"Why isn't Bai Shengyi here?" Yun Youyue frowned, looking at the serene illusion.
Xia Lingling said, "Perhaps he's already dead." She hadn't fought Bai Shengyi before, but based on her impression of the enslaved people of the continent of the gods, a cultivator who had just entered the Golden Core stage and hadn't undergone the tribulation of lightning was nothing to fear.
It was only because Yun Youyue deeply resented Bai Shengyi and was determined to see for herself, coupled with her desire to obtain more Spirit Mansion keys to find the Sanghai Spirit Mansion, that she would waste her time coming in. Because of this, although Xia Lingling was cautious, she wasn't as vigilant as before, walking very casually within the illusion.
Xia Lingling's relaxed demeanor infected Yun Youyue, making her feel that perhaps she was overthinking things. "That's true, this illusion isn't easy to pass. If I hadn't obtained the Spirit Mansion key, we wouldn't be standing here so easily right now..."
Before Yun Youyue could finish speaking, she heard Jin Lingfeng suddenly exclaim. "Youyue, be careful!"
She was pulled aside by Jin Lingfeng, but as she landed, somehow her foot caught on a stone, and she almost fell to the ground ungracefully. Yun Youyue looked up in annoyance, but found nothing unusual at the scene. She frowned, the worry that had just arisen subsided, and she said unhappily to Jin Lingfeng, "Little Martial Uncle, why are you so jumpy? There's nothing here..."
"Yun Youyue! Move aside quickly!" This time, it was Xia Lingling's panicked shout.
Yun Youyue also sensed something behind her and quickly rolled to the side. Just as she moved from her original position, she saw a rabbit with blood-red eyes lunging at her! The rabbit seemed to be targeting Yun Youyue. After missing its first strike, it quickly attacked again!
"Vile creature! You're looking for death!" Yun Youyue's gaze turned cold. She drew her long sword and slit the rabbit's throat.
However, Yun Youyue's action was like disturbing a hornet's nest. Instantly, countless more rabbits swarmed out, vying with each other, baring their teeth, and fiercely pouncing on Yun Youyue! One rabbit was easy to kill, but a hundred rabbits would make one's scalp tingle.
Xia Lingling and Jin Lingfeng quickly came to help. After a hard battle, the three of them barely managed to force the group of rabbits back.
"What's going on? Youyue, don't we have the Spirit Mansion key? Why are these rabbits born from the illusion starting to attack us?" Jin Lingfeng sat on the ground, panting. Rabbit fur clung to his hair and clothes, making him look extremely disheveled.
"I tried to control these rabbits with my divine sense, but it's not working now," Xia Lingling said in a deep voice. All of this seemed to indicate that the illusion was no longer under their control.
Xia Lingling suggested, "I think we should leave first."
"No!" Yun Youyue got up, leaning on her sword. This sword was her life-bound spiritual artifact, the high-grade Earth-tier spiritual artifact that Yun Kai had paid a great price to preserve. Leaning on it, Yun Youyue felt that the momentary panic that flashed through her mind was her overthinking.
"We've already come this far, wouldn't it be a shame to give up? To be timid and fearful is not the spirit of our cultivators!" Moreover, she was the daughter of destiny; nothing would happen to her.
Xia Lingling frowned tightly. She hadn't expected Yun Youyue to be so concerned with cultivating a spirit of facing challenges head-on at such a critical moment! Truly ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth! However, Jin Lingfeng clearly listened to Yun Youyue. She couldn't decide alone, so she had to shut her mouth.
...
In a corner of the illusion.
Bai Shengyi said to Sun Chongyang, "See? I was right. Give them a little 'appetizer,' and not only will they not leave, but they'll be even more convinced that I didn't cause the abnormality in this illusion."
