Yu Beidou was wounded in the abdomen midair. His whole body curled in on itself as he widened his eyes. "Have you gone mad?!"
Jiang Wang said nothing. He drew his sword, turned, and thrust again.
This strike was even more precise and ruthless.
As the cold light came at him, Yu Beidou had no choice but to raise a hand and block.
But at that very moment, the wails of ghosts and gods that had been battering at their ears suddenly fell silent.
The swirling blood qi vanished in an instant, like clouds and smoke dispersing.
Looking around again, Jiang Wang saw forty-nine stone pillars reaching from floor to ceiling, forming a circular array.
Within the array, Yu Beidou sat suspended in midair, one hand forming a seal and the other extending two fingers like a sword, pointing at the ground.
With a single gesture, he had subdued both Blood Demon and the Diviner. They lay sprawled atop each other on the ground, each seething with resentment.
As for Jiang Wang, he stood not far from the Diviner, one hand resting on his staff and the other holding his sword.
"Now you can believe me, surely?" Yu Beidou's voice carried a smile. "I really did everything in my power to reconnect with you inside the Innate Chaos Array."
What Jiang Wang had just seen was an illusion, but not entirely an illusion.
Because Yu Beidou had to spare his attention to contact Jiang Wang inside the Innate Chaos Array, the Diviner had actually held control of the Blood-Sacrifice Life-Locking Array all along.
Everything Jiang Wang had heard and seen upon entering the cavern had been an illusion created by the Diviner.
Though Yu Beidou had been sealed down by him, and was using most of his strength to directly