“You’re not human?” Hearing the girl’s answer, Weibai was momentarily at a loss for words.
However, in his view, this was merely the girl’s disguise.
She must have some unknown method to block the erosion of the illusion, but due to the presence of others, it wasn’t convenient to say directly.
Just as Weibai was thinking this, a pure white, slender tail wrapped around his wrist.
“Where do I look human?”
The girl said, her voice suddenly becoming coquettish.
The long, thin tail continued to rub against Weibai’s palm.
“You’re a succubus?!”
Weibai looked at the tail in his hand and instantly recognized the girl’s identity.
Succubi, beings that feed on the dreams of living creatures.
For them, dreams are the most delicious food.
And succubi possess formidable abilities; they can traverse various different dreams.
Even if their physical body dies in reality, as long as they have consumed enough dreams, they can use dream energy to reconstruct their bodies.
It might be more accurate to say that a succubus’s true body is the dream itself.
As dream creatures, they possess an extremely long and slender tail.
The tip of the tail is very sharp and can easily pierce a creature’s skin.
Moreover, a succubus’s tail is highly sensitive to dreams.
They usually use their tails to probe the dream environment before feeding, determining if the dream suits their tastes.
Only after finding a dream to their liking do they begin to feast.
No wonder the girl was always sleeping when Weibai saw her; she was a succubus.
Instantly, Weibai’s muscles tensed.
He shook off the girl’s tail and took two steps back.
“Succubi naturally travel through all sorts of dreams, and dreams can also be considered a type of illusion. So, me, traveling through dreams, of course wouldn’t be affected by an illusion.”
Seeing Weibai retreat, the girl felt bored and lazily retracted her tail.
“Why is a succubus in Earl Kevin’s domain?”
Weibai was about to explode.
Wasn’t he in the Human Kingdom? Why were non-human creatures everywhere? First, that Blood Demon, and now this succubus.
Would a dragon appear next?!
“A succubus can appear wherever she wants,” the girl said matter-of-factly, as if it were the most normal thing.
“If you can’t stay in one place, just die somewhere, then rebuild your body in a new location.”
“You can do that?!”
Hearing her answer, Weibai couldn’t help but marvel at the wonder of dream creatures.
“So, you’re staying here because of the illusion?” Weibai asked.
“Of course! This place is practically heaven!”
The girl excitedly bounced twice, her tone filled with joy.
“There’s more food here than I could ever finish.”
Weibai fell silent again.
Not out of suspicion regarding her motives, but because her overly honest answer left him somewhat speechless.
However, it seemed this succubus meant no harm.
He could sense the innocence and lack of guard in her tone, completely unlike someone with an ulterior motive.
If anything, she resembled a child who had accidentally gotten a bag of chocolate candies.
Seeing her like this would only distract him.
Since she meant him no harm, he didn’t need to be overly wary.
“My name is Weibai. What’s yours?”
Weibai suddenly asked out of the blue.
“Mei,” the girl replied, then blinked at Weibai.
“Alright then, Mei, listen carefully. If I were to shatter this illusion next, what would your reaction be?”
“You can shatter this illusion?”
Mei looked at Weibai with a face full of doubt, then stated firmly, “I don’t believe you!”
“Never mind whether you believe me or not. Just tell me what your reaction would be.”
Unaffected by Mei’s words, Weibai asked again.
“What would my reaction be?”
Mei glanced around.
The salad shop was empty now, without a single customer.
“It’s just an illusion. Would I really miss it that much?”
Mei puffed out her unremarkable chest, speaking defiantly.
“Very well, Mei, watch closely.”
After saying this, Weibai drew a sword of interwoven gold and silver from his ring.
“What kind of sword is this? It looks pretty cool.”
Mei obviously noticed the longsword in Weibai’s hand and observed it carefully.
“Glorious Throne. Stand farther back.”
Weibai said briefly, then added.
Mei complied, hiding far away and peeking out from behind a table.
