"It smells like flowers!" Tang Cheng caught the scent as well, his brows knitting slightly. How could there be a floral fragrance on such an intense battlefield?
"Careful, it could be poisonous!" Bai Ming's expression changed at once, and he quickly sealed off his breathing.
On a battlefield like this, any unusual scent was basically poisonous. Otherwise, who would use perfume for no reason? Even female cultivators probably would not be in the mood for such things at a time like this.
"This is bad—it's the scent of cherry blossoms!"
Suddenly, Fang Han's expression changed drastically as she looked toward the Akatsuki members shrouded in dense mist in the distance. Kong Chen, who had originally been trapped within the illusion, was now radiating crimson light. Vast quantities of cherry blossom petals drifted out from his body and floated in every direction. The scent of cherry blossoms was coming from those petals.
"Has Kong Chen broken free of the illusion?" Bai Ming asked with a slight frown.
With Vermilion Bird's earlier example before them, the massive eruption of cherry blossom petals from Kong Chen's body seemed to signal that he was about to break free from Fang Han's illusion control as well.
"But... according to my senses, he's clearly still inside my illusion..." Fang Han said, her expression uncertain.
"What do we do?" Tang Cheng asked.
Vermilion Bird's awakening had already dealt them a considerable blow. They had finally managed to suppress the Akatsuki members with Feng Yuan's formation, but if Kong Chen awakened as well, things would become difficult.
After all, Kong Chen was one of the Ten Sons of Immortal Bones.
During their previous exchanges, Kong Chen's strength had not seemed particularly remarkable. He had always remained hidden beneath Lin Chuan's brilliance, making it easy for others to overlook