Although Shui Yunzi and others, including Xu Chong, were not sure what exactly triggered the Demon Shocking Array and were simply preparing for the worst, the attacker happened to be the Lord of Anya, a first-class being who had never had a head-on encounter with the Fruit of Truth.
The superficial knowledge gained from hearsay caused the Dark Edge Lord to ignore many details. He did not even question the situation and chose to remain silent in disguise at the first possible moment.
Time passed slowly in this confrontation without any understanding of each other.
One day, two days, three days...
Gradually, the Lord of Dark Ya began to have some doubts.
"Damn it! Didn't they say they would keep wandering around aimlessly? Why haven't they moved for so long?"
An Ya complained dejectedly.
Rumor has it that as long as one remains still after encountering the Fruit of Truth, it is possible to avoid perception and leave calmly. There are even many lower-level figures who say they have successfully escaped using this method.
But the problem is, rumors clearly say that these three guys are always moving around, and I have never heard of them staying still in one place.
Could it be that...
Even the remaining instincts have begun to degenerate?
"If that's the case, does that mean it doesn't matter if I get close or just leave..."
After thinking it over again and again, An Ya came up with a bold idea, but quickly rejected it due to insufficient information. "Forget it, this is not a joke. If I am imprisoned like that old guy You Jue... it would be too painful. Let's wait a little longer."
Three more days passed like this.
Even though An Ya was a nothingness whose wisdom grew slowly, and even though he was not born in ancient times, the three Fruits of Truth always remained as still as he was , which finally made him question it.
"Something's wrong. It's so wrong."
An Ya continued to observe the figures in the distance, thinking calmly, "The fact that they gathered together should have never happened before, and it is even more unreasonable for them to remain motionless after gathering."
"After all, they will instinctively hunt down all the nothingness they encounter in captivity."
"I'm so far away, so they can't detect it, but they are so close to each other, they can definitely detect the nothingness imprisoned in each other."
"Logically speaking, with only their instincts left, they should have erupted in a fierce conflict to fight for the nothingness that was imprisoned by each other."
“Could it be…”
As he thought about it, An Ya's mood began to get excited, and he was about to come to a conclusion that would be extremely beneficial to him.
However, at this moment, a faint sound suddenly appeared 20,000 miles away, interrupting his thoughts.
"This... is a real individual??"
An Ya was extremely surprised, "How could a real individual appear here?"
…
…
“There is no such direction.”
Xu Chong stepped out of the space, glanced in all directions, and his tense mind relaxed a little again.
The Demon Shocking Array was created by the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor and can be described as a masterpiece of epic proportions, but after all, it does not have the ability to automatically replenish consumption like the Devouring Talent.
After being triggered, it can only continue to operate for a month.
After a month, the formation's own energy is exhausted and needs external force to start working again.
Although the remaining time was not enough to complete the exploration of the 100,000-mile area, after all, so much time had passed and no trace of the gray fog had appeared.
The Five Spirit Realm had not been attacked, and nothing was discovered during exploration.
Unless the opponent stays where he is after triggering the formation, neither approaching the Five Spirits Realm nor moving away in the opposite direction.
But this is basically impossible to happen.
The most likely scenario is that the other party has left long ago, just like what happened in the history of the Five Spirits Realm.
"It seems that either I am lucky, or the prophecy has not come true yet... Having said that, I still have to continue what I have to do."
Xu Chong regained his spirit, opened the crack and took a step forward.
However.
The phantom, who felt that the crisis had averted in the last second, had his pupils shrank to the extreme the moment he stepped out of the space passage.
Gray fog!!!
Endless gray fog!!!
"How is this possible?!"
Xu Chong was horrified.
Each time he leaped, the distance was kept at 20,000 miles, and the last leap was no exception.
But before crossing, I clearly didn't see any gray fog surging in this direction, how could it be...
Yes!
After a brief shock, Xu Chong reacted.
The gray fog he was in was almost completely still!
Remaining still in the complete darkness of the ruins, and being 20,000 miles away, it was no wonder that he hadn't noticed it before.
The next moment after coming to this conclusion, Xu Chong didn't think twice and continued to open the space channel in the same direction.
The difference is that this time the channel connects a place 100,000 miles away.
Moreover, he didn't even care whether he was still within the range of the gray fog after the first movement. As soon as he came out of the passage, he opened a second passage of 100,000 miles.
Indeed, the gray fog was still and still, a situation he had never seen before. He had no way of determining what was happening to this nothingness.
