There was nothing wrong with Xia Ziheng's words, and even Kui Luo couldn't find a reason to refute them.
Lu Yin looked at Mu Shang's mocking expression and nodded. "Let's go with the stable Square." He didn't believe that Mu Shang could beat Celestial Master Qiuling. After all, Qiuling had become a celestial master earlier than this guy, and with Lu Yin's own experience, there was no guarantee of victory.
Mu Shang thought that he understood Lu Yin, but the current Lu Yin was different from the last time they had met.
One was a Realmyuan formation master, and the other was an Origin Celestial Master. Naturally, they would use a Boundless Advanced sourcebox against the stable Square.
"How many?"
Mu Shang asked.
"How many do you want?"
Lu Yin asked.
Mu Shang placed himself on a higher level than Lu Yin, allowing Lu Yin to choose the method, time, and location of the match. He had even reminded Lu Yin, which made it seem like he was helping a junior.
Lu Yin didn't mind, as he only cared about the results, not the process.
Mu Shang looked at Lu Yin. "I once played against Celestial Master Qiuling and used eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes. Can you handle it?"
Many gasped, and Master Deng Guo was stunned. Eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes?
He had only played against five other Realmyuan formation masters at most, and that was already his limit. Normally, he would only play three or four, but now he had eight. Only an Origin Celestial Master could do that.
"Legend has it that Celestial Master Gu Yan used more than ten Boundless Advanced sourceboxes when he played against Celestial Master Li. Is that true?"
Another Realmyuan formation master asked, "Eh, Celestial Master Li didn't come?"
Master Deng Guo replied, "It's true. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, it's true."
"Celestial Master Mu directly asked for eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes. Unless it's an Origin Celestial Master, no one can match him. Even Celestial Master Mu himself would have a hard time," the formation master said.
Master Deng Guo looked over. Indeed, even Celestial Master Mu himself might not have an easy time against eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes.
Celestial Master Qiuling raised her brows. Eight?
She had indeed played against Mu Shang before, but a huge battle had occurred before the game had been completed.
Even with her and Mu Shang's abilities, it would still be very difficult for them to play against eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes' stable perimeters. Lu Xiaoxuan definitely wouldn't be able to do such a thing.
No one believed that Lu Yin could do it, including Skymender Imperial Tutor. He knew that Lu Yin's lockbreaking skills were very high, but he was at most at the level of a Jiayuan Array Master. He was still lacking when it came to a game of this level.
Lu Yin glanced at Celestial Master Qiuling. "You've played chess with her before?
What a coincidence! I've played against Celestial Master Qiuling before, but we only have three sourceboxes. "
"Then, how about eight?"
Mu Shang asked. "Or you can choose for yourself."
"What was the result of your match with Celestial Master Qiuling?"
"Not yet," Mu Shang said.
"Do you think you can win?"
Lu Yin asked again.
Mu Shang frowned. "This is a game between us. It has nothing to do with that game."
"Don't dare to answer?
Looks like you're not confident in winning. And here I thought you were saying that I'd definitely lose to the stable Square Circle, but it turns out that you're no match for Celestial Master Qiuling. "
Mu Shang's eyes narrowed. "That's our problem. Do you accept it or not?
How many sourceboxes do you want? "
Lu Yin nodded. "Eight then."
Skymender Imperial Tutor's expression turned grave. Eight?
It was rare to see eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes in a game of Jiayuan Array Master Qiuling.
Every additional sourcebox represented a qualitative change.
However, there were times when people could die from playing games.
The onlookers all looked at Lu Yin with mocking gazes. They either understood it themselves or through the Lockbreakers beside them. They clearly knew what the stable perimeters of the eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes represented. Did Lu Yin really think that just anyone could play a game of this level?
He was too arrogant.
"You can play your sourcebox," Mu Shang said.
It was very difficult for him to play a game of this level. Whoever played their sourcebox would have the upper hand. Unfortunately, Lu Yin only had four Boundless Advanced sourceboxes. "Let's split it evenly. I won't take advantage of you."
Kui Luo was speechless. You don't have any, do you?
Boundless Advanced sourceboxes were not cabbages, and even a Half-Ancestor might not have one.
Mu Shang had not expected Lu Yin to be able to take out four Boundless Advanced sourceboxes. Even he could not take out eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes at once, and he had planned to borrow them from Celestial Master Qiuling and the others. He had thought that Lu Yin would only have one or two at most, but now that Lu Yin had taken out four, he could take out the remaining four.
"Celestial Master Gu Yan, as the number one Celestial Master in the Cosmic Tree Realm, would you be willing to witness this game?"
Mu Shang asked Gu Yan, who was standing in the distance.
Gu Yan walked out with Xiao Cui's help and looked at the two. "It's been a while since I've seen such an exciting game. Sure."
Lu Yin was quite confident in Gu Yan's abilities.
At this moment, Gu Yan looked at Lu Yin with a brilliant smile and rubbed his cosmic ring. "Kid, the identity of my disciple should be quite useful, right?"
Lu Yin coughed, as he had just been punished. "Actually, I never said that I was Senior's disciple. It was just a random guess."
Xia Ziheng was furious. "Lu Xiaoxuan, you admitted that you were Celestial Master Gu Yan's disciple."
Before Lu Yin could reply, Kui Luo stepped forward. "Old thing, you must have used too much strength on your concubine. You must be hallucinating. Do you really think that all your descendants are clones? Your ancestor would be so angry if he knew. Wait, does that mean that all of you are clones of the Xia family's ancestor?"
