Chapter 185: Nine Dragons Converging Body and the Slaughter of the Nations

Originally, Xiang Longtao had prepared a First Transformation inheritance for himself called 【Accumulate Deeply, Erupt Thinly】.

The effect of this inheritance is that every twenty-four hours, even without cultivating at all, his strength will increase by ten thousand jin, with absolutely no upper limit.

This means that within his limited lifespan, he will forever remain in the Feather Transformation Stage.

Excluding the stacking effect of the Hundred-Day Foundation Establishment, solely due to the First Transformation inheritance, his annual strength increase will reach a terrifying one thousand eight hundred tons.

This is almost equivalent to gaining the physical strength of an ordinary First Transformation practitioner out of thin air every year.

Even if he never advances, with a lifespan of two hundred years by then, the strength of several hundred thousand tons before death will not be inferior to most Second Transformation practitioners.

According to Xiang Longtao's plan, after naturally winning the title of first place in the Nations Grand Competition, he could settle in the First Transformation realm for ten years and still firmly suppress his peers.

But it is all because of that damned Fang Can, that fellow who does not know what inheritance will be constructed after the First Transformation.

To defeat this fellow and wipe out past shame, he can only adopt some radical strategies.

Thinking of this, Xiang Longtao took a jade medicine bottle from his chest, inside which were hidden more than ten pills of varying medicinal properties.

These were all pills prepared by the Great Chu Imperial Physicians; every single one possessed full medicinal toxicity, truly the strongest pills below the First Transformation, bringing terrifying medicinal effects.

And the First Transformation inheritance he prepared to reconstruct this time is called 【Nine Dragons Converging Body】.

The function of the inheritance is to completely solidify the medicinal effects on the body of nine First Grade pills that have been eaten, and stack them upon each other.

But to obtain the 【Nine Dragons Converging Body】 inheritance, there are external conditions.

Besides matching sufficient Light of the Heart, one must also continuously swallow nine domineering pills during the breakthrough, releasing the medicinal power fully within the body.

To defeat Fang Can, Xiang Longtao had already prepared to stop at nothing, planning to secure victory in this competition first.

In the medicine bottle in his hand, there were indeed all First Grade pills.

But due to suppression by the Fangcun Mountain ability, the effects of these pills at this moment had all degraded to the top tier of the Insignificant realm.

Because he believed he could defeat Fang Can, he had not taken them at all before the battle.

By the time he realized something was wrong, there was simply no time to consume the pills and refine the medicinal power.

Pouring out these more than ten pills, Xiang Longtao selected the nine with the strongest medicinal effects from memory.

Zhaoyuan Paste, Bili Pill, Jian Gu Medicine, Yiqi Paste, Shenshi Pill, Qingshen Powder, Dengxian Powder, Longguang Bili Pill, and Jiawei Shenshi Pill!

All were first-class extremely ominous medicines; only a body of Vajra Indestructibility could probably eat them as meals.

Even though the medicinal power within them was suppressed by Fangcun Mountain to below the First Transformation, they were still extremely dangerous.

Ordinary Ninth Layer martial artists, after continuously swallowing three, could suffer internal organ failure and death within less than one hour under the influence of the medicinal power.

But he, Xiang Longtao, as the number one Hidden Dragon, how could he be compared to ordinary martial artists!

With a expressionless face, the youth directly grabbed five pills and swallowed them all in one go into his stomach.

The instant they entered his stomach, Xiang Longtao felt a ball of fire start from his stomach and wander constantly throughout his body.

Very soon, his face flushed red as he stood up from the ground, beginning to constantly circulate the qi and blood within his body to digest the medicinal power.

As he moved, the great tendons and blood vessels all over his body twisted constantly, blood flowing rapidly, expanding his entire body by a layer.

But at the same time, the terrifying medicinal power within the pills began to heal the hidden injuries inside his body.

Only when he felt he had adapted enough did Xiang Longtao continue to pick up another pill and stuff it into his mouth.

After the sixth pill entered his mouth, the blood in his epidermis accelerated again, turning his skin blue-purple.

When the seventh pill entered his mouth, the intense medicinal effect turned his skin completely deep purple, like an eggplant, and his head also began to bulge slightly under the action of the medicinal power.

And when the medicinal power of the eighth pill spread out, the blood vessels, almost at their limit, began to transmit waves of needle-prick pain, surging wildly within his body.

At this moment, the blood vessels finally could not support it, and fresh blood slowly overflowed from Xiang Longtao's seven orifices.

'I still... have not yet reached the limit.' Due to cerebral hemorrhage, Xiang Longtao's high-swelling brain thought somewhat dizzily.

Thus, the ninth pill entered his mouth again.

Hiss—

Finally, even the pores could not contain the surging fresh blood, which began to spray outward continuously.

