Killing Hua Wu, Ye Fan had no hesitation, but Hai Wuzi was Min Shang’s ntor, while Li Zhaojun was the one he loved.
Even knowing these three were re illusions, Ye Fan still found it hard to make a move. It was just like when he had to kill soone he loved in the illusion with no shadows.
"Master, Mistress is coming to kill, what should we do?" Little Purple Crystal was terrified, not understanding the situation. Ye Fan was her master, Li Zhaojun her mistress, and now the mistress connecting with others ant to kill Ye Fan, overturning her worldview.
But Ye Fan’s Fire Dragon Sword was already drawn, first striking towards "Li Zhaojun."
Ye Fan was both clearing the fog for himself and helping everyone present to break through the illusion. Only the ones he killed could escape from the illusion. He most wished to help Li Zhaojun regain clarity.
"Zhao Jun, whether it’s you or not, I’m sorry. If it truly is you who lost your nature and I killed you, I will accompany you in death!" Ye Fan’s mindset was incredibly strong, and the Fire Dragon Sword released powerful Pure Yang spiritual energy, piercing "Li Zhaojun’s" body with one stroke.
The illusion’s power is based on the cultivation of people present; Li Zhaojun’s cultivation was only at the early stage of Body Integration Realm, so Ye Fan could easily kill her illusion. When the illusion was destroyed, a figure appeared behind Ye Fan, precisely the Li Zhaojun he had just "killed."
"Ye Fan?" Li Zhaojun was also trapped in an illusion of betrayal and slaughter. By the ti she entered the sa realm as Ye Fan, she saw her own illusion’s remnant destroyed by Ye Fan.
Having just killed "Li Zhaojun," Ye Fan heard the call from behind. He looked at Li Zhaojun with cold eyes, needing to discern whether the person in front of him was real or another illusion.
The Tongling Mirror imdiately projected a yellow light onto Li Zhaojun, as if suggesting Ye Fan should kill her.
"Ye Fan, et your death!" Hai Wuzi and Hua Wu’s attacks ca swiftly, directly targeting his face.
Hai Wuzi and Hua Wu’s cultivation levels were that of the Body Integration Realm and the early stage, their combined strength surpassing Ye Fan. He had to retreat temporarily, waiting for another chance to kill Li Zhaojun to break the illusion. But as his Fire Dragon Sword was about to pierce Li Zhaojun’s body, her eyes were filled with disbelief, her gaze so sincere that it made Ye Fan reluctant to strike.
"How can an illusion have such a sincere gaze?" Ye Fan stared at Li Zhaojun, who remained unresponsive amidst the spark of the mont, instead closing her eyes as if awaiting death.
Ye Fan’s Fire Dragon Sword halted instantly, the tip stopping less than an inch from Li Zhaojun’s forehead.
With Hai Wuzi and Hua Wu attacking from behind, Ye Fan turned and stabbed towards Hai Wuzi, whose body disintegrated into powder and disappeared. Simultaneously, another Hai Wuzi appeared in the sa realm, and her first shocked words were: "Young Hero Ye?"
The Tongling Mirror seed malfunctioning, its yellow light still focused on the new Hai Wuzi and the previous Li Zhaojun, even shining on the illusion yet to be killed by Ye Fan.
Ye Fan was now bewildered.
Based on his previous experience of breaking the mist of shadowless illusions, he didn’t need to pay attention to what he saw or heard; as long as he attacked in the direction indicated by the Tongling Mirror’s yellow light, it couldn’t be wrong. But this ti, as he was about to kill the second Li Zhaojun, he felt a great sense of pain from within, believing the Li Zhaojun before him was real. Why, then, was the Tongling Mirror malfunctioning?
Fortunately, the current second Li Zhaojun and Hai Wuzi posed no threat to him. He was more inclined to kill Hua Wu, because he knew Hua Wu must be an illusion.
"Instead of struggling to discern now, why not kill Hua Wu twice to test whether the second is an illusion?" Ye Fan had previously harbored resentnt towards Hua Wu. With the illusion hard to break now, if killing this illusion results in another Hua Wu appearing, he would strike rcilessly.
"Ye Fan, I’ll help you!" Li Zhaojun brandished her magic sword, rushing to assist.
On the other side, Hai Wuzi also ca with a sword, ready to help Ye Fan kill the "Hua Wu" in front of them.
As the second Li Zhaojun and Hua Wu rushed to Ye Fan’s aid, he suddenly sensed a danger. He realized a logical flaw: why hadn’t Li Zhaojun and Hai Wuzi attacked each other, but instead joined forces against Hua Wu? Were they certain that the Ye Fan before them was the real one?
In an instant, the "Li Zhaojun," who was just about to be killed and appeared pitiful, regained a vicious expression, attacking Ye Fan alongside Hai Wuzi. Being so close, Ye Fan seed unable to defend himself.
But Ye Fan had already noticed the flaw, now more convinced that the Tongling Mirror’s judgnt was accurate.
The two personas before him both represented "betrayal": one was a betrayal of lost nature, the other of deception. Ye Fan showed no rcy, and the power of the Fire Dragon Sword expanded several tis. As the long swords of "Li Zhaojun" and "Hai Wuzi" were about to strike Ye Fan, their images, along with the first Hua Wu, were completely obliterated by Ye Fan.
"Young Hero Ye..." The second Hua Wu had just appeared when the yellow light imdiately shone upon her. Before she could stand firm, with a "whoosh," a roar, and the long sword slashed down, the second Hua Wu was also obliterated.
With the second illusion broken, the third set of images appeared, and Li Zhaojun, Hai Wuzi, and Hua Wu erged almost simultaneously in Ye Fan’s third realm. Similar to the second, they appeared shocked.
This ti, the Tongling Mirror within Ye Fan did not emit yellow light towards the three. Instead, it was directed at the people fighting around them, indicating these were the illusions, while the three newcors were their true selves.
"Zhao Jun?" This ti Ye Fan was the first to call out. Li Zhaojun, who was about to attack, hesitated at his call.
Without a Tongling Mirror inside her, Li Zhaojun couldn’t discern which among those betraying her was real and which was an illusion.
"Prepare to die!" As Li Zhaojun pondered, the Hua Wu he had just saved remained clueless, focusing only on killing Ye Fan. Whether in illusion or reality, this had been the sixth illusionary Ye Fan she had seen. For her, killing one ant one less, perhaps a real one gone.
Li Zhaojun was puzzled, earlier faced with multiple illusionary Ye Fans attacking her, yet she hadn’t acted against any, unsure of being in illusion or reality. Hence, facing the current Ye Fan, she was unwilling to make a move.
Ye Fan now discerned the true Li Zhaojun before him, making things easier due to his higher cultivation level.
"Zhao Jun, I’m not harming you, rember!" Ye Fan released a wave of powerful spiritual energy, instantly trapping Li Zhaojun’s body.
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