Before noon, the shore of Xianyun Lake was already crowded with cultivators.

The talent recruitment and exchange meeting hosted by the Fantasy Alliance was a huge success.

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Many of the cultivators gathered near the Great Gan Kingdom took some time to come and see what was going on.

The monks gathered in small groups, discussing amongst themselves.

"Who do you think will win the first round?"

"Is there any need to think about it? It must be Han Xian from the Green Mountain Sect... On the third day of the 'Exquisite Tower Wonderland,' 100,000 cultivators visited it."

"Zhong Yi from the Lingxiao Sect is pretty good too, isn't he? I'm really into 'Brave the Demon-Locking Tower'..."

"Breakthrough Demon Tower is alright, but it's not very replayable... When it comes to time management, the endlessly addictive Legend of Linglong Tower is definitely the winner!"

"Why is no one mentioning Old Demon Lu? He's the number one Realm Master in this world!"

"Old Demon Lu is too arrogant... He actually dared to give others three days for nothing. The quality of others' 'Linglong Tower Wonderland' is not bad, and they have an extra 3 days... I'm afraid Old Demon Lu can't win."

“I’ve seen people say that ‘Slaughter Tower’ is too difficult... I dare not go. Last time, I was tormented by ‘Getting Over It’ for a whole year and didn’t enter the illusion.”

"You all call him 'Old Devil Lu' so openly...aren't you afraid of his retaliation?"

"Ha, what's there to be afraid of? In the illusion, I might be a little afraid of him, but in reality, he'd have to address me as'senior'!"

"You're such a remarkable senior, may I ask who you are?"

"Hmph, I am Wang Qingfan, an elder of the Wandao Sect."

"Alright, 【Sailing Towards the Blue Sky】, I'll seal you off for three days in a bit."

"Holy crap!? Old Demon Lu?!"

"???"

...

Seeing Lu Ze, who had somehow blended into the crowd, everyone scattered in surprise and uncertainty, while the old man surnamed Wang fled with a dark face.

"Just kidding, I wouldn't shut down for three days..."

Lu Ze smiled and shook his head. In the time it took to speak, he had already entered the illusion and banned the forum 【Sailing Towards the Blue Sky】 for a month.

"You traitor, didn't you say there wouldn't be a problem?"

Nangong Yuan was very flustered at this moment.

He wasn't sensitive to the data about the illusion; he had only felt somewhat at ease after hearing Lu Ze's assurance.

At this moment, all the realm masters present felt that "Linglong Tower Wonderland" was superior to "Slaughtering Immortal Tower", and they immediately became tense.

"Don't worry, Elder Nangong. Junior Brother Lu's illusion was absolutely amazing! If he loses, I'll give my head... uh, why are you looking at me like that..."

Zhong Yi was speaking when he saw Nangong Yuan's almost murderous gaze and involuntarily took two steps back.

"Disciple, have you practiced the ancient book I gave you last time? When we cast spells together, feel free to redirect his moves onto me..."

"Elder Nangong, you wouldn't be thinking of using magic to block my next attack for Lu Zhenchuan, would you?"

Before Nangong Yuan could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a voice behind him. The person who came was none other than Zhang Yuxian, an elder of the Green Mountain Sect.

Beside Zhang Yuxian stood Han Xian, who was beaming with pride.

Originally, the elder of the Green Mountain Sect came to Xianyun Manor with Han Xian.

Upon learning that Han Xian was confident of victory and had made a bet with Lu Ze, Zhang Yuxian, who was originally handling affairs at the Green Mountain Sect, rushed here without stopping.

Zhang Yuxian was badly tricked by Lu Ze at the last Demon-Slaying Tournament, and he didn't want to miss the exciting moment when Lu Ze was crippled by Han Xian in one move.

"Fellow Daoists, the true disciples of my Green Mountain Sect and the true disciples of the Spirit Cloud Sect had a small sparring wager before..."

Seeing this, Zhang Yuxian quickly raised her voice and began to loudly promote the message among the cultivators.

"Today's 【tower climbing】 challenge will be decided by the loser taking a single blow from the winner... without any magical artifacts."

"Lu Zhenchuan's mastery of illusion techniques is renowned throughout the world. My Green Mountain Sect has long wanted to experience his skills... Even if we suffer a single blow, it would be worth it!"

"We ask all fellow Daoists to be our witnesses. When the time comes, young friend Lu, please go all out. We, the people of the Green Mountain Sect, are willing to learn from you!"

Upon hearing this, Nangong Yuan and Chao Wendao's expressions immediately darkened.

Zhang Yuxian clearly wanted to escalate the situation, putting Lu Ze and the Lingxiao Sect in a difficult position!

After all, it's obvious to anyone with eyes that...

Lu Ze won; Han Xian took a move and was completely unharmed.

But if Lu Ze loses...

Without a protective magic weapon, even a Nascent Soul cultivator's full-force attack would at best result in crippling them!

For the Green Mountain Sect, this was a sure-fire way to make money!

Lu Ze didn't care about this.

Firstly, there was no way I could possibly lose.

Secondly, he could even withstand Li Mozhan's sword moves, so an ordinary disciple was nothing to him.

Suddenly, he heard Nangong Yuan's voice transmission in his ear:

"Don't panic, you unfilial disciple. If anything happens, I will protect you and make sure you leave safely, even if it means sacrificing the sect's reputation."

Lu Ze chuckled softly, then patted Nangong Yuan on the shoulder, his voice also a few decibels louder:

"Don't worry, Master. This kind of guy can't beat me."

Upon hearing this, Han Xian struggled to suppress his anger: "Lu Ze, you can be arrogant for now! Don't think I don't know that'Slaughtering Immortal Tower' only has three days left to gain momentum... Let me tell you! It's too late!"

As a pawn of the Illusion Alliance, Han Xian knew a great deal of inside information.

The Illusion Alliance keeps a record of the number of topics related to "Slaughter Tower" on the forum, and uses this to estimate the number of active users in the Illusion Realm.

In the first three days, there weren't many people discussing "Slaying Immortal Tower".

Two days after Zhong Yi's Infinite Flow game became popular, there was a surge in demand.

In other words, "Slaying Tower" only started to gain momentum in the last three days.

If Lu Ze had released the illusion earlier, the outcome would have been somewhat uncertain.

However, Lu Ze was too arrogant and waited five days before starting to create the illusion. This gap of nearly a week was completely irreparable!

This is also why Han Xian and Zhang Yuxian are so confident.

"Oh? Is that so? Then please don't hold back when we fight later, Brother Han."

Lu Ze raised an eyebrow slightly. Based on Han Xian's words, he immediately deduced that the Illusion Alliance's inference about his data was based on forum information.

Little did they know, the forum hadn't been very active in the past few days because—

The first few days after I started playing Roguelike card games were the most addictive.

The cultivators simply don't have time to post!

It wasn't until later, when everyone became more proficient, that they started to have extensive discussions.

And the scariest thing is...

In the first few days of playing roguelike card games, the game time was terrifying, almost 10 hours or more per person!

To win this statistic, the only way is to cheat.

If anyone dares to tamper with the data in the illusion...

Hehe, that remnant spirit of the Heavenly Dao is about to arrive uninvited.

"Don't hold back? Heh, alright! Then our fates are in our hands!"

Han Xian sneered.

"Alright, life and death are predestined."

Lu Ze's smile deepened.

Just then, at noon, the suspended platform reappeared in the sky above Xianyun Lake.

The elders of the Illusion Alliance, Rakshasa and the elders of the Myriad Paths Sect, appeared together on the platform.

"Time's up..."

"Results announced!"