The reason it was considered special was that using this kind of witchcraft didn’t require too much spiritual energy. The reason it was incredibly powerful was that this witchcraft can maximize the use of various natural energies, exponentially enhancing its own strength.
Although Leo was trapped, he had no intention of being a fish on the chopping block. Leo was furious, deciding to make the black-clothed figure in this illusionary restriction taste his wrath!
The ice block encasing Leo emitted cracking sounds, and numerous cracks appeared on its surface. With the cracks widening, a loud “bang” echoed as the ice exploded, and Leo was freed from the icy prison.
As for the blazing fire beneath his feet, it gradually extinguished as the ice disappeared, eventually vanishing without a trace.
This scene surprised the black-clothed figure, but since Leo couldn’t see his facial expression with his head covered by a hood, he remained oblivious.
Breaking free from the black-clothed figure’s witchcraft attack wasn’t the end; it was time to show him what Leo was capable of.
Leo’s hands spun, and a Tai Chi pattern appeared in front of him. The Tai Chi pattern slowly transformed into the shape of the Eight Trigrams.
“Tai Chi gives birth to Yin and Yang; Yin and Yang give birth to the Four Symbols; the Four Symbols give birth to the Eight Trigrams.” As Leo spoke, a complete Eight Trigrams pattern formed.
After the Eight Trigrams were complete, it charged straight at the black-clothed figure. During the impact, the Eight Trigrams transformed into a sword. The sword sliced through the air, creating a piercing sound. The sword struck the black-clothed figure in the chest.
The sword vanished, and the black-clothed figure, holding his chest, took a few steps back. After stabilizing, Leo couldn’t see the expression on his face, but the dark aura surrounding him became even denser.
Leo was also shocked at this point. The guy took a hit from Leo’s Eight Trigrams Illusory Infinite Sword, and yet he was standing there perfectly fine. His strength was undeniably formidable.
A chilling pressure pressed down on Leo. Just as he was about to launch a full-power attack, the black-clothed figure spoke in a peculiar tone, “The Eight Trigrams Illusory Infinite Sword, not bad.”
After saying that, the black figure flashed, disappearing on the spot.
Just then, the scene in Leo’s eyes suddenly changed, and he found himself in the middle of a forest!
Unexpectedly, the illusionary restriction hadn’t been lifted even after defeating the black-clothed figure.
The forest lacked the chirping of birds and the fragrance of flowers, eerily silent like a graveyard, with no trace of wind.
Since he was trapped in the illusion, Leo gathered his courage and moved forward.
After entering the forest for a hundred meters, giggling laughter suddenly echoed, resembling the laughter of a young woman.
Leo’s heart thumped, taking a deep breath, and continued forward.
After another ten meters, the surroundings opened up to a clearing. In the clearing, a young man was playing with a shuttlecock. Standing beside him was a middle-aged woman, smiling as she watched him, like the young man’s mother.
In this dim forest, among the trees, a mother watching her child play shuttlecock created a spine-chilling scene.
Upon closer inspection, Leo recognized the woman as Georgia from Riverside Village. She raised her head, offering Leo a faint smile.
As Leo looked closely, he identified the young man – it was Georgia’s son!
Illusions, all illusions!
Just as Leo regained his composure, Georgia suddenly transformed. Flesh and blood disappeared from her entire body, turning into a skeletal figure that grinned at him.
Georgia’s son also transformed into a skeleton, still kicking what seemed like a shuttlecock. On closer inspection, the “shuttlecock” was, in fact, a person’s head!
Leo roared, clenched his fists, and lunged towards the two skeletons, delivering a mid-air kick to the skeletal figures.
However, Leo’s kick landed in empty space. The skeletons disappeared, and everything in front of him suddenly vanished. There was no forest, no clearing with skeletons, and the place he had lunged towards turned out to be a bottomless abyss.
“I fell for it!” A mix of shock and anger surged through Leo as his body plummeted downward.
Falling into a bottomless abyss would undoubtedly result in a gruesome end.
However, things took an unexpected turn. His body suddenly jolted, and he found himself on solid ground. Surprisingly, he only felt a bit sore, having landed on a protruding giant rock just before teetering over the cliff.
Behind the rock was an immensely large cave. Stepping into the cave, Leo saw enormous boulders hanging upside down from the ceiling. Some were crimson, others dark green, with shapes resembling fingers, swords, and even grotesque demonic faces.
After gazing at them for a while, it seemed as though all the stones were about to crush down, causing an involuntary sense of panic.
The cave was filled with stifling heat. The farther Leo went, the hotter it became. After walking for a few hundred feet, he realized the reason for the heat.
Ahead was another cliff, and beneath it flowed a river. However, the river didn’t consist of water but of scorching red-hot lava. Standing at the edge, the searing heat nearly suffocated him.
At this moment, Leo suddenly spotted a massive, smooth wall on the opposite side of the cliff. What was even stranger was a peculiar symbol continuously rotating in the middle of the wall.
Looking around, Leo’s heart sank abruptly. On both sides were steep cliffs, and it was impossible to bypass them. The cliff was dozens of meters wide, making it equally impossible to jump across.
Leo then glanced back at the scorching lava. His eyes lit up.
In the middle of the lava, there were several stone pillars, barely twenty centimeters above the flowing molten rock. The red-hot lava rippled around the base of the pillars, seemingly ready to engulf them at any moment.
Now, Leo was faced with only two options: either retreat or continue forward.
Since he was trapped within the restriction, Leo was determined not to turn back.
Taking a deep breath, Leo enveloped himself in spiritual energy and leaped down, landing on the first stone pillar. Immediately, his entire body felt searing pain, as if his clothes were catching fire, and his skin stuck to the burning surface like it was on red-hot iron. Breathing in felt like inhaling not air but flowing flames.
Alarmed, Leo extended his foot forward and jumped onto the second stone pillar.
Just as he reached the middle of the river, the molten lava ahead churned suddenly, and a humanoid monster emerged. The monster was enormous, with an especially large head, sharp teeth, and fiery red eyes.
One had to admit that this illusionary restriction was quite cunning. It blurred the lines between reality and illusion, making it easy to be deceived if one wasn’t careful.