Lu Yang opened his eyes again and found himself back in the basement. After carefully examining his surroundings, he confirmed that this was the real world. He had slept straight through until the next morning, but when he took Xia Yuwei and the others to the seaside, they were ambushed by Wang Xinpeng's group. Xia Yuwei was humiliated, Turbid Wine lost an arm, Bai Shi died tragically protecting Lu Yang, and Lu Yang himself had a leg severed. Zhou Tianming and Ku Ai Bansheng risked their lives to protect Lu Yang as they escaped, and in the end, Zhou Tianming stayed behind. His fate was unknown.
Clearly, this was another illusion trial created by the Blazing Demon God. This time, Lu Yang truly had no idea, because his opponent was the God King. How could Lu Yang, a mere human Level 4 mage, possibly see through an illusion created by the God King?
Ever since entering the illusion, Lu Yang had never left it. He had been struggling bitterly within it the entire time, yet the illusions came one layer after another. Every layer tempered Lu Yang's state of mind. He had already passed two layers before this; this was only the third.
In the basement, Turbid Wine, Bai Shi, and the others were cultivating. Before long, they noticed something wrong with Lu Yang. The wildly clashing magical energy inside him showed clear signs that his mental strength was about to collapse, yet Lu Yang's cultivation did not stop and remained at maximum intensity.
"Is the boss cultivating some special technique?" Ku Ai Bansheng asked worriedly.
"I don't know, but this can't continue," Xia Yuwei said with a frown.
"Should we wake him up?" Bai Shi asked.
Turbid Wine shook his head and said, "Don't touch him recklessly. We'll