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"No need to fight anything. Let's keep moving.

" Liam frowned as he looked around the dark cave tunnels. The entire place looked like a maze, without any way out visible.

nAs soon as he realized that the nagas appearing were mere illusions, a part of him also expected the cave and the tunnels around him to also be illusions but that did not seem to be the case.

nThese indeed looked real. He touched the moist murky walls as he continued dashing forward, heading deeper into the cave tunnels.

nA few seconds later, another group of nagas popped up but Liam completely ignored them.

nHe ran right through their physical bodies which turned into light dust the moment he touched them. The illusion did not work because he was now aware of it?

nHe now understood this place somewhat.

"Such an elaborate illusion… what is inside these tunnels?

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nThe more he thought about his current situation the more uneasy he felt. This place was definitely not like any other regular dungeon space.

nThis was entirely something else. The six naga elites up front and all of these illusions… perhaps someone was trying to keep intruders out of this cave network?

nIn that case, there was either a grave danger inside or a huge opportunity, or perhaps both combined together.

nUsually, danger and opportunity went hand in hand. So Liam was now even more impatient to get to the bottom of this.

nHe blew through the few illusionary naga mobs that appeared in front of him one after the other but after some time even they stopped coming out.

nLiam's expression once again changed. The fact that no more illusions appeared was not exactly good news.

nBecause… this could only mean that…

nThe person or the inscription or the demon or whatever was controlling these illusions realized that he was here and he saw through their magic!

nSo their next attack would probably be stronger than this!

nWho was he going to face next? He had a feeling that it was not going to be simple.

nLiam started mentally preparing himself for what was about to come when suddenly the tunnel walls started becoming bigger and bigger.

nThe small tunnel opened up to a huge underground cavern and at the center of this cavern, there was a naga lazily coiled around.

nLiam immediately stopped because for an instant three huge question marks appeared above this naga's head.

nHowever, he realized that once again this could be an illusion, so he shook his head, closed his eyes, and looked at the naga again.

nBingo! The naga that appeared in front of him this time was only Level 60!

nBut… a level 60 elite could control so many illusions? Was the previous question marks an illusion or this level 60 was an illusion?

nHe did not dare take another step forward as he silently stood and observed the creature at a distance.

nBut it looked like that was not entirely up to him.

nJust as Liam arrived at the mouth of the tunnel opening, he barely had a chance to take a look at the naga in front of him when suddenly something hurled towards him.

nThe next second he found himself standing at the center of the cavern or rather, he found himself bound and coiled at the center of the cavern.

nThe huge naga reared its head up and gazed at him with a pair of menacing eyes.

nHe hissed at Liam as if he was saying something to him, but Liam couldn't decipher the language and understand his words.

nBesides, he had other pressing issues at the moment. The naga had fully coiled around him and even breathing was impossible.

nThe condition right now was truly dangerous. He couldn't afford to let this continue any longer.

nSo without paying any head to what the naga was blabbering, he willed the nether swirling around to form giant spikes that pierced the coils from all directions.

nHISSSSS!

nThough the thick skin of the naga was seemingly not injured, the coils loosened up a bit and Liam used this chance to quickly jump out and move several paces back.

nHISSSSSS!

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"Why do you attack when we are having a conversation? That's not good manners, boy.

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"Hmmm?

" Liam's eyes widened in shock. This snake was actually talking to him?

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"Of course, I am not a brainless monster. I can talk in several tongues.

" The naga started slithering close to Liam once again.

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"What can I do for you, my Lord?

" Liam played along while his eyes simultaneously looked for ways out of this cavern.

nThere was no way this damned naga was Level 60, it was still playing tricks on him and the tunnel he had come in was also blocked now.

nHe was completely trapped with this illusion bastard?

nLiam shook his head and tried to really see through which is real and which is fake. He tried to observe even the smallest of the details of everything around him.

nHowever, he couldn't find any hints. The reality or the illusion, whatever was around him was woven together perfectly!

nHow was he supposed to fight with such an opponent?

nLiam hurriedly pulled over as much as nether toward him as he possibly could. Right now, against this unknown opponent, this was probably the strongest weapon he had in his arsenal.

nHe needed to use the natural affinity toward nether to his advantage and escape from here.

nHe started curling up nether around his arms and his body, creating a makeshift protective barrier.

nHowever, in the middle of doing this, Liam suddenly had another thought. This naga couldn't possibly be manipulating the nether around him too?

nFuck! That was a frightening thought. If nothing around him was real, how the hell was he supposed to fight against this thing?

nBut could he really manipulate the nether as well?

nThis was the first time that he was dealing with an enemy like this who could alter reality and it was not going well.

nHe hated the feeling of being toyed around with and that was exactly what the naga was going with him. He was toying around with him.

nThe naga still probably did not even use a fraction of his strength and he was already losing!

nLiam gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and tried to sense the presence of nether around him. He might not be able to fight back but this much he could do.

nIt only took him an instant to feel all the millions of wisps of nether all around him and he could tell that if he needed they would be at his beck and command within seconds.

nHowever, he did not want that at the moment.

nLiam wanted the nether wisps to stay where they were. Instead, he tried to sense the surroundings around him using these nether wisps.

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