Death Trap

The Illusory Beast groups around the Ice Mountain Stone Forest were divided into three factions. These three groups were led by Sector Lord Peak Illusory Beasts: Lizard Illusory Beasts, Giant Humanoid Illusory Beasts, and Avian Illusory Beasts. Demon Killer Luo Feng, transformed into an 'Ice Bear,' ambled along slowly and foolishly, just like the other Illusory Beasts. After approximately three hours, he finally moved completely out of the Illusory Beast territory. 'Damn it!' Ice Bear Luo Feng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, glancing back. Behind him, countless Illusory Beasts lived within the vast Ice Mountain Stone Forest. 'I've finally left the Illusory Beast territory.' Ice Bear Luo Feng relaxed slightly, a glimmer of light appearing in the foolish Ice Bear's eyes as he looked forward. Ahead, the vast Ice Mountain Stone Forest stretched endlessly. Only occasionally would a foolish Illusory Beast, separated from its pack, appear. 'There's no turning back anyway. That Sector Lord is guarding the other end of the cave. I can only keep moving forward!' Ice Bear Luo Feng sometimes ran, sometimes ambled. In just a moment, he couldn't see any other Illusory Beasts within his sight; only the boundless Ice Mountain Stone Forest lay before him. This Ice Mountain Stone Forest stretched as far as the eye could see! Luo Feng continued to advance in his Ice Bear form. 'Roar!' 'Woo!' The Demonic Sound, fluctuating in intensity, invaded Luo Feng's soul, bewitching his consciousness. Once fully affected, he would become a walking corpse. 'Troublesome.' Ice Bear Luo Feng's pace slowed, a hint of worry in his silver eyes. 'The deeper I go into this Ice Mountain Stone Forest, the more terrifying the Demonic Sound occasionally becomes.' *Whoosh!* A silent Demonic Sound invaded Luo Feng's soul. Ice Bear Luo Feng's body subtly trembled. 'This Demonic Sound's intensity could probably control even ordinary Sector Lord Tier 3 cultivators directly.' Luo Feng was secretly alarmed. Based on the various islands in the Illusory Sea and some data, he could roughly estimate the corresponding will and consciousness levels for different strengths. In terms of will alone, he could probably rival Immortals. However, his consciousness strength was weak, which was why he was stuck on the tenth island of the Illusory Sea. As for the Demonic Sound... It didn't exert consciousness pressure; it was purely a form of bewitchment! This made Luo Feng better at resisting it, which was also why he chose Demonic Mountain. 'Mee!' An extremely bizarre sound pierced Luo Feng's soul, and instantly, countless illusions appeared, layer upon layer, drawing one into their depths. Just getting through these myriad illusions would likely take an unknown number of years. 'Break!' His will, pure to the extreme, allowed no compromise, completely rejecting all influence! *Swoosh!* The Ice Bear transformed directly into a black stream of air, which then condensed into a humanoid form, finally becoming the 'black-horned youth' human appearance. This location was already over a hundred thousand kilometers from where the Illusory Beast groups were first discovered, and he hadn't encountered a single Illusory Beast for over 100,000 kilometers, so it was better to return to human form. Switch! Luo Feng reverted to his Earthling true body. It was best not to reveal his Demon Killer clone casually. Luo Feng looked at a nearby rock ice mountain. 'That Demonic Sound just now, even a Sector Lord Tier 6 or 7 expert might not be able to withstand it.' 'How strange.' Luo Feng frowned slightly. 'It's been a while since I entered Demonic Mountain, but the Demonic Sounds encountered in the caves were mostly very weak, even Universe Level cultivators could resist them. Occasionally, I'd encounter Demonic Sounds that could bewitch Universe Level cultivators, and very rarely, ones that could bewitch Domain Lord Level cultivators. As for Demonic Sounds capable of bewitching 'Sector Lord Level' cultivators... they appeared extremely rarely!' Looking at the still boundless Ice Mountain Stone Forest ahead. Luo Feng's frown deepened, finding it increasingly bizarre. The Demonic Sound's power in this stone forest was too terrifying. From the looks of it, the deeper he went... the stronger the Demonic Sounds would occasionally become. If this continued, he might soon encounter Demonic Sounds capable of bewitching Sector Lord Peak cultivators! And if it increased further... It might even be Demonic Sounds capable of bewitching 'Immortal Gods'. At that point, Luo Feng wasn't confident he could withstand it himself. 'Should I keep going?' Luo Feng pondered. 'Go!' Luo Feng gritted his teeth, his eyes shining. 'I know my limits very well. The current Demonic Sound is still far from my limit! I want to see... just how strong the 'Demonic Sound' in this Ice Mountain Stone Forest can get!' Luo Feng continued to advance! ... As he continued forward, the Demonic Sounds he encountered varied in strength, but overall, their power was indeed on an upward trend. He walked for another approximately one hundred thousand kilometers. 'That Demonic Sound just now was the most terrifying I've encountered since entering Demonic Mountain. It should be able to bewitch normal 'Sector Lord Peak' experts.' Luo Feng gritted his teeth, his eyes narrowed, his gaze almost tangible like a blade's edge. Eyes are the windows to the soul. Clearly, Luo Feng was on extreme alert, his will and consciousness condensed to their peak! 'I'm still quite a distance from my endurance limit.' Luo Feng continued to advance, maintaining extreme vigilance at all times, daring not to be careless in the slightest. However, after only walking a little over two thousand kilometers, he reached the end of the vast Ice Mountain Stone Forest. Ahead, three familiar wide cave passages appeared. 'Cave passages?' 'The Ice Mountain Stone Forest has ended?' Luo Feng showed a hint of a smile, yet felt puzzled. 'This Ice Mountain Stone Forest, filled with strong Demonic Sounds. No other secrets?' Luo Feng looked back at the vast, continuous Ice Mountain Stone Forest stretching for hundreds of thousands of kilometers, feeling that this Ice Mountain Stone Forest should have something special about it. 