On the Chessboard, the sounds of fierce battle continued.
The two stone Martial Artist statues differed in color, one being black and the other grayish-white. They appeared as if flesh and blood were intertwined, before briefly separating, leaving behind many fragmented remains of the stone Martial Artist statues.
Lin Yi noticed that, after several battles, the enemy's stone Martial Artist on the Chessboard had become much stronger.
Some of the fierce battles were so intense that the stone statue Martial Artist even advanced to the level of a Star Martial Artist.
Such powerful stone statue Martial Artist often require multiple stone Martial Artist to surround and suppress them.
If Lin Yi's guess is correct, the fewer stone statue Martial Artist remain on the opposite side, the more their strength will increase.
This External Martial Arts Path Trial Chessboard is no simple matter.
Lin Yi wondered what the Trial of the Body Cultivation Path and the True Qi Path were like at the three-way intersection earlier.
As time passed, under Gu Tianxue's control, although their own stone statue Martial Artist held the advantage with their Strange Gate Army Formation, the enemy's Chessboard stone statue Martial Artist grew stronger and stronger.
When only a dozen or so stone statue Martial Artist remained on the opposing side, their strength had all actually advanced to the level of Star Martial Artist.
It's important to know that there's a significant difference between One-star Martial Artist and a three-star Martial Artist.
However, Gu Tianxue seemed to have a plan for this situation. Although she looked a little anxious, her eyes revealed focus and wisdom, showing that she was confident.
Under her control, the formation on the Chessboard changed once again, adopting a Strangling Formation to fight the enemy.
Lin Yi was an outsider and couldn't see much of the intricacies, but he could still discern that one end of the Formation resembled Dark Turtle, while the other end was a sinister Poison Snake.
The Dark Turtle Formation huddled together to defend against the large number of Star Martial Artist directly in front of them.
The Poison Snake lurks at the tail, waiting for its chance to strike and ambush the scattered Star Martial Artist outside the formation.
This process gradually erodes the opposing star statue Martial Artist.
When only ten enemy stone statue Martial Artist remained, a surge of energy appeared on the Chessboard, and one of the enemy stone statue Martial Artist transformed into Three-star Martial Artist.
Gu Tianxue took a deep breath and changed her team's Formation again.
This time, she split her forces into smaller groups, forming three-person stone statue Martial Artist squads that were scattered across the Chessboard.
Taking advantage of the fact that all the enemy's Star-level Stone Statue Martial Artist were tied down, Gu Tianxue manipulated her surprise attack, changed formations, and launched a main attack on the Stone Statue Martial Artist who had just been promoted to Three Stars -level 3.
It seems they intend to first eliminate the opponent's strongest member.
Seemingly noticing Lin Yi Yi's confusion, Gu Tianxue moved her lips slightly and turned her head to explain softly, "The fewer pieces the enemy has left on their Chessboard, the stronger their pieces will be. If we don't prioritize dealing with that Three-star Martial Artist, then a continuous stream of Three-star Martial Artist will appear."
Lin Yi nodded; he understood the reasoning.
Currently, for every stone Martial Artist the enemy loses, the remaining stone statue Martial Artist will receive a partial buff.
Therefore, when prioritizing eliminating the insufficient number of Three-star Martial Artist, this method has two objectives: first, to slow down the growth rate of the enemy's stone statue Martial Artist; and second, to prevent the enemy from accumulating more and more Three-star Martial Artist, otherwise, there will be no way to continue the game.
Soon, after losing four of their own stone statue Martial Artist, the opposing Three Stars stone statue Martial Artist was finally injured and subsequently surrounded and killed.
Battlefield advantage is accumulated little by little, and so is chess.
At this moment, Gu Tianxue had a significant advantage on the Chessboard. She even had more than fifty stone statue Martial Artist to control, while the enemy only had four Three Stars stone statue Martial Artist left.
Gu Tianxue once again skillfully used the Scatter and Gather Method, breaking apart the enemy's Three Stars stone Martial Artist one by one.
Finally, the enemy had only one stone statue Martial Artist.
The stone statue Martial Artist let out a loud shout, drawing some kind of power from the Chessboard beneath its feet. Its True Qi surged, and it advanced to Four-star Martial Artist.
However, when faced with Gu Tianxue controlling forty-eight One-star Martial Artist to rush forward, even the strongest Four-star Martial Artist was instantly submerged in the crowd until his True Qi was exhausted, and then his head was cut off.
At this moment, there were still thirty-five stone Martial Artist left on the Chessboard. They stood on the Chessboard, which was covered with broken stones and debris, and bowed and thanked Gu Tianxue and Lin Yi.
"I finally won!"
After saying that, a radiant smile slowly bloomed on Gu Tianxue's face.
Once she passes one of the three trials, she will obtain the item she desires, and now the item she has been planning is within her grasp.
She looked at Lin Yi again, her smile like a flower blooming in spring, both fresh and proud, with a touch of arrogance, as if to say, "Look, I'm not so bad after all."
Lin Yi smiled but didn't say anything.
Indeed, Gu Tianxue's performance just now impressed her.
After winning this ' External Martial Arts Path ' Trial, the space flipped once again, and the surrounding scenery distorted.
Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue opened their eyes and saw that they had returned to the stone platform sphere where they had started.
Lin Yi asked, "What's next? Are there any more Trial?"
"Let me touch that Black Sphere first... According to the records of my ancestors, passing one test will grant this place its recognition. I will then take you to a special place."
As Gu Tianxue touched the black sphere, a powerful black light shot out from the sphere, enveloping the two of them.
