Chapter 387: 389. Chapter 382 Heavenly Court's proper deity is merely my food; the Four Transformations of the Chess Saint's Dao Frui

389. Chapter 382 Heavenly Court's proper deity is merely my food; the Four Transformations of the Chess Saint's Dao Fruit through the Shifting Stars【Seek Monthly Ticket】

Whooo—

Chaotic winds howled and surged, countless roaring sounds like muffled thunder exploded and reverberated, rolling booms!

Zhang Xuanlei's body was struck by a terrifying punch; within the dazzling, extremely splendid radiance, nothing could be seen, as if all light had been blocked.

The temperature between heaven and earth became scorching hot; the water flow left over from the divine realm's water prison that had not yet completely dissipated was almost instantly evaporated completely.

A punch smashed down, driving Zhang Xuanlei's skull into his chest and abdomen, and the contained force exploded in an instant.

Centering on Zhang Xuanlei's body flung to the ground, the soft earth within a hundred-zhang radius began to roll and surge; scattered clods of mud and stone, like arrows released in a volley, shot outward in all directions.

Every peach tree swayed continuously, the rustling sound echoed, shaking off countless peach leaves.

Each peach leaf was even caught up in the powerful force, spinning and cutting at blade-like speed.

The shrine embedded in Zhang Xuanlei's back trembled violently without cease, and in the next moment an immense divine essence surged forth.

It seemed as if an angered will sought to condense into form.

However, Li Che's lively body displayed martial arts; in his chest, the long-dormant 【Dragon Elephant Golden Vajra】 Dao Fruit, as if at this moment, fully revived.

With a throbbing beat, an immense fist intent surged forth!

Guiding the fist with the Dao, Dragon Elephant combine the furnace!

The immensely huge furnace blazed hot, like a heavenly furnace pouring forth, erupting with a terrifying will that could destroy heaven and earth, the manifestation of martial will condensed to the extreme.

Therefore, under this punch, the deity occupying Zhang Xuanlei's body let out an extremely mournful scream.

It erupted with immense divine essence to resist, yet was still obliterated by a single punch.

Cannot block it…… simply cannot block it……

Li Che's punch has already reached the peak of supreme strength!

How could such power appear at this heroic gathering?!

Bang——!!

The ground instantly sank into a huge pit, and one after another, peach tree branches protected by forbidden power lashed wildly.

And Zhang Xuanlei's headless body was hammered straight into the pit.

Smoke and dust billowed, churning wildly.

The deity's shrine instantly detached from Zhang Xuanlei's body and soared into the air; that was the shrine he had nurtured for over forty years……

Now, it decisively abandoned Zhang Xuanlei, seeking to break free.

A dead deity is the most ruthless and heartless.

However, the deity's will within the shrine, having just stirred, was punched by Li Che and forced back in.

Boom——!!

Countless lightning bolts surged out from within the shrine.

It seemed somewhat panicked.

However, an enormous hand, as if covering the sky and sun, with veins spreading and intertwining each finger like a coiling dragon, terrifyingly covered the shrine.

"Summon Deity."

A faint voice, like the king of gods, a cold, extreme low chant.

In an instant, a tremendous force pulled all the divine essence of the deity from within the shrine.

Like pulling a turtle hiding in its shell out by force!

"I am the deity! I am the Heavenly Court's proper deity! Mortal…… you cannot…… you cannot……"

"Don't do this!"

"Ah——!!!"

The mournful scream gradually faded.

Upon the heaven-and-earth chessboard.

A deity with wings spread, ugly in appearance, wholly commanding thunder, hovered there like a divine statue.

Heavenly Court's proper deity?

Just food.

Li Che's sturdy, burly physique needed no detonation of the Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds; the power of simultaneously activating seven Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds, reaching peak supreme strength, was enough to suppress Zhang Xuanlei and this deity.

"What is a deity of the Dark Heavenly Court? This should be a deity of a Fifth Elder rank strange temple, but Zhang Xuanlei only nurtured a mere will of the deity."

Li Che glanced at the deity power extracted by the Summon Deity seizure.