'Just pick one.' Luo Feng walked directly towards the central one of the three wide, deep caves ahead. This cave was nearly twenty kilometers wide and seven or eight kilometers high. Compared to it, Luo Feng was tiny, like an ant walking in a human's spacious corridor. When Luo Feng was about tens of meters from the entrance, just about to step in. *Rumble~~~* Out of nowhere, an incredible, terrifying suction force erupted from the deep cave ahead. The surrounding space instantly formed visible swirling air currents, and some rocks and ice on the ground were sucked up, pulled into the deep cave. Luo Feng was caught completely off guard! *Swoosh!* His entire being was directly sucked into the vast, deep cave! As if swallowed by a huge mouth! 'What the hell is that?' Luo Feng's eyes widened. *Clang!* At the same time he was being sucked in, a silent Demonic Sound directly drilled into Luo Feng's Sea of Consciousness, like a giant gong being struck violently. In an instant, his will and consciousness felt like a boat caught in a raging storm, with waves crashing one after another, the small boat seemingly on the verge of capsizing at any moment. *Swoosh!* Due to the Demonic Sound interference, Luo Feng was on the verge of capsizing and couldn't care about anything else. He was simply sucked in... *Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!* Suddenly, numerous incredibly thick, dark red vines shot out from Luo Feng's arm. These massive vines either directly plunged into the ground's rock and ice, with countless fine tendrils and leaves gripping the ground, or the main vines extended like lightning to their maximum length, directly grabbing the entrance of the cave! The cave was nearly 20 kilometers wide. And the Moyun Vine, at Domain Lord Level 9 Peak, had main vines far exceeding this length. It was like a giant octopus with many tentacles, frantically gripping various parts of the cave's edge. The power of plant life was truly incredible. *Rumble~~* The terrifying suction force, even with the Moyun Vine's desperate struggle, began to snap its main vines one by one. *Snap! Snap! Snap!* They broke clean off! The ice layers penetrated by the fine tendrils and leaves were directly peeled away! 'Oh my god!' The Demonic Sound came and went quickly. Luo Feng instantly regained his clarity. Seeing the Moyun Vine's main vines snapping one by one, he immediately let out a low shout in his mind: 'Switch!' *Swoosh!* His Earthling true body instantly transformed into his Demon Killer clone, which had now changed into a shuttle-shaped object, about 30 centimeters long and 6 centimeters wide (at its widest point), pointed at both ends and round in the middle, sleek and smooth. Because the shuttle's volume was much smaller than a normal human body, coupled with its inherent structural form, the suction force it experienced was hundreds of times less than when in human form. *Swoosh!* The Demon Killer clone, a darling of space, with the suction force now only a few hundredths of what it was before, finally managed to resist the suction and swiftly flew out of the cave. ... When the Demon Killer clone 'shuttle' was over a hundred meters away from the cave, the terrifying suction force instantly vanished without a trace. *Whoosh!* The shuttle transformed into a black stream of air, then condensed into a humanoid form. Luo Feng stared at the central one of the three deep caves before him, recalling the scene just now, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. 'The instantaneous Demonic Sound, even I barely resisted it with all my might. A normal Sector Lord Peak would definitely not be able to withstand it. And that suction force... even after the Demon Killer clone transformed, it only managed to escape by relying on its mastery of spatial laws.' Luo Feng looked at the cave entrance ahead, filled with immense dread. What would happen if he were sucked in? He didn't know! 'Luo Feng!' Babata's voice finally rang out. 'This is a classic death trap in a Cosmic Secret Realm.' 'What kind of death trap?' Luo Feng asked quickly in his mind. 'In the vast cosmos, the most mysterious and unpredictable things are the Cosmic Secret Realms. These realms were formed by special changes that occurred during the very beginning of the primal universe's evolution, creating one Cosmic Secret Realm after another. No two Cosmic Secret Realms can be exactly alike. And their danger levels vary!' 'The forms of danger also vary!' 'Some dangers are overt and terrifying, but at least they're clear.' 'But some dangers are sudden. They seem safe, yet crisis strikes without warning. Just like this cave entrance. This Demonic Mountain has billions of cave passages, and all the others are safe. Only this one, if you enter without caution, you'll suddenly be hit by a double assault of suction force and Demonic Sound! I dare say... deeper within this profound cave, there are even more terrifying dangers.' Babata said, 'This kind of sudden, unannounced crisis is considered a death trap.' 'Who knows how many Immortal beings!' 'How many brilliant geniuses!' 'How many great and powerful existences have fallen in death traps!' Babata exclaimed. Luo Feng was startled. He suddenly remembered a peerless genius his teacher, Zhenyan King, once spoke of, who could kill Marquis-level Immortals even at Sector Lord Peak. Yet, that peerless genius ultimately perished in a Cosmic Secret Realm. 'Although the Taichu Secret Realm is controlled by the Virtual Universe Company, there are still a very few special areas that even the Virtual Universe Company cannot fully control,' Babata said. 'Like Xueluo World, like the depths of this Demonic Mountain, it's the same! You must be careful. I've seen too many such situations when I followed your teacher, and too many powerful individuals have died this way. These death traps... some contain treasures, while others are true dead ends!' Luo Feng nodded repeatedly. Then he turned to look at the other two deep caves on his left and right. 'Going back is not an option. That Sector Lord is guarding it tightly!' 'Going forward, there are three caves ahead, and the middle one is impassable. Which way should I go?'