This isn't an illusion, but rather a real sensation.
The spiritual essence in the air was frenzied, agitated, slicing through the throat and lungs like blades, akin to liquid nitrogen. If an ordinary person were in this highly agitated spiritual domain, they would likely be completely transformed or dissolved within seconds.
Yet even in the rebirth form, Ji Jue was still struggling.
He could sense that the omnipresent spiritual turbulence, of myriad tiny broken spirits, was acting upon his body like mercury spilling on the ground, penetrating inward without obstruction.
The pressure surged explosively.
But comparatively, what made Ji Jue's scalp tingle was the gaze from his teacher.
In the void, it was filled with pure darkness.
Apart from killing intent, there was nothing else.
Now, he finally understood why, during the last trial, his teacher changed phases upon just one encounter!
So the Nine Forms were just a trigger for hatred in her eyes?
No, this doesn't make sense!
