Could it be that I am the cruel villain?
Chapter 336 - 219: All is Illusion

Chapter 336: Chapter 219: All is Illusion

Rising swiftly into the air.

A sword stabbed into the mud below and let out a crisp ring, the reaction force not only propelled him upward but also carried Lu Luo along; the scene somewhat startled the woman, yet she quickly realized what lay beneath the mud.

A foot clad in gleaming golden light broke through the soil!

"Seeking death!"

Although Lu Luo was slightly slower to react, she still possessed some skill; her weapon was already drawn as she whipped it forward, the Crescent Moon Needle striking immediately, but unlike the previous sharp sound, this strike emitted a somewhat muffled noise.

The foot that kicked out was slightly deformed, and although it did not break through the defenses, his pupils still constricted. He sharply noticed the weak point of this Golden Arhat; the extent of the Arhat’s golden body seemed limited.

The more his body stretched, whether merging into the soil or enlarging itself, the gold slightly dimmed, which indeed matched the name ’Golden Arhat’. It inherited gold’s excellent expansibility, but also its flaws.

Thus, he pointed.

"Seven Swords Follow the Heart, heed my command, go!"

His feet swiftly retracted.

This only confirmed the young man’s thoughts more; judging by the physical toughness of the Golden Arhat, he should not have feared, even his own sword that he had swung with all his might had not caused the slightest damage.

Yet now, the Arhat seemed somewhat apprehensive, especially after Lu Luo’s hit just now. Looking at the distance, it seemed the Divine Skills used by the Golden Arhat were closely related to distance: the further away, the weaker the strength, which actually made sense.

With a wave of her small hand, she picked up Jiang Feng’s heavy body and placed it on the silk brocade, flying and pulling away to give Jiang Feng a chance to recover his body and Spiritual Energy. But soon, the Golden Arhat and that group of floating monk spirits launched another attack.

Time passed second by second.

Jin Shan simply stood still, not moving an inch; the infusion of Spiritual Energy within him and the twinkling Buddha Light never dissipated—it appeared as if he was waiting for something behind his Wheel of Merit, now seemingly more complete.

Even though he had lowered the strength of Fangcun Mountain’s restrictions to the lowest, those disciples from Purple Cloud Palace outside still showed no intention of stepping in, merely attacking continuously from outside.

"Smart indeed, well then, well then, it’s time."

With a cold snort, Jin Shan just waved his long sleeves with a cold smile and glanced upwards. Wang Yong, who was attacking Fangcun Mountain with all his might just then, felt a chill!

He felt that a pair of sly eyes had just surveyed him up and down, from within this space.

"Damn, what’s going on?"

His eyebrows tightly furled.

The swinging of his Demon Breaking Sword gradually stopped and this glance actually made him slightly more composed.

Fangcun Mountain, under his and Yan Fengchun’s strongest attacks, showed no signs of damage at all. From outside, the mountain was enveloped by clouds. Although each attack dispersed some of the clouds, they remained densely packed and could not be completely broken through.

Each hit dispersed a fraction of the clouds, giving the illusion that they might break through soon, although Jin Shan’s low ability could not unleash the full power of the Magic Treasure, but after all, the Grade of the Magic Treasure was laid out, and what they could do was to use all their power to pry open a gap for people inside to escape through.

Since their arrival here, an hour had passed, and counting the time since Jiang Feng went missing, it was already more than four hours in total.

The noises inside Fangcun Mountain began to weaken gradually; several times during his attacks, he felt that just a little more force or if the attacks from inside were...

Wait.

"Damn, we’ve been fooled!"

Without a moment’s hesitation, he turned and ran.

Fleeing swiftly, he finally realized that Fangcun Mountain was simply a trap!

Jin Shan knew everything that happened outside; he had an idea of how many people from Purple Cloud Palace had come. Likely that surviving disciple from Purple Cloud Palace was deliberately left alive by the demon monk to lure them directly to him.

No matter who came, or how many, as long as he possessed such a Magic Treasure, he could trick people inside and wipe them out clean. Perhaps Jin Shan was also using this method to advance his cultivation.

Even...

"This matter is probably a trap from the very beginning."

"How much Spiritual Energy and Divine Sense can mortals provide? No matter how much they are refined, it can’t compare to the progress a cultivator at the Core Formation Stage can provide; he is now at the Peak of Core Formation, just one step away."

"In this place, using Buddhist Laws to accumulate faith and merit while harming the local people, the purpose is just to attract our attention, those of us from the sect. This demon monk understands our sect well, knowing that we would not waste a disciple of the Nascent Soul Stage or above to deal with a demon at the Core Formation Stage."

"So the magical artifact always gave an impression of both rejecting and inviting; he knew I was hovering outside trying to deliberately lure me in."

"Damn it!"

He ran rapidly.

Wang Yong had realized where the issue lay; he should have headed for State City immediately. With his speed, he could arrive in about eight hours, and even counting the rest, it would take at most a day.

Providing these three could hold up inside Fangcun Mountain for a day, they could wait for that Nascent Soul Stage brother stationed in State City. But the problem was, since Jiang Feng was trapped, they had already wasted at least three hours.

"Is there no movement outside?"

Gasping, he set down the Vajra Umbrella in his hands.

