Chapter 38 - 36: As Expected, I Still Can’t Keep It!

Chapter 38: Chapter 36: As Expected, I Still Can’t Keep It!

It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

What Liu Zimo was doing right now was teaching these warriors the experience and skills to hunt Illusion Demons on their own.

Coincidentally, there were sixteen Illusion Demon Rats right here. With both their attack power and illusion-casting abilities at the absolute bottom tier, they were the perfect teaching materials. Furthermore, with a Golden Body Realm Martial Artist like him guarding the area from above and acting as their protector, he could wake them up in time during life-and-death moments, ensuring their lives were safe.

Such learning conditions and exceptional teaching treatment were something Liu Zimo and his comrades from back then had never enjoyed.

Back in those days, they had basically relied on human lives, slowly groping their way through and summarizing the experiences and lessons for dealing with these Illusion Demon Rats. Only those who had personally experienced it knew just how many people had died and how many tragedies had been wrought in the process.

"The so-called Illusion Technique is nothing more than hypnosis and charming on a mental level.

"Normally speaking, as long as a person’s mental will is extremely firm, they can directly immunize themselves against an Illusion Demon’s Illusion Technique attacks, even without the aid of the Purifying Heart Spell!

"Even if you really fall under an Illusion Technique, don’t be too nervous, and absolutely do not be deceived by the false images within the illusion. You must learn how to distinguish truth from falsehood inside it...

"As long as you suspect that you might already be in an illusion, yet you can’t cast the Purifying Heart Spell, you can bite the tip of your tongue, bend your fingers back, or lightly stab your thigh muscles with a dagger. No matter what method you use, as long as it allows you to focus your mind and strive to wake up, you can break free from the Illusion Technique’s bewitchment all the same!"

While the warriors geared up and searched everywhere for the sixteen Illusion Demon Rats lurking in the camp, Liu Zimo wasn’t idle in the sky. Word by word, he explained some unprofessional techniques aside from the Purifying Heart Spell.

These were the most practical homegrown methods they had figured out and summarized through the sacrifice of countless lives back in the day. Although they weren’t as professional as the Spirit Secret Techniques of the Daoist Family or Buddhist Sect, such as the Purifying Heart Spell and the Awakening God Technique, they were effective. At critical moments, they could truly save lives!

After all, while the Purifying Heart Spell and the Awakening God Technique were excellent, not everyone had the talent for them. Not everyone could master them and use them in time when the Illusion Demons attacked. Therefore, for the majority of the warriors, these simplest of homegrown methods were sometimes the truly practical lifesaving remedies.

"Those of you Martial Artists in the Copper Skin Realm, do not get involved in this!" After finishing his instructions to the ordinary warriors, Liu Zimo shifted his gaze to the dozen or so Copper Skin Realm Martial Artists with green and even blue Shadow Locks floating above their heads, transmitting his voice to them. "You have already reached Copper Skin Minor Achievement. Your Qi Blood is robust, and your Martial Dao Will is resilient. Low-tier Illusion Demons of this level cannot bewitch you at all. You just need to follow behind the warriors and protect them."

Below, Ding Chuanwu, Zhao Gang, Zhou Chong, and the dozen others felt their spirits jolt upon hearing Liu Zimo’s voice transmission. Only then did they understand why they hadn’t been affected by the Illusion Technique earlier and had been able to keep a clear head the entire time.

It turned out that after their Martial Arts Cultivation broke through to the Copper Skin Realm, they actually possessed the ability to be immune to low-level Illusion Techniques!

"Listen well. You have all personally experienced the terrifying aspects of the Illusion Demons, so you surely wouldn’t want the same experiences and tragedies to happen to your comrades in other camps, right?

"Therefore, I hope the warriors can rapidly accumulate enough combat experience against the Illusion Demons in the shortest amount of time, and then share this experience with the neighboring brother camps."

Liu Zimo’s voice echoed in the ears of the dozen men once again. "Only by spreading this from one to ten, and ten to a hundred, will the warriors in every camp across Shangjing City possess the ability to resist these Illusion Demons.

"Trust me. Moving forward, in Shangjing City, across the entire Great Xia, and even the whole world, Illusion Demons of this level will only increase in number!"

As he spoke, Liu Zimo explained some of the habitual traits of the Illusion Demon Rats in detail to these Copper Skin Realm Martial Artists so they could be prepared in advance.

Upon hearing this, Ding Chuanwu and the others felt a chill in their hearts, their understanding of the Illusion Demons deepening a bit more. Especially Ding Chuanwu, Zhao Gang, and Zhou Chong. Having guessed that Liu Zimo was the original poster of the "Apocalypse Self-Rescue Guide," they firmly believed in his latest prediction without a single doubt.

The very thought of encountering more of these elusive Illusion Demons in the future made the hairs on their bodies stand on end involuntarily. The tragic scene of their comrades being controlled by the Illusion Demons and suddenly raising their guns to shoot at them and others without warning resurfaced in their minds.

