"Have you ever seen someone at the Lower Feather Transformation Realm?"

Ji Xueruo was puzzled by his words, but You Su continued, "I have seen him, he was the old City Lord of our Chuyun City. At that time, I was very weak, and he beat me till I was completely defeated. But even he didn’t carry the sense of oppression like Yui Zhen does now... So, Yui Zhen is definitely not just at the Lower Feather Transformation Realm."

Ji Xueruo exclaimed, "You mean... he is fake!"

The higher the realm, the more difficult it is to break through, within a mere two days, the Innate Dao Body couldn’t possibly leap over the Condensed Water Upper Realm to surpass the Lower Feather Transformation Realm.

You Su nodded, but unexpectedly, Yui Zhen suddenly laughed loudly, causing the surrounding webs to vibrate, shimmering with a silver-white cold light:

"You will know whether I am fake or not with a single try!"

As soon as his voice fell, the myriad of knife-like threads tightened abruptly like a net, ready to slice the two into tiny pieces.

If it is indeed an illusion, as long as the two of them do not believe it, then the knife threads will not harm them in any way.

But just as the threads were about to touch the edge of You Su’s sword, every muscle in You Su’s body was urging him to react. As You Su envisioned himself as a seductive blood flower, he could no longer withstand it, and the Don’t Be Afraid Sword Intent burst forth, slicing through most of the threads.

He protected Ji Xueruo well, but in doing so, he was struck by a few collapsing threads, gouging out pieces of fresh red flesh. The deepest wound was on his left forearm, where even the faint outline of the bone was visible.

The piercing pain made You Su almost cry out, while Yui Zhen did not rush to capture his prey. He confidently paced, speaking mockingly:

"Isn’t Mr. You the Sword Dao prodigy renowned outside, how is it that the old servant has injured him like this? The sword taught by Lotus Sword Venerable is not so impressive after all."

You Su used his sword to support his body, deeply regretting why he didn’t dare to gamble. Illusions only become real when you believe them, so if these threads were indeed fake, they turned real because of You Su’s evasion.

Ji Xueruo was equally anxious, secretly casting her skill, several white snakes slid across the ground. She had long observed the distribution of the threads, and the ground was the sole flaw!

But this skill could not sway the Condensed Water Upper Realm Yui Zhen, naturally, it posed no threat to the current massively potent Yui Zhen!

Yui Zhen merely twitched his fingers slightly, and these threads followed his guidance, instantly shredding the white snakes into pieces, leaving not even a chance to transform into smaller snakes.

Ji Xueruo stared blankly at the threads, murmuring:

"They are real..."

As she released the white snakes earlier, she had mentally prepared herself thoroughly, certain that these threads were all illusory, but it was still in vain.

You Su gritted his teeth, he had thought he might be defeated in the illusions of hidden earth, but he never imagined he would die before challenging hidden earth!

There’s no way You Su would easily give up, his blood and flesh responding to the intense desire in his heart, feeding him unparalleled strength. The Ink Sword swept up like a mad brush scribing wildly, yet this time, not a single thread was severed.

Sometimes they were sharp as iron and steel, sometimes soft and pliable like cotton thread, no matter how much force You Su applied, he couldn’t affect them in the slightest.

More new wounds appeared on You Su’s body, as if Yui Zhen intended to slice his flesh piece by piece. He enjoyed this process of slowly devouring his opponents, even if they were mere juniors.

"Give up... peacefully become the food for the Water God, at least you won’t have to endure despair and pain now."

Yui Zhen, like a lofty god, bestowed his mercy.

Ji Xueruo considered countless ways to sneak attack, but none worked, they couldn’t even breach the first layer of threads.

Yui Zhen’s proficiency in manipulating Profound Qi was unprecedented to Ji Xueruo.

There were thousands of threads here, each seemed like an extension of Yui Zhen’s fingers.

They wove together to form an overwhelming despair...