646: Chapter 646 Yi Tian Wu Ji Formation, Yan Clan

In the distance, the people in red from the Blood River Holy Land were severely injured by the impact.

The overwhelmingly powerful Blood River Sword Formation was blown to pieces, instantly drawing everyone's horrified gazes.

Almost everyone was dumbfounded.

In the sky, thousands of black cracks were slowly healing, growing smaller and smaller.

Those were not sword scars, but spatial rifts. The space had been sliced open by the Blood River Sword; even the spatial energy that only Dou Zun experts could manipulate was easily torn apart.

The spatial rifts above, like black hole abysses, were slowly healing, finally revealing the scene inside.

Before them lay the boundless Black Sea, with no end in sight. It was perhaps half the size of the Lingxiao Heavenly Court, comparable to a star.

Such a vast body of water was entirely made of boundless black liquid, which was terrifying to behold.

However, there were many bluish-black islands above it, which were very strange, sometimes sinking into the Black Sea and sometimes floating up.

No wonder it was called the Black Sea.

Boundless ghosts and Soul bodies were cut down by the Sword Qi, turning into fragments and falling into the sea.

A man in red stood in the air, his light red hair dancing in the wind. He held a bright red longsword in his hand, which emitted a hint of slaughtering Aura.

A red sword glow flickered at the tip of the sword, sweeping across the sky and space, causing faint cracks to appear.

The man was the Holy Lord of the Blood River Holy Land, Xue Yiming. His sword-like eyebrows furrowed slightly as his eyes, cold as swords, looked down at an island.

In the center of the island stood a man in black, towering between heaven and earth. He had fair skin, peach blossom eyes, and a rune on his forehead, which added a bit of malevolence.

This was Zhuge Xuan.

A Grandmaster of the Way of Chess, his skills in the art were supernatural. With his right hand behind his back, he extended his left hand, holding a black chess piece between his middle and index fingers.

He looked at Xue Yiming calmly; it was just a chess piece, appearing no different from any other.

However, Hun Tiandi saw a trace of wariness in Xue Yiming's eyes.

Zhuge Xuan's calm temperament, even as Mount Tai collapsed before him, was enough to surpass these billions of living beings. Even in the face of an ambush from all sides, he remained so composed.

Powerful yet elegant.

Holding the Blood River Sword, Xue Yiming was incredibly solemn. He stared coldly at Zhuge Xuan, but with an added layer of wariness.

"The Yi Tian Wu Ji Array—one piece to pierce the heavens. Your attainments in chess Formations can be said to have reached the pinnacle. You have placed thirty-four pieces, all of which I have broken. Can you still place another?"

Xue Yiming looked at Zhuge Xuan solemnly.

"The blood river divine sword lives up to its reputation. However, your swordsmanship is not as good as the Dao Sword of the Taixu Holy Land; he is truly the number one person in the Way of the Sword!"

Zhuge Xuan said with a smile.

"Oh? If there is a chance, I will personally seek his guidance. Can you still make a move now?" Xue Yiming said in a deep voice.

"Come then. The thirty-fifth piece is named: Self!" Zhuge Xuan tossed it casually, and the black chess piece flew through the air.

Like a star falling across the sky.

Xue Yiming's face immediately darkened as he stared intently at the black chess piece in Zhuge Xuan's hand.

"The Yi Tian Wu Ji Array is a self-created killing Formation. Like the game of Go, with every piece placed, the board changes infinitely, and the Formation's power multiplies. It is an extremely powerful Formation!"

The Array Emperor said in a deep voice.

With his insight into Formations, he could already see the terrifying nature of this Yi Tian Wu Ji Array.

Zhuge Xuan smiled faintly as the black chess piece flew and landed. Suddenly, the chessboard of intersecting longitude and latitude lines before them gently descended.

Snap!

The chessboard disappeared, and the unwillingness in Xue Yiming's heart grew as he braced himself.

Above the Black Sea, countless threads intertwined to form a massive Formation. In the next moment, black light shot up from the sea's surface, erupting with a pressing Aura.

Countless black lights twisted and converged into a human figure, becoming increasingly solid.

"Xue Yiming?" the Array Emperor exclaimed.

Everyone present widened their eyes. The figure was identical to Xue Yiming, even the Blood River Sword in its hand was the same.

Xue Yiming was dumbfounded. The figure's Aura was the same as his, and even its divine sword was identical.

The thirty-fifth piece, Self?

