Free Web NovelChapter 1488: Chapter 148: Overturning Hands
The diviner was originally suppressed by Yu Beidou, and the Golden Frame and Jade Marrow were also restrained.
Longing easily cut through skin and flesh.
Jiang Wang’s hand was steady, the sword precise, piercing through the diviner’s neck but not touching the trachea.
Causing injury but not death.
This was his first time injuring a God Descending Realm powerhouse!
Even though it was under such special circumstances...
Jiang Wang remained calm, intending to withdraw his sword and move on, aiming to inflict more wounds bit by bit until his opponent was crippled, but the sword suddenly sank.
The diviner’s hand reached out gently, not swiftly, yet it traced a trajectory seemingly predestined, seizing the blade, as if to contend with him.
The restrained Golden Frame and Jade Marrow could not resist the sharpness of Longing.
Blood flowed from between his fingers.
But his hand was just as steady,
as two forces clashed on the sword’s body, causing Longing to vibrate incessantly.
"Good nephew." Yu Beidou’s voice was low: "A trapped beast struggle, in the end cannot break the cage!"
The diviner, distracted in dealing with Jiang Wang while simultaneously suppressing the diviner and the Blood Demon, was naturally at an advantage. The injury to the diviner’s supposedly invulnerable fingers was evidence of this.
At this moment, the situation had become clear.
With the "next life" broken and Jiang Wang truly in the fray, the diviner could no longer see any hope of overturning the situation.
Yu Beidou, with profound calculation, used his power alone to simultaneously suppress the Blood Demon and the diviner. Jiang Wang, with a passionate and steadfast heart, was sharp and resolute; neither would give the enemy a chance.
"Is that so?"
The diviner questioned.
He abruptly pulled the sword blade to the left!
It was as if he completely gave up the struggle against Yu Beidou, focusing only on the contest for the longsword.
The burst of power at that moment was terrifying, almost dragging Jiang Wang to the ground.
And Longing’s blade, under the diviner’s control, cut through most of his own neck!
Blood surged forth.
No, it was more than that.
The power sources inside the God Descending body—Enshrine Spirit Hall, Five Mansions Sea, Tongtian Palace—that Jiang Wang could sense, were all collapsing.
The terrifying power within this body was resolutely dissipating.
Jiang Wang had witnessed the death of godly cultivators before, yet he was still immensely shocked.
He committed suicide!
It was too unexpected!
How could a figure like the diviner, who treated human lives like weeds, a top-tier powerhouse in the God Descending Realm, commit suicide?
Not until now did Jiang Wang notice that since his sword pierced the neck, the diviner’s eyes had been fixed on Yu Beidou, never shifting away.
Even as he sliced open his neck, he faced Yu Beidou in death.
Though he died by Jiang Wang’s sword, his gaze was locked onto Yu Beidou.
His hatred and persistence, unspoken yet all expressed in silence!
Jiang Wang could not help but glance at Yu Beidou.
Having likely settled the diviner, Yu Beidou, now only needing to seal the Blood Demon, felt a significant reduction in pressure.
His right hand still pointed at the Blood Demon, but his left took the opportunity to wipe some blood from his face before quickly resuming the seal technique.
He then chuckled: "What remarkable skill, one-legged young master!"
Jiang Wang’s teeth itched with anger instantly.
With the diviner’s death, the ghost-head blade stuck in Yu Beidou’s forehead slowly dissipated.
Yu Beidou relaxed his brows, laughed lightly, and said, "You seem surprised at his suicide?"
Jiang Wang paused for a moment and said, "It’s hard not to be surprised, considering someone of his level."
"Actually, there’s nothing surprising about it." Yu Beidou’s tone was casual: "All futures he saw were dead ends, with no hope whatsoever. No matter how he moved forward, it was only a difference of dying sooner or later, so he made the choice that seemed best to him... that’s all."
Jiang Wang raised an eyebrow: "The future he saw?"
"Just as you think, I altered the results of his divination... though it’s not so much altering as it is erasing the faint hope that was there." Yu Beidou said offhandedly: "Because he was already very strong and had delved deeply into the Blood Divination Technique, he was unshakably certain of the conclusion... Knowing this, you won’t be surprised by his suicide."
