"She really is a simpleton." Wang Baole's heart was filled with excitement. After entering the illusion again, he was used to it, and almost instantly regained consciousness.
As he looked around, Wang Baole couldn't help but let out a soft cry of surprise.
He was no longer surrounded by the little white deer from his previous life. Instead, he was surrounded by an expanse of nothingness. It was pitch black, with no stars, no aura. All he could see was boundless darkness, coldness, and deathly stillness.
"This place …." Wang Baole's mind trembled. Although he had been looking forward to this for a long time, and had also experienced his previous life in the illusion, he was still shaken by the red-robed woman's divine ability.
Truly … it was easier to create illusions with images and stories from his previous life. But this place … contained the memories of his previous life, of him drifting about in the nothingness, and the red-robed woman was able to reflect them.
Wang Baole's soul trembled, and he immediately began to examine his surroundings. The first thing he looked at was himself. It was the same as in his memories of his previous life. Shockingly, he … was a black wooden board.
There was nothing else.
Wang Baole sat there silently for a moment. Unwilling to give up, he carefully examined his surroundings again. He really treasured this illusion, because in his previous life, when he was in this state, he didn't have much of a sense of self.
Unfortunately, no matter how Wang Baole examined himself, he couldn't see anything special about the nothingness. It was in this way that he felt the same tugging sensation again and again. However, Wang Baole didn't care about that.
After the tugging sensation reached him more than thirty times, Wang Baole sighed and gave up on observing his surroundings. He felt that perhaps there really wasn't anything special about him during his dozens of lives in the nothingness. Therefore, he decided to look forward to the rest of the illusion.
Before long, the tugging sensation reached him again, and the nothingness around him began to collapse. Wang Baole knew that this meant that the illusion was about to end. The red-robed simpleton had once again failed to create the wooden puppet.
However, even as more cracks appeared, and the illusion seemed to be on the verge of collapse, Wang Baole's mind suddenly trembled. He turned his head and looked off into the distance.
There, he vaguely saw a thin thread. However, he didn't have time to confirm it before the void in front of him collapsed. Wang Baole's consciousness returned, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the same red-eyed, red-robed simple-minded man in front of him, panting heavily, and filled with rage.
"What did I see just now?" Wang Baole didn't bother with the red-robed fool. He frowned and tried to recall what had happened. As he tried to recall, the red-robed woman in front of him seemed to be unable to control her anger. She let out a furious roar.
The roar formed a hurricane that erupted in the world and disrupted Wang Baole's train of thought. That made Wang Baole unhappy. He raised his head, frowned, and glanced at the Red Shirt.
"Can you keep your voice down?"
The red-robed woman's single eye was filled with madness. She lifted her trembling right hand and pointed at Wang Baole. In the blink of an eye … Wang Baole was once again in the illusion.
This time, the red-robed woman quickly grabbed the wooden puppet that Wang Baole had transformed into. She didn't use her hands to pull it, but rather, without hesitation, put it in her mouth and bit down viciously!
A boom rang out as Wang Baole, who had just entered the illusion, woke up. Before he could even look around, he felt a numbness in his neck. This time, it wasn't a tugging sensation, but rather, an invisible force that had turned into a guillotine and was trying to cut through his neck.
But obviously … it was useless.
Wang Baole scratched his neck. Ignoring the feeling, he looked around and tried to recall what he had felt before. Then, he spread out his mind and Divine Sense to examine the area.
It was in this fashion that, after the invisible guillotine had fallen more than ten times, Wang Baole once again caught sight of a thin thread off in the distance!
"It's over there!" Wang Baole's eyes lit up, and he immediately sent his Divine Sense out in pursuit of the thread. However, no matter how hard Wang Baole tried, the thread seemed impossible to get close to. It appeared and disappeared mysteriously. Often, it would appear to be in front of him, but in the next instant, it would appear in the opposite direction.
Wang Baole grew anxious, and his Divine Sense spread out even faster. He even unleashed a divine ability, causing his Divine Sense to split into multiple clones as he attempted to get close to the thread.
However, he still couldn't touch it or get close to it, much less see what it was.
Time flew by. After the thirty-fifth time the guillotine fell, the world collapsed, and Wang Baole woke up. He saw the red-robed woman in front of him, her eyes filled with madness. He also saw … a tooth in her mouth that seemed to be worn out.
