Chapter 479: Luck

Chen Yan had just caused one explosive array disk to detonate, while the second one was attached to Chi Yuexi's body.

Chi Yuexi dared not reveal the direction in which Chen Yan had fled; once revealed, Chen Yan would immediately detonate the second explosive array disk.

"Do you have an independent cultivation chamber?" Chen Yan asked.

Chi Yuexi gritted her teeth, and with a flash of her intent, a luxuriously decorated villa appeared not far away.

An independent villa.

No.

It was an independent cultivation chamber that looked like a villa.

Truly wealthy.

Chen Yan's eyes flickered slightly, then he kicked Chi Yuexi into the villa.

With Chi Yuexi here as cover, he was not worried that Chen Yunyou and the others would continue to come after him.

"Damn you, you really intend to kill me!" Chi Yuexi collapsed inside the villa, coughing blood and hissing.

"You delayed my cultivation and coveted my opportunities; is that not an attempt to kill me?" Chen Yan said indifferently:

"I had originally prepared to share with you, but what were you thinking?

If I had acted a step later, you would have instantly suppressed me to seize my opportunity; two months from now, I would surely have died at the hands of Chen Yan's counterfeit."

Chen Yan had never intended to share with Chi Yuexi, but he knew what kind of person Chi Yuexi was.

This was the crushing of a Will Warrior by a Master of Will.

Chi Yuexi was speechless; she calmed her mind and began to recuperate.

Chen Yan began his own cultivation beside her.

He was not worried that she would pry into anything.

What he needed to do now was to earnestly comprehend the mysteries of the 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】.

The only pity was that by defeating Chi Yuexi through such means, the Child Lamp did not provide a reward.

Chen Yan's eyes flickered:

"Chi Yuexi, I, Bing Yi, wish to battle you!"

As Chen Yan's voice fell, his entire body overflowed with thunder-ice blood energy.

Not far away, the physically broken Chi Yuexi was stunned, her teeth gritting even tighter:

"Are you even human? How can I fight you in this state?!"

Chen Yan sat cross-legged, feeling somewhat disappointed.

The Child Lamp did not, because of this sentence, establish a connection between him and Chi Yuexi.

Outside the Myriad Image Island.

Lu Jianxia received a communication from Lu Fukun, her expression sinking:

"Chen Yunyou and the others are coveting Bing Yi's Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill and are hunting Bing Yi down!"

Her voice was cold and sharp.

Chen Qi raised his eyebrows slightly but continued to sit cross-legged, ignoring Lu Jianxia entirely.

Ji Haiyi and Chi Xun also tacitly remained silent.

Lu Jianxia narrowed her eyes, and the next moment, she too stopped speaking.

However, as time slowly passed.

Lu Jianxia and the others all continuously received transmissions from the prodigies of their own clans.

Lu Jianxia's brows gradually relaxed.

Chen Qi, however, kept frowning.

After such a long time, no one had actually found Bing Yi; where had Bing Yi gone?

Could it be that Bing Yi was truly going to condense a second shadow again?

Damn it.

It was not until the fifteenth day.

Inside the inner city, malice suddenly erupted intensely.

It seemed to be forcefully expelling all the prodigies from this place.

Chen Yan walked out of Chi Yuexi's villa, and walking out with him was Chi Yuexi, whose expression was ugly to the extreme.

"You are not allowed to speak of what happened here!" Chi Yuexi hissed; this time, her recovery had cost her two Sun-Grade D-tier healing treasures.

The higher the realm, the greater the cost of healing.

After all, the constitution was different.

Chen Yan glanced at Chi Yuexi and escaped directly into the sky.

"Bing Yi..." Chi Yuexi looked at Chen Yan's back, her face filled with astonishment.

She had seen Bing Yi's cultivation scene with her own eyes, and it had simply horrified her.

It was too fast.

A single shadow, from blurry to fully formed, had taken only a dozen days.

Such a prodigy was highly likely to reach the top of the Five Clans Ranking.

"Bing Yi, the Life-Death Gate has opened; come to the east."

Lu Fukun's voice rang out from the communication array disk.

Chen Yan flew toward the east and saw Lu Fukun standing in the void high above.

At the same time, Chen Yunyou, Ji Chuxi, Chen Changyuan, and other prodigies also stood in the air, seeing Chen Yan fly over.

"Bing Yi, hand over the Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill!" Chen Yunyou shouted coldly, his eyes flickering.

Their group searched for over ten days, but they simply could not find Bing Yi.

He was somewhat unable to fathom where exactly Bing Yi had hidden.

As Chen Yunyou's voice fell, over a dozen prodigies from the first and second echelons surrounded Chen Yan.

They all wanted the 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】.

Although the Chen Master had said that the Chen Clan could not take action against Bing Yi, a dispute over treasures certainly did not count.