Unlike before, this black light contained powerful spatial force, seemingly about to teleport them to a very far place.
Lin Yi thought for a moment, and without resistance, he protected Gu Tianxue and stepped into the black light.
Having Zou Wu, Lin Yi knew the feeling of spatial teleportation.
But in the darkness, he felt that he stayed there for a longer time, and he must have traveled a great distance.
A few breaths later, they landed. Lin Yi carried Gu Tianxue and stepped onto the soft, damp soil, the air filled with the fragrance of grass and trees.
Looking up, one sees towering Sky-Piercing Ancient Trees and abundant vegetation all around.
The light was dim, and the sky above them seemed to be a rocky mountain.
Where is this place?
"I don't know either, but it might be inside Black Mountain..."
Lin Yi shook his head, feeling slightly puzzled. The interior of Black Mountain?
Could this be the special place that the Wood Spirit Saint mentioned, where the plant was nurtured for ten thousand years?
However, the growing environment here seems unsuitable for nurturing vegetation.
Just as he was wondering, Lin Yi suddenly frowned.
He felt the Strange Stone on his chest begin to act strangely, and it started to throb.
This vibration frequency is unusual, and it is said that there are many Strange Spirit in the vicinity.
Lin Yi gazed at the distant dome-shaped rock formations, and suddenly his expression changed drastically.
What did he see?!
The dome-shaped rock face was crawling with all sorts of Strange Spirit, numbering well over a thousand or even tens of thousands!
Gu Tianxue noticed Lin Yi's unusual behavior. "Lin... Yi... what's wrong?"
"Let's hide it first."
Lin Yi finally understood why the Strange Spirit couldn't be seen in the Black Mountain secret realm during the day; they were all hiding there.
This place is a den of Strange Spirit!
Seeing that a Strange Spirit had noticed the unusual activity, it flew over from a distance.
Lin Yi immediately took out the Phantom Talisman that he hadn't used for a long time, and turned himself and Gu Tianxue into two-dimensional shadows, hiding them in the shadow of a tree canopy.
In the sky, several Black Hand Ghost Spirit floated in like rolling dark clouds. They circled around the spot where Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue had just landed, and finding nothing amiss, they returned to the dome-shaped rock.
After a long time, Lin Yi reappeared with Gu Tianxue.
" Lin Yi, the statues here are different from the reward land described by our ancestors."
"I know, something must have changed in this Black Mountain secret realm."
"So what should we do now?"
"Let's first see what kind of place this is..."
Lin Yi didn't pay much attention. Just now, with his initial perception, he discovered that there were at least thirty Professional-level Wraith lying on the rock wall above his head, and there were countless non- Professional-level Wraith, numbering in the thousands.
Before figuring out exactly where he was, Lin Yi didn't dare to act recklessly.
Afterwards, Lin Yi, with Gu Tianxue concealing her presence, carefully explored the Black Mountain Interior.
However, the Strange Spirit on the domed rock walls here were slow to react, seemingly unaware that any food dared to intrude into their nest, and thus did not discover any trace of Lin Yi and Gu Tianxue.
Half an hour later, Lin Yi had done a preliminary exploration of the area.
He discovered that this was indeed the Black Mountain Interior.
I never imagined that such a huge, towering mountain would be hollow inside, and that it would harbor so many Strange Spirit.
Currently, the thing that Gu Tianxue is looking for cannot grow here, and something has happened to the inheritance site that has teleported the two of them here.
Thinking of the Curse and evil thoughts that Gu Tianxue suffered after approaching the Black Mountain Main Vein, Lin Yi felt that it was related to this.
However, with so little information at the moment, Lin Yi couldn't make any calculations. His immediate priority was to find a way out.
Since the Strange Spirit can go out at night and return during the day, this place must have an exit to the outside world.
Looking at the time, Lin Yi estimated that it was only a short time since dawn, and if he wanted to wait for the Strange Spirit to come out, it would probably take another whole day.
We need to find a way to make these Strange Spirit run wild; maybe then we can find a way out.
After some thought, Lin Yi decided to take a risk and summoned his Martial Spirit again.
In front of Gu Tianxue, Lin Yi did not hide his methods.
To Gu Tianxue's astonishment, a Seven-Colored White Deer emerged from Lin Yi's body.
"You..."
"Don't speak, just watch."
After the Seven-Colored White Deer Martial Spirit appeared, it leaped into the air, emitting a dazzling light and spreading a powerful martial aura, which immediately startled the large number of ghost spirits lying on the dome-shaped rock wall.
Rumble!
Weak Strange Spirit darted about in the sky, while a few Professional-level Wraith foolishly flew towards the Seven-Colored White Deer.
In the darkness, a dazzling blade of light flashed, and the several Professional-level Wraith instantly turned into white light Drops.
Such commotion alerted more and more Strange Spirit.
Beneath the domed rock wall, countless eerie spirits danced wildly in the air, some fleeing for their lives, while others rushed towards Lin Yi's seven-colored white deer martial spirit.
At this moment, Lin Yi saw many weak Strange Spirit escaping from a Black Membrane in the middle of the dome, which seemed to be the entrance to the outside world.
With a thought, Lin Yi controlled his Martial Spirit to fly towards the Black Membrane in the center of the dome.
However, as soon as the Seven-Colored White Deer Martial Spirit entered the Black Membrane, Lin Yi's face turned pale, revealing a hint of pain.
Clearly, his Martial Spirit was violently destroyed, and he was annihilated once again.
Lin Yi exhaled a breath of stale air, his face grim.