Chapter 1543: ying Against a Grandmaster
Lu Yin took a deep breath and carefully observed whaty before him. The star energy had been evenly divided into ck and white pieces, and anything that blocked the sourceboxes'' danger fields would be wiped out. He just needed to agitate the chaotic danger field to destroy his opponent’s star energy pieces, and one move could affect the entire board.
"This junior will choose white," Lu Yin said respectfully. After all, he was supposed to be a member of the White Dragon n.
Grandmaster Qiu Ling revealed a small smile. "I usually y against those old monsters, so it’s rare to y against a junior."
She then lifted her foot and stepped into the sourceboxes’ danger zone.
While there were two sides to the game, whoever entered first risked triggering the danger field, which made going first more dangerous. Naturally, in a game against Long Qi, Grandmaster Qiu Ling was the first to step in.
A sourcebox’s danger zone was very sensitive and could be extremely dangerous. If this were not the case, then Lockbreakers would not be held in such high esteem. There was no movement or even the slightest fluctuation as Grandmaster Qiu Ling entered the danger zone. It was as though the danger zone did not even sense her presence.
Lu Yin''s expression grew dignified as he observed the board.
Grandmaster Qiu Ling did not press him, and she instead waited quietly.
Lu Yin did not move for an entire day, and no one made any attempts to urge him forward during this time. Eventually, after another half a day passed, Lu Yin finally made his move and entered the danger zone as Grandmaster Qiu Ling had done.
While his actions appeared simple, Lu Yin’s movement epassed multipleyers of calctions, and he had only be capable of moving around after studying the entire danger zone. It was impossible for someone to safely enter the field without first understanding what they were entering.
Upon seeing Lu Yin sessfully step onto the game board, Grandmaster Qiu Ling praised him, "It’s quite impressive for you to sessfully take this step. It’s very difficult for anyone to be as calm as you when ying this game for the first time. Let’s begin. You may take the first move."
Lu Yin raised a hand and flicked his fingers. A powerful gust of wind shot out, inciting a vibration along a specific portion of the sourceboxes’ danger zone, which caused a strand of dangerous energy to move out. The entire danger zone seemed to boil, and in doing so, it began destroying the colored star energy strewn across the game board.
It was not only the ck-colored star energy that was destroyed, but also the white, though far more of the ck was destroyed.
The audience was fascinated even though most of them were incapable of understanding what they were seeing. Regardless, they were all aware that every single move of this game required the yers to not only consider their own safety, but also to simultaneously find a move that destroyed as much of their opponent’s colored star energy pieces as possible. Each move’s sess was determined by how well a Lockbreaker could manipte the sourceboxes’ danger fields while also testing their awareness of those fields.
"No two sourceboxes in the entire universe are the same, which simrly means that no two games of Stable Zone are the same. Whether there are two sourceboxes, three, or even more, the superimposed danger fields from the sourceboxes will produce different danger zones. Every game is like watching the birth of a new sourcebox array. This is Stable Zone." Master Deng Guo stared at the field of the game while wishing that he could also participate. Every Lockbreaker dreamed of ying against an Array Grandmaster.
Lu Yin was in no position to pay any attention to anything happening in the outside world. Since he had taken his turn, Grandmaster Qiu Ling could naturally take action as well, though she made her move instantly and casually. The danger field that Lu Yin had manipted to destroy the ck star energy pieces suddenly changed. He was swept up as well; the new danger field destroyed not only his white star energy pieces, but it also attempted to destroy him. This was not just a game, but also apetition that could determine the life and death of the yers.
Sweat rained down from Lu Yin''s forehead as he moved. He was not able to immediately reverse the situation, but he could still proceed step by step.
Grandmaster Qiu Ling also continued to make moves. There were no rules regarding turns in Stable Zone, and the yers were allowed to take action when and how they wished. A yer could remain still and wait or continuously move. But everything was based off of their understanding and ability to manipte the sourceboxes’ danger field.
Lu Yin continued to agitate the danger field in order to suppress Grandmaster Qiu Ling''s maniptions, and the Grandmaster approved of his actions. "Continue."