Although the appearance was miserable, he ultimately endured the terrifying medicinal power; under the medicinal power of the nine pills, Xiang Longtao began to break through to the First Transformation.

He not only had to reach the Ascend to Heaven Path Realm, but also completely erase the other consciousness within his body, becoming an individual with completely independent thought.

On the Twin Emperors Tower of Great Chu, seeing his offspring's such reckless appearance, Xiang Hongtu could not help but sigh.

Losing reason for the sake of revenge; how so unwise, casually drastically altering one's own inheritance, simply having lost one's head.

And wasn't it said that Xiang Longtao would die in the Nations Grand Competition?

Now that Fang Can has not broken through to the First Transformation, with his own royal son's strength combined with the inheritance of impatience for quick success, it is unknown how he could lose.

And while Xiang Longtao prepared to break through, within the entire Fangcun Mountain, martial artists of all kinds had basically succeeded in stepping into the Ascend to Heaven Path Realm.

Thus, some low-intensity battles began to appear constantly on this battlefield.

First Transformation level battles began to appear, but everyone was very restrained.

If they could not demonstrate a crushing victory, these battles were all merely tasted lightly, ensuring no injuries were left behind.

After all, the entire competition time was very short, only three days; appearing wounds that could not heal would only cause strength to slide.

After a day and a night, four-fifths of the area at the edge of the entire map was erased, and the shrinking circle began to take effect.

Within every area about to disappear, a warning would appear in the martial artists' brains, reminding them to leave this map as soon as possible.

Once the time arrived, that area would be forcibly cleared; if martial artists still did not leave, they would fall directly into the void and be forcibly ejected from the competition.

This was also to forcibly compel the martial artists to move, not allowing them to remain dormant.

Now everyone was accumulating strength for the battle of the last hour on the last day.

By then, the area within the entire competition would be reduced to a mere ten square kilometers.

Unable to dodge, the crowd would engage in the most brutal slaughter to fight for the remaining space.

Within the area where the Kingdom of Zhi was located in the southeast corner, two lost martial artists bumped into each other.

"Since our eyes have already met, let the battle begin."

A blond youth spoke, pointing his right hand in a sword-finger gesture at the ground before him and saying, "The chessboard unfolds!"

As his words fell, a virtual chessboard appeared beneath the feet of the two, drawing both of them within its grasp.

This was his inheritance ability 【No Regrets on a Move】.

As a First-Cycle powerhouse who entered the Dao through chess, his ability was to unfold any struggle in the form of a chessboard.

Forcibly dragging opponents into the rules of chess, where the victor would be able to dominate the loser's life.

"Hmph, you want to play chess with me? Then let's start with a heated game of Nations' Kill first."

The pink-haired girl before him snorted coldly, and a set of cards appeared in her hand.

These were the Nations' Kill cards released by the Great Zhou Alliance in collaboration with the Heavenly Secrets Tower, containing tens of thousands of characters, all masters who had once ascended the Heavenly Secrets List.

And the girl's inheritance was to use the cards in her hand as sacrificial vessels to engage in a heated struggle with her enemy.

The girl intended to draw a card to attack the enemy, but the cards in her hand were completely unable to be drawn.

The blond youth looked at the girl before him and smiled, saying, "Don't even think about making a move. My luck is good; this round, I will go first as the Red side."

As he spoke, the youth pointed at the chessboard before him and said solemnly, "Pawn five advances one!!!"

As his words fell, within the chessboard before him, a small red pawn moved forward one step.

Nothing happened; this was quite natural.

Because "Pawn five advances one" was merely moving forward one step; to cause harm to the girl, at the very least, one of her pieces would have to be captured.

Only after the youth completed his first move could the girl draw the cards in her hand.

"Now it is my turn!"

The girl randomly drew a card from her hand, and the moment she saw the character, joy surged within her.

For his character card was the Divine-Level character card, Great Expansion Divine Lord.

Merely upon entering the First Cycle, his basic combat power reached a terrifying 15,000, with an extremely long life value of ten points.

The opponent's combat power at this moment was merely a paltry eight thousand points, with a life value of a mere three drops, and his character skills were incomparable.

After selecting the character card, five hand cards immediately appeared beside her.

They were two Kill cards, one Dodge card, one Unstoppable card, and one Equipment card, Red Mane Fierce Horse.

Glancing at the chessboard before her, the woman sneered and said, "First, equip 【Red Mane Fierce Horse】; distance between both sides minus one."

As her words fell, in the man's eyes, the black pieces on the chessboard before him all moved one square closer to him.

Whether it was the pawn, the cannon, or the horse and elephant, they all moved one square closer to his side.

Because using an Equipment card did not count as a turn, the girl continued to chant:

"Trigger Great Expansion Divine Lord's passive skill 【Boundless Merit】, allowing infinite use of Kill and Dodge."