He even sensed some unknown liquid on his hair and neck. However … although Wang Baole could see all of this, he wasn't in the mood to pay attention to it.
This was because the moment he woke up, his Divine Sense surged like a tidal wave. He was shocked to discover that his Divine Sense had unknowingly improved from a few steps away from the perfected Stellar Realm to more than thirty steps away!
This improvement was so terrifying that it caused Wang Baole's eyes to shine brightly. He ignored the red-robed woman's madness and the fact that he didn't know what she had done to him that caused his hair and neck to be covered in liquid. Instead, he cupped his fists and bowed to her with a fiery gaze, full of anticipation and even gratitude.
"Senior, thank you for your kindness …"
Roar! Before Wang Baole could finish speaking, the red-robed woman, who felt an indescribable provocation, stood up from her sitting position. She raised her hands and grabbed at Wang Baole at the same time.
Wang Baole was moved and even more grateful. He didn't dodge and even took the initiative to fly over. In an instant … he entered the illusory realm again. He was still in the void, and he was still searching for the thread at full speed.
This time, after withstanding the pull, the fall of the guillotine, and even being crushed multiple times, Wang Baole's Divine Sense grew stronger and more divided. Finally … for a moment, he got close to the thread and saw … what it looked like!
It was …
A severed hand!
The severed hand was filled with indescribably dense natural and magical laws, as well as the aura of a Great Dao. Just looking at it caused Wang Baole's Divine Sense to tremble. It was as if countless streams of information were pouring into his mind. Almost all of the Divine Clones that had been split off exploded. Only his true soul was barely able to hold on.
The void around him collapsed. Wang Baole didn't have time to look at the red-robed woman. He quickly closed his eyes, as if he were using this method to seal his gains and prevent them from leaking out. His body trembled violently as his Divine Sense absorbed and digested the information. It was as if his Dao was being replenished and transformed. In the blink of an eye, his Divine Sense was restored, and his Divine Sense was restored. It went from thirty steps to ninety!
Wang Baole's body trembled, and when he opened his eyes, they shone with a burning light that surpassed anything from before. When he looked at the red-robed woman, his heart was in turmoil.
He had already guessed who the severed hand belonged to, and because of that, he was shocked that the red-robed woman was able to manifest it.
"Perhaps it's because they share the same origin?" Even as the answer appeared in Wang Baole's mind, the red-robed woman began to pant. She seemed to have lost all reason as she glared at Wang Baole and howled. However, in the next moment, she seemed to struggle for a moment. For the first time, her hand did not land on Wang Baole, but rather, off to the side ….
There, a vortex appeared. That was the exit.
Wang Baole was dumbfounded to see that the woman had stopped playing around and was trying to drive him away. He immediately grew anxious. How could he possibly give up on such an opportunity? His mind raced, and after a long moment, he glared at the red-robed woman and shouted, "Hey!"
Wang Baole lifted his right hand. His expression was one of disdain and arrogance as he beckoned the red-robed woman over. "Silly girl, come here!"
The red-robed woman suppressed her anger. She looked at Wang Baole for a moment, then forced herself to ignore him.
Wang Baole grew even more anxious. He quickly tried to come up with other ideas. However, no matter how he provoked her, the red-robed woman did her best to control herself. In the end, she lost her patience. She waved her finger, causing the vortex to emit a gravitational force. Wang Baole tried his best, but he was still being sucked in.
That made Wang Baole's eyes turn red. Finally, with a loud roar, he leaped into the air. His target was … in front of the red-robed lady. He flew towards the wooden puppets that she was obviously very fond of. He looked like he was going to take all of them away.
The red-robed woman, who had been restraining herself for so long, couldn't hold back any longer. She stood up, and her energy exploded out. The entire world trembled, and cracks spread out as if it might collapse at any moment. Wang Baole's heart began to pound, and he wondered if he had gone too far. The red-robed woman suddenly transformed into a beam of red light that shot toward Wang Baole ….
In the blink of an eye, she entered his body!
Wang Baole's mind filled with a roaring sound, and then … he lost consciousness!
In the next instant … he saw a scene that caused his heart to turn upside down. That scene … was none other than the scene of an enormous block of wood slowly descending inch by inch from a vortex in the void that led to some unknown location, under the worship of countless cultivators!
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I still owe four chapters. I'll make up for them tomorrow. Today, I'll spend some time with my family. Thanks.
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