Chapter 2366 

The Chessboard began to glow, and the pieces were now glowing.

"I will now explain the rules, don't worry Fang Yuan had no say in them." Reputation Gu explained.

"Each Venerable will have 16 pieces that coincide with the 16 chess pieces, the pawns represent the people from the regions, you can imbue certain methods into these pieces and use them as you see fit but the catch is that you can only imbue moves at the same level as the piece,"

"Wait, do you mean the same level as the Gu Master or as the pawn itself," Giant Sun asked.

"The same as the pawn, meaning even if your region sends 10 rank 8s you can only assist them with Rank 6 moves."

Giant Sun Immortal Venerable asked in outrage: "How is a measly Rank 5 Killer Move supposed to help in a battle between immortals let alone Rank 8s?"

Fang Yuan snickered: "Ha Ha, friend Giant Sun it seems that being a Venerable has made you numb to these sorts of things."

"Imagine if you and I fought and it was a completely even fight, if I had one of my subordinates temporarily blind you with his life, maybe it won't result in victory, but would it not give me the upper hand?"

"Enough ants can bite even an elephant to death."

Both Spectral Soul and Star Constellation nodded in agreement with Fang Yuan. They both understood his point.

Especially in Star Constellation's case, she was a Wisdom Path cultivator using the weak to overcome the strong was her forte!

After her death, she lay down 3 methods for the 3 Venerables that came after her stopping them each time.

As for Spectral Soul, he had experienced it himself countless times, either he would feign weakness to surprise a strong enemy or he had been defeated by people he considered weak, such as Fang Yuan.

Reputation Gu continued: "After using a move it will be consumed and cannot be used, this applies to the other pieces as well."

"The Bishops and Knights are for your direct subordinates, the Rook is for your Pseudo-Venerables, the Queen and King will allow you to each use a Rank 8 Killer Move and a Rank 9 one also all Killer Moves need to be preinstalled onto the pieces."

This game was far more complicated than it appeared, should the resource be used carelessly it would leave a gap in the ability to defend.

Reputation Gu added on: "Additionally, you will have the continue playing the game of Chess in real-time which means you can capture an opposing Venerable's piece, disabling that move. And that consuming Killer Moves would remove that piece from the board, but you can only use a Killer Move on your turn."

"Be extremely wise on where and what move you allocate to which piece."

"Oh and 1 more thing if your king gets checkmated then you can no longer use any of your prepared methods except for the one stored in the King."

"You have 1 hour."

The figure of Reputation Gu shrinks back into the Chessboard.

This game made the Venerables think should they focus on a mix of Defensive moves, Offensive moves, Escape moves, Stat-Boosting moves, Healing moves.

Star Constellation had spent the entire time deducing: "Rank 5 Moves are too weak to make a significant impact in the overall game but if time right they could be the key between victory and defeat the question is what move would allow that."

"Healing is out of the question, a Rank 5 Healing Killer Move wouldn't be able to help, a Defensive Killer Move would be like throwing paper against a tsunami, so that leaves Offense, Escape and Stat-Boosting."

"A rank 5 Escape move would be too slow which leaves Stat-Boosting and attack, I will do a mixture of 5 Stat-Boosting and 3 Attack."

Of course, a Rank 5 Stat-Boost in most situations would be nothing beneficial but Star Constellation had an ace: "Boosting any form of physical strength would be nothing at Rank 5 but a boost to one's mind would be invaluable even with Rank 5!"

That's right Star Constellation imbued her Stat-Boosting pawns with Rank 5 Wisdom Path Killer Move ---------- Increased Thought.

This move allowed for the Gu Master to gain an increase in the number of thoughts they produced, for example, if an ordinary Gu master produced 1 thought a second, this move would allow them to produce 1.25.

The boost was merely 25% for a normal Gu Master, on a Wisdom Path expert who already produces a lot of thoughts this effect would be even more negligible, but there is no disadvantage in having more thoughts.

Meanwhile, on Giant Sun's side, he had imbued all his pawns with the Stat Boost effect of Luck!

"Hmm, although they made it seem as though these pawns could turn defeat into victory if timed right and with a large enough amount, we all know that what will rely on change the battlefield is the Rank 9 and 8 methods that we set."

Giant Sun had decided to just use the best Stat Boosting Luck moves he had for not only the Rank 5 but 6 as well.

Spectral Soul had a unique approach: "Hmph, these venerables underestimate might in numbers, for me, I don't have to decide between Attack, Defense or Heal I can just imbue Soul Path Killer Moves and use them as I see fit."

After all Spectral Soul was alone and had no force of his own.

But he did have a plan.

Northern Plain the Demon Marsh

The various clans of the Northern tribe had left, and it was instead replaced by the participants from the various regions.

The Shen

The Wu Clan

The Fang Clan

The Huang Jin Tribes

The 10 Great Ancient Sects

"It would appear everyone is here," Wu Yong said to the other 9 members of the Wu Clan and the 10 members from the Fang Clan and, Shang Clan!

