Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 1746: Chapter 1319: Chess Piece (2)

As the Fire Wing Clan Demon King flew to the edge of Tree Heart City, seemingly about to escape, his body suddenly trembled, his expression twisted, and in the next moment, a large mass of spores burst forth from him, as if devouring all his Star Power in frenzied growth!

In an instant, the Fire Wing Clan Demon King was covered entirely by the wildly growing spores, showing a look of terror. He turned back and shouted, "No! Lord Gui, no...!"

"Boom!!"

With a loud explosion, the Fire Wing Clan Demon King burst into countless pieces along with the exploding spores...

"...!"

The many demon kings within the city were startled and horrified by this sight, instantly realizing that escape only led to death!

For the moment, the group of demons had no more thoughts of fleeing and could only fight desperately.

"Trying to escape?"

In the Tree Realm Core, Gui watched the exploding demon king with a mere indifferent smirk.

"Mere lowly demons daring to defy the Divine Generals’ orders and the Imperial Court’s will and desert in battle have only one fate—’death!’"

However, Gui glanced at the situation in Tree Heart City and couldn’t help but frown slightly.

"With Si Ting fallen and Long killed as well, the situation indeed seems rather unfavorable..."

Gui lifted his head, observing the image of Long being locked in the Heavenly Lock Cage, subsequently killed by Su Yuan, reflected in the green light of the Tree Realm. There was an indistinct sense that something wasn’t quite right.

Nonetheless, his physical body had shattered, and his Star Core had been taken by Su Yuan, leaving no doubts about his death. Besides, when Si Ting and Long died, a portion of pure "nourishment" was absorbed and transmitted back by the Divine Tree.

Gui pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly, setting aside his stray thoughts, and looked once more toward the center where the branches of the Divine Tree converged—the pulsating "cocoon" of green light that had matured by consuming a large amount of "nourishment."

"If not for Great Flame Su Yuan having killed so many divine general demon kings, it might not have been necessary to sacrifice so many king-level lives from the Holy Realm."

"But no matter what, it’s almost completed. With so much nourishment, it should be possible to create a perfect body~"

"Since we’ve reached this point, let’s accelerate it!"

Gui formed seals with his hands, and an intense green light emanated from his body, falling upon the surrounding branches of the Divine Tree, causing the spiritual light in the Tree Realm Core to surge once more, transmitting vast energies outward again.

Within Tree Heart City, the Divine Tree Armors on the many demon kings lit up with waves of green light.

"Huh? What’s going on?"

Under the bewildered gaze of the many demon kings, roots began to grow out from the tree armors, piercing into their bodies, accompanied by intertwining green light, as if some force was being injected into the demon kings’ bodies along the roots...

"My body is going to burst! What’s this??"

"Ahhh... My strength seems to have increased!"

"Is it the power of the Divine Tree, capable of turning into a Divine General’s Divine Tree power?!"

Immediately, the many demon kings were enveloped in the rich green light, transforming one after another into ferocious beast forms amid furious roars and growls, their eyes crimson, the tree armors entwined like shackles, exuding a violent and fierce aura!

"Roar!!"

The group of demons experienced a massive increase in strength, and their beastly nature was greatly stimulated by the beast transformation, with despair and fear in their eyes disappearing, leaving only instinctive bloodlust and ferocity!

"Can they grow even stronger?!"

Above in the sky, the newly appointed Eighth-rank Elder of Yixian Dao, Shen Yueru’s expression changed slightly: "Sect Leader, these Star Beasts have grown stronger again!"

Zhan Tianyi’s expression was also slightly solemn, observing the many demon beasts below caught in beastification under the catalyst of the tree armors: "Such a brute-force catalyzation of the Power of Soul; how long can they last? Are they opting for a desperate fight to the death?"

Zhan Tianyi knew very well that the "Divine Tree" had the capability to alter and catalyze the Power of Soul, otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to produce a Divine General.

But now, this rampant, brute-force catalyzation being applied to the many demon kings, after this battle, even if the demon kings don’t die, there inevitably will be various side effects.

Their Realm being forever stagnant would be the best scenario; it could even lead to mental chaos, backfire leading to severe damage, or even instant violent death, purely treating these demon kings as expendables!

These are all king-levels honed over countless years, to be treated this way?

