Chapter 279: Double-Standard Domain and Divided Battlefield [Today 6000, Seeking Votes]

Inside the spatial realm within Ji Donglai's body.

As the perspective of Bai Xiaosheng's inventory stream shifted, Fang Can's calm face appeared before all living beings.

The sense of horror this brought was immense, triggering waves of public opinion.

"Fang Can!" This was Xiang Ziyu, her eyes wide, never expecting that among those fighting the Four-Transcendence cultivators, Fang Can was one of them.

Within the Tiger Fiery Gate, Yang Duan and Li Fengtian exchanged glances, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

On Great Expansion Calamity Sword Mountain, Jiang Ningan watched the person she had thought of day and night appear in the live broadcast; her originally calm expression added a trace of worry and panic.

Inside Su Xin Zhai, seeing Fang Can's appearance, these female cultivators instinctively extended their pale white fingers and began to stir!

At this moment, within the various nations, a roar like a tsunami swept through.

If before it was merely shocking that someone dared to challenge a Four-Transcendence cultivator,

then now they felt as if they were living in a dream.

Fang Can! Who is this person?

In the impression of the martial artists of the various nations, the Great Tournament of the Nations had only just concluded ten days ago.

Five days ago, during the certification of the Bai Xiaosheng Heavenly Secret List, he was still in the Shedding Tui Fan Qu realm.

One day ago, rumors were still spreading that Fang Can had been captured by a Four-Transcendence cultivator from another country and treated as "untouchable" gossip.

And now, this pawn who was only in the Shedding Tui Fan Qu realm five days ago,

had suddenly leaped to become a player directly engaging in a life-or-death game against a Four-Transcendence cultivator!

Looking at the youth sitting cross-legged on the ground with a youthful face, everyone recalled a terrifying fact.

'This fellow is only eighteen years old; could he truly be a reincarnation of an ancient monster?'

While the outside world surged violently, time was still passing by the second.

Looking at Yi Tianxing, who sat there like an old god, Fang Can's brows tightened; winning the game was now merely the most basic requirement.

How to kill all the martial artists surrounding them before winning the game was the real problem.

"Hey, why hasn't this old guy played his first move with the black stones yet? A second has already passed," the Rotten Li Huowang said dissatisfied, watching Yi Tianxing's leisurely expression: "Does the first move really require thinking for so long?"

"Because he is... stalling for time!" Fang Can said slowly.

"What does that mean?"

"Right now we are in Dongfang Wujie; under the witness of Bai Xiaosheng's live broadcast, countless martial artists must be rushing here."

"Time is on the opponent's side; once they stall until the remaining Four-Transcendence cultivators of the various nations arrive to support, for every one who increases, the danger rises several times."

Fang Can lowered his eyes and said: "A single game in the mortal world usually takes dozens of minutes at minimum."

"Even if we win all seven games, if the time exceeds ten minutes, what awaits us is an increasing number of Four-Transcendence cultivators rushing to besiege us."

"Therefore, to be safe, these seven games must be concluded within three minutes, and before they end, all the Four-Transcendence cultivators present must be completely defeated."

"This... is too difficult!"

The Rotten Li Huowang and others all changed expressions: "Not to mention the time issue, during the game, people outside cannot hit us, and naturally we cannot hit them either."

"Who said that?" Fang Can said, trying to restrain his facial expressions:

"The rules only state that during the coin toss and placing stones, one cannot leave the scene within 100 kilometers and cannot be harmed by the outside world."

"And after the opponent places a stone, one must place a stone within twice the time the opponent used for that move."

"That is to say, as long as I play fast enough, I can force the opponent to play ultra-fast chess with me."

"If I compress the total time for one game to one minute, this old fellow can stall for at most two minutes."

"And while the opponent is thinking and placing stones, we can launch attacks against the other martial artists."

Fang Can closed his eyes, emptied his mind, and said: "This is the reason I spoke of turn-based combat."

"In the next three minutes, I must end the seven games and win at twice the speed of the opponent, while also resolving these few Four-Transcendence cultivators during the intervals of the game."

Ji Donglai nodded solemnly: "You play freely; leave the fighting to us."

"No... I have said it many times before; playing chess is the simplest part."

Fang Can suddenly opened his eyes and said solemnly: "Big Brother Ji, according to Plan B agreed upon earlier, let me handle the battle against the Four-Transcendence cultivators from now on as well."

"In this situation, you also want to..."

Ji Donglai hesitated only slightly, then nodded seriously, choosing to trust.

"Intent Energy King, you take action!" Ji Donglai said slowly within the mental network, completely emptying his thoughts.

Immediately, in the next instant, Ji Donglai's expression stiffened, his demeanor changing from its original ruggedness to silence like water.

After Ji Donglai completely let go of his body's defenses, Fang Can successfully took control of this body through the Intent Energy King's mental link.

This was Plan B that Fang Can and Ji Donglai had agreed upon in advance.

Once the situation presented unpredictable changes, Fang Can would take over the combat.

"So, from now on, let the combat continue!"

Fang Can looked at the GDP deposit amount of Ji Donglai and showed a slight smile; he had never fought such a wealthy battle.

During the time the few exchanged words, hindered by the rule that the first move must be placed within three seconds.

After Yi Tianxing compressed the time to 2.9 seconds, he finally grabbed seven chess pieces from afar and placed them!

Four of seventeen, Small Eye — Four of four, Star Position — Four of four, Star Position...

