Techniques and Dao

Chapter 162 Unpredictable
Hua Sheng looked again and saw that Mie Ying's chair had landed on the ground, perfectly stable.

The Shadowless One sitting on top...

No! The person sitting in the chair isn't Mieying Xiaoqi! Who is it?

Although Hanamoto couldn't see clearly, he could sense that the person sitting in the chair didn't look like someone, but rather something...?
The scene before me was indeed a human figure strapped to the chair, but it could only be described as a "human figure".

The one in front of her didn't resemble any of the Shadow Extinction sisters she had ever seen before!
Although the shadow appeared to have the outline of a girl's body, it was completely indistinct.

The girl's form was enveloped in a strange moiré pattern, as if no one existed there, and the space of the human form was occupied by some kind of twisting ripples.

"Shadowbreaker! Shadowbreaker! Where are you?!"

Hanamori couldn't be sure how loud he was shouting; he had lost his hearing. But he couldn't care less; he just kept shouting.

Amidst the ringing in her ears, the moiré patterns and overlapping shadows of the woman's silhouette somewhat diminished, yet it was still impossible to discern who she was.

"Giggle cluck..."

A strange laugh came from the girl's silhouette.

Hanamori shouldn't have heard it, but the laughter could penetrate everything, even bypassing his senses to pass through his skull and into his brain.

At this moment, the white-robed man was wildly waving his soul-exorcising staff, and Jane was also desperately shaking her head, trying to get rid of the tinnitus.

But all the candles in the room remained frozen in time, without the slightest movement. The burning candles looked like a luminous picture placed there.

The still candlelight seemed to freeze time. But the man in the white robe and Jane did not stop; time was clearly still flowing.

Except for them, the world around them stopped turning.

The silhouette of the seated girl murmured to herself.

Hanamori could hear the voice she was making:
"The art of magic is severed in a single thought, leaving the nine heavens in utter silence, a void that lingers."

Hua Sheng didn't understand what it meant. He looked at the silhouette and was about to speak when he heard the figure say:
"How laughable, how laughable, the art of magic... This eloquent and absurd writing, in the end, is nothing but a pile of nonsense scattered on the ground. If one thinks so highly of oneself, one will fall into a dream of wealth and glory, and in the end, not even a speck of dust will remain."

The other person ignored their surroundings and just kept chanting to themselves.

"In this world, it's impossible to see clearly between purity and turbidity, or to distinguish right from wrong. You might as well give up now."

The figure spoke incoherently.

Although Hua Sheng couldn't see clearly, she could sense that the strange figure, with only a blurry outline, raised its head, stared at her, and said:

"My name is not Shadow Destroyer!!"

Strange moiré patterns swirled around the woman, and her voice became bizarre, indistinguishable even from a male's or female's mouth. Only a voice that alternated between male and female could be heard emanating from the figure.

"My name is: Illusion."

Hua Sheng was stunned.

magical?
What's this name?
Why would "Illusion" appear in this room in place of Shadow Destroyer?

Hanamori discovered that the magical ropes that had bound him had become loose. He couldn't wait to break free and quickly tore off the blood-stained ropes binding his feet.

Upon closer inspection, the iron hoop chain had restored the orange-red flame in the center of the pendant.

Overjoyed, he shouted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Ruyi Jingu Bang!"

The iron hoop chain shone like a dazzling light, and the Sea-Stabilizing Treasure flew up from the pendant!
Hua Sheng stretched out his palm to catch it, but the stick was unexpectedly heavy, and he couldn't catch it with one hand at all! With a crack, it slipped from his hand and fell, almost breaking his wrist.

Immediately afterwards, the golden cudgel fell downwards with tremendous force. Hua Sheng heard a loud crash as the golden cudgel struck the ground, deeply denting the wooden floor.

Hua Sheng immediately bent down to grab the golden cudgel, but in an instant it was as if he had grabbed a handle firmly fixed to the floor, and he fell backward to the ground.

He tried his best to lift it, but no matter what he did, he couldn't lift the golden cudgel.