Zhan Tianyi said, "Perhaps the Divine Generals never intended for these demon kings below to live."

"The Grey Realm, indeed ruthless and cruel, with a rigid hierarchy!" Shen Yueru frowned tightly, "To treat their own like this, if Blue Sea Star were truly breached by them..."

Upon hearing this, all cultivators of Yixian Dao couldn’t help but shiver.

If this alliance army truly couldn’t hold off these Grey Realm demon beasts, failing to stop the expansion of the Chaotic Star Domain... when faced with the cruel and barbaric Grey Realm, the entire human race on Blue Sea Star might end up living worse than pigs or dogs!

That scenario is simply unimaginable...

Zhan Tianyi said in a deep voice, "Spare no expense, fully activate the Starlight Array, bolster the defenses on all fellow Daoists!"

"Yes!"

The cultivators of Yixian Dao began to transform the seal techniques, adjusting the great formation to strengthen the defenses, assisting everyone to combat the strengthened group of demons post-divine tree catalyzation.

Meanwhile, Zhan Tianyi’s eyes flashed slightly as he turned his palm, revealing a black chess piece in his palm.

Zhan Tianyi gently caressed the chess piece—it felt cold and had a hard texture, seemingly made of some extremely high-grade material, showing no signs of wear over thousands of years.

On this chess piece, there was still a Star Power Mark.

This was given by the Chess Emperor before this decisive battle, claiming it would be useful in the confrontation.

Zhan Tianyi wanted to inquire further, but the Chess Emperor said, the Heavenly Mechanism cannot be leaked.

By keeping things secret, one ensures success. Once spoken, the heavens would know, altering the course of Cause and Effect, and leaving the outcome hard to control.

Zhan Tianyi naturally understood this principle and asked no more questions.

However, as the current Sect Leader of Yixian Dao, even if not particularly adept at divination, Zhan Tianyi could predict a rough outline.

This black chess piece most likely represented a fallback "dark piece" within the Grey Realm.

If encountered, it might be recognizable through the Star Power Mark on this chess piece, allowing contact.

But up till now, this chess piece hasn’t shown any reaction—the mark on it hasn’t had any energetic resonance.

Zhan Tianyi looked down at the group of demon kings subjected to "divine tree catalyzation," especially the powerful Divine Chosen Guard.

If there truly is a dark piece, it’s likely among them, yet if things continue this way, even if not slain by the alliance’s masters, this dark piece is doomed to become expendable by the Grey Realm.

Clutching the chess piece tightly in his palm, Zhan Tianyi frowned slightly...

Could it be, that I guessed wrong?

...

Not only were many demon beasts affected, but at this moment, green light flowed between Zi Yue and Da Huang as buds began to grow.

In the golden domain where gold and purple intertwined.

Zi Yue opened her eyes, watching the buds growing on her gradually take the form of Gui, her eyes filled with intense disgust.

"Stay away from me, Gui!"

"Uh... okay." Gui tactfully separated himself, flying into the air.

The closed-eyed Wutian and Wu Chi across from them, their eyelids trembled slightly, perceiving the sudden appearance of Gui’s clone.

Zi Yue said coldly, "I said, planting the Divine Tree Seed was the Upper Emperor’s order, but you better not grow out of me...

Disgust me, and I could kill you~ Besides, we’re still in this mental battle!"

"So sorry..." Gui gave a wry smile, then restrained his expression and said, "The situation isn’t favorable, I was forced to come over."

Zi Yue raised an eyebrow: "Oh?"

These Bodhi Sect folks are somewhat peculiar, and Zi Yue focused completely on dealing with them, having no time to pay attention to the outside situation.

But in Zi Yue’s perspective, even if other Divine Generals hadn’t killed many human experts, they shouldn’t be at such a disadvantage disrupting her.

Not to mention Tianluo, Si Ting, and others with their considerable strength, especially with Huan alone capable of holding off several opponents.

But what Zi Yue didn’t expect was that Su Yuan fiercely crushed Tianluo, Ma Liang separated Huan’s six avatars, Lou Zhen and Pang Hai discerned Si Ting’s true form and sliced him apart with the Divine Sword...

Up to now, in the entire Tree Heart City, apart from Gui, the only movable Divine Generals left were Da Huang and herself!

The battle situation had completely reversed.