Chapter 11

Illusionary Realm.

Han Tianyi used his peak Spirit Abyss Realm mental power to simulate a classroom, teaching the two of them knowledge about mecha repair.

Both being four-character Doukai masters, the teaching styles of Lady Tianfeng and Illusion Brain Douluo were vastly different.

Leng Yaozhu spoke slowly from basic theory, extending bit by bit toward deeper levels, suitable for beginners. Han Tianyi, on the other hand, started by throwing out king bombs, using mental power to manifest concrete examples, analyzing details in a wild and imaginative way; students needed to have a certain foundation.

This led to Zhao Xuanzhen and Xiang Xiang Naer being at two extremes. Zhao Xuanzhen had been secretly grinding since he was young and was handling it with ease, while Xiang Xiang Naer was looking up at the ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle, looking like she was about to break.

Mecha repair is the most complex of the four major professions. A mecha repairman should be proficient in mecha design and mecha manufacturing. Although they don't need extreme research, they must deeply understand the connection between the two in order to repair damaged Doukai/mechas.

"Class dismissed."

Hearing Han Tianyi say the two words she had been dreaming of, Xiang Xiang Naer flopped onto the table, staring at Zhao Xuanzhen with resentment. Those silver eyes seemed to speak:

I came to play with you, and you dragged me to class; you're not human!

Zhao Xuanzhen calmly took out two bags of snacks. The girl's gloom vanished instantly, eating one bite after another, unable to stop at all. Her two cheeks were bulging, just like a chipmunk.

"Ding-ding—"

Han Tianyi received a soul guidance communication message. Looking closely, he saw it was from Leng Yaozhu. After reading it, a smile appeared on his face, and he said:

"Lady Tianfeng just sent a message, telling you two little ones to enter the virtual combat field of the Illusionary Realm, the True Illusionary Realm."

"True Illusionary Realm?" Xiang Xiang Naer was confused.

Zhao Xuanzhen explained in a low voice: "True Illusionary Realm, a secondary product of the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Killing soul beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform allows soul masters to receive a portion of energy feedback, and their soul ring age increases.

As everyone knows, there is an upper limit to a soul master's mental power and physical strength. When the soul ring reaches this limit, continuing to kill Spirit Ascension Platform soul beasts to absorb energy will cause the body to explode and die. Therefore, the Spirit Tower built the True Illusionary Realm, which is currently not open to the public and is only supplied to internal soul masters.

The True Illusionary Realm is purely a place for training in actual combat. Killing the creatures within it provides no beneficial feedback, but the danger level is much smaller than the Spirit Ascension Platform.

First, it can connect to the mental sea of Spirit Tower Spirit Abyss Realm powerhouses, with everything being at the other party's disposal. Second, it adds an internal protection system, automatically removing the soul master from the battlefield the moment before death."

Within the Sun Moon Federation, only eighteen core cities have built Spirit Ascension Platforms, known as the Eighteen Heavenly Pillars.

One Spirit Ascension Platform has one thousand entry quotas per month, costing five hundred thousand federal coins per session. For outside soul masters, once a month is already a huge pressure, but Zhao Xuanzhen and Xiang Xiang Naer, backed by Vice Tower Master Leng Yaozhu, could completely go whenever they wanted, quickly reaching their tolerance limits in a short time.

In the future, the True Illusionary Realm would be their second training ground.

Five-colored helmets descended from the sky, covering their heads. Han Tianyi's gaze condensed, his Spirit Abyss Realm mental power linking to the True Illusionary Realm!

Zhao Xuanzhen and Xiang Xiang Naer appeared in a wilderness. Everywhere they looked was withered Blue Silver Grass. The setting sun added a sense of desolation.

"They really set the mood..." Zhao Xuanzhen squinted.

"First wave, teleporting."

Han Tianyi's aged voice sounded above the True Illusionary Realm.

Four black figures burst into their field of vision—ape-type soul beasts, tall and muscular, with especially sturdy arm muscles!

Thousand-year Great Strength Apes! Extreme pure-strength soul beasts, with copper skin and iron bones, skilled in close-quarters combat, with no long-range capabilities.

"Two each?"

