The breakthrough had begun.
Talented individuals from the Hundred States of Heaven and the Four Great Alliances all stepped forward.
In front of the barrier, thousands of identical chess boards appeared.
Everyone cautiously sat down on the bone-white chairs, their nerves on edge.
Soon, the scene fell into silence.
Every single person was deep in thought.
But before long, many had already stepped down.
Their chess skills weren't refined enough; they simply couldn't proceed.
The chess boards in front of the barrier were extremely complex.
"It's terrifying, this chess board... It's not just a game of chess; I distinctly feel as if two fearsome armies are clashing, with life and death hanging by a thread..."
A rather scholarly-looking young man spoke up. He was Lu Xing, a genius from the Earth Element Alliance, known as the Little Chess Saint!