Chapter 326 (1/2)
Chapter 326: Illusion Body
Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations
In front of the blade-scarred rift.
“All Profound Mysteries actually moved according to a single blade; a single blade represented the heaven and the earth. Can this body of mine not also be a complete heaven and earth by itself? My True Meaning of Eight Dragons could actually transform into one…” Chen Jiu was mumbling to himself. His mind was rapidly developing a deeper understanding of the Profound Mysteries.
Xue Ying was also there, practicing his spear techniques.
Nine Mirage Avatars suddenly appeared by his side, all of them brandishing spears condensed from nothingness as they practiced spear techniques.
Their moves were either imbued with a terrifying destructive force, or with the heaviness of the Star as well as the heaven and earth. At other times, they were unpredictable and swift, occasionally spawning illusions.
“One blade separating the heaven from the earth. Heaven remains as one, earth as the other.”
“One blade separating the Yin and Yang. There’s Yin, and there’s Yang.”
“One blade separating real from illusory. Reality becomes one side, illusion another.”
Xue Ying was mumbling to himself. His spear techniques were becoming more and more illusory, eventually reaching a point where his entire person was turning transparent like an illusion. One by one, the nine Mirage Avatars closed in on Xue Ying’s true body.
His true body and the Avatars met, and all nine Avatars disappeared.
“Reality is a mirage. The miracle is also reality.” Xue Ying smiled. He was, by this point, almost completely transparent.
…
Within the Mirage.
Hua, Xue Ying suddenly split into several parts.
Xue Ying could be currently said to be found everywhere in an area of fifty thousand kilometers! He could now tell with extreme clarity what was going anywhere inside that area. After all, his entire body had turned into particles to become one with the Mirage world!
He was the Mirage, and the Mirage was he!
Or, at least that was the case within a radius of fifty thousand kilometers!
I am the Mirage, and the Mirage is me. Is this the Mirage body? The so-called illusory body? Xue Ying remained deep in thoughts. Once his True Meaning of Star reached the stage three realm, he should theoretically have been able to refine an Indestructible Star body. However, the basic principle of the Indestructible Star body was the absorption of surrounding World Energy or Transcendent Qi in order to strengthen every single part of the body, according to the Laws of Profound Mysteries pertaining to the True Meaning of Star!
Xue Ying was tortured every single waking moment by the hexing poison, however, and he had no Transcendent Qi. The World Energy he absorbed was all being used to replenish the consumption of his life force. Furthermore, the hexing poison had penetrated into every single particle of his body, so he currently had no real way to strengthen them!
The Indestructible Star body was known for its tyrannical defense and physical strength.
While still weaker than the True Meaning of Only Me, it could still match up with the demonic body of General Ku Meng! Unfortunately, Xue Ying could not cultivate it.
But the Illusory body was different.
The principle it functioned by was decomposing the entire fleshy body and melding it into the Mirage.
It did not matter that the hexing poison permeated his body.
“This is pretty much an Undying Body.” Xue Ying sighed. “Undying Bodies usually use life force, and as long the user’s life force is strong enough, he can recover any wounds. The Illusory Body, however, uses the Laws of Profound Mysteries to form an Undying body. If anyone wants to attack me, they’ll find that my body is actually spread over an entire area of fifty thousand kilometers. Only somebody attacking the entirety of the Mirage can truly say they’re striking me.”
As his understanding of the True Meaning of Mirage deepened, Xue Ying’s Mirage area of control would also spread, which would, in turn, make it even harder to kill him.
“Even most of the weaker Deities would find it impossible to kill me now.”
The True Meaning of Mirage was weak in terms of offensive power. It did, however, grant the user terrifying survivability. It was with this Illusory Body that it truly began displaying just how formidable it was. It could be said that, once he created his Illusory Body, Xue Ying’s ability to keep himself alive received an explosive increase. After he melded into the Mirage, it no longer matter how the enemy attacked him—any attempt to kill him would be an arduous task, and even more so when he could retaliate!
In other words…
The Illusory Body and the body granted by the True Meaning of Only represented two different directions. One sought to be illusory, the other to be real! The body of Only Me granted its user tyrannical defense, strength, speed and life force. The user would naturally be stronger in close-combat. Add the True Meaning of Eight Dragons into the mix, like Chen Jiu did, or the True Meaning of Space, like the Meishan Clan Master, and one would become very adaptable in critical moments. For example, earlier, when facing the large group of eight-tentacled creatures, Chen Jiu had been at a disadvantage, but those creatures could only bind him, not kill him.
Hu.
After having previously scattered across an area of 50,000 kilometers, Xue Ying became one again, and his white-robed figure could be seen walking out of the Mirage.
“Dong Bo.” At the same time, Chen Jiu also stopped his comprehension efforts. He looked toward Xue Ying with a confused look. “What was that strange undulation just now?”