Manifesting Illusion

Everything now fit together perfectly. Luo Han's Divine Sense could just perceive taste, smell, sight, touch, and faint emotional awareness. Weren't those the five senses?

And the mind could record auras. Weren't auras a form of information? If they could be recorded, that meant they could also be altered.

Mind Power could now extend along with his Divine Sense. The foundation and concept for controlling the five senses were already in place.

He only needed to manifest it with the Mind Fruit's power.

Haha! For the first time, Luo Han felt the aura of a protagonist surrounding him.

"Uncle Witt! I can save Grandma Mo and the others. We may not even need to leave Ring Tree Island."

"I've thought of a way to save Ring Tree Island!"

Luo Han turned and spoke excitedly to Uncle Witt.

"Really? Don't do anything reckless, Luo Han!" Uncle Witt's tone was stern, and he was somewhat uneasy.

"Really. I can develop an ability to control the five senses, hide Ring Tree Island, and even make these Sea Kings leave the island."

Luo Han answered just as seriously.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure! But we need to return to the island. I can't use my Devil Fruit power wholeheartedly while we're in the air," Luo Han continued.

Uncle Witt frowned. He looked at the elders below, then at everyone whose eyes were filled with hope after hearing Luo Han's words.

Haha! Uncle Witt burst into laughter.

He shouted, "Fine! If even you, Luo Han, refuse to give up, how can we adults be too ashamed to keep going? Let's go down!"

Luo Han then controlled the rock layer as it slowly descended toward Ring Tree Island.

Cole and the others came down as well. Clearly, they had noticed the conversation over here earlier.

"Good! Good!"

"Luo Han! We believe in you!"

"You can do it! Keep it up!"

Everyone spoke up in turn.

Looking at all those joyful faces, Luo Han felt that it had all been worth it.

I, Luo Han, may be an ordinary person, but I want to be a hero who saves everyone too.

Once he landed on Ring Tree Island, Luo Han paid no attention to what the elders were saying.

He began manifesting Five Senses Control with all his strength, because there was not much time left.

By then, the Sea Kings had nearly finished gnawing through the roots. Some had already turned their gaze toward Ring Tree Island.

His consciousness sank into his mind as he fully activated the Mind Fruit's power.

Within his Divine Sense, all aura-based perceptions began to take on patterns. The five senses were like encoded information.

Now, he would use the mind to give that information another code, transforming it into information with a different code.

That would complete the initial stage of Five Senses Control. As long as he tampered with the information around the Sea Kings, what they perceived would be the information Luo Han had altered.

As time passed, Luo Han naturally closed his eyes.

Come on, Luo Han! Everyone prayed.

Thunderous splashes rang out as the Sea Kings in the ocean charged toward Ring Tree Island, their mountain-sized heads pressing down upon it.

Everyone closed their tear-filled eyes. The children were tightly held by the adults.

Uncle Witt and Uncle Kate exchanged a glance, bent their legs, and clenched their fists.

The clash was about to begin!

Just then, the Large Sea Kings suddenly froze. Their eyes turned bloodshot, and they lunged at the Super Giant Sea Kings as one.

It was as if those Super Giant Sea Kings were the Divine Tree.

Soon after, the Super Giant Sea Kings did the same, their eyes turning bloodshot as they tore into the Large Sea Kings.

Uncle Witt and Uncle Kate looked at each other, then collapsed onto the ground with relieved smiles on their faces.

Those who had closed their eyes waited a long time without hearing anything. When they finally opened them, they saw—

Luo Han floating in the air, while the Sea Kings around Ring Tree Island slaughtered one another. As far as the eye could see, the entire sea had been dyed blood-red.

"We... we're saved! We don't have to leave Ring Tree Island! Grandma... we don't have to leave anymore!! Sob..."

Everyone happily embraced each other.

Luo Han used Mind Power to control all information within the range of his Divine Sense! This manifestation seemed different from his previous Psychokinesis.

Psychokinesis affected reality through a mysterious psychokinetic space! Five Senses Control, however, was directly controlled by the Mind Fruit's power, so it consumed far more stamina.

