Luo Chu had never felt so distressed, wave after wave of pain.

Just when he thought Lu Shiqing's self-humiliating methods had reached their peak, Lu Shiqing would always bring him new surprises.

Each time, it brought him a completely new sense of shame and embarrassment, making him feel deeply ashamed.

Luo Chu wanted to give Lu Shiqing a thumbs up and say, "Wow!"

Now, the stark contrast between them and those people from Ninghua Sect has been laid bare.

They are simply not as good as those people from Ninghua Sect; they are simply no match for those people from Ninghua Sect.

Therefore, Shen Sangruo would choose Ninghua Sect instead of even glancing at them.

Must we expose the facts so thoroughly, revealing their utter worthlessness so completely?

Luo Chuxin was exhausted and no longer wanted to dwell on the matter between Shen Sanruo, them, and Ninghua Sect. Going any further would just be another way of playing the clown.

He could only force himself to shift his attention, his only thought now being to break the formation as quickly as possible and get out of the palace.

"Now you have the answer you wanted? Enough, stop messing around, Third Senior Brother. Quickly dispel that illusion and let them out."

"You don't really want to trap them in the illusion and force them to trade their lives for each other, do you? Are you crazy? Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother are still inside the illusion!"

"The evil cultivator's intention in bringing us here was to make us kill each other."

Luo Chu wasn't too stupid; he had already figured out why he and Lu Shiqing had the ability to manipulate illusions.

"You've fallen for their trap. How are you any different from those evil cultivators? I can tolerate your usual crazy outbursts, but I will absolutely not let this go unpunished!"

"If Shen Sangri knew you had harmed them, she would definitely kill you! Your relationship with her will never be repaired! With her abilities, she will definitely find out that it was you and I who did it!"

Lu Shiqing is courting death, but don't drag him down with you!

“I’m not that depraved.” Lu Shiqing coldly retorted.

Although he did have such thoughts in his mind, wanting to destroy everything, Luo Chu's last words pulled him back to his senses.

Even if he had to kill them, he had to do it cleanly. If he was the only one who survived, Shen Sangruo would definitely suspect him.

"Let them go for now and dispel the illusion," Lu Shiqing commanded the consciousness within the illusion.

This illusion was fabricated by him, so the dilemma of choosing between two options naturally did not exist. The idea that if someone chose Shen Sangruo, others would sacrifice their lives was all fake.

However, even though he had ordered the illusion to be dispelled, the illusion in which everyone was still there did not disappear.

The array lines hovering above them were rotating faster and faster.

As a formation cultivator, Luo Chu immediately recognized what had happened.

"The strangulation formation above them has been activated! Lu Shiqing! What are you doing! Didn't we agree to deactivate the formation?!"

"Are you harboring malicious intentions, secretly plotting something behind their backs, or do you not want to let them go?! Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother are still in there! Have you really gone mad?!"

"You think I can't see through this charade right in front of me? Do you think I'm blind or dead?!"

Luo Chu was truly anxious and immediately reached out to grab Lu Shiqing, shouting, "You'd better dispel the illusion right now! Otherwise, don't blame me for not showing any brotherly affection!"

Lu Shiqing was so shaken by Luo Chu that he almost vomited up the spiritual food he had eaten the day before to replenish his spiritual energy.

Unable to bear it any longer, she gripped Luo Chu's hand tightly. "I've already released it! Don't push your luck!"

"But that strangulation formation has clearly been activated! They're about to be strangled!" Luo Chu was still furious. "See for yourself!"

At this moment, the changes in the array above everyone's heads were obvious enough that even Lu Shiqing could see them at a glance.

Lu Shiqing was stunned, his expression full of surprise. "How could this be? I really did dispel the illusion!"

"There's something wrong with this illusion; it's out of my control! Damn it!" Lu Shiqing finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

He tried many more times, even issuing other commands to create a new illusion, but it still didn't work.

The illusion seemed to be frozen in this moment; they had to make their choices before the next command could be given.

As if remembering something, Luo Chu roared at Lu Shiqing, "When we first used illusion magic on Chen Sangruo, things got out of control. We should have stopped then!"

“I told you long ago that this illusion is a product of evil cultivators. How could they be so kind as to let us use it? I told you we had better not to use it, not to use it, but you wouldn’t listen!”

"How are we going to end this situation? If Shen Sang finds out we did it, she will definitely kill us!"

The voice of the illusion's consciousness appeared at this moment: "Once the illusion's command is issued, it is irreversible. The current illusion's command must be completed."

"The choice is made. They have no choice but to die." The voice was mocking, seemingly rife with ridicule at the two men's naiveté.

Luo Chu paced anxiously, looking up at the sky in despair.

This was quite alarming, as they immediately discovered that the same strangulation formation had appeared above his and Lu Shiqing's heads.

Luo Chu's eyes widened, his body stiffened, and then he shouted, "A strangulation formation?! How could a strangulation formation appear here too?!"

At this moment, Luo Chu felt something even more desperate than despair.

"What?!" Lu Shiqing's brows were furrowed, and when he looked up at the strangulation formation, his expression became extremely grim.

"What's going on? We clearly didn't participate in the choice of that illusion, so why is there a strangulation formation above our heads?"

As if sensing their confusion, the voice of the illusionary consciousness appeared, kindly explaining to them:

“You didn’t participate in the illusion just now, have you forgotten? At the very beginning, you made Chen Sangruo make a choice as well.”

"It's a pity she didn't choose you, so you deserve to die too."

If they had looked closely, they would have noticed that Feng Heyun and Wen Xuan had more than one strangulation formation above their heads.

These two are the most tragic. They were abandoned by Shen Sangruo once, and then chose to do it themselves again.

Both of them were stunned when they saw the two strangulation formations above their heads.

"Why...why are there two formations?" Wen Xuan asked, his face pale.

"Two formations? Those evil cultivators really went all out! Are they afraid I won't die hard enough?! I thank their whole family!" Feng Heyun roared, his teeth almost grinding to powder.

Completely unaware that the "evil cultivator" he spoke of was actually his own junior brother, truly a picture of "brotherly love and respect."

But no matter how much they wanted to curse, they had to suppress it and flee for their lives while being pursued by the two formations.

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