364: It's fake

Darkness was spreading.

Chen Tianming discovered that his speed was actually not as fast as the opponent's, which made him feel that there was some risk.

If this continued, it would simply be a war of attrition. What would be left for him would not be a path to survival, but a dead end!

After a moment of hesitation, Chen Tianming chose to stop.

"Why did you stop! We are about to be surrounded!"

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden spoke anxiously, the whole person appearing furious.

Facing her, Chen Tianming felt a sense of unfamiliarity; he felt that the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden before him was completely different from the one he had watched over before.

With the tip of the blade pointing upward, Su Chen spoke coldly.

"What about the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden?"

The grave expression on the face of the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden" before him cracked slightly, but then she quickly recovered, speaking sweet words.

"What do you mean by this? You don't believe me? Don't forget that you were the one who brought me here!"

"..."

The opponent's memory was so comprehensive that Chen Tianming was somewhat surprised.

The uses of an array are ever-changing; if one thinks it only creates a ghost maze, they have truly fallen into the opponent's trap.

The encroachment of the black shadows did not end; instead, it became increasingly dense.

However, at this moment, Chen Tianming's expression was not so grave; rather, he appeared extremely relaxed.

He even spread his arms and looked at the surrounding environment.

"You say that if this were real, what would be the point of the black shadows trapping me? I ignored one point earlier: your way of speaking. The real one wouldn't be this anxious; the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden is a God of War-level figure!"

When Chen Tianming finished saying this, he thrust his sword forward, and then discovered that the person before him had changed; the whole figure had turned into a phantom.

"Hehehe..."

"Even if you know, so what? You cannot break this place!"

The coy laughter gave people goosebumps, and Chen Tianming really couldn't stand it.

"Can you stop talking like that?"

Having judged that these black shadows did not pose a lethal threat, Chen Tianming was no longer as nervous as before.

The tense state of mind had caused Chen Tianming's judgment to falter, but fortunately, the opponent's flaw was too great, allowing him to react.

"Are you afraid? Or are you afraid that your little thoughts will be discovered by others?"

The sarcastic, distant, and near words always made people lose their judgment of direction, especially regarding the control of one's own anger.

Chen Tianming already hated such tactics, especially when it was in a situation where time was of the essence.

The longer time was dragged out, the weaker his means of dealing with that Rock and Roll Chosen One would become.

"Not afraid. Even if you made the person herself come here to confront me, I would still say the same thing!"

Chen Tianming spoke coldly, his eyes filled with a hint of disdain.

If he really had designs on the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden, why would he need to hide it? He would just say it openly; whether she accepted it or not would be her business.

Sordid?

Only those who are truly sordid in their hearts would think others are sordid.

"If you are inferior, you don't need to make excuses for yourself like that. I, Chen Tianming, have truly never failed to get any woman."

The confident words were built by Chen Tianming's hard work over so many years.

Others saying this might contain elements of arrogance, but for Chen Tianming, there was no exaggeration.

"Arrogant man, truly laughable."

The voice within the phantom carried a hint of anger, a feeling of having one's weak point poked.

Realizing this, Chen Tianming did not hold back his tongue at all; he even had the impulse to stomp hard on the opponent's toes.

"Then what are you, an inferior beast?"

Chen Tianming sneered, simultaneously releasing spiritual energy to test the opponent's strength.

The black shadows had been very fast before, but when the opponent was angry, the speed of the shadows not only slowed down but even had a feeling of snowflake fragmentation.

Sure enough, his signal was bad; it was an illusion that relied on mood changes.

The threat of a human-controlled illusion is not as great as other types of control; in fact, the flaws are exceptionally obvious, especially those that rely on mood.

"Don't be anxious. You're so anxious that I thought I was right."

"..."

Chen Tianming's provocation fell into the opponent's ears so harshly, even carrying a sense of piercing the heart.

He didn't know where the opponent's bottom line was, but Chen Tianming believed that as long as it was a person with a temper, they would definitely get angry.

And the moment the opponent gets angry is the moment of the flaw.

Chen Tianming's plan was well-calculated, and the opponent seemed to have sensed something, not replying immediately, but silently calming down.

The more one says, the more mistakes one makes; only by not speaking can one avoid any problems.

Chen Tianming would not let the opponent get their way.

"Is not speaking because of default? As expected, this illusion of yours is nothing special; it's just a comfortable nest built by a jealous person for themselves!"

Chen Tianming's little mouth was like it had been smeared with honey, opening and closing, saying nothing the opponent wanted to hear.

"No wonder you think you are acting well; it turns out it's because you have no such experience at all. I'm afraid you have never seen such a powerful person in your whole life!"

The opponent hiding in the dark did not make Chen Tianming feel troublesome; instead, it gave him ample room to speak.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

The surrounding environment changed, and those eerie black shadows disappeared without a trace.

The environment was snow-white, and the ground underfoot was not yellowish-brown soil, but a turquoise lake.

When walking forward, ripples would splash underfoot.

"You think changing the environment will be enough? So naive. I really don't know how you obtained such power; it is truly hard to comment on!"

After finishing these exclamation-filled words, Chen Tianming clearly felt the weakness of this environment.

"Good opportunity!"

"Crackling!"

After a burst of noisy sounds, the scene before Chen Tianming shattered like glass, revealing the darkness behind it.

Withered branches were stuck upside down in the blood-brown soil, and from afar, one could see the jagged rocks and broken walls.

The air he breathed in was completely the smell of rotting corpses, so pungent it almost made Chen Tianming pass out.

"You finally woke up. You fainted as soon as you arrived here."

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden asked with concern, the softness in her eyes making Chen Tianming dazed for a moment.

The opponent's imitation in the illusion was too good; Chen Tianming couldn't recover for a moment.

"Where is this..."

"The place you said you wanted to find. I have looked around; it is all wreckage of battles. It feels like there have been many battles on this land."

The Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden said, not minding the confusion and vigilance that Chen Tianming, who had just come to his senses, revealed.

The illusion itself attacks the weakness in a person's heart, especially by imitating recent events.

As the person who was last with Chen Tianming, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden was definitely the opponent's choice for imitation, so the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden was not surprised.

As for the strangeness Chen Tianming encountered in the illusion, that was all fake, and there was no need to ask about it.