Hui Shang fully activated his bloodline and leaped into the air like a "spinning top".
When he saw this, he knew his chance had come.
When Hui Shang was spinning at high speed, he could hardly lock onto his target with his naked eyes. Now, he had to use his spirit power to locate Angor.
When attacking, he would use offense as a defense.
Under such circumstances, Hui Shang's spirit power defense would be weakened. Of course, it didn't mean that the spirit power was "gone". It just meant that it was less sensitive than before.
Besides, Hui Shang's bloodline was fully activated, so he was not afraid of spirit attacks from the outside world.
Therefore, Hui Shang was now in a situation where he was heavily guarded from the outside but unimpeded from the inside.
However, Angor's illusion was attached to Hui Shang's body, so it could be considered as an inside.
Seeing his chance, Angor began to play his little trick.
Under Elmi's control, Angor reached out a hand toward Hui Shang and clenched it. The movement did not mean anything on the energy level, which was why no one could detect it.
However, that didn't mean the movement was meaningless.
It was one of the cues Angor used when he was practicing Mind Illusion.
Every illusion type Magus would design a corresponding movement when they practiced illusions of the heart. Waving a pocket watch, snapping fingers, playing a zither in the air, and so on.
These cues were similar to the ritual actions used before hypnosis.
Since they were similar to ritual actions, they were only related to the complete "ritual". It was related to the illusion he cast on Hui Shang earlier, which allowed him to manipulate the illusion to a certain extent.
Apart from manipulating the illusion, Angor also used it to distract Hui Shang's attention. When Hui Shang was distracted, the success rate of the illusion would be higher.
Angor didn't know if he managed to distract Hui Shang. However, when Hui Shang's movement began to deviate, Angor knew that the illusion worked.
…
The name of the illusion was "Spatial Imbalance".
It was a name Angor came up with recently, but he felt it was fitting.
The illusion was only meant to fool one's senses, so its name was simply "Basic Illusion". However, Angor made some changes to the basic illusion.
First of all, it was a nightmare illusion, and he was using his right eye as a medium. In essence, this raised the level of illusions by several levels. Coupled with the enhancement of the Heart Illusion from the green pattern in his right eye, the basic illusions targeted at the senses became illusions targeted at the cognition.
Next, he added his understanding of space into the illusion. Even though there was no spatial energy mixed into the illusion, the caster's understanding of space had deepened the foundation of the illusion. For those who didn't have enough understanding of space, the structure and power of this illusion was almost overwhelming.
Lastly, the release of the illusion was dependent on the circumstances. In a completely asymmetrical space, it was obviously inappropriate to forcefully change the other party's spatial perception and use the method of "swapping" to cause the other party to create spatial confusion.
However, it was very suitable for the current situation. This was because the arena itself was symmetrical and spacious. Moreover, the arena was suspended in the void, and the surroundings were pitch black. Other than the Void Demons, there was nothing else for reference. On the other hand, Void aberrations were living creatures that were reflected in the illusion, which was why there was no need to worry about using them as reference points. Moreover, most Void aberrations did not reveal their bodies, and all that could be seen in the pitch-black Void were pairs of bloodthirsty eyes — it was difficult to use them as reference points.
He only dared to use such an illusion when the space in front of him was compatible with the illusion.
As it turned out, Angor had both the right time and the right place.
Hui Shang fell for the trick without a hitch. He did not realize that his perception had been swapped.
This was Angor's illusion.
To put it bluntly, he was using illusions to simulate the symptoms of a symmetrical space imbalance.
For mortals, this was a disease that could never be cured. They had to get used to it and change their habits.
However, for wizards, there was a limit to how long this kind of space imbalance could take effect. It mainly depended on "human harmony".
By "human harmony", Hui Shang was referring to himself. Whenever he touched something that he could see but couldn't feel, he would naturally become suspicious.
This kind of confusion could be fooled once or twice. However, if it happened too many times, even if the victim's perception was deceived, he would start to doubt himself and realize that something was wrong with him.
For example, if Hui Shang's attacks missed several times in a row, he could use his imagination to make up for it. But after a while, he would also start to feel strange.
However, the key here was the "number of times".
Would Angor give Grey Merchant so many chances to attack him and then doubt him after he fell into the trap?
Of course not. Therefore, when Hui Shang fell into the illusion and no one could warn him, the result was already decided.
…
The gray merchant was full of praises for his opponent who did not exist at all. After saying that, he continued to assume his stance and prepared for a real battle with Elmi.
Normally, Angor could make his move now.
Whether it was by deceiving Elmi's perception or tricking him out of the arena. In other words, Elmi's combat ability alone was enough to defeat Gray Merchant, who had spatial cognitive impairments.
Whether it was "planning" or "fighting", victory was already assured.
However, Angor chose neither. He chose to "stall". Or rather, "stall" until "change" happened.
It didn't matter whether he won the battle or not. Even if he lost, he still had Dorcas and the Black Earl to deal with. In terms of wizards, they would definitely win.
Knowing this, Angor hoped that some unexpected "changes" would happen in the battle.
Angor placed his hope on Hui Shang.
Since "that thing" was observing him from such a close distance, would "she" use this chance to attack him? Even if "she" didn't, would "she" give Hui Shang special treatment and wake him up from his cognitive disorder?
If "she" really did that, Angor would have a reason to go after "her" directly.
In fact, he was already trying to locate the source of the strange emotion he sensed earlier.
However, as time went by, Hui Shang missed "Elmi" again and again. When Hui Shang began to doubt himself, "that thing" still didn't do anything.