Not a complete entity, but still sufficient.

Since the power of the Golden Heavenly King Tower's deity had not yet been fully consumed, Li Che simply threw this deity to the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Divine Fetus to be devoured.

The Seven Emotions and Six Desires Divine Fetus became extremely greedy; the phantoms conceived within each fetus opened their eyes.

Because the Seven Emotions Divine Fetus is formed from summoning a deity of the Seven Emotions attribute, they are utterly greedy, with no aversion to devouring deities to strengthen themselves.

Threads extended, penetrating the deity's body, devouring and drawing out its divinity.

Li Che glanced and then paid no further attention.

A Fifth Elder upper-rank deity indeed could not pose much threat to him now.

The blazing light began to gradually fade and weaken.

The universal sunlight will eventually dim.

Li Che triggered a thread of the aura light of the Vast Sun Kunlun Mirror, like a billion-watt bulb, its radiance making it impossible to stare directly.

After glancing at Zhang Xuanlei's corpse, Li Che flicked a finger, releasing a sword qi that instantly blasted his body apart, creating the illusion of being torn apart by sword qi.

Then, upon the flesh, the pores seemed to erupt with a terrifying suction force.

In an instant, it devoured all the intertwined qi and blood, leaving not a trace.

Afterwards, the flesh body, like a leaking balloon, began to rapidly shrink.

After a moment, it returned to its normal flesh form.

He changed into an ink robe embroidered with golden lotus, his sleeves fluttering and striking, Li Che crossed his arms, his whole body enveloped in the Heaven-Earth Dharma Form.

It seemed as if the one who blasted Zhang Xuanlei apart with a punch wasn't him.

Refined and easygoing, warm and moist like a piece of black jade.

The brilliant light slowly faded away; Li Che glanced at the corpses of the three great heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, then let out a soft sigh.

Originally, they still had a chance to leave alive; after all, unless Li Che activated Ink City to gather them in, otherwise the three could directly leave by using the divine power of the Western Queen Mother Temple.

But, in order to kill Li Che and put him in a deadly situation, they let Zhang Xuanyu use Divine Domain power, making a big show of digging a grave, and ultimately buried themselves three.

Buzz—

The brilliant white light began to slowly dissipate; the scene in the Immortal Peach Grove gradually appeared.

Li Che moved his mind, manipulating the Heaven-Earth Dharma Form to pluck the Immortal Peach.

The immensely huge Heaven-Earth Dharma Form, entirely condensed from divinity and spiritual energy, is not only extremely tough but also terrifyingly powerful; yet under Li Che's control, it can pluck an Immortal Peach as delicately as Zhang Fei embroidering.

The monster beast guarding the Immortal Peach poked its head out, was glared at by the Heaven-Earth Dharma Form, then turned and fled, abandoning the Immortal Peach it had guarded for ages.

Monster beasts sometimes are quite perceptive of the times, for their sense of danger is even clearer than that of humans.

With the first Immortal Peach in hand, Li Che was not polite; he walked to the corpses of Zhang Xuanlei, Zhang Xuanyu, and Zhang Xuanhe, took their Heaven-Earth Jade, and also took the Immortal Peaches they had harvested.

Four Immortal Peaches hovered above Li Che's shoulders, their rich fragrance spreading without cease.

Actually, Li Che also harvested one, using Yue Huanglong's God-Seizing method, and thus even perceived the divine weapon Haori Kunlun Mirror of the Three Pure Ones level above the heavenly firmament.

However, Li Che did not take out that Immortal Peach to count toward the total.

He still needed to obtain one more Immortal Peach to have five, to reach the third round of the Ascension Heroic Champion Convention.

Upon reaching the third round, he could obtain a seven-thousand-year Immortal Peach, and to advance from the third round to the fourth, only three Immortal Peaches were needed.

Four people could advance to the third round, needing to obtain three Immortal Peaches…

Basically, they had to sweep aside everyone else.

But now, Li Che's heart burns with eagerness; he wants to visit both the seven-thousand-year Immortal Peach Grove and the nine-thousand-year Immortal Peach Grove!

