CHAPTER 1724: CHAPTER 841: DUAL SLAUGHTER SACRIFICE

"Ancestral Spirits preserve it, that’s our totem!"

"Haha... this is a counterattack from our totem."

"Slaughter these invaders, make them pay the price!"

In the rolling magma, totem phantoms flipped one after another. When the magma touched them, a miraculous scene unfolded; the Laiserman captives did not immediately catch fire but were freed as the ropes binding them were burned away.

For the Tukan People, however, it was quite the opposite as they were engulfed in raging flames, each letting out piercing screeches, frantically slapping the flames on their bodies. In the chaos, some lost their footing, while others couldn’t bear the agony and leapt down, intending to end their lives.

Why would the same magma cause such contrasting outcomes?

The Laiserman couldn’t afford to ponder this question; once they regained their freedom, instinctively, they grabbed the nearest weapon, be it stones or discarded weapons from the Tukan People, or even just their fists, and charged forward.

"This is an illusion, everything before us is an illusion; wake up, all of you wake up, kill those captives, quickly kill them all." Those Dark Witches, especially those who had cast True Sight on themselves, understood better what was happening.

So-called volcanic eruption.

Merely a remarkably extensive illusion technique.

No, it should be more advanced, a True Illusion, because judging by the Tukan People’s reaction, those magma phantoms genuinely inflicted burning pain.

This pain didn’t stem from the body, so it must have been from the soul.

Such a real soul-derived sensation made the Tukan People truly believe it, causing physical burn responses—sudden appearances of large areas of burns.

This is the so-called soul guiding the body, the power of belief.

The scorching magma was false, but the totem spirits floating and sinking in it were real. Their rolling fire waves were real too.

Therefore, when they charged into the Laiserman captives, they directly burned their ropes apart.

These Laiserman captives, however, were real, and the terrain threats were too.

When the Tukan People believed those illusions posed a threat far greater than reality, it was also their march towards death.

This was a True Illusion created by the Flame Totem Tree.

An extension and application of the True Dream Realm.

Illusion techniques and dream realms are often inseparable.

In essence, both bypass physical perception, directly delivering information to soul consciousness.

If reality and dreams blend greatly, those immersed within could hardly distinguish between real and false, which is why Gaven repeatedly emphasized creating differentiation markers between reality and dreams when crafting the Dragon Oak Dream Realm or Totem Dreamscape, even setting anti-addiction mechanisms.

Even in knowingly false virtual worlds, many people indulge, let alone in true reality and dreams.

Dreams, though vibrant and versatile, cannot replace reality for most ordinary people; if everyone indulged in dreams, it would mark the world’s collapse.

If material reality were dispensable, everyone might as well travel to the God Kingdom of All Gods, which is more colorful and amazing than dreams.

All things have two sides.

In daily life, it is crucial to differentiate between reality and dreams.

Yet in front of wartime situations like this, the more realistic everything is, the better, the more people believe what they see and perceive is real, the better.

Compared to directly dragging souls into dreams, this illusion deceiving the body impacting the soul is clearly more time-saving, energy-efficient, and of very high practicality, allowing for full utilization of the power in reality.

Very applicable for the nascent stage of the Flame Totem Tree.

The command from those Dark Witches, instead of awakening the Tukan People blinded by the True Illusion, attracted the attention of the already freed Laiserman captives.

Each gritting their teeth, shouting that traitors deserve death.

Fearlessly charged at the Dark Witches, using all available weapons to attack them.

Some even tried to grapple with the Dark Witches, intending to roll off Sunrise Volcano together.

No matter the country, traitors are more hated than the invaders, especially those shameful collaborators.

Yet, none of those Dark Witches were easy targets; when many saw the situation as beyond change, they discreetly slipped away using Teleportation Magic, while those unable to cast it, used Flying Spell or Featherfall Spell on themselves to avoid damage caused by falling.

Screech!

A Flame Phoenix soared from Sunrise Volcano.

Hou!

Behind her was a colossal Flame Giant, accompanied by numerous Fire Elements at her sides; they were indeed real.

This was the outcome of two witches casting Summoning Spell within Sunrise Volcano.

The unique terrain of Sunrise Volcano, the bonuses provided by the Flame Totem Tree, and the Circle Array of the two Laiserman Witches elevated their Fire Elemental Summoning Spell to unprecedented heights.

Though they didn’t summon a Fire Elemental Monarch this time (not because they couldn’t, but didn’t want to; inviting a god is easy, sending away a god is hard, and they had already demonstrated this before), the quality of the summoned Fire Elements was astonishing, with the number of Fire Elemental Elders exceeding ten, High-level Fire Elements over a hundred, and nearly a thousand ordinary Fire Elements.