The next moment, Zhou Yi's fist hit Qin Xiao's face as she had hoped.
However, the cold smile on her lips instantly froze.
That was because her fist did not feel anything upon contact, and it was as if she was punching the reflection of a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water, her fist passed through Qin Xiao's head without any hindrance.
"It went through..."
Zhou Yi felt as if she had punched the air.
It was an extremely uncomfortable feeling for her.
"Ah! Murder! Teacher Zhou actually killed Qin Xiao!"
A female classmate exclaimed in panic.
"Can you shut up? Look carefully, what's the actual situation. If Teacher Zhou really smashed Qin Xiao's head, would there be no blood at all?"
Lan Susu glanced at the senseless girl and said coldly.
"Ah, this..."
The girl was stunned for a moment, her eyes wide.
She found that the situation was exactly as Lan Susu had described.
Qin Xiao was truly unharmed.
A hint of surprise flashed in Du Weilun's eyes as he thought to himself, "This kid does have some moves..." He also realized that Qin Xiao might not be as simple as he had imagined.
"That was close."
"It seems that Uncle-Master is not so easy to kill after all."
Meng Hongchen patted his chest with his hand, finally able to settle his heart back into his stomach.
"Kid, are you only capable of tricks and illusions? Have the guts to fight me fair and square."
Zhou Yi shouted loudly.
She didn't know what had happened, but one thing she was sure of was that this strange scene must be Qin Xiao playing tricks.
"Alright then, you better be careful."
Suddenly, Qin Xiao's voice rang out in front of her again.
Then, Zhou Yi saw one figure after another appear in front of her eyes.
"They're all Qin Xiao?"
She felt her vision blur and rubbed her eyes vigorously. Looking again, those figures were really there, none had disappeared.
"My God, what's happening? Am I seeing things?"
A student nearby also exclaimed in shock, reassuring Zhou Yi that she wasn't seeing things.
It must be... an illusion.
"There can only be one real Qin Xiao, the rest are fake."
Zhou Yi immediately realized what she was experiencing.
Indeed, that was the case.
At this moment, the scene everyone saw was nothing but a mental simulation created by Qin Xiao, none of it was real.
"His soul skill is so powerful?"
Even Du Weilun saw the true nature of the event and felt a shiver in his heart.
However.
Just then, Du Weilun saw several Qin Xiaos charge at Zhou Yi at once.
"Hahaha, you think I'd be afraid? They're all illusions, even if I stand here motionless, can you harm me?"
Zhou Yi, facing each figure, felt utterly unshaken and even burst into laughter.
Indeed, she did just that, making no move to defend herself.
In her mind, everything was false and could not harm her.
But, the next moment, her expression suddenly changed.
For her face truly received a solid punch. Under the tremendous force, her body couldn't maintain its standing posture and she crashed heavily to the ground.
Even her face made intimate contact with the ground first, resulting in an embarrassing faceplant.
"Hiss, did Teacher Zhou get knocked down by a punch?"
Everyone was taken aback and then voices of surprise followed.
Just a moment ago Zhou Yi was incredibly arrogant, acting as if she had seen through everything and was in complete control, only to end up in such a pitiful state; wasn't the change a bit too drastic?
"How is this possible? Your real body approached me, how did I not notice at all?"
After struggling to get up, Zhou Yi looked at Qin Xiao in shock.
Normally, the real person would have signs of life and soul power fluctuation.
Zhou Yi believed she would have noticed if anyone approached her.
Just now, she indeed did not detect Qin Xiao's life and soul power fluctuation among those several figures, which is why she daringly stood still and waited for the many Qin Xiaos to attack her.
Sadly, she was overly confident. She overestimated her own perceptual abilities, and a wrong judgment let the real Qin Xiao get close to her, thus leading to the tragedy that had just occurred.
"Teacher Zhou, shall we continue?"
Several Qin Xiaos rubbed their wrists and looked at Zhou Yi with a smiling face and asked.
His look and words pierced Zhou Yi's heart like a knife.
"Nonsense!"
Zhou Yi stood up, yelling furiously, "Do you think I would admit defeat just like that? Not even close! Far from it!"
"Third soul skill: Purgatory Flames!"
Suddenly, Zhou Yi erupted like a volcanic explosion, unleashing endless flames from her body, spreading madly in all directions centered on herself.
In just the span of a breath, the flames covered a hundred meters range.
The scorching air seemed to ignite the atmosphere itself.
Immediately, the figures of many Qin Xiaos were engulfed by the flames.
Strangely, the terrible flames passed through their bodies without causing any harm...
Seeing this, Zhou Yi's lips curled into a cold smile, "Let's see where your real body can hide this time."
The flames covered the entire area, giving her absolute perception within the range of the flames.
Shortly, she would be able to discern where the real Qin Xiao was.
"It's a solution, but even if you find me, so what?"
Since Zhou Yi had thought of a way to counter the mental simulation, Qin Xiao simply stopped hiding himself as well.