203: C203 broken jade

C203 broken jade

In the use of Spiritual Sense, ordinary cultivators and array masters naturally had two different choices. In the cultivation of Spiritual Sense, ordinary cultivators liked to expand, and the range that Spiritual Awareness covered was even better; however, array masters, on the other hand, liked to shrink their Spiritual Awareness and condensed their Spiritual Awareness as much as possible, so as to have a stronger supporting role in the cultivation of array formations. For this reason, almost all array masters did not hesitate to use secret techniques, going through a rather painful process, in order to compress and refine their own spirit stones as much as possible.

Initially, on this small chess board, among cultivators whose cultivations weren't too far apart, it was difficult for one to use a concealment formation to block the enemy's gaze. Even if one was unable to see through the whole picture, it was normal for one to see some clues.

However, the situation on the chess board was getting better and better for him. Xiong Shizhe had expelled this bad premonition in the blink of an eye; even if his Spiritual Sense was weaker than the opponent's, so what? As long as he kept the advantage of being in the middle, he, Yang Junshan, would be able to arrange a spiritual array in less than a quarter of the corner.

Having regained his self-confidence, Xiong Xiuzhu pressed forward, one step at a time to expand his advantage. On the other hand, after Yang Junshan had used the concealment array to hide his side's true strength, he could only passively resist in the middle of the formation, occasionally taking the opportunity to drop a few chess pieces in the concealment array.

This was also a rare situation where a Spiritual Array was guaranteed victory in a single strike. Unless the difference between the two sides was extremely great, during the process of playing chess, when one side had the power of a Spiritual Array, the other side would probably surrender long ago.

Yang Junshan had only set up a few concealment arrays, so no matter what, he wouldn't be able to form a Spiritual Array.

Although Yang Junshan tried his best to restrain himself, Xiong Xizhe managed to avoid Yang Junshan's interception. Although the two arrays were severely damaged, they still took shape in the end. One was still an attack while the other was a wind, but this time, Xiong Xizhe was aiming for Yang Junshan's golden blade array.

Finally, a head-on clash had arrived. Although Xiong Xi Zhe's two formations had been weakened, it was still a combination of offense and defense. He still held the upper hand against Yang Junshan's golden blade formation.

A great battle broke out within the chess board that was three feet wide, and the result of the battle was exactly what everyone had expected. The King Kong Formation had been destroyed by the Golden Blade Formation, and the Flowing Wind Formation had been weakened to become a Clear Wind Formation. However, the Golden Blade Formation was also broken apart in one go, and Yang Junshan's left flank was opened.

Fortunately, Yang Junshan had also managed to form two extremely difficult double-headed arrays with his chess pieces. In other words, although these chess pieces looked like they were one, they were actually two, leaving behind two holes in the formation at the moment they were formed. If Xiong Xizhe was able to restrain one of them, then Yang Junshan would link it to another, and on the contrary, if Xiong Shizhe was able to block the other, then Jun Yangshan would only need to create one array at a time.

Xiong Xi Zhe wanted to activate the seven array formations he had placed in the center of the formation beforehand, but after careful consideration, he felt that it was not worth it. Thus, he casually blocked one of the array cores.

Yang Junshan connected with another array formation to form an array formation in the middle of the array formation, however, this array formation had taken a lot of effort to deceive Xiong Xi Zhe. Although it was barely able to form the array formation, its power was limited, the seven array formations' foundation was not damaged, yet it had nearly destroyed a secondary array beside the seven array formations.

Yang Junshan had finally managed to come up with a brilliant move. Although it had caused some trouble for Xiong Xizhe, it was too early on in the battle, and he couldn't damage the foundation of the array by taking steps step by step. On the contrary, Xiong Xizhe had already formed a tight encirclement around Yang Junshan's array, with the four arrays closing in, Xiong Shizhe was confident that even if the Immovable Mountain Formation was any stronger, it would be broken by the combined attacks of the four arrays.

The spectators were already sighing while Yang Junshan remained calm. However, in the eyes of Shi Jingxuan, Xiong Xiying, and the others, Yang Junshan looked like he was just pretending.

Xiong Xi Zhe finally launched his last attack at Yang Junshan. A chess piece landed in the eye of the array, extending the array into the concealment array.

Crackling sounds rang out, indicating that the spirit energy contained within the chess piece had failed due to the pressure of the array formation. The Concealment Formation itself was not a solid array; after being attacked by Xiong Xiuzhu's array formation, it would naturally collapse if it couldn't withstand it.

Xiong Xiying and Shi Jingxuan, who were watching from the sidelines, were overjoyed. They almost shouted out the word "good" when the concealment array crumbled. However, another series of "crackling" sounds exploded on the chessboard.

"Impossible!" Xiong Xianzi stood up abruptly and stared at the chessboard in front of him.

