Chapter 1318: Tai Chi Blood Diagram

The Divination Master reacted with lightning speed.Almost simultaneously with the raging tempest's rise, he activated the grand formation linked by the stone pillars.

These stone pillars, initially appearing dark and coarse, now awakened with a response.The figural reliefs etched upon them instantly became distinct.They were peddlers and porters, scholars and heroes.The imagery on each pillar differed.

Forty-nine stone pillars simultaneously emitted a brilliant white light.The fierce light, like threads, wove into a net, ensnaring Yu Beidou and Liu Huai on the ground.This intense light was violent but evoked no sense of heat, only an infinite chilling cold.There was the sound of sorrowful song, like divine lamentation.There was the sound of grievous wailing, like ghosts weeping.Heaven and Earth became a cage, locking in gods and ghosts, allowing none to escape!Boundless hatred!

Rumble!

Within the cave, gods wept and ghosts wailed.Outside the cave, in the Valley of Scattered Stones, a sudden and drastic change also occurred.Zheng the Fat and Li the Thin had just been cast out of the cave, and the natural grand formation of the Valley of Scattered Stones was already activated.One formation in the valley, one formation in the cave.

The Divination Master glanced back at the formation outside the cave, knowing that Old Third Zheng and Old Fourth Li could no longer be relied upon. Yet, before entering the cave, he had clearly manipulated the Valley of Scattered Stones. Now, however, there was no reaction at all. In the contest for control over this natural grand formation, he was undoubtedly at a disadvantage!

His gaze returned to Yu Beidou, his eyes filled with even greater vigilance.

Yu Beidou, seated cross-legged in mid-air, looked at the formation within the cave and furrowed his brow."Heaven and Earth as a cage? A Formation of Blood Sacrifice to Lock Life?"He sighed, "On this mistaken path... you have strayed further and further!"

These words clearly enraged the Divination Master.He hissed, "If you are right, why is there no place for you under heaven, why is the art of destiny divination no longer passed down, why were you chased out of Linzi like a dog!?"

His eyes reflected blood. His left hand already held a small, stone sacrificial altar. Sinister winds swirled around it, and a fierce might suddenly arose.

Yu Beidou did not speak, merely moved his sword-finger, pointing it towards the Divination Master from afar.This was his reply!

The dome of this dark cave instantly bloomed with countless twinkling stars.Amidst the shifting of stars and constellations, a region centered on the Divination Master, approximately three inches in diameter, seemed to sway for a moment.This "swaying" was extremely brief, almost imperceptible. But when it stabilized, the Divination Master was startled to find himself within the formation!

The forty-nine stone pillars, reaching the dome above and touching the ground below.The brilliant white light formed a net, sealing off all gaps, even covering the mundane world and severing causality.Yet, it had also locked him within!

The stone pillars became a stone prison, confining Yu Beidou, Liu Huai, and the Divination Master together.Under these circumstances, many of the killing moves of the Formation of Blood Sacrifice to Lock Life could not be used...Because he, too, was within the formation.

Without a word, the Divination Master raised the stone sacrificial altar in his left hand and hurled it towards Yu Beidou.It was almost like a street ruffian's brawl, but it was the most powerful and direct attack at this moment.

Within the small stone sacrificial altar, there was a world of its own. There were sounds of scripture chanting, of hawking, of weeping, of roaring... All manner of human voices mingled into a tide; the myriad states of the world were contained within.Above the sacrificial altar, a dense sanguine light surged, giving off an aura of wickedness and tragedy. The tiny altar seemed to have encroached upon the entire world.

Yu Beidou's left hand, which had been holding a hand seal, now spread its five fingers and sharply flipped.Thus, heaven and earth were turned upside down.

The stone sacrificial altar in the Divination Master's hand, which was clearly being thrown at Yu Beidou, landed in the opposite direction. The more force he used, the further it was pulled away.He was clearly holding the altar to smash Yu Beidou, but the reality was that the altar was pulling his hand outwards!This sense of inverted dislocation was nauseating and dizzying.

"On that fat one and the thin one, there is the blood of balance, is there not?" Yu Beidou asked indifferently, "You wished to use them as substitutes for death at a crucial moment. How could I let you have your way? This Innate Chaotic Array is enough to keep them occupied for a long time."

The Divination Master struggled with his left hand, trying to pull the stone sacrificial altar back.He curled his four fingers on his right hand, leaving only the index finger upright.He drew the tip of his index finger across his brow, pulling out a two-inch-long line of blood.He said fiercely, "You think you can calculate everything? Not everything will go as you wish!"

