Chapter 278: Martial Dao Sacred Fetus! The Terrifying Truth!

"How is this possible!"

Upon seeing the number of pieces in Yitian Xing's hand, every single esper wore an expression of utter disbelief!

Because Fang Can, this ever-reliable luck-type esper.

At this very moment, had actually guessed wrong—

On a simple fifty-fifty probability question of guessing odd or even as the second player!!!

"Hey! That guy must have cheated." Li Huowang spoke up to question it.

Yineng Wang frowned tightly, his heart beginning to pound wildly, saying nothing.

F-Chaoren had already started cursing up a storm, extending warm regards to Yitian Xing's nine clans.

……

At this moment, along with the unease brought by death.

The mindset of the esper team began to show a slight imbalance.

Looking at the opponents' current state, even amid the frantic cursing, a satisfied shade crept into Yitian Xing's expression.

That's exactly how it should be!

No matter how powerful the opponent, once they begin staking their lives in the gamble.

The level they can display will be utterly different from usual.

And with the completion of the guessing-for-first-move.

The very next instant, the chessboard before Yitian Xing split into seven.

Gazing at Ji Donglai and the others, Yitian Xing's unhurried words pressed down on everyone's heart:

"Since it's one versus seven, naturally no one can escape."

"Because of the guessing-for-first-move, in every game from here on I will play Black and move first."

"So, please grant me your guidance from here on!"

"You may choose to have each of you play one game, or have one person play all seven!"

"Lose one game, one person dies!"

"All victory and defeat will be settled after the seven games of chess are finished."

At this moment, even Ji Donglai's face showed an ugly expression.

To obtain victory, they would have to achieve seven consecutive wins in front of a chess grandmaster.

Apart from Ji Donglai's game, they could not afford to lose a single one.

This is—a desperate situation!

……

After placing the pressure of death upon the espers.

Through Baixiaosheng's livestream, Yitian Xing's eyes stared fixedly at the downcast, contemplative Fang Can.

He vaguely guessed that the one who would play against him next.

Was this young boy who had only just reached First-Turn.

When teammates' lives pressed down on Fang Can's back like a mountain.

When a single defeat meant several lives—including his own—turning to dust.

What would your attitude be—greater fear, or greater tension!

The answer was… excitement!

Within Yitian Xing's surprised gaze, a bloodthirsty smile surfaced on Fang Can's originally solemn face.

"A life-staked game of chess? Now that's interesting."

"It seems your inheritance has its own considerations when it comes to fairness."

"During the guessing-for-first-move just now, I didn't feel your inheritance had the ability to suppress my luck."

Staring at the old man, Fang Can spoke with his heart, word by word:

"In other words, it wasn't that my luck dropped, but rather that the game, for the sake of fairness, bypassed my ability and forcibly raised your luck to the same level as mine."

"Am I right, old sir!"

"This kid…" Yitian Xing squinted instinctively: "So what if you've seen through it? It's already set in stone—the situation still works against you."

With a wave of his hand, Fang Can smiled and pulled all seven virtual chess games before him:

"Compared to other stages resolved through force, your stage is actually the simplest."

"Brat, your mouth is so big it's about to fly to the sky." Being looked at like this by a junior left Yitian Xing's demeanor somewhat displeased.

Fang Can showed a faint smile and pressed his hand onto the chessboard: "Forgot to tell you—from childhood till now, any game I've ever wanted to win, I've never lost."

"It's just a simple seven-game winning streak—win it, and I can take down a Fourth-Turn without spilling a drop of blood."

"Compared to other Fourth-Turns that require serious thought and decision-making."

A trace of disdainful mockery surfaced on Fang Can's face: "Old thing, your inheritance is the most useless of all!"

A flicker of anger appeared on Yitian Xing's face, but he quickly suppressed it well.

He realized that, without realizing it, his own mood had begun to be influenced by the boy before him.

Li Huowang couldn't help but say: "Hey, Haji Can, you're the one playing chess—do you actually have a handle on this?"

"The probability of not losing is one hundred percent; at worst it's a draw by quadruple ko. Leave it to me with peace of mind." Fang Can gave his assurance.

"That badass—are you some kind of Go expert from before?" Li Huowang couldn't help but ask.

Fang Can shook his head lightly: "I've never actually played Go before—I only learned the rules through Go works like 'Hikaru no Go'."

"Ha! Then we're done for." Li Huowang fell into despair.

"If we play normally, with my current First-Turn level of computing power, I'm probably about on par with a 4080-series GPU's AI—beating a 9-dan would be a breeze."

"And the opponent's Fourth-Turn computing power might be several thousand times stronger than mine, and it's still the kind of AI with a massive database of Go games."

Watching the despairing mental state of the few superpowered individuals, Fang Can said with a comforting smile:

"Alright, alright, leave it to me with peace of mind. Victory or defeat isn't always decided on the board."

"The so-called game of Go, when you get right down to it, is also a form of gambling."

"And if you want to guarantee a hundred percent victory, all you need to do is cheat."

While speaking, Fang Can's calm gaze swept over the few people nearby and said: "Compared to Yi Tianxing, the others are more worthy of your attention."

"Right now this battle has already turned into a turn-based game of stalling for time."