Not only for that nine-thousand-year Immortal Peach.

But also for that Heaven-Earth Haori Kunlun Mirror hanging high above the heavenly firmament!

……

……

Buzz buzz buzz buzz—

The brilliant white light was extremely dazzling, striking the eyes of every spectator, causing many to involuntarily cry out in astonishment.

The Heavenly River Ruyi Hairpin tore open space, drawing out a heavenly river; the heavenly river poured down a water curtain, and the reflected scene seemed to have gone wrong!

That extremely brilliant light was too glaring, making it impossible to see clearly what was happening in the Immortal Peach Grove.

When Li Che and Zhang Xuanlei's battle of techniques reached a critical point, Zhang Xuanlei, due to the deaths of Zhang Xuanyu and Zhang Xuanhe, completely went berserk, all thoughts turned to ash, like his son Zhang Yunlong, he abandoned the bottom line of being human and handed over his flesh body to the Temple God.

Everyone stared wide-eyed; even the emperor and empress couldn't help but fix their gaze.

Result……

Brilliant white light blazed, obscuring all scenes!

Nothing could be seen!

How exactly did things turn out?

Zhang Xuanlei, who had completely sacrificed himself to the Temple God, could perfectly draw on the Temple God's power—no one knew what kind of combat power he could unleash; could Li Half-Saint withstand it? Would he be beaten to death?

Everyone felt regretful and complained incessantly.

Even Xixi, standing at the edge of the White Jade Plaza, couldn't help but stomp her feet in anger.

"Isn't this just the 'break what dog' that Dad always talks about?! So annoying! Xixi wants to watch the fight, watch the duel of arts!"

Xixi unhappily howled loudly.

Lü Taibai's eyes flashed back and forth, his heart involuntarily amazed; this white light appearing is too much of a coincidence, right?

Could it really be a coincidence?!

"Got it, got it! The white light is beginning to recede."

"There's an image! Everyone, quick look!"

"Li Half-Saint versus the Temple God—can he still be alive? The Temple God is proclaimed invincible among peers; the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, which raises such Temple Gods, by means of borrowing the Temple God's power, can at least unleash half the Temple God's strength!"

The cries of alarm suddenly echoed, surging from inside and outside Shendu Second City and Shendu Third City.

After the white light completely dissipated, everyone saw Li Che, his complexion pallid, the Heaven-Earth Dharma Form dissipated, feeling over the corpses.

Li Che ruthlessly took the Immortal Peaches and Heaven-Earth Jade from the three bodies.

As soon as this scene appeared, everyone knew the outcome; all fell into abrupt silence, not even a sparrow's chirp.

Although they had already guessed this situation, when Li Che really killed Zhang Xuanlei, it was still like a thunderbolt, shocking and striking each person's heart.

On the ground, Zhang Xuanlei's corpse was sliced into seven pieces and eight fragments by sword qi, blood spilling all over the ground.

Those frost grasses that would originally devour flesh and blood were completely annihilated by the terrifying assault, leaving no time to even dispose of the corpses.

"Dead?"

"Li Half-Saint…… one versus three, all killed?!"

"Hiss hiss hiss, this is the honest and dutiful God Eagle Half-Saint of the Qianyuan Divine Sect? Wasn't it said that the God Eagle Master lacks combat experience?"

……

The cries of alarm could not be contained, like a tide echoing endlessly in Nei Cheng and outside the city.

The two fledgling dragons of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect were as if struck by lightning.

Zhang Yuanhu and Zhang Yuanhuang, the two young dragons, sat slumped on the ground, completely dazed, as if their souls had fled their orifices.

Yet the sect leader of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, Wuji, fiercely flicked his duster and let out a soft sigh.

"Life and death each have their fate; Xuan Lei kills people, but now he himself is killed—one can only say… this is the Heavenly Dao's fine cycle of reincarnation."

The soft sigh, like a spring breeze, kept swaying without cease.

But the spectators, whose mood had now become completely heated, cared nothing for his sigh.

