322: Beast Fantasy

“Hmph! You’re not Chu Ying!”

“It’s just an illusion, don’t try to deceive me!”

Yu Chuyue’s eyes turned cold, and a surge of extreme yin cold air began to emanate from her body.

The cold air condensed into frost and snow mist, coiling around her graceful figure.

It made her appear like a Fairy who had just descended from the Guanghan Palace.

“Heh, believe it or not.”

“Defeat me, and you’ll pass this stage.”

The illusory “Chu Ying” chuckled mockingly, crossing his arms and observing Yu Chuyue with interest.

“Don’t look at me with those eyes! You’re not Chu Ying at all!”

Yu Chuyue’s expression was vexed, and she raised her hand to unleash a powerful martial technique.

The extreme yin cold air condensed into sharp ice swords, and droplets of water in the air transformed into ice, sharp and chilling.

At this moment, “Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect” all pointed towards Chu Ying.

“Die!”

Yu Chuyue’s expression was filled with resentment.

What kind of damned illusion dared to transform into “Chu Ying” to deceive her?

Truly detestable, detestable, detestable!

“It seems it’s nothing special…”

However, although Yu Chuyue’s attack was grand in momentum, it was vulnerable before the illusory “Chu Ying.”

In the hand of “Chu Ying,” a long sword of True Qi was held, and with a raise of his hand, a “Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique,” along with several Azure Luan Treasure Techniques, shattered Yu Chuyue’s Moves.

As for why he didn’t use the “Grass Character Sword Secret”?

That’s because he was truly Chu Ying’s “Will Projection”!

…

At this moment.

Within Chu Ying’s illusion.

“Sigh, what kind of situation is this? I have to fight while also splitting my attention to project myself as a guardian for others’ trials?”

“Your Heavenly Dao rules are too much of a scam! Isn’t it just breaking a few records? Is it really necessary?”

Chu Ying sighed, his face full of helplessness.

This goes back to when he started the first stage of the Golden Forest not long ago.

In the first stage, he encountered not Puppets, but fierce beasts!

Taigu Remnant Speciess and Archaic fierce beasts, as well as Primeval Era Fierce Beasts!

Similarly, there were a full hundred of them, and their cultivation was the same as his, all in the Inscription Realm (Initial Stage).

But unlike the Puppet stage Yu Chuyue challenged.

The fierce beasts Chu Ying encountered all possessed normal sentience, appearing ferocious and incredibly powerful in combat!

If it weren’t for him, and it were another Cultivator in the Inscription Realm (Initial Stage), even a Genius, a Young King of the Inscription Realm period.

It would still be incredibly strenuous!

One must know that in the ancient era, such terrifying ancient fierce beasts were inherently incredibly powerful.

Each fierce beast, when compared to Cultivators of the same cultivation Realm, possessed almost overwhelming strength!

After all, fierce beasts are born with powerful ancient Bloodlines, and within their Bloodlines, they inherit Azure Luan Treasure Techniques.

Some terrifying Taigu Remnant Speciess could easily sweep aside humans with higher cultivation levels than themselves!

Since the ancient era, humans have been inherently inferior to these fierce beasts, but humans can still become a powerful race standing tall in the Vast Sky, relying only on other aspects.

Therefore, in most cases, fighting one against a hundred, especially when they are all Taigu Remnant Speciess, Archaic fierce beasts, and even Primeval Era Fierce Beasts of the same level as oneself.

This first stage is already a Hell-level difficulty.

As soon as Chu Ying entered the first stage environment of the Golden Forest, he heard the Heavenly Dao rule voice.

【Welcome to the Golden Forest’s rarest Hundred Beasts Illusion!】

【Friendly reminder: From ancient times until now, only nine people have cleared the Hundred Beasts Illusion!】

【Challenger: Hang Wang, please prepare!】

No matter how Chu Ying listened, he felt that this Heavenly Dao rule voice contained an element of schadenfreude.

He also didn’t know how he ended up in such a stage.

Are the Golden Forest’s illusion stages randomly generated?

Just with increasing difficulty based on the level?

