Chapter 150 - 136: The Power of the Size Manipulation Ability!

Chapter 150: Chapter 136: The Power of the Size Manipulation Ability!

The moment Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue charged into the illusory zone, the scene before their eyes abruptly distorted, and the outside world vanished. The ground beneath their feet felt as soft as cotton, while the sky above flowed with vibrant, colorful bands of light. Their surroundings shifted like a revolving kaleidoscope; forests, deserts, and oceans flashed by in a series of scenes before shattering.

"Is everything here... an illusion?" Ji Zhixing murmured, a faint shock rippling through his heart as his gaze swept the area.

"Over there!" Suddenly, his gaze locked onto the center of the zone. A fist-sized pearl hovered in midair, completely translucent and slowly rotating. With every revolution, the surrounding scenery morphed. In this entire illusory world, this pearl was perhaps the only real thing.

"That’s it!" Ji Zhixing’s eyes lit up. "The core of this treasure trove is that pearl. Let’s go!"

He and Xiao Mingyue exchanged a glance. Without a shred of hesitation, they immediately accelerated and dashed toward the Treasure Pearl.

As the two drew closer to the Treasure Pearl, an anomaly suddenly occurred. The pearl’s rotation abruptly sped up, and an invisible force expanded from it, rippling outward in waves. In an instant, countless illusions flooded their minds like a tidal wave. These illusions were actually not inferior to Yu Mengdie’s Six Desires Bewitching God in the slightest; they even appeared far more realistic.

Mountains of gold and silver treasures, peerless beauties with charming smiles, supreme authority within easy reach, and immortality just a step away... Every single illusion struck directly at the deepest desires of the human heart, as if they could obtain everything with just the reach of a hand.

"Hmph!" Ji Zhixing snorted coldly as his Hundred Generations Stone Heart Ability activated automatically. His mind, having weathered a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, became like a solid boulder in this moment. No matter how the illusions battered against it, it remained perfectly still. At the same time, the spirit of Xiao Mingyue beside him once again resonated with his, effortlessly fending off these phantoms.

Meanwhile, outside the illusory zone, Yu Mengdie had just slowed her pace when she saw that not only were Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue completely unaffected by her Six Desires Bewitching God, but they had even accelerated into the illusory zone!

"How is that possible?" she muttered. "How could two Tier-Two Genetic Cultivators possibly block my Six Desires Bewitching God?"

Yu Mengdie’s expression shifted. Although her Six Desires Bewitching God was only a Four-Star Quality Ability, she had fused with Tier-Five Six Desires Nightmare Beast Genes. Its fundamental essence was absolutely not something Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue could match. Not to mention that her Cultivation Realm was an entire tier higher than theirs.

"There’s something off about those two." A glint of cold light flashed through Yu Mengdie’s eyes. With a flicker of her silhouette, she closely followed them, charging into the illusory zone.

The moment she entered the zone, she spotted Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue in the distance, dashing toward the Treasure Pearl at the center of the area. Seeing the Treasure Pearl, Yu Mengdie’s expression turned serious. She immediately felt her Six Desires Nightmare Beast Genes vibrating, sensing the intense attraction the pearl held for her. Clearly, that pearl would bring her immense benefits.

"Six Desires Celestial Demon!" she shouted in a low voice, no longer holding back. The hallucinatory glow in her eyes flared brilliantly. In an instant, a burst of Spiritual Power—several times stronger than before—erupted from between her brows. It morphed into countless bizarre, twisted phantoms that swept toward Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue.

These phantoms took on various forms: some possessed hideous and ferocious faces, some were stunningly beautiful, some were solemn and majestic, and others were eerily terrifying. Silently shrieking, they bared their fangs and brandished their claws as they lunged at Ji Zhixing and Xiao Mingyue, intent on dragging their consciousnesses into a bottomless abyss.

In a split second, Ji Zhixing felt a terrifying surge of Spiritual Power crash into his sea of consciousness. Those bizarre phantoms furiously battered his mind, each carrying a power capable of triggering the deepest desires of the human heart. Greed, lust, wrath, sloth, envy... The myriad of human emotions and desires were entirely stirred up by these phantoms. He felt as if his consciousness was being ripped apart, the phantoms acting like countless hands attempting to pull him down into the abyss.

"Hundred Generations Stone Heart!" Ji Zhixing’s expression changed, and he immediately took the initiative to activate the Hundred Generations Stone Heart Ability. The mental fortitude accumulated through a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation erupted completely in this instant. His spiritual consciousness underwent a sudden transformation, taking the phantom form of a massive, solid boulder. It emanated an aura of archaic simplicity, steadfastness, and the seasoned weight of having endured the trials of the mortal world.

At the same time, Xiao Mingyue developed an even stronger mental resonance with him. Their Spiritual Power seemed to merge into one. Bolstered by this connection, their resistance drastically increased. Though the phantoms rushing into their sea of consciousness remained frenzied, they could no longer shake their minds. They could only continuously circle outside the solid boulder that Ji Zhixing’s spiritual will had become.

"We held on!" Ji Zhixing thought, feeling a wave of relief. However, he didn’t dare delay for even a second. Given Yu Mengdie’s strength, he and Xiao Mingyue could withstand the assault temporarily, but they absolutely couldn’t hold out for too long.

"Let’s go!" he shouted in a low voice, grabbing Xiao Mingyue’s hand as he accelerated once more. The distance of a dozen meters was crossed in the blink of an eye. Ji Zhixing rushed up to the Treasure Pearl and snatched the fist-sized sphere into his hand.

In his hand, the pearl felt smooth and mellow, carrying a cool chill. The very moment he grasped it, the illusory zone began to quake violently. The ever-shifting scenery burst and dissipated one after another like popped soap bubbles. The distorted sky returned to normal, the illusory ground turned into solid dirt, and the surrounding landscape stopped changing. In the span of just a few breaths, the illusory zone completely vanished, leaving behind a perfectly ordinary stretch of flatland.