Some people die, and that means they are truly dead.

Nobody cared.

……

……

Li Che knew his situation; likely, through the Heavenly River Water Curtain, the outside crowd had seen him clearly.

And in soundless silence, Li Che completed the God-Seizing on three people, succeeding twice.

Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang Xuanyu succeeded in God-Seizing and became God-Seizing pawns; as for Zhang Yuanlei, his God-Seizing failed because he abandoned everything, discarded his soul, and offered all to the Temple God—once the Temple God was summoned, he could no longer be God-Seized.

Li Che also didn't mind; one more Zhang Yuanlei would make little difference.

As for those two God-Seizing pawns, Li Che merely stirred his mind and summoned them forthrightly within Mo City.

As soon as Zhang Xuanhe was summoned, he began to struggle, furiously angry, roaring without cease.

Li Che naturally didn't indulge him, directly throwing him to the detainees of Mo City for a hearty meal.

Needless to say, Li Che hadn't seen an oblivious God-Seized in a long time.

On the other hand, Zhang Xuanyu was quite clever and quick-witted, obediently choosing to submit, so Li Che spared her life.

Mainly, her Divine Domain Technique impressed and intrigued Li Che.

Li Che had four flat peaches hovering around him; he exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi, the mighty Heaven-Earth Soul trembling, the three-in-one Heaven-Earth Soul now rivalling experts of the Divine Fetus Three God Transformations, granting Li Che a considerable boost.

"Still lacking one…"

"Hurry up and advance to the next round, then… cultivate feelings with the Kunlun Mirror."

Li Che glanced at the three corpses on the ground; then the Heaven-Earth Chessboard expanded, locking onto the entire Flat Peach Forest.

His perception soared, seeing battles everywhere in the Flat Peach Forest.

However…

Li Che quickly stirred his mind and locked onto one.

"Oh?"

"What a coincidence…"

Li Che's face involuntarily turned slightly weird.

He saw an old acquaintance again—none other than the top hero of the Heavenly Elixir Divine Sect, the Liu Qing brothers.

His body plunged into darkness, his aura completely concealed; Li Che sped through the Flat Peach Forest, rushing to where Liu Qing was.

Liu Qing was striving to pluck the flat peaches.

He fought the monsters guarding the flat peaches; the guardian beast of the five-thousand-year-old flat peaches was not weak, and when Liu Qing clashed with it, he found their strength surprisingly even.

Liu Qing's hair flew, his arms flung wide; jade bottles holding pills shot up, exploding in midair, and thick black smoke billowed out.

That was……

Poison!

The Heavenly Elixir Divine Sect's Divine Elixir Master, skilled not only in alchemy but also adept at concocting poison.

These poisonous mists, as Liu Qing exhaled, coiled like a black dragon to ensnare the giant serpent guarding the flat peaches.

Hiss—

The serpent's scales shattered from corrosion, its flesh seeming to slough off, showing the toxin's extraordinary potency.

But Liu Qing was not satisfied.

"This great serpent is too tough; my bone‑corroding black smoke isn't poisonous enough…"

Liu Qing watched as the black smoke tore open, the ferocious serpent lunging at him, face contorted.

His face grim with pain, he drew a bottle of crimson jade from the Qiankun Jade.

A bright‑red pill, the size of a pinky‑nail, rolled into Liu Qing's palm.

"Looks like… I have to use my secret‑stash poison."

"Blood‑Burning Bone‑Melting Pill!"

Liu Qing shouted, clenched his fingers, and the pill instantly melted into a mass of liquid.

He thrust his palm forward; the Blood‑Burning Bone‑Melting Liquid exploded, turning into countless red droplets that shot out like arrowheads.

Dense and inescapable, nowhere to hide, no escape!

The giant serpent could not dodge; upon contact with the red liquid it screamed in agony, and within three breaths its blood ignited like flame, melting its bones, leaving only a limp skin and a pool of filthy blood.

Liu Qing let out a long sigh of relief.

Sure enough, it worked!

