All of Tianjing Mountain fell into an eerie silence.
Several breaths later, an uproar erupted that shook the heavens.
"What illusion was that just now?"
"Why were there endless, densely packed demon beasts? Was that a demon beast tide? I only glanced at it, and I felt my very soul trembling!"
"I don't think it was an ordinary demon beast tide. The auras of those demon beasts... some of them didn't even seem like creatures from our Mystic Heaven Realm. The aura they gave off was ancient, obscure, and unimaginably powerful. Too terrifying!"
"What exactly did Duan Gang experience?"
"Heavens, such a powerful illusion was actually shattered by him in a single strike. Could his state of mind really be flawless?"
"..."
On the high platform, the elders of the major sects, who had originally been watching leisurely, now all wore grave expressions.
A white-haired old man narrowed his eyes and murmured.
"An illusion like this strikes straight at the deepest fears of the heart!"
"Logically speaking, the more outstandingly talented a cultivator is, the more terrifying the fear buried deep in his heart will be, and the harder it will be to overcome..."
"But this Duan Gang..."
"Not only was his illusion terrifying beyond measure, his will was like ten-thousand-year cold iron, utterly unbreakable!"
"He is truly an extraordinary talent!"
Beside him, another elder in black robes sucked in a cold breath.
"Indeed!"
"From what I saw, the scale of that demon beast tide in the illusion was likely at least in the hundreds of millions, and there were even several beings among them with auras that towered to the skies!"
"Even though it was only an illusion, it still made even us at the peak of the Venerable realm feel our hearts tremble. Yet this kid actually shattered