Chapter 77

78. Chapter 78: Mystic Object Self-Protection (No skipped chapters)

"What happened to Li Yi? Did he successfully leave the illusion, or is he already dead?"

At this moment.

In the illusion, Zhang Lei, Daoist Priest Peter, Zhang Zhixiong, and others were all stunned.

Because just a moment ago, many terrible changes occurred on Li Yi, who was sitting cross-legged in front of the white bone mural. At first, the flesh and blood on his whole body dissipated rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye until he completely became a withered bone. Immediately afterward, the withered bone collapsed automatically and couldn't maintain a human shape at all. Finally, everything returned to calm.

In this situation, they couldn't even judge what Li Yi had experienced, whether he was alive or dead.

"Li Yi shouldn't be dead. If he were dead, it wouldn't be like this at all. Before, when a colleague's flesh and blood completely disappeared, the skeleton wouldn't collapse and would only become a complete skeleton standing in place. And such a thing didn't happen to Li Yi, so it's highly likely that it's not a bad thing, but a good thing."

"The dissipation of white bones might prove that he has left the illusion and returned to reality."

Daoist Priest Peter pondered for a while and finally reached a conclusion.

"If that's the case, that would be great. As long as Li Yi walks out and reports the situation here to the Investigation Bureau, we will be saved soon." Zhang Zhixiong said.

Zhang Lei said in a deep voice: "This is all just a guess. What if Li Yi didn't walk out of the illusion? We still have to make two plans. I propose to let the colleagues who can't hold on start White Bone Contemplation. Li Yi said that as long as there is no desire and no fear in the heart, one can also leave the illusion and escape here. If we continue to waste time, I'm afraid other colleagues will die here in vain."

"Makes sense, we must fight at the last moment." Daoist Priest Peter nodded.

After the people in the illusion had a direction at this moment, their confidence was immediately boosted, and even the speed at which flesh and blood dissipated slowed down. This seems to be the power of belief. In fact, they didn't lack the courage to fight, but they knew too little about this illusion, and even if they wanted to fight for their lives, they couldn't find a direction.

At the same time.

Li Yi, who had left the illusion, had already begun to prepare for rescue because after he completed the White Bone Flesh-Growing Method, he could already avoid the influence of the illusion and enter and exit the building freely.

Not being affected by the white bone mural is very important.

"Zheng Gong, give me some time. I will break the illusion here and wake everyone up. What you need to do now is to be alert to the surroundings and don't let others interfere with my actions." Li Yi said earnestly.

"Good, no problem. I and Liu Yue's teammates will do a good job of guarding." Zheng Gong nodded, but then asked: "But what do you plan to do next?"

"I will find the source of the illusion and then destroy it directly."

Li Yi swept his gaze, then walked directly to Chen Hao, who was trapped in the illusion, took the sniper rifle off his body, and then skillfully checked it.

"Not enough special bullets, give me a few more."

Zheng Gong immediately handed the remaining nine red special bullets and a normal magazine to Li Yi: "There are only so many. If it's not enough, I can only continue to apply to headquarters."

"Wait, if the bullets are not enough, I have some here." At this moment, a cultivator carrying a sniper rifle walked over quickly.

His name is Fan Feng, and he is a field combatant under Liu Yue. He had been guarding in a nearby building before and didn't rush over until he saw Li Yi wake up.

As soon as Fan Feng walked over, he handed most of the bullets to Li Yi, including red special model bullets and ordinary sniper bullets.

"Good, thank you. It should be enough for me here. You keep some too, just in case." After Li Yi took the bullets, he immediately carried the sniper rifle and set off.

"I'll keep five special bullets, that's enough. I hope your action goes smoothly. If you need sniper support, just shout, and I'll be nearby." Fan Feng said.

"Good." Li Yi nodded.

"Li Yi, be careful." Zheng Gong reminded.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Li Yi smiled, and after preparing everything, he walked toward the depths of the building without looking back.

His actions were fast, and he already knew the structure here like the back of his hand in the illusion, so if nothing went wrong, the location of that white bone mural should also be on the ninth floor of this building.

Passing through the corridor, Li Yi rapidly went upstairs along the stairs.

On the way, he saw several living people standing in place without moving. Although they opened their eyes, their eyes had no spirit, as if they had lost their souls. Clearly, their consciousness was still in the illusion and hadn't broken free.

And besides living people, Li Yi actually saw a fierce beast when passing the third floor.

That fierce beast was huge, like a water buffalo, but it had a mouth full of fangs and sharp claws on its feet, looking extremely cruel. He didn't know what species it was, but at this moment, the fierce beast also had dull eyes and was stunned in place, as if it had also been pulled into the illusion.

