Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 2703: The Powerless Illusory Realm
About a year ago, before Wyatt Barnes left Nine Nether County, he went to one of the nine cities under Nine Nether County, ’Bloodshade City’.
Bloodshade City was also the first place he arrived at after ascending to the Spiritual Heaven of this celestial plane.
Before leaving Nine Nether County, he went to Bloodshade City to meet the City Lord of Bloodshade City, ’Manuel Willow’, and thus learned that an old woman had once visited the City Lord’s mansion to inquire about his whereabouts. Moreover, Manuel Willow sensed the old woman’s killing intent towards him.
When leaving Bloodshade City and Nine Nether County, he initially did not plan to participate in the ’Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet’ held at King Cooper’s residence.
Until later, by a twist of fate, he bought a sealed Immortal Talisman, the ’Void Escape Symbol’, from a roadside stall within a small city under Marley County, which falls under King Cooper’s domain, for just ten top-grade immortal stones.
It’s also because the people passing by the roadside stall in that small city weren’t aware of its value; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been offered to him at such a bargain.
Since ascending to Spiritual Heaven, whether in Bloodshade City or the County City of Nine Nether County, Wyatt Barnes has had the habit of reading memory immortal talismans to learn about various matters across celestial planes, which is how he learned about the existence of the ’Void Escape Symbol’.
It is precisely because he had once read the detailed record of the ’Void Escape Symbol’ within a memory immortal talisman.
So, he could identify that it was a Void Escape Symbol based on certain pattern features of the symbol at the roadside stall in the small city.
"The Void Escape Symbol requires at least an Immortal King expert to craft... Even for an Immortal King expert crafting it, the success rate is only one percent, and it requires extremely rare and precious materials to craft."
"The Void Escape Symbol, once used, can send the user a million miles away... The Void Escape Symbol allows the user to escape right under the eyes of any existence below the Immortal King."
It is precisely because he had the ’Void Escape Symbol’ at his disposal that Wyatt Barnes decided to visit King Cooper’s residence and join the buzz of the ’Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet’.
Moreover, he did not directly use his true identity when joining the buzz of the Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet.
He first joined the Flying Dragon Sect, then became a Sacrificial Officer of the Flying Dragon Sect. With the others from Flying Dragon Sect, as ’guests’ of King Cooper’s residence, he joined the buzz of the Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet.
The reason for this was twofold: first, he was concerned whether the old woman wanting to kill him might lie in wait; second, he hadn’t decided whether to participate in the Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet because if he did, his ’identity’ would be exposed.
If his identity were exposed, and if that old woman were lying in wait, he’d inevitably have to use the ’Void Escape Symbol’.
In the Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom, which is a ’medium-level immortal kingdom’, one might not see the Void Escape Symbol... even in those ’superior immortal kingdoms’ stronger than Cloudrock Immortal Kingdom, it might not be seen either.
Therefore, Wyatt Barnes is well aware of the preciousness of the Void Escape Symbol in his possession.
Unless necessary, he didn’t intend to use the Void Escape Symbol.
Precisely because of this, when watching the Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet as a Sacrificial Officer of the Flying Dragon Sect, although he struggled internally over whether to participate, he mostly didn’t want to take the risk.
Until the County Governor ’Field’ of Nine Nether County secured an hour for him, he made the decision to take the risk.
At that time, he was aware:
If the old woman wasn’t there, he could seize first place in the Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet without using the Void Escape Symbol.
And if the old woman were there, he wouldn’t only need the Void Escape Symbol to escape but might not have enough time to seize first place in the Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet.
Unless that old woman wasn’t a match for the ’King Cooper’, and Cooper intervenes to restrain her.
"This time, it truly felt like a loss... but it’s considered fulfillment of the promises made to County Governor Field and Elder Christian Clark."
At this time, Wyatt Barnes also realized that even if he regretted the previous choices, it was useless, since there’s no ’regret pill’ to take.
Now that things have developed to this point, being conflicted in heart was useless.
So, he simply relaxed and accepted it all.
"It’s just a pity that County Governor Field couldn’t acquire the middle-grade Immortal Pill ’Daai Law Pill’ before his death."
Recalling the scenes of Nine Nether County’s County Governor Field dying at the hands of the old woman, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but feel a bit regretful, yet his heart was calm without feeling sorrow or anger, nor did he see the old woman as a life-and-death enemy.
Between him and County Governor Field, there was no personal relationship, more of mutual exploitation.
He believed, if more middle-grade Immortal Pills ’Daai Law Pill’ could be obtained by killing him, County Governor Field would have struck without hesitation.
Therefore, Wyatt Barnes felt nothing about Field’s death.