Otherwise, letting him—who isn't much of a fighter—battle that monster serpent, the outcome would truly be hard to say, roughly fifty‑fifty.

As for killing the serpent with poison, Liu Qing felt no guilt—poison was merely part of his methods.

Suddenly.

Liu Qing's hairs stood on end; having just plucked a flat peach, he merely inhaled its intensely fragrant aroma.

A terrifying threat of death came from behind, making his body tremble and instantly putting him on guard.

But…

No amount of precaution would help.

How toxic, thanks.

How toxic, thanks.

A faint voice came and went in an instant.

Liu Qing felt only a headache, his vision swam, and he collapsed limp to the ground.

This damned familiar feeling!

Liu Qing, feeling aggrieved, lay with his head on the ground, tears streaming down.

But need to keep meaning: "Liu Qing felt aggrieved to the point of his head on the ground, tears rolling down." Let's produce: "Liu Qing felt aggrieved, his head on the ground, tears streaming down."

He was silently and instantly defeated, silently and utterly crushed…

Liu Qing felt his Dao heart shatter.

For the third time he was instantly killed, and again he didn't even get a clear look at his opponent.

He then collapsed helplessly to the ground.

The peach he had just picked, still not warmed in his hands, was gone.

Besides that…

Ah—my Heavenly Pill poison! Ahhh!

Liu Qing's tears streamed down.

Has the heavens' injustice been vented solely on him?!

The familiar style, a hidden strike instantly killed him; Liu Qing knew he was surely no match.

But the opponent's insult to him was spiritual.

They harmed his body and spirit, yet won't even show their face?!

Liu Qing ran through the Peach Blossom Forest as if mad.

Then…

He rushed to a ruin.

He saw three corpses on the ground…

He recognized Zhang Xuanhe and Zhang Xuanyu…

Then Liu Qing calmed down.

Being alive is truly good.

He gave a complex look at the three fallen heroes of the Purple Mansion Divine Sect, then without hesitation activated the Queen Mother of the West's divinity, withdrawing from this Heroes' Assembly competition.

Need to check: the phrase likely means "without hesitation, he activated the Queen Mother of the West's divinity."

Liu Qing realized.

He only wanted to live.

…… -> "……"

…… -> "……"

In the Peach Blossom Forest.

Battles erupted everywhere, the powerful aftershocks continually striking and ravaging.

The Golden Hair Rhinoceros, the Jialuo Monk of the Qisheng Great Buddha Kingdom, and the Jade Guanyin of the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest joined forces—such a lineup is simply overwhelming.

Compared to the three-way clash of Li Che, Zhang Xuanlei, and the third party, it's roughly similar.

The clash between Li Che, Zhang Xuanlei, and the third party is also similar.

Compared to the three-way clash of Li Che, Zhang Xuanlei, and the third party, it's also similar.

Compared to Li Che and Zhang Xuanlei's three-way clash, it's also

【228】

The Golden Hair Rhinoceros burst with golden fur across its body, eyes blazing, a surging mighty aura—like a true golden lion king from ancient myth.

【230】

One of the Three Great Heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect, Shi Xuan, was soaked in blood, every pore exuding a rich bloody scent.

【232】

Divine Seed!

【234】

Moreover, there are three Mysterious Gate Divine Seeds!

【236】

Golden Hair Rhinoceros!

【238】

Shi Xuan clenched his fists, and instantly a terrifying aura surged skyward from him; the ground instantly flew sand and rocks, continually shattering, annihilating into dust.

【240】

Pfft-pfft——

【242】

Detonating the third Mysterious Gate Divine Seed……

【244】

Just as Shi Xuan initially refused to detonate the fifth metal ring, because at that time he faced Zhang Yuanlong, who was not a barbarian.

【246】

He is a true-bred Great Li barbarian; although belonging to Wushen Mountain, in Shi Xuan's understanding, they all count as barbarians.

【248】

Then they shall die!

【250】

Explosions continually erupted in the Peach Blossom Forest, the soft soil constantly flying high.

【252】

At this moment, Shi Xuan even vaguely stepped into the realm of the Absolute Peak Martial Saint!