With Luo Han's current stamina, he could only keep it up for about two hours! He still had to deal with these Sea Kings quickly.

Perhaps because of the Mind Fruit's further development, the range of his Divine Sense had expanded to a diameter of roughly fifty kilometers.

It completely covered all of Ring Tree Island and its surrounding waters!

Luo Han controlled the five senses, gradually guiding the Sea Kings around Ring Tree Island into gathering together and slaughtering one another.

That should make things faster!

The Super Giant Sea Kings locked in battle seemed to sense that something was wrong.

But under the attacks of a swarm of Large Sea Kings, they were soon drawn back into the fray.

After all, under Luo Han's Five Senses Control, the Large Sea Kings looked to the Super Giant Sea Kings like the tree roots that had tangled around them before. They gave off a scent that drove their bodies mad, and even the sensation of touch felt like roots wrapping around them.

The other Large Sea Kings also saw the Super Giant Sea Kings as the Divine Tree's roots and bit them madly.

The slaughter continued for two hours. At last, every Super Giant Sea King had died, leaving only a few Sea Kings four to five thousand meters long alive.

Luo Han could no longer hold on and fell from the sky.

Uncle Kate took a step and caught Luo Han.

"You did well, Luo Han!" Uncle Kate shouted.

Unfortunately, Luo Han could not hear him. He had already fallen unconscious, a smile on his lips as his final awareness lingered on that blue sky.

What a wonderful smell! Fish Cake and fish meat.

He opened his eyes! The bright light made Luo Han's vision somewhat blurry, but he saw the familiar room.

He smiled knowingly. Ring Tree Island is safe, and everyone is safe too. That's wonderful!

Following the scent outside, he saw Grandma Mo preparing food.

"Grandma!"

Luo Han ran over and hugged Grandma Mo tightly!

"You're awake, Little Han! Sit down quickly. Grandma will bring out the Fish Cake and fish meat right away."

Grandma Mo smiled, patted Luo Han's hand, and spoke.

"Mm! Okay, Grandma!"

Luo Han let go of Grandma Mo and walked lightly over to the dining table.

As the Fish Cake and fish meat were served, Luo Han and Grandma Mo ate as they normally did. Everything was just as it had been before.

That's wonderful!

After the meal, Luo Han went to the top of the island and saw chunks of Sea King meat laid flat across the ground.

The women on the island were sprinkling salt over them, preparing to cure them into dried meat.

Members of the Hunting Squad and some strong young men helped carry the cured chunks into the caves on the seventh and eighth levels for storage.

"Little Luo Han! You're awake, that's wonderful!" Everyone greeted Luo Han when they saw him.

"Aunties! Let me help. It'll be faster if I use Psychokinesis!"

Seeing that the aunties were struggling somewhat, Luo Han prepared to help.

"No need! No need! Keeping busy helps us feel at ease. Just rest properly."

The aunties all urged him.

"Alright then! I'll go find Uncle Witt and the others." Seeing that the aunties were enjoying themselves, Luo Han said no more.

When he found Uncle Witt and the others, they were collecting salt from the seabed.

Luo Han flew over to Uncle Witt's side!

"Haha! Luo Han! You're awake. Look at what you've accomplished!" Uncle Witt laughed, pointing at the red sea when he saw Luo Han arrive.

"That's right! Luo Han, yesterday was... I don't even know how to describe it. It was too shocking!" Before Luo Han could speak, Uncle Kate added.

"It's fortunate that it worked yesterday! Thank you all for trusting me!" Luo Han said to everyone.

"We should be the ones thanking you, Luo Han!"

"That's right! That's right!"

"Without you, we wouldn't be laughing and smiling today," everyone said.

Luo Han laughed heartily in response!

"Where's Cole, Uncle Witt?"

Luo Han looked around but did not spot Cole.

"Cole went to keep watch at the boundary. We were afraid Sea Kings might be drawn here by the smell of blood, so we had him give us an early warning," Uncle Witt explained.

"Then I'll go find Cole first!"

"Go ahead! We can handle things here!"

After speaking with Uncle Witt, Luo Han flew into the sky, casually chose a direction, and flew toward the boundary.