……

Following Fang Can's words, at this moment only one second had passed since the start of the battle with Jushan Chaoliba!

Yes, only a mere one second had passed.

This is what battles between Fourth-Turns are like — each one engages in high-frequency clashes at dozens to hundreds of times the speed of sound.

Often, what is an instant to ordinary mortals can be stretched into several minutes for a Fourth-Turn.

On top of that, communication through Heart Phase is extremely fast, so providing commentary costs no time at all.

Therefore, this seemingly long battle had actually only lasted a single second.

And in the eyes of the countless beings in the outside world watching the livestream, Baixiaosheng had specifically applied slow-motion processing.

So this one second of contest could be played back for at least an entire episode's worth of time in the eyes of ordinary people.

Meanwhile, on the other end, as that one second passed, Xiang Hongtu had also completely recovered.

As flesh and blood churned, Xiang Hongtu's skin shifted from charred black to pure white — that wasn't healing, but a state refresh.

Not only the skin, but even his clothes and even his appearance had completely changed.

At this moment, Xiang Hongtu's appearance had actually transformed into that of a woman! And her features were exquisitely alluring, as if heaven-made.

He (or should one say she) was now coldly watching the Go match in progress with phoenix eyes.

"Hiss… this guy is actually a hermaphrodite!" Li Huowang shouted noisily in the overclocked spiritual network of the Mind-Energy King.

"Didn't that Baixiaosheng already explain? This is called a top-tier martial arts body constitution — the Yin-Yang Holy Embryo." Fang Can corrected.

Immediately afterward, in the synchronized livestream, Baixiaosheng directly listed out the information on the Yin-Yang Holy Embryo.

The so-called Yin-Yang Holy Embryo is a terrifying martial arts body constitution, and the conditions to cultivate it are also extremely harsh.

Only warriors who are born hermaphroditic, with one body and twin souls, have the qualification to cultivate it.

First, upon breaking through to the First Turn, one must refine away the soul of the other consciousness within the body.

Then, at the Third Turn, one lets a body grow savagely within, directly sprouting another body on the surface, while maintaining constant bloodline and spiritual linkage and nourishment.

Only in this way can a single soul freely control two bodies simultaneously to fight together!

Thus, one can cultivate from the initial one-body-twin-soul into one-soul-twin-bodies!

And by the Fourth Turn, the two bodies share no distinction — realm, strength, and speed are all completely identical.

At this point, the other body can be stored within a folded spatial dimension.

This grants the warrior two lives, double the healing, and double the Heart Phase.

Normally, only one body is used to fight on the outside.

Even if one dies, one's consciousness can recover within the other body.

If injured, in just a single breath one can switch to the uninjured body and resume fighting.

And the current Xiang Hongtu had taken advantage of that single breath to switch bodies and fight.

And with the announcement of this "Yin-Yang Holy Embryo" information, the onlookers from all the nations were all shocked by this heaven-defying effect.

"There's actually this kind of terrifying constitution? That's way too heaven-defying!"

"One person having two lives at the same time — isn't that invincible?"

"The Chu Emperor hid it so well. Father and son indeed — who would have thought he'd have the same constitution as Xiang Longtao."

……

At this moment, inside the Great Chu Imperial Palace, Xiang Longtao stared at this scene in the livestream in horror.

She could never have imagined that her own father actually had the exact same constitution as her!

No wonder back then, when the other party had her refine her consciousness, his tone was so familiar, and he knew every key point in great detail, looking every inch the experienced one!

Wait……

The next moment, Xiang Longtao's eyes went wide, feeling an intense sense of familiarity.

Because Xiang Hongtu's appearance representing the Yin Holy Embryo actually looked ninety percent similar to her own.

In an instant, an incomparably horrifying thought rose in Xiang Longtao's heart.

Her so-called father and mother……

Couldn't actually be the same person!!!

Could it be that the Yang Holy Embryo had… the Yin Holy Embryo, and only then gave birth to her?

The more Xiang Longtao thought about it, the more horrified she became.

Because she had never once seen what her own mother looked like.

And thinking carefully about it, how could a Fourth-Turn wife have died so easily?

At this moment, Xiang Longtao's mind was completely scrambled into a mess.

Because as the mystery unraveled, Xiang Hongtu's identity had become completely jumbled in her mind.

For Xiang Longtao, Xiang Hongtu was a being who had both "taken" "herself" and been "taken" by "herself."

A guy who was both her father! And her mother! And at the same time her man!

"Bastard!!! Animal!!!"

Xiang Longtao screamed in collapse, the cruel truth making her clutch her head as if she were about to go mad.

Meanwhile, Xiang Hongtu, his phoenix eyes fixed on the livestream content, felt a surge of anger.

This Yin-Yang Sacred Embryo was only fully perfected over a decade ago, through immense effort and the power of a Fourth-Transformation cultivation technique.

I had planned to use it as my ultimate trump card, yet its secret was exposed so easily.

"It's all your fault!"

Xiang Hongtu's eyes flickered with fire as he stared at Ji Donglai, who was about to engage in the game.

It was because of this man that my Yang body nearly was destroyed, and now the Sacred Embryo's secret has been revealed.

Next, he would surely beat the fellow before him to death, alive!

(End of Chapter)