As soon as his voice fell, Ling Zhan's figure disappeared without hesitation in front of Wang Chen.

  This behavior made Wang Chen furious in his heart! Did this guy really just leave like that? Leaving himself behind?

  As the purple flame lion king pounced again, Wang Chen took a deep breath and quickly deployed his ghostly steps to dodge the attack.

  For a moment, Wang Chen's figure was illusory and elusive, as if he were a ghost. As for Ghost Steps, he had absolute confidence in it, and now perhaps only Ghost Steps could keep up with him.

  After narrowly avoiding the Purple Flame Lion King's attacks several times, Wang Chen gradually relaxed his mind.

  Even so, he has begun to gradually try out the eighteen overlapping wave palm strikes! From time to time, he is able to counterattack against the Violet Flame Lion King.

  After about five or six minutes of circling, the Violet Flame Lion King let out a series of angry roars.

  Facing a tiny human, he didn't kill the guy even after a long attack, but instead was counterattacked by this lowly guy and received some injuries!

  The numbness spreading throughout its body further ignited its ferocity.

  At this time, Wang Chen also discovered something wrong as the battle continued! A sixth-order demon beast should be incredibly powerful, but the Purple Flame Lion King in front of him didn't have the strength of a sixth-order demon beast at all!

  Could it be that I misjudged myself?

  With a hint of doubt, Wang Chen once again lightly dodged the Purple Flame Lion King's attack, his brow slightly furrowed.

  As he gained a deeper understanding of the Violet Flame Lion King's attacks, Wang Chen gradually relaxed, dodging and weaving with greater ease. This battle was not even as difficult as when he had first killed the Silver Armored King Snake! Was there still some hidden mechanism at play? Or was it still just an illusion?

  As he thought of all this, a thread of horror suddenly flashed through Wang Chen's eyes. He remembered the last words that Ling Zhan left him before leaving: True and false, false and true! True is also false, false is also true, what does it matter?! True and false are compatible, what the heart thinks, what the mind creates! What the heart remembers, what the mind moves! The heart's thoughts unite, all things return to one!

  In an instant, a flash of inspiration appeared in Wang Chen's eyes, as if he had grasped something crucial.

  The next moment, her eyes became brighter and a faint smile appeared at the corner of her mouth!

  "Ah-ha!" While dodging the Purple Flame Lion King's attacks, Wang Chen suddenly had an epiphany and finally pieced together all the elements of the situation.

  Just as Ling Zhan said, this side is still an illusion, everything is fake, all of this is void! It's a test of one's mental strength!

  True and false, false and true! This is one aspect that a top-notch illusion should present.

  The previous three-eyed wolf was the most direct manifestation, and later, with its own deciphering, the illusion began to upgrade! The surrounding illusions started to change without any awareness.

  It's saying that this illusion has both true and false aspects, and the Purple Flame Lion King in front of us is indeed a real demon beast! On the other hand, it also implies another situation, which is the current situation we are facing.

  The Purple Flame Lion King is indeed real, but his strength isn't that great, completely lacking the power of a sixth-grade demon beast! The Purple Flame Lion King in front of him at most only has strength similar to the Silver Armor King Snake, truly verifying the saying "true and false are hard to distinguish".

  More importantly, the last sentence directly explains why such a situation occurs!

  What the heart thinks, what the mind creates, what the heart remembers, what the mind moves! The unity of thought and intention, all things return to one! What's true or false doesn't matter?

  In the realm of fantasy, what is being tested is one's mental state and mood! A martial artist, once they enter the ranks of a spiritual warrior, their requirements for their mental state will increase with the improvement of their abilities! The strength of one's mental state can make your path to cultivating martial arts smoother and allow you to reach a higher level.

  If a martial artist's mental state has not reached that height, but their cultivation has exceeded the level of their mental state, then trouble will arise! At best, they will encounter bottlenecks and find it difficult to break through, and may even be unable to advance half a step for the rest of their lives. At worst, they will directly go crazy and lose control of their true yuan force, harming themselves.

  But the illusion is every warrior's nightmare! It's the most terrifying place, it's a test of one's mental state! Luring out the deepest thoughts in your heart to brew reality! For example, a powerful enemy appears, making you timid and trapping you to death. For example, luring out the madness in your heart, making you fight on the battlefield and so on! It's a kind of control over the soul.

  Just like now, if Wang Chen is afraid and timid when the Purple Flame Lion King appears, the Purple Flame Lion King will become even more powerful.

  Even more powerful than what a warrior can imagine in his heart, surpassing the strength of a sixth-tier demonic beast.

  However, if a warrior has an unshakeable will and is not moved by anything, then the Purple Flame Lion King cannot become powerful, its strength greatly diminished! Under the control of the illusion.

  Wang Chen in the fantasy world, what's the difference? They are all affected anyway.

  As a result, the current situation is that the strength of the Violet Flame Lion King is only at the level of a third-tier demon beast!

  When the mind is united, all things return to one! Indeed it is so! Although this illusion is advanced, it still cannot escape the most basic elements of the illusion. The stronger you are, the weaker it is; the weaker you are, the stronger it is!

