Lu Yin found it strange. Was this another Destiny Illusory God?
The moment the puppet appeared, Lao Dian changed completely. He grew gloomy and sinister, and an involuntary smile tugged at his lips. He looked utterly cruel.
"It's you?" The Illusory Change Realm cultivator in front was astonished.
The one behind them spoke in a low voice. "You made it back?"
Lao Dian licked his lips. "Acting Mansion Master, we're going in." Then the eerie puppet threw back its head and laughed maniacally at the starry sky. Waves rippled outward, followed by a surging torrent of Illusory God Power. The power was sinister and ghostly. Anyone who touched it felt dizzy and sick, and saw all kinds of bizarre visions.
Lu Yin endured the discomfort and looked ahead.
They were getting closer and closer to the Red Domain. They were almost inside.
A lotus bloomed in their path. It was Lotus Treasure.
The eerie puppet's laughter grew louder, and the ripples continued to erode the lotus.
Yet the lotus bloomed again and again, four times in total.
Lu Yin's heart sank. A lotus's grade was determined by how many petals it bloomed. As the Lotus Venerable Disciple had once explained, "A lotus that blooms to the ninth grade is a Venerable"—that referred to the Lotus Venerable. Beneath the Lotus Venerable were eight grades of blooming lotus, each with a different level of power. The Lotus Treasure they had once been given for their trial in the Fifth Continent had been fourth-grade. A fourth-grade lotus could withstand a single strike from an Ancestral Realm expert. The lotus before them was also fourth-grade. With Lao Dian's Illusory Change Realm cultivation, he had no chance of breaking through.
The lotus's appearance meant that the Illusory Change Realm cultivator in front of them had