Chapter 1075: Breaking the Illusion

Han Li's pupils contracted slightly upon seeing how easily the man was able to eradicate his Divine Devilbane Lightning.

At the same time, a peculiar look appeared on his face.

He was certain that this was the first time that he had ever seen this man, but for some reason, the man struck him with an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if they had met somewhere before.

What Han Li failed to notice was that the black-robed young man, who was still locked in battle against Lei Yuce and Wen Zhong, was suddenly looking very excited at the sight of the middle-aged man.

"How were you able to find me?" the middle-aged man asked.

"Who are you, and why did you set this trap for us?" Han Li countered with a question of his own.

"Looks like neither of us wants to answer the other's questions. How about this? Let's take turns answering a question each?" the man proposed.

Han Li raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, and seeing as Lan Yan and the others were holding their own just fine for now, he agreed to this proposal.

"I'll let you go first," the man said in a generous fashion.

"Who are you?" Han Li asked.

"I've already been trapped here for countless years, so even if I tell you my name, you won't have heard of it. I'm just a fugitive held captive in this pagoda," the man replied.

𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Han Li's brows furrowed slightly upon hearing this ambiguous answer, but this did confirm to him that the man was indeed a fugitive being held on this level.

"My turn. Who are all of you, and how did you get here?" the man asked.

"We are all from the Golden Origin Immortal Region, and we stumbled upon Immortal Lord Tai Sui's cave abode by chance, so we came in to search for treasures," Han Li replied.

"You're saying Tai Sui's cave abode has emerged?" the man asked as a look of surprise and elation appeared on his face.

"It's my turn to be asking a question, is it not?" Han Li countered.

A hint of fury flashed through the man's eyes, but he suppressed it as he acquiesced, "Fine, go ahead."

"How many other fugitives outside of yourself are on this level of the Eon Pagoda?" Han Li asked.

The middle-aged man immediately burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"What's so funny?" Han Li asked as he raised an eyebrow.

The man's laughter subsided, following which he scoffed, "Do you think I would answer such a question?"

"Does that mean you're no longer willing to continue this exchange of questions and answers?" Han Li asked.

"I've already stalled for enough time, so there's no need for me to continue this pointless game," the man replied with a sinister smile, and at the same time, countless rays of gray light erupted out of his eyes.

An alarmed look appeared on Han Li's eyes upon seeing this, and he immediately averted his eyes as a burst of bright, golden light appeared over his body, but his efforts proved to be futile, and in the next instant, he found himself in a murky, gray space.

The surrounding palace had suddenly vanished, as had everyone in it.

"Is this an illusion?" Han Li murmured to himself.

After taking a moment to compose himself, his hands balled up into tight fists, and arcs of golden lightning sprang out of his body to form a suit of lightning armor, giving him the appearance of a mighty lightning deity.

Immediately thereafter, he swept a sleeve through the air to summon thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, all of which were releasing arcs of radiant, golden lightning and incredibly formidable lightning law power fluctuations.

The thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords then shot forth at his behest, sweeping toward the surrounding gray space to slice a series of huge gashes into it.

However, those gashes then immediately faded away, restoring the gray space to its former condition.

Han Li's expression darkened slightly upon seeing this, but before he had a chance to do anything else, the entire gray space abruptly brightened significantly, to the point that he was almost forced to close his eyes against the blinding radiance.

The thirty-six Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords instantly flew back to him at his behest, then began circling around him in a protective manner.

At the same time, the blinding gray light faded away, and Han Li discovered that he was still in the same gray space, but he had been bound to a copper pillar.

His hands and feet had been encircled in thick, copper rings, rendering him completely immobilized.

On top of that, his suit of golden lightning armor and the Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords had all disappeared.

Han Li was naturally quite alarmed by this turn of events, and over nine hundred profound acupoints instantly lit up over his body as he struggled against the copper rings with all his might, but he was unable to even make them budge in the slightest.

"Impossible!" he exclaimed.

