**Chapter 59: The Child of Destiny Who Can’t Tell Illusion from Reality**
It was a monster beast about twice the height of a person, boasting a sturdy build hidden beneath its grayish-white fur. Its head was crowned with two long ears, reminiscent of a rabbit’s, yet it brandished sharp fangs, drooling all over the ground.
However, this beast had lifeless eyes, and Bai Feng couldn’t sense any divine consciousness from it. It was like a puppet controlled by someone, making it immune to any influence.
He averted his gaze, observing where the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples were trapped. Two Nascent Soul Stage monster beasts were locked in combat with the disciples.
One was a massive black python, and the other a silver-backed gorilla. Much like the rabbit-eared beast, they both lacked divine consciousness.
But that was exactly the issue; these two beasts could only use brute strength and were struggling to take down the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples hiding in the cave.
No, perhaps Ye Tang had no intention of directly attacking here. Otherwise, he would have sent that rabbit-eared monster out, shattering this delicate balance.
“Well, I guess it’s time to continue modifying the Spirit Sealing Sect’s great array.”
Bai Feng certainly wasn’t foolish enough to charge in for a showdown with the Child of Destiny. Not only did he lag behind in cultivation, but his forte was also in arrays, so he aimed to use the grand formation laid by the Spirit Sealing Sect against him.
He had to thank the Spirit Sealing Sect; without their array, he wouldn’t dare take on this task solo.
With this great array capable of containing Nascent Souls, he felt confident that even if Ye Tang went berserk, he could still take him down.
If Ye Tang had been planning to face him with formal methods, Bai Feng might have taken a more lenient approach. But alas, this guy was clearly a selfish, bottomless Child of Destiny.
So, even if it was for a peaceful life in the future, he had to take Ye Tang down.
He didn’t want the system to shove Luck Points down his throat for survival, and now that his existence was threatened while he had the means to counter it, dealing with the threat became a priority.
Bai Feng swallowed a pill and continued to modify the formation set up by the Spirit Sealing Sect disciples.
If an average formation master had been present, they’d have dropped their jaws at Bai Feng’s methods.
After all, once a formation was complete, altering even a small function required extreme caution—who could modify it like he was chopping vegetables?
But such an impossible task became feasible under the influence of Divine Refining Art and Yin Yang Pattern.
Meanwhile, the Child of Destiny from the Spirit Sealing Sect was still searching for Bai Feng’s whereabouts.
But this time, as he glanced at the others, he wore a suspicious expression: “Have we found it out? Why has the formation gone awry? Is it damaged?”
“N… no,” a disciple exclaimed, disbelief plastered on his face. “Part of the control was snatched away, but that’s impossible!”
“Is this an illusion? Or is it real?”
The Child of Destiny fell silent. He found it hard to believe that someone had managed to wrest control right under his nose. Just how did that happen?
“B… Brother, bad news!” At that moment, a disciple dashed over, panic-stricken. “Someone is modifying our formation, and our people who tried to stop it… they’re unreachable!”
The Child of Destiny turned to glare at him, then burst into laughter: “Ha! Is this your trick? Such a ridiculous illusion—only you could come up with this! I’m starting to suspect you became a genius of arrays through illusion! Stop hiding! Come out!”
The two nearby disciples exchanged bewildered and terrified glances.
“What’s wrong with Brother?”
“I… I don’t know, he was fine just a moment ago!”
“Could the shock have driven him mad?”
…
*[Ding, detecting that Yu Ping An has been thoroughly toyed with by the host, unable to distinguish between illusion and reality for a short period, granting the host 100 Luck Points, Spirit Power +10.]*
Bai Feng shot a glance at the system notification, his expression unchanged as he continued modifying the array.
“It’s almost ready. Array, activate!”
With a clap of his hands, the array behind him sprang to life, stone walls rapidly rising and trees growing towards Ye Tang.
“Who?!”
Ye Tang’s eyes snapped open. Gripping his spear, he swept it horizontally at the encroaching trees, sending wood splinters flying.
The next second, he noticed his surroundings undergo a dramatic transformation—walls rose like a maze, breaking apart the once-flat terrain, and trees appeared to be alive, reaching for him.
“Spirit Sealing Sect? No, there shouldn’t be a formation set up here!”
Ye Tang’s eyes darted around, his spear whirling as he shattered any trees that came close.
At the same time, he realized the monster beasts beside him had been ensnared by the trees, dragged underground, clearly unable to assist him now.
“Whoever you are, dare to provoke me and prepare to pay the price!”
Ye Tang pulled out a handful of hidden weapons from his storage bag and hurled them at the trees.
The moment the weapons struck the trees, there was an intense explosion, accompanied by flames.
In an instant, the trees ignited.
But bizarrely, instead of stopping, the burning trees kept charging toward Ye Tang.
“Damn it!”
Ye Tang barely dodged, stunned that he had dug his own grave—flaming trees were way more dangerous than ordinary ones.
He hit the ground and bolted in one direction. Even if a stone wall blocked his path, he just used his spear to smash a hole through it.
However, the walls appeared relentless; he had no idea how long he had been running but the stone walls kept reappearing around him.
Before long, his expression turned numb.
Instinctively swinging his spear at the approaching trees this time, something felt off.
He shattered most of the thick branches, but a slender twig came at him with explosive speed, and spikes suddenly sprouted around him, pinning his feet to the ground.
Caught off-guard by this twist, Ye Tang momentarily froze.
Just as the twig and spikes were about to pierce him, his spear erupted with violent spirit energy, pushing both the twig and spikes back, and awakening Ye Tang from the illusion.
Instantly, Ye Tang’s mind cleared. He saw Bai Feng wielding a bamboo sword, a serious expression on his face, and his eyes turned a fierce red: “Bai Feng!! It’s you! You actually dared to step into my territory! Today, I will kill you!!”
“Ugh, turns out the Child of Destiny isn’t so easy to kill after all.”
Bai Feng hadn’t expected Ye Tang to wake up midway; he thought he’d get a stab in first!
But he had anticipated this scenario. The main objective of this attack was to eliminate the Nascent Soul monster beasts around Ye Tang. While Ye Tang was ensnared by the illusion, he had successfully dragged the beasts underground using the formation.
Just as Ye Tang’s weapon was about to connect with him, Bai Feng suddenly vanished, while golden chains erupted from the ground, charging at Ye Tang.
Ye Tang quickly raised his spear to counterattack, but as the spear struck the chains, they seized the opportunity to wrap around him instead.
