Han Zhan closed his eyes, calmly let go of his hands, and took a step forward.

One step.

The sound of the wind beside his ears remained, as if the terrifying attack was flying past his ears.

He took a second step, unflinchingly.

The sound of the wind diminished significantly.

Third step.

The howling stopped completely.

At this moment, Han Zhan opened his eyes and found himself still holding the doorknob of the villa, and in front of him hung an undead ghoul-like creature with blood-red eyes.

Its gray, smooth exterior skin covered its entire body, without a single hair, looking like a giant mutated hairless cat, its crimson pupils glowing faintly red.

It hung upside down on the villa door, its eyes meeting Han Zhan's directly.

Han Zhan immediately punched it in the head.

A strange screech echoed, and its head was instantly blown apart by Han Zhan, blood splattering everywhere.

Behind, the vanished Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen were standing there, their eyes dull and blank, clearly trapped in different illusion realms.

Han Zhan did not hesitate, transforming the Fu Xi Zither beside him, and the sound of the Clear Heart Powder began to cleanse their spiritual worlds.

Soon, the look in Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen's eyes regained brilliance.

"Huff, huff." Xia Youwei, upon waking, started gasping for air; the illusion realm she was trapped in was an endless ocean, where she struggled to float but kept sinking to the seabed.

Li Lingzhen was better, just looking at Han Zhan with a somewhat strange expression, her face pale, legs trembling a little.

"What's wrong with you?"

Han Zhan noticed Li Lingzhen's odd state and reached out to comfort her, but she instinctively dodged.

"In the illusion realm just now, there were hundreds of Neighbor Old Wang. Now I feel a bit nauseous towards men."

Li Lingzhen rubbed her face firmly, explaining.

Han Zhan was taken aback, then inconspicuously crushed the already dead body on the ground.

"We've fallen for an illusion skill, which should be the Nightmare Beast that the Tier Nine Insect Emperor is rumored to keep."

"There must be many such Nightmare Beasts inside this barrier."

Han Zhan said, glancing at a meatball beside him. It started thumping vigorously, just like in the illusion realm. Upon seeing this, Han Zhan hurriedly grabbed Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen's hands and left the villa.

They walked onto the streets of Deep Blue City.

Seeing no gray mist, Han Zhan breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, he saw a citizen of Deep Blue sitting on a bench not far away, staring blankly ahead, eyes empty.

Before Han Zhan could take action, the citizen suddenly reached out and twisted his neck, dying instantly!

On the other side, a couple kissing under a street lamp suddenly began to fight and bite each other frantically, gnawing each other's faces until they were bloodied and mangled.

The illusion skill spread like a plague at an extremely fast pace.

"Those trapped in the illusion, the speed of their demise in the realm is influenced by their tier level. Ordinary people die quickly, Awakened a bit slower, and the higher the tier, the slower."

"We don't know how many Nightmare Beasts have been released. If so many residents of Deep Blue City fall into the illusion realm, it will result in massive casualties!"

What should be done now?

Han Zhan furrowed his brows tightly, at a loss for words.

...

Deep Blue City, outside an alley.

Mu Yang was gasping heavily, looking somewhat disheveled.

His clothes had been torn, wounds on his body stimulating his nerves with intense pain.

On his arm were two unrecovered injection marks, indicating he had injected himself twice.

With two doses, he had killed those monsters across from him twenty times, but no matter how many times he tore them apart, they always reformed from the shards into their original form, growing stronger each time!

Mu Yang felt his body nearing its limit.

The Superstate Type 1 Potion lasted for one hour, and the company had given him only three doses; now only one remained!

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"

"Should have checked the almanac before going out today!"

Mu Yang spat bloody phlegm on the ground, glancing behind him where two colleagues who'd come with him had been bitten to death by mutated monsters.

Determined, he retrieved a different kind of potion from his storage space.

It was an orange-colored syringe potion,

Superstate Type 2, 50% instability potion, use with caution.

As a Junior Elder, this was the highest authority Superstate Potion Mu Yang could attain.

If Superstate Type 1 could transform him into a Tier Four Awakened, then the lowest threshold of Superstate Type 2 was at least Tier Five!

"Damn it, if pushed too far, I'll inject Superstate Type 2 and fight to the death!"

Watching the dozens of chunks of flesh begin to piece themselves back together, a fierce determination gleamed in Mu Yang's eyes.

...

Deep Blue City, hotel.

Li Changhao and two underlings cautiously hid by the window, peering outside.

On the street illuminated by street lights, all the citizens of Deep Blue had fallen into a state of madness, either in the act of suicide, on the path to suicide, or killing each other.

Seeing this, Li Changhao let out a long sigh.

"Thankfully, I brought a lot of items this time," he remarked, looking at the shattered jade pendant on the floor, broken into eight pieces.

This jade pendant could withstand one spiritual attack, and because of it, Li Changhao and his companions hadn't immediately fallen into the illusion realm.

"Boss, what do we do now?" asked a still-frightened underling.

They had been fine in the room just moments ago when the sky suddenly went pitch black, and the moon turned red, dragging them into an illusion.

If not for Li Changhao giving them each a solid slap, they'd probably be like the crazies outside, unable to distinguish reality from illusion.

"What to do? Just hold on!" Li Changhao replied, his face twisting with discomfort.

The trip to Deep Blue City had been a string of bad luck.

He intended to find Han Zhan to show off, but Han was stronger than him; his Eight Urgent Fist could break the Three Urgencies, leading to a failed show-off.

The uncle who had come with him, Li Fengchun, lost contact after entering the villa.

And now, they're caught up in this mess, truly horrible.

"Boss, why does the sky outside remain dark, and why has the moon turned red?"

"It's a high-tier barrier, an Insect Race talent." As a member of the Li Family, Li Changhao had this much knowledge.

"The moon turning red signifies it's polluted and indicates it's the core of the entire barrier. To break the barrier, we must approach it!"

"But the closer we get, the more severe the pollution, and the stronger the illusion attack."

With such a commotion, the authorities couldn't be inactive, Li Changhao thought, now just waiting for their rescue.

As he pondered, a rhythmic knocking suddenly came from outside the hotel room door.

Knock, knock, knock!

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