Starting as a prodigy wanting milk? A world-destroying deception in the opposite direction.

His mental power seemed to possess intelligence, and he began to frantically analyze that negative emotional energy!

This was an experience he had never had before. Countless fragments of emotions exploded in his consciousness, including the grief of his mother's death and his own resentment.

His analytical instincts allowed him to grasp a faint thread amidst the chaos.

A sharp pain instantly swept through my entire body.

My sister's smiling face became the only anchor in my mind.

The process of analysis is like walking through a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire; he has to tame those chaotic negative energies before he is swallowed up by emotions.

suddenly!

A soft boom exploded inside his body.

The energy of despair, after being analyzed, no longer eroded his consciousness. Instead, it was forcibly enveloped by his faint mental power and merged into it!

His mental power instantly changed texture, allowing him to clearly see the flaws in the illusion.

Those distorted spectators and the狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious) figure of the mother were all phantoms formed from negative emotions!

"Xiao Shen!"

Lei Lie's voice pierced through the illusion.

"Let's try again. While you're at it, use the [Dust-Calming Mantra] to calm your mind!"

Lei Lie threw the compass into the air, and the moment the golden light exploded, Ren Fei's talisman and Miao Erhu's copper bell activated simultaneously.

The three of them combined their powers, unleashing their psychic energy without reservation, creating a powerful and overwhelming force.

Like a raging river repeatedly crashing against the barrier, the barrier trembled violently amidst deafening roars, yet it never broke.

But Shen Zhen felt the force binding him loosen slightly once again.

The "audience" has already mutated, their distorted faces completely detached from human form.

His face was all white, with his pupils bulging out and extending, almost touching Shen Zhen's face.

The face was all big mouths, stretched to their limit, almost covering the entire face; the face was all teeth, teeth that had fallen out and grown back, eerily unsettling.

Shen Zhen seized this fleeting opportunity and mobilized all the mental power within his body that was infused with despair. He felt that this mental power was more active than usual.

The mental energy he had absorbed during his previous cultivation, as well as the gentle energy from the lingering fragrance of the Concentration Incense when dealing with the Ge Ming case, all became his aids at this moment.

He silently recited:

"Peace and tranquility, mindfulness."

A gentle stream of mental energy circulated within his body, like a gentle current enveloping turbid waves, firmly restraining the mental energy infused with despair.

At the same time, it also enveloped and soothed the surging regret and confusion.

The face of "Shen Zhen" in the mirror turned ugly, and the figure of her mother in the rain began to fade.

The phantom was essentially supported by negative emotions, and the despairing mental power within Shen Zhen's body could interfere with its existence.

"Keep it up!"

Lei Lie roared, and golden light surged from his palm.

The compass's residual power continued to impact the barrier, and Ren Fei simultaneously unleashed five talismans, nearly shaking Miao Erhu's copper bell until it left afterimages.

"boom--!"

The barrier was finally breached, and a faint gray mist emerged—a trace of the primordial emotional energy of the Illusionary Desire Demon.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Shen Zhen exerted his strength, pushing the restrained and formed Despairing mental energy outwards along the crack.

Although hindered by the gray fog, it also made his mental power more solid through the collision.

Moreover, he discovered that his mental power was actively devouring and assimilating the primordial energy of the Illusionary Desire Demon!

He kept recalling his sister Shen Xuan's smiling face and his mother's dying words.

These warm memories acted as a final line of defense, ensuring he wasn't consumed by negative emotions and supporting him without letting up.

"Sizzle!"

The illusion barrier suddenly shattered.

The gray fog receded like the tide, and the pouring rain and the eerie stage vanished instantly, revealing the true scene of Ruanjia Lane once again.

Just as Shen Zhen regained his balance, his foot suddenly slipped off the ground again.

I was pulled into an illusion again.

This time, Lei Lie, Ren Fei, and Miao Erhu were not spared either.

The relief on the three faces froze instantly, their eyes became dazed, and their bodies swayed uncontrollably, clearly trapped in their own inner demons.

The scene before them suddenly changed.

