Chapter 192: The Excited Long Ziyan

In reality, she was still there, only hidden by the illusion. Long Ziyan's consciousness had been pulled into a vast illusory world.

This illusion could only be seen by her; others could not see it, much like Long Xuan's Original Realm.

The greatest characteristic of the Original Realm was its realism—an extraordinary realism that made it impossible for anyone to find a single flaw in the illusion.

Looking at the familiar Long Clan building complex before her, Long Ziyan was shocked.

The illusion was far too lifelike; it was the first time she had ever seen such a realistic environment.

If she hadn't known she had walked into an illusion, she feared she would never have realized it for the rest of her life, and thus would have been trapped within it forever.

What kind of illusion technique was this? How could it be so terrifying?

Long Ziyan revealed a look of deep wariness, the previous look of contempt gone.

She understood that in a one-hundred-percent realistic illusion, if it could manifest something like Sword Intent, then that Sword Intent must also be one-hundred-percent real.

If it were an ordinary illusion manifesting Sword Intent, it would be impossible to comprehend Sword Intent through the phantom.

But if this Sword Intent phantom were one-hundred-percent real, identical to true Sword Intent—including the artistic conception and will within it—could one comprehend Sword Intent by contemplating such a thing?

Long Ziyan's eyes grew brighter and brighter, her expression becoming increasingly excited. She couldn't wait to run off and search for the Sword Intent within the illusion.

Although she didn't believe Long Xuan could even manifest Sword Intent, at this moment, a sliver of expectation had actually emerged in her heart.

After flying for a while, her expression began to grow increasingly solemn.

Was this vast illusion restored by Long Xuan at a one-to-one ratio?

Not only had he perfectly restored the Long Clan's massive building complex, but after flying far outside the Long Clan, she discovered that the surrounding mountains and rivers were all identical, with no difference from the real world.

This could completely be called a parallel world of the Gu World. How on earth did he manage this?

Long Ziyan was shocked. Looking out, her Evil Dragon Emperor Eye could not see the end of this world; it was simply identical to the real world.

The only difference was that the further one moved from the Long Clan, the more "Intent" there was.

Moving away from the Long Clan, there was not only Sword Intent, but also Blade Intent, Staff Intent, Hammer Intent... all kinds of Intent. If you could think of it, it was here.

Furthermore, the further one traveled, the greater the density of the Intent, and the greater its power would become.

Moreover, these Intents seemed like living creatures; once they saw a person, they would chase after them, never giving up until they had killed them.

In other words, the further one went into the world, the more dangerous it became, and the stronger the Intent.

The Long Clan at the center of the illusion was the only safe house; those Intents would never run into the Long Clan no matter what.

Once she was unable to defeat them, she could retreat into the safe house in time to catch her breath.

Truly an interesting design. Long Ziyan's lips curled up, her interest growing ever stronger.

"I want to see if this illusion can allow me to comprehend Sword Intent. If it's feasible, I must comprehend every type of Sword Intent in this world."

Long Ziyan clenched her fists in excitement, revealing an ambitious gaze, and then suddenly accelerated, stubbornly flying toward the deepest part.

One had to know that the deeper one went, the stronger the Sword Intent. Long Xuan had been afraid that if she challenged high-difficulty things right from the start, she wouldn't be able to handle it, so he had intended for her to progress gradually, making the Sword Intent go from simple to difficult. That was why he had designed it this way.

Who would have thought Long Ziyan wouldn't follow his design, intending instead to challenge the more terrifying Sword Intent in the depths directly.

Long Ziyan was certainly not a reckless person, but Long Xuan had claimed she could revive infinitely in this illusion. Out of trust in Long Xuan, she was naturally curious to see what the strongest Sword Intent was like in the depths.

Curiosity killed the cat; curiosity was the nature of all humans.

Long Ziyan flew forward at high speed, with countless Sword Intents trailing behind her, chasing her madly.

Not long after, a terrifying Sword Intent radiating powerful cold air appeared ahead.

Wherever the Sword Intent passed, the grass and trees below were frozen. Before the Sword Intent even drew near, Long Ziyan felt as if her consciousness were about to be frozen.

Her expression changed drastically. Was this the Ice Sword Intent that best matched her own attribute?

A Sword Intent that could even freeze consciousness—truly terrifying!

She slowly closed her eyes.

At this moment, Sword Intent was above, below, left, right, in front, and behind her; there was no room left to dodge.

Moreover, the Ice Sword Intent was far faster than her, and the powerful cold air would make her movements sluggish. Under such terrifying Sword Intent, it was impossible for her to escape; she could only close her eyes and wait for death.

A moment later, Long Ziyan was pierced through the heart by ten thousand swords.

If Long Xuan saw this scene, he would surely be heartbroken.

One had to know that everything in this illusory world was restored one-to-one according to the real world, even the pain was restored one-to-one.

In other words, whatever pain a person needed to endure when killed by countless Sword Intents in reality, they would endure the exact same pain with the same method of death in this illusion.

Sword Intent attacked a person's consciousness; the pain to be endured was far greater than the pain endured when the physical body was injured.

A moment later, Long Ziyan suddenly woke up at her spawn point. After opening her eyes, she gasped for air, her back soaked through with sweat.

Clearly, as strong and tough as she was, facing such a death was by no means pleasant. She had just personally experienced the feeling of death, and it was an absolutely real feeling; she still had lingering fears even now.