This was fighting against himself. The Yi Tian Wu Ji Array was so terrifying that it could derive an identical person.

As long as Zhuge Xuan gave the order, it would attack him.

The Blood River Sword in his hand moved slightly, and a powerful Sword Intent soared into the sky, cutting open a rift a thousand feet wide.

It was pitch black, showing boundless might.

The black shadow also moved, striking out with a sword that carried an infinitely terrifying Aura, using full strength from the start.

Clang...

The two blood river divine swords collided powerfully, meeting in mid-air and creating a black hole a hundred feet wide.

In the first clash, the black shadow's strength was terrifyingly great.

Pfft!

Xue Yiming spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying a hundred feet before stabilizing himself, while the black shadow remained as steady as a mountain.

"How is this possible?" Everyone was stunned.

This black shadow's strength was so great that even Holy Lord Xue Yiming, holding the Blood River Sword, could not withstand a single blow.

"Use your full strength. He won't be polite. He is as strong as you are!" Zhuge Xuan said in a deep voice.

The thirty-fifth piece, Self?

Gasps of cold air were heard all around; this Formation was simply too strong.

"How can it be this strong?" The Array Emperor was also somewhat shocked.

The Yi Tian Wu Ji Array contained endless sub-Formations and involved spatial power, illusion Formations, killing Formations, trapping Formations, and even some heart Formations.

"As strong as oneself? The opponent is just as strong?" the Array Emperor said in surprise.

"The arrogant will surely die, while the humble can easily break the Formation?" Hun Tiandi said with an evil smile.

Obviously, as the master of a great Holy Land, how could Xue Yiming be humble?

Rumble!

The clash continued with constant roars, the surrounding space twisting and shattering. The sound of longswords clashing marked a confrontation between absolute experts, with countless Sword Qi flying everywhere.

Fully displaying the dominance of a Holy Land master, this was Xue Yiming's true strength.

As the two fought, the terrifying battle caused the intersecting black holes to expand continuously.

Those on the periphery kept retreating. This was truly a battle of peerless experts; even Hun Tiandi and the Array Emperor retreated as the battle's impact was too wide.

Numerous sword scars appeared on Xue Yiming's clothes, and the same injuries appeared on him.

"So powerful, it's quite terrifying," Hun Tiandi said in a deep voice.

"What did you discover?" the Array Emperor asked, puzzled.

"If Xue Yiming is arrogant, the black shadow will become stronger. If he is humble, it will become weaker. But they are currently evenly matched; what does that indicate?" Hun Tiandi asked.

"Neither arrogant nor humble!" the Array Emperor muttered after a moment of thought.

"Exactly. The exterior can be deceptive, but the heart cannot lie to itself. That Xue Yiming can control his emotions so precisely is what's most terrifying!" Hun Tiandi said in a deep voice.

While the two peerless experts were fighting, the competition in the mortal world also began.

Western Region of Central Plains, Gantian City.

Five figures were seated, four men and one woman. On the foreheads of these five people was a burning flame mark.

It looked like a real flame, giving off a scorching sensation.

"This Hun Tiandi is truly remarkable. It's said his strength is only that of an Eight-Star Dou Zong, yet he possesses power far beyond what he shows. His calculations are deep, and his planning is extensive," a middle-aged man said in a deep voice.

"Indeed, even his Soul power is extremely formidable. Many experts who have fought him have had their Soul power crushed."

"Could it be that he possesses a rare Soul Dou Technique?"

A man dressed in a light blue robe, with a handsome face and a hint of a smile on his lips, spoke.

He turned to look at the woman beside him, who was dressed in a light red dress, her beautiful face covered by a veil.

Her eyes were bright and calm, and there was a red lotus mark between her eyebrows.

She seemed completely uninterested in the conversation of the four men beside her.

"Huo Zhi, what do you think?" the man beside her asked helplessly.

"He possesses a flame even more terrifying than a Heavenly Flame. I once fought him, and he was killed by me!"

Huo Zhi's cold voice echoed around.

"Oh?" The four men looked at each other, not expecting Huo Zhi to know him so well.

"However, the storm caused by the Life-Prolonging Treasure Pill and the schemes have completely spread. According to the news, some old fogies have also come out of seclusion!" Huo Zhi spoke again.

Hun Tiandi was strolling down the street when he suddenly turned his head and saw a familiar figure looking at him with cold eyes.

"People from the Yan Clan?"