Wizard's Journey

Chapter 455 The Mysterious Realm of Mirage Desire (Part Nine)

Grimm left the cave alone, under the watchful eyes of many wizards who had lost their magical powers.

Looking up at the gray sky filled with floating, devouring shells, the swirling vortex seemed to be constantly resisting the invasion of the Eye of Destruction, creating a sense of oppression and tension. Occasionally, a pale red, eerie bolt of lightning would rip through the sky.

Green suddenly pulled out the wizard coin.

The obverse of the gold coin features a large circle enclosing a six-pointed star magic circle, representing the will of wizards. The reverse features a magic wand and a longsword crossed, with a giant gear resembling a skull in the background, representing the elemental wizards of the Wizarding Continent, the body-training wizards of the Underground Abyss, the mechanical wizards of the Sky City, and the black wizards of the Dark Domain.

Golden light swirled around him. Green suddenly threw the object into the sky, caught it with his hand, and closed it, but without looking at the result, he muttered to himself.

"Is it just a deceptive illusion, or a double illusion?"

The so-called illusion of deception refers to the fact that the illusion of desire within the Devouring Shell is itself a deception woven by the illusion of desire that Green is trying to escape. It is designed to make some people who have escaped their self-numbing illusion world acknowledge this relatively real illusion through a stark contrast, and thus fall into it.

It seems to have the meaning of a dream within a dream.

A double illusion refers to multiple people in reality being trapped in the same fantasy world, where there is also a deeper illusion called the Devouring Shell within the illusory world that causes confusion and misleading.

Without a doubt, Green is still in some virtual world at this moment, otherwise it would be impossible for him to lose contact with Hachi through the spacetime coordinates.

The different judgments Green makes at this moment will affect future planning and behavior, requiring utmost caution.

If it's a deception or illusion, it proves that everything around Green, including the wizard, is still just an illusion. Green can still escape this illusion by committing suicide. At this point, Green is just under some kind of illusion.

If it is a dual illusion, it proves that at least these wizards, these creatures trapped in the mirage of desire in the endless world, are flesh and blood, and are real. They are all trapped in a virtual world governed by some magical rules.

Without checking the result of the wizard coin toss, Green put it away.

In fact, Green's wise judgment had already combined this mirage of desire with the self-deceptive world within the Devouring Shell, classifying it as a deceptive illusion.

He was still under some kind of illusion, similar to the Devouring Shell, but he couldn't be 100% certain.

The strongest piece of evidence Green possesses is this wizard coin!

Grimm wouldn't tell the others in the Mirage Realm that, in fact, every time Grimm tossed a wizard coin in his own fantasy world within the Devouring Shell, it wasn't a standing wizard coin at all, but rather the first time he tossed it head-on in front of the Flowing Chrysalis.

but……

Each time Grimm threw a wizard's coin into the Devouring Shell, it stood upright, breaking the illusion of the Devouring Shell.

What does this mean?

…………

Without acting hastily, Green needs more evidence to confirm his thoughts.

Carefully concealing his presence, Green followed the direction of the towering cliffs that Zhahan had just advanced towards.

If this mirage of desire is merely a deception of the world, as if one were under some kind of illusion, then it must have a purpose, or any illusion caster must have a purpose.

Recalling all the information that Grimm had inadvertently received in the Mirage Realm from the moment he left the Devouring Shell's self-illusion.

This information is the hidden guidance that the illusion disguises itself as the destiny of an endless world.

First and foremost is the terrifying power of the Eye of Destruction.

He absolutely could not be outside the range of the Azure Rock Giant Mountain's Azure Face power when the Eye of Destruction descended and awakened the Mirage Pearl.

Secondly, the importance of the Cangyan Spring.

One can obtain the Azure Rock Spring by hunting Mirage Pearls. After consuming it, one can summon the power of Azure Rock in this illusory world, thereby gaining hope of escaping this illusory world.

Finally, there is the worship of the towering, rugged mountains.

According to Gurendorf, it is the heart of this world, and in contrast, it is the "evil" of the Eye of Destruction.

But is the Azure Rock Spring, which is drawn by the shadow of nightmares and which Green judges as having the effect of polluting mental power, really the hope of escaping this illusory world?

Moreover, the arrangement of "fate" at this time is quite suspicious!

A seemingly stable rear.

The presence of Gurendorf, a half-saintly wizard, represents Grimm's trust and guides his beliefs, yet she would never willingly leave her source of magic.

This means that it has almost no conflict of interest with Green, and Green is the absolute beneficiary relative to her, so he will obey her without question and be completely unsuspecting.

