Chapter 371: Entering the Illusion God Abyss
After leaving Li Huo City, Chu Xin invoked her Divine Coffin and, along with the purple-haired Chu Chen, they pierced through the sky.
"Sister, I have also gathered a portion of the Blood Puppets from Lang City into the Blood Pond. However, my speed of collecting Blood Puppets is not as fast as yours, and nearly half of the Blood Puppets were reclaimed by the Blood Robed Man," Chu Chen with purple hair spoke up after departing Li Huo City, "Just like here, there were no female prisoners among those in Lang City. Should we go to Longzhou to look for her?"
According to their speculation, the female prisoner held in the Nine-story Heavenly Prison was likely their mother.
"Of course, we should go."
Chu Xin's round, sparkly eyes twinkled as she said, "But before that, we have to go to the Illusion God Mountain Range first. You need to let your Gathering God Pond absorb more Illusion God's power to transform into Divine Water, so you can break through to the Second Realm. Those three people in Longzhou seemed quite formidable. We'll be more confident once you've made the breakthrough."
"Alright!"
The purple-haired Chu Chen nodded his head.
Meanwhile, far away in Lang City, Chu Chen also left the city, taking the purple-haired Chu Xin with him.
Along the way, the siblings continually asked people for directions to the Illusion God Mountain Range. Since it was a Forbidden Land in Central State, almost every Central Stater knew the location, and they learned the direction simply by asking around.
One day later, Chu Xin, controlling the Divine Coffin, arrived first.
To avoid detection by the guards outside the Illusion God Mountain Range, Chu Xin silently set up an Illusion Array before entering. She found a large boulder at the core area, sat down, took out some treasured roasted meat, and while eating the meat, drank Beast Milk, awaiting Chu Chen's arrival.
Chu Chen arrived at the Illusion God Mountain Range the following day.
Fortunately, the Illusion Array was still in place, and the guards on the outside of the Illusion God Mountain Range didn't notice anything amiss.
"Brother, take out your Gathering God Pond and absorb the Illusion God's power here. Let's go down to the Illusion God Abyss and check it out," Chu Xin suggested.
"Sure,"
Chu Chen nodded repeatedly, his curiosity about the Illusion God Abyss was piqued.
"Big sister, second brother, can I not go?"
The two-headed piglet perched on Chu Chen's shoulder glanced at the Illusion God Abyss, swallowed his saliva, and said with a dry chuckle. Your next read awaits at My Virtual Library Empire
He didn't have the natural talent of his sister and brother to nullify the Illusion Beasts' Illusion Techniques. He had previously devoured the Crystal Core of an Eighth Rank Illusion Beast and had learned Illusion Techniques, allowing him to absorb the Illusion God's power for cultivation, so the Illusion God's power didn't affect him much.
But the weakest creatures in this Illusion God Abyss were Eighth Rank Illusion Beasts, and he feared his little Illusion Techniques would not withstand the assault of those creatures' Illusion Techniques.
"No way!"
Chu Xin and Chu Chen responded in unison.
"Fine."
The two-headed piglet smacked his lips twice, instantly capitulating.
Whoosh!
The Gathering God Pond had already sensed the rich and pure Illusion God's power and automatically flew out of Chu Chen's body, spinning in the air.
After leaving behind a purple-haired Battle Body to guard the Gathering God Pond, Chu Chen followed Chu Xin and jumped into the Illusion God Abyss.
The Illusion God's power in the Illusion God Abyss was even denser than outside, and it grew more intense the deeper they went.
The Illusion God Abyss was pitch black, but that did not hinder the siblings' vision in the slightest. They could clearly see everything inside.
The Illusion God Abyss had a diameter of several hundred zhang, and there were countless holes in the rocky walls surrounding it.
Roar!
Beast roars echoed from those holes.
Hum!
Subsequently, a series of attacks launched from the holes, aiming to obliterate the intruders.
However, the Illusion Beasts inside were mostly just Eighth Rank, and once their Illusion Techniques became ineffective, their fighting power was comparable only to Seventh Rank Demon Beasts at best. They posed no threat to Chu Xin, Chu Chen, and the two-headed piglet.
Roar!
Seeing their attacks prove ineffective, the Illusion Beasts let out angry roars and rushed out of the cave, chasing after Chu Xin and Chu Chen.