Zhao Xuanzhen tilted his head slightly, his black hair dyed with a touch of white at the temples. His True Self martial soul possessed him, and a gorgeous purple thousand-year soul ring circled his body.

"Done!"

Xiang Xiang Naer rubbed her hands, gripping the Silver Baiyin Baiyin Longqiang tightly. A hundred-year soul ring climbed up, and a soul beast with thorns lining its back burst out from the soul ring. Zhao Xuanzhen recognized it as the Thorn Dragon he had eliminated at the beginning!

Top-tier sub-dragon bloodline, balancing attack and speed, and the Thorn Dragon possessed powerful spatial power. After its cultivation broke through ten thousand years, it awakened a domain soul skill: Spatial Thorn Battlefield!

The Thorn Dragon guarded Xiang Xiang Naer like the most loyal soldier. Zhao Xuanzhen did not doubt this creature's determination at all.

The Dragon Clan fused with Xiang Xiang Naer; wasn't that just a guaranteed path to success!

In their first battle, the Thorn Dragon was bound to show off its skills and gain the affirmation of the Silver Long Wang's other half!

The roars of the four Great Strength Apes resounded through the heavens and earth. Their feet stomped the ground to accelerate, their bodies dragging black afterimages. Their sandbag-sized fists tore through the air, the wind of their fists carrying the brute force to shatter giant rocks as they arrived with a boom!

The thousand-year soul ring's purple light flared brightly; first soul skill, Qi Follows the Heart!

Zhao Xuanzhen's wrist bones rotated lightly, his five fingers spreading like stroking flowing clouds. The arc of his hands perfectly intercepted the fists of two Great Strength Apes.

In an instant, the world turned upside down. The Great Strength Apes were sent stumbling by a cloud-like force. The power spiraled along the Qi, and accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering bones, it was returned along the original path!

Four ounces deflect a thousand pounds!

Their own brute force became the help that crushed them. Their hard arm bones shattered section by section in the backlash, and the Great Strength Apes let out heart-wrenching wails!

Zhao Xuanzhen stepped through the shattered sunset and pressed forward. Black and white light shone on his palms, and he pressed lightly on the hearts of the Great Strength Apes. Blood flew, and their hearts exploded!

This kind of soul beast with only brute force was easier to deal with than a Human-Faced Demon Spider. Tai Chi alone was a chasm that a Great Strength Ape could never cross in its lifetime.

His sleeves were spotless. Zhao Xuanzhen withdrew his hands and stopped to look at Xiang Xiang Naer.

Xiang Xiang Naer's opponents were also two Great Strength Apes. Her silver pupils shone, and then her soul ring lit up. On the Silver Baiyin Baiyin Longqiang, silver light was like substance, and a strong murderous aura erupted!

A dragon's roar rose, clear and resonant. Xiang Xiang Naer charged toward the Great Strength Apes without hesitation. The Silver Baiyin Baiyin Longqiang traced a perfect arc in the centrifugal force. The moment the spear tip touched the Great Strength Ape's fist, the silver light trace suddenly exploded!

First soul skill, Silver Dragon Slash!

Silver light spread instantly. Amidst the ear-piercing cracking sound, the Great Strength Ape's arm tilted backward, but that was only half of the arm's cross-section; the arm had been sliced open by the Silver Baiyin Baiyin Longqiang!

Xiang Xiang Naer's first soul ring originated from the spatial-attribute Thorn Dragon, and the Silver Baiyin Baiyin Longqiang was itself a companion artifact of the Silver Long Wang, naturally having an affinity for all major elements. The two complemented each other, and the spatial cutting power of the Silver Dragon Slash was invincible!

The arm is the Great Strength Ape's most powerful weapon. Having lost its arm, it was like a lamb to the slaughter, and was soon stabbed in the heart by Xiang Xiang Naer's spear.

With three companions dead, the last Great Strength Ape went insane on the spot, its eyes turning blood-red as it pounced toward Xiang Xiang Naer!

"Roar—"

Silver light moved, and the Thorn Dragon soared into the air. A dragon kick followed by a thorn strike—a set of silky smooth combos beat the Great Strength Ape into retreat. It kept outputting in soul beast language:

Do you know how hard I worked to be valued by the Lord!

Don't block my path to ascension, you jerk!