If there’s any feeling to speak of, it’s only feeling that Nine Nether County’s County Governor Field was pitiful, with the Daai Law Pill about to be in his grasp, only to be killed at this critical moment.
"However... learning about Milana Harrington’s ’background’, it’s not too much of a loss."
Wyatt Barnes mused.
He felt the biggest gain wasn’t winning the ’first place’ at the Sixteen County Martial Arts Meet because winning merely meant fulfilling promises to Nine Nether County’s County Governor Field and Elder Christian Clark from the governor’s mansion.
For him, the most significant gain was learning about Milana Harrington’s ’background’.
"So you are a disciple of Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect... I believe we will meet again soon..."
A charming figure from years ago flashed in his mind, causing Wyatt Barnes’s gaze to turn somewhat dreamy.
Honestly, he didn’t have any emotions towards Milana Harrington.
But, since Milana Harrington and he consummated as husband and wife, and it was Milana’s first time, as a man, he must have enough ’responsibility’, he must be accountable for that matter...
Milana Harrington can only be his woman!
He absolutely will not allow any other man to touch Milana Harrington!
After learning about Milana Harrington’s ’origin’, Wyatt Barnes knew that even if he hadn’t discovered her background this time, he would inevitably find out as he ascended to a larger stage.
Therefore, using the void shadow talisman to learn about Milana Harrington’s origin didn’t feel like too much of a loss.
If he had no other way to find out about Milana Harrington’s origin than this, then using the void shadow talisman would have been worth it, highly worth it!
In his eyes:
The value of a mere void shadow talisman is far less than that of the ’Milana Harrington’ he already views as his own woman!
...
"Where... exactly is this place? Why does it feel like I’ve been traveling for so long, and still haven’t reached the end?"
Wyatt Barnes traveled at great speed above the barren mountains, yet days and nights passed, and all he saw was barren mountains, as if there was no end.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, as Wyatt stepped forward, his vision abruptly changed.
The next moment, he found himself amidst a world of snow, surrounded by snow-capped peaks and an endless expanse of snowy plains and glaciers, looking exceedingly beautiful.
"An illusion realm?"
At this moment, Wyatt immediately realized he had fallen into an illusion realm, and not an ordinary one.
If it were an ordinary realm, he wouldn’t have failed to see through it, nor wandered for so long in the ’barren mountains’ within the realm.
"Now that I know this is an illusion realm... I should carefully observe how to break it."
Illusion realms are always artificially arranged, so to break them, one needs to find the ’core’ of the realm.
The ’core’ of an illusion realm is like the ’array eye’ of formations; once it’s destroyed, just like an array eye, the formations vanish, the illusion realm will completely disappear once the core is destroyed.
"This illusion realm... is not simple!"
After a few more days and nights, Wyatt’s surroundings transformed again.
The world of snow and ice vanished.
Now, Wyatt found himself on a vast grassland, with endless greenery stretching beyond sight.
In such a place, finding the ’core’ of the illusion realm is simply harder than climbing the sky.
"I can only wait for the next scenario now..."
Wyatt knew, such an exquisite illusion realm couldn’t possibly have just three scenarios, and even if there were only three, surely after this grassland, he would return to the previous barren mountain scene or the glacier scene.
And as Wyatt expected.
After wandering aimlessly for a few more days and nights, another new scene appeared.
This new scene was a lush forest, filled with numerous ethereal beasts, vanishing upon touch.
Wyatt searched the forest, leaving no stone unturned among the flowers, trees, and birds, intending to find the ’core’ of the illusion realm and let the entire realm vanish!
Only then could he leave this place.
Yet, after more days and nights, as the scene changed again, Wyatt still hadn’t found the ’core’ of the illusion realm.
"Why am I so unlucky?"
"The first time I used the ’void shadow talisman’, I ended up in such a broken place... and coincidentally entered an ’illusion realm’. Moreover, this illusion realm is clearly not an ordinary one!"
Wyatt was somewhat helpless.
Although he had managed to escape under the eyes of a powerful Merciful Voyage Immortal Sect practitioner using the void shadow talisman, he inadvertently stepped into this inexplicable yet extraordinarily clever ’illusion realm’.
As time quietly passed, and as scenes continued to change without finding the ’core’ of the illusion realm, Wyatt finally realized:
With his current abilities, he still couldn’t find the ’core’ of this illusion realm.
"It seems... I won’t be able to leave here for a while."
Wyatt sighed.
Now, Wyatt resigned himself to fate, and stopped struggling.
Because he knew, with his current cultivation, it was simply impossible to find the ’core’ of the illusion realm and leave this realm.