The earth-shaking battle Old Man Withered Bamboo had just fought had, in the end, taken place entirely within an illusory realm. He had been caught in someone else's scheme from the very beginning!
He looked at Shi Feiyang, then turned toward Lu Yu, anger in his eyes mingled with the relief that things had turned out this way.
Shi Feiyang looked at Old Man Withered Bamboo. "We fought in earnest within the Grand Void Illusory Realm just now. You were no match for me, yet you went off and blew up my Heaven Beyond Divine Mountain. That was truly despicable."
Old Man Withered Bamboo still refused to concede. "Some moves were real, but others were illusory. Otherwise, how could you have escaped my Qimen Seven Extremes Nine Stars Formation?"
Lu Yu cut in from the side. "You shameless old wretch! Fellow Daoist Shi possesses Cosmic Treasures left in the human world by Haotian Shangdi, so he might well have broken through your formation. Even if it took some effort, how could he have fallen into your formation so easily? Do you think Fellow Daoist Shi has no formations of his own to deal with you?
"You had plainly already fallen into Fellow Daoist Shi's Grand Void Illusory Realm. You exhausted every means, fighting like a cornered beast, and still suffered an utter defeat. Yet you're still talking tough! Are you really such a sore loser? If Fellow Daoist Shi hadn't shown mercy, you would already be in Avici Hell!"
Old Man Withered Bamboo snorted. "What would I fear even if I fell into hell? I long ago transcended life and death and attained the Earth Immortal realm. It is as though my name has been crossed out of the Book of Life and Death—even King Yama can do nothing to