NOVEL NEXT Chapter 56: Bang Bang Bang
The four Saints were infuriated. Though the four were not well-versed in combat, they were, after all, Saints. Even if their expertise lay in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, they each had their own methods of killing!
Now that they were being looked down upon in such a manner, even a clay Buddha would have three points of anger!
Moreover, a Saint must not be insulted!
The Chess Saint said coldly, "Since you wish to die, I shall fulfill your wish!"
With a wave of his hand, the chessboard beneath the Chess Saint's feet flew out, expanding and transforming in midair to cover the entire starry sky in an instant!
The Chess Saint stood proudly atop a white chess piece, "Though the world is vast, it is but a chessboard. Once you enter my chessboard..."
Boom!
Before the Chess Saint could finish posturing, his vision blurred, and a bald man suddenly appeared, hurling a punch at the Chess Saint's face.
The Chess Saint was startled, and the rest of his words caught in his throat…
Boom!
The Chess Saint was sent flying by Tang Sanzang's punch, his body disintegrating in midair!
Tang Sanzang cursed, "Noisy!"
People were stunned. That was a Saint, to be blasted away by a single punch?
In the next moment, the body of the Chess Saint turned into a fine powder, which was shockingly a chess piece.
At a distance, the Chess Saint reappeared, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Barbarian, native! Resorting to violence without a word, so rude and impolite!"
Boom!
In response, another punch from Tang Sanzang met the Chess Saint face-on, and this time he was directly pulverized, clearly Tang Sanzang had increased his strength.
But this was still a chess piece...
Even further away, the Chess Saint appeared again, "In my chessboard, this entire world is mine. You think you can win against me in my own world? How laughable… You've punched me twice, now it's your turn!"
With a wave of his hand, the entire world thundered, and an immense chasm was formed between Tang Sanzang and the Chess Saint — a vast river...
On the river were four large characters: Chu River Han Border!
Tang Sanzang couldn't care less about what was in front of him, intending to leap right across.
However, to Tang Sanzang's surprise, the river seemed to widen as he jumped...
Even with his strength, he couldn't leap across!
The Chess Saint laughed heartily, "In my world, you must abide by my rules. Down you go!"
With a wave of his hand, a golden light descended from the sky, and the scenery in front of Tang Sanzang shifted suddenly, bringing him right back to where he started.
At the same time, a character appeared on his body: "Elephant"!
The Chess Saint laughed, "An elephant cannot cross the river, so you just stay put right there, waiting to be beaten!"
Meanwhile, the Chess Saint firmly took his position on the red side as General, and around him, Divine Generals and Divine Weapons bearing the characters for chariot, horse, cannon, guard, elephant, and soldier manifested out of thin air.
As these figures appeared, cannons larger than a minor star system instantly swiveled to aim at Tang Sanzang's direction and fired!
Boom!
A searing white beam pierced through the void, heading straight for Tang Sanzang.
"With this cannon, I can wound a Saint!" boasted the Chess Saint proudly.
Yet without using his fists, Tang Sanzang merely tilted his head back and collided with the scorching white beam!
Boom!
A mushroom cloud soared into the sky, its light illuminating the cosmos...
Yet after the explosion, the bald man stood unscathed in the very same spot.
Seeing this scene, everyone gasped in astonishment...
The four Saints well understood the terror of the Saint Chess Master's strike; even a Saint would not choose to receive it head-on, yet this bald man actually smashed through the mighty cannon with a headbutt!
"Who is this guy... what kind of person is he?" The four exclaimed in shock and awe.
Unfortunately, no one answered them, and Tang Sanzang stamped his foot with a boom and shot into the sky once again, still intent on crossing the Chu-Han boundary before him!
However, the river turned immeasurably wide once more, and with a flash of golden light, Tang Sanzang landed back where he started.
The Chess Saint wiped the cold sweat from his forehead nervously and said, "Elephants can't cross the river, that's the rule... you, you, you... what are you doing?"
Suddenly, the Chess Saint realized that the bald man wasn't jumping anymore, but instead shifting his stance and bending his body, his muscles bulging all over. An incredibly terrifying power was gathering in the bald man's fists! Such power, even a Saint did not possess!
Zhu Ganglie, however, laughed, "Heh heh... The journey to the West is eighty-one thousand miles long, neither too long nor too short, and I, Old Zhu, have never seen anything that could block my master's path. A mere river is nothing; if my master's temperament is to be considered, if he can't jump over it, then he'll flip it over!"
No sooner had he spoken than Tang Sanzang threw his punch, "Overturn the River!"
Boom!
Like a thunderclap on flat ground, the Fist Power exploded, striking the Chu-Han boundary!
"It's useless, this is the way, the rule, not a real river, you can't hit... hit... hit... stop!" The Chess Saint hadn't even finished speaking when the bald man's punch shattered a layer of space and continued forcefully, breaking through layer after layer, eventually hitting the Chess Board hiding within the void!
The use of rules relies on a foundation.
And this Chess Board was the foundation of the Formation; without the board, the Formation would naturally collapse!
"Attack!" the Chess Saint screamed, waving his hand, and five soldiers roared as they charged forward, their spears thrusting out and exploding the starry sky!
Two horses leaped into the air, the warhorses neighing furiously, while the warriors above them brought their large axes down from the sky, cutting through the heavens!
The lead soldiers of the two armies thrust their long spears towards the bald head and brow of Tang Sanzang.
Everyone was fighting for their lives!
Just as all the attacks were about to hit Tang Sanzang, he suddenly raised his head and opened his mouth wide, biting directly towards the incoming spear!
Crack crack crack...
Tang Sanzang bit down repeatedly, and the spear was crushed to pieces in his mouth!
"Inhale!"
Tang Sanzang took a deep breath, shaking the heavens and earth, forcefully inhaling the starry skies, then forcefully exhaled, "Scram!"
With a roar, he shattered the endless expanse of the sky!
The lead soldier was reduced to ash, the two horses and five soldiers directly swept into dust by the storm bellowed out by the bald man...
The storm surged towards the Chess Saint.
But ultimately, it didn't manage to cross the Chu-Han boundary, disappearing between heaven and earth.
Wiping the sweat from his brow once more, the Chess Saint found that he had wiped his forehead more times today than in all his endless years...
"Be careful with the board!"
At that moment, the Calligraphy Saint warned.
The Chess Saint looked down only to see the bald man's punch already bearing down on his Chess Board...
"Stop!" the Chess Saint shouted loudly.
But the punch still heavily landed on the Chess Board, and the entire world trembled at that moment.
The board could not withstand the burden and exploded with a loud boom...
In an instant, the world created by the Chess Saint's board crumbled, and the Chu-Han boundary vanished.
Tang Sanzang slowly raised his head to look at the Chess Saint, grinned, and said, "You punk, try taking another punch from me!"
As he spoke, Tang Sanzang leaped up and threw another punch!
This punch was devoid of energy fluctuations, but the Chess Saint knew that if he took this punch, he would not die but surely be skinned! Clearly, the bald man was still holding back; he was concerned about this world, afraid of destroying it, so he was continually probing, searching for the balance of power that could kill them without destroying the world...
This was a monster!