The two-inch-long bloodline on his brow suddenly twisted, forming a circle of blood in his brow.Within the blood circle, a yellow line like a spirit snake swam out, twisting and dividing this circle. Then, in symmetrical positions, lower left and upper right, two dark, deep dots appeared...A blood-colored Taiji diagram was thus imprinted on his brow. It appeared both evil and sacred, both direct and profound. Inexplicably contradictory, yet immensely powerful.

No, incorrect.

This blood-colored Taiji diagram was not on the Divination Master's brow.

Because Yu Beidou's left hand had, at some point, pressed against his forehead.

And this blood-colored Taiji diagram, which should have been imprinted on the Divination Master's forehead, was instead imprinted on the back of Yu Beidou's hand!Things exchanged places, stars shifted — a skill beyond mortal comprehension!

The back of Yu Beidou's hand trembled slightly, flicking away this blood-colored Taiji diagram.He exhaled a breath like a white rainbow, piercing and shattering the diagram.

"You even manifested the Taiji Blood Diagram..." Yu Beidou's voice became even more indifferent, "Deeply mired, already guilty of myriad deaths!"

The Divination Master looked at the shattered Taiji Blood Diagram. It was the fruit of his painstaking efforts, his ultimate killer move on which he relied. For a moment, his eyes were about to burst!

"A mere clown in borrowed finery yet claiming righteousness, determining guilt with just a few words!" He glared at Yu Beidou with a distorted face, "You old immortal! Who do you think you are!?"

At this moment, he possessed not a shred of tranquility.The simple, plain scholar's robe he wore was completely out of place.It indicated that he could no longer bother with his demeanor, or rather... he was unwilling.

Crack.

The five finger bones of his left hand, which was grasping the stone sacrificial altar, simultaneously snapped!Such was his exertion!

Finally, he managed to pull the altar back and smash it towards Yu Beidou's face.His anger, his pain, his hatred, were all so clear and so deep.He would kill Yu Beidou, even if it meant breaking his finger bones, even if it meant breaking his legs. It was a determination that no one could stop, nothing could change!

"Who am I?" Yu Beidou, however, looked at him with a look of pity and said indifferently, "I am Yu Beidou, inheriting the ancestral mandate above, and severing the path ahead below. The art of destiny divination shall end with me."

He reached out and grabbed, with incomparable naturalness and ease, the altar from the Divination Master's hand. With a flick of his wrist, the stone sacrificial altar crashed down, suffused with blood light, smashing towards Liu Huai, who had been silently lying on the ground!

It was clearly the Formation of Blood Sacrifice to Lock Life set up by the Divination Master, yet Yu Beidou seemed to have become the master here, completely at ease. He struck east while attacking west, easily suppressing the Divination Master, and even taking the opportunity to strike the Blood Demon.

Liu Huai, whose neck wound was still profusely bleeding and who seemed oblivious to everything, opened his eyes at this moment!

The stone sacrificial altar stopped right before his face, unable to advance further. In a moment, it seemed to be eroded by some force, shattering into stone dust, which was then blown away by the wind.

Liu Huai thus looked at Yu Beidou through the scattering stone dust that was being blown away.

As soon as he opened his eyes, tears flowed – tears of blood.Blood tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, winding like bloody snakes on his pale face.

"Heh heh heh..."

He let out a hoarse, strange laugh, "Since it ends with you, you shall die!"

Since Yu Beidou sought to trace the source and eliminate the "Blood Demon Art of Severing Emotion and Desire" to the greatest extent, the Blood Demon could naturally draw more power from the source. This was the capital on which he could resist Yu Beidou. As soon as Yu Beidou diverted power to deal with the Divination Master, he quickly regained his freedom. However, he was not entirely chaotic and driven solely by instinct. He intentionally feigned ignorance only to wait for the Divination Master to consume more of Yu Beidou's power.

But since Yu Beidou had already discovered him, there was nothing more to be said.Only killing remained.

Amidst the hoarse, strange laughter, the two bloody snakes flowing from the corners of his eyes surged up. With a flash of blood light, they vanished!

Yu Beidou's expression remained unchanged. He calmly drew his sword-finger across his face. One bloody snake was instantly dissected and shredded.

But his body, seated cross-legged in mid-air, couldn't help but sway. The back of his head bulged high – the other bloody snake had already burrowed in and was furiously eroding.

This move of transforming blood tears into bloody snakes did not appear grand or showy. It was even far less impressive than the various displays conjured by the Divination Master. But its terror was clearly reflected in Yu Beidou.

At this very moment, blood flowed from Yu Beidou's eyes, nostrils, mouth, and ears!