Wall of Endless Darkness

As soon as Lu Yan'an entered the illusion created by this Innate Secret Technique, he found himself surrounded by absolute darkness, as deep as a black hole! In this absolute darkness, he couldn't see anything at all. Moreover, although Lu Yan'an was clearly aware that he was in an illusion, he couldn't break free from it. In this absolute darkness, he couldn't find or feel anything.

Only then did Lu Yan'an clearly understand that this Innate Secret Technique, "Soul Annihilation," was a conditional illusion. Such illusions could only be broken if specific conditions were met within the illusionary realm, just like the Stairs of Sinking in the previous "Orthodox Illusionist" inheritance. However, since he couldn't take shortcuts through Heart Power or his own willpower, he could only keep moving forward.

As he made up his mind to move forward, a path appeared beneath Lu Yan'an's feet, allowing him to proceed. Aside from that, all around him remained absolute darkness! He didn't linger and strode forward.

"Bang!"

I was walking along peacefully when suddenly my body bumped heavily into the stone wall in front of me.

There was a stone wall ahead. Lu Yan'an knew that he was on this dark path and there would inevitably be difficulties, so he wasn't too surprised. The stone wall that had just hit his current body hadn't damaged him at all; it was truly incredibly hard.

Lu Yan'an took a slight step back, and a Ningfeng Blade suddenly appeared in his hand.

Since there was a stone wall blocking his path, he took out his Ningfeng Blade, channeled his power into the blade, and slashed fiercely forward. With this slash, a deep gash was carved into the stone wall in front of him. However, the stone wall was not yet broken. Lu Yan'an continued to slash with his blade, and after ten slashes, finally, with a whoosh, the stone wall broke.

The stone wall, which required ten strikes to cut through, was incredibly hard.

After breaking through the stone wall, Lu Yan'an continued forward, still in darkness and in an environment where his Spiritual Force could not perceive him.

They hadn't walked far when they bumped into a stone wall with a thud.

Another stone wall? Lu Yan'an had no choice but to continue his attacks, unleashing ten more strikes! With a whoosh, the stone wall split in two, allowing him to continue forward.

Darkness remained, and his Spiritual Force still couldn't penetrate any further. After a few more steps, he would encounter stone walls, all of which were of the same hardness and required Lu Yan'an to sever them with ten strikes.

Lu Yan'an kept swinging the knife in his hand.

The hundredth strike.

The thousandth strike.

The ten thousandth strike.

The 100,000th strike, the 100,000th time. I originally thought that 10,000 stone walls would be enough, but there are still stone walls ahead.

The millionth strike.

By the millionth strike, 100,000 stone walls had already been shattered, but there were still stone walls ahead, as if these stone walls had no end.

There are still stone walls ahead. Just how many more stone walls are there?

Is this dark path truly traversable? Just how difficult is it?

"This is no ordinary illusion. I have never heard of such a terrifying illusion before. Moreover, the move that 'Mantu Divine General' used was so bizarre. It must be his innate ultimate move." Lu Yan'an had been trapped in the illusion for an extremely long Years, but he remained extremely calm. His will had been tempered into a terrifyingly firm one through the trials of life and death.

"A unique, innate skill is inherently a technique that is difficult to comprehend."

"Innate Secret Technique like 'Clone' and 'copying' are impossible to cultivate. This talent is also very strange." Lu Yan'an thought to himself. Although he was trapped in one illusion after another and could not completely escape, he was not in a hurry. Firstly, although it seemed like a long Years had passed, Lu Yan'an knew that only a moment had passed in the outside world by relying on his Heart Power perception.

This is also a special use of Heart Power. If someone else were completely affected by the illusion, their will would no longer be able to maintain a connection with their true self.

After the Mantu Divine General unleashed this move, the thousands of eyes on its head began to quietly close, even the silver-white eye on its forehead slowly shut. This move was Innate Secret Technique; once unleashed, it plunged the victim into endless darkness. There were only two ways to break this spell.

