646 The Go Stone That Escaped The Board! (1/2)

The trio sighed simultaneously. They could not say that he was wrong; it was horribly evident that destiny's game plan had gotten them good. Perhaps, God was intentionally taking a personal hand in these matters!

The scintillating auras of Tiantang City's pinnacle experts were all gone now; to be more precise, the ones with the highest cultivation base in Tiantang City were Sir Bi's men.

'I have sent ten cats just to devour a small mouse.'

'Wasn't it enough?'

'It obviously seemed, at the time, that it was more than enough!'

'Would the simple act of devouring a mouse need four great tigers?'

This was exactly where the issue lied! Who could have imagined that ten cats could not even annihilate a small mouse? It was unbelievable.

Anyone could see now that the small mouse was essentially a mouse who feasted on cats instead- how vile!

”Do all of you recall that the four of us spat blood simultaneously when I got this manual?” asked Sir Bi.

”Of course – why wouldn't we?”

Sir Bi laughed depreciatingly. ”What we cultivated was the art of the Quadruple Threat of One Heart, One Mind. This cultivation method's advantage is that when one succeeds, all shall succeed – the cultivation base improvement speed is four to sixteen times faster than usual. It's a rare cultivation method indeed, but this is where the bane lies as well. Once one is injured, all are injured. Our four lives have merged into one.”

”If anyone of us dies, no one else can survive, without an exception.”

”A lot of people know about our existence as brothers. The rumors circulating about me having duplicates isn't much of a secret, but how could they know that the demise of just one of us would lead to the downfall of the rest?”

”Still, we need not be overly pessimistic. After all, we can still unleash a force sixteen times more powerful than any individual when we gather,” one of the trio said, ”The combat power derived from the combination of the four of us can kill even Ling Xiaozui, should we face him.”

”That is in the past. It has been destined that we can no longer do that…” Sir Bi chuckled dryly, a forlorn expression washing over his face. ”This Go playbook has triggered the seal within me. We can't do much now.”

”That is why I said earlier... I am the one who has brought trouble to the three of you.”

He looked at his three brothers apologetically. ”I am truly sorry.”

The three men felt the blood rushing within them. ”Eldest, what are you saying? We brothers have taken the martial world by storm before – that was a luxury, and inevitably satisfying. Sharing life and death is the way of being brothers! Sorry? Does that word not make us strangers now?”

Sir Bi nodded, comforted by the reassurance, but quickly frowned. ”Nonetheless, I still have a doubt I can't figure out…”

He did not go on but thought to himself, 'This entire matter is still odd. The original owner of this manual is that person! Why was it in Yun Yang's hands now?'

It was instead understandable that Yun Yang had come to him, using the Go playbook as a medium. After all, he had only a handful of hobbies. It was common knowledge that his Go skill was renowned in Tiantang City's extremely small circles. Therefore, it was a mystery how the manual could have ended up with Yun Yang! As far as Sir Bi's knowledge went, the owner of this Go manual should not be friends with Yun Yang no matter what; they should not even be acquaintances!

Their auras were so startlingly different that they should actually be enemies instead!

What could have caused Yun Yang to obtain the Go manual? If the person had truly wanted him dead, why did he have to spend so much effort? Sir Bi could have been easily reduced to ash as long as the person thought about it. What goal did he have to do something like this?

Regardless, Sir Bi was still certain of one thing; from the moment the Go playbook had come to him and triggered the seal within him, there was no chance of his survival! It was because the one who wanted him dead was not his enemy, but that person instead!

As long as that person wished for his demise, he was powerless to prevent it, even if he could flee Tiantang City and escape to a place hundreds of thousands of miles away.

However, why would that person wish to kill him? All signs were pointing to the fact that he would die in Yun Yang's hands!

It was confusing.