Ma Yuanbai was already living happily with his family; that scene felt so real.

Unexpectedly, it all turned out to be just a dream.

But soon, Ma Yuanbai, having calmed down, sat down on the ground with a thud, feeling a wave of fear wash over him, his back soaked with cold sweat.

"It's an illusion."

“The shelter is gone.” Ma Yuanbai’s voice trembled.

The hallucination was so real that he almost completely succumbed to it and never woke up again.

Amidst the surrounding noise and light, Fu Xiyao slowly opened her eyes.

Her eyes glistened with tears as she searched through the crowd, quickly spotting Li Yu not far away.

"Mom, I'm not alone anymore," she murmured softly.

Under the intense light of the flares, those who had just awakened from their hallucinations were finally able to see the terrifying scene above.

"What kind of strange beast is that? Why is it floating in the air...?"

"It... seems to be alive!"

"It's looking at me."

The refugees' voices were filled with undisguised fear, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably.

Everyone looked up and saw an enormous eye hovering in the air, coldly looking down at the tiny crowd below.

This eye was like a bottomless black hole; wherever its gaze fell, everything seemed to sink once again into an endless abyss of darkness.

Its bizarre and enormous eyes constantly exude a chilling aura of terror.

It seemed unconcerned about the awakening of these humans; no matter how much the tiny prey struggled, it was all in vain.

At this moment, the giant eye looked only at Li Yu below, its eyes seemingly filled with human-like doubt.

Its power is so great that even a fifth-tier ability user cannot resist it, and the illusion of the Qingcheng City Lord is so realistic that it is indistinguishable from the real thing. So why does it fail to work on this human?

Moreover, this person, who should have been part of a warm and comforting illusion, became incredibly irritable.

"Bang."

Another flare shot into the sky.

Li Yu finally came to his full senses, and looking at his empty hands, he felt a little disappointed.

"So many beast cores, and they were all fake!"

Suddenly, Li Yu felt a tightness in her chest and immediately started patting her chest.

"Cough cough, why do I feel so angry?"

Upon seeing this, Fu Xiyao hurriedly ran over and gently patted Li Yu's back.

Are you feeling better?

Fu Xiyao's concerned gaze startled Li Yu, who smiled and nodded at her.

"Much better."

At this moment, the enormous black eye in the sky activated its power once more, and a thick, inky black curtain slowly descended, as if to devour everyone.

Wang Qinshui immediately realized something was wrong. If she fell into that terrifyingly realistic hallucination again, she might never wake up.

"Prepare for battle!"

At Wang Qinshui's command, all the Wang family guards immediately picked up their weapons and mustered their courage to point their guns at the terrifying giant eye.

The Wang family members around them also turned on their lights, trying to provide some assistance to the guards in aiming.

"Fire!"

Upon hearing the patriarch's order, the guards opened fire without hesitation.

However, a strange scene unfolded.

All the guards had clearly aimed at the giant-eyed beast, but the bullets inexplicably went astray, and not a single one hit the terrifying eye.

"Is it a hallucination?"

"How could you possibly miss?"

Everyone awoke with a start; the enormous eye was like a ghost, seemingly impossible to hit.

"Is it fake now too?"

Some of the guards found this strange situation hard to understand.

The enormous eyes slowly rose, seemingly completely disregarding the attacks from these humans.

Because it requires no defense at all, relying solely on the influence of its own abilities, it renders human attacks utterly ineffective.

The darkness drew ever closer, and the surroundings grew ever darker; darkness was about to engulf everyone once more.

"Da da da".

After another round of attacks, the Wang family guards couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness.

That's incredible.

The bullets that could have hit the big eye inexplicably whizzed past and shot into the darkness to the side.

At this moment, Li Yu finally recovered from the shock of losing the crystal core, and his voice broke the silence:

"Since you lied to me, then give me your crystal cores as compensation!"

Li Yu quickly drew his bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at the huge, terrifying eye in the sky.

In his eyes, although the beast looked strange, it was full of weaknesses.

The enormous eyes darted around rapidly, then turned to look at Li Yu.

In that instant of eye contact, Li Yu's mind seemed to enter another strange space, and her body suddenly turned uncontrollably to the other side.

"We're going the wrong way! The beast is over here," the Awakened One beside him anxiously warned.

"You're going in the wrong direction!"

"Oh no, Li Yu has been affected too!" Wang's guard shouted, knowing this strange feeling.

Li Yu seemed to be influenced by some powerful mental force, and unconsciously changed the direction of the arrow.

He suddenly shot an arrow into the air behind him.

The moment the arrow was released, Li Yu snapped back to reality.

He also realized that he had just been affected by the giant eye, but when he fired the armor-piercing arrow, the aiming circle in Li Yu's eyes had shrunk to its smallest size.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow traced an elliptical arc in the air, changing direction with an extremely bizarre trajectory, and shot rapidly toward the giant eye.

The giant eye had already sensed the danger, and its eyeballs spun rapidly at an astonishing speed, attempting to capture the sudden attack in an instant.

With just a glance, the arrow was instantly teleported behind the giant eye and flew into the distance.

Something unexpected happened.

After being redirected, the armor-piercing arrow did not lose speed and even changed direction again.

It returned in an even more bizarre and unbelievable trajectory, shooting straight towards the core of the giant eye's pupil.

For the first time, the giant eye showed fear, even though it had already changed the direction of the arrow.

But the arrow was moving too fast, and just as the giant eye was about to turn again, trying to shift its position...

"boom!"

The alien beast's crystal core inside the eyeball was instantly blasted apart.

The enormous eyeball exploded with a deafening roar, and the beast's blood and energy splattered in the air like fireworks.

Those around were deeply shocked by the sudden and violent explosion.

As darkness fell, the refugees, who had already given up in despair, widened their eyes in disbelief.

The Wang family guards were all shocked. They knew all too well the frustrating feeling of having aimed perfectly, only to have the bullet always miss a little.

But Li Yu had clearly missed his target, yet he still miraculously hit the giant eye.

"sharp!"

The guards of the Wang family couldn't help but sigh inwardly, perhaps this was the difference between them and the master archer.