While Su Ping was muttering to himself, he suddenly saw Joanna waving at him from the front.
The gray fog surrounded Joanna again, as if it was going to drown her. Her face was a little blurred in the fog, but her eyes could be seen, and they were exceptionally bright.
All of a sudden, Su Ping was surprised to see those eyes.
He felt like he had seen this scene before.
Was it in the shop?
Su Ping suddenly thought of something and withdrew his gaze. It was an illusion, and if he really followed the illusion, he would only fall into it. He did not move forward, but went in the opposite direction.
Behind him, Joanna's figure stood quietly, watching him leave.
Soon, Joanna's figure was covered by the fog. Su Ping continued forward, slowly extending his perception. After absorbing the owl demon spirit, Su Ping could sense about ten meters in the fog. If it was before, three meters would be his limit.
Woo woo!
Suddenly, a whimpering sound came from above Su Ping's head. Su Ping looked up and saw a patch of black hair flying past. The whimpering sound seemed to be coming from the black hair.
"Is it a demon spirit? An illusion? "
Su Ping squinted his eyes and thought for a moment. Then, he condensed a stone with his mind and shot it out.
The stone went straight through the black hair without any obstruction. Su Ping let out a breath of relief. The black hair seemed to have been alerted by him and swooped down towards him.
Su Ping thought it was an illusion and did not pay much attention to it. However, when the black hair approached, a cold aura suddenly rushed up to his back. Su Ping's pupils shrank, and he suddenly attacked. A sharp sword appeared in his palm, and he instantly slashed it out.
A miserable cry was heard. The black hair was cut open. Blood and flesh could be seen wriggling inside. At the same time, Su Ping saw a dent where the black hair had been hit. It meant that the stone he had condensed with his mind had hit the spirit. It was just that the spirit had used some kind of trick to fool him into thinking that the stone had gone through.
"It's really hard to guard against." Su Ping wore a solemn look. He was familiar with this feeling. He had encountered all kinds of strange creatures in some dangerous places in the cultivation sites.
Su Ping had developed a keen sense of vigilance in that kind of environment, which allowed him to avoid getting hurt.
Su Ping quickly slashed out with his sword and sliced the Demon Spirit into pieces. He then clenched his fist and a suction force pulled the Demon Spirit's corpse into his body.
The demon spirit's gravel turned into smoke-like energy and quickly floated into his body. Su Ping quickly felt that his senses had become a lot sharper. His perception had increased by about a meter.
"This demon spirit isn't as scary as the previous one, but its bewitchment skills aren't inferior either." Su Ping became more cautious and moved forward slowly. Although he knew that Consul Tan was by his side and would take action if there was any danger, he would never entrust his hope of survival to others.
Su Ping kept moving forward in the thick fog. Occasionally, he would hear some singing, which was tempting. Su Ping followed the sound but saw nothing.
Occasionally, he would feel something brushing against his arm. Su Ping couldn't sense anything, but he felt something was rubbing against his arm. When he checked his body, he realized that it was just an illusion.
"It's too real. It's hard to tell the real ones from the fake ones. The only way is to treat all the illusions as Demon Spirits. This will consume a lot of energy, but it's the safest way."
He walked for a long time. Suddenly, another beautiful person appeared in the thick fog. It was Joanna.
She stood in the thick fog. Her face was blurred by the fog, but her eyes were clear and bright. She was gazing at Su Ping and waving at him.
"This illusion is too fake."
Su Ping shook his head. He knew that Joanna couldn't leave the store, so she couldn't be there.
If it were his parents or that naughty sister of his who ran around, he might have been confused for a moment. However, Joanna and Tang Ruyan were his close friends. They were locked in the store by the system and couldn't come out.
Su Ping turned around and left.
Every time the illusion appeared, she would wave at him, as if she was trying to lead him to her. No matter why Joanna would appear, it was best to stay away from her.
This time, Su Ping didn't go in the opposite direction. Instead, he turned to the left.
He ran into some more Demon Spirits along the way. Su Ping killed them all. His perception had increased to a range of 16 meters.
