In an unknown environment, Lu Ye held his saber vigilantly, but he soon relaxed because there was no danger around.
Unlike the situation he encountered when he entered the Mirage Realm, there was no fog around, and no monsters suddenly appeared. He was in a room.
The doors and windows were closed, and the furnishings in the room were very simple. There was only a table and a few chairs.
There was a teapot and a few teacups on the table.
Lu Ye stepped forward and looked at the table. He found that the table was covered with a thick layer of dust. Obviously, no one had lived here for a long time.
This seemed to be a place for guests, and there was a staircase leading upstairs.
Lu Ye looked at the stairs and did not go up immediately, revealing a thoughtful look.
He was very curious about where this place was.
When he entered the Mirage Realm for experience, the environment was very simple. It was an open area surrounded by fog, and from time to time, enemies would rush out.
But after the fusion of the two Breath Fruit cores and he pushed open the second door, he actually appeared in such a strange place.
What made him feel even more strange was his current state.
In fact, when he first came in, he noticed some wonderful changes in his body, but he did not have time to investigate. Now that he was sure there was no danger for the time being, he began to check his condition.
After a moment of silent perception, Lu Ye raised his brow.
Things seemed to be … not simple.
He found that his strength had skyrocketed a lot out of thin air!
Originally, his cultivation was only at the Fifth Order Cloud River Realm. But now, the strength contained in his body was far beyond that. He was probably stronger than those Ninth Order Cloud River Realm cultivators he had encountered before.
In other words, he was now very likely equivalent to a True Lake Realm cultivator!
As for what True Lake Realm he was at … Lu Ye really did not know. He had not been in contact with many True Lake Realm cultivators. Without a comparison, it was really difficult to judge his current strength.
When he stepped through the door, Lu Ye suddenly had a feeling that he had become stronger. Now it seemed that it was not an illusion. He had indeed become stronger.
But why was this? Could this environment improve his strength for no reason? This obviously did not make sense.
What made Lu Ye even more puzzled was that the power flowing in his body was not only Spirit Energy, but also another strange power that gave him a strange sense of familiarity.
Was this … the power of his Soul?
When Lu Ye saw the essence of this power, he could not help but frown.
What was going on? He was just a Fifth Order Cloud River Realm cultivator … Even if he was now equivalent to a True Lake Stage cultivator, he shouldn't have been able to sense Spiritual Energy.
Every cultivator was born with the power of the soul. As the cultivator's strength increased, the power of the soul would also increase correspondingly. However, before the Divine Sea Realm, cultivators only had the power of the soul. They could only use the power of their soul to passively resist some attacks aimed at the soul. There was no way for them to actively feel the attacks.
This was equivalent to a hidden treasure within a cultivator's body. Cultivators who were not strong enough would not be able to open this treasure.
Only those who had reached the Spirit Sea Realm and developed Spiritual Will would be able to sense the existence of their own Spiritual Energy and use it.
For example, although Lu Ye's Spiritual Energy was powerful enough to allow him to perceive many potential dangers, this kind of perception was strictly a passive ability and paled in comparison to the active use of his Divine Sense.
The battles between Spirit Sea Realm cultivators often involved the confrontation of Spiritual Wills. Sometimes, it might seem calm on the surface, but in reality, it was extremely dangerous.
Lu Ye could now clearly feel the power of the soul flowing in his body. It was precisely because of the existence of his soul that his strength had increased tremendously.
His soul power was already far beyond that of cultivators in the same realm, reaching the standard of a True Lake Stage cultivator.
Was this the reason why his strength had skyrocketed?
Lu Ye slowly came to his senses. So, the current him … was equivalent to a spirit? An existence like Yi Yi.
Wasn't this an out-of-body experience?
But it was not the same as a normal out-of-body experience. In a normal out-of-body experience, the cultivator could only use the power of the soul. There was no way to use spirit power.
But now, he was in a state where both spirit power and soul power coexisted, which was very strange.
He suddenly remembered that when he entered here, he felt as if he had broken free from his shackles.
Now, it seemed that the shackles came from his body.
The cultivation of his soul was much higher than the cultivation of his body. So, after his soul left his body, he felt as if he had broken free from his shackles and became stronger.
This mirage was completely different from the ones he had entered before.
In the past, the mirage was equivalent to a projection. Whatever state Lu Ye was in in, the projection would be in the same state. Everything that Lu Ye carried with him, including his storage bag and storage space, would be projected into the mirage.
The Mirage Realm before him was not just a projection. On the basis of the projection, his entire Divine Soul was drawn over.
