Hua—
Through the essence of nature and the heavens, Dongbo Xueying discerned that behind the real world existed another corresponding illusory world. It was like two sides of the same coin!
The Illusionary Realm represented the ultimate in illusion.
Dongbo Xueying mastering the ‘Illusionary Realm Truth,’ marked merely the first significant step! It meant he had crossed the threshold into this realm. Yet, the Illusionary Realm Truth could still continue to improve—second stage, third stage… even crystallizing the ‘Illusionary Realm’ into a divine heart akin to a god’s core.
Even so, merely having initial mastery of the Illusionary Realm Truth already possessed terrifying deterrent power.
In the divine realm, there had long been established descriptions regarding the Truth.
One would rather face an enemy wielding any other second-tier Truth, than face one wielding the ‘Illusionary Realm Truth!’ The Illusionary Realm Truth’s direct attack power was extremely weak, even weaker than many third-tier Truths! However, it represented the ultimate in illusion, having essentially formed its own world. Experts who mastered it could be considered the most terrifying assassins and killers!
‘Walking through illusions, killing without a trace’—this phrase was no exaggeration at all.
……
The world around Dongbo Xueying’s body suddenly twisted, and his form vanished from the real world, stepping into the Illusionary Realm.
The Illusionary Realm.
It was like a mirror reflection of the real world! Visually identical. However, with Dongbo Xueying’s willpower, everything in the Illusionary Realm could be altered.
“This is truly interesting,” Dongbo Xueying strolled through this vast Illusionary Realm, walking up to the black metallic man and patting his face. His hand passed through the Illusionary Realm into the real world, slapping the metallic man’s face with a resounding slap.
“Ahh, it’s an illusion, an illusion!”
The black metallic man panicked, wildly attacking in all directions.
At this moment, all of them, including the demons, had their minds dragged into the Illusionary Realm controlled by Dongbo Xueying. However, within the Illusionary Realm… Dongbo Xueying could let them see whatever he wished, and they would see only that. If he didn’t want them to see something, they wouldn’t see it at all!
This metal-clad expert only realized he was trapped in an illusion after being slapped on the face.
“I walk through illusions, yet I can attack enemies in the real world,” Dongbo Xueying mused inwardly. “Unless enemies in the real world have techniques to attack the Illusionary Realm, they cannot harm me at all. Truly terrifying! It deserves to be called the ultimate illusion. Real power is so powerless before it.”
Even if one possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth, if one couldn’t attack the Illusionary Realm through the rules and mysteries, one couldn’t harm Dongbo Xueying in the slightest.
The Illusionary Realm Truth’s attack power was indeed weak.
However—
Besides the Illusionary Realm Truth, Dongbo Xueying also mastered the Ultimate Piercing and the Star Truth! These three Truths complemented each other, making his power far more formidable.
“There are still two whose minds can escape the Illusionary Realm’s bindings,” Dongbo Xueying glanced at the handsome young man and the woman in red robes nearby.
The woman in red robes was a very powerful mage, her cultivation level comparable to the handsome youth. Another mage! Mages usually excelled in soul and mind cultivation, so it was somewhat normal for her to escape the Illusionary Realm’s bindings.
But for the handsome youth to also escape… this somewhat surprised Dongbo Xueying!
Although he had just mastered the Illusionary Realm Truth, only at the first stage, the binding power of the Illusionary Realm he controlled was still relatively weak. However, breaking free was still extremely difficult.
“I won’t waste time anymore!” Dongbo Xueying walking through the Illusionary Realm could manipulate ‘Illusionary Realm clones’ to kill enemies without even needing his true body to act. This was a common technique used by experts who mastered the Illusionary Realm Truth, and it often troubled many enemies. Even if one could attack the Illusionary Realm, if one couldn’t locate the true body, one still couldn’t harm the expert within.
However, Dongbo Xueying didn’t want to waste any more time. After all, the handsome youth Liehuo and the woman in red robes had already regained consciousness. It was better to act quickly!