  Just now, it was because Wang Chen had full confidence in his own Ghost Steps that he unintentionally made the Purple Flame Lion King helpless. It was also because Wang Chen had enough confidence in his own strength that he began to try and counterattack, so the Purple Flame Lion King was suppressed once again! Everything was just like this.

  If Wang Chen had really become timid just now, then his Ghost Steps would no longer have any effect! After all, in front of a sixth-stage demon beast, the small success of Wang Chen's Ghost Steps was nothing but an empty show.

  The stacked waves are even more so, wanting to hurt the sixth-order demon beast? Wang Chen must at least enter the ranks of the king's warriors to be possible! Otherwise, even if the Purple Flame Lion King stood there and let him hit, nothing would happen.

  "It's really powerful!" After understanding everything, Wang Chen admired this illusion even more.

  It is not only a test of one's mental state but also a test of a warrior's confidence.

  Confidence is of utmost importance for a martial artist! A martial artist's future prospects are also closely tied to their confidence.

  If you have no confidence in yourself, how can you talk about future progress? When encountering a strong enemy, if you have no confidence, how can you fight.

  At the same time, it is also a test of a person's domineering aura. With enough domineering aura, one can suppress the opponent in battle and gain the upper hand before the fight even begins.

  At the level of the strong, sometimes what determines the final outcome of a battle is not necessarily strength! More often than not, it's a contest of confidence and aura.

  The next moment, Wang Chen looked at the Violet Flame Lion King's eyes with a completely different gaze. Gone was his previous worry, replaced by an overbearing and confident attitude, as if he had seen a small ant.

  "Die, you beast!" A furious roar! His feet moved swiftly and silently, his hands weaving a series of rapid palm strikes that shot out in succession, charging straight at the Violet Flame Lion King.

  Rumble...

  The gloomy life was like a continuous explosion of the nine heavens' mysterious thunder.

  The mournful howl of the Purple Flame Lion King rose and fell, and at this moment, Wang Chen surprisingly discovered that the Purple Flame Lion King's strength was not even comparable to a third-tier demon beast, and he could easily control it!

  In high spirits, his ghostly steps were performed to perfection.

  His figure flashed, every time it was at the moment when the Violet Flame Lion King counterattacked, and just as it was about to reach Wang Chen, he chose to dodge.

  Unintentionally, Wang Chen directly stepped into the subtle realm of Ghost Step! Further ahead, he reached the middle stage domain of Ghost Step!

  To know that the Ghost Step is divided into three layers, Small Success, Entering Mystery, and Great Success! At this moment, Wang Chen broke through from Small Success to Great Success, and the Ghost Step underwent a substantial change!

  If we say that the previous Ghost Step gave people a strange and elusive feeling, then at this moment it presents a seductive and illusory one!

  It's as if he can always move a few centimeters at the last moment with the slightest effort, barely avoiding your attack. At this point, almost all of Wang Chen's dodging movements are imperceptible, as if he hasn't moved from his original position! He has been sticking to the side of the Purple Flame Lion King.

  As Wang Chen completely suppressed the Violet Flame Lion King, with the final blow, a mournful cry sounded and the Violet Flame Lion King vanished before Wang Chen's eyes.

  Everything has returned to calm! The ground, which was slightly disheveled earlier, has returned to its original appearance, with no signs of any battle having taken place. It's as if the Purple Flame Lion King had never appeared at all.

  "Into thin air!" Not until the Purple Flame Lion King disappeared did Wang Chen relax, a hint of satisfaction appearing at the corner of his mouth as he slowly stepped out in a ghostly pace.

  Unexpectedly, the stagnant Ghost Step suddenly broke through and entered the realm of subtlety.

  This represents a huge progress for Gui Bu! At the same time, it also laid more foundation and benefits for Wang Chen in his future battles!

  Entering the microcosm, apart from the single flash becoming even stronger, it also comes with more conservation of true yuan force and physical strength.

  Originally, it took two steps to dodge an attack. Now, moving half a step or even not needing half a step can achieve this, or a simple sidestep can easily evade the opponent's attack! This is absolutely a huge leap forward.

  He hadn't expected that the first gain in this Starry Sky Realm would be Ghost Step's breakthrough. Thinking about it, Wang Chen's heart grew even more excited and expectant - what would his next gain be?

  Looking at the scenes around, I feel a thousand emotions! True and false! What a true and false, Ling Yu senior at that time was indeed a great master, had already understood the rules of heaven and earth changes! With such a strong person, no wonder Xingchen Sect could reach that height back then.

  "Haha, kiddo, how's it going? The feeling of beating a 6th-stage demonic beast isn't bad, huh?" Just then, Ling Zhan also appeared beside Wang Chen with a smile and asked.

  "Hmm... not bad, quite a harvest, my state of mind has improved significantly! Hehe, I've caught a glimpse of the doorway! Keep pushing forward, the future looks promising! And Ghost Step has also broken through, hehe, this trip to Starry Sky Realm wasn't in vain!" Later, Ling Zhan looked at Wang Chen with a look of admiration.

  As for Ling Zhan's words, Wang Chen rolled his eyes! This guy just dropped a sentence and flashed away! Fortunately, he coincidentally grasped something, otherwise, he would have died without knowing why.