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Chapter 923: Chapter 923: Now, Your Lives Are Mine
Huang Yan, Hong Feng, and Dongfang Ao looked at the chessboard of the three thousand worlds in front of them, all with worrisome expressions on their faces.
"Yang Xiaotian, Young Mansion Master, please," Shi Tianhong said coldly, smiling at Yang Xiaotian. He made a welcoming gesture and continued, "Let’s also see if your skill in the Game of Go is as astonishing as your talents in both music and calligraphy."
"Let us brutes also have our eyes opened."
Previously, the students from Kaitian Academy used to refer to disciples from the Heaven and Earth Divine Mansion as brutes. Now Shi Tianhong was calling himself a brute, the irony was unmistakable.
Yang Xiaotian’s face remained calm as he approached the Time Chessboard.
Could the Master of Time be in the Heavenly Emperor Palace?
Looking at the Time Chessboard before him, Yang Xiaotian couldn’t help but think.
Seeing that Yang Xiaotian was merely looking at the Time Chessboard in front of him without making a move, Shi Tianhong urged again, "Young Mansion Master, please start. You don’t know where even the first chess piece goes, do you?"
Huang Wanlin stared coldly at Shi Tianhong, who kept speaking, undoubtedly trying to disturb Yang Xiaotian’s thoughts.
Just as Shi Tianhong was about to speak again to disrupt Yang Xiaotian, Yang Xiaotian suddenly swung his hand, and instantly, a streak of divine power shot out and struck one of the chess pieces.
When Yang Xiaotian’s finger strike hit the first chess piece, the chess piece that was just moving shone vibrantly and stopped moving.
Everyone was taken aback.
Clearly, Yang Xiaotian had solved the first chess piece.
Upon seeing this, Shi Tianhong did not take it to heart, scoffing, "I didn’t expect the Young Mansion Master to have such a high proficiency in the Game of Go, having found the first chess piece so quickly."
To solve the chessboard of the three thousand worlds, it was necessary to find the first chess piece arranged by Li Feng, and solve that first.
Then followed by solving the second chess piece, the third chess piece... in the order Li Feng had arranged them.
All the way until the last chess piece. 𝚗ov𝚙𝚞𝚋.c𝚘m
However, once these chess pieces were activated, they all moved in an intertwined pattern, making it extremely difficult to find their order.
Just as Shi Tianhong finished speaking, Yang Xiaotian swung his hand again, this time two streams of divine power shot out, almost simultaneously striking two other chess pieces.
The two chess pieces vibrated with light and stopped moving, just like the first one.
Breaking the chessboard of the three thousand worlds required not only finding the order in which the pieces were arranged but also increasing the number of pieces solved with each attempt.
This undoubtedly added to the difficulty of solving it.
Seeing Yang Xiaotian solve another two chess pieces, Shi Tianhong still did not take it seriously, laughing, "I didn’t expect the Young Mansion Master’s skill in the Game of Go to be so astonishing, having found the second and third chess pieces so quickly."
Yang Xiaotian’s expression remained calm as he swung his hand again, this time three streams of divine power flew out, striking three chess pieces in succession.
The three chess pieces once again stopped moving.
Shi Tianhong was startled.
Subsequently, Yang Xiaotian swung his hand once more, sending out four streams of divine power.
Once again, four chess pieces stopped moving.
Li Feng’s expression darkened.
He had truly not expected Yang Xiaotian to solve ten chess pieces so quickly.
However, the chessboard of the three thousand worlds became harder to solve as one progressed, and he did not believe Yang Xiaotian could maintain such speed and continue solving it.
At that moment, he saw Yang Xiaotian sending out five streams of divine power.
Five chess pieces stopped moving.
Next, Yang Xiaotian sent out six streams of divine power, and six chess pieces stopped moving!
Watching Yang Xiaotian continuing non-stop, solving one chess piece after another.
Shi Tianhong stopped talking and began to feel inexplicably nervous.
"Young Clan Leader, rest assured, the Three Thousand Worlds chess game becomes more difficult to solve as you get to the later stages. The Ancestor Chess Master took a full ten days or more just to solve the final piece," said an old ancestor of the Food God Clan.
Yang Xiaotian had completely immersed himself in the world of the chessboard, his hand moving continuously, and with every movement, a chess piece would cease to spin.
You could hear a pin drop in the great hall.
Huang Yan, Hong Feng, and others were extremely anxious.
If Yang Xiaotian made even one mistake during the solution, all the previously solved pieces would start moving again, and they would have to start over.
Therefore, with each move Yang Xiaotian made, they were on tenterhooks, fearing that he might make an error.
Huang Wanlin and the experts from the various sect families were also watching the changes on the chessboard without blinking.
Zhang Xian from the Kaitian Academy was staring intently at Yang Xiaotian’s hand, as if it were the most beautiful hand in the world.
Time passed.
More and more chess pieces on the board stopped moving, and, before anyone realized it, more than half had been stilled.
And this happened in less than half an hour.
If Yang Xiaotian kept solving the game at this pace, he would be able to solve the entire Three Thousand Worlds chess game within an hour.
Without a doubt!
Shi Tianhong shut his mouth completely, his complexion as ugly as Li Feng’s.
"Young Clan Leader, rest assured, it becomes harder to solve as you get to the later stages," said that old ancestor from the Food God Clan once again, but before he could finish speaking, Yang Xiaotian waved his hands and dozens of strands of divine power flew out, stopping a large batch of chess pieces from moving.
"Impossible, how could he solve so many pieces so quickly!" exclaimed Li Feng, his face pale, unable to believe it.
The only way this could be possible is if Yang Xiaotian had memorized the force he had used to place each piece during his arrangement of the Three Thousand Worlds chess game. Only then could he solve them so rapidly.
But since the force he had used for each piece was different, how could Yang Xiaotian remember it?
And how could he replicate the exact force he had used at that time without any errors?
In the midst of the unsavory facial expressions of Shi Tianhong, Li Feng, and others, over half of the chess pieces had stopped moving.
Huang Wanlin estimated that with just a couple more moves, Yang Xiaotian would completely solve the Three Thousand Worlds chess game.
Just then, suddenly, one of the old ancestors from the Food God Clan secretly pressed his hand in the void, and an invisible force aimed at Yang Xiaotian’s heart in his chest.
As someone who was beyond the status of a Divine Emperor, if this palm was to strike true, Yang Xiaotian’s heart would undoubtedly be shattered, even if he possessed the five Defying Heaven Divine Bodies.
After all, the gap between their realms was just too great.
Right as the invisible force was about to hit Yang Xiaotian’s heart, a flash of golden light from his body made the force dissipate into nothingness.
The old ancestor was taken aback, looking at Yang Xiaotian with a mixture of surprise and speculation about what that golden light could be.
Yang Xiaotian kept his hands moving, and another swath of chess pieces came to a halt.
Only one more move was left before the Three Thousand Worlds chess game could be solved.
At that moment, as the old ancestor who had made a move was about to try again, suddenly, a horrifying power enveloped him, freezing him in place with fear.
He was uncertain, wondering what this terrifying power could be.
Suddenly, the Time Chessboard shone fiercely bright, and as he looked, he saw all three thousand chess pieces had already stopped moving.
The Three Thousand Worlds chess game was solved!
Seeing Yang Xiaotian solve the Three Thousand Worlds chess game, many in the great hall still couldn’t snap out of their shock.
Yang Xiaotian ignored Li Feng’s deathly pallor and looked at Shi Tianhong and the people of the Food God Clan: "In less than an hour, the Three Thousand Worlds chess game has been solved. Now, your lives are mine!"
