No one was surprised to see these two rush down, as everyone knew their background.
They were brothers, inseparable since birth. The two possessed a joint divine technique known as Yin-Yang Lock. This technique was so formidable that even the top ten experts of the Genesis Cradle would be wary of it. Their names were equally peculiar—Yin Lock and Yang Lock—named after their signature technique. Many speculated that these two were not true Dao bodies, but rather spiritual artifacts that had gained sentience.
Others came here hoping to fish in troubled waters, waiting for a major power and Tai Yue to clash before making their move. But now it seemed that Di Jiu and Tai Yue hadn’t fought; Tai Yue simply left. Without chaos, how could there be an opportunity to fish?
The greatest skill of the Yin Lock and Yang Lock brothers was their immunity to trapping arrays—not just those, but any divine array was useless against them. They were naturally attuned to counter all sorts of arrays. As long as their domain spread out, they could automatically lock onto any grand array, walking through them freely without having their techniques or Dao resonance suppressed.
Anyone with eyes could see that the reason Di Jiu was able to force Tai Yue to leave was because of the presence of a top-tier trapping and killing array here. If even Tai Yue dreaded this array and had to abandon the Lawless Cradle to escape, just how terrifying was it? No need to try it firsthand—just imagining it was enough.
But if one was immune to trapping arrays, then Di Jiu’s threat level dropped drastically. After all, Di Jiu’s cultivation was only at the Harmony Realm—anyone could see that. Without the aid of divine arrays, who could Di Jiu threaten?
As for Di Jiu’s Fate’s Loom, it had been deliberately concealed within the trapping array. Aside from Tai Yue himself, no one else understood its terrifying power, so it was naturally overlooked.
Di Jiu hadn’t expected that, after Tai Yue left, someone would still dare to make a move here.
As the two Genesis Realm experts charged forward, Di Jiu immediately decided to eliminate them. The reason they dared to act was because they didn’t know just how powerful his trapping array was. If he let them go and they attacked his barrier array, would he still have time to deal with the Lawless Cradle?
In fact, these two did know how powerful Di Jiu’s trapping array was. It was precisely because they knew Di Jiu had driven away Tai Yue with the array that they dared to make a move. What they feared least was any kind of grand array.
As the two charged forward, Di Jiu’s trapping array instantly shifted. Before the two Genesis Realm experts could even touch the edge of the barrier, they were already swept into Di Jiu’s array.
Although Di Jiu’s Fate’s Arrow had reined in its killing intent, it was still more than enough to kill an ordinary Genesis Realm cultivator. Not to mention, this was his own trapping array.
“Something’s wrong, this array isn’t right…” The cultivator in front had already sensed something off. Normally, as soon as they entered any divine array, they could instantly perceive all the array’s cores and foundations without lifting a finger. In other words, any array they entered held no secrets from them.
But in this trapping array, not only could they not sense the array’s cores or foundations, they couldn’t even catch a glimpse of the array itself. On the contrary, before they had fully entered, they were already bound by the array, completely wrapped within its power.
“Retreat! This trapping array was constructed with an entirely new array Dao—it’s not ours…” The cultivator behind sensed something amiss at the same time, roaring as he tried to escape.
At this moment, Di Jiu’s array was fully activated, suppressing their Dao resonance at once. These two were nowhere near as strong as Tai Yue; once Di Jiu’s array locked onto them, they couldn’t break free as easily as Tai Yue had from such terrifying suppression.
Letting Tai Yue go had been unavoidable—Di Jiu’s strength was far below his. But against these two, once his array locked onto them, a Fate’s Arrow had already been released, and a second was gathering force at the same time.
The first Fate’s Arrow had originally been meant for Tai Yue. After Tai Yue left, Di Jiu had reined in its killing intent, but its power was unaffected. To kill one of these Genesis Realm experts, it was more than enough.
Feeling space freeze in an instant and time grind to a halt, the cultivator in front burned his Dao resonance frantically. The one behind did the same—their greatest strength as brothers was the stacking of their Dao resonance.
Even if this was a new array, as long as their Dao resonance stacked together, they still had a chance to escape.
