Abnormal Moon

Chapter 227 "Knowledge"

Roy's gaze swept across the field several times, and he nodded thoughtfully.

"I see. You two siblings are indeed somewhat useful."

The twin siblings of the Boundary Dragons, the elder brother Li Shenhua ranks ninth in the Boundary Dragons' hierarchy. His alias is Huanying Chuangqi, and he is most skilled at creating illusions out of nothing. Making illusions so lifelike is his specialty, and the lingering smoke screen from before must have been his doing.

Li Shenyun, the younger sister, ranks tenth in the Jielong hierarchy, second only to her brother. Her alias is Illusionary Mist Dispersion. She is skilled in illusionary arts that can turn something into nothing, and her specialties include hiding attacks and even making herself invisible.

Simply put, using illusions to confuse their opponents' senses is their specialty.

Fan Xinglu understood this, which is why she deliberately had Roy fight the twins while limiting his own abilities.

If Roy wants to comprehend the realm of "knowledge," what opponent could be more suitable than this?

"Some use?"

Upon hearing this, one of the five Li Shenhuas opposite him winked and smiled.

"Even though we siblings are fully prepared, you still managed to make such an arrogant statement. No wonder you're a champion contender in your first competition, the center of attention—it's infuriating! I really want to tear your mouth apart!"

"Then come over here."

Roy smiled dismissively upon hearing this, stepped forward with one foot to create space, raised his left arm forward to prepare to meet the enemy, and raised his right arm to the right, ready to unleash a burst of power.

Li Shenhua's smile froze for a moment. Why did this guy's starting stance look so much like Jielong's style?

Roy extended his left hand and beckoned, a hunting-like smile spreading across his face.

Li Shenhua's expression twisted for a moment.

"Let's see if you'll still be so arrogant in a bit!"

The moment the words fell, the five Li Shenhuas simultaneously flicked their sleeves, and countless talismans flew out from their sleeves, falling from the sky like snowflakes, surrounding Luo Yi from five directions: up, down, left, right, and front.

Roy's expression hardened slightly, and his eyes swept across the surrounding runes like lightning.

He pricked up his ears, but the spells coming from all directions didn't even make a sound. He calmed himself down and boldly chose to stand still.

With a loud "boom," the surrounding talismans exploded all at once, flashing flames and billowing smoke, but they didn't even make a sound. All of these attacks were just illusions.

Suddenly Roy's ears perked up, and in an instant he turned around sharply, his palm like a knife, slashing towards the back of the penniless man.

For a moment, he felt as if he had struck something, probably a cursed talisman.

"Eh?"

A girl's surprised voice came from not far behind, as if she couldn't understand why her attack had been blocked.

Roy immediately rushed out and threw a punch at the location from which the sound came.

However, before his fist hit that spot, he felt as if his fist had touched something first, so he immediately turned his foot and dodged to the side.

"Crack!"

The next moment, sure enough, a bolt of lightning struck out, blooming into thin branches in mid-air, covering a small area in front.

"These two siblings work together quite well!"

Roy thought to himself.

The one who made the sound just now was Li Shenyun, who was invisible. She deliberately made the sound to lure him into attacking the lightning talisman she had placed in front of her. The lightning talisman was completely invisible because she had cast an illusion on it. This combo of luring the enemy in was very sharp. Another opponent might have fallen for it.

Unfortunately, his sense of touch was equally sharp, and he dodged away the instant he sensed something was wrong, denying her a chance to hit him.

However, there are still some problems.

Roy's attack methods were restricted. He could not use weapons to probe with them, and could only use his body to touch and feel in order to sense their attacks. This required Roy to be on high alert and to maximize his senses at all times, otherwise he might be hit if he was not careful.

"Here!"

At this moment, one of the five Li Shenhuas suddenly caught up from behind, three talismans between his fingers, and rushed towards him with an unbridled laugh.

Roy's nerves tightened for a moment, then suddenly relaxed.

As Li Shenhua's figure rushed over, it passed right through him like a mirage. Roy remained unmoved throughout, as if he had seen through Li Shenhua's non-physical form from the beginning.

"what?"

Li Shenhua was taken aback and looked at him with suspicion.

"You can actually see through my illusion?"

