Chapter 639: The Depths and Truth of the Dream Forest

Chu Tian and others followed the direction indicated by the rune map and moved forward carefully in the Forest of Fantasy Dreams. The surrounding illusions became more and more bizarre, and those mutant soul beasts seemed to become more cunning.

"This Fantasy Forest is like a big maze, and there are traps everywhere. It's really a headache." Zhang Meng complained while waving his bear paw to repel a mutant soul beast that was rushing towards him.

"Stop complaining. Maybe the further we go in, the closer we will be to the truth." Ye Li rolled her eyes at him and stared at the road ahead, afraid of missing any clues.

Suddenly, a sparkling lake appeared in front of us. The lake water showed a strange color, as if a rainbow was crushed and sprinkled in it. There was also a thin mist rising from the lake, and some beautiful women were faintly dancing in the mist.

"Wow, what a beautiful scenery!" a student couldn't help but exclaimed.

"This must be another illusion, don't be fooled." Qin Feng reminded. He gripped the Dragon Shadow Sword tightly and looked at the phantom on the lake vigilantly.

However, several students were still affected by the illusion, their eyes became blurred, and they walked towards the lake involuntarily.

"Not good!" After Chu Tian discovered this, he quickly released a thunder spirit power, which turned into a lightning bolt and hit the ground in front of the students. The powerful impact made the students wake up instantly.

"Thank you, teacher. We almost got into trouble." The students said ashamedly.

At this moment, the phantom in the lake suddenly disappeared, and a huge water monster jumped out of the lake instead. This water monster was huge, covered with scales, and each scale was flashing with cold light. It opened its bloody mouth and sprayed a powerful stream of water towards everyone.

"Everyone be careful!" Chu Tian shouted.

He flew into the air, gathered the power of thunder in his hands, and sent a huge column of lightning towards the water monster. After the lightning column hit the water monster, the water monster just shook slightly, and it was obvious that it did not suffer much damage.

"This water monster has such a thick skin!" Chu Tian said with a frown.

Seeing this, Qin Feng mobilized the inherited power in his body, and the runes on the Dragon Shadow Sword flashed with dazzling golden light.

"Dragon Shadow Breaks the Waves!" Qin Feng shouted, and the Dragon Shadow Sword slashed at the water monster. A soul sword blade with a golden dragon phantom split the water flow and directly slashed the water monster. The water monster felt pain and roared, and its huge tail swept towards Qin Feng.

Qin Feng flashed and easily avoided the water monster's attack.

Ye Li commanded the Frost Fox to release cold air, trying to freeze the water monster. The cold air spread to the water monster, and the water monster's movements began to slow down.

Zhang Meng saw the right moment and used the Giant Rock Bear Martial Spirit to burst out with all its strength, rushing towards the water monster. He hugged the water monster's body and then dragged it to the shore with all his strength.

The students also used their martial arts skills to attack the water monster from all directions.

With everyone's concerted efforts, the huge water monster was finally defeated. Its huge body fell to the edge of the lake, splashing a huge splash of water.

"Huh, this water monster is really hard to deal with." Zhang Meng wiped the sweat from his forehead.

They continued to move forward along the guide of the rune map. As they went deeper, the surrounding trees became taller and denser, and the sunlight could hardly penetrate the branches and leaves, making the forest appear particularly dark.

In an open space, they found an ancient stone tower. The tower looked quite old, covered with moss and vines, and engraved with the same runes as the ones on the tree.

"This stone tower looks very mysterious. Maybe it is related to the source of soul power." Ye Li said.

They approached the stone tower and found that the door was closed. There was a strange keyhole on the door with some small words engraved around the keyhole.

"Ye Li, can you see what these words say?" Chu Tian asked.

Ye Li carefully identified the small characters. After a while, she said, "These characters are an ancient puzzle. The general idea is that only by solving the puzzle can we open the door of the stone tower and find the secret hidden inside."

Everyone began to study the puzzle. The content of the puzzle was very complicated, involving the history of the martial soul world, the principles of soul power, and some mysterious numbers.

"This puzzle is really difficult. It feels even harder than defeating those mutated soul beasts." A student said, scratching his head.

Qin Feng fell into deep thought, carefully thinking about every clue in the puzzle. Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "I think I have an idea."

He told everyone his ideas, and after some discussion, everyone felt that Qin Feng's ideas made sense.

