The Night Watchman of Siheyuan

Chapter 266

Tianpeng Rebirth: The Battle of Buddhism and Taoism

Chapter 36: The Beginning of Spiritual Silence and the Strange Illusion Array

Ao Bing and his companions finally escaped the danger of the reef, and the boat accelerated towards the strange scene in the center of the vortex. As the distance got closer, the vortex became clearer, and the power of the rotating seawater drove a huge suction force around it, as if it was going to swallow everything in. However, the people did not retreat, and the sense of mission in their hearts made them move forward courageously.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light in the sky, and a strange beam of light shot out from the center of the vortex and rushed into the sky. Then, the sea water churned violently, and an island slowly rose from the bottom of the sea. The island was surrounded by clouds and mist, exuding a mysterious and ancient atmosphere. It was the Lingji Island they had been looking for.

The boat slowly approached Lingji Island. As soon as they stepped onto the beach, they felt a gloomy atmosphere coming towards them. The surroundings were terribly quiet, with only the sound of waves hitting the beach echoing in their ears.

"Something feels wrong on this island. Everyone be careful." Yang Jian said vigilantly, opening his third eye slightly and keeping an eye on the surroundings at all times.

The crowd walked along a winding path towards the island. On both sides of the road grew strange-shaped trees with twisted trunks and dense branches and leaves, which almost blocked out the light from the sky, making the island appear particularly dim.

Not long after they walked, a thick fog suddenly appeared in front of them. The fog was so thick that it was as solid as a substance, and they could not see clearly what was inside. Bajie was about to reach out to explore, but Fengyao grabbed him and said, "Don't be reckless. This fog may be strange."

At this time, strange sounds were heard faintly in the thick fog, as if someone was crying or laughing, which was creepy. Xifeng looked solemn and said, "This may be an illusion. We must not be fooled by the sound."

Ao Bing nodded and said, "Everyone concentrate, don't be distracted, follow me closely." He activated the dragon magic power to form a faint golden light curtain around everyone, trying to resist the influence of the illusion array.

Everyone stepped carefully into the thick fog. The strange sound became louder and louder, as if countless hands were pulling at their consciousness. Bajie's eyes began to become blurry, and he muttered to himself: "I saw Gao Laozhuang, I want to go back..."

Upon seeing this, Yang Jian immediately slapped Bajie on the head and shouted, "Bajie, wake up! This is an illusion, don't be fooled!"

Bajie felt the pain and came to his senses. He shook his head and said, "That was a close call. I almost got into trouble."

However, the power of the illusion array is far more than that. As they go deeper into the thick fog, various hallucinations begin to appear before their eyes. Feng Yao sees her people being slaughtered and is heartbroken; Xi Feng sees the mermaid tribe being besieged by the men in black again and is extremely worried.

Ao Bing knew that if the formation was not broken quickly, everyone would be trapped here, and might even fall into an illusion and be unable to extricate themselves. He endured the impact of the illusion and tried hard to recall the methods of breaking the formation in the ancient books of the dragon clan.

Suddenly, Ao Bing had an idea. He remembered that the dragon race had a natural ability that could see through illusions and find the flaws in the illusion array. He closed his eyes, gathered his magic power into his eyes, and then suddenly opened them. A golden light flashed in his eyes.

Under Ao Bing's special vision, the veins of the illusion array gradually emerged. He found that the core of the illusion array was under a huge rock not far ahead.

"Everyone follow me, I have found a way to break the formation!" Ao Bing shouted, leading everyone to rush towards the boulder.

However, the magic array sensed their intentions and began to attack frantically. Countless black tentacles stretched out from the thick fog and grabbed at everyone. Bajie waved his nine-toothed rake and fought hard; Yang Jian cast a spell, shooting out golden sword energy to cut off the tentacles; Feng Yao and Xi Feng also cast their own spells and fought a desperate battle with the tentacles.

While resisting the attack of the tentacles, the crowd struggled to move forward towards the boulder. Finally, they arrived in front of the boulder. Ao Bing pressed his hands on the boulder, urged all his magic power, and shouted: "Open it for me!"

The boulder slowly rose up, revealing a rune array underneath that was emitting a strange light. This was the core of the illusion array. Ao Bing did not hesitate, activated his magic power, and attacked the rune array with all his strength.

The rune array flashed, then shattered. As the rune array shattered, the thick fog gradually dissipated, the strange sound also disappeared, and the illusion in front of him also disappeared.

The group finally succeeded in breaking the illusion, but they knew that this was only the beginning of the adventure on the Spiritual Silence Island. There were more unknown dangers and mysteries waiting for them ahead, and the Shadow Cult was probably on its way. They had to speed up their pace, explore the secrets of the Spiritual Silence Island, and find the key to fight against the Shadow Cult.