Chapter 180: Chapter 176: The Great Illusion King Insect’s Hatred Value

For a moment, Wang Wu really doubted whether he was still in the illusion realm.

Because everything that just happened felt so, so real, to the point that he couldn’t differentiate whether it was real or not.

Fortunately, as time slowly passed, his rationality and perception finally returned, albeit belatedly. As long as they returned, it was fine.

Now, as he recalled the illusion that was almost indistinguishable from reality, he finally managed to pinpoint a few places where it could be disproven.

Firstly, during such an intense battle, if the Stone Monster had been watching the Human Race hunter the whole time, how could it not have been alarmed?

The most likely scenario would be it coming out to take down both the Human Race and the Demon Race together, perhaps for a more exquisite meal.

Secondly, over a distance of more than thirty miles, even with Wang Wu’s current Level 15 perception, it’s impossible to hear the Tiger Vanguard’s words so clearly. Even if the Tiger Vanguard had a loud voice, the conversation with Xiong Shiliu shouldn’t have been so clear.

Thirdly, with Yuan Bupu seriously injured and with the Little Wild Boar being such a burden, how was it possible for them to circle around and shake off the Stone Monster?

Fourth, the fact that the Stone Monster didn’t pursue into the Black Forest, even if the Black Forest had something that intimidated it, they were able to escape. Practically, as long as they didn’t go deep, catching a few fresh ingredients would not have been a problem.

All in all, this was a carefully set trap, luring him into the Black Forest.

Once he entered, it would be a different ending.

However, what astonished Wang Wu even more was that from falling into the illusion, walking down from the mountain peak, to all the way here, he surprisingly hadn’t exited his Passive Concealment state, except for the clear line of footprints behind him.

“Were you attacked by the Great Illusion King Insect?”

A few hundred meters away, suddenly popped up Wolf Bu’er’s little head, which gave Wang Wu quite a scare.

“How did you know?”

“I noticed something was off with you, calling you didn’t wake you up, so you must have fallen into the illusion. Initially, I planned to forcefully wake you before you entered the Black Forest, but you came to on your own, very impressive, hallucinogenic poison, it’s essentially a Demon King level poison.”

Wang Wu listened quietly and observed carefully.

Then Wolf Bu’er finally laughed, “You don’t think you’re still in an illusion, do you? That would be a serious problem. The most deadly aspect of the Great Illusion King Insect’s hallucinogenic poison is its endless aftereffects because you never know when you might suddenly fall back into the remnants of an illusion fragment, making reality indistinguishable and very troublesome.”

With that, Wolf Bu’er ran several hundred meters away again in one breath, as if needing to maintain a certain distance to be safe.

“It seems you are really real.”

“Isn’t that obvious? If you suddenly enter an illusion fragment and mistakenly attack me as a Human Race cultivator, what then? Although you are just an Eighth Grade Bear Demon, your Companion Demon Vine can genuinely take down most Sixth-Grade demons.”

“Alright, if you trust me, follow me, but it’s best not to come within a hundred zhang of me. I need Xiong Shiliu or Hu Zhenbai to take a look at you; they are experts in this area.”

Wang Wu naturally had no objections, but as they were returning along the ridge, he would occasionally hear whispering sounds emerging from the Black Forest behind them.

He wanted to turn back to look, but he held back, while Wolf Bu’er kept finding topics to talk about awkwardly with him, preventing him from being distracted.

Not until they crossed the ridge did Wolf Bu’er finally stick out his tongue as if his life depended on it, regaining his cold and indifferent demeanor, waving a paw, “No problem now, go back on your own!”

Wang Wu also indeed felt a magical sensation. The moment he crossed the ridge, his mental clarity surged from Level 1 to Level 10, and he could no longer hear any whispering, making him call out narrowly missing trouble.

Indeed, he had not been out of danger earlier; it was Wolf Bu’er who saved him!

“Thank you!”

After thinking for a moment, Wang Wu gave a respectful gesture, only to be met with a roll of eyes from Wolf Bu’er, truly the embodiment of an apathetic wolf.

Subsequently, Wang Wu hurried back to the camp, where Ying Baiyu had already noticed something was wrong and quickly approached, but did not get closer than five hundred meters, instead, directly condensing three giant Wind Blades.

“Xiong Wu! What’s happening?”

“I was attacked by the Great Illusion King Insect, Bu’er saved me.”

“Stay where you are and don’t move!”

Upon saying this, Xiong Shiliu and Hu Zhenbai rushed out from the camp, while the Tiger Vanguard, who wanted to poke its head out, was dragged back.

As if it were a Level 3 hazardous leak incident.

This scene truly made Wang Wu find it absurd and simultaneously scared, realizing he had underestimated the hallucinogenic poison of the Great Illusion King Insect.

At this moment, Xiong Shiliu swiftly rolled to a spot three hundred meters away, without speaking a word, using his furry paw to do something unknown; the next moment, Wang Wu suddenly felt an immense affection towards Xiong Shiliu, with the dark cold surrounding replaced by the chirping of birds and fragrant flowers.

“Xiong Wu, tell me what happened, everything you saw in the Illusion Realm, leave nothing concealed, you must trust me, I am your partner, your friend, I won’t harm you.”

Wang Wu immediately responded honestly, without the slightest concealment, but just as he was about to mention the attribute bar, he suddenly awoke.

