Illusion Shattered, Part 1 (Thanks to Alliance Leader Reader 20170728093753946)

In the misty canyon.

Qing Su led her men to follow Zhang Rongfang closely, quickly heading into the valley.

Because they were traveling at a very high speed, everyone remained silent, focusing solely on getting there.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Qing Su vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

"Sir, may I ask how much longer we have to walk?"

"Almost there! Just ahead!" Zhang Rongfang said without turning his head.

"Yes!"

The group felt somewhat relieved, having witnessed Zhang Ying Daozi's strength, they all trusted him quite a bit.

If it were someone else, perhaps everyone would feel uneasy.

But with Daozi leading the team, everyone was full of confidence.

Buzz. In a daze, Qing Su seemed to hear some faint sound coming from afar.

The sound rapidly approached and grew louder.

"My lord, did you hear anything?" Qing Su asked quickly, her expression changing slightly.

But after looking around and then looking up, she was horrified to discover something.

The adult has disappeared!?

The surrounding fog was also much thicker than before.

"Everyone stop! Be on alert! Stay put!" Qing Su shouted quickly.

"Take out the hood!"

Because they anticipated the presence of venomous bees, everyone prepared leather head coverings in advance for protection.

Immediately, everyone in the group put them on.

The buzzing sound grew closer and more urgent.

"Sir, I feel a little dizzy?" one of the people in the group couldn't help but say.

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

The group of people all spoke up.

"Take the antidote immediately!" Qing Su said sternly, biting the antidote that was under her tongue and swallowing it.

But it was no use; an overwhelming drowsiness washed over her.

Before Qing Su could even give any more instructions, her body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

In the hazy light, she seemed to see a pair of fair, bare feet slowly approaching them through the mist.

Around her were countless jet-black bees. *** "Whether you're real or fake, our goal now should be to leave this place!" Zhang Rongfang said coldly and in a deep voice.

At this moment, we are on the other side of the misty canyon.

He and Xue Tong stood facing each other, and the atmosphere between them was noticeably more tense than before.

"I've tried to leave this place for many years." Xue Tong stroked his white beard. "To be precise, leaving this place isn't actually difficult for you. For those of you who aren't being targeted, Wish Woman won't divert most of her power to trap you, as long as you can fulfill a few conditions."

"Senior, may I speak frankly?" Zhang Rongfang now had a better understanding of this place.

This fog clearly interferes with perception.

He wouldn't be afraid if there were a clear enemy or opponent, but the problem now is that he doesn't even know where the other party is.

This is troublesome.

"The more you know, the more disadvantageous it is for you," Xue Tong sighed. "Do you know the way Gods and Buddhas exist?"

"I don't know." Zhang Rongfang shook his head. His current understanding of Gods and Buddhas was limited to ancient texts, rumors, and legends.

The rest is unclear.

Occasionally, you can deduce something from the hints in the Attribute Panel, but it's all just bits and pieces, scattered and fragmented.

"I know, but I regret it." Xue Tong slowly walked to Zhang Rongfang's side, stood by the stream, and looked down at the flowing water.

He hesitated, then took a deep breath and remained silent.

The sound seemed to suddenly fall silent.

Zhang Rongfang frowned.

"Could you please elaborate, senior?"

He hates this kind of half-truth.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to explain, but," Xue Tong sighed, "The situation would be worse if I told you."

"All you need to know is that when you encounter them, don't look directly at them, don't try to understand them. You can use alternative symbols or names to address them, but never actually touch them," Xue Tong earnestly advised.

"Every real contact you make will make them more difficult to deal with."

His words immediately sparked a thought in Zhang Rongfang's mind.

"Understood, thank you for your advice, senior. Now, how should we get out? Please tell us."

"If we succeed, I will repay you in kind," Zhang Rongfang.

He didn't care whether the other party was Yue Dewen or what their intentions were; all he wanted was to find a way to leave this place as soon as possible.

"There are three ways," Xue Tong said in a deep voice.

"First, follow the stream upstream, and you can find a hidden Rock Cave along the mountain walls on both sides."

Inside the Rock Cave, there is a Statue of the Wish Woman; you must destroy it. Only by destroying it can you leave this place and break free from the Doubt Cloud Blockade surrounding it.

"Doubt Cloud Blockade?"

"Yes, when Gods and Buddhas descend to earth, they naturally create Doubtful Cloud Mist. This is the law of heaven and earth, a natural occurrence. This fog helps them avoid being discovered by more people. It also has a disorienting and disorienting effect on ordinary people," Xue Tong sighed.

"I see," Zhang Rongfang, understanding dawning on him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Rock Cave first. You have quite a few men under your command, and if we don't hurry, things might get more complicated." Without further ado, Xue Tong led the way upstream.

Zhang Rongfang followed closely behind.

Instead of wandering aimlessly through this Doubtful Cloud Mist, it's better to go with this person and give it a try. If all else fails, he can always venture into the white fog.

The two stepped onto the slightly damp gravel by the stream and hurried forward.

Both of them were extremely fast.

Xue Tong realized that the person behind him could keep up with his speed, so he immediately accelerated again.