Otherwise, if Bing Yi took all the treasures alone, were they all supposed to stay far away?

Chen Yan took out an iron tablet engraved with secret scripts, and in an instant, the atmosphere at the scene became intense.

The next moment.

Crack!

A bolt of wild lightning erupted from Chen Yan's hand.

"Bing Yi!" Chen Yunyou roared lowly.

But it was already too late; the iron tablet engraved with the mysteries of the 【Calamity Corpse Thousand Shadow Kill】 was completely shattered by Chen Yan just like that.

"I specifically destroyed it right in front of you all just to tell you: stop constantly staring at me." Chen Yan's voice was indifferent:

"If you can't obtain the opportunity yourselves, look for your own problems; see if you are just too stupid, too trashy.

You are all prodigies on the Five Clans Ranking, stop always staring at the bane of the Five Clans Ranking."

Chen Yan looked at the crowd indifferently:

"You are all so hostile toward me now; have you ever thought about what might happen if I don't die later?"

The crowd's expressions changed slightly.

"Counting on Chen Yunyou to protect you?" Chen Yan laughed:

"In the entire world, the only genius who can be mentioned alongside me is Chen Yan alone.

Use your little brains to think: among the Five Clans prodigies, who has the most hope of suppressing Chen Yan?

Chen Yunyou, Ji Chuxi, or Lu Mingyuan?"

Chen Yunyou's expression turned ugly; Bing Yi was challenging his status.

However, the voices surrounding them that had been pressuring Bing Yi quieted down significantly in an instant.

Everyone was lost in thought.

Bing Yi was indeed a monster; one could say he was the most monstrous genius of the Five Clans today.

Chen Yunyou could afford to provoke Bing Yi, but what about them?

That person was, after all, the son of the Yu Master.

Chen Yan looked down; it was a dead, desolate great hall.

At the main entrance of the plaza in front of the great hall, two huge, long-decayed stone pillars stood on both sides.

Chen Yan landed and walked in from between the stone pillars; the plaza beneath his feet had long since cracked apart.

On both sides of the rectangular plaza, rows of ancient trees had long since become rotten wood.

Chen Yan carefully observed the surrounding scene.

It wasn't until he saw a certain spot that his gaze flashed, locking onto several lines of long-rusted poetry engraved on the stone pillars in front of the great hall at the end of the plaza.

【Great dreams seek the phoenix, finally finding life,

Summer departs and autumn arrives, the shadow remains alone.

The goddess transforms into a man, love is hard to advance,

Exchanging heart for nature, the intent is restrained.

Experiencing tribulations while dwelling in a dream.】

Chen Yan's heart skipped a beat.

Having experienced the Great Xia college entrance examination, he was very sensitive to this kind of acrostic poem.

It was too special.

Almost in an instant, Lu Fukun behind Chen Yan recited:

"The Great Xia Divine General is here; Xia Weimin was indeed the number one Divine General of the Great Xia a thousand years ago."

Everyone could see that this was an acrostic poem.

But Chen Yan was quietly silent at this moment.

Even as a Great Xia examinee, one probably wouldn't have much of a reaction to such an acrostic poem.

After all, few people would go looking for 【Youlan】, and few people would know the true meaning of those six lines of poetry from the college entrance exam secret realm.

"Xia Clan Divine General..." Chen Yunyou walked past Chen Yan, spoke indifferently, and entered the great hall directly.

Chi Yuexi, seeing Chen Yan observing the story in detail, also watched for a long time.

Chen Yan frowned; this was actually a love poem.

A love poem hiding the five characters 【Great Xia Divine General is here】.

What exactly was the meaning?

Why would a love poem be engraved on the door of such a great hall?

Chen Yan looked up and saw the plaque above his head.

【Divine General Temple】.

This was the Divine General Temple.

This love poem felt even more out of place.

Chen Yan looked at the plaza behind him, his gaze sweeping over the withered ancient trees beside the plaza, and then he also entered the great hall.

The great hall was empty, and in the very center stood a majestic sculpture holding a long spear.

Xia Weimin.

The sculpture had long since fallen into disrepair, yet before the sculpture stood a long table one hundred meters in length.

"Everyone."

A hoarse voice suddenly resounded throughout the entire great hall.

With no one else appearing, Chen Yan looked toward the sculpture; the voice was emanating from within this sculpture.

Everyone also looked toward this sculpture.

It was precisely at this moment.

A cluster of light orbs suddenly appeared on the long table.

Chen Yan squinted and counted: one hundred.

"Everyone, please be seated," the hoarse voice sounded again.

Chen Yan sat down.

Lu Fukun took the opportunity to sit by Chen Yan's side, and another heaven-gifted talent named Lu Fuguang also sat down next to Chen Yan.

As for Chen Yunyou, Chen Changyuan, and the others, they sat quite far away.

