Baby with Daoist Monarch System-Chapter 503 - 193: Seeing Through the Dao Heart Demon (Part 2)
And he, due to the attack from the King of Snow Domain, was forced back several hundred meters, leaving a trail across the vast snow.
Xu Ran shook his hand, looking at the King of Snow Domain.
"It seems that if I want to get out, I can only kill it directly!"
With that, he casually broke an ice pillar beside him and held it in his right hand.
His feet spread forward and backward, in a half-crouching position, right hand gripping the sword, hiding the ice pillar behind him, eyes emitting a golden glow, staring straight at the King of Snow Domain.
The King of Snow Domain saw this and thumped its fists against its chest, charging toward Xu Ran.
Only to see Xu Ran half-crouched on the spot.
Then, his body slightly trembled.
"Super Explosion Slash!"
A soft shout, masked by the howling winds of the snow-capped mountain.
Suddenly, the King of Snow Domain, who was sprinting with all its might, surprisingly stopped in its tracks.
Then.
The upper half of the King of Snow Domain’s body began to slide off, separating from its massive form.
Blood splattered everywhere, gushing out.
The once pure white snowy mountain was now dyed crimson.
And Xu Ran, who knows when, was already on the other side.
Xu Ran stood up and dusted off his hands.
"Done!"
With that, the illusion of the snowy mountain vanished, returning to the blood-red mist.
He saw that among the four hearts before him, one of them.
Exploded with a "boom～".
"One down!"
Xu Ran said calmly.
With the explosion of one heart, Xu Ran’s eyes underwent a slight change.
At the same time, a familiar voice echoed in his mind.
[Congratulations, penetrated illusion task complete. Acquired new skill, Penetrating Illusion.
Train diligently to enhance the ability to see through the Illusion Realm. Progress successfully, and you can penetrate all illusions in the world. (Upgrade progress 1/4)]
What!
Xu Ran was momentarily dazed upon hearing this long-lost voice.
But quickly, he snapped back to reality.
"This 1/4 must be referring to the four hearts in front of me!"
He just dealt with one in the Illusion Realm, leaving three more!
"It seems that this task isn’t that difficult after all!"
Just as he finished speaking.
He was pulled back into the Illusion Realm once again.
This time, Xu Ran found himself in the depths of the ocean.
It was pitch-black all around, with only a faint glimmer coming from above.
This should be a place thousands of meters deep in the ocean, without any light sources, just a tiny glimmer of weak sunlight.
In this dark deep sea, black shadows occasionally circled around him.
Xu Ran looked around and said, "Even if this suffocating environment isn’t an illusion, it’s not somewhere an ordinary person can stay!"
But to Xu Ran.
The deep-sea illusion was negligible compared to the first entrance into the Dao Heart Demon’s Illusion Realm. At least there was a faint light from above.
However.
Xu Ran still closed his eyes at this moment, carefully sensing the surroundings.
In the deep sea of thousands of meters, even with Xu Ran’s divine level cultivation, his divine sense couldn’t extend beyond three meters away.
And beside Xu Ran.
The Ghost Mother Venerable, transformed into a jellyfish, melded with the darkness, crawling as it observed Xu Ran’s every move.
But Xu Ran merely kept his eyes closed, without any movement.
Finally, the Ghost Mother Venerable couldn’t hold back.
It rushed toward Xu Ran at the fastest speed.
Originally possessing venerable level cultivation, its speed was already fast enough; now, under the sea, in its domain, its speed was magnified tenfold.
In an instant, it was beside Xu Ran.
Millions of tentacles surrounded Xu Ran, releasing countless black pollutants as if to assimilate him.
Seeing this, Xu Ran opened his eyes, golden light bursting forth.
In an instant, the entire seabed was illuminated.
Xu Ran gazed placidly at the Ghost Mother Venerable.
And under his gaze, it seemed as if time had frozen, unable to move.
"Why the rush?"
With that, a strike of Tribulation Light formed in Xu Ran’s hand.
With a casual toss, it struck the Ghost Mother Venerable.
In the next moment, Xu Ran returned to the blood-red mist, and the heart belonging to the Ghost Mother Venerable exploded before him.
"It really was just a fragmented illusion from the Dao Heart Demon, with even less endurance than the Dao Heart Demon!"
It must be said.
Xu Ran gained substantial insights from the Dao Heart Demon’s Dao Heart Trial.
Now, he could adapt to completely dark environments, with a more stable mindset.
"Next one!"
Xu Ran looked at the remaining two hearts.