Surprisingly, Zhang Rongfang was able to keep up.

He immediately became interested and sped up again.

So the two of them chased each other, one after the other, and in no time they had covered more than ten kilometers.

Finally, Xue Tong slowed down and stopped at the edge of a rock wall.

He reached out and gently stroked the rock face, as if searching for some kind of mark.

"Alright. This is it!" He suddenly paused, then clapped his hands lightly.

Suddenly, the rock wall slowly rumbled and moved to the left, revealing a deep, semi-circular cave.

Zhang Rongfang was slightly taken aback. He was not taken aback by the cave, but by the distance they had just traveled. It was more than ten kilometers, but it was clearly not all flat road along the stream.

He had entered a canyon, which should have been full of loose rocks and stones.

But just now, they were walking on flat ground that seemed to be covered with fine gravel.

"Don't overthink it, now, blindfold yourself."

Blindfolded?

"That's right, you can't look. Close your eyes and go to the innermost part, then destroy the Statue. It's very simple. The Statue has different levels of hardness depending on the person. If I were to go, the difficulty I would face would be completely different from yours," Xue Tong said in a deep voice.

Zhang Rongfang squinted at him, without moving.

"What? Are you scared?" Xue Tong asked in surprise.

"Of course, I'm afraid there might be traps inside this cave," Zhang Rongfang replied. "However, I seem to have no other choice now."

"Then it's up to you," Xue Tong said without changing his expression.

It was Zhang Rongfang realized that his face was exactly the same as a younger version of his master, Yue Dewen.

No wonder he looked familiar.

Turning his head, Zhang Rongfang looked towards the cave.

It was pitch black inside.

Unable to look, one could only close one's eyes and caress the Statue as one broke it.

In that case, who knows what kind of monsters or dangers are lurking inside?

A long silence followed.

Suddenly, a faint scream came from afar.

Zhang Rongfang's eyes turned cold.

At this moment, any sound could indicate that something has happened to one of his subordinates.

He needs to hurry.

"You guessed right, it's started. Every bit of delay you make now puts your men in greater danger," Xue Tong said coldly from the side. "Make a decision."

With a whoosh, Zhang Rongfang suddenly took a step, closed his eyes, and entered the cave, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

He walked straight in without any hesitation.

A hint of admiration flashed in Xue Tong's eyes outside the cave, but he showed no intention of going in. Instead, he sat cross-legged at the cave entrance, meditating and waiting quietly.

The cave was pitch black.

Zhang Rongfang closed his eyes, but did not cover them, and kept his head down.

He dared not gamble that what Xue Tong said was false. Since the other party said not to look directly at it, he would abide by it first when facing an unfamiliar area.

Unable to see anything, he groped his way forward, his legs moving slowly, like a cane, as he tentatively moved forward.

Every now and then, he would dig a handful of pebbles from the wall and throw them forward, using the echoes to determine what was in front of him.

"It's still not very convenient." Zhang Rongfang frowned and paused.

He suddenly remembered the guide cane that blind people usually use.

He immediately touched the right side of the stone wall, his palm forming a knife shape, and suddenly cut it open.

Whoosh!

Soon, after a few palm strikes, a two-meter-long stone staff appeared in Zhang Rongfang's hand.

He tested his hand and found that probing forward was not too difficult.

This guide cane, which is two meters long and as thick as an adult's forearm, made him walk much faster.

After walking about two hundred meters in the darkness.

Suddenly, Zhang Rongfang tracks.

We've reached the end.

His guide cane seemed to have touched something upright.

Bang.

He slammed it forward with all his might.

The guide cane broke.

The thing seemed to be unharmed.

Zhang Rongfang slowly reached out his hand, moved closer, and touched the thing.

Slowly, slowly, he touched a hand.

A cool, soft-touch arm! Zhang Rongfang's heart skipped a beat.

For some reason, a chill suddenly ran through him, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

He moved slowly upwards along the hand.

I touched his shoulder, and then his neck.

The other person's skin was smooth and delicate, without any clothing covering it, but it was unusually cold and soft.

Just now, Zhang Rongfang clearly remembered that when he used the stone pillar guide cane to cross, he encountered something hard.

Even the guide cane was smashed and broken.

But now he's touching soft skin?

He became more vigilant and slowly moved upwards.

His hand traced down the neck and reached towards the other person's face.

Thud! Suddenly, a pair of hands firmly grabbed his forearm, the immense force preventing Zhang Rongfang from pulling any further.

A strange girl's laughter rang out in front of me.

Zhang Rongfang clenched his fist and slammed it forward.

Bang!

With a loud bang, he shook off those two hands with one hand and threw a powerful punch forward.

But the attack missed, hitting the rock face directly and sending out large chunks of rock.

Having already made his move, Zhang Rongfang steeled his resolve and disregarded all else. His arms swept across the ground like battle axes.

A few quick swishes.

He then carved deep wounds into the surrounding rock walls.

With a rumbling sound, the entire Rock Cave began to tremble.

That was the sound of an arm hitting a rock.

He resisted the urge to open his eyes and quickly backed away.

"Get out quickly! The cave is about to collapse!" Suddenly a voice called out from outside.