Xia Ziheng was furious. "I swear to kill you, Kui Luo."
"Impudent!" A sharp blade appeared in the void and slashed down towards Kui Luo.
Everyone's hair stood on end as a Progenitor's killing intent caused them to tremble. Even Mu Shang and Qiuling paled; they had never felt such a strong killing intent before.
Gu Yan's face sank. Xia Shenji's killing intent was too terrifying, and this was just them. Kui Luo, who was facing Xia Shenji's killing intent, felt an even more terrifying pressure.
Kui Luo was stunned, as he hadn't expected that his words would draw out Xia Shenji. He couldn't even dodge the blade's killing intent as the Progenitor's power suppressed him. If not for the fact that he had been reciting the Primogenitor's Scripture for a long time, his consciousness might have even dissipated.
Lu Yin looked up, and Progenitor rune lines blocked Kui Luo's path. "Xia Shenji, this is none of your business. Scram!"
There was a loud shout, and the five array bases behind them trembled. Countless people looked back in shock; another clash between Progenitors? Why was there always a Progenitor's power appearing?
Shouldn't it be in the Sovereign Realm?
"Impudent thing, how dare you insult my Xia family's ancestor! Die!" Following Xia Shenji's words, countless people at the five array bases looked up as a giant blade formed above their heads. Both humans and Corpse Kings stopped moving.
Xia Ziheng smiled cruelly. Damn it, this old bastard.
Lu Yin was about to attack when a glowing stone appeared above his head. It was Mu Xie. "Xia Shenji, are you trying to break the agreement?"
In the Sovereign Realm, Xia Shenji's face darkened.
Beside him, Bai Wangyuan said, "Now's not the time. Stop."
Xia Shenji took a deep breath and looked at the entrance to the battlefield behind them. "If you dare speak again, I'll kill you." With that, the blade dissipated.
The Progenitor's power disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, as if it had never appeared.
However, everyone realized that their backs were drenched in sweat.
In the face of a Progenitor's power, they found it difficult to even walk, including the Half-Ancestors.
Kui Luo panted heavily and bared his teeth as he glared at the Sovereign Realm.
Lu Yin glanced at him. "I'll find a chance for you to scold him alone in the future."
Kui Luo spat. "Sooner or later, I'll dig up his Xia family's ancestral grave."
Xia Ziheng angrily rebuked, "Kui Luo, how dare you speak nonsense!"
Kui Luo rolled his eyes. "Go find yourself a hundred concubines."
Xia Ziheng was furious.
"Enough." Mu Shang's face was ashen. "Please give me some face and let me play a game with Lu Xiaoxuan."
Xia Ziheng stared coldly at Kui Luo and reluctantly retreated.
Kui Luo did not say anything else, as he was still a little flustered.
In the past, when he had been hunted down by the Cosmic Trees, it had always been a Half-Ancestor who had stepped in. Now, he had actually provoked Xia Shenji, so he decided to return to the Fifth Mainland first. He did not want to be killed by Xia Shenji.
Divine Master Gu Yan also did not bring up the previous matter. "You may begin." He then pressed down with his hand, causing star energy to fill the entire arena. These were the chess pieces.
At the same time, Mu Shang and Lu Yin each took out four Boundless Advanced sourceboxes, and eight of them released their killing intent at the same time. All sorts of strange killing intent interacted with each other, tearing through the void and creating a power that even Xia Ziheng and the other Half-Ancestors feared.
Liu Song retreated. "These killing intents are not simple."
Wu Yao looked at the four Boundless Advanced sourceboxes that Lu Yin had tossed out, and his expression turned ugly. Three of them had been given to him in order to rope Lu Yin in. Of course, this was also what Lu Yin had wanted, given his status as Yu Hao.
Although the Frigid Immortal Sect had not been humiliated like the Xia family, Lu Yin had still completed the Sky Beyond Heaven trial in the Frigid Immortal Sect, and he had even obtained some good items. The Frigid Immortal Sect had also suffered some losses.
The killing intent of eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes was not something that an ordinary cultivator could see.
The killing intent was both overt and covert, and even Divine Master Gu Yan was cautious.
He glanced at Lu Yin; this kid was ruthless enough. Of the four Boundless Advanced sourceboxes, three of them were five stars. Mu Shang's four Boundless Advanced sourceboxes were three Stars.
Mu Shang had not expected Lu Yin to directly take out three five-star Boundless Advanced sourceboxes.
This level of killing intent was no longer just a matter of lockbreaking, but also whether or not one could block it.
Ordinary cultivators could only face it head-on, while Lockbreakers could choose to avoid it. However, once they were enveloped by the killing intent, even Mu Shang would be in danger.
The eight Boundless Advanced sourceboxes all had different killing intent, and after about an hour, they formed a separate space that was similar to the inner world of a Half-Progenitor. Outsiders couldn't see anything in this space, and only the Half-Progenitor and the Origin Array Heavenly Master could sense how dangerous it was.
Within this inner world, there was a hidden fatal danger formed by the interaction of the sourceboxes' killing intents, and this fatal danger had actually taken shape.
As for the star energy that Divine Master Gu Yan had left behind, more than half of it had been destroyed, and only bits and pieces of it remained.
Gu Yan turned half of the star energy white, and the other half black. "Lu Xiaoxuan, as the challenger, you choose first."