Lu Yin smiled. This was quite an interesting game, and it was far more exciting than the stereotypical lockbreaking session.
Everyone around them nervously watched on as the two sourceboxes continuously shredded the void with their superimposed danger fields. The red energy emitting from the sourceboxes was strange and dark, and most people felt they were burning just from looking at it.
Atop the small game board, Lu Yin and Grandmaster Qiu Ling continued to y their game. Even though their match was far removed from the destructive games normally yed between two Grandmasters, people still found the game shocking.
Not everyone was aware of this particr game’s existence, and few were qualified to y or even watch a game be yed.
Even in terms of the entire Perennial World, how many Lockbreakers had the qualifications to y this game?
Lu Yin was quite thrilled to be able to y, and his smile grewrger andrger. It really was incredibly interesting; every time Grandmaster Qiu Ling moved, Lu Yin had to exert tremendous effort in order to handle what she threw at him while also retaliating. This game did not take his cultivation or abilities into consideration—only his lockbreaking skills.
He was nowhere close to being Grandmaster Qiu Ling’s opponent, though the game was an amazing opportunity for Lu Yin in and of itself. He could feel that his understanding of the sourceboxes’ danger field was rapidly improving. This improvement was not possible from just lockbreaking. No wonder rumours had it that this game was typically yed by Array Grandmasters..
After just a short time ying, Lu Yin had observed no fewer than a hundred changes in the sourceboxes’ danger zone, and seeing these changes gave him a much greater understanding of the danger zone, allowing him to move faster and faster.
Grandmaster Qiu Ling''s original admiration for the youth had now transformed into surprise, and after two days of ying, she waspletely shocked.
When they had first started ying Stable Zone, she had been able to wear Lu Yin down and push him to the brink with any random move. But at the moment, she was taking actions much faster than before because Lu Yin was clearly responding much faster and more efficiently. He was rapidly learning the sourceboxes’ superimposed danger fields, and his speed ofprehension was incredible. It surpassed that of all other juniors Qiu Ling had ever seen before.
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In fact, this youth might even surpass her own abilities when she had been his age.
Eventually, Grandmaster Qiu Ling started manipting more than the danger field, and she also started moving her body. She started to flutter between the ck and white star energy pieces along with Lu Yin. The two of them danced in the danger zone that could kill at any moment.
Master Deng Guo was utterly speechless. If he were ying against Grandmaster Qiu Ling, he might not have been able to move about so freely. Long Qi had understood the sourceboxes’ danger zone far too quickly. Master Deng Guo also remembered that he had already been shocked by how quickly Long Qi had repaired the defensive sourcebox array on the second array base. But now, the youth’s talent was on full disy.
He realized that he should have epted the youth as an apprentice while at the second array base, and he now regretted his actions at that time. This Lockbreaker would definitely be a higher ranked Array Master at the very least.
Ni Huang and other Semi-Progenitors nced at each other. Lu Yin was truly giving an exceptional and even perfect performance.
Xia Taili was stunned by what she saw; was this really happening? Was this guy really that talented at lockbreaking?
Luo Zhong''s mouth curled up into a smile; this was Lu Yin! He was an iprehensible genius who hade from the edge of a backwater in the Outerverse, only to eventually unite the Outerverse and rise up to surpass all of his peers throughout the entire Fifth Maind.
The hunched Liu Song was simrly amazed; this youth was trulyparable to the Long Xing of back then.
The longer Elder Shi stared at Lu Yin, the more of a resemnce he found between Long Qi and that person. The heroic appearance, the level of talent, the… demeanor.
The sourceboxes'' danger zone waspletely different from what it had originally been, as Lu Yin and Grandmaster Qiu Ling’s maniptions made it continuously shift and change.
If Grandmaster Qiu Ling had been able to easily destroy Lu Yin''s white star energy pieces at the beginning of their game, then at present, she needed to put forth greater effort.
"Long Qi, do you find this game interesting?" Grandmaster Qiu Ling suddenly asked.
Lu Yin replied, "Very."