With the final move, Divine Dragon Tail Whip, the sharp thorns on the Thorn Dragon's tail pierced through the Great Strength Ape's chest!

"We won!"

Xiang Xiang Naer experienced the joy of battle, jumping up in excitement and high-fiving Zhao Xuanzhen heavily.

Lung-fog Hagi-ape!

Hagi-zhen and Hagi-na are even more authoritative!

High above, Han Tianyi's mental projection praised: "Both are combat-type soul masters, their combat power far exceeding their own soul power ranks. Lady Tianfeng has picked up two treasures.

With such monstrous talent, they must be trained harshly..."

Han Tianyi's mental power ranked first among the many Title Douluos of the Spirit Tower. The True Illusionary Realm was like a domain tailored for him, allowing him to endlessly create soul beasts!

In the distance, dust rolled on the horizon. A massive rhinoceros herd stomped their iron hooves. The stratum corneum covering them reflected the glow of the sunset, their skin like patterns of flowing lava.

Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos!

Pure defense-type soul beasts, their thick skin enough to resist most soul skills. At this moment, three thousand-year Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos led a group of hundred-year giant rhinos in a charge, like an indestructible city wall.

The Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos were not the entirety of the second wave. Four white streams of light circled in the sky, leaving a trail in the air with every flap of their wings—fast-flying bird-type soul beasts!

Zhao Xuanzhen's pupils shrank as he saw the true face of the white streams of light: Sharp-Tailed Swifts!

Their attack power was weak, their defense power was infinitely close to zero, but they were extreme pure-speed soul beasts, one of the fastest soul beasts on the Douluo Continent!

Great Strength Apes, Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos, Sharp-Tailed Swifts...

A team-building exercise for the Four Single-Attribute Clans!

"Zhao Xuanzhen, how do we fight..."

The two stood side by side, Xiang Xiang Naer biting her crimson lips. With Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos below and Sharp-Tailed Swifts above, the ground-to-air strike absolutely had an effect of one plus one being greater than two!

"I'll handle the ones flying in the sky; we'll take half of the Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos each."

"Okay!"

After quickly assigning tasks, the two charged toward the Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos simultaneously!

In front of Xiang Xiang Naer, the Silver Baiyin Baiyin Longqiang danced into a wheel of light. The Silver Dragon Slash tore open tiny cracks, and the hundred-year giant rhinos in the front row were cut into pieces by the spatial blades. Xiang Xiang Naer understood that Zhao Xuanzhen taking on the Sharp-Tailed Swifts was to let her fight without any worries.

They were teammates. To help Zhao Xuanzhen reduce the pressure on the ground, she resolutely faced two thousand-year Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos!

"Qi Moves Mountains and Rivers, Disperse!"

Not far away, Zhao Xuanzhen's body rotated, his right foot stomping heavily on the ground. The Tai Chi diagram swept out in all directions. The black and white Qi energy swallowed the sturdy bodies of several hundred-year Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos. More giant rhinos kept pushing forward, stepping on the corpses of their own kind, their beast eyes spitting flames of revenge.

At the same time, the Sharp-Tailed Swifts whistled down. They were like assassins observing the enemy's weaknesses in the dark, lurking for a long time, just for a fatal blow!

The four Sharp-Tailed Swifts were all thousand-year soul beasts without exception. They wouldn't cooperate with Zhao Xuanzhen to attack only him, but split into two groups to swoop down and kill!

"Entangle, Stick, Pull!"

A cold shout rang out. The Sharp-Tailed Swifts' pouncing inertia hadn't faded, but their entire bodies couldn't help but flip their trajectories, with all targets changing to Zhao Xuanzhen!

Tai Chi Entangling Silk Force!

Forcibly deviating from their trajectory, anger surged in the minds of the four Sharp-Tailed Swifts. They screamed at the sky, and four afterimages appeared beside each of them, the attack area increasing significantly, as if twenty figures were pouncing on Zhao Xuanzhen simultaneously.

Innate soul skill, Swift Clone!

Sharp screams pierced the firmament. Under the blessing of ultra-high speed, the feather blades sliced through the twilight, and the descent of the Sharp-Tailed Swifts stirred up strong winds, blowing the clouds into chaos.

