COMING OF THE MARTIAL GOD, VOLUME 2 - Season 8 Episode 47

As soon as Austin and his companions got into the palace, Violet found the illusion arrays everywhere in the palace.

Anyone who entered the illusion array might be trapped if they were not careful.

Besides Violet, Austin also had detected the traps inside. The scene he saw with his eyes differed from what he saw with his spiritual sense.

‘So most of the things inside are not real, ‘ he thought.

As for Austin, Violet and the gnome, it was easy to keep themselves from being affected by the illusions. Once they used their spiritual sense to guard their Soul Seas, they were basically immune to the illusion arrays.

But it was a challenging task for Tessa, Dahlia and Faye to protect themselves from being attracted to the illusion arrays since their spiritual senses were still weak.

Violet informed the rest that there were many illusion arrays and reminded them to be careful.
Surprisingly, a few moments later…

They heard someone playing a melodious two-stringed fiddle, and the sound grew louder and louder.

At first, the sound was low and hoarse as if a poor woman in deep grief was weeping. Soon, the notes turned more desolate and sadder.

There was an indescribable vibe of sadness. After they heard the melody, it was like the death of a beloved one or being abandoned by a loved one.

The touching, resonant and mournful piece of music echoed in their ears, lingering in their hearts as it shook them to their core. They felt like they could empathize with the way the performer was feeling.

‘Oh?

The illusion array has started to attack my Soul Sea, ‘ Austin, Violet and the gnome thought.

They activated their spiritual senses and dispelled the auditory illusions from their Soul Sea. And meanwhile they reminded themselves not to be affected by the music.

However, Tessa, Dahlia and Faye were not strong-minded, and their spiritual senses were weak. As a result, they were immersed in the melancholic, sad and desperate music and got trapped in the auditory illusion.

Tears flowed out of their eyes. It was a sad scene since they looked so upset.

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“I see. All three of them have been distracted by the auditory illusions,” Austin said, narrowing his eyes.

Austin got nervous when he saw the three girls’ reaction; he understood what had happened to them.

As soon as he figured out what was happening to the girls, he cleared his mind and released his spiritual sense into the three girls’ Soul Sea one by one.

A couple of seconds later, the powerful spiritual sense that Austin had unleashed, shattered the illusionary scenes and expelled them from the girls’ Soul Seas.

“What happened to me?”

The three girls suddenly came back to their senses and found out that not only were their cheeks covered in tear stains but they were also filled with sorrow and despair as if they were mourning someone or something. It was a totally bizarre feeling.

It seemed like they had just experienced some terrible things.

“Austin, was I trapped in an illusion array?” Tessa asked.

Although her spiritual sense wasn’t strong, she was generally observant and thoughtful.

“Yes, the three of you had auditory hallucinations and got distracted.

But don’t worry. It didn’t cause any serious damage to you. As long as I am with you, I will keep you safe from any harm.

But there is one thing you need to keep in mind. Everything you see or hear in this place may not be real.

It’s just that some intentionally induced psychotic disorders that are affecting your brain and producing auditory hallucinations.

You just need to release your spiritual sense to protect yourself from being affected,” Austin replied.

At the thought of what had just happened to them, Tessa and the two young girls were still scared. They moved closer to Austin hurriedly.

“Hello, young man, welcome to my Illusory Palace. If you follow the route I have mapped out, then you can find me.”

At that moment, Jim’s voice resounded across the palace.

Soon, a spiritual sense which contained the route he was referring to entered Austin’s Soul Sea.

Austin led the rest of his team to meet Jim based on the route he had sent.

However, on the other hand, the human sacrifice that Jim had activated was in progress on the huge altar in the palace.

At first glance, it was difficult to see anything since a gray fog enveloped the whole altar.

The thick black chains occupied most of the altar.

The chains kept moving towards the cultivators with loud sounds.

At the same time, the dense chains were wriggling and clattering incessantly while numerous groups of souls let out shrill screams and attacked the warriors trying to suppress them.

Under the joint attack of the constantly moving black chains and the numerous souls, even the Imperial Realm cultivators who had reached the premium stage found it difficult to resist.

Meanwhile, the illusion array with changing scenes kept affecting their Soul Sea.

Some cultivators with weak willpower were trapped in the illusion array.

On the altar, there were approximately a hundred Imperial Realm warriors still struggling to fight.
Compared to the cultivators at the Imperial Realm, the four Master Realm cultivators, Tyson, Gordon, Jake and Malick seemed to be in a slightly better condition and were not struggling so much to tackle their attackers.

After all, the warriors who had reached the Master Realm possessed a much stronger spiritual sense and denser vital energy than those at the Imperial Realm.

Hence, it was more difficult for one to kill a Master Realm cultivator than an Imperial Realm warrior.

The four Master Realm cultivators could defend themselves for the time being.

But as they noticed that an increasing number of Imperial Realm warriors’ spiritual souls had been devoured, the four got more anxious. ‘Once he eliminates these cultivators, the old bastard will focus his efforts on dealing with us, ‘ the four thought.

Each time the other cultivators’ spiritual souls were extracted from their Soul Seas by the chains, the huge shadow Jim had turned into appeared over a pillar and swallowed the souls.
The more Imperial Realm cultivators’ souls Jim absorbed and swallowed, the larger his shadow grew and it became more solid. Jim’s huge shadow seemed to be releasing an overwhelming spiritual sense.

Jim also made his move on and off.

When he saw warriors approaching him, he reached out and separated their spiritual souls from their bodies easily. Then their souls became Jim’s food.

“Stay together, guys. Focus on combing our strength so that we can attack one pillar at the same time.

Most of the power of this altar has been contained in these pillars. The more pillars we destroy, the weaker the altar’s power would be,” Jake shouted to the rest.

He tried to round up the collective strength of the rest cultivators so as to stop the human sacrifice.

The rest who had already been attacked were no longer listening. They were so desperate that they had no idea what to do. All they did was to withstand the attacks automatically without any resistance.

Upon hearing this, they ran towards Jake.

To survive, most of the cultivators tried to put in more effort. In a flash, they managed to rid themselves of the chains and souls and stood near Jake.