"Can even fierce beasts enter the illusion? Could it be that fierce beasts also love beauty?" Li Yi was a bit puzzled.

But for the sake of safety, he raised the sniper rifle in his hand without hesitation.

Changing to ordinary sniper bullets, Li Yi pulled the trigger.

With a loud bang, the bullet shot out and accurately hit the fierce beast's eye, and directly pierced through the fierce beast's brain. However, the fierce beast's body still didn't fall and was still stunned in place.

But his purpose in doing this was to fear that the fierce beast would wake up when the illusion was lifted, adding some unnecessary trouble.

"Done." Li Yi didn't waste time and continued forward.

On the fourth floor, Li Yi also saw the bodies of two unknown creatures. Their consciousness was also pulled into the illusion and couldn't leave, so after passing by, he fired two shots one after another, shattering their heads before leaving with peace of mind.

Afterward, on the fifth, sixth, and seventh floors, Li Yi also saw some dangerous creatures.

It's just that the number was a bit large, and he couldn't eliminate them all. He just killed some creatures that looked highly dangerous. He didn't want to waste time dealing with the rest. If he really wanted to clean them up floor by floor, it was estimated that it wouldn't be done without an hour.

But even so, Li Yi solved more than a dozen dangerous creatures along the way.

If these creatures' bodies were taken out and sold, they would be worth at least hundreds of millions.

"After the illusion is lifted, these fierce beasts' bodies should be considered my spoils of war, right? After all, I killed them myself. Even if a part might be intercepted by the Investigation Bureau, the money I can get will definitely not be small." Thinking of this, Li Yi immediately became happy.

The sniper rifle in his hand became exceptionally cheerful for a while.

Hitting this kind of fixed target without danger was simply not too easy, and every fierce beast killed meant a large amount of money in the account, which gave Li Yi a sense of pleasure like playing a game with a cheat code to brush gold coins.

However, he didn't forget his rescue mission.

So after solving most of the fierce beasts, Li Yi went straight to the ninth floor.

Same as when he was in the illusion.

As soon as Li Yi arrived on the ninth floor, he saw half a white jade wall standing in the middle of the ruins not far away. There was a white bone mural on the wall. The mural was shining, emitting mysterious power. Just one look, he could confirm.

This mural is definitely a mystic object.

And it is highly likely to be a complete mystic object. It's just that this mystic object has the miraculous power to confuse people and make people fall into an illusion. Only people like Li Yi who broke through the illusion can be unaffected. If it were others, it is estimated that they would have sunk into the illusion before they even got close, unable to extricate themselves, and finally their consciousness would dissipate and die.

"If it is a mystic object, then I don't know if the sniper rifle in my hand has any effect. And destroying a mystic object, is this a bit too extravagant?"

Li Yi hesitated for a while.

"Forget it, this mystic object wasn't discovered by me. So many investigators in the Investigation Bureau know the existence of this thing, and it will be recovered sooner or later. Why should I worry about this?"

Afterward, his idea became firm again, and then he set up the sniper rifle in his hand and directly changed to a red bullet.

Just as he was aiming at the skeleton mural on the wall.

Suddenly.

A figure flashed in the scope.

A strong sense of crisis appeared, and Li Yi was instantly tense all over. He realized that there might be danger here.

Suddenly, that figure appeared in front of Li Yi and struck him, wanting to kill him.

"Looking for death." Li Yi was furious. He made a counterattack almost at the same time, and the sniper rifle in his hand rang out.

"Boom!"

A deafening loud noise echoed in the building. The power produced by the extraordinary model sniper rifle combined with special bullets was terrible.

Just in an instant.

The black shadow that attacked in front of him was instantly pierced and directly torn into several pieces. And the remaining power of the bullet did not diminish, piercing through several walls until it finally disappeared outside the building.

After killing that figure, Li Yi calmed down and saw clearly what exactly attacked him.

It was actually a dry corpse with flesh and blood stuck to the bones, like a skeleton...

Although it was a dry corpse, he could still feel the terrible explosive power and attack power displayed by this corpse.

This kind of strength should be in the Spirit Inspiration Realm.

"So the corpse of a Spirit Inspiration Realm cultivator is controlled by an unknown power, and even if it is dead, it can move freely?" Li Yi's expression changed uncertainly, and he soon realized something.

His gaze looked at the skeleton mural again.

Only this mystic object could possibly control the corpse and provide energy for the corpse to act. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the corpse would absolutely not be able to move.

And the reason for such a change.

It was all because Li Yi just raised the sniper rifle and aimed at that mural.

"So the dry corpse attacked me to protect this skeleton mural from damage? Is this really true? Could it be that the skeleton mural has its own ideas?" Li Yi's expression moved slightly, and he thought so in his heart.