Chapter 126: Rainy Night Butcher, Gentle Trap

Inside the disciple trial tower.

Shi Hao and Lin Bai went straight up.

The first twenty floors were basically useless for them; they could go up a floor in just a few breaths.

The outer disciples seeing the rapidly lighting floor numbers were all shocked.

These two senior brothers are so fast!

They cleared this floor in less than three breaths—so strong!

When I first climbed, each floor took at least a quarter of an hour.

No wonder it's the Sect Master's personal transmission!

Shi Hao was the first to reach the twenty-first floor.

Upon entering, he immediately found this place completely different from below.

This illusion is overly realistic.

He had also heard about the terror level of the twenty-first floor.

Here, even if your mind is perfectly clear, you will still be confused by the illusion—thousands of forms, only a steadfast heart can break it.

Shi Hao warily looked around.

An antiquely fragrant room, furnished warmly and cozily.

Weak candlelight illuminated the room.

Outside, a light rain pattered down.

He suddenly realized this was actually the Wasteland Stone Clan!

The small cottage where he had lived since childhood.

The place where his nightmare later began.

"Young Master Shi Hao, the Family Head summons you to his study."

Just then, an old slave's voice came.

Shi Hao's anger surged from his heart in an instant!

It was that rainy night a few months ago when his great-uncle summoned him and stripped him of his Supreme Holy Body.

Shi Hao took a deep breath, constantly telling himself it was all fake, fake.

This is an illusion!

But even knowing it's an illusion, what can he do?

Do the disciples who have challenged this several times not realize they're experiencing an illusion?

This immersive feeling is too mysterious.

"Alright, I'm going now."

Shi Hao shouted back a reply.

He then clenched his fists tightly.

He pushed the door open and walked out of the room.

He followed the route still somewhat familiar in his mind toward the study.

The Stone Clan members he met along the way kept greeting him just as before.

But he knew these people's later ugly faces.

Only a few of his trusted aides in the Stone Clan helped him escape after he was abolished.

Thus, in the real world, the Stone Clan now consists only of his kinfolk who aided him and some clansmen who did not participate.

After emerging from the Wasteland Ancient Saint Secret Realm, he went to the Stone Clan, finished what needed to be done, and killed those who deserved death.

So in this secret realm, he just needs to repeat it once.

After walking a while, he arrived before the study he would never forget in his lifetime.

Outside the study, a few personal attendants seeing Shi Hao approach said obsequiously, "Young Master Shi Hao, you've come; please go inside."

Shi Hao gave them a cold glance.

Heh, these aren't the black-clad guards he hunted down, are they?

The ones beaten to death by his master at the foot of Qingyun Mountain.

He hadn't expected the trial tower to be so powerful, every detail restored so realistically.

He sighed in his heart.

He then pushed the door and entered the study.

Inside the study, the lights were bright.

Not far away sat a figure with his back to him.

Beside the figure stood a youth.

"Shi Tian!"

Shi Hao gritted his teeth.

His great-uncle's son, Chaos Pupil Shi Tian!

"Cousin, you've come; hurry and sit."

"I have something to say with my father."

Shi Tian spoke enthusiastically, a hint of excitement flickering in his eyes, as if he already knew what would happen next.

"Ha'er, you've come."

"Your cousin is right; come sit, Uncle has something to say to you."

The figure with his back to Shi Hao turned around, revealing that familiar face he knew all too well.

"Heh, do you have something to say to me?"

"Let me guess, hmm, you probably want to strip my Supreme Sacred Body!"

"Then graft it onto your worthless son."

"To be frank, he's not even worthy!"

Shi Hao said coldly, his eyes staring coldly at the two of them.

Must not get angry; suppress, suppress.

Emotions must not be agitated.

Shi Hao knows the rules of this level; the trial tower on this level will pierce your heart and manifest your deepest obsession.

Furthermore, the deeper your obsession, the stronger it becomes.

Some have a deeply loved woman in their hearts, some have a bitter enemy etched into their bones, some have someone they owe, some have regretted past events, and some have their inner demons.

Only by breaking one's obsession and staying true to one's original heart can one pass this level.

"Bold!"

"You dare to speak to me like this!"

Shi Hao's great-uncle, who is also the head of the Shi family, stood up and shouted angrily.

A sinister smile rose in his heart; has the news leaked?

"Then let's get straight to the point!"

The guards outside heard the commotion and rushed in one after another.

Each exuding their own aura.

Three at early Cave Void, two at peak Nascent Soul.

"Capture them!"

At the Shi family head's command, the five guards all rushed toward Shi Hao.

"Heh, still the same scene."

"But I am no longer the same me."

Shi Hao snorted coldly, and the aura of mid Void God Realm burst forth.

He charged forward, fiercely throwing several punches!

Bang—

Several loud sounds came.