Weibai took a deep breath, stepped back with his left foot, and raised the longsword with both hands.
His method for shattering this illusion was simple and brutal, not even requiring him to search for the illusion’s core like those mages would.
It was his ultimate skill—his sword technique!
“Wind Rise!” Weibai, holding the sword with both hands, activated the sword technique.
A whirlwind gradually formed around Weibai, but this time he wasn’t in a hurry to release the follow-up technique “Cloud Surge.”
Instead, he continuously fueled “Wind Rise,” stirring up layer upon layer of vortices.
Soon, streams of mana from all directions were attracted and pulled by the whirlwind.
Upon contact with the whirlwind, they were shattered and dispersed by the sword technique, turning into specks of starlight that were absorbed by the pendant on Weibai’s body.
However, Weibai didn’t notice this and continued to activate “Wind Rise.”
Watching from a distance, Mei felt a pulling sensation on her body and gradually had a bad premonition.
‘Could it be this guy really can break this illusion?!’
‘What will I eat then?!’
Although she had said she wouldn’t react much, this young man before her truly had the ability to shatter this illusion.
It was impossible not to feel heartbroken.
Thinking of this, Mei felt her heart bleed.
After wandering for so long, she had finally stumbled upon a free, unlimited buffet.
Before she could even properly enjoy it, Weibai was about to destroy it.
Looking at the figure amidst the raging wind, Mei’s eyes couldn’t help but moisten—not with relief, but with reluctance and grievance.
Finally, the gale around Weibai reached a threshold and stopped intensifying.
The mana from the surroundings surged towards Weibai like a tidal wave, vast amounts of it being shredded and absorbed.
With a violent tremor, the statue at the center of the illusion collapsed, and the little girl from before reappeared before Weibai.
Different from their first meeting, she now looked at Weibai with utter shock.
“How is this possible?! How can you break the illusion this way?!”
Seeing this young man could violently dismantle the illusion in this manner, the little girl was dumbfounded.
She had never expected this outcome.
“No! This isn’t how the script was written! According to the normal plan, you should have been purified by now!”
“I refuse to accept this!!!”
She had thought that even if Weibai had a way to leave, he would have to search for the illusion’s core and break it slowly.
The time needed to find the core would have been enough to assimilate Weibai, turning him into another resident of Labia City.
But she never imagined Weibai would destroy the illusion so violently, and even more so, that this method would succeed.
Weibai gave the little girl a cold glance but didn’t engage with her, continuing to focus on absorbing the illusion’s energy.
Half of the salad shop had now vanished, the entire space shredded by the gale.
Mei, not far away, wasn’t much affected.
As a dream creature, she activated a succubus-exclusive magic spell, making it appear she was still within the illusion while actually having left.
What remained was merely a projection.
Mei was on the verge of crying from anxiety.
This was the food paradise she had worked so hard to find!
“Bastard… you’re such a bastard.”
Mei wiped her tears while glaring daggers at Weibai with her eyes.
However, Weibai could no longer hear her.
Under the continuous amplification of the wind field, the surroundings were already in tatters, the original illusion left scarred and battered.
The pedestrians, carriages, and buildings on the street began to crack due to insufficient mana.
Accompanied by Weibai’s “storm-like inhalation,” the illusion finally lost enough mana to sustain itself.
Pop! Like a soap bubble bursting, it collapsed with a crash.
“My heaven!!!”
The moment Mei saw the illusion shatter, her whole body seemed to lose its bones.
Her eyes vacant, she slumped to the ground, her fingers trembling as they reached forward, the picture of someone who had lost a beloved.
Weibai was now slowly deactivating “Wind Rise.”
All that remained was to wait for the remnants of the illusion to crumble naturally, and he could return to reality.
Glancing at Mei out of the corner of his eye, Weibai, having deactivated “Wind Rise,” returned the “Glorious Throne” to his ring and walked over.
“Why are you crying?”
He crouched down, looking at Mei, and asked, puzzled.