Right then, a blurry shadow appeared in front of him. As the fog dispersed, Su Ping saw a huge tree and an old man standing under the tree.
"Huh?"
Su Ping frowned when he saw the old man. It was the same old man he saw under the tree in Luofu. Back then, he was playing chess with a toad. However, he seemed to be playing chess alone at the moment.
He's probably the Deity Emperor of Luofu. He can't be here. Otherwise, the entire Federation would have been alarmed by the arrival of the Deity Emperor. That's a being beyond the Celestial State. Su Ping shook his head and was about to leave.
However, the old man suddenly stopped playing chess and said to Su Ping, "She's the closest person to you. You should trust her."
"Huh?"
Su Ping looked at him in surprise.
"You're the chosen one, right? We've been waiting for you for a long time …" The old man stood up slowly and looked at Su Ping with a kind smile.
"What chosen one? Are you talking about Joanna?" Su Ping raised his eyebrows.
"It's called the 'System' and is looking for inheritors in the heavens. You're the inheritor it found, and you're the one with the best performance." The old man stared at Su Ping and said, "Your friend is helping you. She used to be your employee. You should know that she won't harm you. You're in a very dangerous place now …"
"What?"
Su Ping was speechless.
If even the System knew about it, it meant that the illusion in front of him came from his heart.
After all, Deity Emperor Luofu would never come here. Moreover, Joanna would never appear here. Moreover, this old man knew about the System. The System was hidden the deepest and was his biggest secret. The Deity Emperor couldn't possibly know about it.
It wasn't that Su Ping was conceited, but he felt that the Deity Emperor wouldn't be able to detect the existence of the System. After all, according to the Archean Divinity's classification, the Deity Emperor was above the Celestial State. In the Archean Divinity, the Deity Emperor was the same. Above the Deity Emperor was the Ancestor God!
The System didn't even care about the Ancestor God. How could it be sensed by a mere Deity Emperor?
"That Consul Tan is beside me, but I can't sense him. This means that it's very likely that this is my inner world, or the world of consciousness. It's caused by the special environment of the Unreal Sea. In other words, these illusions are an extension of my inner subconscious, including what they're saying …"
Su Ping glanced at the old man. Back then, the old man had helped him condense two Immortal Spirals and turned his physique into that of an immortal. He would remember this favor. Although he knew that it was an illusion, he didn't act impolitely. He shook his head and left.
"This is the sky …" The old man saw that Su Ping was about to leave and hurriedly spoke. However, just as he said the word "sky", his body suddenly trembled and his figure became much more illusory. He looked a little pale, but he still stared at Su Ping and said, "Why don't you try to believe in your friend?"
"My friend is outside. She's not here," Su Ping replied and turned to leave.
"Outside …"
The old man muttered to himself. His figure was gradually covered by the thick fog. Then, he turned into a part of the fog and disappeared with the giant tree behind him.
Su Ping noticed this and shook his head. It was indeed an illusion. Or perhaps it was an illusion controlled by some demon spirit to lure him closer.
"If this is my world of consciousness and these demon spirits seeped in through the Unreal Sea, then I should be able to control my own world of consciousness."
Su Ping muttered to himself and tried to imagine a vast plain.
Soon, the plain appeared before his eyes. It was extremely vast, just as he had imagined.
"As expected …"
Su Ping's eyes lit up and he walked toward the plain. However, just as he was about to step on it, he suddenly felt his hair stand on end. Su Ping's scalp went numb and he immediately retreated. At the same time, he saw a figure whizzing past and rushing into the plain. It seemed to be a human figure. Then, a thick fog appeared on the plain and an angry roar came from within.
The fog was surging. Very soon, a furious roar was heard. "I've killed even the heavens. Do you think I'm scared of your lingering thoughts? Disperse!"
The fog churned violently, and then a figure flew out from it. At the same time, a blood moon appeared in the thick fog. As the fog dispersed, a blood-red eye appeared. This eye grew on an extremely ferocious and huge head. It was a colossal creature that stood tall like a mountain and was thousands of meters long.
