128: Chapter 128 The Evil Dragon Breaks Free from its Seal, Tempering Him in an Illusory Realm

Lu Hu's gaze fell upon the bottomless abyss of the illusionary realm, a sharp light flickering in his eyes.

The moment he took control of the Kun Illusionary Realm, he had triggered a system reward, but he hadn't had the time to check it until now.

The system reward was triggered based on him making contact with the mission objective; in other words, during the brief moment he controlled the Kun Illusionary Realm, his divine sense or physical body had made contact with the illusory immortal grass.

The system reward had come at just the right time.

Lu Hu thought to himself, "With this wisp of origin of the Illusionary Way, the risk of me falling into the Kun Illusionary Realm is greatly reduced, and collecting the illusory immortal grass will be twice as easy."

"Everyone, guard the perimeter here; I will go in."

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. After making his preparations and giving a few instructions to Emperor Xuan and the others, Lu Hu plunged into the abyss filled with illusions without hesitation.

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Inside the illusionary abyss, it was incomparably scorching, with thick fog churning and laws in chaos. Lu Hu could not be bothered to deal with the loach slamming into the ground; the surrounding Kun Illusionary Way was too dense, and if he stayed too long, he would also fall into an illusion.

Lu Hu closed his eyes and spread his divine sense, quickly locking onto an extremely profound aura—the location of the illusory immortal grass.

He dashed toward the aura, and in just a moment, layers of the aura of the Great Way of Illusion surged from the front, enveloping him like an invisible giant net. Before Lu Hu could react, his consciousness suddenly sank, and the surrounding scene changed drastically with a roar.

And at the very same instant Lu Hu fell into the illusion, the entire Kun Illusionary Realm suddenly came to a halt!

The wicked dragon, which had been crazily ramming against the barriers at the bottom of the abyss, saw the confusion and irritability in its eyes fade, and it suddenly woke up!

It had been trapped for a thousand years and had long been driven mad by the torture of the illusion. Now that the illusion had paused and the shackles had loosened, its monstrous ferocity erupted instantly.

"Roar—!"

A dragon roar that shook the heavens and earth echoed through the illusion. Crimson flames swept in all directions, and the wicked dragon's massive body twisted, its scales opening and closing. Its fierce might soared straight into the clouds, as it attempted to directly break through the cage of the illusion!

"Oh no! The wicked dragon is coming out!"

Some of the immortals of Xuan Kingdom exclaimed. They saw the crimson fire that incinerated everything flying out from beneath the abyss. Wherever it passed, the void melted, everything turned into nothingness, and even light was ignited.

"Ancestor Qingxuan, come quickly!"

Emperor Xuan shouted, then summoned the nation-guarding seal, "Let's go!"

Boom!

The immortals of Xuan Kingdom struck one after another, magic treasures chiming in unison, and immortal arts crisscrossing as they attempted to suppress the wicked dragon's ferocity.

However, the wicked dragon was an extinction-level demon, and its cultivation realm was above that of the immortals. A thousand years of imprisonment had only weakened it without reducing its power too much; instead, it had made its ferocity even more violent. As the crimson fire swept past, immortal arts shattered and magic treasures melted. The immortals' defensive line was instantly torn apart, and several people were struck by the shockwaves, spitting out immortal blood as they were sent flying backward.

"The wicked dragon has crimson fire protecting its body; without sufficient power to crush it, do not attack!"

At this moment, the immortal Qingxuan and more than twenty Earthly Immortals also arrived. Under the nourishment of Lu Hu's Power of Creation, they had long since fully recovered.

Having spent years seeking survival under the wicked dragon's nose, they knew the wicked dragon well and had some experience.

But that was only experience in dealing with an unconscious wicked dragon; after all, there was a difference of a cultivation realm. Now that the wicked dragon had escaped from the illusion, even with the addition of Qingxuan and the other immortals, the situation could not be changed. Like Emperor Xuan and the others, they were in precarious danger under the wicked dragon's power.

Just at the critical moment, two earth-shattering auras suddenly erupted!

It was Rongxiao and Dragon Kun. They no longer suppressed their cultivation, and their long-accumulated power burst through the shackles!

"Boom!"

Rongxiao's body swelled, transforming into a massive octopus that blotted out the sky, its tentacles waving like pillars of heaven, each strike carrying the might of a Heavenly Immortal.

Dragon Kun revealed its true form, a fish body with a dragon appearance, spanning the void. With a long roar, it dispersed the wicked dragon's dragon might, and its giant tail whipped across the air toward the wicked dragon.

The two strange beasts both broke through to the Heavenly Immortal realm, their might shaking the heavens and earth!

However, in the battle against the wicked dragon, they did not use their strongest fire-type methods. Their fire-type divine abilities all came from the Crimson Melting bloodline; using divine abilities passed down by the wicked dragon against the wicked dragon itself was completely useless.

