"Don't celebrate too soon!"
Tang San pointed at the unconscious Xiao Bai in Ling Chen's hands, and only then did Ling Chen take a closer look.
"It's my clone!"
Ling Chen sensed that something was wrong. The battle just now had seemed like an illusion, as though it had all been staged by Ling Chen himself.
Sure enough, Xiao Bai in the vortex was looking at Ling Chen with a teasing expression.
"Looks like this fourth trial isn't so simple!"
Ling Chen had originally thought that, with his overwhelming strength, he could swiftly complete the fourth trial. But he had underestimated Xiao Bai's spiritual power.
Ling Chen recalled the course of the battle. The moment he dismissed the Demonic Sword Armor, he had fallen into the illusion.
He was now certain that he was still within the illusion. His head soul bone grew slightly hot, and Ling Chen spread out his spiritual power to shield himself from the illusion's effects.
The scene before him shifted again. Ling Chen found that several ten-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Sharks had bitten down on his limbs and were dragging him in a certain direction.
Along the way, Ling Chen saw many Demon Soul Great White Sharks reduced to dry bones. They were the very Demon Soul Great White Sharks that had attacked him earlier.
Xiao Bai noticed that Ling Chen had awakened and immediately ordered her clansmen to bite off his limbs.
However, Ling Chen moved faster.
The Demonic Sword Armor instantly covered him, allowing Ling Chen to catch his breath.
By releasing soul power outward, one could isolate the seawater and avoid suffocation.
Ling Chen had discovered this while fighting the Sea Soul Brothers. He had not told Tang San and the others, because from beginning to end, Ling Chen had never