He looked up to see that the entire Fangcun Mountain was covered with dark clouds. Golden Sanskrit solidified into substance was continuously descending from the sky, emitting terrifying roars like thunder, bombarding Jiang Feng and another person repeatedly. However, he was not too worried about this, as his Divine Sense had always been attached to them.

Moreover, it was almost the same as what Yan Fengchun had speculated.

Among the four of them, Jiang Feng was the strongest. Don’t be fooled by the young man’s low cultivation; he had clearly seen those Sword Qi. Battling head-on with the demon monk for several hours and yet not being defeated, merely at a disadvantage.

Now with Senior Sister Su providing support, the pressure had undoubtedly lessened.

Buddhist chanting filled their ears from the mountains, countless monk souls continuously reciting Buddhist Scriptures, annoyingly disturbing, but fortunately, everyone in their group practiced the Purple Cloud Divine Technique, so they were not easily affected mentally.

"Has the time not come yet, or has Brother Wang discovered something unusual?"

Without pondering further, he directly turned his head toward the battlefield where Jiang Feng and the others were.

The Sound Transmission Talisman in his bosom was continuously transmitting intense fluctuations of Spiritual Energy. This extent of signals left between the two indicated that, although blocked by Magic Treasure and unable to converse directly, judging from the rhythm, it was likely utterly impregnable from the outside.

Thus, Wang Yong decided to make a prompt decision to seek reinforcements. Now they were three people altogether. Even if they could not defeat the demon monk, by coordinating with each other, they could procure some breathing space for each other and delay for one day, which should be not ...

"Great sorrow without tears, great enlightenment without words, great laughter with silence; formless and featureless, neither furious nor insane!"

He had just arrived flying with the umbrella sword and immediately felt an intense tremor of Spiritual Energy. The Golden Arhat who had continuously stood by Jin Shan’s side had not moved an inch, standing there palms together, while the attacks from Jiang Feng and Lu Luo kept landing on the demon monk.

Unfortunately, the Arhat manifested the Golden Bell Shield which entirely blocked those attacks, leaving them only to watch helplessly as Jin Shan released that terrifying spell. The Merit Wheel flickering behind him appeared so ridiculously ironic.

"Hahaha, I have been waiting for a long time, ever since several months ago, I have been waiting for you ignorant beings."

"If that evil creature outside refuses to convert to Buddhism, then let yourselves bear the wrath of Buddha on his behalf. Are you not hastening to kneel under the Buddhist sect?"

"Law is equal, without superiority or inferiority, you are the last Blood Food I need to condense my Nascent Soul, Yan Ruyu, the revenge of my master and abbot must be paid in blood."

"Come!!!"

Clang—

The Thirteen-story Exquisite Tower in his hand immediately reverted to its actual form and disengaged from his palm, standing tall inside the Golden Light Longevity Temple, reaching a hundred feet, and the doors of the thirteen levels swung open in succession.

The deep tower seemed devoid of any activity.

But the next second.

"Be careful!"

A beam of golden light burst out from the tower, Yan Fengchun proactively stepped forward to open up the Vajra Umbrella, with the other two intuitively placing their hands behind him, the three of them managing to barely hold off together.

But soon all three were dumbstruck as the overwhelming golden light and more than twenty figures of monks and demon spirits slowly walked out from the tower.

All these twenty were like the Golden Arhat, merely a shell without Divine Sense, impossible to discern their realm, while inside Fangcun Mountain at this moment was like boiling water, numerous rocks shattering, slowly ascending.

Jin Shan stood in place, the numerous rising Blood Food souls even conglomerated into human forms at this moment, and the three even noticed a pregnant woman walking out from the tower, her hollow eyes, her face pale as if controlled by puppet strings, she tore her stomach open alive to take out the "holy infant" and held it high.

"Ah ah ah ah! I warned you before coming, do not believe these bastard’s nonsense! Those who came to work with their family always met with no good end!"

Lu Luo began her continuous output mode, both anxious and furious.

"Do you think why Yan Country has fallen from a grand state to this extent? Their family’s ancestors have always been deceiving like this."

"I am really fed up, before departing you personally guaranteed it was a good task, last time Jiang Feng was tricked, this time mother even deliberately paid extra attention and had someone check the Jade Scroll."

"And it turned out to be the same after coming all this way, are you intentionally at odds with us from Swordmaster Peak, I, I..."

Lu Luo’s expression was frantic, epitomizing the term ’bitter woman’ completely, making anyone watching this scene unable to laugh.

Jiang Feng stayed silent contemplating a strategy.

The wood has already become a sunken boat, moreover, this was originally his own problem, Jin Shan was clearly targeting him, but he could not mention the matter about Demon Night True Monarch.

He noticed that when Jin Shan shouted the words "Yan Ruyu", both people beside him were clueless, obviously not understanding who it referred to, striving to think of a way to extricate themselves.

Though his actions were somewhat reckless which in turn complicated the matters, it would have been better to leave one person outside to maintain communication, at least able to send a message to avoid total annihilation.

Yan Fengchun’s expression clearly turned awkward, yet he remained silent, only giving Jiang Feng a meaningful glance, then one held the Vajra Umbrella and the other held the iron wire, flying straight toward the infant that was held high.

"Yan Ruyu, oh Yan Ruyu, in your previous life you were involved in unclear and unspeakable relations with such a despicable woman, daring to commit such rebellious acts for such an evil creature!"

"Could it be that you still have not repented in this life!"