Without using fire-type divine abilities, and with the wicked dragon having crimson fire protecting its body, their other minor methods had no effect. They could only choose to attack with the purest power, but the effect was minimal. Within a few rounds, they fell into a disadvantage, and a large chunk of Dragon Kun's body was torn off by the wicked dragon.

This was also the reason why Dragon Kun and Rongxiao had always avoided facing the wicked dragon; they were almost completely countered by the wicked dragon in every aspect, and they had no advantage when fighting.

Clang!

At this moment, sword light flickered, and sharp sword qi instantly enveloped the wicked dragon.

"Do not resist, attack to your heart's content!"

The void-breaking sword appeared out of nowhere, with the demon-slaying sword floating beside it. The power of space enveloped all the immortals present, and all the incoming crimson fire was transferred elsewhere.

The pressure on the immortals was greatly reduced. Without the need to defend, they launched a sky-covering, all-out siege against the wicked dragon.

Immortal light, the strange beasts' divine abilities, the demon-slaying sword intent, and the wicked dragon's crimson fire collided with a roar. Heaven and earth inverted, the sun and moon shattered, and the battle instantly entered a white-hot stage.

Meanwhile, at the core of the illusion, Lu Hu was still trapped in the maze of the Illusionary Way.

The surrounding illusory scenes shattered and reassembled. In the next second, he transformed back into a human form, placing himself in a prosperous and dazzling modern world.

He was a born prodigy, showing amazing talent from a young age. His academics and talent were unparalleled in the world, and he was the "child of others" in the mouths of countless parents. After becoming an adult, a wealthy heiress with trillions in assets fell in love with him and married him. The drugs he casually developed could prolong life and unlock genetic locks, turning mortals into superhumans. Any one of his inventions could propel human civilization into the interstellar era, allowing them to roam the star seas.

With power over the world, beauties in his arms, endless wealth, the admiration of the world, and the worship of ten thousand races, he eventually sat on the throne of the Lord of Humanity, becoming a legend respected by the entire starry sky.

Living in luxury and glory, his life was smooth sailing, without the slightest setback.

But Lu Hu just watched everything before him quietly and let out a sigh, "Power, beauties, wealth... having tasted all the splendor of the world, it is ultimately fake."

No matter how beautiful the illusion was, it was not reality. He cultivated the Kun Illusionary Way; such an extremely prosperous illusion could not make him experience it immersively.

As his words fell, the dazzling world before him collapsed with a roar, scattering like a shattered mirror. Lu Hu's figure returned to his tiger form, and his vision returned to the Kun Illusionary Realm abyss. Not far ahead, an immortal grass that was glowing with colorful light floated quietly. Its leaves were crystal clear, circulating with the profound brilliance of the Illusionary Way. It was breathtakingly beautiful and contained the ultimate mystery of heaven and earth.

illusory immortal grass!

Lu Hu stepped forward, and as soon as he approached, an even stronger power of the Illusionary Way swept toward him.

His vision suddenly blurred, the vicissitudes of life passed in an instant, and he fell into an illusion again. This time, he became the lowliest servant in a big family, unable to eat his fill or keep warm, bullied all day long, with suffering surging like a tide.

But Lu Hu didn't even have the heart to experience it. He simply played a game of "neck freedom swinging" once, and the painful illusion instantly dissipated.

Returning to reality, he continued to move forward.

The closer he got to the illusory immortal grass, the more frequent and fierce the illusion attacks became.

At times, he was the heir to a kingdom, living in luxury, pampered by his whole family and adored by everyone. He was the Holy Master of a cultivation holy land, controlling heaven and earth and commanding the masses. He was also the supreme ruler of the Immortal World, overlooking the Three Realms, unique and eternal.

Happiness, glory, power... everything beautiful was offered to him, tempting him to sink into it.

Every time, Lu Hu would let out a helpless sigh, "If you want me to sink into it, then put some effort into it; I can't immerse myself at all, it's too fake."

Unable to seduce him, the illusion turned into extreme pain.

He was the crown prince of a fallen nation, suffering humiliation. He was a helpless orphan, barely surviving in troubled times. He was a beast of burden, working hard without complaint, driven by others his whole life, with no hope of ever succeeding.

Despair, pain, and numbness constantly impacted his mind.

But although Lu Hu's understanding of the Kun Illusionary Way was not as good as Ancestor Kun's, it was close. To him, these illusions were just movies viewed in passing; they could not shake his mind at all. Whether it was extreme joy or endless pain, he was just an observer, and the illusions would shatter on their own.

Breaking through illusions all the way, Lu Hu finally arrived in front of the illusory immortal grass.

The immortal grass swayed, its aura of the Illusionary Way dense to the extreme, but it could no longer deceive him in the slightest.

Lu Hu reached out his tiger claw and plucked up this illusory immortal grass, the treasure of Kun Kingdom and the root of the illusion, quickly putting it into his system space.

The moment the illusory immortal grass disappeared, the entire Kun Illusionary Realm completely lost its support and shattered with a roar!

The endless illusion collapsed, the aura of falsehood dissipated, and only the color crimson remained in the abyss.

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