Chapter 166: Mirror Flower Water Moon – Five Senses Manipulation
Star Island.
Roy's right hand held a white sphere of light, about the size of a basketball. Within the sphere, two figures were clashing.
Zooming in, one could see that the figures intersecting within this space were actually two young girls, both wearing fiery red armored skirts, engaged in an intense battle.
The one with black hair reaching her waist, holding a long sword, was the true form of Roy's maid Shelley's fire element.
And the one holding a flaming spear was Tina, Roy's disciple from seventy thousand years ago.
It had to be said, Tina's cultivation talent was quite good.
At the age of five hundred, she had already fully fused the profound mysteries of "Life Force" and "Earth Travel Technique," advancing to become a God.
When she was a thousand years old, she returned to the Four Divine Beast Family to participate in the ancestral lineage baptism, successfully awakening the innate divine ability of the Vermillion Bird Clan, gaining a fire element Demigod clone.
Now, after more than seventy thousand years, although Tina was still a God, she had completely and perfectly fused all four profound mysteries of the Earthly Laws.
Furthermore, Tina's divine body had been strengthened by Roy using the "Nebula Array," reaching the level of a Lord God Artifact in terms of physical strength.
Therefore, Tina's current strength was equivalent to a Seven-star Demon, matching Shelley's fire element true form.
"BOOM!"
The long sword and the flaming spear collided, erupting with a deafening roar.
Both Shelley and Tina's true forms were at the Lord God Artifact level. Although Tina had fused one more profound mystery than Shelley, the gap between God power and High-level God power leveled out this difference.
Of course, having equivalent basic combat power did not mean their overall strength was the same.
The amplification of profound mysteries by their respective ultimate moves, as well as their application of profound mysteries, were still areas of difference.
Shelley was a warrior forged in the crucible of life and death, her offense and defense focused on defeating opponents with the least cost.
Tina, on the other hand, had been taught by Roy since childhood. Compared to head-on combat, she was more adept at using her signature moves to gain an advantage and secure victory.
The shockwave generated by the explosion was nothing to Shelley and Tina.
However, both of them tacitly retreated.
This was not the first time they had fought.
They knew well that if they continued like this, they wouldn't be able to determine a winner even after fighting for another few thousand years.
Tina initiated the next move, unleashing the ultimate technique of Mirror Flower Water Moon.
"Mirror Flower Water Moon – Shadow Clone!"
Instantly, streams of yellow light converged around Tina, solidifying into clones identical to her.
This was Tina's signature move, developed by fusing the four profound mysteries of "Life Force," "Earth Element," "Earth Travel Technique," and "Strength."
Hundreds of clones condensed from the profound mysteries of laws, each possessing the power of one of Tina's strikes.
Furthermore, due to the nature of "Mirror Flower Water Moon," Shelley could choose to have her see ten times her number of clones, or to see none at all.
Well, she could also choose to let her see some and not others.
What was seen could be an illusion, or it could be the real body.
Everything depended on the information Tina fed into the enemy's perception.
At this moment, within Shelley's sight and spiritual sense, hundreds of Tina figures appeared all around her, in front, behind, and to the sides.
She fell for it!
Or rather, Aunt Tina made her move!
Although this wasn't the first time she had faced such a technique, Shelley was always amazed by the power of Aunt Tina's "Mirror Flower Water Moon."
Because "Mirror Flower Water Moon" only transmitted harmless "information," this information wouldn't trigger the instinctual resistance of the divine body and soul, making one vigilant.
Who would have thought that everything she saw, smelled, heard, and even perceived with her spiritual sense had actually been replaced?
Truly a terrifying technique.
However, having fought with Aunt Tina for thousands of years, Shelley had gained experience in dealing with Tina's "Mirror Flower Water Moon."
The first method was to shut down her own five senses, not use her spiritual sense, and not be deceived by these illusions, relying solely on her own sense of danger to counter Tina's attacks.
However, this was too passive and placed extremely high demands on the divine body's innate talent. One had to strike the moment they sensed danger to break Tina's attack.
Shelley had tried it. Only with her Lord God Artifact-level divine body could she retreat from Tina's attacks completely unharmed.
