187: Chapter 187 The Blood Chess Piece Shattered

The dark red chess piece hung above the Inner Earth's starry sky.

The blood-colored characters had not yet dissipated.

[Target: Liu Cuilan.]

[Execution Method: Immediate Decapitation.]

Liu Cuilan looked up, her expression darkening instantly.

"Who wrote these words?"

Li Yan gritted his teeth.

"Venerable Ming's people."

Liu Cuilan pointed to the sky.

"Tell him to come down. I want to ask him if he has a mother."

Li Yan was stunned.

These words were simple.

But they cut deep.

Within the dark red chess shadow, a raspy laugh rang out.

"Mortal woman."

"You think you're worthy of mentioning a mother?"

The next second.

The chess piece cracked.

A tall figure stepped out from the blood-light.

He was covered in dark red blood armor.

He held no blade.

Because his right arm was the blade.

His entire arm was composed of a dark red bone blade, with a string of blank skulls hanging from the edge.

Inside each skull, a severed name was weeping.

Zero Seven's face turned pale.

"Ming Er."

"The second Piece Holder of the Inverted Chessboard."

"Xuan Yi changes the rules."

"He is different."

"He specializes in severing anchors."

Ming Er looked down at Liu Cuilan.

"Xuan Yi is too slow."

"Killing you."

"The Blue Star's hometown will, will naturally collapse."

Just as he finished speaking.

He vanished.

No spatial fluctuations.

No Law omens.

Only a line of blood appeared directly in front of Liu Cuilan's neck.

Jiang Jianguo roared, swinging his staff at it.

But the blood line passed through the staff's shadow.

Li Yan also rushed forward half a step, flames exploding across his body.

He was still too slow.

Ming Er's strike didn't traverse distance.

It followed the 'Result of Death.'

First, it judged your decapitation.

Then, it filled in the process.

But in the next instant.

Jiang Feng raised his hand.

With two fingers, he pinched that line of blood.

The Inner Earth's starry sky fell silent instantly.

Ming Er's figure appeared three feet in front of Liu Cuilan.

His bone blade was caught between Jiang Feng's fingers.

It couldn't move.

Liu Cuilan looked at the blood blade less than half a meter away and took half a step back.

Not out of fear.

She was afraid of blood splashing onto her apron.

"You, don't you announce yourself before starting a fight?"

Ming Er stared at Jiang Feng.

"You can block a Karma Decapitation?"

Jiang Feng looked at him.

"Your blade is quite short."

Ming Er's gaze darkened.

Li Yan burst out laughing on the spot.

"That's a direct hit to the soul."

A System prompt popped up.

[Contacted: Venerable Ming's Decapitation Blood Decree.]

[Function: Skip the process and directly judge the target's death.]

[Plunderable.]

Jiang Feng said, "Plunder."

[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]

[Zero-er triggered simultaneously.]

[Death Result Judgment erased.]

[Outer layer of Decapitation Blood Decree successfully plundered.]

[Obtained all attributes: 500 ganges sand.]

[Current basic six-dimensional attributes: 6000 ganges sand.]

Crack.

A crack appeared on Ming Er's bone blade.

For the first time, he looked down at his arm.

"Interesting."

Jiang Feng didn't let go.

"You're not interesting."

He twisted his fingers.

Bang!

The bone blade snapped directly into two pieces.

[Plundered Netherbone Killing Blade.]

[Obtained all attributes: 420 ganges sand.]

[Current basic six-dimensional attributes: 6420 ganges sand.]

Ming Er took a step back.

There was no blood at the broken arm.

Only tiny black-red chess pieces were crawling.

When those chess pieces hit the ground, they turned into a dense mass of blood-colored names.

[Liu Cuilan.]

[Jiang Jianguo.]

[Li Yan.]

[Xiao Zhenjiang.]

[Zhang Changlin.]

[All residents of Dongjiang City.]

Li Yan's expression changed.

"Is this grandson going for a mass kill?"

Zero Seven's voice tightened.

"Blood Name Chess."

"As long as a name is pinned by a blood chess piece, it will be judged as a killable target by the Inverted Chessboard."

Huaxia Command Center.

The large screen turned red instantly.

A technician shouted urgently, "Commander!"

"Blood-colored marks have appeared in the national household registration System!"

"Dongjiang City has the highest priority!"

"Ms. Liu Cuilan's name is locked in the first position!"

Xiao Zhenjiang stood up abruptly.

"Activate native naming rights protection!"

"Switch all new Awakening Arrays to Name-Protection Mode!"

"Yes, sir!"

Inner Earth.

Ming Er grinned.

"Jiang Feng."

"You can block one strike."

"But can you block the decapitation decrees for everyone on Blue Star?"

Jiang Feng looked at the blood names on the ground.

"Whether I can..."

"Let's see."

He lifted his foot.

And stepped down.

A colorless divine light spread from his sole, crushing the blood chess pieces across the ground.

[Contacted: Inverted Chessboard Blood Name Chess Array.]

[Function: Mass-register killable targets, weaken the world's True Name Self-Retention.]