Lu Ye suddenly felt that something was wrong!
In the mirage, his biggest advantage was that he was not afraid of death. Because even if he died, he would not lose much. At first, when his soul power was not strong enough, he would suffer for half a day after dying. But since he obtained a lot of Soul Cleansing Water to cleanse his soul and strengthen it, dying in the mirage was no longer a big deal to him. It was nothing more than the feeling of being pricked in the head by a needle. He just had to endure it.
But if he was in a state similar to an out-of-body experience, once he died, Lu Ye could not tell what would happen to him.
Would he die on the spot? Or would his soul be severely damaged?
It seemed that he had to be careful. He could not die here easily. Otherwise, no one knew what bad consequences there would be.
As for how to leave this place … Lu Ye had no clue at the moment. He could only explore slowly.
He checked his body again. The Pan Mountain Saber and the weapon box were at his waist. The storage bag and the storage space on the back of his hand could also be stored freely.
Just as he thought before, this time, he was in an out-of-body experience based on a projection, so he could use the things around him at any time.
In this state, the only advantage he had was that his strength had increased a lot.
He was not in a hurry to push open the door and leave. He did not know the environment for the time being. At least, this room was safe.
In the past, when he entered the mirage, he only needed to stand there, and a steady stream of monsters would rush out of the fog to sharpen his saber skills and combat skills. Although it was monotonous and boring, it was simple and clear.
This time, the situation was much more complicated, so he needed to collect as many clues as possible to determine his current location and the dangers he might encounter.
He walked toward the stairs on the side. As he stepped on the stairs, the wooden floor creaked, which was extremely ear-piercing in this quiet environment.
Lu Ye could not help but have some doubts.
Was this a mirage or not? He had always thought that the mirage was an illusion. Everything he saw in the mirage was fake, so even if he died in it, the loss would not be great.
However, in the mirage this time, everything around him was so real that it did not give him the feeling that it was fake at all.
He quickly walked down the dozen or so stairs.
Lu Ye carefully poked his head out and looked at the second floor. Then, he suddenly froze.
Because at this moment, he met countless pairs of grayish-green eyes. Those eyes were all compound eyes. Lu Ye could almost see his own stunned expression in those pairs of eyes.
The second floor of the room that he thought was safe was actually hiding more than ten Zergs!
And they were the kind of Zergs that he was very familiar with. They looked like praying mantises!
He did not know how many praying mantises, including other types of Zergs, he had killed in the mirage before.
How could there be Zergs here?
Before he could think deeply, the praying mantis Zergs hiding on the second floor had already flapped their wings and flew toward the stairs. The leading Zerg raised its boring knife high.
The bright knife light flashed and the Zerg was immediately cut in half. Dark green Zerg blood splattered, and a pungent smell filled the air.
Lu Ye stood at the stairs, the Mountain Pan Saber at his waist already out of its sheath.
After killing the first Zerg, Lu Ye was slightly relieved. These praying mantis Zergs were not too strong. They were still in the Cloud River Realm. With his current strength, which was equivalent to the True Lake Realm, killing them was naturally not difficult.
Moreover, the previous training in the mirage allowed him to know the weakness of these Zergs.
The knife light was biting cold. Lu Ye guarded the stairs without taking a step back. All the praying mantis Zergs that rushed over died one after another. In just a moment, they were all killed.
Dots of light floated out from the dead Zergs. Unlike the dark red light that killed the Wanmo Ridge cultivators, these lights were golden.
Killing Zergs also gave merit points?
While Lu Ye was surprised, he was even more certain that this was not an illusion.
This was because he had killed so many Zergs in the mirage before, but he had never received any merit points. If he could receive merit points, this meant that the Zergs he killed were all real.
But why did killing Zergs also give him merit points?
Lu Ye was curious about how many merit points he could get by killing these Zergs, so he checked his Battlefield Imprint.
The Battlefield Imprint showed that he had more than 140,000 merit points. Lu Ye did not carefully record the specific number of merit points he had before, so it was difficult for him to determine the standard of merit points for killing Zergs.
Just as he was about to record the current number of merit points and compare it later, he suddenly noticed a change that puzzled him.
The Battlefield Imprint recorded his information. In the column of merit points, the number showed: 576!
This number was obviously wrong because in Lu Ye's impression, he only had 56 merit points. This number had not changed for a long time.
After all, for a Cloud River Realm cultivator like him, there were not many opportunities to come into contact with merit points. So far, there had only been one!
It was that time in the Realm of Beasts.
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