The golden-haired righteous beast's golden lion king dharmic manifestation loomed behind it, its golden hair fluttering, and it looked at the madman-like Shi Xuan with a slight headache.

These madmen of the True Martial Divine Sect, once they are confirmed as barbarians by them, these madmen……

They really dare to pull off a life-for-life stunt like this!

On the other side, Jialuo of the Western Buddhist Realm and Yu Guanyin of the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest each clashed with two other heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect.

Jialuo faced off against Shi Miao, and Yu Guanyin faced off against Shi Jingang……

Their battle thus showed a somewhat overwhelming posture.

Shi Miao and Shi Jingang had already been suppressed by the two, completely falling into a disadvantage.

Among the three, Shi Xuan was the strongest, having opened two martial sage apertures and three Qi Men divine seeds, with his True Martial body, he had nearly touched the level of the pinnacle martial sage.

Roar——!!!

A terrifying sound wave exploded, almost detonating Shi Xuan's third divine seed, when a true Golden Lion King slapped him to the ground, sending him flying back, plowing a terrifying gully into the earth!

Moreover, accompanied by the shockwave, his head swam, and the detonation motion was actually interrupted.

Before Shi Xuan could regain his senses, he was already stepped on by the Golden Lion King.

"Do you really intend to commit suicide here without objection? Even if you detonated three Qi Men divine seeds and ascended to the four-open pinnacle, you still couldn't kill me."

The Golden-haired Xuan, which had incarnated as the Golden Lion King, its enormous lantern-like lion eyes fixed on Shi Xuan.

"If you want to die, go to the battlefield, go to the frontier of the Passage of Darkness, go outside True Martial Mountain to find the barbarian commanders of the Great Li Royal Court and fight to the death; dying here is meaningless."

"It is those barbarian troops of the Great Li Royal Court who slaughter the many forts and villages along the Passage of Darkness frontier, not the cultivators of my Witch God Mountain."

The Golden-haired Xuan said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Shi Xuan stopped struggling.

His whole body hissed, emitting heat, as he collapsed into the deep pit on the ground.

"I've brought shame upon the True Martial Divine Sect."

The Golden-haired Xuan took Shi Xuan's Immortal Peach.

On the other side, Jialuo and Yu Guanyin each took Shi Miao's and Shi Jingang's Immortal Peach……

However, just at the moment the three had just taken down the Immortal Peach.

It was like the sound of evening drums and morning bells, a deep 'dong' exploded, and then layer upon layer of invisible sound waves spread rapidly.

"The number one hero of the Qianyuan Divine Sect, Li Che, has successfully gathered five five-thousand-year Immortal Peaches, advancing to the third round of the Heroes' Grand Assembly."

"Successfully ascended to the seven-thousand-year Immortal Peach Orchard."

The Golden-haired Xuan, Jialuo, and Yu Guanyin, the three heroes, all raised their heads, their faces involuntarily showing a hint of surprise.

"It's him again!"

Yu Guanyin, with disheveled hair clad in white gauze, her beautiful eyes flickered.

She had heard this name before, not for the first time.

The Qianyuan Divine Sect's Li Half-Saint…… was the first hero to reach the second round, and now he has become the first hero to reach the third round.

Why is he always able to stay one step ahead?!

"Amitabha, if Layman Li Che wishes to advance to the third round, he must gather five Immortal Peaches; how can he be so fast?"

The monk Jialuo also couldn't help but speak up.

The three heroes of the True Martial Divine Sect, helping each other to stand up, burst out laughing.

"Li Half-Saint is indeed formidable; we were still rushing to protect him, but……"

The three shook their heads.

The Golden-haired Xuan no longer transformed into the Lion King, a strange color flickered in its eyes: "It seems like a one-through-three……"

"A trio that teamed up was blown up by Li Che alone, gaining three Immortal Peaches, and incidentally encountering a deadweight……"

The Golden-haired Xuan exhaled a breath.

Li Che……

He still remembers the bet he made with Li Che in his heart!