Not only could it not be grasped, but the golden cudgel was like an ornament embedded in the floor, and no matter how hard one tried to push or pull it, it could not be moved an inch.

Even Hua Sheng's fingers couldn't fit into the gap between the wooden floor and the golden cudgel.

What's going on!

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!" Hua Sheng chanted the Great Strength Mantra and stretched out his other hand to help.

He grasped it with both hands, but the golden cudgel remained motionless, as if it had become one with the ground.

Hua Sheng simply couldn't believe it; ever since Sun Wukong agreed to lend him the golden cudgel, he had never once lifted it.

The golden cudgel weighs only 13,500 jin.

Even if it weighed 100,000 jin, even if the entire house were filled with the power of the flower-filled magic, it would be easily lifted. But why can't it be lifted even an inch today?

The tinnitus lessened somewhat, and I gradually became able to hear sounds in the room.

Hua Sheng looked up and saw that the white-robed man seemed to have come to his senses as well. The man took out his Soul-Exorcising Staff and uttered a spell towards the "figure".

Seeing that the soul-exorcising spell was about to be used again, Hua Sheng was about to step forward to stop it, but the soul-exorcising staff did not react at all.

The spell failed! The man quickly recited it again.

But the wand was just like an ordinary tree branch, not responding to the spell the man uttered.

The one called "Illusion" started chuckling again, muttering, "Look! This is hell!"

Seeing that the white-robed man was caught off guard, Hua Sheng seized the opportunity. He made a hand seal with his right hand and shouted at the white-robed man with two fingers, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Ice Technique!"

Nothing happened! The incantation was exactly the same as the one used by the man in the white robe.

He then chanted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Fire control technique!"

But like a mortal who knows no magic, no matter what incantation he recites, it has no effect.

Looking again at the Ruyi Jingu Bang on the ground, it had vanished once more. The golden cudgel, just as before, had lost its luster and lay on the ground.

Hua Sheng suddenly realized that the "method of technique" had disappeared!

All these strange phenomena must be related to the "illusion" before us. She seems to be able to cross to a higher level and control the rules of this world.
This is just speculation, but how exactly was it done? This is magic and immortal arts, and their methods of operation are completely different.

What method did "Illusion" use? Or, as her name suggests, was it some kind of illusion she created? What kind of formation did she use to instantly render all power ineffective?

Jane broke free of her ropes and pulled her wand from her pocket. She shouted at the white-robed man, "Lightning Bolt!"

But as expected, all the magic had no effect.

Jane's expression also turned panicked, and she cried out to Hua Sheng, "What happened!"

Hua Sheng replied solemnly, "All the spells have failed!"

Before he could say anything more, the man in the white robe grabbed a dagger that was used as decoration on the fireplace.

He pulled a dagger from its sheath; the dagger was clearly sharpened, reflecting a cold, gleaming edge.

It thrust straight at Hana-sama!

Hua Sheng was caught off guard and instinctively used his hand to defend himself. The dagger slashed his palm, leaving a deep gash.

With a piercing pain, Hana's blood spurted from her palm and splattered onto the floor.

"We can't count on magic anymore!" Hua Sheng shouted.

Seeing that he was injured, the man in white took out his dagger and stabbed at Jane again.

Jane had no choice but to use her wand to defend herself, but the wand was now just a wooden stick, and it flew away after being parried by the dagger.

The useless magic wand slammed against the wall with a loud crack.

Jane, whose hands were empty, panicked.

The moment Hua Sheng saw the white-robed man's attention turn to Jian, she immediately pounced on him and grabbed his wrists, which were holding the dagger.

He then realized that the other man was burly and possessed brute strength.

Hua Sheng used all her strength to barely grab the man's wrist.

The white robe on the man in white was immediately stained red with Hua Sheng's blood, and Hua Sheng's hands were covered in blood and slippery. Seeing that he could not snatch the dagger, he desperately rammed his forehead into the other man's nose!

(End of this chapter)