Illusion Realm

"Hey, do you remember our bet from yesterday?" When Wang Dong'er saw the Soul Arena beside them, she felt the urge to give Huo Yuhao a beating. Once she beat him up properly, she would see if he still dared to use that kind of shameless ability.

"My name isn't 'hey.' Can't you speak properly?" Huo Yuhao turned to look at Wang Dong'er, who was staring at him eagerly, and flashed a brilliant smile.

"Of course I remember the bet. Someone's rushing to give me benefits—wouldn't it be rude of me to refuse?"

Wang Dong'er crossed her arms and snorted. "Stop looking down on me. I'll definitely beat you up today!"

"Come on. There's a Soul Arena here. Let's go in and have a match."

Wang Dong'er took the lead and entered the Soul Arena.

Thinking of Huo Yuhao's shameless ability, and afraid that she might fail to dodge in time and make physical contact with him again, the wealthy Wang Dong'er directly rented out a private Soul Arena.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er took their positions on opposite sides of the arena. No one called for the start; they simply revealed their soul rings in tacit understanding and immediately began to move.

Wang Dong'er possessed the Light Goddess Butterfly. A pair of blue butterfly wings spread open behind her, the colors at the tips of the forewings shifting continuously from deep blue to azure to light blue. The entire wingspan resembled a string of dazzling halos set against a blue sky, forming a V-shape that brought light to the human world. Its shape and colors possessed an unparalleled, flawless beauty.

As the radiance flashed, Wang Dong'er swiftly flew toward Huo Yuhao. Seeing that Huo Yuhao had only one Yellow Soul Ring beside him, her confidence rose several notches.

"Hmph, so you're not even a Soul Grandmaster. Then I'll definitely beat you flat today!"

Huo Yuhao first spread his Mental Detection across the entire arena. Then, using Simulation, he created three copies of himself. Together with his true body, they headed toward the edges of the arena from different directions. Huo Yuhao planned to use the same method he had used against the Earth Barbarian Bull and "trick" Wang Dong'er out of the arena.

When Wang Dong'er saw four Huo Yuhaos, she immediately found the situation troublesome. Huo Yuhao had used this soul skill in front of her before. It could simulate environments, invisibility, and illusions alike. Unless one's spiritual power far exceeded Huo Yuhao's, it was impossible to tell real from fake.

Wang Dong'er had no idea which one was real. She even felt that perhaps none of them were real.

Wang Dong'er's hundred-year soul ring lit up.

Wing Guillotine.

Sharp golden blades of light formed along the edges of Wang Dong'er's butterfly wings. Rather than pursue Huo Yuhao, she used the light blades to slash at the ground. The sharp blades quickly destroyed the surface of the arena, scattering chunks of stone across the ground.

Wang Dong'er grabbed a stone and threw it at one Huo Yuhao. It passed straight through him. Fake!

This one was fake too!

This one caught the stone. He was real! Found him!

The corners of Wang Dong'er's lips curled upward in a smug smile as she flapped her wings and shot toward Huo Yuhao's true body.

But Wang Dong'er clearly did not understand how treacherous people could be. Would Huo Yuhao really let her find his true body so easily?

Huo Yuhao could easily control the illusions to dodge the stones. He could even simulate an illusion catching a stone. Yet he did not do so, naturally because he had another purpose.

To Huo Yuhao, illusions were merely illusions. They had no combat power and could only confuse opponents and stall for time. If he wanted to defeat Wang Dong'er, he had to rely on other abilities.

Besides, there was an even more important reason. If he wanted to win by "tricking" Wang Dong'er out of the arena, relying on Simulation alone would be rather difficult. If the edge of the arena abruptly extended outward, anyone who was not blind would become wary and refuse to fall for it.

At that point, he needed another soul skill to step in.

During the time the illusions delayed her, Huo Yuhao used Simulation to create an illusory realm in his Sea of Consciousness that was identical to the arena. It was exactly the same as the real thing, even containing the scene of him fighting Wang Dong'er.

In reality, his Simulation range was thirty meters, but the size of the illusory realm created through Simulation in the Spiritual World had no range limit. However, Simulation could only construct an illusory realm within his own Sea of Consciousness; it could not create one inside someone else's mind.

But Huo Yuhao had another godly skill, one that Huo Yuhao had completely overlooked in the Original Work—Mental Sharing.

Once he used Simulation to construct the illusory realm, he only needed to use Mental Sharing to link with the other person's spiritual power and pull them into it.

Mental Sharing also had a problem: the other person could easily notice it and then sever the connection.

At that moment, Huo Yuhao sent out his final soul skill—Soul Interference.

Soul Interference consumed an enormous amount of spiritual power. As the complexity of the operation and the target's resistance increased, the consumption rose exponentially. So even though Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness could now be called a "spiritual lake," he still only used Soul Interference for simple operations such as mental suggestions and emotional suggestions. He would not truly manipulate or alter another person's soul and consciousness.

When the illusory realm entered the other person's mind through Mental Sharing, Huo Yuhao would use Mental Interference to make them subconsciously overlook the Mental Sharing connection.

Moreover, in order to prevent any abrupt changes from making the other party realize they were inside an illusory realm, Huo Yuhao had continuously created an illusory realm completely identical to reality, slowly guiding the other party to immerse themselves in it.

The battle between Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er continued. Just as Wang Dong'er flew toward Huo Yuhao's true body—

Mental Sharing, activate.

Wang Dong'er felt as if her spiritual power had connected to something. Then she discovered that an arena identical to reality had appeared in her mind, with another version of herself flying toward Huo Yuhao within it.

She was just about to sever the connection, but in the next instant, she suddenly forgot that thought. The beat of her wings gradually overlapped with the "herself" in her mind. At that moment, the illusory realm in her mind seemed to vanish.

Wang Dong'er continued rushing toward Huo Yuhao. Yet over the same distance, she flew for slightly longer than before. Wang Dong'er did not notice that small difference in time, or perhaps she subconsciously ignored it.

She swung the light blade on her wings at Huo Yuhao. It passed through him—he was an illusion created by Simulation! Wang Dong'er realized it instantly. She immediately swung her wings to attack behind her, only to find that Huo Yuhao had not taken the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Huo Yuhao stood far away on the other side of the arena and said with a faint smile, "You lost. Look beneath your feet—you've already left the arena."

The surroundings slowly changed, and Wang Dong'er discovered that she was indeed outside the arena. Still unconvinced, she stomped on the ground. It was solid, not an illusion created through Simulation.

Wang Dong'er raised her beautiful head and snorted. "I haven't lost. Our bet never said leaving the arena counted as losing."

"So you're going to go back on your word? Fine. Then today, I'll make you lose so thoroughly that you'll be completely convinced!" Huo Yuhao said indifferently. Or rather, Wang Dong'er's answer was exactly what he wanted.

In Huo Yuhao's view, the female characters in the various Douluo Continent stories all had more or less of an admiration for strength. Therefore, he wanted to take this opportunity to deal Wang Dong'er a heavy blow. Otherwise, with this girl's pride, how would he openly build a harem in the future?

To fully enjoy the Sharing the Blessings of a Harmonious Family, either the girls had to be hopelessly in love with you, or you had to hold the dominant position in terms of affection, power, strength, wealth, and so on. You had to have at least one of those, didn't you?

Huo Yuhao curled a finger at Wang Dong'er in provocation.