What a strong Enchanting Heart Demon Technique, this must be its strongest state.

But looking at Xiong Shiliu now, he appeared somewhat exhausted, Hu Zhenbai was supporting him.

“I’m fine, Xiong Wu is fine too, I just didn’t anticipate it, lift the alert now, there’s no hallucinogenic poison residue on him anymore.”

Then, Xiong Shiliu let Ying Baiyu replace Wolf Bu’er and conducted an Enchanting Heart interrogation on Wolf Bu’er. After verifying both sides, his gaze finally became cautious and serious.

“Xiong Wu, let’s talk in the camp.”

Once inside the temporary camp, facing the curious and puzzled looks of the demons, Xiong Shiliu gave a bitter smile, “There’s good news and bad news.”

“The good news is, Xiong Wu may have encountered a Fifth Grade Great Illusion King Insect; everyone knows what this means. But Xiong Wu managed to break free, which is incredibly fortunate.”

“The bad news is, Great Illusion King Insects are quite vengeful, Xiong Wu must have hunted Great Illusion King Insects before and absorbed and fused their essence, so he cannot enter the Black Forest because all the Great Illusion King Insects will try to hunt him, including Bu’er, who may be added to the revenge list for aiding Xiong Wu.”

“In other words, our team will suddenly lose two main members, what do everyone think?”

Upon hearing this, all the demons were stunned, yet Wang Wu had anticipated this, because if he dared enter the Black Forest, it would be courting death.

“This matter, is really difficult!” Tiger Vanguard was conflicted.

Primarily, because Xiong Wu’s previously displayed abilities made everyone view him with new eyes, evidently a strong main member, but suddenly he couldn’t enter the Black Forest, this is a major blow to the team’s overall strength.

“Why don’t I go recruit a few reserve Ancient Blood Demon Race members, their strength isn’t bad, better than this pig.”

“It’s not appropriate, the timing for entering the Black Forest comes only once a year, Human Race cultivators also choose this time to enter the Black Forest, the longer we linger here, the more likely we are to encounter them. Moreover, those three Human Race cultivators, they might be waiting here for comrades.”

“Therefore, we must quickly enter the Black Forest.”

“Sigh, how can this be? In the Black Forest, Great Illusion King Insects have never been a significant threat, they even welcome demons and humans to enter, because this helps them destroy ancient trees…” Yuan Bupu couldn’t help but sigh, he viewed Wang Wu favorably, losing such a cooperative, powerful, life-saving teammate is regrettable.

“Then it’s decided, tomorrow we enter the Black Forest, those who want to come follow, those who want to stay remain, no compulsion!”

Xiong Shiliu resolutely declared, entering the Black Forest is his only chance for a safe breakthrough, he could’ve achieved Fifth Grade decades ago, but always suppressed, perfected, awaited opportunity.

He must not reveal any information to the Human Race, otherwise Lu Wuchen, that Old Deng, might personally come to hunt him down.

Currently, the war at Great Snow Mountain conveniently ties up most Human Race cultivators, leaving them no time to explore West Wilderness’ depths, at least before Great Snow Mountain falls, he needs to break through to Second Grade, so he can collaborate with Mad Tiger King at Heavenly Dao Mountain, two Second Grade Great Demons, plus Heavenly Dao Mountain, should provide more buffer time for West Wilderness Demon Race and nurture more West Wilderness Demon Race talents.

“What about Xiong Wu and Bu’er?” Yuan Bupu asked again.

The demons fell silent again, even Wang Wu and Wolf Bu’er didn’t know what to do at this moment.

Due to the presence of the Ancient Tree Race in the Black Forest, it may be dangerous, but it offers massive opportunities, resources are plentiful, it’s only fear of Grandpa Tree’s dominant power that Fifth Grade and higher beings face forced attacks, or this place would be overrun long ago.

The fact is, the Human Race’s strategy to explore West Wilderness is fundamentally for the Black Forest.

Even Grandpa Tree cooperates closely with the Demon Race to halt the Human Race’s expansion.

In summary, resources are what every creature in this Cultivation Realm competes for.

Just like Wang Wu previously hunting Ninth-Grade Little Demons crazily in the Forbidden Land, he almost exterminated them, only barely refining his Lifebound Demon Soldiers to that level, imagine that continuing, what kind of life would that be?

After a moment of silence, Tiger Vanguard couldn’t help but say, “Sister Bu’er, why don’t you go to Heavenly Dao Mountain, drop my name, no, my big brother’s name, you’ll have no problem walking freely at Heavenly Dao Mountain.”

“We’re not going, we’ll be on the Black Forest’s edge ready to assist you, with Xiong Wu having Wolf’s Glance Divine Techniques and me having Hibernation Talent, we’ll come and go freely, as long as not attacked by Great Illusion King Insects, no one can harm us!”

Wolf Bu’er spoke firmly and with determination, leaving no room for doubt.

And Wang Wu had nothing to say, this is a lifesaving benefactor, must remain united.

Xiong Shiliu just calmly watched Wolf Bu’er for a while, then slightly smiled, “Alright, let’s go with that.”

“I—” Old Niu in the corner seemed to want to say something, but the next moment was silenced by Niu Xiaocao with a hoof over his mouth, glaring fiercely.

Now is not the time to cause trouble.

Besides, as long as they can enter the Black Forest, where ancient tree remains are everywhere, it’s a cultivation paradise for Cow Demons.

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