There were twenty-one people in total participating in this game.

"Everyone, there are one hundred light orbs here, and one of them contains an explosive formation disc capable of annihilating a Creation Realm expert," the hoarse voice sounded once more:

"Every second, I will randomly select one of these light orbs and discard it.

You must each select one orb at different seconds.

If the light orb containing the explosive formation disc is removed before you take your own, there is no need to take the remaining ones.

There are five rounds in total.

You have one minute of discussion time."

After the hoarse voice fell silent.

In an instant, everyone within the entire great hall furrowed their brows.

"What kind of rule is this?" someone frowned instantly.

"There are only twenty-one of us; the probability of drawing the light orb containing the explosive formation disc is very small."

"But if one does draw it, it is very difficult to withstand unless one possesses the strength of the top five in the first tier!"

"This... it seems not dangerous, but once something goes wrong, it's all over."

"You can choose to draw at any time, as long as you ensure nothing happens to yourself."

Everyone's brows were furrowed.

The rules of this game were truly somewhat arbitrary.

It was entirely a matter of luck.

Lu Fukun also furrowed his brows; he looked at Chen Yan, originally intending to ask.

But these game rules were too direct; there was simply no need to ask Bing Yi.

Chen Changyuan glanced at Chen Yan, narrowed his eyes, and then stopped speaking.

Very quickly.

The game began.

A cluster of light orbs floated above the table.

As the first second passed, no one moved, and one light orb instantly flew out from the pile of light orbs and dissipated into the air.

Following that was the second second, then the third.

No one moved.

After all, this was entirely a question of luck.

Whoever had bad luck would be completely finished.

Chen Yunyou stood up and, at the fourth second, grasped a light orb in his hand.

The light orb in his hand instantly dissipated; no explosion occurred.

Chen Changyuan also took one at the sixth second, and likewise, no explosion occurred.

But many people were still waiting.

After all, every second, one of these light orbs would be automatically consumed.

What if, without them even needing to take an orb, the light orb containing the explosive formation disc was directly destroyed at random?

But as time slowly passed.

The fifteenth second.

The sixteenth second.

The seventeenth second.

Aside from Chen Yunyou and Chen Changyuan who had taken light orbs at the very beginning, no one else went to take a light orb.

In the first seventeen seconds, fifteen light orbs had been automatically consumed.

"Bing Yi, when should we go take one?" Lu Fukun spoke up.

Chen Yan did not speak.

Lu Fukun fell silent and said no more.

However, Lu Fuguang, who was beside Chen Yan, furrowed his brows slightly and could no longer sit still:

"Brother Fukun, if we keep not taking one, the probability of getting the explosive formation disc later becomes greater."

Lu Fukun shook his head slightly and gave a suggestive glance toward Chen Yan.

Lu Fuguang's brows furrowed slightly.

Very quickly, some people could no longer sit still.

They began to continuously go and take the light orbs.

Fortunately, until the seventieth second, none of the light orbs had exploded.

"Damn it, it's within the final thirty!"

Someone growled lowly; everyone was hoping that the light orb containing the Explosion Array Disk would explode before they took their orbs.

But they were disappointed.

Now, there were still seven people left who had not gone to take an orb.

Lu Fuguang could completely no longer sit still; he stood up and went to take an orb.

The light orb at the seventy-first second was taken by Lu Fuguang.

Fortunately, it did not explode.

Lu Fuguang let out a sigh of relief and looked at Chen Yan, frowning slightly.

"Brother Fukun, if we don't take them now, the probability of getting a light orb later will only increase."

Sweat broke out on Lu Fukun's forehead:

"Then I'll go take one; I'm the one who manufactured the Explosion Array Disk!"

He gritted his teeth and took one at the seventy-eighth second; fortunately, it also did not explode.

The rest of the people could no longer sit still, going one by one to take an orb.

It continued until the eighty-fifth orb.

"Isn't this game specifically designed to mess with people!" Lu Fukun spoke up, looking at Chen Yan:

"You're the only one left who hasn't taken one."

At this moment, inside the great hall, everyone was looking at Chen Yan.

Their expressions changed slightly one by one; could Bing Yi really be that unlucky person?

Lu Fuguang looked at Chen Yan and shook his head slightly.

Bing Yi was indeed able to sit still, but their luck was just too poor.

As time slowly passed.

The eighty-fifth second.

The eighty-sixth second.

A trace of a smile even appeared on the corner of Chen Yunyou's mouth.

And it was right at this moment.

At the eighty-ninth second, one light orb was automatically consumed.

Boom!

The light orb exploded, and the resulting firelight was extremely quickly extinguished by malice.

Some were astonished, some were surprised, and some were disappointed.

Bing Yi had escaped the first round.

Chen Yan raised his eyebrows slightly; to be honest, he had also been startled.

