Primordial Star Scripture

Ye Chen was unaware that the significant secret Jiang Yao had stumbled upon was not a disaster, but an earth-shattering opportunity.

Nor did Ye Chen know that his request to the Rock Warrior Divine King to investigate Jiang Yao's situation had already come to the attention of a more powerful entity on the thirty-third floor of the Undersea Divine Palace.

At this moment, with his brows deeply furrowed, Ye Chen ultimately had no choice but to fold away his worry for Jiang Yao deep inside his heart.

"Since Jiang Yao is in a lower part of the Undersea Divine Palace, then no matter what, I must go down there to check!"

"For now, let's get through this fourteenth floor first!"

Ye Chen took a deep breath, then turned to the Rock Warrior Divine King, "Senior, I am now ready to tackle the 'Slaughter Chess Game'!"

Whether it was to search for Jiang Yao further below, or to get information about the location of the "Eye of Creation" on the fifteenth floor, everything had to start by tackling the "Slaughter Chess Game"!

Ye Chen understood in his heart that if he couldn't get through the "Slaughter Chess Game," all of this was just idle talk.

Upon hearing Ye Chen finally decide to challenge the "Slaughter Chess Game," a look of expectation also filled the eyes of the Rock Warrior Divine King, "Good, Ye Chen my friend, I will be outside watching your performance!"

After giving the Rock Warrior Divine King a serious nod, Ye Chen moved, flying towards the space above the enormous chessboard thousands of feet in circumference next to the Rock Warrior Divine King.

As soon as Ye Chen's figure completely touched down on the giant chessboard, he was enveloped in a burst of light and was directly absorbed into the spatial realm of the chessboard.

"Is this the internal space of the 'Slaughter Chess Game'?"

As Ye Chen looked into the space he had flown into, he saw directly in front of him that a series of Giant Rock Formations had appeared.

These Rock Formations, constructed from countless oddly shaped boulders, were only discernible to Ye Chen at the closest front. The successive Rock Formations behind them were shrouded in deeper space, indistinct and mysterious.

"The Rock Warrior Divine King Senior mentioned that there are thirty-two levels within the Slaughter Chess Game. Presumably, this first Rock Formation is the first level. Beyond that, there are thirty-one more Rock Formations, which are the other thirty-one levels."
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"Let's go take a look inside this first Rock Formation!"

Ye Chen made a move, preparing to fly toward the formation in front of him.

However, Ye Chen discovered that within the internal space of the "Slaughter Chess Game," there was a restriction against flying, preventing flight.

He could only walk forward.

Just as Ye Chen was about to enter this first Rock Formation, a loud boom resonated from within, and a towering Rock Warrior, standing over eight meters tall with a giant stone club in hand, stepped to the entrance of the first Rock Formation and looked towards Ye Chen, "Intruder, halt!"

"Once you enter the Rock Formation I guard, you will be subject to my attack!"

"You must either kill me or comprehend the crucial point of this level to pass through."

"Intruder, I advise you to contemplate the crucial point of this level from the outside; otherwise, entering here could very likely result in death by my hand!"

After saying this, the towering Rock Warrior then stamped his giant stone club and took his stand inside the Rock Formation.

Ye Chen looked at this Rock Warrior, whose aura was of the Three Tribulations' real deity level.

For Ye Chen, passing this level by killing this Rock Warrior would be quite easy.

But Ye Chen did not attack directly.

He thought back to what he had seen earlier when the Rock Warrior Divine King showed him the elders of the Flying Spirit Clan, Vermilion Bird, and an Ancient Emperor of the Yan Clan tackling this trial.

"At that time, those three Nine-Tribulations real deities encountered Rock Warriors at the same power level as themselves, which suggests that the guardians within this 'Slaughter Chess Game' become stronger the further one goes."

"If one were to force their way through, they would certainly encounter real deities of the Seven Tribulations, Eight Tribulations, and even Nine Tribulations levels at the end."

"Forcing our way through is definitely not the best way to solve this 'Slaughter Chess Game'; it's quite possible to really fall into a deadlock and be instantly killed by the Rock Warriors."