“Hoo—”
Dongbo Xueying took a step and arrived beside the handsome youth.
He thrust his spear!
The Star Stone Fire Cloud Spear moved like lightning, the spear leaving the Illusionary Realm and entering the real world. When the spear tip appeared, it was already at the handsome youth’s forehead!
“Puh!” The Ultimate Piercing Truth! It pierced directly through his opponent’s ‘Wave Space’ protective Truth! Although this Truth was decent in defense, it clearly couldn’t resist the Ultimate Piercing head-on.
……
“This… this…” The handsome youth Liehuo was terrified and frightened. Fortunately, he had a magical treasure embedded within his soul. When his mind was dragged into the Illusionary Realm, it automatically activated protection, helping him forcefully escape the Illusionary Realm.
“They… they…” The handsome youth looked at the scene before him. The succubus girl, the black metallic man, the new blade demon, and the demons were flying around, attacking empty space, or even fighting each other as if they were enemies.
“Thankfully, Hongye is awake.” The young man also saw the woman in red robes. They were the strongest two in this team.
Puh!
Before he could think further, his eyes still fixed on the woman in red robes in the distance, suddenly a spear tip appeared before his forehead, instantly piercing through his skull!
His eyes widened in shock.
Just like that… he died?
……
If he had fought against Dongbo Xueying who possessed the Ultimate Piercing and the Star Truth, he might have managed to hold on for a while. However, facing Dongbo Xueying with the Ultimate Piercing, the Star Truth, and the Illusionary Realm Truth—three Truths combined, especially the Illusionary Realm Truth representing the ultimate in illusions, which made Dongbo Xueying a terrifying assassin—just one strike was enough to kill him instantly!
After all, he was still human and not immortal. Many Xia Clan demigods weren’t immortal either! To become immortal, one either had to be a demon or an ancient lifeform with innate gifts, or have awakened ancient bloodlines and consumed two million jin of source stones to harden one’s body to the Saint-Mid level, thereby achieving immortality. Other than that… one would need to master a Truth that granted immortality.
The ‘Wave Space’ Truth clearly had no such immortality effect!
Although the Wave Space Truth was good for defense and could withstand even Gravity Truth attacks.
However, the pure ‘Ultimate Piercing’ pierced straight through his skull, killing him instantly!
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The woman in red robes, ‘Hongye,’ was also shocked: “Such terrifying illusions! My soul cultivation and mental strength had to struggle mightily to break free.”
Others around her were flying aimlessly, attacking empty space, or fighting each other. Clearly, they were all trapped in illusions.
“Liehuo is awake,” Hongye saw the handsome youth in the distance.
Suddenly—
She was shocked to see a spear tip emerge from nothingness, appearing before the handsome youth’s forehead! Then with a ‘pfft,’ it pierced through his protective Truth and his skull. Their team’s finest leader, ‘Liehuo,’ was killed instantly!
At the same time, whether it was the woman in red robes, the black metallic man, the succubus girl, the new blade demon, all four of their minds simultaneously received a message!
“The mission difficulty has increased!”
“The mission difficulty has increased!”
“An unexpected event has occurred! The difficulty has escalated to Nightmare Level!”
When members of the Time-Space Temple ventured into countless worlds for training, they all knew one rule: be extremely cautious, don’t act recklessly. Don’t turn a seemingly ordinary mission into a disaster by provoking a terrifying existence, causing the mission difficulty to skyrocket! If the mission difficulty increased, the rewards upon completion would also be extremely high. However, if one failed to complete it, the consequences would be dire!
So, when one had a certain level of confidence, taking calculated risks for treasures was acceptable. But without confidence, increasing the mission difficulty recklessly could be a death sentence.
Nightmare Level?
This mission was originally at Hard Level, where normally about half the team members would die. Above that was ‘Hell Level,’ where survival odds were nearly impossible. And above that was the highest level—Nightmare Level!
Nightmare Level meant certain death for all ten!
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