Lin Zhao: "I'll Be Your Friend!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Silu immediately charged forward, his Sword of Checks and Balances in the air, completely disregarding the danger to himself!

Perhaps this is the power of bonds?!

The silver sword light fell precisely at the seam between the northeast corner square and its adjacent square. Chen Silu intended to use the power of the Sword of Checks and Balances to cut off this square.

Li Wenchang was closest to the target, yet it was Chen Silu made the move, which reveals the latter's character.

Seeing Chen Silu make a move, Li Wenchang stopped moving and instead spoke:

"The momentum in a game depends on the connections between the squares, which is why it's unstoppable."

"By severing their connections, each chessboard becomes an isolated city."

"No matter how ingenious the remaining moves on a deserted island are, they can only protect themselves and cannot form an encirclement."

In fact, Baili Tu should not have acted rashly from the beginning. Instead, he should have focused all his efforts on attacking the squares under his feet, so as not to trigger the endgame on other squares.

Of course, that's a story for another time. Perhaps Wang Yi, as the owner of the chessboard, could actively trigger the endgame, but he would have to pay a price.

The silver sword light landed on the grid line; the grid line did not break, but the joints began to loosen.

Chen Silu unleashed a series of slashes, severing the connection between the northeast corner square and the surrounding squares!

The remaining pieces on that square began to gleam, and the inward-converging path lost its connection to the outside world; the isolated city became a dead end!

Just then, Wang Yi made a move.

For the first time in the battle, he moved proactively, his figure disappearing from the edge of the chessboard and appearing in the northeast corner. He stretched out his right hand, his palm pressing on that square, and forcibly pressed a white piece into the remaining chess move within the square.

The moment the white stone was embedded, the seemingly hopeless situation began to expand outwards again, and the broken connection was forcibly reconnected!

"Too slow!" Chen Changwen laughed.

Baili Tu had been waiting for this moment for a long time!

The instant Wang Yi left the edge of the chessboard to remedy the northeast corner, the white chessboard lost its player's presence, and the pressure in the center eased for a very brief moment.

The Seven Kills Fate Pattern activated at full power in that instant!

Then, seven spears, poised to strike and seemingly ready to declare war on the heavens, burst forth, like seven roaring dragons!

The spear didn't shoot at Wang Yi, but instead shot at the white chessboard at his feet!

The spear tip, carrying devastating momentum, pierced into the very center square of the chessboard.

That's the "center point" of the game, the pivot of the entire board!

This is a gamble!

Fortune, Baili Tu made the right bet!

The moment the spear pierced the center square, the entire white chessboard trembled violently, and the grid lines cracked outwards from the center, with cracks spreading outwards like a spider web.

Immediately afterwards, the black chessboard lost the white chessboard as its foundation, and the grid lines began to crumble. Both chessboards disintegrated from the center outwards at the same time, and the fragments scattered in the air. Shadows and bone-white powder fell down one after another, and then turned into light and dispersed, returning to the world.

The chessboard disappeared.

Wang Yi stood there, his plain robe covered in dust, with bits of white chess pieces peeking out from his sleeves. He glanced down at his empty hands, then looked up at Baili Tu.

"You won," Wang Yi said calmly, as if he were talking about something unrelated to himself.

Baili Tu stood still, looking down at the ink residue remaining on the tip of his spear; the Seven Kills Fate Pattern was still roaring.

Have I considered myself a winner?

No, we lost, and we lost badly!

This time it was too lucky.

It took the combined efforts of so many people, and a very fortunate coincidence, to pull him out of his predicament.

The crowd looked at Wang Yi with some surprise and uncertainty, wondering what was wrong with Wang Yi. Why hadn't he made a move? Had he broken free of the control?

"Seven Killings, also known as Seven Killings Star Lord or Deliverance from Calamity Star Lord, thanks to your antics, Brother Baili, Brother Wang Yi should have recovered," Li Wenchang said with a smile.

The Seven Killings star sounds ominous, but a large part of its characteristics is actually about warding off disasters and misfortunes.

For the Seven Killings star, killing without saving is the same as saving.

"Be careful, he's not out of control yet, he's just accumulating power!" Just then, the Heavenly Mechanism Elder suddenly shouted.

His eyes flashed with a silver light, as if he saw through everything!

At the same time, the disgust he felt inside reached an unbearable level!

To kill Baili Tu, and to help his friend, he actually went to this extent!

What exactly did the man in the white suit do?

"Ha!" Wang Yi sneered, as if to say, "We've been discovered."

Immediately afterwards, starlight shone brightly between his brows, revealing a chessboard that looked like it was forged from a galaxy.

There are two chess pieces on top, one black and one white.

He raised his hand, ready to remove one of the chess pieces!

Qin Chuan's expression changed drastically!

Wang Yi was actually acting; his lack of action just now was merely a pretense!

Li Wenchang, Lin Zhao, Chen Silu, and others also showed expressions of surprise.

"You bastard, why aren't you letting Brother Wang go!" Chen Silu looked at the man in the white suit with a face full of shock and anger. He saw that the man in the white suit was standing in the distance, not running away, not afraid, and not attacking. There were two dumb-looking men in black suits standing next to him.

"What are you talking about? He wanted to kill me." The man in the white suit pointed at Baili Tu, paused, then grinned and said, "Isn't it only natural for my friend to help me fight back? After all, we're friends."

I want to be your friend too!

Suddenly, Lin Zhao shouted loudly.

This unexpected shout stunned everyone present, even Wang Yi paused in his actions.

"Brother Yi, don't fight yet, let's hear what she has to say." The man in the white suit looked interested and waved his hand.

The starlight chessboard between Wang Yi's brows dissipated, and he temporarily abandoned his attack.

This is practically like a puppet!

Keep in mind that Wang Yi only touched on the edge and didn't say anything like "we're friends," yet he was controlled to this extent. If Lin Zhao said that directly, how miserable would her fate be?

Everyone present was intelligent, and they all vaguely understood the capabilities of the man in the white suit.

"I'll be your friend!" Lin Zhao repeated, her phoenix eyes fixed on the man in the white suit. "As a friend, I want to ask you a favor: stop controlling Wang Yi, and don't speak to Wang Yi or anyone else here!"

The man in the white suit burst into laughter, as if he had heard something funny.

"I didn't control him. As a friend, it's only right that he stood up for me."

"But since you've put it that way, I'll refrain from speaking to Wang Yi for now. After all, this is your request as a friend, and I can't just ignore it."

They didn't turn a blind eye, but their demands were significantly reduced.

The moment the man in the white suit said that, Wang Yi's expression suddenly turned horrified and numb. It was a very strange expression, like someone who had been drowning in the deep sea for a long time and then suddenly surfaced!

"I'm back!!!" Wang Yi's voice trembled at the end, still shaken!

Everyone was overjoyed, but Qin Chuan remained wary, fearing that Wang Yi was putting on an act again.