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Li Guanqi withdrew his hand, put it behind his back, and began to stroll slowly through the mist.

He extended his right index finger and drew a circle in the air. "The magic system of the Mirage is divided into three branches: Illusion Killing, Illusion Healing, and Mist Concealment."

"Everyone thought these three techniques were used separately: Illusion Kill for attacking, Mist Healing for healing, and Mist Concealment for movement."

"But they were wrong; these three techniques were originally one."

His finger paused in mid-air, a drop of water condensing at its tip. "When the three are combined, the Mirage Secret Technique is complete."

Chu Nan had already realized that all the illusions or mist effects from the beginning until now were just a smokescreen.

The mirage technique is more like an extremely subtle "sense of dislocation".

For example, with the right eye, Li Guanqi can be seen standing three steps away, but with the peripheral vision of the left eye, Li Guanqi's figure appears five steps away.

The information transmitted to the brain from the two eyes differed by less than half an inch, but this half-inch deviation caused him to experience a very subtle confusion in his judgment of his body's spatial position.

It's not that illusions have covered up reality, but rather that someone has layered a semi-transparent veil over reality.

Li Guanqi's voice came from two directions simultaneously, "I've been waiting for this moment. Your Lotus True Qi contains high temperatures, which can be said to be specifically designed to counter my misting technique."

"But high temperatures can only evaporate water vapor, not the control of consciousness. My consciousness has already filled this area, and every drop of mist is an extension of my consciousness."

"Your senses... have been under my control from the very beginning."

Chu Nan didn't speak, but closed his eyes, temporarily shutting off this most easily deceived sense.

Vision is the most relied-upon sensory channel for humans, and it is also the area that mirage illusions are most adept at invading.

Closing your eyes cuts off visual signals, making the remaining senses of touch, hearing, and qi more reliable.

He unleashed his Lotus True Qi, expanding the range of his true qi perception to five zhang around his body.

Then it was discovered that there weren't five Li Guanqi, nor six, but... nine.

Nine figures with identical auras were distributed in the mist, not standing still, but moving at an extremely slow speed.

Each figure emitted a faint fluctuation of divine consciousness, resonating with the divine consciousness contained in the surrounding mist beads.

However, among the nine figures, eight had evenly fluctuating spiritual energy, beating rhythmically like a heartbeat.

Only the one on the far left showed a very subtle disturbance in its spiritual fluctuations.

That... is the real body!

Because the fluctuations of the clone's consciousness are "pre-programmed," they can be made completely uniform.

But the brain of the true body is thinking, judging the situation, and calculating the next move. These thought processes will produce imperceptible fluctuations at the level of consciousness.

If you look at them individually, you won't notice anything, but when you put all nine together for comparison, the anomaly of one of them becomes apparent.

"Found it."

Chu Nan opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on his left.

Li Guanqi's true form's expression changed slightly; he truly hadn't expected Chu Nan to be able to lock onto him so quickly.

When the spiritual energy is exactly the same, it is impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake by relying on true energy perception.

Unless the opponent's spiritual strength far exceeds one's own, allowing them to forcibly break through interference and lock onto the target directly.

"So what if we found it?"

Li Guanqi took a step back, while his eight clones simultaneously stepped forward. "You can find my true form among nine targets, but I can rearrange myself at any time. You take three breaths to find me, but I can change my position in one breath."

This is the most troublesome aspect of the Mirage Illusion Killing Technique.

It's not that its attack power is so strong, but that it's simply impossible to catch.

If you can't find the real body, you can only keep expending your true energy to attack the clones. Once you find the real body, the opponent can use a Misty Concealment to change positions and re-infiltrate the clone group.

But Chu Nan no longer wanted to play this game with him.

Because he discovered a second flaw, a flaw even more fatal than the first.

The reason why Li Guanqi's spells can be linked so quickly is not because his spellcasting speed is faster than others, but because he always maintains a "preset" state in battle.

He laid out the gray mist threads in advance, he condensed the mist needles in advance, and he also created the clones in advance.

He didn't cast the spell during the battle; he had already set everything up before the battle began, and the battle was just a matter of "activating" it.

This habit reveals a more truthful fact—Li Guanqi's actual spellcasting speed is not fast.

Or rather, his techniques also require preparation time.

Chu Nan recalled the very beginning of the battle; the gray mist threads had slowly entangled him during the few minutes he was talking to Li Guanqi.

Those few minutes of conversation were the time Li Guanqi was buying to set up his formation!

From standing motionless in the mist at the beginning to tilting his head and smiling to delay the conversation, every step he took was to buy time for his actual spell.

What does this mean?

This means that if Li Guanqi is not given time to prepare, his fighting ability will be greatly reduced.

Chu Nan made a move.

This time he didn't hold back.

With the Lotus Steps unleashed at full power, the explosive force of the true energy beneath his feet combined with the ground propelled him to his speed limit with each step.

His figure left a golden afterimage in the mist, heading straight for Li Guanqi's true form.

too fast!

Li Guanqi was so fast that he didn't even have time to use the Fog Concealment teleportation.

He can indeed teleport almost instantly in the fog, but teleportation also takes a thought.

Chu Nan gave him less than a fraction of a second.

The spiraling true energy of the Shattering Fist had already struck three inches in front of Li Guanqi.

Li Guanqi had no time to move and could only block.

The jade bracelet flashed with light and condensed into a gray mist shield in front of him.

The fist slammed into the shield, and the spiraling true energy drilled into the mist, exploding from the inside.

The shield shattered instantly, and the impact sent Li Guanqi flying back three zhang (approximately 10 meters).

His back slammed against the stone pillar behind him, a sweet taste rose in his throat, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Eight clones simultaneously lunged at Chu Nan, attempting to buy him time.

Chu Nan countered with a Lotus Bloom, unleashing a massive burst of true energy from his body. Countless rapidly spinning golden lotus phantoms exploded and scattered in all directions like fireworks.

Each lotus flower was both a shield and a blade. The eight clones were simultaneously cut into pieces in the lotus storm, turning into gray mist and dissipating.

After the fog dissipated, the moonlight shone down again.

Chu Nan stood under the moon, golden lotuses swirling around him, his robes fluttering in the aftershocks of his true energy.

Li Guanqi leaned against a stone pillar, raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and suddenly smiled.

"Cough... You are indeed very strong, much stronger than I expected..."

Chu Nan didn't respond; he knew Li Guanqi was stalling for time.

Every time he speaks, he is buying time to prepare for the next spell.

But he didn't rush to attack, because he had his own plans.

"What's the deal with the red string?"

Li Guanqi's expression froze for a moment.

It wasn't out of fear, but out of surprise; he hadn't expected Chu Nan to ask this question at this crucial moment...