She looked around at the familiar Long Clan building complex with a dazed gaze, slowly let out a long breath, and her eyes began to reveal a look of excitement.

After closing her eyes to feel the sensation from just now, the joy on her face grew even more intense.

It was indeed effective. Dying under Sword Intent truly gave one an extra layer of comprehension regarding Sword Intent. She had already comprehended quite a bit just now.

She believed that as long as she died a few more times, she would sooner or later comprehend Sword Intent.

Just as Long Xuan had said, if one died a thousand or eight hundred times under Sword Intent, then even a pig could comprehend Sword Intent.

Long Ziyan's eyes grew brighter and brighter. After digesting the comprehension from just now, she couldn't wait to raise her sword and rush out of the safe house again. With a trend of becoming braver with every setback, she had already begun to go mad.

However, once bitten, twice shy; this time she had learned her lesson and didn't dare to run to the deepest part to challenge the strongest Sword Intent again.

Instead, she followed Long Xuan's arrangement, first starting to challenge the weakest Sword Intent near the edge of the safe house, then progressing gradually, slowly clearing levels and upgrading, accumulating enough before challenging the strongest Sword Intent. By then, success would be inevitable.

Moreover, she was ambitious. She had long said she would comprehend all the Sword Intent here, not letting go of even the weakest Sword Intent. When the time came, all the Sword Intent would merge, and one sword would open the heavens, enough to be invincible under the heavens.

If it were in the past, this would absolutely be a madman's thought, impossible to achieve.

For a normal person, comprehending even one type of Sword Intent was something difficult to achieve in a lifetime, let alone comprehending over a hundred types. Even the most talented person could never achieve it.

Such a thought was simply whimsical. If all the Sword Cultivators in the Sword Realm knew about this, they would surely laugh their heads off.

But now, with this cheat, wanting to comprehend Sword Intent just required dying madly. Comprehending over a hundred types of Sword Intent might really not be a pipe dream.

Such a terrifying thought might actually be achievable by her.

However, even with such a shortcut, wanting to comprehend over a hundred types of Sword Intent was by no means something that could be completed overnight. It would definitely require quite a bit of time, and this would suffer Long Xuan outside.

"Why isn't she out yet! Why isn't she out yet?"

Long Xuan was pacing back and forth outside, anxious. He had been waiting for her to fulfill the reward, but who would have thought this woman wouldn't come out after going in? It was truly anxiety-inducing...

Time flew by, and three months passed. Long Xuan had guarded here for three months just like this.

The monk might run, but the temple couldn't. He really didn't believe Long Ziyan would stay hidden inside and never come out.

Quite a few things had happened in these three months. First, Little Moon had learned the "Ten Absolute Blade Technique" he had created.

Every Blade Gu was a natural genius of the Blade Dao, naturally possessing a very deep comprehension of blades. It was not surprising that it could master the Ten Absolute Blade Technique so quickly; it belonged within Long Xuan's expectations, so there was no need to mention it further.

The second thing was that the Extreme West Long Clan had suddenly sent troops to the West Sea. This matter was already considered a major event in the Far West Region and was being competed over and discussed by all clans.

The Far West Region was a peninsula, bordering the sea, with countless islands around the coast. There were also Gu Cultivator forces on the large islands.

The sea area bordering the Far West Region was called the West Sea. The West Sea was extremely vast, more than a hundred times larger than the Far West Region, with numerous islands.

The West Sea Long Clan was located in the West Sea Archipelago within the West Sea. Their resources were considered quite abundant, and their strength was on par with the Extreme West Long Clan. Because they had deep-sea technology, through salvaging spirit fish and exploring the deep ocean, they were even slightly wealthier than the Extreme West Long Clan.

Of course, this was only in the past; now, the West Sea Long Clan was certainly not as wealthy as the Extreme West Long Clan.

Long Xuan did not know the origin of the West Sea Long Clan, only that they had some similar unique Gu worms to the Extreme West Long Clan, and even had a holy tree called the Divine Dragon Wood. Their ancestors might have shared the same source.

He did not know the reason for the Extreme West Long Clan sending troops to the West Sea, nor did he know the current state of the war.

After all, he and Long Ziyan were theoretically supposed to be in Black Stone City right now, belonging to the missing population, and it was inconvenient to show their faces outside, so this expedition did not bring this couple along.

The third major event concerned the Western Lands.

Lasting two and a half years, Black Stone City had held on for two and a half years, finally waiting for reinforcements.

It was said that after the news of the Plague Demon Gu's emergence reached Gu Imperial City, Gu Imperial City immediately launched a Demon Slaying Order, mobilizing experts from all sides and, through major teleportation arrays, immediately launched a siege on Shi Haojun.

But even the first batch of reinforcements that arrived at the fastest speed took two and a half years.

This first batch of reinforcements were experts from various places around the Western Lands. Actually, they should have arrived long ago, but that battle in front of Black Stone City's gates had scared all the Gu Kings in the surrounding area out of their wits. How could they dare to go and siege this evil star?

So when the news of the Plague Demon Gu's emergence first reached the nearest regions, all forces pretended not to hear it, not sending a single reinforcement, and from beginning to end, no one organized a demon-slaying mission.

It was not until Gu Imperial City's Demon Slaying Order reached the major regions that the various forces had no choice but to mobilize a large number of Gu Kings to participate in this demon-slaying mission.

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