"Bloody eye, pig body, lion claws …" Su Ping narrowed his eyes as he looked at the hideous demon spirit. "This is the Black Viper mentioned in the Loulan family's files! It's a Class S demon spirit that only appears during the Black Tide. Why is it here? I've only just arrived. This should be the periphery! "
Su Ping felt that his head was about to explode. According to the Loulan family's files, even Ascendant State experts would have to flee at the sight of an unstoppable S-class demon spirit!
He would rather believe that what he was seeing was an illusion!
An illusion caused by his own fear, or an illusion created by a certain demon spirit!
However, the oppressive aura in front of him seemed to be real. Su Ping felt that his body was stiff, as if it had been bound by an invisible force, making it impossible for him to move!
At the same time, he heard a scream deep inside his head. Then, Su Ping saw a slim illusion appear next to him. It was Consul Tan!
After the slender figure appeared, it suddenly flew out and charged towards the Black Nightmare Demon Spirit.
"Damn it. It's real!"
Su Ping couldn't have looked more awful. Consul Tan's telepathic message wouldn't have appeared if he hadn't felt that his life was in danger.
Run!
Su Ping turned around and ran while Consul Tan's telepathic message was buying him time.
However, the moment he turned around, a blood-curdling scream rang out. Consul Tan's mental image had just flown in front of the Black Nightmare Demon Spirit when it was torn apart by the black vortex that appeared on the surface of the Black Nightmare Demon Spirit's body.
They're not on the same level at all. Even an Ascendant State expert would have been crushed. Su Ping's face was pale; he hadn't experienced death in a long time. He had died countless times in the cultivation sites, but he had gotten used to being resurrected; his fear of death had diminished a lot. However, he was in the real world; death was real!
Did someone from the Loulan family set me up, or did something happen in the Ocean of Illusions? I've only just arrived and I've already run into something like this. Wouldn't the people who came before me have been wiped out? The Loulan family must have noticed something if that's the case … Su Ping's mind was in a mess; he could only run for his life.
The Black Viper roared and charged at Su Ping; the space around him was trembling.
Exactly then, the person that had been repelled into the mist dashed out again and charged at the Black Viper.
"Run! I'll stop him!"
"You're just a lingering spirit. Kneel before me!!"
That person dashed past Su Ping. The first sentence was directed at Su Ping. The two of them passed by. Su Ping saw a pair of eyes that were filled with fighting spirit. They were sharp and bright, like stars. That pair of eyes seemed to be burning with passion and fighting spirit; they were indomitable.
Su Ping was stunned. In an instant, he heard the sounds of fighting behind him. The young man who claimed to be Su Ping's original self was roaring and so was the Black Viper.
Su Ping ran as fast as he could. He didn't look back until he was far away.
The mist was tumbling and there was a faint tremor.
That person … isn't an illusion? Su Ping's mind was in a mess. He felt he had seen that pair of eyes somewhere before. But he was sure that he had never met that person, not even in the cultivation sites. After all, that pair of eyes was too special. No one could forget them after just one look!
"If this is the world of my consciousness, then only these strange demon spirits can infiltrate here. This person … could it be my hallucination?"
But can illusions fight against demon spirits? Unless everything I'm experiencing right now is an illusion. From the beginning to the end, I might have only met one demon spirit and fallen into an illusion created by the demon spirit … "
"But, isn't this illusion too realistic? The increase in strength I received from absorbing the Owl Demon Spirit was real. Could it be that the illusion can even deceive one's senses …?"
The more Su Ping thought about it, the more horrified he became. However, he still had one question. Su Ping had always thought that his willpower was better than his peers. If everything he was seeing was just an illusion, wouldn't other Star State or even Star Lords be affected?
That's not normal. It can't be. That is to say, everything I'm seeing isn't an illusion. I'm not being deceived; it's real. But who is that person?
Su Ping had more and more questions. The Unreal Ocean was a mysterious realm that even the Federation couldn't fully grasp. It was a special space that couldn't even be defined.
However, after countless explorations, the basic rules and information of the Unreal Ocean were rather stable. However, what Su Ping was experiencing seemed to have broken the rules.
It didn't make sense that monsters as strong as the Owl Spirit and the Black Viper had appeared at the periphery.
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