266: The chessboard of life and death!

While Chen Fan was having a great time with the Virtual Universe, his wife, and children, continuous anomalies appeared on the plain where the core region of the Netherworld was located.

“Whoosh~~~”

In the very center, a gigantic castle, of unknown size, rose from the ground, dazzling and eye-catching.

The entire Netherworld was illuminated in golden yellow by this sudden change.

This was an incredibly massive fortress for warriors, spanning a full thousand kilometers!

This was the core of the World Lord World, the contingency plan left by Realm Lord Ming Sa!

Likewise, this was also the most dangerous place in the entire World Lord World, without exception!

In front of the majestic giant castle was a vast plaza resembling a black and white chessboard, with countless grids densely distributed across it.

Each side had hundreds of thousands of squares.

In the center of the plaza was a surging, murky yellow river, brimming with a powerful aura.

The turbulent river flowed through, directly dividing these two chessboard-like plazas into two halves, like the Chu River and Han Border, clearly separated!

And at the end of the river were two castle gates carved with unknown ferocious beasts.

The meaning was simple: whoever could fight their way out of this multitude of warriors would be qualified to enter this castle.

At the same time, to the southwest and northeast of this vast plaza, two giant light shields, each with a diameter of about several thousand meters, rose.

At this moment, several adventurer teams were rapidly approaching these two giant light screens, which emitted a hazy glow... One of the teams consisted of twelve peak Astral Rank warriors, led by a short, stout man in a purple robe with a receding hairline.

His eyes were as deep and cold as an abyss, seemingly containing endless murderous intent.

An ordinary Astral Rank warrior would feel boundless terror just by looking at him.

The purple-robed youth walked in front, followed by seven powerful Astral Rank Level Nine individuals.

Each of them had reached Universe Rank Level One in strength, yet they respectfully followed him.

On the other side, the leader was a youth in luxurious golden battle armor, followed by twelve powerful peak Astral Rank individuals.

These two teams, one on the left and one on the right, quickly flew towards the two light screens, and with a hum, they passed through the waterfall-like light screens, entering the two glowing white enclosures.

As soon as these two groups stepped inside the light screens, they seemed to enter another world, their figures disappearing directly into the light screens.

When they reappeared, they were already within the two black and white chessboards.

As if in a game of chess, the adventurer teams of the purple-robed and golden-robed youths each appeared with a set of standardized armor.

“Ross! Hahaha, out of the hundred-plus Astral Rank Level Nine individuals you brought, these are all that are left!”

The purple-robed fat man let out a piercing laugh: “I advise you to withdraw early, lest you be killed here, and your Ross Empire will have no successors!”

“You!? With your Sola and these people?”

The youth in the luxurious golden robe looked on disdainfully, glancing back coldly.

“You’re comparing yourself to me? Will you be much better than me? You brought so many subordinates, didn’t the First Prince kill most of them too!”

“At least I have a few more than you, and the inheritance of this Realm Lord Ming Sa will ultimately belong to me!!” The golden-clad youth’s eyes held a hint of madness.

The inheritance of a powerful peak World Lord was enough to make any young strong individual in the Black Dragon Mountain Starfield flock to it!

“Kill!!”

“Kill!!”

Without the slightest hesitation, the two teams charged at each other.

And the youth in the luxurious golden robe charged directly at Soka, a huge curved saber gleaming with cold light appearing in his hand.

“Kill!”

Enemies meeting, their eyes turned red with fury.

As soon as the two sides clashed, they fell into a white-hot battle.

A moment later, the noble youth in the golden battle armor stood wounded, having slaughtered his opponent Sola and all his subordinates.

Behind him, what was once a large group of servants now only had four remaining, all severely injured!

“This chessboard seems to be for everyone to fight on?”

An adventurer looked at the brutal slaughter from afar, his brows tightly furrowed.

“Only by living do you have a chance!”

At this moment, a shimmering white light emerged from the ground, covering all the scattered limbs and blood.

Everything was restored to its original state!

The next moment, a red light burst forth from the castle's core, piercing the sky.

Immediately after, a robust, elderly figure, tens of thousands of feet tall, materialized from the light screen—

This was a bald, muscular man, tens of thousands of feet tall, with three heads and six arms, and a blood-red vertical eye on each of his foreheads.

“Welcome everyone to the domain of Realm Lord Ming Sa, I am Ming Luo, the intelligent life he left behind!”

A deep voice echoed throughout this world, lingering endlessly.

“You don’t need to be nervous, all the treasures left by my master are in this castle, it just depends on whether you have the strength.”

As soon as the words ‘all treasures’ were spoken, the entire adventurer army erupted in an uproar.

What did they come all this way for?

Wasn't it for Realm Lord Ming Sa’s treasures!

Staring at the bald man, millions of adventurers were all stunned.

“Gulp!”

“Gulp!”

Swallowing sounds resounded throughout the plain, their gazes unmasked.

Soon, some adventurers, whose heads were muddled by wealth, rushed directly into the two light pillars.

As before, if they entered through those two light screens, they would naturally be assigned to one side or the other.

However, this time, there seemed to be some changes.

“You are too impatient!”

Seemingly enraged by the adventurers’ disrespectful actions, the three-eyed, six-armed bald man gently stretched out his hands, then clenched his five fingers and squeezed hard.

Bang bang bang bang!!

The thousands of people who had just joined the chessboard were directly turned into a bloody pulp under an inexplicable great force, splattering onto the chessboard.

Then, a hazy mist rose, completely devouring the flesh and blood.

Hiss!

Hiss!

Hiss!

...For a time, the sound of gasps echoed across the entire plain.

Countless adventurers looked at the giant figure above the castle, their eyes filled with terror.

This, this bald intelligent life was too temperamental!

To kill someone just because they were impatient was simply too unreasonable.

Despite this, they only cursed silently in their hearts and dared not speak openly.

Who knew if this bald man had the ability to kill them from a distance.

At this moment,

The other half of those who had just stepped into the light screen immediately pulled back their feet.

This strange bald man was temperamental and somewhat terrifying!

At this time, some adventurers looked at the giant figure floating in the sky, trembling all over.

“Next, I will explain the rules!”

“This ‘Life and Death Chessboard’ trial is divided into three parts: the first part is ‘Initial Screening’!”

“One hundred thousand adventurers will appear on each of the two chessboards, and after an hour of slaughter, the remaining people will advance to the second round!”

“Currently, there are a total of six million six hundred thousand adventurers in this world, so they will be divided into sixty-six teams, playing two by two. The winner lives, the loser dies.

The last one hundred survivors will receive my master’s treasures and wealth.”

After speaking, the bald intelligent life waved his hand.

A white light burst forth from his hand.

The next moment, countless treasures appeared across the entire sky, mesmerizing all the adventurers.

“Additionally, you can spread the word to the forces, families, or friends and relatives behind you, inviting them all to participate in this trial to obtain all of my master’s collections!”

Hearty and joyful laughter emanated from above the castle, echoing far and wide.

“The real trial begins in three days. Prepare yourselves well!”

“Hahahahaha...”