But there was no way around it; since he had entered, Chu Ying couldn’t back down. He walked the path of invincibility, and the word “retreat” never existed for him.

Moreover.

It’s difficult for ordinary people to pass such a first stage, but was he an ordinary person?

He is Hang Wang!

Chu Ying countered with a “Grass Character Sword Secret,” not even bothering to use the “Dou Zi Magic Verse.”

Simply relying on this Azure Luan Treasure Technique of one of the Archaic Ten Fiends—Nine-Leaf Sword Grass—was enough to instantly kill these fierce beasts!

No matter how powerful you Taigu Remnant Species or Primeval Era Fierce Beast are, are you as powerful as a true Archaic Ten Fiends?

When Chu Ying instantly killed a hundred powerful fierce beasts with one sword.

The first stage’s illusion stage collapsed instantly.

At the same time, the sound of Chu Ying breaking the record echoed in Chu Ying’s ears and also drifted throughout the vast Void Spirit Realm.

【Congratulations to “Hang Wang” for breaking the record for the shortest time to clear the first stage of the “Golden Forest” Hundred Beasts Illusion!】

【Hang Wang’s time: One breath!】

…

Instantly clearing the first stage naturally earned him the reward for the first stage.

Chu Ying received a pot of wine called “shangqing drink,” which, if drunk, would directly lead him into a state of enlightenment!

Although this was not a treasure that directly improved cultivation, its value was incredibly high.

After all, this “shangqing drink” was wine brewed from “Enlightenment Tea” leaves!

A whole pot of “shangqing drink” could allow Chu Ying to Cultivate for a long time, enabling him to enter enlightenment at any time, which was naturally terrifying.

In addition to the “shangqing drink,” Chu Ying also received an extra reward for breaking the record.

A “Dream-Shattering Demonic Pill”!

This Dream-Shattering Demonic Pill was a type of pill for refining the soul, and its grade was not low; according to Chu Ying’s estimation, it was at least a top-grade Heavenly Pill.

Moreover, it was produced in the Void Spirit Realm, making it even more extraordinary.

This Dream-Shattering Demonic Pill was of great use to Cultivators in the Array Formation Realm, which is equivalent to the Saint Lord Realm in the outside world.

The strength of the soul is manifested in the Soul Palace Realm, but it is also a very crucial factor in the process of a Saint Lord entering the Great Saint Realm.

Therefore, Chu Ying was very satisfied with this Dream-Shattering Demonic Pill and put it into his Void Spirit Ring.

Then, Chu Ying entered the second stage.

The second stage was relatively more normal.

Of course, what Chu Ying referred to as normal was in terms of quantity.

For example, the first stage had a hundred fierce beasts, while the second stage had two hundred fierce beasts.

It was just doubled.

If the second stage immediately presented a thousand fierce beasts, then Chu Ying would truly want to curse.

However, the second stage was only slightly more normal.

Because the two hundred fierce beasts that appeared in the second stage, although their cultivation was still the same as in the first stage, meaning the same as Chu Ying’s.

The strength of a single fierce beast had doubled!

Not only had the quantity doubled, but even the strength had doubled!

It must be mentioned here that an increase in strength does not necessarily mean an increase in cultivation.

After all, this is too normal for Cultivators, for example, the Physical Body being strengthened, or mastering martial techniques to Perfection, and so on.

All these can lead to an increase in strength without an increase in cultivation.

Therefore, these fierce beasts in the second stage had doubled in strength, but their cultivation remained unchanged.

Chu Ying’s face turned green when facing the second stage.

“I always feel like you’re targeting me!”

“Although I don’t have any evidence.”

Chu Ying spoke to the void, not knowing if the Heavenly Dao rules of the Void Spirit Realm had self-awareness.

But if they did, Chu Ying felt that they must be targeting him!

Otherwise, why would it be so abnormal when it’s only the second stage?

If every Cultivator who came to challenge the Golden Forest faced such difficulty, then Chu Ying dared to guarantee that not to mention the second stage, fewer than a hundred people would be able to clear the first stage!