If her divine body were even slightly weaker, and she couldn't defend or counter in time when danger arose, she would be hit by the attack.
Therefore, this time Shelley chose the second method!
"Phoenix Flame Dance!"
Shelley raised her long sword, and scorching flames erupted from it, before she swung it down fiercely.
Hundreds of flame phoenixes transformed into fiery red beams of light, surrounding Shelley.
Countless Tinas launched attacks at Shelley. The illusions directly ignored the flames surrounding Shelley, while the true shadow clones were attacked by Shelley's flame phoenixes upon contact.
Even if a shadow clone attacked preemptively and dispersed a flame phoenix, she would still be considered defeated.
After all, Tina's shadow clones only contained a single strike from her; they would dissipate after attacking.
Hmm, it looks somewhat similar to Roy's "Gate of Babylon."
However, Roy's "Gate of Babylon" shoots countless weapons.
Whereas Tina's "shadow clones" are her own clones.
Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom..."
The Flame Phoenixes and Tina's shadow clones collided, exploding.
The flames from the exploded fire phoenixes fell to the ground, not immediately extinguishing, but instead burning slowly.
When no more shadow clones attacked, Shelley did not disperse the Flame Phoenixes protecting her.
After all, her Spiritual Sense wasn't strong enough to discern flaws in the "information" Tina had created, and she had no idea if Shelley's shadow clones had been completely broken by her.
At this moment, she needed a powerful, wide-ranging move to clear the area!
Immediately, Shelley infused her divine power and the Profound Mysteries of Laws into the long sword in her hand and thrust it fiercely into the ground—
"Inferno!"
As Shelley roared, the ground around her seemed to turn into scorching molten lava.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Lava pillars, one to two meters thick, erupted from the ground.
Soon, the entire space was covered in lava.
Shelley's five senses and Spiritual Sense regained their perception of the outside world.
This was precisely because Shelley had massively altered the surrounding environment, creating a significant conflict with the information Tina had conveyed. Due to the discrepancy in perception, her instincts began to reject external influences.
This was the second flaw Shelley had discovered in Tina's "Mirror Flower Water Moon."
As long as something contradicted the self-perception, the body's defensive mechanisms would reject the conflicting information, dispelling Tina's illusion.
Beneath the countless lava pillars of "Inferno," Tina was in a sorry state. Eventually, Shelley closed the distance, placing her long sword at Tina's throat.
"Little Aunt Tina, you lost!"
In reality, with Shelley and Tina's divine bodies at the Lord God Artifact level, this wouldn't typically determine a victor.
But for a sparring match, Tina had lost a round to Shelley.
"Hmph, you win this time, but I'll definitely win next time!"
Tina said with a slight pout, her nose turned up.
"Haha, then you'll have to work hard, Tina. I'm not someone who loses easily."
After speaking, Shelley sheathed her sword and looked up at the sky, saying, "Lord Roy, we've decided the winner. Please let us out."
Roy looked at Shelley's self-talk within the Kingdom in His Palm and couldn't help but shake his head.
Tina's cultivation had improved again.
Shelley was being led by the nose by her.
Indeed, Tina's "Mirror Flower Water Moon" used to have this weakness that Shelley had discovered.
However, this time, Tina had managed to find the point of convergence between the Profound Mysteries of the Earth Pulse and four other Profound Mysteries of Laws, completing their initial fusion. This allowed Tina to directly transmit the information she wanted others to know into their souls through their five senses, thus eliminating this flaw.
What Shelley perceived as her unleashing "Inferno" to break Tina's "Mirror Flower Water Moon" was actually Tina making her believe that.
From the moment Tina activated "Mirror Flower Water Moon—Shadow Clone," she hadn't moved at all; everything was just Shelley fighting against the "information" in her mind.
This was a new profound mystery of Tina's "Mirror Flower Water Moon" series—Five Senses Manipulation!
Now, Tina already bore some resemblance to an anime character from Roy's memories of his previous life.
Thinking this, Roy chuckled. This feeling wasn't bad.
Roy tossed the white sphere in his hand into the antechamber of the Sovereign's Hall, dispelling the spatial superposition. Instantly, the white sphere's volume expanded dramatically, and Shelley and Tina returned to their normal sizes.
"Not bad."
