Chapter 771 - 228: Red Eye Level 6 (5)

Shen Bai looked at the golden glow of ’Great Fortune’ before him, then drew Cold Moon from his waist.

Blood Red Sword Qi blossomed from Cold Moon. As Shen Bai swung the blade, it pierced into the control core ahead.

Terrifying aftershocks began to erupt, but Shen Bai’s control was exceptionally precise.

The control core before him was being whittled away by the Blood Red Sword Qi, disappearing bit by bit.

The blood-red control core was gradually shrinking when Shen Bai suddenly sensed a sliver of danger.

The sense of danger struck in an instant.

When the feeling of danger appeared, Shen Bai felt an icy chill run through his body, and the hairs on his arms stood on end.

Without hesitation, he activated Divine Thousand Miles, transforming into an afterimage and instantly teleporting to a corner of the underground space.

Immediately after, Shen Bai saw a humanoid figure, similar in build to himself, appear and land on the very spot where he had just been standing.

The figure was ethereal and indistinct, yet it exuded a bizarre aura.

Aside from its bizarre aura, streams of Qi also flowed from the indistinct figure, burrowing into the control core.

Strange.

Shen Bai rubbed his chin.

He couldn’t shake the feeling that this Deceitful Beast before him was somehow familiar.

At this moment, Red Makeup’s voice sounded in Shen Bai’s mind.

"Master, that Deceitful Beast is the Magma Core from the subterranean magma."

Amber chimed in as well. "It was devoured by the Ten Thousand Gu Insects, but it seems it didn’t die. It escaped their grasp and somehow found the control core."

"And now it’s absorbing the control core’s power."

Hearing this, Shen Bai took a moment to process the information. He now understood why the Deceitful Beast had appeared.

The Deceitful Beast within the Magma Core was a product of the Molten Rock Forbidden Land, and it shared a similar aura with the control core.

As long as the control core was stored in the wooden box, its aura was concealed, so it didn’t attract the Deceitful Beast.

But once Shen Bai opened the box, the aura was exposed, drawing the Deceitful Beast’s attention.

Following its instincts, the Deceitful Beast naturally found its way here.

As Shen Bai pondered this, the fiery-red control core vanished, and the aura of the shadow-like Deceitful Beast began to surge.

The absorption seemed slow, but it was finished in the blink of an eye.

At that moment, the Deceitful Beast’s cold, sinister aura rushed toward Shen Bai, threatening to engulf him.

Moreover, from deep underground, Shen Bai could sense the situation on the surface.

Through his Void-breaking Red Eye, he saw the people and Cultivators within Molten Rock City suddenly freeze on the streets, stiff as wooden puppets.

Then, they began to clutch their heads frantically, screaming at the top of their lungs.

"Fake! It’s all fake! It turns out we were never real! HAHAHAHA!"

"Reality and illusion... we’re just real beings trapped in an illusion. There’s no real life, no real experiences... We’re nothing but caged birds in Molten Rock City!"

Once the control core was absorbed by the Deceitful Beast, the rules of the Molten Rock Forbidden Land completely ceased to exist.

Shen Bai witnessed this scene and shook his head.

He couldn’t worry about the situation outside right now; the Deceitful Beast before him was the more pressing threat.

Shen Bai could feel that the creature’s aura was even stronger than the City Lord’s, making it an extremely tricky opponent.

"Master, this is an extremely dangerous situation. You must be careful."

Red Makeup warned.

The two Deceitful Beasts inside Shen Bai also sensed the terrifying aura of the creature before them.

Shen Bai rubbed his chin.

His Infinite Divination Skill had shown him ’Great Fortune,’ yet the situation was clearly perilous.

’That’s odd,’ he thought.

Still, no matter how odd it was, Shen Bai wasn’t overly concerned.

Since the Infinite Divination Skill could discern Fortune and Misfortune, he could also perform a Detailed Calculation.

The Deceitful Beast seemed to be still absorbing the benefits from the control core. It hadn’t attacked, merely using its sinister aura to lock Shen Bai in place.

Shen Bai circulated the Qi within his body and began using his Infinite Divination Skill, performing a Detailed Calculation to find a way to break the stalemate.

Threads of light began to offer him guidance, coalescing in mid-air to form a single word: Eye.

’Eye?’

’Eyes?’

Shen Bai frowned when he saw the word.

The guidance from his Infinite Divination Skill seemed to be related to eyes, but it gave no clearer instructions as to what that meant.

But after just a few moments of contemplation, inspiration struck.

’I understand now. It seems I have a Divine Power that is the perfect counter to this Deceitful Beast.’

The corners of Shen Bai’s mouth curved up slightly; he had already made his decision.

Then, his eyes began to change, turning a shade of red as deep as blood.

The red was impossibly deep, yet it held a heart-stopping, bloodthirsty quality that made it impossible for anyone to meet his gaze.

As a red light flickered within them, Shen Bai’s gaze swept across the Deceitful Beast.