A Chaotic World

Chapter 136: Completing the Killing Formation

In the battle royal, all participants had been fighting with an avatar of their true body.

Many might not see a difference. But thanks to this very fact, every participant had been able to go all out without reservations, no longer feeling the need to hold back to prevent inflicting heavy injuries on their opponents.

Just like everyone else, Beimu Fei had not held back either.

What she had been working on from the start was a killing formation, the type that would completely annihilate anyone in its vicinity unless they were strong enough to resist.

Initially, Lu Tianzi had thought lightly of it, believing that Beimu Fei was just using it as a way to manipulate her opponents' psyche.

After all, anyone would panic upon seeing a formation master brazenly set up a formation in the middle of the platform.

But now, seeing that Beimu Fei was still adamantly planting more formation flags in this situation, Lu Tianzi realised that perhaps he had been wrong.

It was likely that since the very start, Beimu Fei had already intended to rely on this killing formation to aid her in claiming victory over Fourth Prince Mosha.

If that was the case, then Lu Tianzi would gladly lend her a hand!

It would not be too late to decide the final victor between them after getting rid of the monstrous Fourth Prince Mosha!

With only three participants remaining, the battle royal was truly nearing its end.

Right now, all eyes were on the fight between Fourth Prince Mosha and Beimu Fei.

After all, Fourth Prince Mosha seemed to have completely thrown off the last participant, allowing him to focus his attention solely on defeating Beimu Fei.

The two of them exchanged blow after blow, with the situation growing increasingly disadvantageous for Beimu Fei.

But despite that, she managed to perservere, not allowing Fourth Prince Mosha to deal any sort of real damage.

From the spectators' stand, everyone was watching in awe at the high level exchange between them.

As expected of the Four Stars!

Had any of the two been replaced by someone else, the fight would probably have been completely one-sided, ending in favour of the Four Stars long ago!

Speaking of someone else, that last participant seemed to have given up on chasing after Fourth Prince Mosha. In that case, what was he doing right now?

A curious spectator turned his eyes away from the exciting exchange between Beimu Fei and Fourth Prince Mosha for a moment, wanting to see just what Lu Tianzi was up to at the moment.

Hmm?

This particular spectator rubbed his eyes in disbelief before taking another look.

That last participant seemed to be planting formation flags?

Wait, a minute

Did he switch positions with Beimu Fei at some point?

After all, every participant looked the same right now. So his first reaction was naturally to think that he had missed the tag-out at some point.

But at second glance, the one facing Fourth Prince Mosha was clearly Beimu Fei? The moves that she was using were definitely those that belonged to the Beimu Clan!

If so, then that last participant was the one making adjustments to Beimu Fei's formation right now?

Was he directly sabotaging her efforts?

Poor Beimu Fei, it seemed that even her last hope had just been dashed!

Of course, that was only from the viewpoint of a layman in regards to the art of formations.

Rubbing her chin in contemplation, Formation Master Beimu narrowed her eyes, carefully examining the layout of the formation that had been tampered with.

"It seems like the last participant knows a thing or two about what he is doing, doesn't he?" the Scarlet Moon Overlord remarked.

"Indeed, he does," Formation Master Beimu let out a gentle smile.

A cultivation level at the Intermediate Essence Condensation realm.

Working in tandem with Beimu Fei.

Possessing advanced knowledge in regards to the art of formations.

With all these factors combined, it would be difficult for Formation Master Beimu not to guess the true identity of Lu Tianzi.

This meant that of the three remaining participants, two of them were juniors directly under her charge!

This was a matter of honour even for someone of her status!

Back on the main platform, Fourth Prince Mosha paused for a short moment as he stared at Beimu Fei in confusion. "What is going on? Why are you not trying to plant anymore flags? Are you instructing the other guy to plant the formation flags on your behalf? No, that is impossible to achieve without being right beside him to guide him step by step. Have you really given up then?"

"The formation was indeed my last resort," Beimu Fei let out a dry laugh. "But as you said, there is no way for me to guide him while being pressed this hard by you. He simply tried to tamper with the formation of his own accord, and now it is all screwed. Thanks to that, there is no longer anymore reason for me to continue banking my hopes on the formation. Right now, I have no choice but to defeat you with my own strength!"

"Is that so?" Fourth Prince Mosha turned to look at Lu Tianzi who was busy setting up the formation flags. "Well, I don't think so!"

Before Beimu Fei could even reply, Fourth Prince Mosha's fearsome speed erupted once more as he shot towards the nearest planted flag, decisively smashing it out of position!

"Shit!" Beimu Fei and Lu Tianzi cursed in unison.

What impeccable timing from Fourth Prince Mosha, disrupting the formation just as it was on the verge of completion!

This time, Beimu Fei reacted faster than Lu Tianzi.

After all, she had been facing Fourth Prince Mosha directly, and to a certain extent had already seen this coming.

Before Fourth Prince Mosha was able to move on to the next planted flag, Beimu Fei had arrived before him.

