Lin Huang and Saber9's expressions changed when they sensed this terrifying suppression.
The Dead Spirit Vine earlier was already a peak ninth-rank Heavenly God powerhouse. This suppression now was even more powerful than before. There was no doubt that it was a half-step Lord.
Although he was rather curious about the gap between his abilities and that of a half-step Lord's, Lin Huang knew very well that the enemy that had appeared this time was far beyond what he could handle. He was beginning to think of retreating.
He had dared to attack the Dead Spirit Vine without hesitation earlier because the suppression it released was not powerful enough to make him stop right away. The pressure that descended this time truly made him feel that he was unparalleled.
His rationality told him that he had no chance of winning if he were to fight it head-on. As soon as he attacked, there would only be one outcome — he would be killed.
Just as he was about to send a voice transmission to Virtuoso and Saber9 to retreat, Virtuoso's voice transmission came first.
"Don't imagine how powerful the enemy is. The more powerful your imaginary enemy is, the more powerful this fellow will be!"
Lin Huang was stunned to hear the voice transmission, but he reacted immediately. "It's an illusion?!"
"You can think of it that way," Virtuoso replied.
At that moment, Lin Huang saw that Virtuoso, who was next to him, had removed their defensive technique. Their knees that were initially bent gradually straightened. A moment later, they stood upright in the suppression as if they were not affected at all.
"We've found the entrance to phantom city." Virtuoso's gaze seemed to penetrate the fog and look into the distance.
"Can we talk about entering the entrance later? How do we solve the crisis before us?" Lin Huang asked immediately through voice transmission.
"The Dead Spirit Vine we just encountered, and this monster now, are the gatekeepers of the Magical Fantasy City. To put it simply, they're actually illusions created by phantom city. "
"The Dead Spirit Vine we killed earlier was an illusion too?" Lin Huang raised his brow when he heard that. He was rather doubtful.
The kill notification from Xiao Hei was real. Moreover, the massive amount of Rule Bending Power surging into his body was real as well.
If it had been an illusion, it would have been impossible for Xiao Hei to send a kill notification at all.
Virtuoso seemed to notice Lin Huang's confusion, so they explained further, "It's not a simple illusion. It's similar to my ability, a real illusion. "
"If the person who is trapped in the illusion thinks it is real, it will become real and can interfere with reality. If you firmly believe that it's not real, then it's just an illusion. "
"You mean to say that we wasted our energy to kill that Dead Spirit Vine? Actually, we can just ignore it? "Lin Huang was speechless.
"Yes, as long as we firmly believe that it's not real and that it's just an illusion." Virtuoso nodded. "There is only one way to get past the gatekeepers of the Magical Fantasy City, and that is to not believe that they exist."
"Can't we just kill all the Gatekeepers?" Lin Huang raised his doubts.
"It's useless. Every time you kill a Gatekeeper, a new one will appear. Their strength will only increase, and their numbers will also increase. " Virtuoso explained rather helplessly, "Theoretically, there's no upper limit to the gatekeepers' strength.
"Moreover, there won't be any Almighty who would be so bored as to come to Magical Fantasy City and kill the gatekeepers for fun."
As the two of them were chatting, Lin Huang noticed that Saber9 had stood up on the other side as well. He had removed his defensive technique and completely ignored this powerful, unrivaled suppression.
At that moment, a Night Demon Fir that stretched from the sky to the ground extended its branches. Countless branches and leaves covered the entire sky in an instant, surrounding the space where the three of them were.
The densely packed branches were like countless tentacles, attacking Lin Huang and the other two from all directions.
"You must firmly believe that this wave of attacks is an illusion, and that the half-step Lord who launched the attack isn't real either!" Virtuoso hurriedly spoke to Lin Huang through voice transmission as they watched the branches surge toward them like a tidal wave.
They already had a rough understanding of Lin Huang's abilities. Although Lin Huang was powerful, he was far from being able to fight a half-step lord-level powerhouse.
If this wave of attacks hit him, Lin Huang would definitely die!
As his Divine Telekinesis sensed the countless branches closing in on him, Lin Huang found it difficult to calm himself down. He instinctively wanted to defend himself and draw his sword, but he could not ignore this wave of threats at all.
A moment later, the countless branches pierced through the mist and pierced through Virtuoso and Saber9's bodies in the blink of an eye, as if they were merely two shadows.
The two of them did not defend themselves, nor did they dodge. There were no signs that they had been hit at all.
In the next second, hundreds of branches appeared in front of Lin Huang. Lin Huang instinctively summoned Mirror in front of him to block them.
However, Mirror only lasted for less than a second before it shattered abruptly. The branches pierced through it like sharp metal blades piercing through glass.
Lin Huang spat out a mouthful of blood abruptly. This was the backlash from Mirror's inability to withstand the attacks and its disintegration.
This was also Lin Huang's first time encountering a situation in which Mirror had been broken through.
The branches pierced through Mirror easily, continuing their assault on Lin Huang.
Virtuoso and Saber9 were extremely anxious, but there was nothing they could do to help.
As he watched the branches coming toward him, Lin Huang suddenly closed his eyes slightly. His lips moved, and he quickly calmed himself down.
The next instant, he opened his eyes. A branch had pierced right through his forehead, but there was no trace of blood. A moment later, his entire body was pierced through by countless branches, but it was as if they had passed through a shadow.
Only then did Lin Huang extend his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his lips. He nodded slightly at Virtuoso and Saber9. "It's done!"
"How did you do that earlier?" Saber9 could not help asking.
He speculated that if he had been in a life-or-death situation where his defenses had been breached, he would not have been able to change his mind instantly and ignore these attacks.
"It's just a little trick of a Buddhist cultivator," Lin Huang explained calmly.
In reality, he knew very well that if it were not for his imperial beast, the Demonic Buddhist Holy Son, he would not have been able to escape death earlier.
He had used the Demonic Buddhist Holy Son's secret meditation skill earlier, instantly clearing all the thoughts in his mind and forcing himself to calm down. He then imagined that this wave of attacks was illusory and that this half-step Lord did not really exist.
The entire process could be said to be extremely dangerous. If there had been even the slightest mistake, he would have used the Death Substitution Rebirth skill by now.
Fortunately, he had been highly skilled the entire time and had not made any mistakes. Only then did he manage to avoid this sure-kill attack.
"What should I do next?" Lin Huang lifted his head to look at Virtuoso.
"It's very simple. Imagine the entrance to Phantom City." As soon as Virtuoso finished speaking, they waved their hand, and a shiny golden door appeared in front of them. "Then, push the door open and go in."
As soon as Virtuoso finished speaking, they pushed open the door that had appeared out of thin air. Pulling Lin Huang and Saber9 by the arms, they stepped inside directly …
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