by Feng Yise
"Let's also set off for the main peak. Everybody be more careful, don't fall into the illusionary realm. On Yellow Millet Mountain, divine king powerhouses are unable to fly too, we can only go on foot. For 100 thousand years, there has yet to be anybody capable of walking up the main peak. Also not sure whether we can reach it or not." Yue Lingyu said with a slightly solemn expression.
Behind them, there were still many martial artists with formidable strength rushing the formation. But whether or not they were able to walk out would have to depend on their own luck.
Inside this space, even experts on the level of Yue Lingyu might not be able to protect themselves either. They also seriously had no energy to go care about others.
Along the way, it was all Zhou Boping and Yue Lingyu, the two people blazing the trail. Ye Yuan and the rest were happily idle.
But Ye Yuan discovered that the roadside scenery seemed to be exactly alike. It did not change the entire time.
He had constantly maintained Heart Like Monolith heart realm, and could confirm that he was not seeing hallucinations. But the scenery wayside gave people an extremely unreal feeling.
Actually, ever since entering the Vastsun Bright Moon Realm, Ye Yuan had constantly felt very strange in his heart.
But where it was odd, he himself could not put his finger to it either.
Right at this time, Yue Lingyu's expression suddenly changed and she said solemnly, "Not good, we seem to have fallen into a heavy encirclement! There are several auras which are very powerful. Zhou Boping, respond carefully."
Zhou Boping's face was very grim as well. Nodding his head, he said to Zhou Yan, "Yan-er, there are divine king powerhouses among these walking corpses. In a while, I might not be able to divide my attention. You be careful yourself!"
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Rest assured, grand-uncle, Yan-er knows how to act appropriately!"
Yue Lingyu did not turn her head around, but instructed Yue Jianfeng, "Jianfeng, Ye Yuan and Li-er will be left to you!"
"Yes!" Yue Jianfeng said in a solemn voice.
Very soon, a large group of dark silhouettes appeared indistinctly within the forest.
Each and every one of these dark shadows' aura was very powerful. There were even two who already reached divine king realm!
Yue Lingyu's face turned cold and she suddenly smacked a palm out.
Rumble!
The palm of a divine king, the imposing momentum was incomparably shocking, directly killing a large swathe of dark shadows whose strength were weaker.
Zhou Boping was not resigned to playing second fiddle too. The Vastsun Flameheart Pupil suddenly erupted, similarly exterminating a large swathe.
However, the surrounding walking corpses were seriously too many. Furthermore, those whose strength were formidable also avoided the two of their attacks.
Yue Jianfeng, Zhou Yan, and Yue Mengli, each and every one of them were akin to facing a a great enemy, all awaiting in full battle-array.
"What are you guys going?" Ye Yuan suddenly spoke up, seeming so discordant.
Zhou Yan's gaze swept over coldly and he berated, "So many walking corpses, are you blind?"
"Walking corpses? Where are there walking corpses?" Ye Yuan said with nonchalance.
Yue Lingyu and Zhou Boping involuntarily became alarmed inwardly, each shutting their eyes, revolving essence energy and soul force to the limits. When they opened them again, there were still lots and lots of walking corpses surrounding them.
This was not a hallucination!
"Can't you see? We've already fallen into a tight encirclement!" Yue Lingyu said to Ye Yuan.
She was somewhat uncertain right now, just whether she fell into an illusion, or was it Ye Yuan himself who fell into an illusion.
Zhou Boping said solemnly, "This boy definitely fell into an illusion! Right now, powerful enemies lie ahead. We can't bother with him either. Whether he lives or dies will depend on himself!"
Done talking, Zhou Boping leaped and directly charged over, facing off with a divine king powerhouse.
Yue Lingyu's expression changed and she said to Yue Mengli, "Li-er, I have no time to take care of you guys right now. You look after Ye Yuan. Hope that we can charge out of the tight encirclement!"
Finished talking, Yue Lingyu also suddenly attacked, clashing together with another divine king powerhouse.
Two mighty divine kings attacking, the momentum was very shocking. But there were still even more other experts currently glaring like ravening tigers by the side, already pouncing over here.