[Plunderable.]

Jiang Feng said calmly, "Plunder all."

[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]

[Divine Authority: Return of Ten Thousand Names activated.]

[Divine Authority: Mothers Wish Name-Guarding activated.]

[Blue Star world True Name Self-Retention activated.]

[Plundering Blood Name Chess: Liu Cuilan.]

[Plundering Blood Name Chess: Jiang Jianguo.]

[Plundering Blood Name Chess: Li Yan.]

[Plundering Blood Name Chess: Dongjiang City Residents Registry.]

[Plundering Blood Name Chess: Huaxia Military Registry Fragment Chain.]

System prompts flashed in rapid succession.

The blood names on the ground exploded one by one.

With every explosion, Jiang Feng's aura surged.

The smile on Ming Er's face slowly faded.

[Total obtained all attributes: 1200 ganges sand.]

[Current basic six-dimensional attributes: 7620 ganges sand.]

Huaxia Command Center.

The technician's voice cracked.

"Commander!"

"The blood-colored marks are disappearing!"

"They're not just disappearing!"

"They're being consumed in reverse!"

Xiao Zhenjiang stared at the screen.

"Consumed in reverse?"

The technician swallowed hard.

"Yes... Your Excellency Jiang Feng is recycling the enemy's decapitation list as resources."

Xiao Zhenjiang was silent for a second.

"Record this."

"The Inverted Chessboard's blood name rules can be neutralized by Jiang Feng."

A nearby staff officer whispered, "Commander, isn't that phrasing a bit too formal?"

Xiao Zhenjiang glanced at him.

"Then should I write that he smashed the enemy's rice bowl and then ate the pot too?"

The staff officer immediately shut up.

Inner Earth's starry sky.

Ming Er's shoulders shook.

The dark red blood armor opened piece by piece.

Inside was not a Physical Body.

But a miniature execution ground.

On the execution ground knelt countless headless figures.

Behind each figure was a blood-colored plaque.

Ming Er's voice turned cold.

"This seat has decapitated three hundred world mother anchors."

"I have slain seventy-two hometown wills."

"Do you think you can win just by protecting one Mortal?"

Liu Cuilan frowned.

"Three hundred worlds?"

"You've killed so many people and you're proud of it?"

Ming Er looked at her.

"The compassion of the weak is meaningless."

Liu Cuilan said, "Then your life must be quite dull."

Blood light exploded in Ming Er's eyes.

"You're courting death!"

The execution ground flew out from his chest.

The entire Inner Earth's starry sky was instantly covered in blood.

Countless headless figures raised their hands, pointing at Liu Cuilan simultaneously.

[Nether Execution Ground deployed.]

[Target Locked: Mother's Wish anchor Liu Cuilan.]

[Judgment: Mortal.]

[Execution: Ten Thousand Heads Substitution Death.]

Zero Seven said urgently, "Mr. Jiang!"

"He's going to use the shadows of those decapitated mother anchors to substitute Auntie's death result!"

"This isn't one strike."

"It's the stack of ten thousand decapitations!"

Jiang Feng didn't look back.

He just pushed Liu Cuilan a step toward Jiang Jianguo.

"Dad."

Jiang Jianguo gripped his staff and stood in front of Liu Cuilan.

"I'm here."

Jiang Feng nodded.

Then, he walked toward the Nether Execution Ground.

Ming Er sneered.

"Come in."

"I'll let you watch her die ten thousand times."

Jiang Feng stepped into the execution ground.

The first blood shadow lunged.

Jiang Feng shattered it with a slap.

The second.

The third.

One hundred.

One thousand.

No fancy moves.

Just slap after slap.

System prompts jumped frantically.

[Plundered mother anchor Decapitation Afterimage.]

[Obtained all attributes: 80 ganges sand.]

[Plundered Substitution Death Execution Plaque.]

[Obtained all attributes: 90 ganges sand.]

[Plundered outer layer of Nether Execution Ground.]

[Obtained all attributes: 300 ganges sand.]

Ming Er's expression changed.

He finally realized that these afterimages, which were supposed to exhaust Jiang Feng, were becoming his nourishment.

Li Yan's scalp tingled as he watched.

"This isn't entering an execution ground."

"This is entering a buffet restaurant."

The Dragon Girl, holding the lunch box, corrected him seriously.

"Master does not eat dirty things."

"Master only eats attributes."

Liu Cuilan was completely confused.

"Can attributes be stir-fried?"

Li Yan froze.

"Auntie, that... you might have to ask Jiang Feng."

Jiang Feng walked to the center of the execution ground.

The blood-colored ground beneath his feet had already cracked.

He raised his hand and grabbed the entire execution platform of the Nether Execution Ground.

[Contacted: Venerable Ming's mother anchor Execution Ground Projection.]

[Function: Decapitate mother anchors, destroy hometown wills, and cause world orphanization.]

[Plunderable.]

Jiang Feng's voice wasn't loud.

"World orphanization?"

He tightened his grip.

"You guys sure pick filthy names."