"It's not that difficult. Haven't you eaten yet?"

Roy nodded and asked Li Shenhua, seemingly out of concern.

"You can try harder, I can still handle it!"

At the same time, he pricked up his ears.

Li Shenhua sneered, ignoring his provocative words. With a swift movement behind him, all of Li Shenhua rushed forward together.

"Hmph, if one isn't enough, I don't believe you can tell the difference between five!"

No.

The sound seemed to come from all directions at once, making it impossible to discern its direction at all; it was likely that even the sound itself had been distorted by illusion.

Five Li Shenhua rushed towards Luo Yi from all directions, and talismans flew out of their sleeves as if they were free.

The brother and sister's illusions kept creating something from nothing and something from nothing. Under these circumstances, the best choice for Roy was to close his eyes and sharpen his hearing and touch to fight back. In the past few days of fighting with Wu Xiaohui, he had acquired some ability to locate objects by sound.

But Roy didn't do that. Instead, he opened his eyes wide, looking unwilling to give up and try to see through the illusion.

Li Shenhua and Li Shenyun just sneered. If the illusion technique they learned from Wanyou Tianluo were so easy to break, it would have been broken long ago, and the strategy would have spread throughout the forums of the six academies. It was precisely because few people could break it that they were able to roam freely until now.

"How long can you hold on by yourself like this?"

"Oh my, seeing the champion candidate fall to me, I feel a numb excitement from the bottom of my heart!"

Roy calmed himself down and put his trash talk out of his mind.

Fan Xinglu's teachings echoed in his mind.

"The so-called 'consciousness' is not about abandoning other senses and amplifying only one sense. That at best is just having good eyesight or being good at locating sounds. The true level of consciousness is to expand all five senses, extending them from one's own body to the surrounding space. It's about using your eyes to observe all the colors and shapes around you, your ears to listen to all the sounds of the wind, your nose to smell the subtle changes in scent, and your skin to sense..."

When a person closes their eyes, their hearing becomes more acute, which is essentially an amplification of the senses.

Roy had a sudden realization.

It turned out to be the case.

In other words, one should amplify one's hearing while keeping one's eyes open, and extend this amplification to all five senses.

This is indeed something that not everyone can do.

But if it were me—

Roy took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled.

He calmed himself down and carefully felt, trying to extend his hearing as if his eyes were not even aware of his presence, and extending his vision and touch as well.

"Where did your initial arrogance go?"

Li Shenhua's voice rang out again, like a thunderclap in Luo Yi's ears.

In an instant, as if his brain had broken through some kind of limitation, Roy's five senses seemed to suddenly become excited and extend outward, taking in all the subtle changes around him, including colors, air currents, and so on.

A 360-degree view, with no blind spots!

Chapter 228 Stella's Flaw

Five Li Shenhuas jumped around him like monkeys, occasionally pulling out talismans to create explosions.

Previously, Roy couldn't fully discern the difference, but now it was as if he had X-ray vision; everything before him could no longer be hidden from his senses, and he had seen through everything.

He held his palms like knives, ignoring the five jumping Li Shenhuas, and strode forward several steps, sweeping out a horizontal knife.

Suddenly, several shattered talismans appeared in the empty air and drifted down to the ground like willow catkins.

"You've been seen through?"

Li Shenhua was secretly startled; those were the talismans that the brother and sister had set up in mid-air while using smoke to obscure the view of the entire audience.

"No, it was just a coincidence. He always had to encounter it in person before—"

Roy took a few steps forward again and swung his hand chop, causing more than a dozen talismans on the second floor to fall to the ground.

"You've really seen through me!"

Li Shenhua's expression changed drastically.

Damn, something's different.

Although they didn't know what it was, their illusions were ineffective!

Roy strode forward without dodging or avoiding anything, violently dismantling all the spells set up along the way.

"There must be at least several hundred of them. How could such a small sleeve hide so many talismans?"

With this question in mind, Roy easily tore off the last layer of the spell, reached out into the empty air, and grabbed Li Shenhua's shoulder as he tried to escape.

The five Li Shenhuas on the other side disappeared at the same time. All five were fakes; the real Li Shenhua had been hidden away with Li Shenyun's help from the very beginning.