Blood Calamity had spoken euphemistically, but Lu Ye understood. This fellow had been targeted by certain powerful figures, so his true body did not dare leave casually.
"Enough idle chatter. Withdraw peacefully!" Blood Calamity barked, clearly unwilling to discuss the matter further.
Lu Ye immediately felt an endless force of isolation envelop him, swiftly severing his connection to his physical body.
The feeling was strange. At that moment, he was like an outsider living within his own body, yet unable to control it. Blood Calamity had clearly employed some method.
Fortunately, his connection to the Talent Tree had not been cut off, which reassured him somewhat. As long as he remained connected to the Talent Tree, he could reclaim control of his body at any time.
While he had been speaking with Blood Calamity, he had constantly been evading Yun Shiwang's pursuit, darting and weaving through one Chess Grid after another.
Yun Shiwang seemed to have fixed his sights on him, having lost all interest in the other Chess Pieces. Just as Blood Calamity had said, if this was a Chess Game, then he and Yun Shiwang were the Chess Pieces chosen by two great Supreme Treasures, whose wills were contending through their hands.
Lu Ye himself was no match for him. After only a brief exchange, he was already covered in wounds. Supreme Treasure power lingered within the gashes in his flesh, difficult to dispel and difficult to heal.
The sight made Yuan Xi furrow her brow tightly, anxiety filling her heart.
At this point in the Chess Game, there was little room left for her, the Chess Player, to act, because the course of the entire game had already exceeded the Chess Player's control.
As she watched, she suddenly saw a cloud of blood mist burst from Lu