Chapter 1420 - Undying Inheritance
Once someone stepped into the Undying Chessboard, they handed their fate over to it. If they failed to solve it, the only path left to them was death.
Over the years, countless experts had perished inside the Undying Chessboard, so no one found it strange that Sun Xiao grew so anxious when Liu Wuxie accepted the challenge.
His worry only deepened when he remembered that Liu Wuxie's cultivation was still only at the pinnacle of the Primal Origin Realm. However, Liu Wuxie had already agreed, so it was far too late for him to step in.
"Where did Liu Wuxie get his confidence from to challenge the Undying Chessboard?" Voices murmured through the crowd, and no one felt hopeful for him, especially when even cultivators at the Heaven Gaze Realm had died on that very board.
"Is he insane? That's no different from courting death. The Lingqiong Clan clearly wants him dead, and he walked straight into their trap of his own accord," said an Earth Immortal, sighing softly as he felt a trace of sympathy for Liu Wuxie.
If Liu Wuxie ended up dying here when he was just a step away from reaching the summit, it would be a devastating loss to both the Heavenly Dragon Sect and Hua Feiyu.
"Along the way, his answers to each question had been exquisite, and who knows? He might be able to create a miracle." A few people still voiced their support, believing that Liu Wuxie could defy the odds again.
Opinions spread in all directions, but only the cultivators of the Heavenly Dragon Sect remained silent. The atmosphere turned strangely tense as Lingqiong Zhi sat there with unshaken composure.
He had been planning this moment for a long time. They had even gone so far as to lure Gu Yu into a carefully prepared trap, capture him, and use him as leverage against Liu Wuxie.
Hua Feiyu glanced into the distance just as Elder Jian appeared, but the old man merely paused for a moment before withdrawing again, and no one knew where he went afterward.
By now, the Lingqiong Clan had already set the Undying Chessboard in place while Liu Wuxie stood motionless on the Auspicious Cloud Stairs. If he were to turn back, his apprenticeship ceremony would fail.
"Let's begin," Lingqiong Yu said. He had no intention of stalling and signaled for Liu Wuxie to start the game.