Lei Lie stood on a patch of scorched earth, surrounded by the corpses of members of the Cleansing Evil Division. Old Zhou, a member who had died in a mission last year, stared wide-eyed and hoarsely questioned:

"Team Leader Lei!"

"Why didn't you save me?" Lei Lie's eyes instantly turned fanatical. He drew his long sword and slashed wildly at the air. His mental energy was glowing with gray light, and he was on the verge of losing control.

Ren Fei returned to his dilapidated house in his hometown, where his seriously ill mother was breathing weakly.

"My son, what's so good about being a spirit medium?"

"He won't even see his mother one last time?" The talismanic light surrounding him dimmed and extinguished instantly, and he murmured repeatedly:

"Mother, I was wrong." She had completely lost the will to resist.

Miao Erhu was trapped in the Jingxie Division's martial arts arena, surrounded by jeers and laughter.

"With this level of skill, you think you can be the captain?"

His most cherished dignity was trampled underfoot. He roared and threw punches, but it was like being stuck in a quagmire. He could only struggle in vain amidst the mockery.

Shen Zhen was once again plunged into the rain, and her mother's figure was no longer blurred.

She was covered in blood, her white robes stained crimson, and a broken staff was stuck in her chest.

That was her signature weapon, but now it had become a deadly weapon.

She walked towards him step by step, bloodstains spreading across the ground, her voice filled with endless grievance:

"Sure, my mother hurts so much...

Why won't you come with me?

Shen Zhen's throat tightened, but she could see a trace of reluctance hidden in the questioning in her eyes. This was not the real mother, but an illusion created by the Demon of Illusion.

"Hehehe..."

The chilling laughter echoed in the four people's minds.

Humans!

Your Achilles' heel is your seven emotions and six desires.

Do you crave family affection? Do you crave recognition?

I can help you achieve your dreamlike state.

Isn't it better to not have to suffer?

Shen Zhen watched his companions get lost one by one, feeling extremely anxious, but he knew he couldn't panic now.

The demon of illusion feeds on emotions; the more one indulges in them, the stronger it becomes.

He closed his eyes, forcing himself to ignore his mother's screams and focusing all his attention on the flow of his mental energy.

When I broke through the barrier, I had already used up most of my psychic power.

At this moment, only the remnants of despairing mental energy, which had been fused with part of the essence of the Illusionary Desire Demon, remained. However, through repeated impacts and tempering, it became increasingly pure and resilient.

He guided his mental energy to circulate, starting from his dantian and flowing through his limbs and bones.

Each cycle actively "analyzes" the scattered emotional energy in the surrounding world and transforms it into its own power.

The mental energy slowly recovered, and its texture also transformed, changing from "passive fusion" to "active control".

Moreover, the scattered psychic energy that was originally like a stream gradually converged into a long, gray-black river of psychic energy.

Sudden.

A sudden jolt ran through the depths of his dantian.

An unprecedentedly cold and violent force surged forth, as the fused energy of despair underwent a qualitative transformation!

Where this force passed, the meridians that were originally sluggish and painful due to emotional shock and depletion of mental energy suddenly became clear.

Scattered psychic energy, like rivers flowing into the sea, frantically converged and merged with this gray-black power.

The power surged several times in an instant, and then, in its surging flow, it was further refined and purified, becoming increasingly condensed and pure.

This was not a simple emotional outburst, but rather an unprecedented convergence of consciousness in a desperate situation.

The mental technique of "Chen An, Nian Ding" suddenly became clear at this moment, transforming the devoured energy of despair into its own use!

He transformed his deep affection for his family into a steadfast will to protect his sister and many others, using it as the core anchor to harness this violent force.

Reason guides emotion, and the two no longer conflict.

Instead, they merge into a purer and more powerful force.

This newfound power filled his limbs and bones, bringing him an unprecedented sense of exhilaration.

He could even "see" that the gray-black river of psychic energy within his body had already taken shape, surging endlessly and emitting an eerie glow.

The whispers of the Desire Demon still lingered in her ears. Shen Zhen's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

He has already grasped the power to break the deadlock.

Use the energy of the illusion demon to counteract the illusion demon.

Moreover, he's about to break through.