Chapter 769 - 228: Red-Eyed Level 6 (3)

The temperature of these flames was truly terrifying. Shen Bai felt that a single touch could obliterate his Flawless Divine Soul Body.

Tangible flames shot out from the City Lord’s eyes, melting Shen Bai’s Sword Qi.

An aura of madness began to emanate from the City Lord. "I am the Molten Rock City Lord! I am the Extreme Fire! What can you possibly use against me?!"

"Today, I will cut you down and put an end to this madness. Then, Molten Rock City will finally know peace."

Shen Bai observed the City Lord’s frenzy and suddenly spoke. "You’re about to awaken, but you don’t want to, do you?"

He had suddenly noticed something was off. It seemed the City Lord before him truly didn’t want to awaken.

The City Lord paused, his lips trembling. "Madman! You’re spouting utter nonsense! I’ll kill you!"

Hearing this, Shen Bai’s suspicions were confirmed. "Fine," he said. "I’ll grant you release."

"You live every day in an illusion, yet you refuse to leave it. You see this madness as torment, but you fail to realize that living without it is its own kind of torment."

The City Lord raised his hand, and a terrifying Fire Dragon materialized behind him. "Baseless nonsense!"

The Fire Dragon’s color shifted from red to white, its internal temperature high enough to annihilate an expert of the Celestial Spirit Realm.

Under the City Lord’s Manipulation, the Fire Dragon surged toward Shen Bai.

At the same time, the surroundings transformed into a world of fire. Everywhere Shen Bai looked, there was nothing but flames.

A rare, solemn expression appeared on Shen Bai’s face.

This was an attack born of the City Lord’s fury, its power at least twice as strong as before.

Moreover, the surrounding Space had been sealed by the flames, which were now closing in. A single touch would inflict grievous wounds.

’Fine. I didn’t want to use this, but it seems I have no other choice.’

Shen Bai narrowed his eyes, thinking to himself.

He could wear the City Lord down and kill him through attrition, even at this stage.

But the tide of battle was ever-changing. The situation could be completely upended in the next instant.

The faster the enemy died, the safer he would be.

Shen Bai still had a trump card, and it was time to use it.

At this thought, Shen Bai circulated the Qi in his body, extended his right hand, and swiped at the empty space before him.

The next moment, a rift appeared before his eyes.

As the rift emerged, a black-and-white, interwoven aura flickered faintly within.

Although the Yin Yang Storage Skill was Level 5, one of its Attributes far surpassed that level, making it powerful enough to be one of Shen Bai’s killing moves.

Yin Yang Attribute, activate!

The so-called Yin and Yang was the condensation of Yin and Yang Qi.

Each condensation cycle would reach its apex after sixteen days, becoming powerful enough to easily annihilate an existence at the Celestial Spirit Realm Peak.

Shen Bai had never had the chance to use it. Now was the time.

Once the interwoven black and white aura appeared, it immediately flooded the entire world of flames.

The world of fire had been a uniform sea of red, but when this black and white domain emerged, the crimson flames were ferociously suppressed by the Yin and Yang Qi.

The City Lord was already descending into a frenzy. The madness in his mind relentlessly tormented him, leaving him torn and conflicted.

As the Yin and Yang Qi suppressed the flames, the madness in the City Lord’s eyes gradually faded.

He stared at Shen Bai, his eyes wide with utter disbelief. "You... How could you possibly suppress me?"

"Impossible! I want you dead! I’ll make sure not even a grave is left for you!"

The City Lord roared, pushing the Qi throughout his body to its absolute limit.

Terrifying flames surged skyward, like an apocalyptic inferno capable of destroying Heaven and Earth.

Shen Bai watched it all unfold and calmly waved his hand.

The Yin and Yang Qi nurtured within the space of his Yin Yang Storage Skill poured out in a torrent. Under Shen Bai’s Manipulation, it crashed into the City Lord’s flames.

BOOM!

A deafening roar thundered through the air, terrifyingly powerful, as if Heaven and Earth were collapsing.

As the roar resounded, Shen Bai’s figure suddenly vanished.

The City Lord felt a piercing pain from behind as the terrifying premonition of a life-or-death crisis bloomed in his heart.

He instinctively turned his head and saw Shen Bai standing behind him, though he hadn’t known when he’d gotten there.

The City Lord could feel Shen Bai’s gaze. It was so cold that it made even his flames feel sluggish.

His Longsword pointed toward the ground, its Sword Qi soaring to the heavens.

The blood-red Sword Qi, merging with the flames, broke through all resistance like a ship cleaving through waves and pierced the City Lord through the back.

"It’s not like the Yin and Yang Qi is all I have," Shen Bai said with a smile.

He had used the Yin and Yang Qi to blast through the flames. While the City Lord was focusing all his might on countering it, Shen Bai’s true killing move—the Soul-Annihilating Sword—struck.

At this moment, the City Lord’s Divine Soul and physical body began to crumble.

The flames in the sky vanished. At the same time, the madness in the City Lord’s eyes gave way to clarity.

"Fake... It’s all fake."

The City Lord looked down at the wound in his chest, tears welling in his eyes. "So that’s how it is... We’re all fake."

At this moment, the City Lord had succumbed to the so-called "madness," and in doing so, seemed to have finally perceived reality.

"No," Shen Bai said. "It’s very real."

The City Lord looked up. "What is real?"

"It is fake for you, but real for me," Shen Bai said slowly.

"Why?" the City Lord asked bitterly.

Shen Bai thought for a moment before replying, "Inside this Forbidden Land, you are, in fact, real. You have a physical body, a Divine Soul, everything a normal person possesses. But that is limited to the Forbidden Land."

"Forbidden Land?"

The City Lord repeated the term. "You’re not Ke Xiaoran."

Shen Bai nodded. "I never said I was Ke Xiaoran. All of you just assumed I was."

Realization dawned on the City Lord. "So, to you, this place is a Forbidden Land, and we are merely birds in a cage."

"I understand now. This Forbidden Land... the ’forbidden’ part doesn’t just mean entry is prohibited. It means we are bound by a Restriction. Everyone in this place is trapped, with no hope of ever being free."