Sun Chongyang looked at Bai Shengyi deeply. In the future, he would provoke anyone but this woman. No matter how much he wanted to reproduce, he would never let this woman lay eggs for him again. This woman not only had high talent but was also good at calculating people's hearts! Sun Chongyang considered himself a person of deep thought, but he truly couldn't understand Yun Youyue's scheme.
"It's simple, because Yun Youyue is a very proud and confident person. She only believes what she sees and her own judgment. Moreover, Yun Youyue is very certain of her own strength." What Bai Shengyi hadn't said was that Yun Youyue seemed to have always believed strongly in opportunities and destiny. Since Yun Youyue had already entered this Spirit Mansion, she must believe that the Spirit Mansion held her destiny, so how could she easily let it go?
"It's your turn to go on stage," Bai Shengyi urged Sun Chongyang. This was the first time Sun Chongyang had been ordered around and didn't feel displeased, because he was also eager to make Yun Youyue suffer!
"Why is there nothing here?" The three of them searched the illusion but found nothing. There was no corpse of Bai Shengyi, nor any change in the illusion. The entire illusion was like a fixed landscape, unchanging.
"Youyue, let's rest for a while. We seem to have been walking for a long time," Jin Lingfeng said. In the illusion, their perception of time seemed to have failed. Jin Lingfeng couldn't sense how long they had been walking, but his legs felt very sore, and he was very tired.
Yun Youyue felt much the same, but she had been holding on without showing it. Seeing Jin Lingfeng mention it, she said, "Okay, Lingling, you rest too." After speaking, Yun Youyue lowered her head to find a spot, and then unexpectedly met a pair of blood-red, deep vertical pupils.
"Ah!" Yun Youyue screamed and turned to dodge, but she was no match for the speed of the owner of those eyes! With a slither of its snake body, a snake tail as thick as an adult's arm whipped over! Yun Youyue raised her sword to block, but the snake tail's force was incredibly powerful, sending her flying backward!
"Youyue!" Jin Lingfeng wanted to help, but found that the place they were standing was actually part of the snake's body, and they couldn't even stand steady.
"Lingling, quickly think of a way," Jin Lingfeng could only ask Xia Lingling for help.
Xia Lingling said, "Don't worry, this snake is probably Sun Chongyang. Yun Youyue can defeat him." Just as Xia Lingling finished speaking, she saw Yun Youyue being whipped away by Sun Chongyang again! This time, Yun Youyue fell even harder, even spitting blood!
Jin Lingfeng couldn't stand it anymore. "Youyue! I'll help you!" But halfway there, he saw Yun Youyue open the Red Lotus Flame Fan and block an attack from Sun Chongyang. On the other hand, Jin Lingfeng was bitten by a rabbit that suddenly pounced out, letting out a scream.
"Idiot!" Yun Youyue couldn't help but curse. Her voice wasn't loud, so Jin Lingfeng couldn't hear it, but Sun Chongyang heard it clearly.
"Jin Lingfeng, did you hear that? You're so worried about Yun Youyue, and she's calling you an idiot," Sun Chongyang asked loudly.
"What? Impossible... Ah... Stop biting! Get away..." Jin Lingfeng faltered, and was bitten on the thigh by a rabbit again, tearing off a piece of flesh. These rabbits were not docile bunnies.
"Little Martial Uncle, don't believe Sun Chongyang's instigation! Wait for me to deal with Sun Chongyang, and then I'll come help you!" Yun Youyue shouted to Jin Lingfeng. Hearing Jin Lingfeng say he believed her, Yun Youyue turned back and began to face Sun Chongyang squarely.
"I was too careless just now. Sun Chongyang, do you think that with your heavily injured state, you can defeat the two of us, me and Xia Lingling?" Xia Lingling, instead of helping the clearly more dangerous Jin Lingfeng, walked to Yun Youyue's side.
"Bitch, I knew you'd think that." Sun Chongyang bared a sinister cold smile.
"Do you think I'd be that foolish?" Yun Youyue was startled. What did he mean? But before she could think further, Sun Chongyang's attacks came one after another.