Bamboo plants shot out from the ground around her, rapidly growing in numbers as their branches rushed towards Fourth Prince Mosha.

Sabre light flashed, and these bamboos were cut down mercilessly.

"I have been waiting for you to go on the offensive for a long time!" Fourth Prince Mosha grinned in malice.

The grin was unnoticeable due to the faceless avatars, but the malice was clearly delivered to his opponent.

Shit! This is a feint!

Beimu Fei immediately sought to pull back, but it was already too late. In her panic, she had moved far too close to this monster of an opponent!

The twin sabres slashed down, and Beimu Fei was forced to respond with a sword strike of her own.

Bang-!

This time, Beimu Fei successfully blocked Fourth Prince Mosha's sabre strike.

Yes, sabre strike, not strikes.

Even though she had not been forced back this time, all she managed to do was to stop a single sabre.

Meanwhile, the other sabre had continued unhindered on its path, directly slashing across Beimu Fei's upper torso!

"Damn it" Beimu Fei cursed under her breath as she slowly dissipated into beams of light, disappearing from the platform.

Fourth Prince Mosha was just about to turn around and look for Lu Tianzi when his world suddenly turned dark once more.

"This again? I thought that you would have understood by now that this is not going to work!" Fourth Prince Mosha immediately shook himself out of the illusory attack, only to see Lu Tianzi already right in front of him.

World Origin Energy stirred as Lu Tianzi decisively slashed down with the Torrential Sabre!

Inscription skill of the Astral Way Inscription!

"Let's see just what you can do with that boost," Fourth Prince Mosha taunted as he proceeded to block with his own sabre.

Bang-!

For once, Fourth Prince Mosha's blocking sabre was the one that had been smashed aside!

But at the same time, Lu Tianzi's Torrential Sabre had lost most of its momentum as well.

At this rate, all it would do was to cause some light injuries to his opponent even if it managed to connect!

Lu Tianzi certainly did not intend to let this hard earned opening go to waste so easily.

He immediately followed up with the Sword of Ivory Rock, piercing forward without giving his opponent the time to recover. The Sword of Ivory Rock pushed down on the back of the Torrential Sabre, increasing the strength behind the first attack once again.

However, Fourth Prince Mosha similarly had another weapon.

Bang-!

Even with both of Lu Tianzi's weapons combined, all it did was to equally match Fourth Prince Mosha's one handed defense!

But right at this moment, a small shadow descended from above them, passing between the two of them as it headed straight towards the floor.

Fourth Prince Mosha frowned as his attention turned towards the falling object.

That was a formation flag?

Lu Tianzi grinned.

Before he engaged Fourth Prince Mosha, Lu Tianzi had carefully thrown the flag into the air, aiming to replace that one formation flag that had just been taken out by Fourth Prince Mosha.

Everything that followed was essentially just a distraction, keeping his opponent busy so that the formation flag would safely reach its destination.

And that was because this was the last of the formation flags.

In other words, at the very moment the formation flag touched the floor, the killing formation would finally be complete!

Now, all he had to do was to stop Fourth Prince Mosha for just one more moment!

But this one more moment was anything but short.

Fourth Prince Mosha had instinctively sensed the danger behind this fallng formation flag, and was not about to just leave it be.

Since his hands were currently locked down by Lu Tianzi, Fourth Prince Mosha kicked out towards the flag without hesitation.

Bang-!

Lu Tianzi blocked it with his own kick.

Even though his strength was lacking in comparison, Lu Tianzi's attempt still managed to alter the direction of Fourth Prince Mosha's kick, preventing him from striking the falling flag!

This is it!

With that out of the way as well, surely there was nothing else that Fourth Prince Mosha could do?

But there really was.

Woosh-!

Lu Tianzi's eyes widened in shock as he saw Fourth Prince Mosha's long tail swoop forward, aiming straight for the flag.

Shit!

He had forgotten about the tails that demons possessed!

By miscalculating on this point, Lu Tianzi had run out of ways to stop Fourth Prince Mosha. All he could do was to pray that his opponent would not be able to make it in time!

Unfortunately, Fourth Prince Mosha's tail moved extremely quickly. There was no doubt about it, Fourth Prince Mosha would definitely be able to grab the falling flag with his tail before it hit the floor.

But right before the point of contact, his tail suddenly slowed down!

Thanks to the dampening effect of the Law of Water, the formation flag hit the floor just a fraction of a second before Fourth Prince Mosha could intercept it.

And this fraction of a second was all that Lu Tianzi needed.

He immediately drove his Slaughter Essence, channelling his Essence energy directly into the killing formation.

Weng-!

A green glow was emitted from the floor of the platform, drawing out an emblem of light that connected all the formation flags that had been placed earlier.

World Origin Energy churned and rapidly gathered above the centre of the formation, forming a cloud of energy that applied a strong psychological pressure upon Fourth Prince Mosha, seemingly trying to force him into submission.

And with that, the killing formation had finally been successfully activated!

Now, it was just a matter of whether the strength of the formation would really be sufficient to overcome the monster that was Fourth Prince Mosha!