Shen Luo pondered for a long time, looking at the silt and lake water gradually surging back around the huge pit, his brows knotted tightly.
I still have to try again, he thought.
Having made up his mind, he stomped with both feet and shot into the air, transforming into a streak of red light as he charged toward the heavens.
This time, he ignored all interference from the illusions, using only his long staff to clear the way as he rushed straight at Chi You's enormous face.
Just as he drew near, Chi You suddenly opened his blood-soaked maw and bit down at Shen Luo.
Shen Luo let out a roar, steeled himself, and vowed to see what kind of monster this illusion truly was.
The Jiuli Demon Armor emerged over his body. Without slowing in the slightest—if anything, accelerating—he plunged voluntarily into Chi You's giant mouth.
"Brother Shen..." Wuman'er could not help crying out.
Yuan Yuan was even more horrified, unable to understand what had happened at all.
Shen Luo plunged headfirst into Chi You's bloody mouth, and darkness immediately engulfed everything around him.
"As expected, an illusion is still only an illusion. Let me see what lies within..." Shen Luo laughed instead of panicking and shouted.
Light flared around him again as he continued flying upward along his original trajectory.
"One thousand zhang, three thousand zhang, one hundred li..."
As Shen Luo sped onward, he silently calculated the distance he had traveled.
Yet as time stretched on, his mood grew increasingly heavy.
Before long, he had already flown several hundred li, but all he could see ahead and around him was darkness—nothing but darkness.
Clearly, no matter how enormous "Chi You's" body was, it could not possibly have been so absurdly vast.
It was as if he