The silk thread behind her was broken, but her mind was still affected, becoming a mess, and her ability to think was greatly restricted.
She wasted her breath and deliberately angered the old man just to buy him some time to think.
This old thing only appeared in the ancient city and had never appeared in person. She had long suspected that he was the remnant soul of a cultivator from tens of thousands of years ago. The fact that he was pestering her now was probably related to Qingtian.
He gave himself the breath-holding technique, but his motives were unclear.
But this time, the gift of the wall-walking technique was a real calculation. The red light shining in from the window in the illusion was exactly the same as the red light caused by the wall-walking technique.
From then on, she fell into this person's trap. As long as she used the wall-walking technique, she would be trapped in the illusion prepared by this person and would find it difficult to escape.
But then again, nothing is absolute.
It is true that this person can influence the illusion, but the illusion is born in the Weak Water River. The Weak Water River is a test, not a dead end. Even if it is changed by him, there must be a way to break it!
How can I get out?
She racked her brains, but before she could come up with a solution, the old man's voice reappeared.
"Qingtian has been dead for many years, yet he still managed to choose a successor. His vision is indeed good. But what a pity..."
The old man's voice was filled with regret and coldness. "If you don't want to fulfill my wish, then you can just drown in the Weak Water River and become a resentful ghost, never to be reincarnated."
As the old man finished speaking, countless silk threads swept in from all directions.
Xiang Sheng swung the dagger so fast that he cut the silk thread, but he soon felt tired and his speed gradually slowed down.
"How long can you continue to struggle like a trapped beast?"
Sarcasm echoed in his ears, and Xiang Sheng was distracted for a moment, and his arm was directly pierced by several silk threads, leaving several blood spots.
Xiang Sheng pursed his lips until they turned pale, and decisively cut the thread. But at this moment, "Qin Ji" and others who were frozen in place suddenly pounced on him with their fangs and claws bared.
Xiang Sheng's breathing tightened, and he simply rolled over, awkwardly avoiding the siege of "the crowd", with a few more blood spots on his body.
Caught between a rock and a hard place, her body quickly became riddled with wounds and blood gushing out, yet she still fought tenaciously.
Under the stimulation of severe pain, Xiang Sheng's mind became calmer than ever before.
Everything that happened in the illusion from beginning to end quickly flashed through her mind.
Yes!
This old ghost likes to spy on her inner thoughts and will definitely find a way to break the deadlock by making her do something that she would never do.
Is there anything that she absolutely cannot do?
She has no taboos, she just likes freedom and doesn't like being controlled.
This point cannot be used as a breakthrough point.
Kill the old man?
I've killed it before, but it's no use.
Phew!
A silk thread suddenly pierced through his throat, and the severe pain made Xiang Sheng's eyes turn red.
She struggled to cut the silk thread, staggered back, and felt a sense of suffocation, but a light suddenly flashed in her eyes.
She understood!
She raised the bloodstained dagger and looked at the crazy shooting silk thread with cold eyes, but she did not resist. Instead, she showed determination and stabbed the sword into the heart, turning ninety degrees.
The old man who was secretly controlling the illusion changed his expression drastically, and he used all his strength to urge the silk thread to shoot Xiang Sheng.
Unfortunately, Xiang Sheng’s sword was too cruel!
It was so cruel that she crushed her heart into pieces and died in an instant. Her figure faded out of the illusion and disappeared.
"Xiang! Sheng!"
The old man was furious and gnashed his teeth, but he had no place to vent his anger.
He observed Xiang Sheng's memories of two lives. How could such a person, who cherished his life so much, commit suicide?
She actually saw through the flaw in the illusion?
"impossible……"
The old man muttered to himself, but he knew in his heart that this was the truth. He felt extremely aggrieved at the empty illusion.
He was a disciple of the Emperor, and even after death... he couldn't defeat a mere mortal? It was simply ridiculous!
…
Crash——
Xiang Sheng suddenly emerged from the water, jumped up, and landed steadily on the water. He looked up and saw a young sect disciple.
The disciples of the sect were horrified and turned around and ran away without saying a word, not caring that they had not yet stood firmly.
Sinking into the Ruoshui River would surely lead to certain death. This woman emerged from the river. Whatever it was, it was definitely not a human!
As he fled, he secretly thought, "After I return, I must make a note in the sect's annals that there are water ghosts in this Weak Water River!"
Not to mention how much shadow this person brought to his fellow disciples who later participated in the Dongzhou Competition after he returned, when Xiang Sheng escaped from the predicament, he felt a gurgling sweet spring flowing through his mind, and he felt unprecedented comfort and peace.
Although the old ghost's methods were cruel, they were not without benefits. The difficulty of the illusion increased, and after passing the test, the feedback effect brought by the Weak Water River was also amazing.
She stood there for a moment to digest the thought, and suddenly she felt her mind became more solid and steady. As her consciousness flowed through her mind, she seemed to have faintly glimpsed a door.
Is this... the sea of heart?
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