Seeing Tina calmly dispel "Mirror Flower Water Moon," Roy said to Shelley, "Shelley, it seems like next time you fight Tina, you'll need to use the Wind Element Divine Clone."
"Huh?"
Shelley blinked, not understanding why she, the victor, would need to use a stronger Wind Element Divine Clone to fight Little Aunt Tina next time. However, since it was Lord Roy's command, she just needed to obey.
"Yes, Lord Roy."
After waving Shelley away, Roy beckoned Tina to his side.
"Tina, you did very well."
"Heh heh, it's all thanks to Master's excellent guidance."
Tina was happy to receive Roy's praise.
Indeed, many of her techniques were inspired by her master, Roy, which enabled her to develop them.
"That's also because you have the ability and talent to do so."
"Tina, your Mirror Flower Water Moon is excellent at deceiving senses."
"You have two directions for future development."
"The innate divine abilities of your Vermillion Bird Clan can burn the souls of enemies."
"If you can successfully integrate it into 'Mirror Flower Water Moon,' allowing enemies to have their souls incinerated without realizing it, then in the future, you will be the most respected in soul attacks."
"Of course, you can also continue on your current path, taking 'deception' to the extreme. You can make the enemy's soul truly believe the information hidden within your messages, making the enemy's divine body and soul truly believe they have suffered powerful attacks after you send false attack messages, and manifest corresponding injuries to their soul and divine body. If you achieve this, no one will be able to rival your attainments in souls."
"However, you must also be aware that once an enemy possesses a soul-defending Lord God Artifact or has willpower, your illusion effects will be greatly reduced or even ineffective."
"Therefore, no matter how strong your illusions are, your own physical attacks cannot be neglected."
Tina's eyes sparkled with divine light; she wanted to try both paths Roy had described.
"Don't worry, Master, I won't let myself have such a significant weakness."
Tina understood perfectly why Roy wanted her to improve her physical attacks.
Before becoming a Sovereign, Lord God Artifacts were an insurmountable gap for High-level Gods.
Physical attacks were manageable; if they couldn't break through a physical defense Lord God Artifact, one could still tear open space rifts and banish the enemy into spatial turbulence.
But for soul attacks, once an enemy possessed a soul-defending Lord God Artifact, if you couldn't break it, you simply couldn't. You'd be completely helpless.
Only by becoming a Sovereign, with strength hundreds of times greater, could one break through the enemy's Lord God Artifact.
Just as Roy was meticulously teaching Tina, he suddenly sensed someone rapidly approaching Star Island. With a deep breath, he smiled.
Aldrich had been away for over seventy thousand years, and he was finally returning.
In those tens of thousands of years, Aldrich had made quite a name for himself.
He had single-handedly swept through most of the bandits in the Infernal Realm, making "bandit" the profession with the highest mortality rate in the last few tens of thousands of years, approaching one hundred percent.
Aldrich had also become a "hero" in the hearts of some youngsters.
Countless holographic projections of Aldrich were selling like hotcakes in the Infernal Realm. With his powerful demeanor, no matter how terrifying his opponent, they couldn't withstand a second move from Lord Aldrich.
"Bandit Executioner," "The Gentlest Strongman"—this was how people perceived Aldrich.
After all, despite his immense strength, Aldrich had never bullied the weak. He only targeted bandits, earning the support of countless young female fans.
Of course, Aldrich hadn't paid much attention to any of this.
What he was focused on was the reward he received after completing Lord Roy's mission—the body tempering from the Nebula Array.
Thus, after confirming he had cleansed the bandits of the Infernal Realm, Aldrich returned to Star Island.
"Aldrich greets Lord Roy."
"Excellent, Aldrich. Your mission this time was carried out beautifully; I am very satisfied."
Without needing Aldrich to say anything, Roy was the first to affirm Aldrich's contribution. "Do you wish to use your reward now?"
"Yes, I request Lord Roy's assistance."
"Alright, then prepare yourself."
After Aldrich nodded, Roy raised his right hand, and countless stars emanated from his hand as light points, forming a magic array that enveloped Aldrich.
Compared to the pain of the first time, the second body tempering only felt like a tickle to Aldrich, which left him feeling slightly disappointed.
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