A long-term goal.

After continuously hunting down the mirage pearls awakened by the Eye of Destruction, one can leave this illusory world with the so-called legacy of Gurendorf.

A fighting partner, a benchmark for comparing strength.

Zhahan is also a wild body-refining wizard, and the progress that Green made after obtaining the power of Azure Rock can be fully reflected in him.

And the creatures that have been trapped in the endless world seem to fill the towering cliffs with unknown possibilities, a journey full of novelty and unknowns, with new challenges and objectives that can be constantly presented.

Greene had read many biographical novels.

If we were to draw a parallel with a biographical novel, the world described in Devouring Shells, though beautiful, is so unreal that Greene, after experiencing only a small part of it, suddenly awoke, realized his illusory situation, and thus escaped.

Therefore, the world depicted in this mirage of desire is undoubtedly more deceptive and unpredictable, making it a better biographical story.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Green sensed a hint of danger, a primal instinct possessed only by body-training wizards.

Almost instinctively, Green not only stopped walking, but also leaned back and swung his ram-horned skull magic staff in the direction of the danger he sensed.

Ding!

A bone dagger was pressed against the ram's horn skull.

Immediately afterwards, the creature with grayish-white fur and a lion-like mane around its neck became visible again after it had gone from being transparent.

This creature had a strong physique, stood two meters tall, and emitted a hoarse, threatening sound from its mouth beneath two fangs, like that of a carnivorous beast. One of its eyes appeared to be blind and was bound with black bandages.

"Such immense power!"

Green was knocked back by the force from the dagger. He had just begun to marvel at the opponent's strength when the opponent's afterimage appeared in front of him and attacked him.

At this point, the Ram's Horned Skull Magic Staff only possessed the hardness of the World Lord's skull material and the mysterious power of the staff's metal fused with flesh and blood; its high-density shockwave ability had disappeared.

"Wow, that's fast!"

The opponent is a level two being, and seems to be able to borrow the power of the Azure Rock, which is equivalent to a "god" high priest who has the strength of a level two being.

Green shouted, "First level of wild instinct, activate!"

Its body was elongated, exuding agility and wildness, with dense, dark scales emerging from its body, radiating a cold, metallic luster.

Thus, Green barely managed to keep up with the opponent's fighting pace even after losing all his magic.

Crack, squeak...

With a metallic scraping sound, the alien creature's left claw scratched against its Grimm scales, producing a brief, piercing sound before tearing through the scales with a "squeak," causing a large amount of blood to splatter from its left shoulder.

"roar!"

A two-meter-tall, strong body pressed down on Green, and Green fell to the ground with a thud.

The bone dagger, imbued with the residual light of the Azure Rock's power, slashed towards Green's neck, seemingly intent on severing his head.

"Wild Instinct Level Two, activate!"

Green's body swelled wildly, instantly transforming into a three-meter-tall giant beneath the alien creature's crotch. Grayish-white bone spurs sprouted from his black scales, each ranging from twenty to thirty centimeters in length, with a dark, nascent aura swirling around its tip.

An aura of rage permeated the air, and Green was like a giant beast gradually awakening from its slumber.

Waves of energy spread outwards from Green, and the bone fang dagger snapped off a bone spur on his neck, but it was no longer able to kill him.

The creature displayed anger at its failed hunt.

With a "thud," a crack appeared in the bone armor on Green's left cheek. At the same time, the gray-white furred creature leaped up, seemingly because of the bone spurs on Green's body.

Utterly disheveled, Green stood up from the ground, his eyes gleaming with a menacing light beneath his bone-armored mask.

Without the aid of witchcraft, Green's strength was greatly reduced, because Green was not a true body-training wizard.

The greyish-white creature with a lion's mane hissed threateningly at Green, but knowing that Green was not a weakling who could be hunted indiscriminately, it took two steps back and its body gradually became translucent, seemingly no longer intending to fight Green.

Green was, of course, even less willing to actually fight this powerful creature.

Green dared not relax, cautiously retreating step by step, as if he might suddenly pounce at the slightest disturbance.

puff!

Green pushed further and further away, when suddenly a mournful howl came from afar.

To Green's astonishment, he saw that it was the upper half of Zhahan's body emerging from the stone wall that formed a single entity from the giant Cangyan Mountain. His eyes were wide open, and one hand was tightly gripping the neck of this semi-invisible creature, while the other hand was inserted into its chest from behind, with the power of Cangyan burning.

(End of this chapter)