Di Jiu didn’t know how strange and formidable these two were, but once trapped inside his array, any attempt to expand their Dao resonance or stack it was nothing but a dream.
Their Dao resonance and domains were suppressed by the array. At the same moment, Di Jiu’s first Fate’s Arrow tore through the first man’s protective Dao body, blasting into his brow. The man’s words were cut off midway, stuck in his throat.
Bang! As the first man’s brown blood exploded, the second Fate’s Arrow was already released. In the blink of an eye, the second Genesis Realm cultivator’s brow was blasted open as well.
Even though these two were far weaker than Tai Yue, Di Jiu still suffered backlash. His gray hair turned snow-white, and his skin shriveled like old bark. He hadn’t given his opponents a chance to fight back, but he had paid a price for it.
Di Jiu had no time to worry about his own condition. His hands continued to unleash complex Dao resonance, constructing one law after another, condensing them into rules. Since he had killed them, naturally he wanted to open their worlds.
Soon, Di Jiu was stunned—he couldn’t open their worlds at all! This was the first time since mastering his Rule Dao that he was unable to open the world of a slain cultivator.
Was there a problem with his Rule Dao, or did his opponents simply not have worlds? That couldn’t be—the moment a cultivator stepped into the third stage, they would have their own world. Otherwise, how could they advance?
The thought flashed by and Di Jiu didn’t bother to dwell on it. He was gravely wounded and had exhausted his vitality; he needed to recover his strength immediately.
Di Jiu didn’t even bother to open the second cultivator’s world. With a casual wave, he tossed the corpses of the two Genesis Realm cultivators outside the barrier. At the same time, Di Jiu’s barrier locked down completely, and not a single divine sense could penetrate it any longer.
Di Jiu tossed out the corpses of the two Genesis Realm cultivators as a show of force. His message was clear: anyone who dared to break into his barrier would end up just like them. Having killed two Genesis Realm experts so swiftly, it was unlikely anyone else would be foolish enough to challenge his barrier.
What Di Jiu hadn’t expected was that, after he threw out the bodies, the cultivators outside were stunned.
The shock wasn’t mainly due to Di Jiu’s power—anyone who could drive away Tai Yue was clearly formidable. Killing the Yin-Yang Lock brothers in such a short time was surprising, but not beyond belief.
What truly astonished everyone was that Di Jiu discarded the bodies of the Yin-Yang Lock brothers after killing them. Did this Harmony Realm cultivator not know that their corpses were the most valuable part?
In the next moment, countless cultivators rushed down. None attacked Di Jiu’s barrier—only a fool would do that now. Even the Yin-Yang Lock brothers, who feared no divine array, were slain by Di Jiu, and Tai Yue had been driven away. Who would be foolish enough to provoke him? Clearly, Di Jiu was no less dangerous than Tai Yue, and with the aid of his trapping array, perhaps even stronger.
Those charging down were after the Yin-Yang Lock brothers’ corpses—they were treasures of the highest order.
Inside the barrier, Di Jiu was dumbfounded. He hadn’t expected that, after killing two Genesis Realm cultivators in record time, so many people would rush toward his barrier. Was his display of strength really so much weaker than Tai Yue’s?
Di Jiu quickly realized the truth—these people weren’t trying to break his barrier, but to snatch the corpses of the two Genesis Realm cultivators he’d slain.
At this moment, Di Jiu wondered if he was the foolish one. Those two he’d killed must be extraordinary; otherwise, so many powerful cultivators wouldn’t be scrambling for their corpses.
Regardless of whether they were extraordinary, it was no longer his concern. He could deal with these matters in the future.
Di Jiu reinforced his barrier and defensive arrays, checked that the chained trapping array was intact, and finally sat down to swallow several Dao fruits and pills.
The Lawless Cradle could wait—it was already within his grasp. The top priority now was to recover. Fate’s Loom was simply too powerful; at his current Harmony Realm, he could only fire one arrow at most. Don’t be fooled by how he shot down those two Genesis Realm challengers; it was because they had a joint technique, and in his array, he managed to suppress their cooperation. Besides, to kill them, he hadn’t needed to unleash the full power of Fate’s Loom.