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Chapter 1168 - Chapter 1168 Chapter 358 The Reversed Double Dream_4

Chapter 1168: Chapter 358: The Reversed Double Dream_4 Chapter 1168: Chapter 358: The Reversed Double Dream_4 The gale had come, as if needles of Gang Air were pricking one’s scalp until it went numb.

The instinctual fear of death urges one to avoid, to choose any means to survive…

At this moment, Leonard Churchill had none of that, “Heh heh…”

He grinned wildly like a Joker, his eyes burning with insane self-confidence.

The madness within suppressed all other thoughts.

If he guessed wrong, then so be it–death would come!

It was a split second, when the Moon Knight’s punch landed on his head.

Leonard Churchill didn’t even flinch.

He watched, crystal clear, as this bizarre scene unfolded.

A punch that should have blown his head to bits didn’t cause any harm; the Moon Knight turned into an illusion and passed right through him.

Just moments ago, the fight seemed evenly matched.

Now it had turned into something like a phantasmal scene out of a movie.

Seeing this, Leonard Churchill’s face bore not a trace of surprise but instead showed a truth revealed by the flow of Law.

Because the enemy was an illusion.

In that moment, he saw through everything.

This place wasn’t the real Talon Mechanical City.

But still…

It was the world of illusion created by the Moon God Akniela’s Illusion Technique!

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This was a multi-layered dream.

The first layer was to regain self-awareness, to know that one was within an illusion;

The second layer was the fantasy world created by the master of the dream, Arachne.

Leonard Churchill had now seen through the second layer.

This was also why, no matter how well hidden, he was found every time.

Because from the very beginning, Leonard Churchill and his companions had never left that world of illusion.

And the enemies they met, with their perfect balance, were because of this reason, too.

Even just now, Leonard Churchill knew that if he dodged that punch, no matter how clumsy his movements were, he wouldn’t die.

And it would have continued in a stalemate.

Just like Sophia Jones and the other combatants, the Awakeners.

Two days had passed since the siege began; by all rights, the fighting should’ve been nearly over by now.

But why hadn’t it ended?

Why hadn’t the Curse Power and physical strength been completely depleted?

The Awakeners were locked in fierce battle not because of their prowess, nor because their opponents were just the right match.

The truth was, they could never die!

Because all of the enemies were actually created by themselves.

It’s like being in a nightmare where you’re being chased by a terrifying Evil Ghost; unless the dream ends, you can never die in that nightmare and will remain trapped within.

This illusion was much more sophisticated, augmented by self-awareness, and it was also the fantasy world constructed by the Moon God–The Moonless Mind!

Because it was the world of the Moon God’s fancy, the people trapped inside also had some of their awareness shielded.

This made them overlook the fact that they were in an endless fight.

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The essence of Illusion Technique is “control-based” Mental Magic Spell, and it’s impossible to kill the target directly in the fantasy world.

This endless nightmare of combat was a kind of sinking, a perpetual fleeing in fear and crisis, preventing thought.

Leonard Churchill could see through this illusion not only because of the deduction from “I am the world.”

But also thanks to one indispensable condition.

That was, he also practiced the unique Demon God Secret Skill of the Moon God Akniela–the “Void Moon Mind.”

Leonard Churchill had practiced this Demon God Secret Skill and his mastery was not low.

He was probably the only card master who practiced this Secret Skill without being a Believer of the Moon God Akniela.

Thus, he might be the only one with a chance to break free from the illusion by his own intention.