The monsters within the abyss disguised themselves as other cultivators for one pure purpose: to kill.
If they could easily cut you down, then why would they bother pretending to be other cultivators? Even if they wanted to torture you to death, there was no need for such complicated steps.
Most importantly, in front of this Chen Fei, the strange awkwardness that had always surrounded Zhu Shiyu finally vanished. Clearly, Zhu Shiyu's perception was no longer warning him.
"Even if Chen hadn't come, Brother Zhu wouldn't have been fooled so easily," Chen Fei said with a smile as he turned to look at Zhu Shiyu.
"Truth and falsehood mixed together—just now, Zhu was already completely muddled."
Zhu Shiyu waved his hand. That was the truth, because at the time, deep down, Zhu Shiyu had already decided that Number Two Chen Fei was real.
In other words, if Chen Fei had arrived just a little later, Zhu Shiyu would probably already have had his head separated from his body.
Inside this abyss, it was not merely that the monsters changed their appearance. When you believed the person beside you was real, a gap had already appeared in your soul's defenses.
After that, even if some abnormality appeared on the fake companion, you would subconsciously ignore it. Under those circumstances, every reaction would be half a beat slow, and the final outcome was easy to imagine.
When Zhu Shiyu thought back on that feeling now, it was like being trapped deep in a dream and unable to extricate himself, his soul dazed and befuddled. Only now had he truly awakened.
"This abyss is enormous, and the mist blinds perception. Brother Zhu, do you have any ideas on how to find the general location of the Status Rank Supreme Treasure?" Chen Fei did