As she spoke, the girl directly threw two 【Kill】 cards at the youth, and the three points of blood above his head immediately dropped by two.

And on the man's chessboard, two cannons and two chariots vanished directly, the situation clearly entering a disadvantage.

If this were a normal chess battle, this game would almost certainly be lost.

But the man merely let out a cold, humming sneer, showing no panic at all; he had a backup move.

He was seen smiling and saying, "Activate the chess skill ultimate move: The Emperor Leads the Army in Person!"

As his words fell, the effect of this skill also appeared in the girl's mind.

【The Emperor Leads the Army in Person】: Every time the General moves, one of the opponent's pieces is randomly killed.

'This... is this still chess...' The girl's face turned deathly pale; where was there an ultimate move in playing chess?

In the next moment, within the chessboard, the man's Red General moved forward one step lightly.

And the "The Emperor Leads the Army in Person" skill activated immediately; the blond man, targeting the core, chose to eliminate the girl's General.

Once the General died, the opponent's life would drop directly to zero, and he would achieve victory immediately.

Indeed, as "The Emperor Leads the Army in Person" activated, on the black chessboard side where the girl stood, the Black General flickered, ready to collapse and perish at any moment.

But at the critical moment, a hand card in the girl's hand was thrown out fiercely.

【Unstoppable】: Negate the effect of a target Strategy on a character; or negate the effect generated by another Unstoppable card.

In an instant, it directly negated the "The Emperor Leads the Army in Person" just now, and even the moved Red General returned to its original position.

Facing such a situation, both sides frowned; it seemed they were First-Cycle powerhouses of the same type, quite difficult to deal with.

Just as both sides were locked in a stalemate, a faint voice suddenly came from afar: "Two of you, please stay; I have a word to ask you to listen quietly."

As the words fell, both of them turned their heads alertly in unison, ready to start another game at any moment.

After all, playing against two people was just multitasking.

"I am Xuan Yuanhua of the Refining Heaven Gate; I greet you both." A youth clad in a Daoist robe smiled and formed a hand seal while speaking.

"Cut the nonsense; start a game first."

On the Nations' Battlefield, it was inherently a place of life-and-death struggle.

Therefore, facing the youth introducing himself, the two snorted coldly and attacked in unison; the chessboard unfolded from beneath the youth's feet, and immediately a pair of decks was drawn out.

But facing the two's siege, the Daoist-robed youth Xuan Yuanhua remained calm, taking a golden bracelet from within his sleeve and throwing it out.

As the bracelet flew through the air, the virtual conceptual chessboard appearing beneath their feet and the deck in the girl's hand were all forcibly taken away by the youth, completely out of control.

"What kind of sacrificial vessel is this!" Both of them changed color in unison.

Especially the pink-haired girl; her deck sacrificial vessel had been snatched away so easily, and with no sensation at all, as if it had vanished.

"Damn it, return my deck!"

The pink-haired woman, furious and anxious, was about to snatch back the deck, but saw the youth wave his hand lightly, and the deck that had been taken away was thrown back to them.

"I have come not to fight; please calm down and listen to me finish speaking."

The Daoist-robed youth remained unarrogant and unanxious, but after that move just now, it was enough to make the two take him seriously.

"Chess Pavilion, Night Yunfeng."

"Card Fighting Tower, Qian Lanyou."

The two clasped their hands in unison, clearly preparing to hear what this fellow wanted.

"I have summoned you two for the sake of cooperation," the youth said with a smile.

"Cooperation for what? This time, the Grand Competition among the nations has only one champion; I do not see what there is to cooperate on," Night Yunfeng said, shaking his head.

"Precisely because there is only one champion, cooperation is even more necessary, is it not, to eliminate that champion?" the Dao-robed youth laughed.

"You mean..." The expressions of the two shifted slightly.

"Fang Can, the First of the Hidden Dragons!"

"The entire battlefield has now spread the news; he has already defeated Xiang Longtao."

Fang Can defeated Xiang Longtao?

Hearing this, the two martial artists were both stunned, not expecting such a result.

"Not merely defeated; according to the observations of onlookers, Xiang Longtao was almost crushed."

"If we wait until Fang Can enters the First Turn, we will have no possibility of victory. It is better for us to join forces and eliminate him first."

"After all, only the top five receive rewards; there are too many monks and too little porridge. It is good to eliminate one strong competitor."

"Just the three of us? We might not even be able to defeat the already defeated Xiang Longtao," Qian Lanyou said.

"Naturally, it is not just us; I have already communicated with many martial artists in advance."

"How many more?" both asked curiously.

The youth said nothing, simply extending his right hand to reveal five fingers.

"Five more people?" the two said disappointedly: "That is not enough."

To this, Xuan Yuanhua smiled proudly: "Not five, but... five hundred."

(End of this chapter)