In an instant, on the seven virtual chessboards before him, a black stone was placed on each.

The seven stones fell as one sound; the sound of placing stones was like thunder exploding, reflecting threads of killing intent in the eyes of all living beings in the various nations.

This also signaled that the turn-based combat was about to officially begin!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Amidst Yi Tianxing's surprised gaze, the white stones fell like jade!

Almost within 0.1 seconds of the opponent's piece being placed, the white piece in Fang Can's hand surged forward with a reckless momentum.

With every white piece that fell, the board it landed on erupted with blinding Bai Guang.

Yi Tianxing, holding the piece formed from black Qi, had knuckles turning white, his eyes also revealing a competitive spirit.

"You actually want to play a super-fast game with me? The momentum is not bad; this old man wants to see how you will achieve victory!"

Excitement shone in Yi Tianxing's eyes as he watched the board, but his expression turned vacant the moment he looked up.

For Ji Donglai, standing before him, along with the numerous superpowered individuals within his internal space, had all vanished completely.

"Where... is everyone?"

Outside the board, almost the instant the piece was placed, Fang Can piloted Ji Donglai's Unit 01 to teleport out of the board.

Just now, his seven pieces took 0.1 seconds, giving the opponent 0.2 seconds to make a move.

And he must return to continue placing pieces within double the time the opponent takes for their next move!

The time pressure was unprecedented, but with Ji Donglai's teleportation ability, it was not impossible!

At this moment, the gazes of martial artists from various nations, including Emperor Xiang Hongtu Hongtu, were all fixed on the game.

Except for the female cultivator from Suxin Zhai who used Fang Can as a spellcasting material in the live stream, almost no one immediately noticed the disappearance of the superpowered side.

And this gave Fang Can room to maneuver.

Almost instantly, Ji Donglai's figure leaped behind Yan Chuqing, and his right fist struck out like lightning.

This punch is worth a hundred billion in New National Currency; can you block it?

With absolutely no thought of sparing a delicate beauty, Fang Can, having already suffered at Yi Tianxing's hands, chose to shatter everything with the utmost speed!

On the other side, while Fang Can was fully focused on fighting Yan Chuqing.

A several-kilogram mass of antimatter appeared behind Emperor Xiang Hongtu Hongtu's neck at some point.

In an instant, Emperor Xiang Hongtu Hongtu felt a threat akin to death, his pupils contracting to the size of needle points.

Perspective shift.

After spending a hundred billion in GDP to barely maintain his strength at the peak of the Fourth Transformation for one second.

Fang Can felt this body was unexpectedly difficult to control.

He knew this was not because he could not perfectly unleash Ji Donglai's power.

But because Yan Chuqing's inheritance, 【Equal Domain】, was activating!

Through the intelligence Fang Can gathered over these few days while enduring hardship in Suxin Zhai, Yan Chuqing's Fourth Transformation inheritance is known as 【Equal Domain】.

【Equal Domain】: Within a hundred zhang radius around the user, no power, speed, or damage can exceed the user's limit.

This was the secret Fang Can learned from the mouths of the women of Suxin Zhai, whose eyes were rolled back, while Yan Chuqing was bathing in a stream over those three days.

According to the description, this inheritance named 【Equal Domain】 should be called 【Double Standard Domain】!

Because its so-called equality means everyone is equal above the self, but hierarchy is distinct below the self.

Martial artists with power and speed lower than Yan Chuqing's entering this domain receive no enhancement; they remain exactly as they are.

And now, as Fang Can controlled Ji Donglai to enter Yan Chuqing's so-called equal aura, he felt that terrifying sluggishness for the first time.

It was as if ninety-five percent of his strength was sealed, with less than ten percent of his peak Fourth Transformation power being exerted.

'Damn... Yan Chuqing's power is... too weak!'

Fang Can cursed inwardly as he looked at the woman before him who remained unaware.

Comparing the damage to others, he could almost be certain that this person's strength was the weakest tier among the Fourth Transformation.

But this weakest strength, combined with the 【Equal Domain】 inheritance, turned a disadvantage directly into a pure advantage!

No matter how strong others' power was, once they entered this Equal Domain, wouldn't they just be dragged down to her same level?

Hesitating no longer, Fang Can controlled Ji Donglai's fist to strike Yan Chuqing's neck hard.

Clang—

In the next moment, Fang Can felt as if his fist had struck a block of ten-thousand-year-old black ice.

At the moment of collision, the ground within a thousand meters collapsed violently under the right fist, emitting the mournful cry of Shanhe shattering.

But Fang Can only felt Ji Donglai's right fist go slightly numb from the impact.

And Yan Chuqing's body merely flew backward, completely unharmed.

'Damn... this woman's body hardness is completely opposite to her power; no wonder she chose this inheritance!'

While Fang Can cursed inwardly, Yan Chuqing turned around in anger, wanting to counterattack.

But in the time it took to turn her head, she was stunned to find she was suddenly in the middle of an endless sea.

'This is... the Endless Sea!' The woman's lazy expression vanished as she stared in shock at the shimmering water below.

That's right!

The so-called teleportation.

Its greatest function in team battles is not to dodge enemy attacks!

But to split the battlefield relying on high mobility!

After moving Yan Chuqing, Fang Can controlled Ji Donglai's body to return calmly to the center of the board.

As if nothing had happened, he waited with a leisurely expression for Yi Tianxing to place a piece!

"Old geezer? Haven't thought about the next move yet?"

(End of Chapter)