"Chess game, chess game, since this 'Slaughter Chess Game' is indeed a game, there must be a method to solve it. It seems that comprehending the crucial point that the Rock Warrior spoke of is the method to break this game."

"You can't brute-force your way through the game; otherwise, you'll be just a piece inside it, subjected to the game's control. Only as the player of the game can you successfully break through this chess formation!"

Ye Chen's gaze was fixed on the countless boulders that formed the first Giant Rock Formation.

He immediately began searching for the key point of the formation.

Seeing that Ye Chen didn't force his way through the first Giant Rock Formation but was contemplating outside, the observing Rock Giant Divine King couldn't help but nod in approval, "Ye Chen is really smart! I saw him killing members of the Flame Scorcher Clan on the thirteenth floor. With his strength, he probably could brute force his way through to the twenty-seventh checkpoint, but beyond that, it would likely become incredibly dangerous."

"Starting by understanding the game, comprehending the key points of the Rock Formations that make up the chess game, is indeed the best method to unravel it layer by layer and pass through all thirty-three layers of this 'Slaughter Chess Game'!"

"Ye Chen's insight is spot on; the question is whether he can successfully comprehend the key point of the Giant Rock Formation."

In the end, even the Rock Giant Divine King began to worry a little.

Despite his high hopes for Ye Chen, when it came to this critical test, he didn't know whether Ye Chen had the capability to pass.

If Ye Chen lacked the capability, then all of his expectations would come to nothing.

As the Rock Giant Divine King began to feel anxious, with his heart almost in his throat, he suddenly saw that Ye Chen, who had been motionless outside the first Giant Rock Formation, made a move.

In a flash, Ye Chen shot toward the third boulder on the left side of the entrance to the first Giant Rock Formation; after slapping that boulder, he immediately moved to the fifth boulder on the right side of the entrance and slapped that one too.

Then came the sixth on the left, the ninth on the left, the first on the right, and the seventh on the right!

After Ye Chen slapped the boulders six times in total, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the entire first Giant Rock Formation.

Amid the thunderous noise, the countless boulders making up the first Giant Rock Formation collapsed into nothingness, and even the Rock Warriors that were inside vanished.

A grand path now led directly to the second Giant Rock Formation behind the first one!

The collapse and disappearance of the first Giant Rock Formation signaled the opening of a route to the second.

This scenario indicated that Ye Chen had bypassed the first layer of the trial without even fighting the Rock Warriors!

This turn of events, before the eyes of the Rock Giant Divine King, who had been watching Ye Chen anxiously and worrying over his ability to pass the 'Slaughter Chess Game,' came as such a shock that he almost leaped to his feet.

"How is this possible?!"

"How did he pass the first level so quickly, even faster than battling our clan's warriors!"

"Could it be that Ye Chen has... has he seen this first layer of the Rock Formation before?!"

"But still, with thirty-two more layers, each one different and progressively more difficult, even if Ye Chen has seen this first layer, he definitely can't claim to have seen all the subsequent ones. Breaking through so quickly might not be a good thing!"

The Rock Giant Divine King's heart was a mix of excitement, disbelief, and worry.

While the Rock Giant Divine King was intensely shaken, what he didn't know was that Ye Chen, now heading towards the second Giant Rock Formation, was thinking to himself, "The first Giant Rock Formation was quite simple."

"Although I haven't seen this particular formation before, I have cultivated Lord Tianyun's 'Nine Volumes of Formation Array,' and I even specifically studied the basics of the formation in the fourth training ground of Minor Pole Sky. This first Giant Rock Formation, considered the lowest-ranked first-order defensive formation in the Nine Volumes of Formation Array, is not enough to stymie me."

If only the Rock Giant Divine King knew that Ye Chen had endured the test of a Divine King and cultivated the 'Nine Volumes of Formation Array' from the more powerful Lord Tianyun, that he had even passed all five training grounds of Minor Pole Sky alongside the young county princess.

Then, the Rock Giant Divine King would undoubtedly be ecstatically jumping for joy.

He would certainly exclaim that this time, he had truly found the right person!