"It's okay, Big Brother Yuan! With Li-er here, I won't let people harm you!" Yue Mengli blocked in front of Ye Yuan and said resolutely.
On the other side, when Zhou Yan saw this scene, he gnashed his teeth until it made grinding sounds. It's an idiom which is an analogy for how dreams of riches are fleeting. The idiom comes from a story where after a guy finishes dreaming of riches, he wakes up and discovers that the yellow millet isn't even cooked yet.
Chapter 963 - Ye Yuan Fell Victim!
The two mighty divine kings were currently in the midst of fierce fighting, but Ye Yuan's expression was grim.
The others all saw walking corpses covering the hills and plains, only he alone could not see.
They all felt that it was Ye Yuan who got hit with the illusionary art, and fell into an illusion.
Because Ye Yuan's strength was the 'weakest', and his cultivation was also the lowest.
Bang!
Zhou Boping was struck by a palm from that divine king expert opposite, directly injuring him.
But what was strange was that Ye Yuan actually saw that Zhou Boping really sustained injuries, and even vomited a large mouthful of fresh blood!
Ye Yuan drew a deep breath, aware that this illusion was extremely formidable; a mixture of truth and falsehood. What was authentic and fake were indistinguishable.
If they kept fighting, the rest of them would lose their lives here, or become walking corpses!
Ye Yuan slowly shut both eyes and revolved his essence energy to the limits. Forming a seal veiled in mystery in his hand, he suddenly gave a loud shout: "Jie!"
Ye Yuan's voice spread out like rolling thunder, and actually had a kind of magical power that penetrated the soul, enlightening the benighted!
Yue Mengli and Zhou Yan who were beside him were suddenly startled, as if they had woken up from a dream. All of the falsehood and ethereal before their eyes all disappeared.
Yue Lingyu and Zhou Boping similarly trembled all over, their eyes revealing a look of disbelief.
With this shout of Ye Yuan's, all of the walking corpses vanished from sight.
"We … it was actually us who fell into an illusion!" Yue Lingyu said somewhat disbelievingly.
Two mighty divine kings actually fell into an illusion at the same time and did not know. How frightening did this illusionary art have to be?
Furthermore, the Yue Family's Moonlight Heavenly Eye was also originally known for illusionary arts. She actually also fell for it unknowingly!
"Heh, this Yellow Millet Mountain's reputation is indeed well-deserving of its fame!" Ye Yuan said with a slight pant.
Just now, he directly scattered the illusionary art that the few people fell for with the 'Jie' character inside the Nine Characters True Word Formula. He himself also suffered a great loss of vitality.
The 'Jie' character, could break myriad laws under the heavens.
Ye Yuan cultivated for a long time. Although he could not achieve this level, if he went all out, breaking illusionary arts was still feasible.
It was just that this way, he himself also had heavy losses in essence energy, and needed to regulate his breathing properly for a while.
"Ye Yuan, how did you do it? This illusionary art is very formidable, I actually succ.u.mbed to the illusionary art and was not aware. You're actually able to not be affected? Furthermore, that word you spoke earlier seemed to contain the maxim of Great Dao. What was that?" Yue Lin
gyu inquired full of doubts and suspicions.
Zhou Boping and Zhou Yan also perked their ears up. Clearly, they were all very curious as to why only Ye Yuan was fine.
Ye Yuan said coolly, "Although your cultivation realms are high, your heart realms are too low. The strongest is also merely Heart Like Still Water, while I've long stepped into Heart Like Monolith Realm already! As for that word, it was a spell which I learned by accident. It can break myriad laws."
"Alright, Big Brother Yuan's exhaustion is tremendous. Better let him rest a bit first. We'll stand guard for him." Yue Mengli defended Ye Yuan.
Yue Lingyu and Zhou Boping exchanged glances, both endlessly shocked in their hearts.
The dao of heart realm was exceedingly difficult to cultivate, because there was no approach at all. But Ye Yuan's heart realm had actually long stepped into Heart Like Monolith at a young age already. This was too terrifying.
But it was also fortunate that Ye Yuan's means were heaven-defying. Otherwise … they thought about it and also felt endless fear after the event.
Falling into an illusionary realm in this Yellow Millet Mountain, there was a very good chance that one would become a walking corpse.
