The French team was facing the stone door to the secret chamber.
A section of Spirit Machinery hand cannon, about the length of an arm, protruded from above the armored arm.
As Spiritual Power converged, specks of blue light illuminated the cave abode.
"Break! (Open!)"
Two sharp shouts erupted almost simultaneously.
Lu Changming unleashed a powerful blue psionic beam.
Ye Chenfeng pointed his sword finger, unleashing condensed Sword Qi.
The bombardment struck the center of the stone gate simultaneously.
"Boom!"
A loud noise was heard, but the stone gate did not shatter as expected.
Instead, a burst of intense white light filled the cave abode.
It submerged their vision Divine Sense, instantly stripping them of their senses.
I don't know how much time has passed, perhaps a long time, or perhaps just a breath.
When the light recedes like the tide and our vision refocuses.
A blurry yet incredibly familiar figure in a green robe stood with his hands behind his back before Lu Changming.
"That's... Master?"
"Is that you, Master?"
Lu Changming was shocked and stood there, seemingly unaware of why his master had suddenly appeared.
While they were still stunned, the figure in the green robe suddenly engaged in a fierce battle with someone!
A familiar voice echoed in Lu Changming's ears, revealing signs of defeat.
" Changming, what are you standing there for?"
"Weren't you going to stand in front of your master? Your master needs you..."
The familiar voice sounded weak, and Lu Changming couldn't quite make it out; he only felt his blood rush to his head.
His eyes were bloodshot and he was filled with anxiety. Without thinking, he rushed out.
At the same time, the scene before Ye Chenfeng was completely different.
He found himself amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, the stench of which was extremely pungent.
A colossal toad demon, as large as a mountain and covered in blood, was roaring madly.
Beneath its sharp claws, a figure covered in blood and barely breathing was pinned down—it was... Lu Li!
" Junior Brother Lu!!"
When Ye Chenfeng saw this scene clearly, his eyes widened in fury.
The Sword Qi within his body suddenly erupted.
They were about to charge forward without any regard for the consequences.
At this moment, neither Ye Chenfeng nor Lu Changming knew that they had fallen into an extremely realistic illusion.
They only wanted to fulfill their deepest, most cherished wish at this moment.
The stone door to the secret chamber had been opened at some unknown time.
The center of the real stone chamber, now empty, is revealed.
A grayish-white bead, shrouded in silvery mist, floated silently within a skull.
As the gray bead floated and rotated, a faint light reflected from above.
Ye Chenfeng and Lu Changming stood there, dumbfounded, beside the gray bead.
She seemed to be asleep.
Only the surface of the gray bead reflected the anxious expressions of the two people.
The more anxious the two looked, the faster the gray bead spun.
With each rotation, the two figures' illusory forms faded slightly.
Hehehe~!
"I never expected to catch two big fish today."
"In the past, they were either Foundation Establishment Rogue Cultivator or demon soldiers and generals."
"But these two, one is Golden Core cultivator, and the other possesses a third-tier treasure."
"Wonderful! Wonderful!"
"With these two adding fuel to the fire, I'm sure I can get another batch of Mirage Soul Pearl, and my concealment of the Nascent Soul demon will be even more thorough..."
A chilling, abrupt laugh drifted from within the gray beads.
Filled with intense excitement.
Clearly, even the Lord of the Gray Pearl hadn't expected to catch such a rare and large fish.
There's just one thing he can't understand.
The two people did not appear to know each other.
Why do all the illusions that appear in my mind seem the same?
Could there be some connection between them?
"It's his fault! No matter what grudge he may have, he won't escape from my grasp!"
"These two large fish need to be properly refined."
"Especially this Golden Core cultivator, it might be difficult to handle without some effort."
With these thoughts in mind, the owner of the gray bead dared not be careless.
He unleashed the full power of the illusion, attempting to trap the two within it completely.
Master, be careful!
"Your disciple is here!"
Lu Changming rushed towards Lu Li, seemingly trying to shield him.
But with such low cultivation level, how can one achieve high speed?
Therefore, disregarding the danger to his life, Lu Changming burned the Spiritual Power in his meridians.
They were willing to risk everything to protect Lu Li.
What puzzled him was that he kept hearing a strange buzzing sound in his ears.
Distracting him caused his Spiritual Power to become sluggish.
Ye Chenfeng, on the other hand, did the same, rushing towards the toad demon without any regard for the consequences.
They wanted to rescue Lu Li from the clutches of the demon.
However, the difference in cultivation level was too great, and he was no match for Nascent Soul demon.
" Junior Brother Lu!!"
His voice was hoarse and strained; he was actually planning to mobilize the sword pill in his Dantian and forcefully break through to the next realm.
It was this action that caused the owner of the gray bead to have Divine Sense turmoil and to speak in surprise.
Within his Divine Sense vision, the strange armor on one of the two people standing motionless in the secret chamber was making incessant noises.
Another surge of Sword Qi, sharp as a ray, pierced the cave abode.
What's that noise?
"These two are still able to mobilize the power of their own artifacts and physical substances while inside an illusion?"
"This shouldn't be the case. Logically, once it enters my Mirage Soul Pearl, all five senses Divine Sense should be blocked, making it impossible to communicate with my own power."
"It can only be created by manipulating Divine Sense sense."
"What exactly is going on?"
The owner of the gray bead sounded noticeably panicked.
After a moment, he forced himself to comfort himself.
It's a coincidence, it must be a coincidence.
These two people looked quite ordinary, even if they had some cultivation and some skill with magical artifacts.
It is also impossible to break through the barrier by force.
He refused to believe that these two could forcibly bypass the illusion and awaken their own artifacts.
While remaining calm, he also increased the pressure of his Divine Sense.
This significantly increases the difficulty of the illusionary realm.
Lu Changming is in ten times greater danger than he is now, as he and his master are caught in a series of ambushes.
The Nascent Soul stage demon before Ye Chenfeng was even more formidable, and there was more than one of them appearing.
All of this forced the two to stop exerting themselves in the slightest, unleashing their full power and squeezing their meridians Dantian, determined to fight to the death.
Outside the illusion, the Lord-Grade Spirit Machinery 3.0 Dharma Armor on Lu Changming's body seemed to sense a strong fluctuation of Divine Sense.
Inside the French Ligue 1 stadium, a hidden Artifact Inscription slowly lit up.
A cold, mechanical sound suddenly rang out.
"Drop!"
"The user has been offline for an extended period, and their Divine Sense is fluctuating abnormally."
" The Heart of Primordial Beginning is about to take over control of Ligue 1."
"Default takeover countdown: 10, 9, 8, 7..."
The indifferent mechanical sounds echoed throughout the French Ligue 1 stadium.
Lu Changming couldn't hear it, but the owner of the gray bead heard it clearly.
Although I didn't understand the general meaning of those words, I knew it was definitely not a good thing for me.
However, once he controls the bead to subdue the enemy, he cannot relax his Divine Sense power in the slightest.
There was no time to pay attention to the source of the sound; they could only watch helplessly as the strange armor counted down.
Just then, Ye Chenfeng suddenly made a move.
A sharp, powerful aura surged within his Dantian.
It was as if something had been abruptly awakened.
An impatient voice slowly echoed in Ye Chenfeng's ears.
"Hey kid, what's going on with you?"
"Can't I even sleep for a few years if I want to...? Hmm? This is!"