A Top Scholar in Everything-Chapter 868 - 854: Illusion Realm

Baiyu knew very well where the voice came from; it was the City Lord's Attendant, Lilith. She somehow managed to amplify her voice to the point where it could be heard throughout the entire dark curtain: "Everyone, don't panic. We are actively working on a rescue. Try to avoid combat with the Life Sect apostates; your deaths may become their nourishment.

Hold on until the rescue arrives, and you'll be out of danger. Also, remember, do not touch the green orb in the center."

After she finished speaking.

The voice fell silent.

Then, they saw the entire light screen constantly trembling, as if someone outside was pounding it relentlessly with a large hammer. At this moment, Baiyu wisely hid away; such matters should be left to the big shots to handle, and he'd better stay inconspicuous for now.

But things didn't go as planned.

As Baiyu quietly sneaked into a merchant's shop and hid on the dark second floor, the cabinet next to him moved.

Darn it.

Of all times to move, why move the cabinet now?

His eyes narrowed; although he didn't want to cause trouble, if it sought him out, he wouldn't back down.

He yanked it open.

Inside was a man and a woman, huddled together, trembling, looking at Baiyu with extremely terrified eyes.

"Don't kill us, don't kill us."

"We're just here doing business, haven't done anything wrong, don't kill us,"

The man and woman pleaded.

Baiyu could sense that their abilities were indeed not strong, at best like Tier Seven Martial Artists; they had no way to cope with this unforeseen disaster.

"Uh, we're all just hiding from trouble, boss, don't worry. I'll stay here for a while, then leave," Baiyu said softly. The two stared at Baiyu with fearful eyes, only calming down slightly when they realized he had no ill intentions.

However.

The three stayed safely in the room for not long before the room suddenly exploded and was destroyed, and a group of black-robed figures surrounded them. The shopkeeper and his wife intended to flee but were killed instantly by the black-robed men after just a few steps. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Blood splattered everywhere.

Baiyu took a deep breath, squinting his eyes; he knew that escaping was simply impossible—these black-robed figures clearly had special ways to find living people. Even though he had contained his Blood Qi and concealed his Spirituality to the lowest state earlier, he was still discovered.

"Blood Blade Dragon!"

Baiyu shouted, no longer suppressing himself; the Chain Saw Blade transformed directly into a large blade with spikes that spun at high speed and swung at several nearby black-robed figures. There was a cracking sound, like the ripping of a cloth sack.

Several black-robed figures were instantly cut in half by Baiyu.

But from the ends of their bodies, there was no blood pouring out, only countless dry leaves flying up. These corpses fell to the ground and instantly turned into a shower of dry leaves. Baiyu at this moment was engulfed in outward-radiating Blood Qi, like a tangible bloody aura condensing around him, resembling a bloodthirsty beast.

After killing those few, he did not stop but leapt up with a push of his legs, causing the cement floor beneath to crack densely, and he jumped like a tiger across a stream, pulling the long blade which released a crimson arc.

The remaining black-robed figures were instantly consumed by the blood-red arc, exploding.

Countless dry leaves flew.

Baiyu took a deep breath, looked up, and saw more black-robed figures emerging from the green orb. Continuing to kill like this was pointless; the killed black-robed figures would revive, making it impossible to wipe them out.

Baiyu fixed his eyes on the green orb in the sky.

Logically, if he wanted to resolve this issue, he would have to deal with it.

But Lilith said firmly not to touch the orb in the center.

With this.

Baiyu fell into thought.

However, after slaying those few black-robed figures, more started falling from the sky, surrounding him.

The number of black-robed figures this time was double before.

Baiyu didn't say much, quickly and decisively slaughtered the group, planning to leave the place, but more black-robed figures flew down from above. This time, they were even stronger.

"It really never ends," Baiyu frowned.

Killing like this, he would eventually exhaust himself and die, especially before rescue arrived.

Baiyu once again slew the group of black-robed figures.

These few kills were already becoming laborious; if two more waves came, he would be utterly defenseless against these black-robed figures.

"That's not right; no one can infinitely resurrect—energy is conserved. Blood Qi, Spirituality, none of these are spontaneously generated. Can this green orb really produce all these black-robed figures just by absorbing blood?"

Baiyu contemplated the situation.

This time, when the black-robed figures descended again, Baiyu didn't continue to attack but instead maximized his Spirituality, carefully observing them.

This observation revealed the problem.

Each black-robed figure's body was not the same and had a slight blurring effect, like watching a low-resolution film. A bold idea emerged in Baiyu's mind.

Nothing can infinitely regenerate.

But what if—it's an illusion?

If all this is mere illusion, it made sense. To confirm this, Baiyu did not dodge the attack from the black-robed figures; no matter if it's real, one hit couldn't kill him.

And indeed.

Just as Baiyu had expected, the moment the attack made contact, the black-robed figure exploded directly, turning prematurely into dry leaves, vanishing before his eyes. All around, one after another, black-robed figures were self-destructing, like a mass suicide scene.

Illusion Realm!

Under the gaze of this green light, everyone was trapped in an illusion realm!

As for why real people could be killed by these illusions, there were two possibilities: One, if those trapped in illusions did not realize it, the figures became real; the second possibility is that others were scared to death.

There was once an experiment where a bandit locked someone in a room, blindfolded them, and simulated wrist slashing until the person was scared to death, believing they had been slashed.

Within this illusion, fear may be amplified, causing actual death.

No matter which scenario.

The one certainty is they are now in a vast illusion realm, each person unable to escape it.

Knowing this point, Baiyu confidently walked down the street, aiming to see what tricks the Life Sect apostates had up their sleeves.

Yet, after just a few steps, a faint gaze shot out from the darkness.