"No!" they thought. They absolutely would not allow such a tragic scene of mutual slaughter to happen again to them or their comrades in the brother camps! No matter what, they had to seize the initiative and urge the warriors to proficiently master these methods and means of resisting Illusion Technique attacks, quickly promoting and spreading them!

Just like that, over a dozen Copper Skin Realm supervisors were born. As if pumped full of adrenaline, they roamed every corner of the camp, dutifully repeating the teaching material over and over again on Liu Zimo’s behalf.

Seeing this, Liu Zimo couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction.

The majority of these Copper Skin Realm Martial Artists were battalion and Company Level cadres within the camp. Their understanding of the warriors under their command far exceeded his as an outsider. Having them personally urge the warriors to cultivate and learn was far more efficient than him giving broad lectures from midair.

Of course, the Illusion Demon Rats on the ground weren’t fools either. Sensing that things were amiss, they immediately tried to conceal themselves and retreat. However, under Liu Zimo’s remote surveillance, they had absolutely no chance or possibility of escaping the camp.

The moment he spotted an Illusion Demon Rat nearing the edge of the camp wall, Liu Zimo would casually flick out an Illusory Yin Finger, either breaking its leg or severing its arm. Regardless of what he hit, he simply refused to let them leave the camp as they pleased.

Eventually, driven to desperation, these terrified and enraged Illusion Demon Rats were forced to turn around and fight. They worked hard to cast their innate Illusion Techniques, endlessly creating illusions to bewitch the camp warriors who approached them.

As a result, more and more warriors once again fell into the illusions and began to lose themselves. The difference this time, however, was that no warrior decisively raised their gun to shoot the moment they were hallucinating. Most of the warriors froze in their tracks, standing motionless where they were. At times they looked confused, at other times they struggled, laughed out loud, or wept bitterly.

Before long, someone silently chanted the Purifying Heart Spell within the illusion, and their Spiritual Platform quickly regained its clarity. Someone else bit down hard on the tip of their tongue until their mouth was full of blood. Bolstered by the intense pain, they finally managed to break free from the illusion. There was also someone who, the moment they realized they were trapped in an illusion, immediately drew a short dagger and ruthlessly plunged it into their own thigh!

Just like this, an increasing number of warriors found the methods that suited them best. They woke themselves up from the illusions and successfully shook off the Illusion Demon Rats’ control.

But this was not the end of it.

To deepen these warriors’ combat memories, Liu Zimo forced the Illusion Demons to repeatedly cast their Illusion Techniques, dragging the warriors into illusions time and time again. It was brutal and cruel, but it was incredibly effective!

After enduring at least ten successive Illusion Technique attacks, over half of the warriors had already developed a certain degree of immunity to illusions of this caliber. Oftentimes, even without using the Purifying Heart Spell or the homegrown methods Liu Zimo had taught, they could rapidly break free from the illusions.

Only then did Liu Zimo nod in satisfaction. He gradually eased his pressure on the Illusion Demon Rats and began to verbally guide the warriors to discover their tracks, swiftly hunting them down!

Soon, the first Illusion Demon Rat was successfully hunted and killed by the warriors in the eastern district. Then came the second, the third, all the way to the sixteenth!

Once their innate Illusion Techniques were rendered ineffective, the Illusion Demon Rats were nothing more than slightly larger mice. Hunting them wasn’t difficult at all.

When the final Illusion Demon Rat was shot dead, Liu Zimo retracted his aura, and the dazzling golden light faded entirely. Taking advantage of the moment the warriors’ vision darkened and their pupils contracted, he flashed away and returned to the General Staff Office.

He first glanced at Wu Songyang and Guard Wang, who were still unconscious in the bathroom. After confirming they were safe, Liu Zimo approached the desk. He packed up the credentials, badges, and Body Refining Pills left on the surface, tucking them into his shirt. Afterward, seeing a pen and paper on the desk, he casually left behind a sticky note:

"Advisor Wu, the Illusion Demons nearby have all been dealt with, and the camp is temporarily safe. I’ll be taking the items on the desk with me. Thank you very much!

"The world is vast; we’ll meet again if fate allows! Take care!

"Additionally, please pass a message to Elder Hong for me. Thank him for bringing me to the Military Staff Department, and tell him to keep an eye on his disciples’ safety later.

"I’m off. Don’t worry about me.

"Left by Liu Zimo."

A few minutes later.

Wu Songyang groggily woke from his slumber, clutching the back of his neck. Recalling his action of firing at Liu Zimo before blacking out, his expression couldn’t help but change.

"Advisor Liu!" Wu Songyang shouted loudly. He hurriedly got up and dashed out of the bathroom in a jog.

Upon seeing that the credentials and the Body Refining Pills were gone from the desk, along with the note Liu Zimo had left, a trace of desolation inevitably appeared on Wu Songyang’s face.

"As expected, I still couldn’t make him stay!"