"No wonder he's so confident; it turns out…… he really is that strong!"

The Golden-haired Xuan narrowed its eyes; although it couldn't fathom how a Divine Fetus and one Divine Transformation could be this strong, advancing early was a solid achievement.

Shi Xuan and the three drew upon the divinity of the Queen Mother of the West, withdrawing from the Mysterious Gate.

Thus ended their journey in the Heroes' Grand Assembly.

Jialuo gripped a golden staff in one hand and held up a golden bowl in the other.

"Amitabha……"

"Ladies and gentlemen, stop peeking; come out……"

The great red kasaya on Jialuo's body billowed, and then his gaze swept toward a spot in the Immortal Peach forest.

Whoosh——

A fierce wind rose, the branches and leaves of the Immortal Peach trees constantly swaying.

Then, within the dense forest.

Three figures slowly emerged from behind the enormously thick trunks of the Immortal Peach trees.

"What a keen monk, to detect our traces!"

The first hero of the Seven Treasures Divine Sect, Ning Cai, held aloft a glass-like divine weapon; it was this glass-like divine weapon that isolated and concealed their aura.

Beside Ning Cai were the first hero of the Ba-Shu Sword Pavilion, Gu Bajian, and the first hero of the Haoran Academy, Lu Shiyi.

"Although it's embarrassing, but since you just went through a great battle, in order to advance, we…… can only make a move."

Ning Cai said.

The swordsman of the Ba-Shu Sword Pavilion, Gu Bajian, basically said nothing.

He took a step down.

【315】

In an instant!

【317】

The sword light flashed first, then the sword's hum resonated!

【319】

Li Che advanced to the third round, seemingly stimulating these heroes.

【321】

Sword light crisscrossed, cutting everything tangible!

【325】

……

……

Buzz——

【327】

Countless peach trees, their thick roots and stems, like dragons, churned and soared in the soft soil!

【329】

Li Che stepped on the soil, as if pushed by the peach trees' roots and stems, and in a moment arrived at a new peach orchard!

【331】

Each peach tree shot straight into the clouds, reaching three hundred zhang in height, extremely towering, like a straight blade.

【333】

Looking up, one could see within the fine leaves an ultimate scorching light pouring down.

【335】

Yet Li Che knew that this heavenly blazing sun was actually the divine weapon of the Three Pure Ones rank!

【337】

"Indeed, upon reaching the seven-thousand-year Peach Orchard, these light auras grew even richer; even the growth of these peaches is tied to the light aura of the Kunlun Mirror."

【339】

Li Che arranged for the old trick to be repeated, going to harvest the peaches.

【341】

Li Che spread out the Heaven-Earth Chessboard.

【343】

Only six peach trees bore the seven-thousand-year peaches.

【345】

To be honest, that's really a bit few……

【347】

Li Che wasn't greedy; picking just one would suffice.

【349】

Perhaps because he changed peach orchards, repeating the old trick didn't instantly provoke the Kunlun Mirror's lethal light.

【351】

【Seven-Thousand-Year Chilong Blood Peach】!

【353】

"Nice!"

【355】

The pure martial flesh craved intensely……

【357】

Of course, to be safe and avoid being mistaken for a peach‑stealing thief and losing his quota, Li Che unfolded the Heaven‑Earth Chessboard to provide appropriate cover.

【359】

At this moment, after being unleashed by Li Che, it faintly emitted a rumbling vibration, as if something had just been triggered.

【361】

"Huh——"

【363】

Within the utterly tranquil seven‑thousand‑year Peach Orchard, with only Li Che present, his inhalations and exhalations stirred up rolling gusts, causing countless peach leaves to rustle softly!

【365】

Did it work?!

【367】

In an instant.

【369】

The flesh between his eyebrows tore violently apart to both sides.

【371】

Black and white light flickered within the Star‑Picking Pupil and his double pupils!

Now produce translations.

【Dao Fruit: Chess Saint (lv6, 0%)】

Chess Saint!

The Dipper Turns, the Stars Shift!

Completion of the Four Transformations!