King of Assassins-Chapter 780 - 578: I Am Standing Right in Front of You

The five-colored bubble continued to expand, transforming into an endless five-colored starry sky in an instant.

Gao Xuan felt increasingly drowsy; even his Divine Soul instinctively wanted to rest.

Just before his Divine Soul fell into slumber, Gao Xuan urged the Hongyi Sword.

Since his rebirth, Gao Xuan had invested significant effort into the Hongyi Sword. The self-realized Water Heaven Sword was also being continuously refined and perfected.

Gaining insights from the Netherworld Sword in the Netherworld Realm further increased Gao Xuan's Divine Soul Power, elevating his Spiritual Power directly to a level of 50 points.

Although Gao Xuan hadn't yet condensed his own Divine Power Law, his power had truly reached a Divine Level.

If not for the severe injury to his Divine Soul by the Ksitigarbha King, Gao Xuan would've actually been stronger than this Illusion on the Divine Soul level.

This type of Negative Space Divine, like Illusion, inherently lives by the Law and exists through gathering faith. Born with great power, yet they also have inherent limitations.

Just like a fierce tiger in the deep forest, inherently at the top of the food chain.

Ordinary people encountering a tiger would have no means of resistance.

However, tigers, due to their physical form, no matter what, cannot create or use tools. It is even more impossible for them to develop their own societal civilization systems.

Human civilization, on the other hand, can continually develop; modern people can drive to hunt tigers. If necessary, just a short knife can solve the opponent.

The difference between Gao Xuan and Illusion is akin to that between humans and beasts.

Everything about Illusion is based on instinct, and his power is also limited by the number of believers. An excess of Faith Power, in turn, makes Illusion's Divine Soul chaotic and disordered.

Gao Xuan's Divine Soul, however, is extremely pure, even though it integrated the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, merely using it as a tool, as a supplement to his own Divine Soul.

Illusion's Divine Power Law is indeed marvelous, directly triggering Gao Xuan's Divine Soul instinct, causing him to enter a dream state while in slumber.

Sleeping is an instinct of all intelligent life. No intelligent life can remain in a constant state of wakefulness; sleep is the most direct and instinctive form of rest and adjustment.

With Illusion's abilities, even if intelligent life doesn't dream, he can guide the other's Divine Soul into dreams.

Bound by Gao Xuan's Soul Chain, Illusion couldn't break free, so he simply urged his Divine Techniques, leading Gao Xuan into a dream.

As the Master of Dreams, Illusion is invincible within dreams.

Although the dream realm is illusory, it can continually consume Divine Soul Power and even drain the Divine Soul Origin.

During this process, the more the opponent resists, the more Spiritual Energy Illusion can obtain.

Playing with intelligent life through dreams is Illusion's favorite thing to do.

In his Divine Country, countless intelligent life forms are lost in beautiful dreams. These faithful believers provide him with endless energy in their dreams.

Having bound Gao Xuan's Divine Soul with his own, it became even easier for Illusion to urge the Dream Divine Realm.

Illusion didn't think Gao Xuan could resist him; the opponent's Divine Soul was much weaker than his.

In this Star River World, of course, he's the strongest, with no one comparable. But in the Negative Space, a Divine Soul like Gao Xuan's is just average.

The Negative Space is vast and endless, with countless innate Divines. In Illusion's view, most innate Divines are ignorant fools. No matter how powerful they are, they pose no threat.

Just like Blood and Shadow, their power isn't that strong, yet they are very cunning. They found the Star River World and silently developed believers among the spiritual life forms.

Illusion had dealings with these two Divines. Although his power is stronger, he wouldn't dare say he could absolutely surpass them. Besides, their Divine Realms are different and don't interfere with one another. There's no need to fight.

The Negative Space has countless dangers; acting rashly might not yield much gain and could very well result in injury.

For Divines, getting injured is a very troublesome matter.

Illusion is well aware that Divines like them hold a very low status. In the Negative Space, they're just insignificant entities, not worth mentioning.

The truly powerful are the Seven Great Demon Gods, each with a vast divine pantheon.

These innate Divines drift outside the godly systems of the Seven Great Demon Gods, only because the Seven Great Demon Gods have no interest in them.

If they jumped too high and were noticed by the Seven Great Demon Gods, the outcome would be unpredictable.

Therefore, Illusion always maintained a certain distance from these two Divines.

The sudden collapse of the divine countries of Blood and Shadow somewhat shocked and intrigued Illusion.

He quietly sneaked over to the ruins of Blood's collapsed divine country and discovered a spatial coordinate on the debris.

With the thought of giving it a try, Illusion followed the spatial coordinate and arrived.

As a result, he saw the Alliance and witnessed countless intelligent beings.

The advanced technological civilization of humans also left Illusion in awe. Humans of such a civilized form possess very high soul qualities.

This truly drove Illusion somewhat crazy, as human soul qualities are so high and their numbers so vast.

As long as he establishes a Divine Country here, countless fresh souls could be harvested. Moreover, the number of souls here is too great.

Just like endless chives, after one crop is harvested, another soon grows.

Continually doing so, within ten thousand years, his status could be elevated a notch.

Illusion did not act rashly; he quietly investigated human society and ultimately set his sights on Liu Ye.

Why choose Liu Ye? Because Liu Ye's Divine Soul had a strange mark that stood out conspicuously in the vast Star River.