[Secret Art: Pangu Plunder activated.]

[Zero-er triggered.]

[Execution Ground status protection erased.]

[mother anchor decapitation result erased.]

[Plundered Nether Execution Ground core.]

Boom!

The entire execution ground collapsed.

The headless afterimages kneeling in the execution ground raised their heads one by one.

No.

They had no heads.

But the blood plaques behind them began to shatter.

Names flew out from the broken plaques.

Some called for 'Mother.'

Some shouted for 'Father.'

Some only cried out 'Home.'

Then, they all turned into light and merged into the Blue Star's Inner Earth.

[Obtained Special Divine Authority Fragment: Ten Thousand Homes Not Alone.]

[Effect: Any family anchors or hometown anchors severed by external rules can be reconnected within this world's True Name System.]

[Obtained all attributes: 1500 ganges sand.]

[Current basic six-dimensional attributes: 9120 ganges sand.]

The blue stone heart throbbed.

The Former Lord of Blue Star looked at Jiang Feng, her voice softening.

"You've brought back the homes that were severed."

Jiang Feng looked at Ming Er.

"It's your turn."

Ming Er finally retreated.

He tried to turn into a blood chess piece to escape.

But as soon as he moved, his path of retreat was sealed by colorless light.

Jiang Feng raised his hand.

And grabbed his head.

Ming Er roared.

"I am Venerable Ming's second Piece Holder!"

"If you kill me, Venerable Ming will personally make a move!"

Jiang Feng said, "Tell him to get in line."

Bang!

Ming Er's head exploded.

Blood armor, chess marks, and the execution ground's remnant authority all shattered at once.

[Killed: Inverted Chessboard Second Piece Holder Projection · Ming Er.]

[Pangu Plunder triggered.]

[Obtained all attributes: 880 ganges sand.]

[Current basic six-dimensional attributes: 10000 ganges sand.]

[Game-Breaker Authority increased.]

[fourteenth transition Prerequisite Three: Survive the first blood tribulation of the hometown, completed.]

[fourteenth transition Prerequisite Progress: 3/3.]

[Can initiate fourteenth transition trial: Protecting Names, Slaying Chess.]

The Inner Earth's starry sky brightened.

Throughout Huaxia.

Countless old family items glowed simultaneously.

peace buckles.

Longevity Locks.

Old photos.

A child's first award certificate.

Homework books with parents' signatures.

These things did not become Divine Artifacts.

They simply became clean once more.

Huaxia Command Center.

The technician shouted excitedly, "Commander!"

"Pollution on civilian old items nationwide has been cleared!"

"Records for some estranged, missing, or archived personnel have been restored!"

"The Blue Star's hometown will stability has surpassed eighty percent!"

"Good."

"Backup all restored records."

"In the future, if anyone dares to touch the homes of Huaxia's people, we'll take this ledger and settle the score with them."

Inner Earth.

Jiang Feng withdrew his hand.

Where Ming Er had vanished, only a dark red chess fragment remained.

He was about to plunder it.

When the fragment suddenly split open.

A blood-colored voice emerged from within.

Deeper than Ming Er's.

And colder.

"Jiang Feng."

"You killed my Piece Holder."

"Very well."

"This deity has remembered you."

Zero Seven's face turned ash-white.

"Venerable Ming..."

Jiang Feng looked at the fragment.

"Remember it clearly."

"Jiang Feng."

"From Liu Cuilan's family."

The fragment went silent for a breath.

Then, blood light exploded.

Above the Inner Earth's starry sky, a dark red registry appeared.

The first page of the registry flipped open.

It didn't say Jiang Feng.

Nor did it say Liu Cuilan.

Instead, it bore a line of even larger characters.

[All of Blue Star.]

[Decapitation Time: In three days.]

[Executor: Venerable Ming's true body.]

The next second.

Behind the registry, a black chess piece emerged.

Venerable Xuan's voice rang out at the same time.

"Venerable Ming, three days is too slow."

"I have already opened the Inverted Chessboard Gate."

The Former Lord of Blue Star's expression changed for the first time.

Above the Inner Earth.

A chess gate, woven of black and red, slowly opened.

Behind the gate.

Countless chess pieces hung in the air.

Black on the left.

Dark red on the right.

In the deepest part, there was an empty seat.

On the seat lay a Wordless White Chess Piece.

System prompts flashed in crimson.

[Warning: Inverted Chessboard passage opened.]

[Warning: Venerable Xuan and Venerable Ming are joining forces to set the board.]

[fourteenth transition trial has been forcibly activated.]

[First Task: Ascend the Inverted Chessboard.]

[Second Task: Within three days, seize the Wordless White Chess Piece.]

[Failure Penalty: All of Blue Star will enter the decapitation registry.]

Jiang Feng glanced at the prompt.

Then he looked down at the insulated lunch box in the Dragon Girl's arms.

"Is the food still hot?"

The Dragon Girl peeked inside and nodded seriously.

"Hot."

Jiang Feng looked up at the chess gate.

"Then let's be quick."

"Before I finish my meal, I'll tear down that board."