Angor's perception of the strange emotion was getting weaker and weaker. Either the thing noticed Angor's presence, or it was moving away from Hui Shang.
Angor was leaning toward the latter.
He occasionally glanced at key locations, but he didn't do anything specific. Unless the thing could read minds and directly read Angor's mind through Elmi's shell, "she" shouldn't be able to sense Angor's presence.
But if it was the latter, the thing was moving away from Hui Shang in a strange way. He could still sense the strange emotion on Hui Shang's body, but it was getting weaker and weaker. It was as if Hui Shang had a space tunnel on his body. At first, she was near the entrance, but now, she was moving away from the entrance and heading deeper.
Angor vaguely thought of something.
Soon, the strange emotion disappeared, and an idea popped up in his mind.
He looked at Hui Shang, who was still struggling with his cognitive disorder, and decided to use this chance to verify his theory.
Angor's hesitation looked like he was toying with Hui Shang.
Hui Shang was trapped by the illusion and never tried to fight Angor head-on. Instead, he fought with the air around him. This scene caused even Dorcas to sigh with emotion.
He could easily defeat or even kill Angor, but he chose to "humiliate" his opponent in such a way.
"Tsk tsk tsk … I told you he's evil. Do you believe me now?" Dorcas looked at Wail.
Wail curled his lips. "What do you know? Sir must have a reason for doing this."
Dorcas widened his eyes. "You think he's innocent?"
"I don't think so. Besides, even if Sir did it on purpose, so what? Didn't you hear how those people were cursing Milord just now? They called him a fickle freak?! "
Wail grew angrier and angrier as he spoke. "Sir promised to let them into the Light Shrine. What a bunch of ungrateful bastards! So Sir humiliated them. So what? "
Wail spoke out loud so that the people on the other side could hear him.
And Witch and her companions heard him. However, Fen Mo was the only one who paid attention to Wail's words. The others, including Witch, didn't really care.
This was because even though Elmi seemed to be toying with Grey Merchant, he did not take any further action.
Moreover, who could say for sure whether or not Elmi's illusion would require some time to buffer after casting it? Or maybe he couldn't use other abilities after casting it?
After all, this was an ability that could affect Bloodline Wizards. Wasn't it normal to have some side effects?
Witch and her companions didn't think too much about it.
However, when Elmi was done "toying" with Hui Shang and began to move closer, they began to feel nervous.
They didn't care because Hui Shang wasn't hurt. But now that Elmi started to move, they were uncertain.
No one knew if Elmi's attitude towards Hui Shang was to forgive or kill him.
Witch and her companions didn't dare to blink. They carefully watched the battle in the arena, afraid that they would miss any details. But soon, their expressions began to become strange.
Elmi didn't kill Hui Shang, but his actions confused Witch and her companions.
The blue lantern above Elmi's head swayed slightly, and broken hands made of crystals or gems appeared in front of Elmi.
In just a few seconds, close to 20 severed hands of different colors but identical shapes were created.
The evil woman and the others might not be familiar with the appearance of these broken hands, but the Black Earl and the others were very familiar with them. These were hands that were made with Dankros as the original form. Even the eyes and mouth on the palms were exactly the same!
After these broken hands were created, they approached Hui Shang from different directions with the aura of the earth.
In order to prevent Hui Shang from discovering their aura, Elmi even used the method of "mirror symmetry" to constantly feign attacks to attract Hui Shang's attention.
But even so, a portion of the broken hands were still affected and were completely damaged.
However, even if the broken hands were damaged, they had used up their last bit of strength. They changed their aura and turned into residue, making Hui Shang think that he had attacked Elmi and reducing Hui Shang's suspicion of cognitive impairment.
When the broken hands approached Hui Shang, there were less than half of them left.
These broken hands were as small as ants compared to Hui Shang who had fully activated his bloodline and transformed into his original form of an earth dragon. However, it was also because of their insignificance that Hui Shang did not notice them immediately.
These severed hands crawled up the grey merchant's tail and kept moving on the grey merchant's crystallized skin.
This was what the outsiders saw happening in the arena.
There was no way he would be able to kill Hui Shang by relying on those extremely weak broken arms. However, the scene of those broken hands moving on Hui Shang's body was a little … hard to describe.
Fortunately, Hui Shang had activated his bloodline and did not look like a human at all. Otherwise, the broken hands would look like they were caressing Hui Shang's body. It would be even more unsightly.
"I was wrong." Dorcas suddenly sighed. "I thought he already humiliated his opponent with his playful look. But he still has more tricks up his sleeve.
"If she's a witch, she'll definitely fight to the death after she leaves the arena."
Everyone except for the two people on the arena heard Dorcas's words.
Whether Dorcas was slandering or actually saw through the truth, they did not know. His words caused the evil woman's eyes to darken.
None of the men in the arena felt like they were in the same situation. As a witch, the woman followed Dorcas's words and felt like she was in the same situation.
She didn't think Angor was doing anything wrong before. She didn't think he was humiliating the gray merchants. But now, she had a different opinion. She stared at Angor with a vicious glare. No matter how she looked at it, she felt that the gemstone giant had a perverted aura.
Of course, Angor also felt the woman's gaze.
He also noticed that the woman's neutral attitude toward him suddenly turned into a hostile one.
He didn't know what happened, but he didn't have the time to think about it.
This was because he felt another unusual emotion!
Furthermore, this strange emotion didn't come from Hui Shang, but from … the void!
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