It was hard.
It was very, very hard.
To deceive a Mana Core-level existence.
Adam felt like he had achieved significant mastery over the Eternal Soul Lotus as he weaved an elaborate illusion to deceive Felix's senses.
And not only that, he had even kept the illusion running for more than ten minutes—or at least, what he felt were more than ten minutes—until Felix was certain that Adam was indeed truly injured.
In the process, the youth received several more injuries just by remaining in the vicinity of their battle. A battle between two Mana Core-level beings was truly frightening, to say the least. Moreover, Adam couldn't even protect his body with mana.
He had to play the part of being on death's door; otherwise, Felix would have never cancelled the chain spell. Considering how cautious and cunning the cultist was, Adam had to go to great lengths to deceive him.
But Adam was able to deceive only him…