The next second, the airflow suddenly stopped. The Sharp-Tailed Swifts' white tail feathers were still trembling, but the wind pressure had already rolled back. The gale turned into an invisible cage, forcibly dragging all the white shadows back to the ground!

"Xun character, Wind Prison."

A wisp of deep blue covered his pitch-black eyes. Facing the soul beasts' ground-to-air joint strike, Zhao Xuanzhen began to use the Bagua Qimen; the sky was no longer the territory of the Sharp-Tailed Swifts!

"Dui character, Great Marsh!"

The earth rippled with water-like patterns, and the Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos fell into a quicksand-like quagmire. Those iron hooves that could knock down giant trees fell into the swamp, unable to move an inch!

"Kun character, Earth Tremor! Zhen character, Thunder!"

The rock layer beneath his feet rose with roaring dragon heads, and the thunderclouds gathered in the firmament erupted with world-shining electric light. The wails of the Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos and Sharp-Tailed Swifts echoed across the wilderness!

"Mobilizing multiple elements, isn't this the Silver Long Wang's ability..."

Xiang Xiang Naer widened her eyes, looking incredulous!

Her heart was churning, but the dragon spear didn't stop. The spear body vibrated, agile as a swimming dragon. Xiang Xiang Naer stabbed the spear tip like lightning, relying on her nimble figure to maneuver, stabbing straight into the eyes of the Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos and into their brains, killing them with one blow!

Plate-Armor Giant Rhinos, Sharp-Tailed Swifts, wiped out!

Just when the two thought the second wave of attacks was over, a figure silently pounced toward Xiang Xiang Naer. The attack position was exceptionally tricky, stuck in Xiang Xiang Naer's blind spot, but it happened to be caught by Zhao Xuanzhen.

That figure was actually a human, with raging black flames burning on his spear, stabbing straight at Xiang Xiang Naer's chest!

At the critical moment, a crimson pillar of fire swept across, hitting the human heavily: Li character, Flame!

"What is this thing?"

Zhao Xuanzhen gritted his teeth, Xiang Xiang Naer gnashed hers, and they looked up in sync!

Han Tianyi's chuckling voice came: "The True Illusionary Realm can simulate soul masters in addition to soul beasts.

The Four Single-Attribute Clans always feel like something is missing without the Soul-Breaking Spear. How nice it is for the whole family to be together!"

"Xuanzhen, Xiang Xiang Naer, you two are the most talented young soul masters I have ever seen in my life. The third wave of attacks is coming soon; kill it, and today's True Illusionary Realm training will end here."

Xiang Xiang Naer's self-confidence exploded, and she threw two punches forward with a "He-ha": "Bring it on, we're not afraid of anyone!"

"Courage is commendable..."

Han Tianyi chuckled, and a soul beast with a human head and snake body slowly condensed. Its head was full of ink-green snake hair, a pair of fangs resembling a wild boar, and its face and neck were covered with the cold scales of a snake, the third eye on its forehead tightly closed.

The Queen of Snakes, Medusa!

Cultivation, ten thousand years!

"No..."

Xiang Xiang Naer sniffed, as if some crystal-clear liquid was about to drip down, pointing one hand at the ten-thousand-year Medusa, her face twisted:

"Kill it, us?"

There was no echo in the sky again. Xiang Xiang Naer hurriedly turned her head, saying urgently: "Zhao..."

Behind her, there was no one!

Zhao Xuanzhen had self-awareness; a genius is not a cheater. He could handle the soul beasts that had just broken through a thousand years, but a one-ring soul master versus a ten-thousand-year Medusa...

He decisively protected Xiang Xiang Naer in front of him!

"Boom—"

A gray-white pillar of light struck, and Xiang Xiang Naer made a big jump to dodge Medusa's gaze!

"Zhao Xuanzhen, save me, save me, save me!!!"

Zhao Xuanzhen didn't look back, wind under his feet—better the friend dies than the monk!

I can still steam!

The Illusion Brain Douluo was deeply gratified. Training in actual combat, tempering mental power, recognizing soul beasts, and incidentally running to exercise the body—this was much better than just running. He hadn't realized it before; he was actually a genius educator!

The soul master career of Prison-Zhen and Prison-Na in deep water and scorching fire, start!

(End of chapter)