An outcome like this was not acceptable to them.
Setting off on the journey once more, everyone were much more careful, fearful of falling into an illusion a second time.
Treading carefully along the way, they finally arrived at the foot of the main peak.
Right at this time, another group of people arrived at the foot of the mountain. They were none other than precisely Han Tong and company.
It was truly: enemies meet on a narrow path. Did not expect that when they reached the foot of the main peak, they actually ran into them once again.
Except, Han Tong and co. looked to be in a wretched plight. Moreover, Ruan Shuangzhou's figure was gone. Also no idea if they got separated, or they ran into walking corpses on the way and got stuck inside.
But no matter what, there was no way Yue Lingyu and Zhou Boping would let this opportunity slip by.
Virtually right at the first moment he saw Ye Yuan and co, Han Tong displayed his movement technique, escaping up the mountain frenziedly.
How could Yue Lingyu duo be willing to let him go? Their figures swept past, chasing after Han Tong immediately. The three people vanished from everyone's line of sight very quickly.
This group of people who remained were also too weak to stand up to competition in Yue Jianfeng's eyes.
Yue Jianfeng also did not show the least bit of leniency. directly brandishing his sword and charging over.
Over here, only Ye Yuan, Yue Mengli, and Zhou Yan were left.
This time, Ye Yuan did not stop Yue Lingyu duo and Yue Jianfeng. He just observed from the sidelines with a cold glance, and did not say a word.
Suddenly, Ye Yuan s.u.c.k.e.d in a deep breath and said to Yue Mengli with a profound meaning, "Who exactly is your esteemed self? To be able to make this Ye succ.u.mb to an illusionary art unknowingly, truly impressive!"
Yue Mengli was stupefied and said baffledly, "Big Brother Yuan, what nonsense are you saying? I'm Li-er!"
Zhou Yan's expression changed too and he reproached, "Ye Yuan, why are you going off your rocker again?"
But Ye Yuan was unmoved and said calmly, "This Ye's heart realm has long reached Heart Like Monolith already. But I still didn't notice when I fell for the illusionary art. Your esteemed self's measures are startling. But even more lifelike illusionary arts also have flaws. You can perfectly replicate other people's personality, bearing, words, but some things, you can't replicate them in the end."
Yue Mengli had a panic-stricken look. Pulling Ye Yuan, she said, "Big Brother Yuan, quickly wake up! I … I'm really Li-er! Just what kind of nonsense are you saying?"
Ye Yuan gave a cold laugh and suddenly smacked a palm out with overwhelming force, directly slamming onto Yue Mengli's c.h.e.s.t, sending her flying out.
"Puhwark …"
Yue Mengli did not resist in the slightest. A mouthful of blood sprayed out, dyeing her clothes red.
When Zhou Yan saw this scene, he could not help flying into a great rage. He pointed at Ye Yuan's nose and scolded, "Ye Yuan, Li-er is head-over-heels in love with you, you … you actually bear to hurt her? I'll kill you!"
Ye Yuan said with a cold smile, "Kill me, is it? That will have to depend on whether you have that capability or not!"
A violent aura suddenly unleashed. Ye Yuan's Slaughter Concept and Azure Dipper Floating Zero Sword Intent burst forth spectacularly. A swift and fierce sword intent headed straight for Zhou Yan!
Swish!
Zhou Yan unleashed the Vastsun Flameheart Pupil, but Ye Yuan's Spirit Extinguishing Azure Cloud Sword was too terrifying, directly blasting apart the Vastsun Flameheart Pupil, slicing off Zhou Yan's arm.
"Ahh! Lunatic! You lunatic!" Zhou Yan looked at Ye Yuan and roared.
But Ye Yuan looked at all this coldly, and said to Yue Mengli indifferently, "Alright, no need to act anymore! Since I've already seen through your illusionary art, no matter how pitifully and delicate you act, I won't be softhearted either. If you don't believe, I can kill you with one slash!"
Yue Mengli suffered Ye Yuan's palm and was originally lying on the ground in unbearable agony.
Hearing Ye Yuan's words, she actually slowly stood up, as if she did not suffer any injuries at all!
