154: Illusion Array

No wonder so many people entered the Desert Vortex and were never heard from again.

Just the yellowish-brown scorpions alone were enough to make many young talents perish.

Later Heaven Transformation Realm combat power.

Elusive whereabouts.

Under a sudden attack, ordinary people simply couldn't react and had no ability to resist whatsoever.

The final outcome, naturally, was only death.

Shen Xi focused all his attention, knowing that the danger of the Desert Vortex was far from over.

The Desert Vortex, which could make so many young talents turn pale at the mention of it, could definitely not be this simple.

The next second, Shen Xi's guess was once again confirmed.

He saw the yellow sand suddenly churning.

Immediately after, palm-sized yellowish-brown scorpions emerged from beneath the yellow sand.

"Hiss!"

Shen Xi couldn't help but gasp.

These yellowish-brown scorpions were all of the Later Heaven Transformation Realm level.

And a rough estimate put the number of yellowish-brown scorpions at least a thousand!

A thousand Later Heaven Transformation Realm!

Even the beast horde that the Twenty-eighth City faced before didn't have such a large Formation.

Nearly a million Yao Beasts, yet there were only three Later Heaven Transformation Realm Demon Beast Leaders.

And here, there were actually a thousand!

Furthermore, the yellow sand was still churning; a thousand was not the end, but merely the beginning.

"Kill!"

Shen Xi roared and charged towards the yellowish-brown scorpions.

As things stood, if he didn't strike first, he could only wait for death.

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining three hundred and fifteen years of demon beast lifespan."

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining three hundred and six years of demon beast lifespan."

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining three hundred and twenty-seven years of demon beast lifespan."

The System's prompts kept ringing, but Shen Xi was in no mood to care about them.

His eyes only held slaughter.

Kill these yellowish-brown scorpions.

If these yellowish-brown scorpions didn't die, then he himself would die.

However, Shen Xi soon discovered another characteristic of these yellowish-brown scorpions.

That was, these scorpions actually had a special toxin attached to their bodies.

Although Shen Xi hadn't been hit by a scorpion even once, his fists had already started to turn slightly yellow.

When a scorpion was blown apart, it left a bit of poison on his body. At first, there was no effect, but as it accumulated, Shen Xi felt his movements becoming slower and slower.

"I can't touch this group of scorpions!"

Shen Xi quickly made a judgment.

He wiped his Storage Ring, and the Qingying Sword appeared in his hand.

The next second, One Sword Eight Desolations and One Sword Sweeps the Nine Provinces were used by him to their fullest extent.

For a time, the scorpions couldn't get within a meter of Shen Xi.

"No! This toxin cannot be avoided even without direct contact!"

Shen Xi couldn't help but exclaim.

He discovered again that even if he used the Qingying Sword to kill the yellowish-brown scorpions, it still didn't change the signs of poisoning, and the toxins in his body accumulated more and more.

Through observation, Shen Xi found that as soon as a yellowish-brown scorpion was killed by him, a faint, almost imperceptible wisp of yellowish-brown mist would leave its body and enter his own, thereby causing him to be poisoned.

Furthermore, Shen Xi had tried to isolate and block the yellowish-brown mist in different ways, but all efforts were ultimately ineffective.

The yellowish-brown mist seemed to not exist at all; even Origin Qi couldn't stop it.

Yet, it was precisely this ethereal thing that had deeply poisoned Shen Xi.

"If I kill scorpions, I get poisoned. If I don't kill scorpions, I'll be surrounded and killed. Am I only able to run?"

Shen Xi found himself in a dilemma.

No matter what he did, it seemed the final outcome was the same; he was doomed.

Even if he ran, he didn't think he could escape.

The yellow sand in the distance was also churning, clearly hiding scorpions beneath.

Shen Xi couldn't think of a solution for a while and could only continuously attack, preventing the scorpions from getting close to him.

He had a premonition that by killing scorpions now, at most he was enduring a wisp of yellowish-brown mist, but once a scorpion got close and injured him, the effect of the toxin would be completely different.

Time passed bit by bit.

Shen Xi's demon beast lifespan was constantly increasing, and the amount of yellowish-brown mist in his body was also increasing.

Shen Xi felt his movements becoming slower and slower, and his body even began to stiffen.

"My hands... how did they become like this?"

Suddenly, Shen Xi was surprised to find that his hands had clearly turned yellowish-brown.

And his skin was actually starting to turn to sand!

The yellowish-brown mist would cause Shen Xi to turn to sand, eventually becoming a handful of yellow sand, blending into this world and completely disappearing.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Desert Vortex.

For the weak, a single yellowish-brown scorpion was enough to leave them without a burial place.

For the strong, a continuous stream of yellowish-brown scorpions appearing could also overwhelm and kill them with sheer numbers.

For the even stronger, it would cause them to turn to sand and eventually disappear completely.

Even those in the Xiantian Realm had zero chance of surviving in the Desert Vortex.

No wonder in the history of the Chasing Wind Secret Realm, no Martial Artist had ever successfully left the Desert Vortex alive.

At this moment, Shen Xi had fallen into a desperate situation.

The Desert Vortex seemed destined to become his burial ground.

"How can there be so many Later Heaven Transformation Realm scorpions!"

Shen Xi couldn't help but curse.

Soon, a flash of inspiration struck his mind, as if he had thought of something, and his eyes lit up involuntarily.

So many Later Heaven Transformation Realm scorpions?

That's right!

How could there be so many?

Even a beast horde wasn't this outrageous!

Even in the Chasing Wind Secret Realm, even in the Desert Vortex, this number was unreasonable!

Unless... as if he had thought of something, the Taiji diagram immediately appeared in Shen Xi's eyes.

The Taiji Yin-Yang Eyes, bloomed!

Immediately after, the scene before Shen Xi's eyes instantly twisted and deformed, completely different from what he had seen before.

Here, it was still a stretch of yellow sand, but there wasn't a single scorpion present.

Instead, there were twelve flags.

These flags were distributed in different positions, with an inseparable connection between them, and a yellowish-brown light line connected the flags.

"Indeed, it's a Formation! And an illusion Formation!"

Shen Xi's expression was grave.

Those scorpions, in reality, did not exist.

This was an illusion created by the illusion Formation!

Furthermore, this illusion Formation was extremely profound, having reached a state where truth was false, and falsehood was true.

In other words, although the scorpions created by the illusion Formation were illusions, they genuinely possessed the power of the Later Heaven Transformation Realm. If Shen Xi hadn't defended, he would still have been severely injured.

It was precisely for this reason that Shen Xi was able to obtain a considerable amount of demon beast lifespan by killing these scorpions.