Chapter 1041: Chapter 1041: An Yun’s Illusion Place
After being hit by the Dripping Water into Ice technique, even if one immediately mobilizes the power of Fire Attribute Magic to dispel the chill, it still takes time to recover, and that time is when the opponent takes the opportunity to make a fatal move.
Xiao Meng’s eyes were gloomy, seemingly very confident in her own skills. The ice arrows formed by Ice Arrow Rain ruthlessly pierced Qin Sisi’s body, and Qin Sisi once again became an ice arrow porcupine, stiffly falling to the ground.
Ya Ling, standing outside the trial tower, watched this scene and felt a sense of déjà vu. Suddenly, she shouted: "It’s fake, that’s fake!"
Last time, she used Ice Arrow Rain against the seemingly extremely weak Qin Sisi, only to find that a dummy was hit, and now Qin Sisi was once again wounded by Ice Arrow Rain. The similarity of the situation made Ya Ling immediately realize what was happening.
Unfortunately, Xiao Meng inside the Illusion picture scroll couldn’t hear Ya Ling’s shouts. She thought she had won and slowly walked over to the body of Qin Sisi.
At this moment, a bright and clear zither sound pierced the surrounding silence, and Xiao Meng, standing next to Qin Sisi’s "body", stiffened, nervously lifted her head, showing an expression similar to Ya Ling’s from before.
In midair, Qin Sisi had already summoned the Wings of Rainbow, cradling the Half Moon zither in her arms, her fingers plucking the strings.
Her body was still somewhat icy and stiff, as she was mobilizing the power of Fire Attribute Magic to warm herself. Fortunately, playing Music Magic did not require a lot of movement, and she could barely manage to play a piece.
The music started off slow, then gradually picked up speed, started scattered, then became more focused, began softly and grew louder. At times it was crisp and lively, like birds singing to the phoenix, an echo that never ceased, and at other times it was urgent and intense, like the clash of metal and steed, shaking one’s heart.
This song was named "Heartbreak," a piece that Qin Sisi had learned in her last term.
Teacher Yirou’s fiancé, Mr. Chen Song, once fell into the Illusion Technique of the Phantom Spirit family’s Lian Li, got intimate with her in a befuddled state, leading to a huge scandal involving three families.
Although Lian Li was eventually punished and Yi Rou forgave Chen Song, his Magic Source was destroyed. He could only lead a common life from then on, and the two have not been able to get back together to this day.
Yi Rou has always held on to this affair deeply, and for decades, she has dedicated herself to researching Music Magic capable of breaking through illusions with the hope that in this lifetime she would no longer fear Illusion Techniques, and also to prevent herself and Chen Song from being harmed by the Phantom Spirit family again.
Heaven rewards the diligent. After years of research and experimentation, Yi Rou finally succeeded in creating music that could break through illusions—the Heartbreak melody.
Illusions come from the heart; using the pure and spirit-calming sound to quiet the mind, and then the stirring sound for alertness, if one’s mind is clear, then Illusion Techniques can be broken.
As the Heartbreak melody was played, the fast and slow tempo of the tune ceaselessly spread around, and cracks started to appear in the surrounding space.
Realizing that something was amiss, Xiao Meng on the ground, no longer caring for anything else, quickly took out a weapon from her storage ring, as a pale green Water Attribute Magic power rapidly gathered.
Seeing the weapon Xiao Meng pulled out, Qin Sisi’s eyes narrowed. Indeed, this person was not Xiao Meng at all.
The Dragon Scale Stick, that was An Yun’s weapon, and moreover, only An Yun, who came from the Phantom Spirit family, could have put her into an Illusion place unwittingly.
At the end of the final year, An Yun chose Water Magic, Illusion Magic, and Ice Magic as his magic attributes, which can explain why Qin Sisi was ambushed by a fake Xiao Meng using Ice Magic.
As for Xiao Meng, she mainly practiced Wood Magic, Fire Magic, and Alchemy; she hadn’t practiced Ice Magic at all in the last two years and should not have the advanced skill to turn dripping water into ice.
In the morning, An Yun pretended to be Xiao Meng, deliberately tousling her hair from behind, so the first thing she saw when she turned around should have been An Yun’s eyes. From that moment on, she had entered the illusionary realm created by An Yun.
Having figured out the ins and outs of the matter, anger gradually rose in Qin Sisi’s heart, and she played the zither even faster. The power of Divine Fire was extraordinary, and Sun’s True Fire had already expelled the chill from her body in a few minutes.
Heartbreak was performed to its limit by her, accompanied by the clashing of cymbals and beating of drums. Suddenly, there was a loud crash, and the surrounding scenery shattered like broken glass, revealing a clearer scene of reality.
Xiao Meng, who was concentrating her magic power, was also covered with cracks, and as the fragments fell and disappeared, Xiao Meng’s image vanished, revealing the black-clad An Yun in front of Qin Sisi’s eyes.
Seeing the illusion shattered, An Yun immediately used his magic power to conjure a pair of wings behind him, rising to meet Qin Sisi at the same height, he slashed down fiercely with the Dragon Scale Stick, unleashing the Cloud Water Thorn attack, which coupled with the surging Water Attribute Magic power, he aimed at Qin Sisi.
Qin Sisi quickly put away her Half Moon zither and conjured the power of Gold Attribute Magic to form a Copper Iron Wall of a magic shield in front of her.
An Yun was also a Low-level Magic Star and matched Qin Sisi’s strength, but as he had recently created an illusion, he had expended considerable magic power, and his attack with magic skill had not reached its full potential.
On the other hand, Qin Sisi had consumed less magic power relative to him, and the defensive performance of her Copper Iron Wall was very good. She successfully blocked all attacks of the Cloud Water Thorn, and although the Copper Iron Wall had dimmed considerably, Qin Sisi ultimately had the upper hand in this round.
Taking advantage of her victory, she amassed the power of Fire Attribute Magic and released the Holy Fire Illusion Sword magic skill, as a huge Longsword materialized from golden flames, whooshing towards An Yun.
An Yun’s Ice Magic was not as powerful as Ya Ling’s, incapable of constructing a Freezing Wall in such a short amount of time, so he chose to defend with the Water Magic technique - the Azure Dragon Cloud Screen.
With Qin Sisi’s magic power fuller than An Yun’s, and Fire Magic being equivalent to her intrinsic Attribute Magic, An Yun was at a disadvantage in both aspects, which sealed his fate of failure.
When the Azure Dragon Cloud Screen shattered, only a little more than half of the attack power of the Holy Fire Illusion Sword had been spent; the remaining energy waves surged up and bombarded An Yun.
An Yun’s entire body was scorched black; he let out a low, miserable cry, was knocked back dozens of meters, falling to the ground heavily, without the strength to rise again.
Qin Sisi had no sympathy for him, immediately flapping her Wings of Rainbow to approach and executing the Vigor Gold Knife golden magic skill to slash An Yun, who was already gasping for his last breaths; there was no need to use a too powerful skill and waste magic power in vain.
An Yun’s body was thus cleaved in two, his spirit thoroughly scattered, and a flash of white light signaled his elimination by the Illusion picture scroll.
Qin Sisi’s breathing was also somewhat rushed; after all, An Yun was at the same level as she was, and it cost her a lot to win the fight. Thankfully, she was the victor in the end.
She knew that Illusion Magic was also a normal Magic Attribute with great power, but the thought of An Yun impersonating Xiao Meng to deceive her was hard for Qin Sisi to accept. When she was injured in the moment of "Xiao Meng’s" betrayal, she felt the pain and despair of doubting life itself. This made her attacks on An Yun very decisive and ruthless.
