Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

The mirage light demon shed its disguise and floated slowly on the surface of the sea.

The enormous seashell opened slightly, greedily inhaling the white mist that permeated the sea, completely ignoring the cultivators beside it, seemingly lost in its own world.

"Hehe, this monster really fell for it!"

Hu Yue was overjoyed upon seeing this and immediately began to cast a spell. A light blue flying knife circled around her several times before suddenly transforming into a sharp blue light that shot straight at the Mirage Demon.

Jin Qing, standing to the side, was equally swift. With a flash of light, he circled behind the demon and casually tossed out a small, thumb-sized golden seal.

The small seal spun in the air, grew larger in the wind, and with a heavy force, crashed down on the back of the Mirage Demon.

In contrast, Su Mu did not participate in the battle.

A glint flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly activated his clone, throwing a punch at a deserted patch of sea beside him. His actions were inexplicable and perplexing.

A deafening roar shook the sea. The clone slammed down with a punch, sending giant waves surging skyward. A massive black shadow was blasted away, spinning several times in the air before finally revealing its form.

On the other side, Jin Qing and Hu Yue's magical treasures were unstoppable, piercing straight through the Mirage Demon's figure. After a soft sound, the demon's body gradually became ethereal and transparent, turning out to be just a realistic illusion.

It turned out that although the mirage demon was lured by the white mist, it was instantly alert and immediately created an illusion to deceive the enemy, while its real body submerged into the water to try to escape.

However, ever since it appeared, it has been locked onto by Su Mu's divine sense, and it has nowhere to hide its tricks. In the blink of an eye, it was punched out of the water by the clone.

"What?!"

Jin Qing and Hu Yue exclaimed in surprise, neither of them expecting the illusion of the demon to be so realistic.

Seeing that the true form of the demon beast had been forced out, the two dared not delay and immediately activated their magic weapons to launch a fierce attack, giving the Mirage Demon no chance to catch its breath.

Su Mu also raised his hand and summoned the Azure Wave Mace. With a flick of his finger, the magic weapon burst forth and joined the attack.

Seeing the attack coming, the mirage demon immediately closed its giant shell and shrank into a ball, its body surrounded by layers of white glowing light.

The three magical artifacts slammed into the seashell simultaneously, producing a series of muffled thuds. After a brief standoff with a violent flash of white light, all the artifacts flew back, leaving the seashell completely undamaged.

"Such a hard shell; its demonic power can only be slowly depleted!"

Although everyone was shocked, they remained calm. This demon was already surrounded, and if it exhausted itself, it would surely die.

At that moment, everyone took turns using their magical treasures and activating spells to continuously deplete their resources. Su Mu even commanded his clone to smash the seashell with his brute strength, causing the Mirage Demon's body to tremble repeatedly. Jin Qing and Hu Yue watched this with trepidation.

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the white light around the Mirage Demon completely dissipated, its shells were covered in pits, and its aura was extremely weak.

As if it knew its death was imminent, it suddenly opened its giant shell and spat out a bright white bead, which instantly hit Hu Yue in front of it.

At the same time, the seashells opened and closed rapidly, emitting strange and piercing sounds, which transformed into invisible sound waves that surged wildly across the sea surface.

"What?"

The shimmering white bead came with tremendous force. Just as Hu Yue was about to parry, the bead created a series of afterimages, causing him to hesitate for a moment in his daze.

Fortunately, a blue flying knife suddenly flew out from his dantian, its spiritual energy protecting him and colliding with the round bead.

Hu Yue was thrown back several feet by the tremendous force. Her face turned pale and she instantly regained her senses, her eyes filled with fear.

He possessed three magical flying knives, but he usually only used two to fight enemies. The third was made using a secret method; its power was mediocre, but it could communicate with spirits and protect its master.

If it weren't for this flying knife blocking the way, he would have been seriously injured. Even so, at this moment, his blood and qi are churning, and he is in extreme pain.

Unexpectedly, the Mirage Demon's dying counterattack was so powerful.

"Old Hu, are you alright?"

Seeing that Hu Yue was out of danger, Jin Qing breathed a sigh of relief and was about to activate his magic seal to kill the demon when he suddenly noticed a black shadow bursting out of the water below Su Mu, its huge mouth wide open and lunging straight at Su Mu.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, be careful!"

Jin Qing swiftly moved to block Su Mu, unleashing his golden seal to directly confront the black shadow. The two collided and were sent flying backward.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, are you alright?"

Jin Qing steadied himself and, seeing that Su Mu was unharmed, was completely relieved before turning to look at the dark figure.

"Brother Jin, you're too kind. I'm fine and thank you for saving me."

Su Mu had already noticed the black shadow the moment it broke through the water. Seeing Jin Qing block it, he did not make any further moves, but simply bowed and thanked him. His gaze then fell on the black shadow.

The dark figure looked exactly like the previous mirage demon, only several times smaller and much weaker.

"There's another one! Judging by its cultivation level, it's a level five Mirage Demon!"

At this moment, Hu Yue also flew to Su Mu's side. Everyone looked at the two mirage demons in front of them with surprise, completely unaware that there was another one hiding nearby.

"Brother Hu, I've come to heal your wounds."

Seeing Hu Yue's pale face, Su Mu raised his palm, and a wisp of emerald flame slowly rose. He used the Rejuvenating Fire Technique, and a thread of fire immediately connected Hu Yue with the flame.

"Um?"

Hu Yue felt a warm sensation spreading throughout her body, a rich vitality soothing her internal injuries, and her blood and qi rapidly warmed up. She couldn't help but let out a soft exclamation.

"Brother Xiao's healing technique is truly miraculous! I, Old Hu, am extremely grateful!"

"It was nothing, no need to be polite. We should kill these two demons as soon as possible. The appearance of two mirage demons here at the same time is probably suspicious."

Su Mu smiled faintly, his gaze fixed on the two demons, a hint of scrutiny in his eyes.

"Okay, watch this!"

Hu Yue's expression brightened, and she immediately made a hand seal. Two flying knives swirled and intertwined, condensing into a sharp blade of light, which fiercely slashed at the level six mirage demon.

"Pfft!"

The already exhausted Mirage Demon's body suddenly stiffened, a line of blood shot out, and its massive body plummeted straight towards the sea.

Upon seeing this, the remaining level-five mirage demon let out a mournful howl, its shell rapidly opening and closing, instantly spewing out a large amount of pink mist, condensing into a bewitching phantom, while its true form took the opportunity to escape into the water.

"He's using this trick again!"

Jin Qing snorted coldly and activated the golden magic seal with all his might, smashing it into the sea below. Amidst the surging waves, the mirage demon instantly had nowhere to hide.

Just as Su Mu was about to activate his clone to capture it, he saw the demon's figure flicker slightly in the rocky waters and then disappear without a trace.

"This is?"

Everyone was shocked. They saw it clearly: the monster had passed straight through the seabed reef, as if it had stepped into another space.

Jin Qing snapped out of his daze, his expression suddenly lighting up with joy, and he said with barely concealed excitement:

"There's a restriction hidden here! Could it be that this mirage demon was deliberately kept here? No, judging from the situation, the restriction on this ancient cave ruin has clearly malfunctioned. There must be a hidden opportunity beneath this place!"

The group immediately rushed to the reef. If they hadn't witnessed the mirage demon disappear into it, no one would have noticed the hidden restrictions there. It was so well concealed.

The group stared at the barrier for a moment, then exchanged glances, their eyes gleaming with intense desire.