Chapter 515: Luck and Misfortune

As it turned out, Su Che and Lao He were indeed right—things were even more extreme than they had imagined. On the cableway, Snow Jade Fairy led the way, with Bone Fiend Ancestor about ten zhang behind her, rather than being as close as Su Che and the others, who were only one zhang apart and could take care of each other up close.
Just a few breaths later, Snow Jade Fairy, who had been moving at a steady pace, suddenly slowed down drastically, to a speed similar to that of an ordinary person. Seeing this, Su Che and the others immediately guessed that the cableway illusion magic had targeted her first.
Bone Fiend Ancestor, being smart as well, became highly alert upon seeing Snow Jade Fairy slow down for no reason, guessing that something must have gone wrong…
However, just a few breaths later, Snow Jade Fairy quickly returned to her original walking speed and sent a message to Bone Fiend Ancestor and the others, warning them, “Dear fellow cultivators, be careful. There is an extremely sophisticated illusion array on the cableway—invisible and powerful. I almost fell for it just now.”
“Illusion array?”
After thanking her, Bone Fiend Ancestor and the others focused intently, using various techniques to protect their minds from external interference. These cultivators at the Great Vehicle stage had at least ten thousand years of life experience, possessing extensive knowledge in all aspects. They each had their own methods to deal with illusion attacks, especially Li Jiu, who specialized in arrays and was highly skilled in such magic.
“She broke through the illusion so quickly—this woman is truly formidable!”
Su Che and the others at the other end of the cableway were secretly amazed. After all, Su Che and Heng Yi had barely managed to dispel the illusions on their own through their mental strength. Heng Yi and the others were rescued by Su Che only thanks to the miraculous soul connection between the four levels of the Immortal Prison. As for Su Che himself, he was awakened from the highly realistic illusion only because of Lao He’s help.
“Can Snow Jade Fairy break illusions so easily, relying solely on her own mental power?” Su Che thought. “If that’s the case, it shows the huge gap between her and me.”
The difference between the Transcendent Soul stage and the Great Vehicle stage is immeasurable—not only in terms of cultivation strength but also in mental realm. Those ten thousand years of her life weren’t wasted.
Of course, it’s also possible that Snow Jade Fairy, like Su Che, possessed top-tier treasures to protect her soul, as well as a loyal spirit companion similar to Lao He…

Looking up at the cable car, the five Snow Jade Fairies who set off first had already covered thousands of feet of distance. At this point, the other Great Perfection-stage cultivators also stepped onto the cable car one after another according to the numbers drawn by them.

Suddenly, Tian Qi, who was in fourth place, came to a sudden halt and stood motionless. Holy Maiden Hua Li, who was behind him, immediately guessed that he must have been attacked by an illusion and trapped in delusion. She quickly shouted, “Brother Tian Qi, wake up quickly! Don’t stop!”

Hua Li was only a dozen feet behind him. If Tian Qi remained standing still, it would block her path forward. The game rules clearly prohibited stopping, so wouldn’t both of them be punished? Yet, Tian Qi ignored Hua Li’s cries and continued to stand motionless, his expression changing rapidly—from ecstasy to terror—showing that he was struggling fiercely against his own illusions.

Hua Li had no choice but to slow down and move forward bit by bit, giving Tian Qi time to overcome his illusions. But if he failed to regain his senses and continued to block her path, Hua Li would have to attack him to protect herself.

“Whoa!”

Tian Qi suddenly roared, and his confused gaze cleared instantly. It seemed he had used his mental power to overcome the illusion. But…

“Staying still for over ten breaths violates my rules. Hahaha! Die!”

The mad-like roar of the mysterious old man echoed through the sky.

“No!”

Tian Qi’s face was filled with terror as he pleaded urgently, “Elder immortal, please spare me…”

But before he could finish speaking, he was pulled into the air by some irresistible force. With a sharp scream, he became flesh and blood fragments, just like those who had been punished earlier at the Tribulation Stage and Void Refinement Stage, falling into the bottomless abyss. His spiritual essence was also consumed by some force.

A Great Perfection-stage cultivator who was on the verge of ascending to the immortal realm, after years of hard cultivation and with ascension just around the corner, met such a tragic end.

On the cable car, the other Great Perfection-stage cultivators were pale with fear. This was the first Great Perfection-stage cultivator to perish, killed merely for resisting illusions by stopping for just a dozen breaths.

Speaking of which, Tianqi managed to dispel the illusions with his mental power in just over a dozen breaths—truly admirable. Yet his method was wrong; he shouldn’t have stopped.
But then again, when a person is trapped in an incredibly realistic illusion, how can they even realize whether they’ve stopped moving or are still walking? It’s beyond their control.
“Tianqi is dead!”
Only then did the other beings at the Mahayana stage truly grasp the horror of this situation.
Illusions aren’t scary, nor are hallucinations. They had confidence in themselves—beings at the Mahayana stage wouldn’t be defeated by such trivial illusions. But the problem was that when these illusions combined with the game rules, they became utterly terrifying.
What if, while fighting against the illusions, they also stopped moving, started jumping, or even flew into the sky? That would be…
“It doesn’t matter if it takes longer to overcome the illusions, but under no circumstances should you stop—never let your feet leave the cable!”
These powerful beings at the Mahayana stage sounded urgent alarms in their hearts, along with prayers. With the threat of death looming right before them, they were truly terrified!
But no matter how scared they were, they still had to cross this cable path and keep moving. Otherwise, they would become among the ten worst performers and surely die.
What else could they do? Just keep going.
“One dead!”
In the Immortal Prison, Lao He said in a deep voice, “Indeed, one has died. This guy is lucky to have escaped the punishment in the Immortal Prison in the future.”
Su Che smiled silently, thinking, “If those old guys heard such words, would they be so angry they died? A miserable end of complete destruction, yet called lucky by me and Lao He…”
Anyway, these powerful beings at the Mahayana stage were the main culprits of that great disaster back then. No matter how they died, as long as it was before his eyes, Su Che felt satisfied.
Next, Li Jiu, Ancestor Gu Li, and Saintess Hua Li also encountered illusion attacks one after another. However, they all managed to overcome them unharmed. Even though it took some time, they showed some obvious unusual movements or expressions, but fortunately, they didn’t stop or leave the cable.
They made it through this challenge, but it’s hard to say whether this was luck now or misfortune in the future.
In any case, where there’s luck, there’s also misfortune. How many of these sixty-two powerful beings at the Mahayana stage will ultimately be able to cross this cable path safely?