"Xun Xiu, make your move already." Suddenly, Ji Juesheng interrupted Xun Xiu’s thoughts, "Stop just staring blankly!"
"Oh... alright!"
Xun Xiu snapped back to reality, glanced at the chessboard, and without much hesitation, picked up a white piece and placed it down.
The chessboard showed three connected white pieces, unobstructed on either side.
Ji Juesheng immediately picked up a black piece to block one side.
But Xun Xiu placed another piece, forming a new "Diagonal Three Formation" at the side.
It was impossible to block both at once, the outcome was decided.
That’s right, the game they were playing... was none other than Gomoku!
Ji Juesheng held the chess piece, expressionless, yet his aura grew increasingly cold.
Seeing that things were going awry, Xun Xiu immediately stood up and said: "Emperor, an old furnace of elixir is brewing at my home, it’s almost done. I must excuse myself!"
Saying this, Xun Xiu respectfully and swiftly exited the courtyard.
After Xun Xiu left, Ji Juesheng casually set down the chess piece, his expression calm, but his eyes were lost in thought...
In the Grey Realm, Su Yuan utilized the Space Gate + Instant Movement to head towards Lianqi Territory with all his might.
Although Shake Territory and Lianqi Ridge were the two outer territories of Sha Ze Domain, the Grey Realm was vast, and the distance between the two was still considerable.
After spending a significant amount of time, Su Yuan finally hurriedly arrived at Lianqi Territory.
Blood stained the barren sand and stone buildings red, as far as the eye could see, the entire territory was filled with corpses scattered around.
Some belonged to Grey Realm Star Beasts, but most were from the Southern Military District’s Thirteenth Legion led by Vice Admiral Liu!
The team, originally around sixteen thousand people, now only had a little over nine thousand left!
In mid-air, four transformed Burning Sun Star Beasts were jointly attacking Vice Admiral Liu and the others.
Among these four Burning Sun Star Beasts were a tall blonde man and a short man, the two Lords of Shake Territory!
The tall blonde man was also in the Chongyang Realm, just like Vice Admiral Liu.
From the Great Flame side, it was originally Vice Admiral Liu who led two major generals to attack Lianqi Territory, with the support of Major General Qiu from the middle, there should have been four generals in total.
But now, there were only three... because one of the major generals had already fallen before Major General Qiu could arrive with support!
However, that major general died in a self-detonation, unexpectedly injuring the blonde man, allowing the situation to be sustained till now.
But now, the Grey Realm Star Beasts not only had the advantage in numbers but also the troublesome Great Wilderness Tree, and the injury on the blonde man caused by the self-detonation was gradually being suppressed, making Great Flame’s side once again precarious!
If not for many colonels leading the troops to fully restrain the Great Wilderness Tree, the situation would have been worse!
But precisely because of this, the warriors of the military were continuously being killed by the Great Wilderness Tree, completely entailing sacrifices, resulting in heavy casualties!
If this continues, they will eventually be besieged and killed.
The only way now is to find a way to severely injure or even kill the blonde man, who was already harmed by the previous major general’s self-detonation!
This way, Vice Admiral Liu’s Chongyang Realm strength would dominate the field, and the battle might have a chance to turn around.
"Old Liu, I’m going to take him on, the young ones in the legion are in your hands!" Major General Wang, also from the Thirteenth Legion, glared angrily, his aura growing increasingly intense, clearly intending to follow his comrade’s footsteps and self-detonate!
Vice Admiral Liu and Major General Qiu both exclaimed in shock: "Don’t act rashly, Wang Wei, we still have reinforcements!"
Before Major General Wang could speak again, the blonde man laughed heartily up front, "Reinforcements? Don’t even dream. Your reinforcements are all trapped by my Great Wilderness Tree from Shake Territory, even if they weren’t trapped, at this distance, there’s no way they can arrive in time!"
Vice Admiral Liu and Major General Qiu’s faces turned grim, knowing the blonde man wasn’t wrong.
The blonde man sneered: "Come on then, I’ve been hit by your sneak attack once, do you think there’ll be a second time? If you want to die, bring it on!"
Vice Admiral Liu said: "Wang Wei, don’t!"
"Then let’s die together!"
In adversity, someone needs to sacrifice. Major General Wang roared in fury, the blazing sun on his chest burst forth brilliantly, and with one step, he transformed into a radiant comet, charging straight towards the blonde man, clearly intending to perish together!