"Didn’t he consider that his divination results might be manipulated by you?"
"Of course he didn’t." Yu Beidou said indifferently: "Because no one had ever accomplished it before."
Jiang Wang couldn’t help but lean his head back...
What an arrogant statement!
"Hard to understand? His Blood Divination Technique was a divination that directly questioned fate. Especially him being a top-tier god-descender and master diviner, to change his divination results without him noticing could only be done by manipulating the River of Destiny. Before me, no one had been able to do this with a Dongzhen cultivation."
It was becoming more and more arrogant...
Even dared to tamper with the River of Destiny!
"What is the River of Destiny?" Jiang Wang asked.
Yu Beidou said flatly: "As the name suggests."
Jiang Wang was slightly choked, but at this point, he didn’t find Yu Beidou’s attitude problematic,
After all, a terrifying powerhouse capable of influencing the River of Destiny... it’s understandable to be a bit haughty! freewebnσvel.cøm
He thought for a moment and then asked: "Is there really a definite future?"
"Why ask me?" Yu Beidou said: "If you believe it, it is the definite future. If you don’t, you can still try."
"I thought you would say something like destiny is predetermined..." Jiang Wang said.
"If I said that, would you believe it?" Yu Beidou countered.
Jiang Wang then calmed down, retrieving his longsword from the diviner’s grasp, and slowly said: "I only believe in a definite future—it’s the one I’m pursuing."
"Spoken like a young person." Yu Beidou neither agreed nor disagreed, only glancing at the deceased diviner and saying: "When I was young, when he was young, we all had the same thought as you. Of course, I’m not saying you’ll necessarily be changed. It’s just..."
He sighed deeply, a melancholic look on his face: "This is the end of the road for divination. The further along this path, the harder it is to escape fate."
Jiang Wang sheathed his sword.
He didn’t understand divination, nor did he intend to give any opinions on it.
Though Yu Beidou seemed formidable, he now just wanted to collect his reward and quickly return to the Qi Country to heal.
"I should be going." He said, glancing at his Storage Box as a hint.
"Jiang Wang." Yu Beidou suddenly called.
Jiang Wang looked up: "Hmm?"
Then he heard the next sentence—
"Don’t blame me."
Yu Beidou’s seal-forming left hand suddenly flipped and pressed down from afar.
Jiang Wang was flipped over without any resistance, falling prostrate on the ground.
Thud thud!
The walking dragonhead staff fell and rolled a few times on the ground.
But that longsword, Longing, remained tightly gripped in his hand, as if he would never let go even in death.
And then...
Vibrant life’s breath withered in an instant!
As formidable as a Neifu cultivator heralded in the historical records, even they couldn’t withstand a single reversal at the hands of Yu Beidou!
In the blink of an eye, only Liu Huai and Yu Beidou remained in the cave on the wall of this Broken Soul Gorge. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
The pale-faced, beardless Blood Demon blinked and said unhappily: "The thing I hate most about you humans is always striking when chatting, flipping tables when having meals!"
Yu Beidou remained expressionless, calmly saying: "Sometimes we might just chat, sometimes just have meals. And you always only flip tables, that’s the difference between us and you."
"You mean to say you understand hypocrisy better?" The Blood Demon asked.
"That’s not relevant to you." Yu Beidou replied: "Are you ready?"
The Blood Demon smiled confidently: "Erasing me is a long process. I’ve always been preparing, just hope you don’t fall asleep in the process."
"Is that so?" Yu Beidou asked,
The Blood Demon suddenly found this question, this tone, very familiar.
Thought a bit and remembered...
The very same question had been asked by the diviner.
Just not long ago!
And in the next moment, the body lying on him completely "exploded."
It exploded into pieces, into nothingness.
It became a mass of blood haze that suddenly expanded, permeating the cave.
Yet it caused no harm.
As if the explosion’s meaning only existed in the explosion itself.
The blood haze twisted and flowed, vaguely forming a seal.
It seemed to be connecting to some unknown place.
An aged, drowsy voice sounded at this moment—
"Who is summoning me?"