"Then let’s add another one." Qiu Ling was intrigued by Lu Yin’s talent, so she raised a hand and brought out a third sourcebox. This sourcebox’s danger field possessed a strange rhythm that did not produce any attacks, but it did mentally stun those affected by it. The moment the rhythm ovepped with the existing danger zone, everything changedpletely.
Lu Yin was shocked. The change introduced by the third sourcebox''s danger field would very likelypletely destroy his white star energy pieces, causing him to lose. As he looked around, he saw that Grandmaster Qiu Ling was continuously manipting the danger zone to prevent her ck star energy pieces from being destroyed. Fortunately, this prevented her from being able to attack Lu Yin, as she was upied with protecting her own star energy pieces. This gave Lu Yin enough time to react.
He quickly attacked, but the addition of the new danger field hadpletely changed the board, which fully invalidated Lu Yin’s previousprehension of the danger zone.
Suddenly, a chill ran down his back; the sourceboxes'' danger fields had already reached him. He spun around as a wave pulsed out, followed by a sharp red energy. The danger fields of the three sourceboxes had ovepped with each other, and the current danger field surrounding Lu Yin was so powerful that it had even surpassed an Envoy’s strength. Lu Yin suffered an attack, and it opened up a massive wound on his abdomen that bled profusely.
Many people in the audience gasped in shock.
Ni Huang''s expression changed slightly, and he wanted to stop the game.
Lu Yin gritted his teeth while he continued to evade the attacks. He had no way to pay any attention to the white star energy pieces, and he was focused entirely on staying alive.
Ultimately, he was able to stay alive even in the chaotic danger zone. After all, he had the Channeling Diagram, the Teleportation Formation, and a multitude of secret techniques. However, he was not able to pay any attention to the white star energy pieces as all of his focus was spent on ensuring his own survival. Lu Yin’s white star energy pieces were rapidly diminishing.
Several days had already passed, but there were times when Array Masters would y Stable Zone for several years. Several days was nothing inparison.
"The more sourceboxes there are, the moreplicated the sourceboxes’ superimposed danger zone will be, and consequently, the moreplicated the game state. It’s said that in ancient times, there was a Grandmaster who yed against people while using more than ten sourceboxes at once, which means that the danger field wasparable to the sourcebox array protecting the array bases." Master Deng Guo was amazed.
Once again, Lu Yin managed to evade an attack from the danger field. He was graduallying to understand the changes urring around them. Only after that was he able to spare some attention to check on his white star energy pieces. To his shock, he found that not many of the white pieces had disappeared.
"Not only are you able to quickly adapt to a changing danger zone, but you were also able to defend your own star energy pieces while doing so. Long Qi, you''re surprising me more and more. I really want to know how far you can climb." Grandmaster Qiu Ling’s voice spoke up, but Lu Yin could not understand her words.
When had he protected his white star energy pieces? He had not paid them the slightest attention, but as Grandmaster Qiu Ling had mentioned, the white star energy pieces had not been destroyed, and Lu Yin was even being credited for this aplishment. No, this was not right. Lu Yin had always been a cautious person. He looked over at Grandmaster Qiu Ling to check her eyes, but all he saw was encouragement.
Something was not right. With the introduction of the third sourcebox, a steady rhythmic pulse dictated the flow of the danger zone, and that pulse affected the entire game board. Given the situation, could the white star energy pieces have been left untouched by pure luck? That was impossible. In that case, who had given Lu Yin the credit?
Lu Yin felt puzzled, and he looked at Grandmaster Qiu Ling in confusion, but she exined nothing. "Continue. Our game has not finished yet."
As far as Lu Yin was concerned, the game should have ended long ago. However, with Grandmaster Qiu Ling’s assistance, the game reached a truly shocking level. This worked to portray Lu Yin as a genius Lockbreaker, and it was also many people’s first impression of the youth. They saw him as someone who was able to hold out against an Array Grandmaster and whose talent truly deserved the Array Grandmaster’s unfettered praise. This youth was a true genius Lockbreaker.
As thest white star energy piece disappeared, Lu Yin exited the sourceboxes’ danger zone.