Golden Dragon wore a bitter expression. At present, his cultivation was temporarily impaired, and he couldn't even tell if he was trapped in an illusion.
"Senior Golden Dragon, I'll send a surge of spiritual energy into your spiritual sea later. It'll hurt a bit. Endure it," Shen Qing said.
Shen Qing had already conceived several methods in her mind to break the illusion. The simplest one was to inflict pain on the body or consciousness, which would allow one to escape the illusion.
If this method failed, there was another option: find the eye of the formation and destroy it.
However, they didn't even know how or when they had entered the illusion, so finding the eye of the formation would be quite difficult.
Golden Dragon nodded and then closed his eyes.
Seeing that Golden Dragon was ready, Shen Qing raised her finger. Spiritual energy flickered at her fingertip. With a wave of her finger, the spiritual energy shot into Golden Dragon's spiritual sea.
Golden Dragon felt a sharp pain in his spiritual sea. After recovering, he opened his eyes but found himself still in the same place. He waved his hand, but there was no wind. He sighed dejectedly, "We're still in the illusion."
Seeing this, Shen Qing closed her eyes and stimulated her own spiritual sea. When she opened her eyes again, there was no change in front of her.
Her eyes narrowed slightly, a glint of danger flashing through them.
After exchanging a look, the two of them left the cave one after the other.
When they got out, they were surprised to find that the snow that should have been falling from the sky was suspended in mid - air instead of reaching the ground.
Time in this world seemed to have been frozen by a spell, and everything had come to a standstill.
"This..." Shen Qing was seeing such a scene for the first time. If it weren't for the fact that they were in an illusion, she would have thought this glassy ice and snow world was extremely beautiful.
Especially the sight of snowflakes and snow floating in the air gave this mysterious world a dreamy filter.
Golden Dragon's expression was solemn. He said in a deep voice, "Our intuition was right. Time here has indeed stopped. But... what kind of illusion is this?"
"Perhaps... the moment we entered this cave, we stepped into the illusion."
Time seemed to stand still. The crunching sound of their footsteps on the snow was especially harsh in this space.
Shen Qing recalled in her mind the whole process from their journey here until the White Dragon went up Mount Buzhou and she and Golden Dragon found this cave. But during this process, she couldn't find anything amiss.
The sudden illusion was like an unexpected thing. There was no sign, no hint of something wrong, and they just fell into the trap.
Moreover, even though Golden Dragon had lost all his cultivation, Shen Qing still had hers. For someone to cast an illusion on a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage without their awareness, that person's cultivation must be extremely high.
Golden Dragon收起 the gentle smile on his face and sneered. After all, he had been a god for tens of thousands of years. Now that someone was scheming against him, how could he not be angry?
"Shen Qing, let's go a bit further and see if there's anything else wrong around here," Golden Dragon said.
Shen Qing nodded, and the two of them walked forward on the snow.
Although Mount Buzhou was covered in snow all year round, there were lush forests. The trees were covered with thick layers of snow, as if they were wrapped in a thick white veil.
Looking around, all that met the eye was white, with no other colors at all.
After walking for about half an hour, they returned to the original place.
Shen Qing stood in front of the cave and fell silent.
She looked at the footprints of herself and Golden Dragon stretching straight ahead without any turns, but they still ended up back here.
It was like... being trapped in a ghostly maze.
Golden Dragon's face darkened instantly. He gritted his teeth and punched the rock wall, "Damn it! How dare someone scheme against me when I've lost all my cultivation!!"
Shen Qing lowered her head, her expression hidden in the shadow, making it hard to fathom.
A moment later, she pulled Golden Dragon into the cave and whispered a few words in his ear.
Two quarters of an hour later, Golden Dragon ran out of the cave angrily and shouted, "If you want to stay here, stay. I'm not going to accompany you. I'm a god, and I must return to the upper realm!!"
Shen Qing quickly grabbed Golden Dragon and apologized repeatedly, "Senior Golden Dragon, I didn't mean that. I just thought that since we're in an illusion, we shouldn't waste too much energy, so I wanted to take a break."
Hearing this, Golden Dragon shook off Shen Qing's hand disgustedly and said coldly, "At this critical moment, you still have the mood to rest. You're such a useless person. How could our Dragon Clan have a junior like you?!"
"Senior Golden Dragon, please listen to me..."
"Shut up! Either come with me to continue exploring the way forward, or stay here and stop bothering me!"
After saying that, Golden Dragon flicked his sleeve and strode away.
Shen Qing looked at Golden Dragon and then at the cave behind her. Gritting her teeth, she trotted after Golden Dragon's back.
The two of them walked around in circles and always ended up back in front of the cave. Golden Dragon didn't believe it and continued to walk in different directions.
Slowly, both of them showed signs of exhaustion. By the end, their steps had slowed down significantly.
They stopped at a place not far from the cave.
Shen Qing gasped lightly. After hesitating for a moment, she asked Golden Dragon carefully, "Senior Golden Dragon, we've been walking for a long time. Can we take a break?"
Golden Dragon's face was gloomy. He glanced back at Shen Qing, his eyes full of annoyance, "What's the use of resting if we can't find the exit!"
"But..." Shen Qing looked aggrieved and pouted, "But I really can't walk anymore."
Anger welled up in Golden Dragon. He directly slapped Shen Qing to the ground, "Useless! You're truly useless!!"
"You're simply a disgrace to our Dragon Clan. Our Dragon Clan is strong and competitive. How could we be the kind of people who get tired after just a few steps? You're so useless. You might as well just die in this illusion."
After being tormented by Golden Dragon for so long, Shen Qing's emotions exploded in an instant. She suddenly stood up, drew her sword, and pointed it at Golden Dragon, "You, a person who has lost all his cultivation, dare to call me useless? Who is the real useless one here?"
"If it weren't for you all, our Dragon Clan wouldn't have ended up like this. You claim to be a god and a senior of our Dragon Clan, but you fell into someone else's trap and have no ability to save yourself. Instead, you vent your anger on me!"
"I'm really... fed up!"
Golden Dragon sneered and raised his head disdainfully, "What? Do you dare to stab me with your sword?"
"You're just a show - off. You're useless. Just because you're holding a sword doesn't mean you're some all - powerful cultivator."
"If I were you, I'd just kill myself."
Shen Qing lowered her head, tightly gripping the sword in her hand. The veins on her hand bulged, and a murderous look flashed in her eyes.
"I don't know if I'll die."
"But you will surely die under my sword!"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Shen Qing stabbed her sword straight into Golden Dragon's chest. Blood spurted out like a crimson spider lily.
Golden Dragon's eyes widened in disbelief. He covered his chest with his hands and slowly fell to the ground.
Shen Qing raised her head and laughed loudly, like a madwoman.
But the next second, Golden Dragon snatched the sword from her hand. Enduring the pain in his chest, he stabbed the sword into Shen Qing's heart.
The two of them slowly fell to the ground, and a pool of blood spread beneath them.