Not far away, Chi Yuexi narrowed her eyes; she looked at Chen Yan, and then her gaze flashed instantly, understanding something.

"The first round has ended, the second round begins," the sculpture spoke again.

In the second round, another one hundred light orbs appeared.

Only this time, quite a few people went to take an orb right at the beginning.

Chen Changyuan took a light orb at the second second.

Chen Yunyou at the third second.

This time, Lu Fuguang ignored Chen Yan entirely and took an orb at the eighth second.

Chen Yan had not made a move the entire time.

Until the twenty-second second, just as a Ji Province prodigy was preparing to take an orb at the twenty-third second.

Boom!

At the twenty-second second, that light orb which was slowly disappearing automatically exploded instantly.

Everyone was astonished; this time, the light orb had actually exploded before thirty seconds.

In this round, Chen Yan still did not make a move.

What was different was that Lu Fukun and Chi Yuexi also did not make a move to take an orb.

The third round began.

From the very beginning, many people started taking orbs.

They even began to scramble for the opportunity to take an orb first.

Lu Fuguang stood up and looked at Lu Fukun:

"Brother Fukun, the earlier you take an orb, the better; I suspect nothing will happen in the first ten seconds."

Lu Fukun nodded.

"It's best not to go take one now," Chen Yan looked at Lu Fuguang.

Lu Fuguang glanced at Chen Yan and frowned.

Lu Fukun had previously praised Bing Yi highly in front of him, but it seemed to him now.

Bing Yi had nothing special about them.

"Listen to Bing Yi," Lu Fukun said.

Lu Fuguang shook his head:

"Brother Fukun, I..."

Immediately following, Lu Fuguang still hesitated and ignored Chen Yan's words, taking the fifteenth-second light orb into his hand.

The next moment!

Boom!

Explosion!

Before Lu Fuguang could react, his body completely shattered, and a sky full of blood mist floated within the great hall.

"Fuguang!" Lu Fukun let out a cry of alarm and hurriedly stood up; his mouth hung wide open, and he could hardly breathe.

In an instant.

Inside the great hall, sounds of panic rang out one after another.

"The order of the explosions is getting earlier and earlier; what should we do? The next one might explode within the first ten!"

"This..."

"Perhaps we can go take them after the thirtieth second!"

The crowd was in a panic.

Because a genius had truly fallen.

At this moment, the expressions of Chen Changyuan and Chen Yunyou grew worse and worse.

"The third round is over, the fourth round begins!"

The sculpture's voice sounded once again.

With a boom.

This time, Chen Yunyou directly unleashed his power and snatched the first one.

There was no explosion.

Ji Chuxi took the second one, and it also did not explode.

On the contrary, the others did not dare to take any.

It continued until the eleventh second, when a light orb that had automatically disappeared cracked open.

With a boom.

The sound of an explosion rang out.

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sure enough, the time of the explosions is getting earlier and earlier," someone sighed.

Chen Yunyou frowned; at this rate, he didn't even dare to snatch the first one.

"The fifth round begins."

Another one hundred light orbs.

Yet, no one went to snatch the light orbs at the very front.

But this time, not a single light orb exploded until the fifteenth second.

In an instant, cold sweat poured down from everyone.

Chen Yunyou gritted his teeth and went to take the sixteenth light orb.

There was no explosion.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Changyuan frowned; after glancing at Chen Yan, he also did not go to take any at this moment.

However, at the eighteenth second, Ji Chuxi took an orb.

With a boom.

Firelight exploded.

Ji Chuxi's upper body split open, blood sprayed wildly, and he panted heavily.

"The game is over," the sculpture's voice sounded.

Chen Yunyou looked at Chen Yan:

"You certainly have good luck."

After all, Bing Yi was the only one who had never gone to take an orb.

"Bing Yi, did you see through the rules?" Lu Fukun spoke, still sighing over the death of Lu Fuguang.

"No, it all relied on luck," Chen Yan said:

"However, there are also probabilities to follow."

"Hm?" Lu Fukun frowned.

At this moment, the others also looked at Chen Yan.

Outside, Lu Jianxia and the others were also quietly listening via the communication formation disk.

"Calculate the probability of the first one exploding," Chen Yan said.

"The first one..." Lu Fukun's eyebrows rose slightly:

"One percent."

"And the second one?" Chen Yan asked.

Lu Fukun's expression changed slightly, and the expressions of everyone in the great hall changed drastically.

Chen Yan did not speak.

This was indeed a game of luck.

But the rules were actually very simple.

The sculpture had said from the very beginning that the light orbs would explode randomly.

Randomness is the core of this game, and also where the problem lies.

Wanting to dodge the light orb containing the explosive bomb.

That is, one only needs to know that the probability of the one-hundredth one exploding will be small to the point of being almost impossible.