While at this time, the Zhou Yan by the side, and the crowd fighting over there, all vanished from sight, as if they had never appeared before!
All of this was actually really just an illusion!
"When did you find out?" Yue Mengli looked at Ye Yuan and said with a gleeful smile.
Chapter 964 - Matching Magic Powers!
"Your illusionary arts indeed have no flaws to exploit. But inside the illusion previously, you said to me 'with you around, you won't let people hurt me.' If it was the real Li-er, she wouldn't say so!" Ye Yuan said coolly.
The fake Li-er said with a smile, "Looks like it was me who made an unnecessary move."
Ye Yuan nodded and said, "This illusion, everything is so lifelike. But the greatest flaw is yourself. Because they are all illusionary, while you … are real!"
The fake Li-er sighed with admiration as she said, "Being hit with an illusionary art and actually still having such terrifying analytical abilities. You're indeed different from the rest! Even those two divine kings are much worse compared to you. It's just that even if you saw through the illusionary art, wanting to break free from inside the illusion can't be done too."
Seeing through an illusion and breaking free from inside the illusionary realm, these were two entirely different matters.
How could an illusionary art capable of making Ye Yuan fall for it be that easy to resolve?
Truly powerful illusionary arts was to let the martial artist clearly know that they got caught in an illusionary realm but just could not break free.
In the end, they would still sink inside forever.
However, Ye Yuan did not seem to care about this. He just said coolly, "Where did you send Li-er?"
Although the words were calm, the killing intent revealed was a little short of materializing.
The fake Li-er said with a faint smile, "Don't be agitated, she's very safe. Everyone is safe. But want to meet her, you have got to come out from inside the illusion first. However … you only have three days! After three days, she'll probably be staying in Yellow Millet Mountain forever."
While talking, the fake Li-er's figure slowly became faint, finally turning into nothing.
Following her disappearance, this stretch of space became deathly still, making people shiver without being cold.
Ye Yuan's face fell slightly. He was ruminating over the meaning in fake Li-er's words.
Seemed like everyone who came to Yellow Millet Mountain fell to the illusionary art. If he was unable to break free from the illusionary realm within three days, Li-er would likely sink into t
he illusion forever, becoming a walking corpse.
No, wait, there should be one person who had not fallen to the illusionary art!
Han Tong!
Han Tong had the Spirithorn Shattering Mirror in his hands. This divine artifact subjugated illusions the most. Wanting to make him fall into an illusionary realm was probably even harder than ascending to the heavens!
Since he dared to head straight for Yellow Millet Mountain, this divine artifact was naturally not randomly brought along.
Thinking up to here, Ye Yuan felt the pressure mounting. If he did not go out early, the consequences would be too ghastly to imagine.
Also, just who in the world was this that made everyone fall into an illusion?
Could it be … the Sun Moon Heavenly Pupil?
Sun Moon Heavenly Pupil, just what kind of existence was it?
Ye Yuan drew a deep breath, chasing away all the doubts in his head.
Now was not the time to consider these. The urgent matter on hand was still breaking free of the illusionary realm!
Ye Yuan also could not figure out just when did he fall for the illusionary art. The rest all fell for the illusionary art previously, only he alone was clear-headed and even used the 'Jie' character to wake everyone up.
If the 'Jie' character could break free from the illusion, then he succ.u.mbed to the illusionary art after that. If it could not break the illusion … could it be that he already succ.u.mbed to it before entering Yellow Millet Mountain?
Dismissing distracting thoughts, Ye Yuan revolved essence energy to the limits and suddenly gave a fierce cry.
"Jie!"
The scenery before Ye Yuan's eyes blurred. The surroundings finally recovered signs of life!
A bright moon hung above the main peak with indistinct shadows around. There were walking corpses moving about.
Not far away, Yue Jianfeng stood here, his eyes completely blank. Clearly, he fell for the illusionary art too. But as for the rest, there were no traces to be seen.
Ye Yuan's face brightened up. The 'Jie' character really broke free from the illusionary realm!
Breaking free of the illusionary realm, Ye Yuan suffered a great loss in vitality too. He hurriedly swallowed a medicinal pill to recover his strength.