Chapter 143 This is the real illusion

Who the hell do you think you are?

As Gu He's words fell, Huang Yi attacked.

He looked serious, his legs slightly bent, hands moving rapidly like a Wuxia character entering a dueling stance.

As his palms traced a trajectory, fiery red Fighting Qi surged violently from his body, rapidly condensing into a massive flame Cauldron in front of him.

His complexion was dyed crimson by the fiery red Fighting Qi, and raging flames ignited in his eyes; with a 'slap,' he pressed his hands onto the massive flame Cauldron and lifted it, slamming it fiercely toward Gu He.

Boom!

It was like a massive planetary fireball.

The moment the attack reached Gu He, he didn't move; only in the instant the whirlwind stirred his black hair behind him, Gu He lifted a finger and flicked it.

The beautiful lotus-green flame instantly engulfed Huang Yi's attack; the massive flame Cauldron was instantly enveloped by an even greater one, like ash falling from a smoke column.

Heavenly thunder triggered earthly fire, light flashing in an instant.

The energy of Huang Yi's Cauldron was instantly devoured.

The massive shockwave, beyond Huang Yi's expectations, forced him back dozens of steps.

'How is this possible?!' he exclaimed inwardly, his old face sinking with a hint of shocked confusion.

'Impossible, absolutely impossible!'

Before trying to snatch the earth core soul marrow, he had carefully investigated Gu He's strength; he was merely a Six-Star Dou Zong.

He was a Seven-star Dou Zong! A difference of one star was like a difference of a thousand miles!

This was Huang Yi's source of confidence.

Yet at this moment, Gu He had effortlessly...!

Huang Yi steadied his body, spat, and coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Then he stared at Gu He with resentment; that indifferent gaze, as if looking at an ant, deeply stung him, and he couldn't help but roar with a twisted expression:

'Hehe, you're ruthless! But I won't let you have it easy either. I have two companions who also entered the Pill World; they will avenge me!'

Before the words faded, Huang Yi spat out another mouthful of blood.

Immediately after, he flicked his finger, and a beam of light flew from his fingertip; the light rapidly circled in the blood, turned into a bloody ray, and shot into the high sky like lightning.

In a blink, the blood ray vanished; clearly, he was very experienced in doing such things.

Gu He didn't even take out his Crimson Sky Sword; stepping on the Void Realm, his black robe fluttering, he spoke indifferently,

'If you want to throw your life away, go ahead.'

'However, I gave you a chance to escape. Since you didn't, don't blame me.'

As terror washed over Huang Yi's face, a wisp of lotus-green flame ignited on his body from his back.

He never expected that a Heavenly Flame could slip to his back, where his defense was weakest!

'Ah!'

Before he could even wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, he turned into a speck of white ash in the world.

Nourishing the earth.

He didn't even have time to crush his jade token.

Gu He glanced, shook his head, and continued on his way.

After all, underestimating the enemy is a great sin in battle.

This Huang Yi, who looked down on him while he was suppressing his cultivation, deserved to pay the price.

If he hadn't made that futile struggle and sent out a signal, he wouldn't have bothered to add another life to his hands.

To be honest, after entering the Doupo world and stepping onto the Fighting Qi Continent, he had always been troubled by the matter of 'killing'.

Killing Demonic Beasts was no problem for him; after all, they were beasts, but when facing people...

Human life was so vivid, hearts beating, skin active.

He had hesitated and wavered, giving himself countless psychological suggestions, before finally accepting the code of this Fighting Qi Continent—there is no flashy magic, only boundless, thick Fighting Qi.

Here, the strong are respected; the first task is to protect oneself, and the second is to protect others.

Gu He looked down at the ashes that had already drifted away with the wind, sighing inwardly with an indescribable feeling.

Who said Transmigration was a good thing? He had also lived in fear.

Secretly assassinating the protagonist Xiao Yan's Golden Finger, Yao Lao, killing the Son of the Plane Xiao Yan, seizing Heavenly Flames, conquering various female characters...

Was he really confident in every single one of these things? Impossible...

'Hm?' Wait!

Gu He seemed to realize something.

It was strange, very strange!

Why would he suddenly think of this?

The small shadow of 'killing in self-defense' had been buried in his subconscious.

After coming to this strange world and obtaining the System, he had already adjusted himself; this matter had been thrown into the deep corner of his memory.

How could it be suddenly awakened? Strange, too strange!

A mere Huang Yi, why should he cause such turbulent thoughts? To awaken deep subconscious memories and cause him to lose composure?

A mere Huang Yi, why should he shake his confidence?

Gu He suddenly sneered, a hint of frost on the corner of his mouth.

Summoning the Crimson Sky Sword, he slashed fiercely at the surrounding space!!

His entire body's Fighting Qi surged out without reservation, and that beautiful lotus-green flame stood side-by-side with the Fighting Qi, complementing each other, fusing into one.

'Boom, boom, boom!'

It was like a spaceship repeatedly colliding with a planet; huge cracks appeared in the space around Gu He.

'Boom!'

It was as if something within space had shattered one after another, turning into shards of crystal, drifting like flower petals.

Gu He watched all this indifferently.

He probed his consciousness into the black storage ring he was wearing.

Sure enough, everything he had prepared before coming was there, even the half-eaten watermelon Zi Yan had left behind, but the jade box containing the earth core soul marrow was missing.

Where were the vast dark mountains, green grass, and white ashes before his eyes?

A black space truly appeared before him.

He, Gu He, was still in the first round of the Pill World examination!

Gu He held the Crimson Sky Sword in one hand and clenched his fist with the other.

What was real? What was fake?

The modern world was fake, killing Huang Yi to guard the earth core soul marrow was also fake, then what about now? What was actually real?

Gu He took out a moonstone, letting it float in the air, then nimbly raised the Crimson Sky Sword to attack without ceremony.

But this time, the black space didn't react at all; only the moonstone shone with a soft, non-blinding light.

Gu He continued to attack until his strength was exhausted, then ate a few Medicinal Pills to recover his Fighting Qi.

'...'

It seemed this time it wasn't an illusion.

Gu He couldn't help but half-kneel, using the Crimson Sky Sword to support his body, catching his breath.

Someone inside the Pill Tower must be trying to mess with him!

He just didn't know who... what grudge did they have against him?

The intensity of the illusion in this first round was unexpectedly high.

A triple-layered illusion!

What virtue or ability did he, Gu He, possess to deserve this!

This third layer made him think he had broken the illusion; who could have known that 'breaking the illusion' was also an illusion!

'Heh...'

'Sooner or later, I will find out who you are...'

'Clang—'

Gu He stood up; the Crimson Sky Sword scraped across the ground, creating a harsh metallic clashing sound.

He retracted the Crimson Sky Sword, the moonstone flew into his hand, and Gu He swiftly flew toward the exit.

After a long time, the real exit finally appeared before his eyes.

White light burst forth, the first layer of the illusion, broken—!