The sun rises.

Gentle sunlight streams down, filtering through the trees and landing on his body, as if dispelling the fatigue of the entire night.

Wang Junze slightly opens his eyes, feeling a subtle sense of assurance in his heart.

Previously, his biggest worry was that this forest was an isolated space, completely cut off from the outside world, making escape exceedingly difficult. But now, the sunlight can still shine in, proving this forest truly exists, only creating illusions due to the influence of Mirage Qi, trapping people here.

Under these circumstances, the difficulty of escaping is much less.

Slowly getting up, Wang Junze looked around and did not see the silhouette of the Mirage Dragon, so he cautiously moved forward, attempting to find a way to leave.

The entire night, the Mirage Dragon did not show itself again, seemingly intent on simply wearing him down.

…

Meanwhile, on the island, Peng Ru, who had waited all night, felt increasingly uneasy.

There was no sound at all, and the forest seemed to block all breaths. She had no idea what was happening inside, nor did she know whether Wang Junze was still alive.

To her, this feeling was truly dreadful.

Yet she was very clear that she absolutely could not rashly enter the forest to find Wang Junze, or else she would only be courting death.

Thinking again about what the three people had said, her heart couldn’t help but waver.

If Wang Junze really perished here, what should she do then?

With the Netherworld Flying Ship, leaving the Nether Sea would naturally not be difficult, but… then what?

Without Wang Junze’s protection, she wouldn’t be able to survive in the Netherworld City at all, let alone lead those fellow disciples to escape the Nether Sea. Worse yet, once the news of Ye Piaoling’s demise spread, they would soon be targeted by other demon cultivators, becoming slaves again. At that point, even death might become a luxury.

After a long silence, Peng Ru still decided to continue waiting.

At the very least… until the Other Shore Flower matures!

According to the timeline, it’s only ten days until the Other Shore Flower matures. As long as Wang Junze is not dead, he will surely find a way to escape within this timeframe.

If, after ten days, Wang Junze still hasn’t come out alive, then he most likely has truly died.

By then, she must seize the moment when everyone’s attention is on the Other Shore Flower to escape the Nether Sea and attempt to lead those fellow disciples away.

Just hoping… the situation won’t turn out to be so dire.

…

“Don’t bother trying; the Mirage Qi pervades the entire forest. As long as I don’t want you to leave, you won’t find a way out!”

After Wang Junze had wandered in the forest for more than an hour, the Mirage Dragon’s silhouette appeared again, sneering sarcastically.

And indeed, as the Mirage Dragon said, Wang Junze couldn’t find an exit from this forest at all. He even tried flying into the sky before, but bizarrely, no matter how high he flew, the surrounding trees would grow along with him, making it impossible to fly out.

This further confirmed Wang Junze’s judgment… he was still in an Illusion Realm.

Without greed in his heart, he could only break free from the influence of Mirage Qi, but couldn’t escape the Illusion Realm. To get out, he had to completely shatter the illusion or find the true body of the Mirage Dragon and kill it. Otherwise, no matter what he did, he couldn’t leave.

The only good news was that this illusion was somewhere between real and fake, and wouldn’t completely isolate all external sensations.

That meant he had to be more patient than the Mirage Dragon.

With a deep breath, Wang Junze ignored the Mirage Dragon and instead calmed down to practice his swordsmanship.

Previously, from the attack of the Swordfish, Wang Junze attained Sword Intent. He also needed more time to comprehend it. If he could take this opportunity to fully understand the Water Sword Intent, his Sword Dao would surely have another significant advancement, and his chance of killing the Mirage Dragon would be greater then.

Time passed silently.

Days turned to nights.

In the blink of an eye, five full days had passed.

That evening, a sudden peal of thunder came from the sky.

Slightly raising his head, he saw lightning and thunder, the moon in the sky obscured by clouds, and the sound of the wind howling.

In the next moment, large raindrops poured down, passing through the forest, falling to the ground and onto Wang Junze.

“Finally… it’s here?!”

Slowly opening his eyes, Wang Junze rose from the ground, a brilliant smile on his face.

“What did you say?”

Noticing Wang Junze’s unusual behavior, the Mirage Dragon appeared again, staring intently at him, speaking with uncertainty and suspicion.

During these five days, the Mirage Dragon was also continuously looking for an opportunity. However, Wang Junze displayed so much patience as if he wasn’t concerned about this predicament at all, which made the Mirage Dragon hesitate to act, merely relying on the advantage of terrain to wear Wang Junze down.

But now, Wang Junze’s reaction was truly out of character.

The Mirage Dragon couldn’t figure out what had happened to make Wang Junze act so differently, even appearing confident as if he had victory assured.

“You shouldn’t have given me this much time.”

Feeling the rain falling from the sky, Wang Junze showed a brilliant smile, softly speaking, “If you had really acted, honestly… I wasn’t very confident in defeating you. Even if it resulted in mutual destruction, I would have been at a disadvantage, not you!”

“But you were too cautious… you actually believed I would keep stalling with you.”

“Mirage Dragon… I was waiting for the storm, what were you waiting for?”

As his words fell, Wang Junze’s aura suddenly surged, and in a trance, he seemed to merge with the storm at one.

Rain Sword Intent!

Previously in the Northern Domain, the turning point of Wang Junze’s life-and-death duel with Yuan Shouyi was the rain brought down for him by Su Yuwei with a Divine Talisman.

It was during a rain shower that Wang Junze realized the principle of borrowing the Power of Heaven and Earth.

In the eyes of people like Zhou Dongfei and the Black Mountain Demon King at the Saint Realm, this was no longer mere Sword Intent, but a Path Embryo!

It’s just that Wang Junze’s Realm was still too low!

He could not directly borrow such Power of Heaven and Earth on his own, but needed external assistance to perfectly manifest this Sword Intent.

Therefore, when Wang Junze realized he was trapped in this forest, he already thought of a way to break the situation in his heart.

Under normal circumstances, he couldn’t kill a Transformed Great Demon like the Mirage Dragon, nor could he see through the Illusion Realm to escape, so… he needed to wait for a rainstorm!

And this was the Nether Sea!

No matter how special the sea was, there would be storms.

And what he was waiting for was this storm.

With each breath, the rain around him seemed to transform into majestic Sword Intent!

Rain Sword!

At this moment, Wang Junze truly merged himself with this storm, once again borrowing the Power of Heaven and Earth to push his power to the peak!

Sword out, like the rain falls!

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