The five guards were blasted flying, dead beyond death!

"Trash, I don't need to use my techniques or martial arts," Shi Hao said, shaking his fists disdainfully.

"What! How did you become so strong!"

Shi Hao's great-uncle and Shi Tian exclaimed in shock.

Afterward, both revealed sinister smiles on their faces.

"Not bad, I am indeed going to strip you of your Supreme Body."

"You fatherless, motherless orphan trash, what gives you the right to have the same talent as my son! What gives you the right!"

"As the family head, I will dig out your Supreme Body and graft it onto my son; then, with his talent, he will be able to look down upon the five regions."

"Are you not angry? Yes! Get angry quickly!"

The Shi family head tempted with a sinister smile.

Shi Tian, at the side, also began to grin wickedly.

Boom!

Shi Hao's heart had been as still as dead water, with no ripples, yet he dared to call himself a fatherless, motherless orphan!

Although his parents left the clan when he was young for unknown reasons, he firmly believed they were still alive, and he absolutely was not a fatherless, motherless orphan!

Shi Hao shouted angrily: "I will kill you!"

"Heh, that's more like it!"

"Come on!"

Shi Hao's great-uncle finished speaking gloomily, releasing the aura of peak Void God Realm, and continually strengthening it.

Shi Tian, meanwhile, retreated and hid to the side.

"Supreme Reincarnation Law!"

"Supreme Reincarnation Fist!"

Shi Hao exerted his technique to the fullest, massive spiritual energy madly converging toward his fists, the martial art Supreme Reincarnation Fist executed to the extreme.

Furthermore, he astonishingly activated the Supreme Sacred Body within him.

A domineering, unmatched power once again burst from within, filling his entire body.

Boom—

They collided with a boom.

It erupted with a loud sound.

The massive surge directly destroyed the entire study!

The two were unaffected and flew into the air.

A light drizzle began to fall.

The powerful shockwave continuously boomed in the sky above.

Shi Hao grew calmer as he fought; earlier he had gotten hot-headed.

Mainly, whenever his parents were mentioned, no matter how calm his heart was, he couldn't keep himself composed.

In the opposite illusion, the aura of the illusion-formed Stone Family Head weakened at a visible speed, continually weakening.

"Huh? Keep being angry!"

"You bastard! Orphan! Trash!"

He let out an angry roar!

"Hehe, a petty clown."

"The illusion is nothing more than this."

"Watch me break you!"

Shi Hao circulated all his spiritual energy and unleashed his strongest punch.

Fifth Layer of the Supreme Reincarnation Fist!

Purgatory Fist!

The violent aura of the fist technique came straight at us!

Shi Hao flew over and punched the illusion-formed person.

One punch directly blasted it into fragments!

Immediately, Shi Hao flew down.

"Huh? The illusion hasn't been broken yet?"

He was a bit puzzled.

Oh!

Obsession, obsession, of course we must shatter all obsessions to pass the level.

Then the rest will be easy.

Shi Hao walked into the ruined study, which had already been blasted into a mess, utterly devastated.

He immediately spotted Shi Tian hiding in the corner.

He grabbed him and pulled him over.

"Heh, illusionary Shi Tian."

"I think you'll definitely go to the Five Regions Disciples Grand Competition that day; we'll see."

After Shi Hao finished speaking, he blasted him to pieces with a single punch.

The day of his personal revenge is not far off.

Still the same saying.

What about the Holy Land? What about the Holy Lord?

Having learned the Supreme Law for three years, I dare to pull down the Great Sage!

Afterward, Shi Hao rushed about in several places of the Stone Clan.

He became the Rainy Night Butcher.

He blasted to pieces all those enemies connected to him, one by one.

Finally, the illusion shattered with a boom, and Shi Hao proceeded to enter the twenty-second level.

Outer sect disciples, seeing this, exclaimed again.

Fast! Still too fast!

In half a moment, the senior brother broke through the twenty-second level, the first layer of the Dividing Waters Ridge!

On the other side, Lin Bai also immediately arrived at the twenty-first level.

"Mist grass!"

"Damn, the art style here is a bit different!"

Why is it all pink?

And what's with the rouge scent drifting in the air?

What the hell is this illusion up to!

Do I, Lin Bai, have such an obsession or inner demon?

"My lord, please command me as you wish."

"Brother Lin Bai, come quickly, I have something to say to you."

"Young master, you're so handsome; I don't know if you have time to play the flute and dance the ball together?"

Three beautiful figures walked out of the room.

Each was charming and graceful, full of allure.

Lin Bai, experiencing this for the first time, didn't know what to do.

Moreover, he discovered there was bewitching incense in the room.

As for its effect, just look at his reddened eyes to know.

He could only tightly grip the Azure Lotus Sword in his hand.

He exclaimed in shock: "This illusion is too realistic!"