But he did not forget the purpose of creating so many phantoms regardless of the cost.
Just like that, one move, two moves, three moves, four moves...
It was not until dozens of times later, millions of miles away from the Five Spirits Realm, that this phantom body finally stopped and did not continue to open the passage.
At this moment, there was no gray fog in front of his eyes.
"Uh...Isn't it because I ran too fast that he couldn't keep up?"
Xu Chong was stunned.
Having fought with Salo once before, he knew how difficult it was to deal with a high-level Void.
Not to mention how large the range would be when the body was fully expanded, just the unlimited lifespan of the Void and their high status meant that they would inevitably steal some of the rules of space.
Even Salo, who was of the second-class status, could not prevent him from escaping, let alone this being who was suspected to be of the first-class status.
So Xu Chong couldn't help but look back and look in the direction it was moving from.
fine.
Thousands of miles away, the gray fog that occupied almost half of the field of vision was rolling towards here madly at an incredibly fast speed.
It would take at most two breaths to wrap up his phantom body.
"Haha, at a distance of millions of miles, can you still find the Five Spirits Realm again?"
Xu Chong curled the corners of his mouth.
The moment before being touched by the gray fog, he chose to disperse this phantom body.
Five Spirits Realm.
Beside the boundary gate, Xu Chong’s action of creating an illusory body suddenly stopped, and he fell backwards as if he had lost his strength.
“Haha…hahahahahaha…”
A hearty laugh spread through the gate, "Three Daoists, the enemy has retreated, you can come back and rest now."
whoosh whoosh whoosh.
Three figures flashed.
"Friend Xu, you... is what you just said true?"
Tu Sanshan looked excited.
"Good boy, good boy!"
Huo Bufan slapped his thigh and asked excitedly: "Tell me quickly, how did you find it and how did it get away?"
"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."
Xu Chong waved his hand in satisfaction. "As soon as I found him, I used my spatial authority to move him again and again. Then he followed me and followed me for millions of miles."
"Millions of miles?"
Mu Fangfang breathed a sigh of relief . "It's almost impossible for it to find this place from such a long distance."
"Friend Xu..."
Tu Sanshan was moved, and seemed to have no idea what to say. Suddenly he bowed deeply to the ground.
"You are too polite, fellow Daoist."
Xu Chong quickly stood up, helped Tu Sanshan up, and stopped the other two from bowing, "Now we all share the same fate, there is no need to do this."
"Um, Fellow Daoist Shui and the others..."
Mu Fangfang reminded.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about them."
Xu Chong slapped his head and stretched out his hand to draw a line in the empty space.
Two figures stepped out. They were the brothers Shui Yunzi and Jin Donglai who were imprisoned in Baiyujing.
"quick!"
As soon as Shui Yunzi came out, he said hurriedly: "I'm going to activate the Demon-Slaying Formation, Donglai, you send him away!"
There is no doubt that Shui Yunzi believed that his release marked the most critical moment of the situation.
"Two."
Tu Sanshan raised his hand to stop the two men's movements, " The crisis has been resolved."
The two of them paused in disbelief and asked, "What?"
"The invading evil demon has been led away by Fellow Daoist Xu."
Huo Bufan laughed and explained, "The Five Spirit Realm and Baiyujing...are saved!"
"Saved?"
Shui Yunzi and Jin Donglai looked at each other, huge surprise burst out from the depths of their eyes.
"Why else do you think we're all here?"
Huo Bufan sat down, imitating Xu Chong's previous posture and lying down with his arms and legs spread out. "It's comfortable... I haven't slept for many years. This time I want to have a good sleep, sleep till the sun goes down."
"That's probably not possible. The three of us are in the defense period, so you and Fellow Daoist Jin will have to do the task of replenishing the formation."
Tu Sanshan said as he also lay down, "You know what, it's really comfortable..."
"Damn it, I just finished the guarding period not long ago..."
Huo Bufan cursed speechlessly.
“Hahahahahahaha…”
Everyone laughed and lay down.
Although they did not do anything substantial, including exploring and leading away the evil spirits, everything was done by Xu Chong, but the high mental tension for nearly a month made them exhausted and they were too lazy to care about their image.
A few people just looked at the sky and talked meaningless words from time to time.
After a while, someone suddenly spoke up and asked, "How is the virtual and real person achieved?"
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.
Xu Chong's whole body was tense, and he sat up little by little stiffly, his face looking extremely ugly.
How are virtual and real persons achieved?
This is indeed a question worth exploring.
