Sam immediately senses danger. He quickly crouches down. Max had already approached Sam and thrown knives at him.

Sam quickly uses the movement technique to escape the situation and then attempts to attack Max.

Unfortunately, there are also fake Maxes present. When Max realised Sam was going to attack him, he gathered those fake Max around him again.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he attempted to flee the scene. Max is proficient not only in illusion techniques, but also in the use of draggers and knives.

The density of white smoke around that location begins to increase. Sam can already see his visibility fading. He also experiences dizziness on occasion, which is undoubtedly caused by the mental illusion technique.

Max intended to use his mental illusion technique to influence Sam. If he becomes affected by the mental illusion, his greatest fear will become a reality.

At that point, Sam will have completely forgotten about the surroundings. To break through the illusion, he needed extraordinary willpower. In that state, he will experience everything as reality.

Fortunately, he was able to withstand Max's mental attack thanks to his mental strength and defensive technique.

Sam begins to attack each of the fake Maxes one by one. He continued swinging his sword. Aside from that, he uses the observation technique to its full potential.

Using three techniques at once requires a significant amount of spiritual and mental energy. But Sam is not concerned about it. He has a strong feeling that the real Max is nearby.

Max is only able to leave that location because of the low visibility.

But the question is, how long will he be able to do this? Even though he can not see very far away, the observation technique allows him to tell that everything around him is a lie.

Suddenly, Max started throwing knives at Sam. Not only did he do this, but all of the fake Maxes did as well. Max wanted to confuse Sam so he could use the opportunity to injure him.

However, confusing Sam would not be easy. Facing those knives, Sam did nothing but remain calm. He is waiting for the real knives to come near him.

The next thing he did was deflect those real knives. But it is not over yet, as he senses danger from behind.

It appears that Max is using the white smoke to get closer to Sam. Max intended to attack Sam before he could notice him. Unfortunately, the moment he approached Sam, Sam noticed him.

Sam quickly turned around and attacked in that direction. In the next second, a massive collision occurred in that location. Max's draggers clash with Sam's sword.

Both of them remained stationary, but Max realized Sam was far more powerful than him.

Max immediately tries to kick Sam after realising he is stronger than him. However, Sam notices this and jumps backwards.

He quickly swung his sword at Max. The force behind that attack had already generated a powerful windflow, nearly clearing the area of white smoke.

Unfortunately, Max has already left that location. Suddenly, a dozen Max appeared behind Sam and attempted to attack him.

Sam did not leave his position because all of those Max are bogus.

'This Damn white smoke restricted my observation technique. Otherwise, I would not have a problem finding the real Max. Also, how long would he be able to use the mental illusion technique? This is getting really annoying.'

Sam experiences dizziness from time to time. That is undoubtedly due to Max attempting to breach his mental defenses.

"Staying in one location will make me an easy target. I am sure he had no trouble seeing through this white smoke. I need to move around.'

Sam decided to use the movement technique to circle around the entire place. He will also try to track down Max's true location.

5 minutes later,

Sam can already feel the presence of the real Max. He uses the movement technique to move in that direction and attacks him immediately.

This time, he also employs the illusion Slash technique. Max, who also notices Sam, notices that he is about to be hit by his sword.

He quickly counter-attacked with his draggers. Unfortunately, that was a false attack. The sword passes through Max's draggers.

Max quickly realized a sword was about to strike his stomach. He reacted quickly and attempted to counter attack once more. This time, he believed that was the real attack.

Unfortunately, as soon as Sam notices this, he changes the direction of his sword.

Despite Max's proficiency in illusion, he greatly underestimated the illusion Slash technique.

"Clang!!!!!"

When Sam's sword struck Max's shoulder, a metallic sound rang out. But it is not over yet, as Sam keeps swinging his sword.

This time, Max is experiencing a difficult situation. For the first time, he believes he is not good at using illusions.

He can not tell which attacks are fake and which are real. He tried to confuse Sam with his physical illusions, but was unsuccessful. Sam did not panic and concentrated solely on the real Max.

"Boom!!"

A more powerful collision occurred in that location, and Max was thrown backward. He quickly smashed into the hill behind him.

Max had the sensation of being hit by a moving truck for a brief moment. Sam takes advantage of the opportunity to approach him again and swing his sword.

Sam did not want to give his opponent enough time to counterattack or stabilize. Despite his extreme pain, Max notices Sam.

In the next second, he employs mental illusion techniques. Even though it is ineffective against Sam, it will give you enough time to get away from that location.

Everything happens in a split second, and Max has already jumped away from that location.

'Cough…. Cough… It appears that I will have to use my powerful technique. I am not sure if it will work against him, but I did not have any other options.'

Max considered this and had already activated his other technique.