial sage's body technique secret art?"

"Does this Divine Origin True Person also collect martial sage secret arts?"

Li Che was overjoyed!

I originally thought gathering five volumes of martial sage secret arts would be very difficult.

Now it seems, it's not as hard as imagined.

Martial sage secret arts are not rare; the difficulty lies mainly in their cultivation difficulty!

Upon reaching Grand Master level, one basically cultivates a martial sage secret art.

This is the foundation for breaking into the martial sage realm.

"Now I have mastered four martial sage secret arts..."

"Myriad Transformations Dragon Elephant, Grand Unity Heaven‑Staff, Thousand Mountains Lone Walk Saber, and now acquired Soaring Void Eight Qi Steps!"

"When I cultivate the true intent of five martial sage secret arts, using those five intents to temper the five viscera... thus stepping into the Grand Master realm! I could probably easily slay an ordinary Grand Master!"

Li Che is very much looking forward to it.

"Little Prince Ji Hai still has one volume there..."

Li Che remembers it vividly.

That counts as something he has already reserved.

Continuing the inventory, the harvest has not ceased.

The collection of a Hunter God Pavilion sub‑pavilion master, to maintain the operation of such a large sub‑pavilion, is very rich.

"Twenty bottles of sixth‑grade inferior dragon‑blood martial elixirs, each containing a sixth‑grade martial elixir, plus fifty‑seven bottles of seventh‑grade superior martial elixirs; as for eighth and ninth grades, there are even more..."

"This should be for rewarding and comforting his subordinate assassins, right?"

"All of it is cheap for me."

Li Che laughed, extremely brilliant.

His mood was extremely good.

He again carefully tallied the harvest.

He couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

"Satisfied."

Li Che let out a long breath.

Inventory of the harvest finished.

Li Che stood up, stretched, and his whole body's bones crackled.

Vigorous qi and blood swept like a storm.

He stood still in the Guiyi Miao.

His whole heart calmed down.

Before him, flowing light flickered forth.

Li Che directly set the maturity of the Immaculate Heart Dao Fruit onto the Chess Saint Dao Fruit!

He filled 2% of the maturity on the Chess Saint Dao Fruit!

Boom—!

In an instant.

Li Che only felt heaven and earth suddenly grow silent.

A pin drop could be heard!

Only the thumping of the Dao Fruit in his chest remained, like thunderclaps booming, growing heavier!

It exploded beside his ears like a startling thunder!

Numerous Dao Fruits leapt together!

It seemed as if countless black and white lights continuously flashed before his eyes.

【Dao Fruit: Chess Saint (LV4, 0%)】

Done!

Li Che suddenly opened his eyes; in his pupils, in an instant, it seemed as if they were cut open by a grid.

Black and white light flickered incessantly, like black-and-white meteors falling from outside the chessboard!

A powerful force suddenly pulled him into the vast, boundless heavens and earth!

The Dao Tree that shot up from the ground rushed into the clouds, its canopy unfurled, enveloping heaven and earth!

He doesn't know if it's an illusion.

Li Che felt that this towering Dao Tree seemed to have become even thicker!

Branches spread, green leaves crystal‑clear, lush and endless, the veins on the leaves seemed to intertwine into a world.

One leaf, one world!

The Dao Fruit hung above, black and white radiance flashing dazzlingly!

That… is the Chess Saint Dao Fruit!

Li Che watched, feeling as if his mind and spirit were being drawn and absorbed by the Dao Fruit!

In the next moment, a crisscrossing chessboard spread from beneath Li Che's feet, with him standing on a star point.

And the star point at the opposite corner was that Chess Saint Dao Fruit.

Li Che and the Dao Fruit stood opposite each other on the chessboard.

The next instant.

Li Che's eyes involuntarily narrowed.

He felt the chessboard beginning to twist and collapse.

Beyond the chessboard behind that star point's Dao Fruit, there seemed to be an indistinct figure, hand pinching a chess piece, about to drop it from afar.

The figure was too ethereal and transcendent.

The palm that stretched to the chessboard above, pinching a chess piece, in an instant seemed like the Buddha's palm, covering the sky and sun.

Pa—

The white chess piece, like a white meteor, fell down!

It landed heavily on the chessboard.

Heaven and earth exploded, thunder rolling!

Li Che's consciousness instantly withdrew from the vast heavens and earth!

His eyes opened, the interwoven chessboard network filling his pupils!

His mind and spirit, in an instant, became incredibly calm, even to the point of being an absolute calm devoid of emotion!

Who was that?

Besides the Dao Fruit, the person who placed a piece on the chessboard… who was it?!

His heart felt neither joy nor sorrow.

His eyes were still as an icy lake.

But then he saw……

【Dao Fruit LV4, Second Metamorphosis, Divine Ability Prototype (Chess Saint·Great Avalanche) advanced, obtained Divine Ability (Chess Saint·Boundless)】

Dao Fruit Second Metamorphosis.

Divine Ability, Boundless!