In fact, Xu Chong had also thought that sooner or later someone would ask him this question.
It could be Huo Bufan, because Huo Bufan is straightforward and has the longest contact time.
It is possible that it could be Shui Yunzi and Jin Donglai, because these two are descendants of the Emperor of Heaven, they know the most and have paid the most.
It could also be Tu Sanshan, whose role as a think tank gave him the idea of ​​replicating the real and virtual personalities.
But no matter what, it definitely shouldn’t be Mu Fangfang!
Because from beginning to end, Mu Fangfang was the one singing the opposite tune.
Even if he changed his stance in the end and chose to support Xu Chong and the merger of the two worlds, an offense is still an offense.
Xu Chong may not care, but Mu Fangfang should not be careless.
You know, to Mu Fangfang, Xu Chong is not only much more powerful than her, and can control the life and death of her and her disciples and descendants at any time and anywhere, but he is also about to become the co-lord of the two worlds.
In this situation, even if Xu Chong doesn't care about the past at all, Mu Fangfang should remain cautious for a long time.
Why would you ask such a sensitive question at this time?
Unless Shi Lezhi.
Would a person who could escape addiction among a population of 300,000,000, and become one of the five most powerful people, be so demented as to make such a low-level mistake?
Xu Chong didn't believe it.
Compared to Mu Fangfang's dementia, he believes more in another possibility.
"Oh……"
Xu Chong looked deeply at Mu Fangfang who had just stood up, and asked, "You are able to deceive to this extent. Is this the authority you rely on to be promoted to the first-class position?"
This sentence is not spoken with the mouth, but is the fluctuation of thought.
In an instant, everyone's expressions, the flowing air, the changing light, all the scenes came to a standstill, and then shattered.
"He was able to escape from the power of fraud. He is indeed a virtual and real person."
A huge wave of thought responded to Xu Chong.
Xu Chong looked around and felt depressed.
The body was still an illusion. Not only did it not dissipate and return to its original form, but even the dozens of movements were fake!
Although the three forged fruits of truth could only be seen as a small dot from such a distance, they were indeed a hundred thousand miles away.
In other words, everything that happened to this phantom body after it moved a hundred thousand miles and came into contact with the gray fog did not happen at all.
Is this the power of fraud?
Xu Chong forced himself to calm down and think frantically at the same time.
'It's obviously not realistic to run away or lure it away.'
'If the authority can be activated once, it can be activated a second time, and my movement speed is definitely not as fast as his speed of activating the authority.'
"If I act rashly, it will only lose its patience and even resort to tactics that I cannot defend against."
"But... it's not like there's no chance at all."
"After all, the most unlikely scenario has happened - I encountered the fruit of truth, but it neither approached nor moved away."
'It didn't come close, which means it didn't see through the true nature of the Demonic Array, and believed that the Fruit of Truth was there.'
'And not away from...'
"Could it be that there is something in the Five Spirits Realm that it is determined to obtain?"
'No, there is another possibility!'
'It is suppressing the movement of the body, keeping still!'
'This shows that he is afraid that if he moves away, it will attract the attention of the Fruit of Truth!'
"Got it!"
Xu Chong's mind moved, and while transmitting his thoughts, he pretended to make a move: "There is an evil demon here! The three venerables, come and hunt it down!"
The direction in which this thought was transmitted was not the gray fog, but the Five Spirits Realm a hundred thousand miles away.
Unfortunately, it was blocked by the gray fog just before it spread out a few feet.
"Your bravado is ridiculous."
An Ya sneered, "Even if I don't stop you, how can you, a mere third-class person, transmit your thoughts over such a long distance?"
"Oh, really?"
Xu Chong smiled, "Then you just wait here and see if the three venerables will come."
"whispering sound."
An Ya seemed very confident and at ease, and continued to taunt: "Even the great me cannot send my thoughts without expanding my body, let alone you."
"As long as I stay still here, those three disgusting guys will never know that I have captured you."
"Besides, I've already told you that I have the power to defraud. Why do you think I would be deceived by you?"
"Answer my questions honestly, and maybe I'll be merciful and let you keep your identity as Nothingness. Otherwise... Damn it!!!"
An Ya had just finished making his threat when he suddenly became terrified.
He observed that the three spots of light in the distance, which had not moved for so long, actually began to move towards this side at a rapid speed!
"How is that possible?!"
"Even if your thoughts were conveyed, they are just three lifeless creatures without intelligence. How could they possibly obey your orders? !!!"
“This is impossible!!!”