Following the location marked on the map, Lu Yuan finally found the grove of shimmering white trees.
Looking at the hundreds of identical, luminous white trees around him, he couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.
This entire forest of luminous white trees is an illusion created by the real luminous white tree species to protect their fruit. He and Chi Lin stumbled upon the real luminous white tree species back then, but now, faced with luminous white trees that all look almost identical, he can no longer distinguish which one is the real one.
Just then, Lu Yuan suddenly sensed the presence of many demonic beasts not far away.
"I didn't sense so many demonic beasts when I passed by here before!"
Lu Yuan was somewhat puzzled.
He was wondering why he hadn't seen any monsters around, but now, just over a day later, so many have appeared.
"Let's go take a look!"
Without much thought, Lu Yuan immediately rushed towards the direction from which the aura was coming from.
It wasn't until he got closer that he realized all the monsters were gathered together.
"Shiny white tree fruit?!"
Lu Yuan immediately recognized that the tree surrounded by the demonic beasts was the luminous white tree. At the very top of the tree was a crystal-clear white fruit that was faintly emitting a light.
"Presumably, all these demonic beasts around here were attracted by the luminous white tree fruit, but why haven't they been able to obtain it?"
Judging from the state of these monsters, they have obviously been gathered here for some time. Logically speaking, even if wild monsters are not very intelligent, they should still be able to pick a fruit, right?
Even if the fruit of the Radiant White Tree grows at the very top of the Radiant White Tree, out of reach of ordinary demonic beasts, surely there are some that can fly!
Thinking about this, Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little strange.
He had only heard rumors about the Bright White Tree Fruit, but knew nothing about the Bright White Tree itself. Seeing that the situation was somewhat strange, he dared not make a move rashly and stayed where he was to observe for a while.
Just as he had guessed, the demonic beasts were attracted by the scent of the luminous white tree fruit. However, Lu Yuan, who was observing from a distance, keenly noticed that when the demonic beasts approached the luminous white tree, their eyes would become glazed over, and they would start circling around in circles, going east and west, but they would never look at the fruit on the luminous white tree.
"Judging from the appearance of these demonic beasts, could it be that they have entered an illusion?!"
Combining this entire illusory landscape of shimmering white forest, a bold conjecture surfaced in Lu Yuan's mind.
Is it possible that when these demonic beasts approach the Radiant White Tree, they will fall into a special illusion and thus be unable to find the Radiant White Tree fruit?
Not quite sure.
Let's observe further.
To verify his conjecture, Lu Yuan observed the eyes and movements of the monsters even more carefully.
As expected.
All the demonic beasts that approached the luminous white tree would invariably display a dazed expression, as if they were sleepwalking.
"This is difficult!"
Lu Yuan stroked his chin, his expression somewhat solemn.
Although he understood that the demonic beasts were unable to pick the luminous white tree fruit because they were trapped in an illusion, he had no idea how they had fallen into the illusion. He hadn't sensed any spiritual energy fluctuations around the luminous white tree at all.
"That being said, this shimmering white forest covers an area of several hundred square meters. To maintain such a large-scale illusion, one must expend corresponding spiritual energy. However, I did not sense any fluctuations in spiritual energy during my two visits to the shimmering white forest."
Lu Yuan lowered his head and fell into deep thought.
He sensed something was wrong with this luminous white forest when he first entered the secret realm.
Even though there was still nearly half an hour's distance between them, when he turned around, the shimmering white forest suddenly appeared in front of him. At the time, because he didn't sense any spiritual energy fluctuations, he didn't even think about it being an illusion, which really startled him.
It was only after the system identified the area that he realized the entire shimmering white forest was an illusion created by the real shimmering white tree.
At that time, he was preoccupied with the Phoenix Blood and did not think about this aspect in detail. But now that he thinks about it, the fact that the system did not display various attribute level data during the identification process proves that the Yingbai Tree does not contain spiritual power similar to that of a demon beast.
If that's the case, how did it create such a large-scale illusion?
It can even confuse dozens of demonic beasts at the same time!
This level of illusion is something that demonic beasts below the Heavenly Evolution level simply cannot create!
It seems this luminous white tree is even more eerie than he imagined.
Just as Lu Yuan was still lost in thought, a giant bird suddenly flew across the sky, clearly attracted by the scent of the luminous white fruit.
Just as it approached the luminous white tree fruit, preparing to snatch it away with its claws, it suddenly froze, and then, like the other monsters on the ground, it was completely trapped in an illusion.
But Lu Yuan's eyes lit up at that moment.
"So that's how it is!"
He raised his hand and patted the red phosphorus wrapped around his wrist.
"Red Phosphorus, use the Square Stone Sculpture to clear away all these troublesome monsters around here!"
"Hiss~!"
The red phosphorus, which had been obediently wrapped around Lu Yuan's wrist, immediately fell to the ground after receiving the order. Its body swelled to five meters in size, and then its spiritual power gathered, causing the surrounding ground to tremble violently.
Immediately afterwards.
The ground shattered into chunks of earth, which swiftly hurtled towards the demonic beasts surrounding the luminous white tree.
The monsters were in an illusion and were completely unaware of the danger approaching from not far away, so they were directly hit by Crimson Phosphorus's skill.
The highest-level of these demonic beasts was only at the Earth Spirit level, and they were completely unable to defend against the attack of the Crimson Phosphorus, which had reached the fifth level of the Heavenly Evolution. Their bodies were instantly pierced through, and they did not wake up from the illusion until they completely lost their life force.
"Well done!"
After all the monsters surrounding the Yingbai Tree were cleared out, Lu Yuan gave another order to Chi Lin.
"Red Phosphorus, next use the spinning throwing knives, unleash them with all your might around the luminous white tree, being careful not to damage it or the fruit!"
"hiss!"
Red Phosphorus obeyed Lu Yuan's orders unconditionally, immediately unleashing a spinning flying knife at the air surrounding the luminous white tree.
The next moment.
The flying knives, transformed from leaves, spun rapidly in the air, even creating a gust of wind on the spot.
Lu Yuan's eyes lit up as he looked at the hurricane that faintly emitted a white light.
"Just as I thought!"
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