Female Novel
Chapter 3004
Cameron's words dispelled the elation of their recent escape. They were out of the altar, yet they hadno inkling of their location or the means to escape.
"It's normal not to be able to communicate here. We've been in a massive illusionary realm since weset foot in that cave. Here, reality and illusion blend together, and it's hard for us to tell them apart,"Jared explained.
"An illusionary realm? So, does being in this illusionary realm mean we won't be able to escape that oldman's clutches?" someone asked, their voice tinged with nervousness.
"Exactly. If it's an illusionary realm, we might still be in the same spot and haven't actually escaped,"Jared concurred. His analysis sent many into a state of panic.
After all, everything they had experienced felt real, from battling demon beasts to collecting mysticalherbs. Therefore, being abruptly informed that it was all an illusionary realm was a difficult truth toaccept.
"This illusionary realm wasn't created by that old geezer. He isn't powerful enough for something of thismagnitude. I suspect this place is an ancient underground cave. In the past, two of the ancestors of theArchaic Body cultivators, a pair of brothers, engaged in a monumental battle here. Each of themestablished their colossal illusion arrays, and in the end, they both perished, causing their arrays togradually merge, blurring the boundaries between reality and illusion," Jared explained.
Jared had developed this theory because, during his encounter with the elder of the Archaic BodyCultivation clan in the thatched cottage, the elder's brother appeared entirely oblivious.
However, when Jared left the cottage, he immediately met the elder in the palace. It felt as though theywere in completely different timelines in the same location.
From this, Jared had deduced that all of this was the result of illusion arrays. These were two distinctillusion arrays set up by different individuals, enabling them to occupy the same space withoutperceiving each other's presence.
Jared's theory left many cultivators bewildered, struggling to comprehend it. At present, their solepriority was escaping. Whether it was an illusion array or an actual cave, the paramount goal was toemerge alive; everything else was secondary. None of them cared about the treasure anymore.
"Jared, get to the point. How do we get out?
Skip the technical details; we can't make sense of them anyway!" a cultivator implored.
"Exactly, Mr. Chance, just give us the instructions, and we'll follow your lead," Cloud added. Jaredscanned the group and stated, “Escaping from here is simply not possible."
"Huh?"
Jared's words left everyone in shock. Even Cameron frowned, looking utterly confused. "Why? Are wereally going to die here?"
"Yeah, why can't we get out? There are so many of us. Can't we find an exit?"
"Mr. Chance, please explain. Why can't we leave?" Everyone bombarded Jared with questions, theirexpressions filled with astonishment.
"To break free, we'd have to find a way to finish off that old geezer. Even though he's just a wisp of asoul remnant, he's been trapped here for years. I'm willing to bet he's set up a ton of traps. That icenovelbin
soul fragment was just an illusion. It wasn't a real fragment but just the energy inside it.
Anyway, that was just a type of illusion spell that trapped your minds and made you feel like youcouldn't stop absorbing energy. Therefore, we have to eliminate that old man.. Once he's gone, Ibelieve this place will change drastically, and then we can get out," Jared explained.
"But even as a soul remnant, that old geezer is incredibly powerful. Besides, he's got those FiveSlayers with him as his lackeys. How in the world are we supposed to take them on?" Cameron asked.
"We can't take them on directly, but that doesn't mean there's no one else who can. Have you allforgotten that I've seen the Archaic Body Cultivation-elder before? We can ask him for help. His soulremnant still exists, and with his assistance, we won't have to fear a thing."
Jared's hope now rested on the Archaic Body Cultivation elder.