Wu Se was somewhat nervous.
It could already sense something entering its illusion, but what terrified it was that it still couldn't determine where the intruder was.
It was certain that the other party had discovered its location and could attack at any moment. At the same time, the intruder probably hadn't realized that it had been detected too. So it was still moving cautiously and slowly, searching for flaws in the inverted illusion Wu Se had set up, hoping to find an opportunity to kill the Ancient Ones and Rage in one strike.
A bead of cold sweat trickled down Wu Se's forehead.
Compared with the high-level Superhuman who had lured Gu Feng away earlier, this was the truly terrifying opponent.
For the first time, it had lost confidence in itself. It did everything it could to maintain the inverted illusion while avoiding letting the intruder realize it had been detected, struggling to stay calm.
Thump, thump, thump.
A powerful heartbeat sounded in its ears. It was the impact of Rage's law aura after each successive burst of power. Every increase in his strength was a tremendous test for Wu Se. It had to do everything it could to appear utterly calm and reduce the chance of exposing itself.
After an unknown amount of time,
suddenly,
Gu Feng returned. He was as calm as ever, as though dealing with the opponent from earlier had been effortless and only to be expected. Wu Se's confident reassurances had not been misplaced.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Feng sensed something unusual and asked in surprise.
Wu Se said nothing, only letting its gaze wander uncertainly.
Even Gu Feng hadn't detected the intruder. That showed just how much more terrifying this opponent really was than Wu Se had imagined. It had approached without a sound,