Chapter 394: The Realm of Illusions, Setting Loulan Ablaze!
Wei Zhuang immediately thrust his sword, but it felt as if he had stabbed into smoky air.
“Is this another manifestation of the Chiyou Demon Spirit?”
Li Mo murmured as he watched the Grand Priestess, who had vanished without a trace.
“This one is fake. But where is the real one?”
Wei Zhuang slowly sheathed his Shark Fang Sword, speaking with uncertainty.
Li Mo closed his eyes directly; his sensing range could cover most of Loulan City. As long as the real Grand Priestess was still in the city, he would certainly be able to find her.
However, after searching thoroughly several times, he finally confirmed:
There wasn’t a single trace of the Grand Priestess in this city!
“None?”
Wei Zhuang furrowed his brows, also pondering where the real Grand Priestess might be.
“Could she have already met her demise?”
Li Mo shook his head in response. “No, we’re overlooking what… what is it?”
Even though he had sensed something was off about the Grand Priestess, Li Mo felt that things were not as simple as they seemed.
He reflected back to the moment they first entered Loulan and recalled everything until now.
Suddenly, he felt a jolt of realization!
“I got it!”
“What?”
Wei Zhuang stared at him tightly, waiting for the answer.
“The Chiyou Demon Spirit can’t leave, right, right, it’s this!”
Li Mo hurriedly said, “The Chiyou Demon Spirit can’t leave that space. How did it manage to transform into Jing Ni and the Grand Priestess?”
Wei Zhuang exclaimed, “You mean there’s someone else?”
If there truly was someone else behind the scenes, who could it possibly be?
But Li Mo shook his head, denying that notion. “No, the one orchestrating all this is definitely that Chiyou Demon Spirit.”
He and Wei Zhuang had mistakenly entered the formation in that underground space, and there, apart from Donghuang who had already been devoured by the Chiyou Demon Spirit and themselves, the only thing present was the Chiyou Demon Spirit.
So, it had to be its doing.
“So what you’re saying is…”
Wei Zhuang was a bit confused, not understanding what Li Mo was trying to imply.
Li Mo took a few steps forward, standing on a shattered wall and surveying the busy soldiers and laborers.
He astonishingly declared, “This place… and everything here, is fake!”
Wei Zhuang was taken aback.
Li Mo withdrew his gaze, stating firmly, “We are in an illusion!”
At last, the truth was revealed!
From the moment they stepped into that formation, they had already fallen under an illusion.
This was not Loulan at all; they had never been teleported away.
They were still within that mysterious underground space.
Li Mo finally understood why he couldn’t open the Bronze Door beneath his feet no matter what.
Because it didn’t exist!
It was merely a figment of his imagination.
The thing he worried about the most deep down.
Ever since being drawn in here, his greatest fear had been losing contact with Fei Yan and the others.
And lo and behold, his worries had manifested.
The Copper Giant Door shut once more, and he truly lost contact with Fei Yan, the Moon Goddess, and others.
Moreover, the Copper Door was impenetrable.
In despair, he had placed all his hopes on the explosives when suddenly, “Jing Ni” appeared.
Not only did she appear, but she also brought him hope.
If it hadn’t been for Wei Zhuang seeing through her disguise, even using the explosives brought by “Jing Ni” would not have opened that door.
Because the Chiyou Demon Spirit wanted him to feel despair!
To let him clearly sense the loss of Fei Yan and the others!
No wonder “Jing Ni” said this was a place of despair, a place worse than death!
The torment of the mind is far more terrifying than the death of the body!
Wei Zhuang’s gaze turned icy, and he drew his sword.
Without a second word, he slashed at a nearby Golden Armored Guard.
The sharp Shark Fang Sword met little resistance from armor or flesh, easily bisecting him!
The severed Golden Armored Guard fell to the ground, crumbling into a pile of sand.
Yet his companions beside him showed no signs of surprise.
Wei Zhuang struck again, and that Golden Armored Guard immediately transformed into dust.
He turned to those laborers and the Qin soldiers with them.
Without exception, anyone who received a blade became nothing but dust in an instant.
“Just as I thought.”
After slashing a few times, Wei Zhuang paused, as the truth had been confirmed.
Just as Li Mo asserted, everything here—even the Loulan they were in—was fake!
They were trapped in an illusion!
“How do we get out?”
Though the Ghost Valley Lineage also learned the art of Qimen Dunjia, Wei Zhuang had never heard of such an illusion and didn’t know how to break it.
Li Mo pondered for a moment, picked up a fallen torch from the ground.
“Destroy this place, and maybe we can escape.”
With that, he swung his hand and tossed the torch towards the temple.
The temple, constructed from wood, ignited into a raging fire.
Li Mo and Wei Zhuang stood in an open area, watching as Loulan City fell into flames.
Amidst the inferno, figures moved frantically, yet not a single soul screamed in terror.
The fire blazed, illuminating the area as bright as day.
Li Mo scanned the surroundings, and his gaze inadvertently fell on Wei Zhuang.
Suddenly, a chilling thought struck him!
If everything here is fake, then what about this Wei Zhuang before me?
Could he also be fake?
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