At this stage, there was no need to pretend the biggest group was undoubtedly the Great Love Alliance, but they were not necessarily the strongest, the Huang Jin tribe was composed entirely of Rank 8s!

While the 10 Great Ancient Sects were nothing compared to Heavenly Court it didn't mean one could scoff at them either, they had sent their strongest members who were all rank 8s as well!

But the difference lay in the fact that these were the Supreme Grand Elders of the 10 Sects, each one of their names is filled with epic tales.

However, the key downside was that they were old!

Most of the promising Rank 8s were sent off to Heavenly Court but now only these few remain to hold the fort.

Shen Cong Sheng thought about it: "It would appear that the Huang Jin tribe might be our strongest enemy."

"Don't look down on the 10 Great Ancient Sects, these old monsters are more than meets the eye. If I had to face 2 of them by myself, I could be confident in a draw but fighting all 10 is a death wish." Shen Shang responded.

This shocked Shen Cong Shang he had never expected his ancestor to think so highly of other Rank 8s.

At this moment Lu Wei Lin stepped out: "Indeed, the pressure and confidence their emit tells me that something is up with them."

But Lu Wei Yin came out for another reason: "Actually I was worried that the friends from Fang Clan would not be able to join us after all, isn't the legendary ancestor of Sword sect, Lin Jian Xing."

"I heard rumors that his might is around the Psuedo-Veernables level."

Fang Gong responded: "It would appear he is very fearful and apprehensive about getting involved with Venerables, reportedly it's because he's an Otherworldly Demon as well."

Lu Wei Yin nodded his head: "I see that would explain it."

Suddenly a shadow was cast onto the ground below, a graceful figure was descending from Spectral Heaven.

It was Guang Xin! But she was not alone accompanying her was the former Heavenly Court strategist, Fairy Zi Wei!

A while back, before Spectral Soul could go explore with his body of Guang Xin he got the invite from Fang Yuan, after learning that Giant Sun said yes, he had no choice but to attend as well.

But he could not pilot both his main body and Guang Xin as they were restricted to only complete souls. However, Spectral Soul soon remembered one thing, Ying Wu Xie!

Although he was technically a Split Soul, he was different from the others, as he was born into the Pure Dream Reality Seeker Physique, and as such had no memories of his own, it was almost as if he had reincarnated.

In fact, the only thing keeping him attached to Spectral Soul was that original connection and the mental suggestions they had implemented to keep him loyal.

Although it was risky Spectral Soul decided to take the gamble.

He went and contacted Fairy Zi Wei through the method he used to enslave her soul and had them enter Spectral Heaven where he warped them to him.

After explaining everything to Ying Wu Xie he was once again filled with revere towards the Main body and had sworn he help in any way he can.

So Spectral Soul had him enter Guang Xin's body and be reborn as Ying Guang Xin.

By doing this the body would be more accepting towards Ying Wu Xie's soul but it also meant further reducing the connection between the 2 leaving only the mental.

The Soul Brand of Spectral Soul was no longer on Ying Wu Xie.

From this point forth he had truly become Ying Guang Xin!

Of course, Spectral Soul took precautions, during the process of rebirthing Ying Wu Xie, Spectral Soul made sure he put extra effort into the mental obedience.

Secondly, Spectral Soul had Fairy Zi Wei's brainwashing further strengthen to ensure complete obedience, he then tasked her with keeping Ying Guan Xin in check and updating him regularly.

Finally, he placed a Killer Move that he could detonate and completely destroy Ying Guang Xin.

After all, as long as one body was alive it was possible to revive the other.

But after the descent of 2 fairies, 11 Immemorial Soul-Beast descended from above.

Immediately, all the forces prepped themselves for battle, thinking that Spectral Soul had forfeited the deal.

The other Venerables were looking at Spectral Soul as well.

"Friend Spectral Soul what might this be?" Star Constellation asked as she prepped her Killer Moves.

"Keke, didn't you say that each Region gets to send a team of 10? Then, of course, they are representatives of Spectral Heaven!"

Giant Sun and Star Constellation frowned while Fang Yuan merely smirked.

"I suggest you guys tell your forces not to strike, if a battle breaks before they even step foot into the Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven, then I'm afraid that the formation will cripple your team." Fang Yuan said as he casually drank his tea.

"Tch, all of you stand down they are participants." Star Constellation and Giant Sun relayed the same message to their forces.

"Hmph, why are you all looking at me like that," Spectral Soul had his arms crossed: "There were no rules saying that nonhumans couldn't join isn't that right Fang Yuan." Spectral Soul looked to Fang Yuan

"Ha ha ha, indeed, indeed there are no such rules." Fang Yuan laughed off Spectral Soul's verbal attack.

Fang Yuan clapped his hands and got serious: "Well then since everyone is here shall we officially let the games begin?"

As he said the Gluttonous Demon Frog was killed and its Dao Marks absorbed by the Grotto Heaven.

Soon it lay on the ground and began absorbing the Earth and Heaven Qi to sustain itself.

It took longer than normal due to the sheer size of a Venerable's Grotto Heaven, but after the period of 30 minutes, the door to the Grotto Heaven opened!