A mighty sword energy with scorching flames overturned the ground and slashed the man. The man looked as if he had seen a ghost, and his face was full of disbelief. “Impossible. How could this kid break my illusion?” The man could not help yelling, but Philip could not hear him. “Great, Philip didn’t disappoint me!” Although Laurie was a little surprised, she was even more delighted. After all, if Philip could move freely, the pressure on her would be much less. “Oh, I think I lost something. Right, it’s that token. What the hell did Sophie give me? Why do so many people want it? It was the female thief before and the man this time.” Philip muttered before his eyes lit up. Were the female thief and the man in the same gang? However, why were they after this token? Was it related to Sophie? The identities of these people… Philip pondered, and all his thoughts suddenly connected. Was it possible that these people were related to that man-made woman covered in runes?
However, Laurie's attention was attracted by the giant, and she did not notice Philip’s action at all. Philip felt helpless and had no choice but to rush up with Caelum Sword, planning to strike first. “Damn you! You forced me to use my real body. No one can stop me today!” the giant roared angrily. In the next second, he slapped Philip. In his eyes, Philip was nothing more than an ant without any threat at all. The female thief who was watching the show frowned when she saw this. Of course, she knew what this real body represented. In their organization, everyone had two bodies—one with a normal human appearance, and the other was their real body. However, the real body was unstable. It could have any appearance and anything could happen. Some people even had a limit to the number of times they could use their real body, and they could die if they exceeded that. However, they would be stronger when using their real body. Danger coexisted with benefit, which was a fair trad
Seeing Philip rush over again, the giant was startled and panicked. Damn, this guy cut his arm with a sword just now. Although it was not severed, it nearly was, and he wanted to do it again. Seeing this, the giant retreated a few steps instinctively before he stomped on Philip. He was confident that he could crush the ant-like Philip to death with one stomp. However, reality turned out differently. A cold light flashed, and Philip reversed the situation with a sword! A stream of sword energy pierced through the other party’s body, and black liquid sprayed all over the sky like raindrops. Where it landed, the vegetation was corroded by the black liquid in an instant, showing the toxicity of the liquid. Philip retreated instinctively, dodging the black liquid. “Argh!” The giant fell to the ground, and his screams were mind-numbing, but he could only scream. With a few moves, Philip almost killed this guy. Although he screamed fiercely, his deterrence had disappeared with
Philip was seriously injured. Although the explosion just now did not kill him, it nearly did. It was impossible to survive such an explosion without injuries. “That son of a b*tch almost killed me!” Philip muttered and looked at the golden token that fell aside. He was peeved. Everything happened because of this token, damn it. However, Philip kept it instead of throwing it away. Then, he got up and looked around. He finally saw Laurie collapsed in the ashes. He was startled and quickly ran over. After checking, he found that Laurie was just injured and unconscious, but it was nothing serious. He breathed a sigh of relief. The female thief was also fine. “Fortunately, nothing happened. There’s a silver lining in every cloud.” As Philip spoke, he moved the two to the side. He sat cross-legged in one spot and started to recover from his physical injuries. Fortunately, he had reached the second level of his Three Phase God-Demon Technique, and it was not that difficult for
“Um, thanks for just now.” Philip broke the awkward silence and said to Laurie, who nodded upon hearing this. “It's nothing. What’s important is that you’re fine. We're friends, after all.” Laurie smiled, and the atmosphere became awkward again. Philip was exasperated but did not know what to say. After all, things were quite embarrassing earlier. Fortunately, Dion returned soon, and everyone ate before returning to their rooms. Lying on the bed, Philip looked at the ceiling and was lost in thought. After today's incident, Philip realized that he still had many shortcomings. An illusion almost killed him, which was not a good sign. “If this happens again, what should I do? I don’t even know when I entered the illusion.” Philip pondered. After thinking about it, it should be the moment when he attacked the man. However, he did not notice anything at all. Was it because the illusion was too special or that he was too careless? Philip had a long list of questions with no
Philip muttered as if savoring the meaning of Laurie's words. “Let’s put this aside. I’ll take you to the harshest place. That may be our destination soon.” Laurie said at this time, and Philip nodded. “Uh, why don’t you let go of me first? It’s been a while now.” Philip could not help mumbling at this time. Laurie was startled before she realized that she had been holding Philip's arm. Hearing Philip's words, Laurie's face turned red instantly, and she quickly let go of Philip's hand. Philip was taken aback and wanted to slap himself. Damn it, why did he allow his mouth to run wild? Was it not good to hold hands with a beautiful woman? “Ahem, um, you can grab it now. I simply felt an itch just now.” Philip chuckled, and Laurie was briefly speechless. “Creep.” Laurie muttered and walked away, ignoring Philip, and Philip quickly chased after her. Soon, they arrived at a rather strange place. It was a large courtyard full of magic circles. Many people crowded around w
“Who cares? When they get frightened out of their wits later and run out in a hurry, that’ll be fun to watch!” Many onlookers discussed among themselves, obviously horrified by the situation at the Devil's Courtyard. They were also unimpressed by Philip and Laurie. Laurie and Philip paid no heed to these people. A white light flashed before them. When they opened their eyes again, they had arrived in another place. The sky, ground, and scenery around them were blood-red at a glance. A strong smell of blood lingered in the air, and many aimless skeletons drifted around like clouds. “It’s rumored that these skeletons are transformed by the souls of people who died here, and they can take away one’s soul, so we need to be careful. Although we’re here to observe, we may be affected too.” Laurie reminded him, and Philip nodded. “Let’s be careful then. By the way, what are we observing? Is it the surrounding environment or something else?” Philip could not help asking, and Laur
Philip was taken aback. Why should they make way for the other party? There was no one else here. Would those people fight them on the spot and make them a laughingstock? “Don’t think too much. This training isn’t as simple as you think. This place will restore the image of those who participated in the previous competitions, as well as the battle scenes, for our reference.” Laurie explained, and Philip was taken aback upon hearing that. They could restore it? This made it a lot easier. It was similar to a video recording, and Philip watched it with Laurie. The sandstorm had died down by now. Not far away, a stone platform appeared at some point. It looked very large with a radius of hundreds of meters. Three people made of sand stood on the platform. They had no faces and held weapons made of sand in their hands, giving off a strange feeling. Several people appeared out of thin air opposite those three sandmen. They looked vague as if they were previous participants of t