“By the time you realize it isn’t an illusion, it’s already too late…”
Jared’s eyes turned cold as he swiftly swung the Dragonslayer Sword in his hand.
All six of his clones moved in unison with Jared, their swords swinging in harmony. Numerous strands of sword energy converged, their combined power escalating beyond measure.
Boom!
Tennyson threw a punch, accompanied by a deafening noise. The sword light shattered, and Jared retreated simultaneously with Tennyson.
This time, Jared’s body slammed into a mountain peak before it finally came to a halt.
The mountain peak crumbled, and all Jared could feel was a wave of turmoil washing over his insides, followed swiftly by him spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Tennyson also retreated, dramatically crashing into a mountain peak.
At that time, Yelena, with her eyes slightly closed, was continuously strengthening her own illusion array.
She couldn’t afford to be distracted to help Jared. Everything was up to Jared himself.
Jared watched as Tennyson struggled. The latter was in a bad state, with his arm torn open and blood continuously gushing out.
Cracks began to appear all over Tennyson’s body as if he was on the verge of collapse.
It seemed that Tennyson was having a hard time holding up physically.
He glared at Jared, who was still alive, his eyes filled with rage.
With the strength of his Immortal Realm Level Three capabilities, he could effortlessly handle Jared, who was only at the Ultimate Realm Level Two.
But now, not only was Jared able to punch above his weight, but he also possessed numerous divine weapons.
The Dragonslayer Sword, the Divine Bow, Golem Body…
Any one of these, if taken out, would be considered a magical item that many desire but few could obtain.
Particularly, Jared’s Golem Body, now bolstered by the Golden Dragon, could instantly repair itself if it sustained damage.
In light of this, it would be exceedingly difficult for Tennyson to kill Jared.
As Jared was engaged in a standoff with Tennyson, a sudden shift occurred behind him. Astonishingly, a space-time rift appeared right behind Jared.
Without a moment’s hesitation, Jared reacted. Regardless of who emerged from the space-time rift, Jared treated them as an enemy.
Swoosh!
Jared swung his sword toward the space-time rift, immediately followed by a phantom image stumbling out.
“D*mn! I’ve gone to the wrong place…”
The fading silhouette was cursing, vanishing into the horizon.
It turned out it was a cultivator who had been utilizing a space-time rift to travel and had inadvertently stumbled upon the battlefield of Jared and his comrades.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he showed up, he was immediately sent flying by Jared’s sword.
“Isn’t this within an illusion array?”
Tennyson stared at the afterimage that was sent flying by a single sword strike, his eyes instantly wide open.
The setting that emerged was not an illusion, but rather, it was real.
They weren’t inside an illusion array.
If it had been within the illusion array, that guy who was just sent flying by a single sword strike wouldn’t have appeared, nor would he have been able to tear through the void within the illusion.
“Indeed, this is not an illusion. This is the authentic Ethereal Realm, the place where we currently reside, the northern region of Ethereal Realm!”
Jared let out a smile.
Just now, the reason Jared had Yelena set up the illusion array was actually just a smoke-and-mirrors tactic.
Of course, he knew that Seren could predict their next moves, which was why he said that.
As the illusion array was being set by Yelena, Jared also utilized his comprehension of the Heaven and Earth Array, transporting everyone from Tenth Hall into the northern region of the Ethereal Realm.
The location of the Tenth Hall was merely a dimension carved out within the Ethereal Realm.
It was essentially the equivalent of a secret realm in the mundane world, so it wasn’t challenging to bring everyone out..
This wasn’t akin to traversing between two different dimensions; it was within the same space.
However, in order not to alert Tennyson and others, Jared had Yelena set up an illusion as a diversion.
The reason Jared acted in this way was to leave them an escape route. If they truly couldn’t win, they could always flee.
If there were reinforcements coming from the Tenth Hall, it would still take time for them to reach here!
The most crucial point was that Jared wanted to see if Seren and Tennyson, among others, were remnants of the celestial realm.
If these guys were remnants of the celestial realm, they would have been suppressed by the Heaven and Earth Array in the Ethereal Realm, unable to fully unleash their power.
If it were within the dimension opened up by the Tenth Hall, the suppression experienced would be significantly less.
