Crossing Two Major Realms

Seeing Xiao Duanyu, Zhuo Bufan, and Hu Yijian batter the fourth-order Mirage Beast back step by step, and knowing it was only a matter of time before they killed it, Jiang Ping'an decided not to intervene and stood calmly to the side to watch.

Standing beside Jiang Ping'an, Mo Ruyan looked at him and said, "I never expected your Divine Soul to have become so powerful."

Just now, Jiang Ping'an had shattered the illusion with a single shout, which had startled her somewhat. Although she could deal with a fourth-order Mirage Beast, she could not do so with Jiang Ping'an's effortless composure.

"Not bad. It's the only thing I have that's worth showing off." Jiang Ping'an smiled.

After more than half an incense stick's time, Xiao Duanyu, Zhuo Bufan, and Hu Yijian joined forces and killed the fourth-order Mirage Beast.

As the fourth-order Mirage Beast died, the dense fog and illusions that had shrouded the swamp for who knew how many years receded like a tidal wave. The true swamp lay exposed beneath the daylight.

It was a boundless expanse of thick, black mud, and even more chillingly, countless pallid skeletons lay half-submerged within it. There were twisted skeletal frames of giant beasts, but even more were tiny, withered bones resembling those of human cultivators, tangled among Magic Tools and shredded clothing.

At the same time, piercing wails rang across the land. The yin souls imprisoned by the Mirage Beast and used to construct its illusion lost their support and appeared one after another. Yet beneath the suddenly descending, blazing sunlight, they could only writhe and struggle, like thin ice exposed to flames, swiftly turning into wisps of green smoke and vanishing without a trace.

The arrival of light was not salvation, but a final, cruel purification.

A heavy stench