Following Qin Feng's method, they solved the puzzle. The door of the stone tower slowly opened, and a powerful soul power wave surged out from inside.

"This must be the source of soul power." Chu Tian said.

They walked into the stone tower, which was very dark inside, with only some weak light coming in from the small windows of the stone tower. In the center of the stone tower, there was a crystal ball emitting a strong soul light, and there were some complex devices operating around the crystal ball.

"Is this the source of the soul power that creates the illusion?" a student asked curiously.

"It looks like that." Ye Li said.

Just as they approached the crystal ball, they suddenly heard a voice: "You are finally here."

Everyone was startled and looked around, but couldn't see anyone.

"Who is talking?" Zhang Meng asked loudly.

"I am the guardian of this Forest of Dreams. You should not come here. The secrets here are not something you can touch." The voice sounded again.

"Why can't we touch it? The illusion of this Fantasy Forest has affected the peace of the martial arts world. If it is not controlled, it will only bring more dangers." Chu Tian said.

“You don’t understand. This source of soul power is the key to maintaining the balance of the Dream Forest. Once it is destroyed, the Dream Forest will collapse, and then it will cause an even greater disaster.” The guardian’s voice was a little anxious.

"Then what should we do? We can't let this illusion affect the outside world, right?" Qin Feng asked.

The guardian was silent for a while, then said: "In fact, there is a way to control the illusion without destroying the soul power source. That is to find the legendary Purification Heart. Only it can purify the dark power in the soul power source and prevent the illusion from getting out of control."

"Where is the Heart of Purification?" Ye Li asked.

"The Heart of Purification is in the deepest part of the Forest of Dreams. It is a place full of dangers, guarded by the most powerful mutant soul beasts. There are also countless illusion traps there, and even the most powerful soul masters find it difficult to reach it." said the guardian.

"No matter how dangerous it is, we must give it a try." Chu Tian said firmly.

They bid farewell to the guardian and headed towards the deepest part of the Fantasy Forest. Along the way, they encountered more illusions and mutated soul beasts.

Once, they were trapped in a time-loop fantasy world where the same things kept happening over and over again, and they couldn't find a way out.

"What should we do? We seem to be trapped." A student said anxiously.

Qin Feng calmly observed the surrounding environment. He found that every time the scene was repeated, the flight trajectory of a bird would change slightly.

"I think this little bird may be the key. Let's follow it and see." Qin Feng said.

They followed the bird and finally found the exit of the illusion.

Continuing forward, they encountered a huge flame phoenix-shaped mutant soul beast. The phoenix was burning with flames all over its body, and each of its feathers was like a flaming blade.

"This phoenix looks so powerful." Zhang Meng swallowed.

The Fire Phoenix spewed out a powerful flame towards them, and the flame swept towards them like a surging wave.

Chu Tian, ​​Qin Feng, Ye Li and Zhang Meng quickly stood in front of the students. They released their soul power to the maximum, forming a soul power shield to resist the flame attack.

"We can't just keep defending, we have to find a way to attack it," Chu Tian said.

Qin Feng thought of a way, and he said to Ye Li: "Ye Li, you use the cold air of the Frost Fox to create an ice wall, and I will use the power of the Dragon Shadow Sword to open a hole in the ice wall, and then we will lead the cold air to the Phoenix."

Ye Li nodded, and she commanded the frost fox to release cold air, forming a huge ice wall in front of them.

Qin Feng swung the Dragon Shadow Sword and opened a hole in the ice wall. The cold air rushed towards the Flame Phoenix, and the Phoenix's flames and the cold air collided with each other, producing a large amount of water vapor.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Meng rushed towards the Phoenix. His Giant Rock Bear Martial Spirit was looming in the water vapor, and his bear paw slammed hard on the Phoenix.

The phoenix was knocked back, but it quickly flew back and continued its attack.

The students also displayed their own skills. Some used wind skills to blow away the water vapor, and some used light skills to interfere with the Phoenix's vision.

With everyone's joint efforts, this flame phoenix-type mutant soul beast was finally defeated.

They continued to move towards the deepest part of the Fantasy Forest, getting closer and closer to the Heart of Purification. But what dangers awaited them ahead? Could they successfully find the Heart of Purification and save the Fantasy Forest and the Martial Soul World? All of this was full of unknowns.