“You’re Number 250?”
Wang Chen’s unknown uncle glanced at the Mystic Ground passage, his brows furrowed tightly before he looked at Mingxi, who was standing at the very front of the passage.
Mingxi nodded, her face full of helplessness.
“The Mystic Ground passage is starting to beco unstable. You have two choices: one, don’t enter and lose this Mystic Ground slot; two, enter, but you might encounter spatial erosion, spatial collapse, and other situations, in which case it will be a near-certain death.”
The man’s expression was icy, and he didn’t soften his tone because of Mingxi’s youth.
“You have one minute to consider. Choose?”
Mingxi didn’t hesitate at all. As soon as he finished speaking, she imdiately said, “Enter.”
The Chess Palace Secret Realm was a once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity. If Little Silver Flower and Lan Yue didn't have their accompanying Star Fate, she might have still hesitated.
The man’s eyebrows twitched slightly, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes: “You’re responsible for the consequences!”
“I understand.”
She had already signed the relevant agreent earlier.
Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor by heaven.
Mingxi didn’t expect anyone else to take responsibility.
After nodding to the man, she gripped her hand Card and stepped into the clearly unstable passage.
Having had the experience of accidentally entering Planet Blue Secret Realm Number 9 (Abyss Secret Realm) last ti, Mingxi adapted well to the conditions inside the passage this ti.
However, the unstable passage still caused trouble for Mingxi.
“Sizzle! Sizzle!”
“Drip! Drop!”
“Sizzle! Sizzle!”
In the darkness, the magnetic particle matter flowing on the outer wall of the passage seed to be enveloped and lted by sothing.
It turned into black liquid, dripping down one drop after another.
The ‘sizzle’ and ‘drip-drop’ sounds, a continuous stream of noise, sent shivers down one’s spine.
This was spatial erosion, ford by the anomalous transformation of spatial primary magnetic particles.
And those liquids had a very descriptive scientific na: One-Breath Annihilation.
As the na suggests, just one drop would corrode sothing into air within a single breath.
It was even more potent than corpse-dissolving liquid!
A good hand at destroying bodies and erasing traces.
One-Breath Annihilation constantly fell above Mingxi’s head and beside her.
Although it wasn’t raining, it wasn’t much different from living in a dilapidated thatched hut on a rainy day.
At this mont, the agility and super-strong reaction speed trained by climbing Shixian Cliff beca evident.
Mingxi was like a slippery fish, effortlessly moving through the passage. No matter which direction the One-Breath Annihilation fell from, she could easily avoid it.
It was as if she had eyes all over her body.
Running.
Even if the path beneath her feet was not smooth, even if the passage constantly created new troubles for her.
These troubles included, but were not limited to:
A large hole collapsing, causing her to step into empty space.
Magnetic particle storms blocking the way...and so on.
Guided by the not-so-bright illumination, her steps remained as swift as flight, moving rapidly forward.
She had to enter the Mystic Ground before the spatial passage completely closed!
One minute, three minutes...five minutes...eight minutes...
As the ti approached ten minutes, Mingxi’s forehead couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat.
According to the relevant data provided by the Special Administration Bureau, the Chess Palace Secret Realm had Descent 32 tis in total (not including this one).
The length of the Mystic Ground passage was relatively fixed, and most Beast Tars could reach the exit within ten minutes.
Even those with slightly weaker physical fitness could smoothly enter the Mystic Ground within twenty minutes.
Mingxi’s physical fitness level definitely didn’t belong to the slightly weaker category. Even if the unstable passage made her exert a bit more effort, it didn’t affect her forward speed.
So, normally, she should be able to reach the exit in ten minutes.
Mingxi also wanted to maintain her calm and detached persona.
She didn’t want to show her nervousness openly.
However, the shadow of the last Changheng Secret Realm still lingered.
She didn’t want to inexplicably enter another unknown Mystic Ground again.
She was young, and her heart hadn’t fully developed yet.
At the sa ti, inside the Chess Palace Secret Realm.
A group of people stood before a winding, surging great river.
Across the river, there was a majestic and grand palace, like a celestial abode in a fairyland.
It was like a giant beast from ancient tis, exuding a solemn and mysterious aura.
With glazed tiles and pillars of gold and jade.
The upturned flying eaves were like a phoenix spreading its wings, giving a sense of ethereal grace.
The palace walls were carved with exquisite patterns, including auspicious creatures like dragons, phoenixes, and qilin, as well as natural elents like flowers, birds, insects, and fish. Each depiction was lifelike and breathtaking.
The palace windows were carved wooden windows, with intricate patterns on the lattices, but through the windows, one could not see the ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) interior of the rooms, as if a thick layer of fog obscured the view.
This made the palace even more mysterious.
Facing all of them was a vermilion gate, five ters high.
Golden rivets were embedded in the door, making it appear exceptionally solemn.
What was peculiar was that on either side of the gate, there were neither stone pillars nor stone lions, but two enormous chessboards.
The chessboard on the left was for Chinese Chess, arranged in the “Seven Stars Gathering” formation.
The chessboard on the right was for Go, arranged in the “Nine Dragons Playing with Pearls” formation.
This palace was the Qi Palace, as Beast Tars called it.
And the great river surrounding the Qi Palace was the Void River.
The Void River had no water; what flowed were shadows of void darkness, formless yet tangible.
Whether human or Transcendent creature, once they fell into the Void River, there was only one outco.
Death without a burial place.
And the Qi Palace and the Void River were the main body of Mystic Ground Number 99.
Therefore, the Chess Palace Secret Realm was also known as the Mystic Ground with the smallest actual occupied area.
However, the Qi Palace itself was very special, so it could not be solidified for now.
“The passage seems to be closing. It looks like the people behind won’t be able to get in.”
“Isn’t it better if they don’t co in? Anyway, even if trash gets in, they might not be able to enter the Qi Palace.”
The speaker was the only foreigner present.
This person was nad Erui. Sitake, the eldest son of the ambassador of Xiao Li Country to the Dragonflower Country Central Embassy.
Soone, unable to stand his arrogance, imdiately retorted, “Then why did you, a foreigner, go to such lengths to get a slot? Anyway, even if trash gets in, they might not be able to enter the Qi Palace.”
Originally, a Mystic Ground that Descent in a certain country falls under the jurisdiction of that country; other countries have no right to participate in its division.
But this Erui, relying on his father being an ambassador, ‘bought’ this slot for the Chess Palace Secret Realm from a family.
To put it nicely, it was a purchase; in reality, it was forced buying and selling.
It was said that the family had a daughter studying in Xiao Li Country.
Erui, who had been retorted to, glared at the person but said nothing more.
He also knew that he was on soone else’s territory at the mont, and the more he spoke, the more mistakes he would make.
If things went badly, he might even be ganged up on. Although Beast Tars cannot command their pet beasts to attack humans, mutual fighting among Beast Tars is not a big deal.
As long as no one dies, it doesn’t even count as a civil dispute; a little compensation would settle it.
And he was 1 against 248; even with bronze skin and iron bones, he would be reduced to scrap tal.
He shouldn’t have spoken his mind just now.
But he couldn’t be blad.
Standing among a group of lowly yellow-skinned dogs, breathing the sa air as them, he inevitably felt so irritation.
Wang Chen paid no attention to the surrounding commotion, his expression tense as he stared at the pitch-black void.
Mingxi was Number 250.
So she wouldn’t be so unlucky as to be stuck outside, would she?
“Everyone, look! The Chess Bridge has appeared!”
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