Given his current physical prowess, no matter how high a caliber of immortal treasure this copper pillar was, there should've been no way for it to be completely unmoved in the face of his strength.

All of a sudden, a scorching flame appeared at the top of the pillar, and the entire pillar instantly turned bright red.

A large section of Han Li's body was instantly charred black, and it seemed that his physical defenses had suddenly disappeared.

He felt as if his soul had been set alight, and the pain was so excruciating that he couldn't help but give a muffled groan.

Before he had a chance to do anything, a series of gray blades appeared in the space before him, and there were too many of them to count.

In the next instant, all of the gray blades converged toward him in unison, and his expression changed drastically as he summoned his Mantra Treasured Axis, which released a wave of golden ripples to encompass the entire surrounding area in a radius of close to ten thousand feet.

However, neither the copper pillar nor the surrounding gray blades were affected by his Mantra Treasured Axis at all, and the blades pierced into all parts of his body without any delay, causing Han Li to yell out involuntarily in pain.

At this point, it had become clear to him that he had fallen into an extremely powerful illusion, one that was exerting complete control over all of his senses.

This was an illusion that truly blurred the lines between illusion and reality, and he had never witnessed an illusion this powerful before.

Bursts of illusory law powers were also transmitted into Han Li's body alongside the excruciating pain as the gray blades pierced into him from all directions, but right at this moment, a burst of time law powers surged out of his body as an automatic defense mechanism.

The time law powers managed to ward off the illusory law powers infiltrating his body, but more and more gray blades continued to pierce into him, inflicting unbearable agony.

Hints of gray light began to appear in his eyes as his consciousness began to fade.

The attacks came in relentless waves that left him no time for respite, and even with his immense mental fortitude, he was struck by a sense of despair and the urge to relinquish his resistance.

Right at this moment, his Spirit Refinement Technique was channeled on its own, and a translucent sword projection emerged in his mind, giving off peerless sword intent.

The despair in his heart was instantly eradicated by the sword intent, and he abruptly snapped wide awake as a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Gritting his teeth against the unbearable pain, a look of resolve appeared in his eyes as he prepared to channel his Great Five Elemental Illusion Mantra to completely destroy this gray space, but right at this moment, the surrounding gray space suddenly began to tremble violently without any warning.

Immediately thereafter, an enormous, crimson blade projection pierced into the gray space, giving off astonishing baleful qi.

Han Li felt as if he had been plunged from head to toe into a glacial pit, and it was as if his soul were being forcibly sucked out of his body toward the crimson blade projection.

He hurriedly channeled his Spirit Refinement Technique to settle the unrest in his soul, and at the same time, he was able to identify the crimson blade projection as the Heavenly Fox Bloodform Saber!

The gargantuan blade projection swept forcefully through the air, and the gray space was instantly torn apart before disintegrating into countless specks of gray light, upon which Han Li found himself back in the air above the collapsed palace.

His Azure Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords were still hovering in the air around him, and the golden lightning armor on his body was also still intact.

Over ten thousand feet away, the azure-robed middle-aged man was staring at the black-robed young man with a stunned expression.

At this moment, the black-robed young man was holding none other than the Heavenly Fox Bloodform Saber, and on top of that, Lekima had appeared on the battlefield, and it was locked in battle against the black-robed woman.

There were several wind dragons that were over a thousand feet in length circling around Lekima, releasing flurries of blades of wind out of their mouths toward the black-robed woman.

The wind blades didn't appear to be remarkable in any way, but they were astonishingly powerful, able to slice rifts into the surrounding space with ease.

Hovering behind the black-robed woman was a dark red wheel projection with six black holes on its surface, and the projection was revolving incessantly, releasing formidable law power fluctuations that kept the wind blades at bay with ease.

As for Lan Yan and the others, their pupils had all turned gray, clearly indicating that they were being controlled just like Lei Yuce and the others, but at this moment, all of them were standing still on the spot, engaging in no further battle.

Han Li cast his gaze toward the black-robed, and he immediately developed a rough idea of what had just taken place.