Chapter 559 - 320: Liu Wu, Domineering!

"Why haven’t you made your move yet? What are you waiting for?"

He hadn’t followed them earlier, so he wasn’t enveloped by the Chessboard Realm. However, given his Cultivation and Technique Realm, he still sensed something amiss, especially with Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism continuously surging around them.

"What happened to you all?!"

But no matter what Yan Jingchen said, Xue Chong and the rest stood completely frozen in place, as if their souls had been stripped away. Sensing trouble, Yan Jingchen glanced at Chen Yi, who was equally motionless, and prepared to step forward to investigate.

Right at that moment, several piercing whistles tore through the air from the direction of the Prefecture City.

"Yan Jingchen!" Pei Ze laughed loudly. "It really is you!"

As the laughter echoed all around, a chorus of HISSING accompanied it. RUSTLING sounds rapidly approached from the distance, though no figures could be seen. Within moments, Pei Ze, Zhu Fangling, and Li Yunjun landed nearby, standing shoulder to shoulder.

Yan Jingchen turned his head to look. After a brief assessment, he frowned slightly. "It’s you?

"Who were you from the Mountain Race again?"

A cold sneer appeared on Pei Ze’s gaunt face. "Cut the bullshit. I slaughtered so many of your disciples back then. How could you possibly forget?"

Yan Jingchen’s expression darkened at those words. "Pei Ze!

"My Five Poison Sect also killed hundreds of your Mountain Race members. If I remember correctly, I was the one who killed your two sons!"

Pei Ze’s eyes instantly turned venomous. He clapped his hands, and a glossy black centipede darted out from his body, spitting a mouthful of venom at Yan Jingchen.

"I thought you died a long time ago. I never expected you to shed that skin of yours and fake your death to escape.

"Today, we’ll settle all our scores, old and new!"

Without a moment’s hesitation, he charged straight at Yan Jingchen. Beside him, Zhu Fangling and Li Yunjun followed closely.

Yan Jingchen furrowed his brows. No longer able to check on Xue Chong and the others, he took a deep breath and met Pei Ze’s charge.

"I should be the one saying that!

"You people from the Mountain Race caused my Five Poison Sect’s vitality to suffer greatly. How could I ever let you off!"

The four of them immediately engaged in a fierce battle. Relying on his slightly higher Cultivation, Yan Jingchen ignored several Gu Insects. Furthermore, as he fought, the highly toxic poison spreading from his body forced Pei Ze and the others to act with caution. Taking on three opponents at once, he wasn’t at a disadvantage in the slightest.

However, Pei Ze, Zhu Fangling, and Li Yunjun were in no rush for a quick victory. The three formed a triangular formation around Yan Jingchen. Fist and Foot, Blades and swords all struck out in unison. With every move, several Gu Insects were scattered into the surroundings, their sizes so miniscule they were practically invisible.

Yan Jingchen seemed to sense this and snorted coldly. "Thirty years have passed, yet your Mountain Race hasn’t changed a bit. You still use the same old tricks.

"Your White Jade Skill has certainly become much more formidable through your Cultivation, though.

"However..."

Pei Ze met his clawing strike, blocking horizontally with a gaunt arm as hard as steel. "That’s all it amounts to!"

BANG!

Pei Ze was sent flying backward, several gashes sliced into his arm. Seeing this, Zhu Fangling and Li Yunjun evaded Yan Jingchen’s claws, attacking high and low to keep him pinned down.

In an instant, their desperate, life-and-death struggle caused Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism to roar ceaselessly. Earth-Splitting trenches tore through the ground one after another, boulders shattered, and trees were reduced to fine powder.

In the distance, Pei Qian and Lan Yanni watched the scene unfold but were in no hurry to intervene. Instead, they directed their gazes toward Chen Yi.

Compared to the brutal siege of Yan Jingchen by Pei Ze’s trio, the situation on Chen Yi’s side was much more bizarre.

"Brother, what is ’Dragon Tiger’ doing?" Lan Yanni asked.

Pei Qian observed for a moment and shook his head slightly. "I don’t know either."

He could only tell that something was happening on Chen Yi’s side, but he couldn’t see any visible anomalies.

"Then what should we do?"

"Let’s wait a bit longer. We’ll clear the surrounding highly toxic poison first."

"Alright..."

What they didn’t know was that Chen Yi, who was currently facing Xue Chong and the others alone, appeared to be standing completely still, but in reality, they had already clashed for several rounds. Furthermore, Xue Chong and the others were covered in wounds of varying sizes, with blood flowing freely.

In contrast, Chen Yi remained standing by the side of the chessboard, watching them from afar as he calmly placed chess pieces onto the board one by one. With the arrival of the Mountain Race, he no longer needed to risk his life in close combat. Enhanced by the Chess Dao, Xue Chong and the others, who merely had Cultivations in the Third and Fourth Grade Realm, were simply no match for him.

"If your Technique hasn’t reached Perfection, you are ultimately just ants."

Xue Chong watched another chess piece transform into a small hill and plummet toward them. He cursed with a venomous expression, "If we don’t break this damn Chess Dao, we’re all going to die here!"

"Liu Wu’s Chess Dao... is too overbearing. It’s too difficult..."