Su Bai's eyes were now glowing blue with lightning.
The hundred-thousand-year soul bones in his hands emitted a dazzling light.
"Thunderstorm!"
Su Bai clasped his hands together, and a tornado carrying blue lightning charged at Rama.
Rama laughed heartily, showing no signs of resistance.
"Is he crazy?" Xiao Wu looked at Rama. "He's bound to die like this."
"Not sure, but he probably has a trap set," Ah Yin said thoughtfully, observing Rama.
At this moment, Su Bai also felt something was off.
However, he always believed that he could handle whatever came his way. Even if there was a trick, he would deal with it.
The thunderstorm struck Rama directly.
Rama's expression turned painful, and then his body exploded.
"Boom!"
It was like a balloon popping.
Rama shattered into pieces.
But there was no blood.
At that moment, Su Bai sensed a spatial fluctuation.
Another Rama walked out from a spatial ripple.
"Hmm, where were we?" Rama said with a smile.
Su Bai looked at the newly appeared Rama and glanced at the ground.
He saw that the fragments of Rama's body had melted away like snow in the spring.
Su Bai understood that this must be one of Rama's soul skills.
But he didn't know its exact effect.
Seeing Su Bai remain silent, Rama continued speaking, "Oh right, it's your turn to make a move."
With that, Rama's tone changed, "Now, it's my turn."
"Crackle!"
Electric sparks appeared on Rama's body.
He began to gather a tornado and lightning in his hands.
Bibi Dong's eyes widened. "Isn't that Su Bai's soul bone skill? And a combination of both soul bones, how can he use it too?"
Xiao Wu and Ah Yin looked serious.
Su Bai's move consumed a lot of energy, yet Rama didn't seem to use much power at all.
"Since you have this move, let's see who is stronger!"
Su Bai felt a competitive spirit rise as he watched Rama's thunderstorm.
The two thunderstorms collided.
"Boom!"
In an instant, the storm and lightning wreaked havoc!
"A draw?" Su Bai narrowed his eyes.
Rama looked at his hand. "Hmm, not bad."
Bibi Dong's face was grim. "It's the first time I've seen someone match Su Bai."
Ah Yin clenched her fists. "This person is strange..."
Xiao Wu's usually playful expression was gone, replaced with seriousness as she watched Rama, her eyes darting around as she thought of ways to help Su Bai.
"Come on, it's your turn." Rama smiled at Su Bai. "Squinting your eyes won't scare anyone. Make your move."
Seeing Rama getting cocky, Su Bai suddenly felt enlightened.
"I understand now." Su Bai, who had been tense, relaxed.
"What do you understand?" Rama frowned. "What, not making a move? Then get out of the Sunset Forest."
"I know you're in a hurry, but hold on." Su Bai raised his arm and rotated it, then walked toward Rama.
Seeing Su Bai approach, Rama showed his first sign of panic. "What are you doing? Stay back!"
Ignoring Rama's words, Su Bai walked up to him and threw a simple punch.
Instantly.
This Rama popped like a balloon under Su Bai's punch.
Again, no blood spilled.
"Just as I thought," Su Bai said with a smile.
Another Rama emerged from a spatial ripple, only to be grabbed by Su Bai and had his head blown off with a punch.
The brutality of it widened Ah Yin's eyes.
Even Bibi Dong and Xiao Wu found it too violent.
Each time a Rama died, another would step out of the spatial ripple.
"Clearly, this is a trap," Su Bai said to Bibi Dong and Xiao Wu. "We are still in an illusion."
"Or rather, we fell into another illusion at some point," Su Bai continued, kicking another Rama to pieces.
"Su Bai, how did you know?" Ah Yin asked.
Su Bai pointed to the freshly shattered Rama.
"Because that thunderstorm felt identical to mine, like a mirror image," Su Bai said. "But that's impossible. Even if two people use the same skill, the soul power fluctuations and control details are different."
"That made everything clear to me."
As Su Bai destroyed more Ramas, he could now shatter these "balloons" with a single finger.
"If we're still in an illusion, what should we do?" Bibi Dong asked.
"We can't stay trapped forever," Ah Yin added.
"We won't stay trapped," Su Bai shook his head. "I know how to break it."
Su Bai closed his eyes.
He first created blue water bubble-like protective shields around Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin.
Then the shadow of the ancient dragon appeared behind Su Bai.
In that moment, Su Bai's strength surged.
As another Rama emerged from the ripple, Su Bai struck.
He punched into the ripple.
"Chirp!"
A painful bird cry echoed.
The space around them shattered.
Everything within the illusion was obliterated.
If not for Su Bai's protective shields, Bibi Dong, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin would have been injured.
Su Bai's body, however, was unfazed by the spatial energy.
This time, they truly broke free from the illusion.
They were still in the clearing, but Rama stood at a distance, looking grave.
In Su Bai's hand, a struggling bird soul beast flapped.
It was the same bird from the illusion.
"Looks like this bird's soul skills are all related to illusions," Su Bai said, crushing the bird's neck with his hand. "I almost got fooled."
This time, it was truly dead.
Su Bai tossed the bird's body aside and clapped his hands.
Rama watched everything with a heavy expression.
"Now, let's continue where we left off," Su Bai said, looking at Rama. "I'll give you one more chance. Submit or die?"
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POWER STONE!!!!
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This fanfiction is complete on my P@treon. If you want to read it, you can find it at p@treon.com/Betek.
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