Additionally, Liu Ye's Divine Soul had long been corrupted and decayed, full of holes. Yet, this person held a high status and had strong cultivation.

The Illusion was impatient to develop slowly at the grassroots level. The Holy Hall was so powerful that developing followers was extremely troublesome.

It would be better to start from the top down. As long as the strongest Gao Xuan was taken down, the entire Alliance would fall into his hands.

Therefore, the Illusion planned to first control Liu Jin. Then use Liu Jin to plot against Gao Xuan.

However, there was a small issue that brought Gao Xuan over here.

Nonetheless, the Illusion did not fear. His Divine Power Law was unique, and transcending space did not affect his power.

Even if he couldn't defeat Gao Xuan, he wouldn't lose much. He knew where the Alliance was and could return anytime.

The Illusion expanded his Divine Realm, watching Gao Xuan fall into the depths of the dreamscape, and felt a surge of joy within.

His Dream Divine Realm consisted of layers upon layers; once Gao Xuan fell into it, escape would be impossible.

The more strongly Gao Xuan resisted, the more energy the dreamscape could absorb, and it would become even stronger.

In this way, through continuous conversion and absorption, it would take less than hundreds of years to completely absorb Gao Xuan's Divine Soul.

Gao Xuan's body also seemed very strong, but it was useless as a mere vessel for possession.

As the Illusion was contemplating how to make maximum use of Gao Xuan, suddenly, a sharp, clear sword light rose from the dreamscape.

That sword light was extremely pure but had boundless power. A single sweep seemed to cause the Star River to crumble along with it.

The Illusion's Divine Soul trembled, and his Five-Colored Dream Divine Realm silently split open.

The Ming Che Sword Light pierced straight forward, suddenly stabbing into the depths of the Illusion's Divine Soul.

Bound by the Soul Chain, the Illusion had no means of evading the sword light.

The Illusion was even more shocked. This sword already had the Divine Power to dominate life and death, which only the Divine could master.

Had this human actually become a god?

The Illusion found it hard to believe; before this, he hadn't sensed the aura of the Divine on Gao Xuan at all.

The Divine Souls of the Divine were exceptionally powerful and unique. As a Divine, the Illusion was particularly sensitive to the aura of his kind.

The Illusion didn't even need to look; as long as both were within a certain distance, he could sense the other's Divine aura.

If continued contact without communication took place, it would be considered initiating a divine battle.

Generally speaking, the Divine would not initiate combat recklessly.

If the Illusion had known that Gao Xuan had already become a god, he wouldn't have acted so rashly.

But by this point, it was too late to say anything.

The Illusion wasn't skilled at combat; Gao Xuan's Sword Intent had refined into Law, possessing the power to dominate the life and death of all beings. In terms of Law, it was much higher than his Dream Realm Law.

Even if Gao Xuan's Sword Intent just had a trace of life-and-death dominating Law, the Illusion couldn't block it.

The Illusion's strand of Divine Soul immediately perished under the sword light.

Gao Xuan stood on the ground, holding the Hongyi Sword, with the dazzling light of distant stars behind him, and even more distant stars twinkling.

In front of Gao Xuan, wisps of black smoke were gradually dispersing in the vacuum. Those were the remnants left by the Illusion's vanished Divine Soul.

Gao Xuan's expression was somber, with specks of golden light constantly flickering in his deep blue eyes.

Although this strand of the Illusion's Divine Soul had perished, the Illusion's Divine Soul itself consisted of countless avatars.

In the void, there were billions of invisible connections linking the depths of the starry sky.

This Illusion was much more formidable and troublesome than the Master of Blood and the Master of Shadows.

This sword slash was equivalent to cutting off one of the Illusion's hands, but he could quickly regenerate it. For the Illusion, such damage was not a major issue.

The Soul Chain is not omnipotent either. The Illusion's Divine Soul constantly divided between reality and illusion. Although his combat prowess was lacking, this Divine Technique was extremely troublesome.

Gao Xuan had a shallow understanding of Divine Power and did not have a good method for dealing with such a complex-changing Evil God.

Of course, it's not that there were no solutions at all.

If all of the Illusion's parasitic Divine Souls were slain, even if unable to kill the Illusion, it would completely sever the connection between the Illusion and the Alliance.

However, if the Illusion's true form couldn't be killed, doing so would have little meaning. As long as the opponent regained power, they could return at any time.

Once the spatial coordinates leaked, the opponent had thousands of ways to traverse back.

The only solution was to become a god immediately and eliminate the opponent with true Divine Power Law.

Alternatively, risk venturing into Negative Space, enter the opponent's Divine Country, and slay the core Divine Soul of the Illusion.

Through the Soul Chain, Gao Xuan could sense the location of the opponent's Divine Country. However, entering the opponent's Divine Country would cut his power at least in half, while the opponent's power would double.

With this pros and cons, he might not really be able to kill the opponent.

As Gao Xuan pondered while holding his sword, wisps of slowly dispersing black smoke started to reform into human shape.

A mass of smoke formed into a humanoid figure, looking exceedingly illusory and ephemeral, with both its appearance and body continually twisting and transforming. Nevertheless, the condensed Divine Power Law in this wisp of smoke clearly signified the Illusion.

The smoke-formed figure sneered with a twisted smile: "I underestimated you. Your swordsmanship is strong, but what can it do!"

The Illusion's smile grew increasingly twisted and malevolent, "I'm standing right in front of you. Come and kill me then..."