The instant the Concealment Formation was broken down, the array formation that had been hidden finally revealed its true form. However, the moment the Concealment Formation crumbled, it crumbled as well, and at the same time, a huge force struck down, causing the four array formations Xiong Shizhe laid down in the middle to crumble one after another. Although Xiong Shizhe did his best to stop it, in the end, two of the array formations were completely destroyed, one of the supporting array formation remained, and four of the main array's seven arrays had been broken, the remaining three arrays only had a third of their total might.

"Jade Fragment Formation, it's actually a Jade Fragment Formation. How could such a small place be perfectly fused with the Concealment Formation? This is a 'secret technique to place formations', isn't this kind of secret technique extremely demanding on the cultivation of cultivators? It has to be at least at the late stage of the Martial Disciple realm to be able to do it, how could he …"

Xiong Xiozhe found it difficult to accept the situation he was in. He was mumbling to himself and thinking about something. Although Yang Junshan's Jade Fragment Formation had not overturned the situation, it was enough for both sides to return to the same starting point.

"That's right, it's because of his Spiritual Awareness. His cultivation level is far beyond ordinary, and he must have used an extraordinary secret folding hammering technique to be able to control the 'Formation Embedding Technique' when he was at the early Martial Disciple realm. He must have perfectly fused the concealment array and the Jade Fragment Array!"

"But I haven't lost yet!"

Xiong Xizhu understood the reason, and immediately pulled himself together, wanting to fight with Yang Junshan again.

Yang Junshan knew from the very beginning that it was because of his first experience with chess. Even though he knew that chess was only a tool for reaction and tempering, and didn't actually affect array masters, he still felt a sense of unfamiliarity.

Therefore, Yang Junshan decided to take full advantage of this situation and set up a plan to ambush Xiong Xizhu by combining the concealment formation with the broken jade formation. For this reason, Yang Junshan tried his best to resist the formation in the middle of the formation so that Xiong Xizhen would be wary of him and to gather more of them outside the concealment formation while simultaneously attacking. This way, Yang Junshan would be able to obtain the greatest possible results if the concealment formation was broken.

Even though he had destroyed two formations with one strike and crippled the other two, Yang Junshan still felt that it was a pity. If it wasn't for the fact that he was still unfamiliar with array chess, he would have been able to prepare that strike more perfectly.

Even though it seemed like Yang Junshan had only brought the situation to a standstill, but in reality, both the spectators and Xiong Xi Zhe had forgotten that Yang Junshan's spell was the Immovable Mountains Formation.

Although the Jade Fragment Array didn't distinguish between friend or foe, its defensive power was far greater than that of the seven array formations. Although Xiong Xizhu still had two array formations, it was still a complete array formation!

More importantly, Yang Junshan's familiarity with chess had offset his previous unfamiliarity with the game. With this increase, Yang Junshan's attainments in the field of array formation had already surpassed Xiong Xizhi's. More importantly, Yang Junshan wanted to experiment on the board this time to see how effective it would be when the array stealing technique was actually used in the array.

First of all, he had to repair his own array, but this time he encountered a problem. Although Xiong Xi Zhe had been very careful and tried his best to hide the key points of the array during the process of repairing the seven array formations, every time the array was perfected to the critical points, Yang Junshan would add a chess piece to the last key point, causing Xiong Xi Zhe's plan to fail. He had to spend more time and effort to perfect the array, thus giving Yang Junshan the initiative to keep trying.2

"How can he be so accurate in his deductions for his own chess piece?"

Even though Xiong Xizhi's main array could finally be restored, these few exquisite steps had greatly delayed the perfect timing of the main array. At this moment, Yang Junshan had already seized the initiative!

The Immovable Mountains Formation started to extend outwards, and soon fangs were stretched out from the corner of the formation plate towards the center. Although Xiong Xi Zhe tried his best to use his spiritual sense to deduce the opponent's chess path, his several restraints had rarely worked. Even if he had succeeded occasionally, Yang Junshan had managed to open up other paths for him, and the restraining effect was not too obvious.

When Xiong Shizhe finally perfected the main array, Yang Junshan's power had already spread to the center of the array, only then did Xiong Shizhe realize that he had been tricked again. Yang Junshan's power started out using the Immovable Mountain Formation as the main array, but the array formation that had spread out changed greatly, it was not an extension formation at all, but it was a perfect combination of the Immovable Mountain Formation into the new array. Xiong Shizhe tried his best to use the method of defending the Seven Sect Array from the Immovable Mountain Formation.

Helpless, Xiong Shizhe could only quickly construct a few array formations and start the battle in the middle. However, his fusion with the seven array formations was not perfect, and he had suffered a few small losses during the process. Yang Junshan, on the other hand, had accumulated enough power to firmly gain the upper hand like Xiong Shizhe did before.

Xiong Xizhe was still reluctant to admit defeat and tried to fight Yang Junshan to the bitter end, but at this moment, Yang Junshan suddenly chuckled and placed a board on the board. Xiong Xizhu's face turned pale upon seeing it!

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