Levi had used the Forbidden Technique to hide all traces of himself.
That step was used especially to target the masters of magical techniques.
If someone pretended to be dead, everything would have stopped, including his heartbeat.
To any modern machine or person, he would seem dead.
No matter how one checked him, his death was certain.
However, masters of magical techniques, who were more commonly known as fortune tellers, could detect the person’s traces and existence. It was impossible to hide the truth from them.
For example, when Levi could not find Zoey, he thought that she was dead.
However, Wildefield managed to find out that she was still alive because they had left a mark on her.
Zoey was only dead if the mark was destroyed.
However, as the mark was still intact, it meant that she was alive.
The same principle could be applied here.
The masters of magical techniques and the extremely powerful fighters could still detect someone’s existence, and thus, whether the person was dead or not.
For someone as meticulous as Bruce, he would still be worried even after witnessing Levi’s corpse being dissolved.
He gathered shamans from tribe villages, a witch, and even a priest to check if Levi was truly dead.
Their skillsets were quite similar to that of Erudia’s masters of magical techniques.
Yet, they still could not detect any signs of Levi’s existence!
As such, they concluded that he was dead.
Only then did Bruce feel relieved.
Levi had used the Forbidden Technique to trick them into believing that he was truly dead instead of feigning his own death.
He only used half of the technique because he wanted to conceal the fact that it was a Forbidden Technique. That way, he would not bring any trouble to his master.
As for the other half…
Levi managed to succeed because of his recent medical research.
To cure Zoey and the talented fighters of Erudia who had been crippled, Levi had flipped through all the ancient medical scrolls left by his master.
Hence, Levi used his medical knowledge to make himself appear dead.
With his advanced medical skills, no one realize that he was merely feigning his own death.
In addition to the Forbidden Technique, he seemed to everyone else that he was truly dead.
He managed to deceive everyone, except the truly powerful such as the Dark Emperor and The Manifest Court.
More scarily, the Dark Emperor had noticed something abnormal. From his doubts earlier, it was obvious that he had discovered the Forbidden Technique.
However, as Levi had only unleashed half of it, the Dark Emperor was still unsure.
That was why he was still suspicious.
If Levi had unleashed the Forbidden Technique completely, the Dark Emperor would definitely find out.
In that case, his master’s identity would be exposed.
Hence, in the nick of time, Levi used his medical skills to feign his death. Then, he used the Forbidden Technique to conceal all signs of his vitality.
With that, he managed to deceive everyone, including the Half Phantom, Xenotoph, and the rest.
Even though he was pretending to be dead, Levi was still conscious and aware of everything that was happening.
What Levi did not expect was that Bruce wanted The Annihilator to destroy his body.
If he continued to fake his death, his body might actually be dissolved.
At that most critical moment, Levi knew that a master of magical techniques had intervened.
He realized that it was the Half Phantom afterward.
After the Half Phantom threw him into the sea, he left directly.
Robed Slayer listened to Levi narrate everything patiently.
Stroking his chin, he peered at Levi suspiciously and asked, “I have a question… So the Half Phantom cast a spell, created an illusion, and caused everyone to think that your corpse has been dissolved. However, Bruce and the rest spectated everything through the real-time footage from the drones… No matter how powerful the Half Phantom might be, he can’t possibly deceive those people in front of the screens too, right?”
Although Bruce did not really focus on the footage at the start, he had witnessed the scene when The Annihilator started to dissolve Levi’s corpse.
In that case, it was uncertain how Bruce could still be deceived.