The first type involves possessing a superior cultivation level or an even more advanced Soul-type Supreme Treasure, completely protecting one's strength before its Virtual God Power begins to erode it. Generally, only Universe Master or extremely powerful Universe Overlord from major forces can meet these conditions!

The second method involves enduring this attack, constantly advancing through the darkness, breaking through endless Wall of Endless Darkness, and not being able to succumb to it along the way. This requires spending an extremely long Years in the illusion, while in the outside world, it is only a fleeting moment.

"Endless darkness."

"If one cannot reach the final step to completely break this secret technique, the victim will naturally suffer a collapse of will and consciousness, a complete breakdown of soul, and utter annihilation."

"If one resists and breaks through layer after layer of illusions, one will be incredibly lonely and isolated. One must constantly break through the Wall of Endless Darkness that appear before one's eyes within the eternal darkness constructed by the illusions, and one cannot relax for a moment. One must eternally break through the Wall of Endless Darkness, as if swinging a sword without end, Years billions of years. In the end, they will find that the speed at which they swing their swords to break through the Wall of Endless Darkness cannot even keep up with the speed at which the Wall of Endless Darkness automatically generate! This discovery is enough to plunge even the strongest into despair and ultimately lead them to ruin." Mantu Divine General quite proud of his move.

This move is incredibly powerful.

The effect is far more terrifying than being annihilated in a direct confrontation! After all, there's no rest in the illusion; you have to constantly break through the Wall of Endless Darkness that appear before you. Its most terrifying aspect is that once trapped in this illusion, the victim has no idea how many Wall of Endless Darkness they need to break. And as time passes, the victim gradually becomes numb to the passage of time, eventually leading to a breakdown of will...

The Mantu Divine General had just closed his eyes and was smiling when Lu Yan'an in the distance opened his eyes.

"You, you..." Eyes faintly appeared on the crystal-clear skin of the Mantu Divine General. "How could you possibly... how could World Lord Level's will possibly survive this eternal Wall of Endless Darkness?"

"Who can say for sure? After all, you probably never thought someone could be that stubborn, right?" Lu Yan'an rubbed his chin and chuckled. The discrepancy between the speed of time perceived by his consciousness and his physical body was causing Lu Yan'an some trouble controlling his body. Fortunately, however, it wasn't a big problem.

"How long did you endure the obstruction of the endless Wall of Endless Darkness? And how many Wall of Endless Darkness did you eventually break through?" Mantu Divine General suddenly asked.

"The Wall of Endless Darkness? Hmm, the name is quite fitting." Lu Yan'an nodded. "It's alright. I felt like I spent nearly 100,000 epochs within it. As for the walls I broke through, I didn't count them exactly, but probably over a hundred billion?"

"Nearly 100,000 epochs? Hundreds of billions of Wall of Endless Darkness? Endless loneliness and tedium, and now the breaking down of those Wall of Endless Darkness can't stop for a moment. You've endured 100,000 epochs?" Mantu Divine General exclaimed with admiration, "I admire you."

"It's alright," Lu Yan'an forced a smile.

In truth, Lu Yan'an's experience wasn't as difficult as the Mantu Divine General imagined. Aside from his strong will, Lu Yan'an's cultivation had reached the pinnacle of the Unity of Unity of Heaven and Man. Simply relying on his Heart Power as a bridge to communicate with his body and understand the passage of time in the real world meant he no longer suffered from the aftereffects of time-related numbness and disorder. Even after countless Years had passed in the illusion, upon emerging from it, Lu Yan'an could clearly know how much time had actually passed in the real world.

Otherwise, even with Lu Yan'an's current level of mental cultivation and strong willpower, he would be completely exhausted if he tried to withstand this Innate Secret Technique. The eternal darkness combined with the uncertain passage of time is a terrible torment for anyone. After withstanding this attack, Lu Yan'an is not quite completely exhausted, but he is utterly drained.

"I admire you." Mantu Divine General nodded. "Since you were able to withstand my attack, no one below the Universe Master will ever attempt to assassinate or enslave you in terms of your soul."

"Now, shall we begin the second round? Since Soul Attack have failed to harm you, let's try physical attacks instead!"

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