Chu Xin and Chu Chen shimmered with the Golden Light Shield that warded off the attacks of the Eighth Rank Illusion Beasts. Their small hands waved continuously, with Sword Qi and Sword Energy crisscrossing the vast abyssal passageway.
Pitiful beastly howls echoed through the passageway, as one after another, the bodies of Eighth Rank Illusion Beasts fell like dumplings.
However, as the siblings continued to fall, more and more Eighth Rank Illusion Beasts were disturbed, and they seemed to arise without end.
Not knowing how long they had descended, an even more domineering roar came from below.
Roar!
Hearing these roars, the Eighth Rank Illusion Beasts that were pursuing Chu Xin and Chu Chen suddenly stopped in midair, not daring to come down.
"Big sister, second brother, the Illusion Beasts below must be Ninth Rank by now. Are we really going to keep plummeting down like this?" the two-headed piglet lying on Chu Chen's shoulder swallowed its saliva and asked with fear quivering in its voice.
If the illusion techniques of Eighth Rank Illusion Beasts posed only a potential threat to his defenses, then he had no chance of resisting the illusion techniques of Ninth Rank Illusion Beasts.
After all, he had only devoured the Crystal Cores of Eighth Rank Illusion Beasts, and his mastery of illusion techniques was far inferior to those of the Ninth Rank Illusion Beasts.
"None of those big guys dare to come down, so the Illusion Beasts below must be Ninth Rank," Chu Xin said.
Chu Xin, too, stopped in midair, her large round eyes blinking as she took out the Divine Coffin again, "Little brother, we don't know if the illusion techniques of Ninth Rank Illusion Beasts will work on us, and their combat power is almost the same as that of Eighth Rank Demon Beasts, very formidable. Let's hide in the Divine Coffin and continue our descent."
"Okay!"
Chu Chen nodded; he had not broken through to the Second Realm, and his strength was far less than his sister's.
The Illusion Beasts here were of the Ninth Rank with combat power akin to a Martial Emperor, and judging by their roars, there were certainly many of them. It was much safer to hide inside the Divine Coffin.
"Yes, yes, yes, it's better to hide in the Divine Coffin."
The two-headed piglet nodded repeatedly.
"Let's go in."
Chu Xin pulled Chu Chen into the Divine Coffin, with the two-headed piglet clinging tightly to Chu Chen's collar, terrified of being flung out.
Once inside the Divine Coffin, Chu Xin's snow-white little hands formed a seal, and she controlled the coffin to continue its descent.
Roar!
Terrifying roars continued to sound, and powerful attacks ripped through the air, slamming against the Divine Coffin, creating thunderous noises.
Unfortunately, the defense of the Divine Coffin was so strong that even before Chu Xin had broken through to the Second Realm, she could withstand the attacks of a Martial Emperor when controlling the Divine Coffin, let alone now that Chu Xin had reached the Second Realm, making the coffin's power even more formidable.
These Ninth Rank Illusion Beasts' attacks seemed frightening, but they couldn't breach the defense of the Divine Coffin at all.
"I'm scared to death," muttered the two-headed piglet, covering its elongated pig eyes with its dragon claws, still shaken.
Even through the projections in the Divine Coffin, he felt a soul-deep trembling from the illusion techniques of the Ninth Rank Illusion Beasts. Had he been outside, he was certain he would have fallen into an Illusion Realm and been torn to pieces by the beasts.
"Wow! So much meat."
Chu Xin, however, with her eyes gleaming, stared excitedly through the Divine Coffin's projections at the surrounding Ninth Rank Illusion Beasts that were chasing after them, "Ninth Rank Illusion Beasts, I've never tried one before."
Chu Chen was just as eager, his hands itching with anticipation as he said, "I've never grilled meat of the Ninth Rank either."
"This one must be good, it looks like a big dog."
"This one looks good too, it looks like a dragon."
The siblings pointed at the beasts, fantasizing about delicious grilled meat, completely forgetting to watch the Illusion Realm outside.
Boom!
Suddenly, the Divine Coffin struck the ground, making an earth-shattering noise, and the whole Illusion God Abyss trembled. Everyone inside the Divine Coffin staggered, nearly falling over.
"We've reached the bottom."
Chu Xin stabilized herself and observed the surroundings through the projections of the Divine Coffin.