Zhang Ling, transformed into an earth ball, rapidly rotated as it shot into the sky. Numerous water arrows struck it, but they couldn't stop its ascent.
However, it wasn't just this layer of attack that was intercepting him. The earth ball had only risen about seventy or eighty feet when a whooshing sound arose from the mist, and a massive blue snake tail coiled around the earth ball, trapping him in mid-air.
Then, the dense black and red mist around him solidified into black snakes, and water balls shot out from the rushing water below, all attacking him.
Clearly, the enemy wanted to temporarily trap him with these attacks.
Inside the yellow sand earth ball, Zhang Ling's safety wasn't greatly threatened. The yellow sand was his semi-finished Heaven Star Sand, and although it wasn't fully refined, its power was no weaker than ordinary magical treasures.
However, passively defending all the time wouldn't do; prolonged defense might lead to danger.
Zhang Ling rapidly formed hand seals, and a powerful earth spiritual force erupted from his body. Immediately, the yellow sand earth ball protecting him lit up with a thick, earthy-yellow light. Countless grains of sand on it rapidly swirled, and the entire earth ball expanded rapidly.
In an instant, the earth ball swelled into a sphere five or six yards in diameter, then exploded with a deafening boom, scattering the numerous attacks that were besieging him.
Zhang Ling's figure flickered, and he arrived on the other side, flashing a few times to completely escape the numerous attacks.
But before he could make his next move, five or six giant water balls suddenly appeared beside him. Zhang Ling's expression turned cold, and his flying sword circled around him, releasing several arc-shaped sword lights that slashed through the attacking water balls in two quick strikes.
For a time, countless splashes of water erupted around him. But then, the splashes didn't fall; instead, they connected into a sheet that suddenly lit up with a blinding white light.
Zhang Ling couldn't help but change his expression, quickly retreating backward. In an instant, he retreated more than a dozen yards, but the other attacks he had imagined didn't arrive.
And when the white light faded, he discovered that the surrounding scenery had changed. The dense black and red mist that had surrounded him had all disappeared. He was standing alone on the high platform, with no enemies around, as if the mist had never existed.
Zhang Ling immediately felt that something was wrong, knowing that he had been tricked.
Although he couldn't figure out what was happening, this situation was very likely that he had fallen into an illusion, and his senses were having problems.
Could it be an illusion array, or some special illusion? Zhang Ling guessed, and a bad thought arose in his mind.
At the same time, he thought that the snake woman had arrived here before him, maybe she had already set up an array here, waiting for him to enter.
But then Zhang Ling denied this idea. Now he was participating in a contest, and the high platform under his feet was clearly used for fighting.
This kind of arena-like place would not allow setting up enemy formations.
But no matter what the reason, he must be in danger now. Zhang Ling didn't dare to be negligent, mobilizing all his mana and constantly reinforcing the defenses around his body, preventing anyone from sneaking up on him. Not feeling safe enough, he tossed a golden orb with one hand, and another layer of golden shield was released.
Then, with a thought, rays of light gathered from all directions.
Upon closer inspection, they were all grains of yellow sand, precisely the semi-finished Heaven Star Sand that he had exploded earlier. These sand grains were refined using special methods and would not be easily destroyed. Although they had not been completely refined, this yellow sand was stained with a large amount of his blood essence and was already considered a natal magic treasure.
Although there was no yellow sand around him just now, it was nothing to recall these Heaven Star Sand under the induction of his mind.
At the same time, being able to retrieve these yellow sands also proved that he had not left the high platform where he had fought. So the most likely situation now was that he had fallen into an illusion.
Zhang Ling's thoughts turned rapidly in his mind, while controlling the yellow sand grains into a flowing quicksand, constantly rotating around his body to form another layer of defense.
Furthermore, he released all his divine sense to surround the area within a dozen yards of his body, but his divine sense didn't detect anything unusual, as if he was really in an empty place.
This made him feel that a danger was about to descend. Not daring to delay any longer, he took a deep breath and planned to use a method to break the enemy.
He saw Zhang Ling wave his sleeve, and a dilapidated bronze ancient lamp appeared in his hand. He opened his mouth and spat out two balls of blood essence into the ancient lamp.
Immediately, the ancient lamp lit up with a layer of blood-red flames. The flames swayed twice and instantly turned gray-green. The light emitted by the lamp flame covered a small area, but Zhang Ling immediately felt that his divine soul had suddenly increased by more than half, and the corresponding intensity of his divine sense had directly increased by more than doubled.
Then he closed his eyes, and opened them instantly. At this moment, his eyes also flashed with a gray light.
Break!
A low voice came from his mouth, and the empty environment around him seemed to have been violently impacted, becoming distorted.
The sound he made was not loud but sounded extremely thick in his ears, like the sound of bells and drums. This was not an ordinary attack, it was an attack called Soul Shattering Sound, which he used the bronze lamp to amplify the intensity of his divine sense to cast.
Soul Shattering Sound is a divine sense attack, and only monks with sufficient divine sense intensity can cast it.
Generally speaking, even late-stage Golden Core monks cannot cast it, but the bronze ancient lamp in his hand is a strange treasure, which increased the intensity of his divine sense by more than doubled, instantly reaching the divine sense intensity of the peak of the Golden Core, which barely met the requirements for casting this attack.
Soul Shattering Sound is also considered a simple divine sense attack. It was researched from that nameless Divine Refining Technique. In addition, another Divine Shocking Thorn divine sense attack is also recorded on it, which requires a higher divine sense.
After releasing the Soul Shattering Sound, Zhang Ling's face also turned pale.
He had just recently succeeded in cultivating this method. If he hadn't broken through to the mid-stage Golden Core realm, even with the ancient lamp's divine sense enhancement, he wouldn't have been able to cast it.
Soul Shattering Sound is a one-time release of powerful divine sense fluctuations, covering a wide area like sound waves. It has the effect of shaking the souls of low-level monks, and also has a certain ability to break illusions. It is considered an extremely special attack.
At this moment, scanning the surroundings with his divine sense again, Zhang Ling immediately noticed the difference. As he imagined, he had fallen into some kind of illusion just now.
Under the shock of Soul Shattering Sound, fine cracks appeared in the surrounding space, like a piece of torn cloth. Zhang Ling didn't dare to be negligent. Three blue flying swords appeared in front of him, and quickly slashed out several thick sword lights.
Wherever the sword light passed, several cracks were broken in the surrounding space.
Countless sounds came into his ears in an instant. Through the cracks, he could see black and red mists floating outside, which looked very strange, but Zhang Ling was overjoyed.
