Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming

He had always been confident in his Divine Sense, and even when Murong Luo unleashed the "Slaying God Sword," it only caused him to lose focus momentarily.

However, the Third Order Mirage Demon was no ordinary entity. Its illusionary powers could easily play with Wukulu, a Third Order Magician, as if he were a toy, which showed its formidable strength.

It should be noted that Wukulu had also made thorough preparations at the time and even carried those Clear-Hearted and Focused Spirit Spiritual Objects.

Therefore, to be safe, Zhou Chun did not immediately strike out but instead slapped his Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist and released some "Blue Moon Butterflies," then directed them to fly towards the misty area, while also using the "Insect Puppet Technique" to possess one of the butterflies.

As soon as these butterflies flew into the misty area, Zhou Chun suddenly felt a pang in his consciousness and lost control of the possessed butterfly.

"Have I been discovered?"

Zhou Chun caressed his forehead, easing the pain, then looked at the unchanged mist and soon shook his head slightly, "No, I haven't been discovered; it's been eaten!"

He made this judgment because the contract bond with the "Blue Moon Butterflies" had been completely severed, indicating that the bonded creatures had died.

The Mirage Demon probably detected that the "Blue Moon Butterflies" possessed illusionary powers similar to its own and treated them as a delicacy.

As Zhou Chun carefully recalled the scenes he had seen through the "Insect Puppet Technique," he realized that besides the mist, there were no noteworthy discoveries.

This made him realize that he would have to personally enter the misty area to find the Mirage Demon.

"What a pity I didn't bring the Wood Charm with me; it would have been much safer with its help."

Zhou Chun inwardly lamented the unfortunate situation but knew he had no choice but to go and test the Mirage Demon's mettle.

He reached into his Storage Pouch with a flourish, producing a Talisman and a jade bottle.

Then, from the jade bottle, he took out an ice-blue Elixir and placed it in his mouth, keeping the Talisman in his sleeve as a backup.

Immediately afterward, he charged into the mist with the protection of the "Blackwater Profound Tortoise Shield."

The moment Zhou Chun entered the misty area, as if startled, the mist suddenly began to churn violently.

At the same time, Zhou Chun's vision blurred, and the previously visible mist and rocky beaches vanished, replaced by the dark and deep underwater cavern scenes.

As his gaze involuntarily turned towards the depths of the cave, he found himself staring into two lantern-sized, golden vertical pupils.

The sight so frightened Zhou Chun that his heart tightened, and his spirit tensed to the extreme!

For there before him was an enormous black dragon head, with its massive body trailing behind, length unseen, and of indeterminable size.

And the aura it emitted made Zhou Chun barely dare to breathe loudly.

In that instant, he felt his own insignificance, akin to an ant facing an elephant.

But the shock lasted only a moment before he quickly regained his senses.

"This is wrong, I've been tricked!"

Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly, and he immediately swung his hand, sending a golden light blade slashing at the black dragon head.

As expected, the golden light blade easily passed through the black dragon head and disappeared into the unknown.

Even though he had already discerned the illusion, Zhou Chun could not tell any difference between it and reality, whether scanning with his Divine Sense or looking with his own eyes.

And the imposing presence emanating from the black dragon head remained vivid and daunting.

Somewhat incredulous, Zhou Chun swallowed the Elixir in his mouth and, using the cooling sensation of the Elixir, carefully observed again, but still discovered nothing.

"What powerful illusionary technique!"

He exclaimed in shock, realizing that his current endeavor was likely to be fruitless.

He could see he was in an illusion, but he was unable to break through the illusion to find the real body of the Mirage Demon.

And without finding its real body, slaying it was out of the question.

However, the Mirage Demon seemed to also realize he was not easy to deal with, trapping him in the illusion without launching any other attacks.

After an indeterminate amount of time, Zhou Chun suddenly felt the power of the illusion weaken significantly and finally saw a way out.

He made a move and flew straight in a particular direction, swiftly escaping the illusion.

But by the time he was out, there was no trace of the Mirage Demon on the rocky beach, just the fading mist.

"Clearly, this Mirage Demon has extraordinary roots, not as simple as that of a typical Third Order Mirage Demon!"

Zhou Chun recalled the vivid black Flood Dragon from the illusion and revealed a contemplative look in his eyes.

Generally, the illusionary magic of Mirage Demons affected other beings in two ways: One was by influencing the inner consciousness of other beings, invoking the beauty or fear within them; the other was from its subjective consciousness, creating illusions of powerful beings and Secret Realms it has seen.

There was no better or worse between the two, only different directions of illusionary magic.

The former was more deviously difficult to guard against, and the latter was about creating chaos with deception.

Like the black dragon head Zhou Chun had seen before, it was fake indeed.

Yet, had the Mirage Demon truly battled Zhou Chun, it would have been capable of demonstrating formidable offensive power.

Even though Zhou Chun knew it was an illusion, he couldn't escape the fantasy in time.