"How is that possible?"
Li Tianming stood frozen, his palm still resting on the black barrier, not daring to move rashly for the moment.
"What's going on?" Sui Shen Yao asked curiously. When it came to breaking barriers, she had never seen Li Tianming so utterly shocked before.
Normally, it was either possible or impossible. There was no reason to be this shocked.
Li Tianming took a deep breath and said, "These contrary-path divine patterns are strange. Very strange. I've seen other contrary-path-grade divine patterns in the World God Tower, and they weren't like this. More importantly..."
Though his palm had not moved, the Heaven-Stealing Eye was now opened wide. Within the vision of its fifth Fate Reincarnation, everything inside that black sphere barrier was fundamentally crystal clear.
It was precisely because he could see so clearly that he was so shaken.
Before his eyes, the contrary-path divine patterns drifted and shifted rhythmically within the framework of the barrier. The forms they displayed were mostly those of various living creatures—lifelike enough to seem truly alive!
Li Tianming had seen other sacrificial-path divine patterns and contrary-path divine patterns. Although they could also imitate beast-like creatures—for example, the black dragon sacrificial-path divine patterns from before—that had merely been simple mimicry. They possessed absolutely none of the vitality of life. Such forms were designed only to make the sacrificial-path divine patterns fit together more easily, allowing vast numbers of them to interlock, gather into beast swarms, and form systems of attack and defense.
But the contrary-path divine patterns before him were different. Though each one was likewise an individual formed from countless sacrificial-path divine patterns, the sense of vitality and intelligence they carried was far too strong. Even the eyes made from many sacrificial-path divine patterns seemed to possess sight.
If eyes were