This time.
The two hearts simultaneously dragged Xu Ran into an illusion.
Upon seeing the scene before him, Xu Ran chuckled.
"Earlier, one wasn’t enough, and now two have come?"
Xu Ran found himself flanked by two distinctly different scenes.
To his left, countless eyeballs were staring at him, each one weeping bloody tears, looking extremely eerie.
On the right, countless tiny talismans floated in the air, constantly shifting positions.
The divide was precisely in the center of Xu Ran.
Looking at this scene, Xu Ran said,
"What is this? Are you trying to make me play spot the difference?"
With that,
the scenes on both sides began to shift rapidly, their movements too quick for the naked eye to follow.
"Heh~"
Xu Ran chuckled lightly.
Somehow, he was holding a small blade of grass in his hand.
"Swish~"
As Xu Ran swung forward, the feeble blade of grass suddenly erupted with an endless sword intent.
"Super Explosion Slash!"
Xu Ran uttered softly.
The next moment,
the illusion realm dispersed, and the two remaining hearts shattered.
All the blood-red mist around him vanished as the hearts disappeared.
The next moment,
[Congratulations, you have completed Penetrating Illusion and gained the ability to see through all illusion realms]
Xu Ran nodded in satisfaction as he listened to the voice in his mind.
"Next, it’s your turn, Dao Heart Demon!"
With that, Xu Ran charged toward the direction of the Dao Heart Demon.
A hundred miles away,
the fleeing Dao Heart Demon.
Suddenly shivered, lost its balance, and fell straight down.
Just then,
the four tentacles on its head began to wither constantly.
Finally, they disappeared completely.
Simultaneously, the aura of the Dao Heart Demon dropped by more than half.
"This Xu Ran is too powerful, he destroyed all four of my hearts in such a short time."
To the Dao Heart Demon, the more powerful the monsters it devoured, the stronger its cultivation would become.
When devoured, the cultivation of the heart formed is even higher.
Now, four venerable level monsters could barely last five minutes before Xu Ran, such combat power was not something it could challenge.
"No, I must quickly distance myself from this place, hide, and restore my body!"
"In just ten days, the four hearts can be restored like new!"
With that,
it adjusted its body, calmed the chaotic aura within, and then continued to flee farther away.
A minute later,
Xu Ran arrived at the site, scanning with his divine sense, he chuckled.
"It seems destroying the hearts has indeed harmed the Dao Heart Demon; to recover to its peak condition, it will probably take some time."
Thinking carefully, "However, even if it were in peak condition now, it wouldn’t be able to stop me; otherwise, it wouldn’t be fleeing so desperately!"
After pondering for a while, he muttered to himself.
"However, the Dao Heart Demon is the most powerful illusion realm monster I’ve encountered so far, much stronger than the previous ’Unconfident Celestial Calamity’!"
"I can just use it to enhance my experience in this area, so I won’t get trapped in illusions again next time!"
Soon, Xu Ran formulated a training plan.
Of course, the prerequisite is to catch up with the Dao Heart Demon.
Afterward, Xu Ran followed the aura of the Dao Heart Demon, using [Three Thousand Thunder Moves] to chase it at maximum speed.
Thus, on the alien battlefield, a chase-and-pursuit saga commenced.
Half an hour later,
in Xu Ran’s line of sight, the figure of the Dao Heart Demon appeared.
The Dao Heart Demon, fleeing while looking back at him, remarked,
"This Xu Ran, his methods are uncanny, his combat power is formidable, and even his speed is so fast? Is there no justice?"
The Dao Heart Demon grumbled.
"At this rate, it seems I’ll be caught within a day!"
It’s important to note, it had been on the run longer than Xu Ran.
Yet, in half an hour, this gap was almost closed.
The next moment,
The Dao Heart Demon turned to face Xu Ran.
Then, it spat out hundreds of red hearts from its mouth, accompanied by waves of red mist.
These were the hearts of divine-level monsters it had devoured. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Seeing this, Xu Ran’s interest was piqued.
"So these are the divine-level monsters devoured by the Dao Heart Demon, hundreds of them! Such a large number!"
Xu Ran marveled.
And it made sense,
The catastrophe-level contamination zone comprised hundreds of cities, each city lord at least at the divine level, with deputy city lords also at the divine level.
Having hundreds of divine-level monster hearts seemed quite reasonable.
It was exactly in line with Xu Ran’s intention.
After all, he was thinking of using the Dao Heart Demon’s illusions to hone himself.
