Chapter 008: Illusion

Watching Xiao Qin tidy the table in front of him, Du Fan suddenly reached out and touched her buttocks, which were turned toward him. The real, elastic feel made Du Fan’s heart tremble slightly, but Xiao Qin oddly turned her head, giving him a mocking look!
No! Du Fan thought frantically!
No woman would have such an expression after being touched by a man!
“Who are you?” Du Fan stood up abruptly and asked Xiao Qin.
“Haha, not fun at all—you figured it out so quickly,” Xiao Qin spoke, but this time it was clearly a man’s voice.
It was terrifying to see a beautiful woman speaking with a man’s voice!
With a swift grab, Du Fan unleashed a fierce force toward her!
The moment his energy touched her body, it seemed as if her body was made of sand, vanishing rapidly in the gust of wind!
As Xiao Qin disappeared, the restaurant and the people eating there also vanished quickly, like sand blown away by wind. Even Rob, who was eating meat loudly, disappeared mysteriously!
“Rob!” Du Fan shouted.
Rob, whose half of his face had already disappeared, turned his head upon hearing Du Fan’s call and threw him a strange glance with his remaining eye!
Soon, Du Fan found himself in a forest—dark and gloomy. In the distance, the roars of magical beasts could be heard!
An illusion! It must be an illusion!
Seeing the sudden change around him, Du Fan’s heart sank.
Mages who could create illusions were those with extremely powerful mental strength—using their strength to bring illusions to life. As long as the illusion wasn’t broken, everything within it appeared real to those trapped inside!
All of this made sense, but the one thing Du Fan couldn’t figure out was when Rob had been replaced by the illusion caster—and why he hadn’t noticed at all!
Presumably, the “him” beside Rob was also an illusion. To be able to cast such a spell in front of god-tier experts and domain masters without either of them realizing it showed just how powerful the caster was.
So what if it was an illusion!

Du Fan let out a fierce shout in his heart. His eyes flashed with intensity, and in an instant, all the illusions vanished before his eyes.
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Deep within the palace of Dragon City.
A man dressed in black suddenly opened his eyes wide. “No good! He’s seen through my illusions!”
Surrounding this man were over twenty people of various kinds.
“Dragon Priest, what should we do now?” a bald man demanded urgently.
“Don’t worry. In a moment, I’ll activate the teleportation array to take us straight there,” the man called the Dragon Priest replied firmly. “There’s one more person under my control!”
Of course, the Dragon Priest didn’t say what he meant next. His plan was to use Rob to kill Du Fan. Once Du Fan was dead, he could continue maintaining the illusions!
The Dragon Priest was one of the three powerful figures in the Frozen Alliance. Within this alliance, he was an exception—the dragon he had a contract with was actually a magic dragon. As a result, he became a domain mage, at least after fusing with the dragon.
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Freeing himself from the illusion magic imposed on him, Du Fan immediately realized he was in a forest, a remote area of Dragon City.
About fifty meters away from him, Rob was spinning around endlessly.
“Rob!” Seeing Rob, Du Fan flew over immediately. When Rob noticed Du Fan approaching, his expression changed. Waving his hand, he sent a bolt of lightning straight at Du Fan’s head.
“Rob! Wake up!” Du Fan shouted fiercely.
But at that moment, Rob couldn’t hear Du Fan’s words!
In Rob’s illusion, Du Fan had already turned into a monstrous beast! This beast stared fiercely at Rob, determined to kill him before stopping!
Of course, if Rob could use the True Eye, with his godly level of cultivation, he could easily see through this barrier. The problem was that Rob was trapped in an illusion and hadn’t even realized it. So, he couldn’t possibly use the True Eye for no reason.
The lightning struck Du Fan’s head, but his Absolute Protection Domain flashed instantly, blocking it for him.
To Rob, it seemed as though this monstrous beast could actually block lightning! Fine, since you can block one bolt, I’ll send more! Let’s see if you can block them all!

Soon, lightning as thick as a thumb struck Du Fan repeatedly! It seemed that Rob couldn’t see himself at all in the illusion, Du Fan thought. Activating the True Eye again, Du Fan carefully observed Rob’s body. Soon, above Rob’s head, he spotted a faint blue light—so thin it was many times finer than a hair strand. Without the True Eye, Du Fan would never have been able to see such a delicate light. Standing on the ground, Du Fan silently endured Rob’s lightning strikes, while his mental energy quietly climbed up that thin blue light. …… “Bad! We’ve been discovered!” The Dragon Priest opened his eyes and said. “If that’s the case, let’s leave quickly!” Hearing this, the bald man said sharply. “Alright, follow me!” Upon hearing the bald man’s words, the Dragon Priest stood up and headed toward a hidden place. Soon, after unlocking several restrictions with his ears, a medium-sized teleportation array appeared before the group. “Only fifteen people can be transported at a time—hurry up!” the Dragon Priest said. Immediately, fifteen people stepped onto the magic teleportation array. The Dragon Priest chanted a few spells, and soon the fifteen people turned into a red light before disappearing. “Let’s go!” he said to the remaining people, leading them onto the teleportation array. Soon, with the Dragon Priest’s spells, those people also disappeared. Just as the Dragon Priest vanished, a purple sphere fell out. It quickly turned into a vast thunderstorm zone covering an astonishing 500 meters. Everything within that area was shattered into pieces, which then drifted down after the storm. Before leaving, the Dragon Priest had used magic to destroy everything here. …… “Du Fan? How is it you?” Rob was surprised as the magical beast in front of him slowly reverted to Du Fan. “We both fell victim to the other party’s illusion just now!” Du Fan said, seeing Rob’s astonished expression. “An illusion! That’s a technique unique to mental magic users!” Hearing this, Rob’s eyes widened in shock. “Exactly. I detected the spellcaster’s mental energy earlier—his level is that of a domain expert. It seems there are still many hidden talents in Dragon City,” Du Fan said.

“Daring to use such magic on me, Du Fan—haven’t you detected their location?” Rob said viciously.
“In the Dragon Palace of Dragon City!” Du Fan replied. “Let’s go and see what kind of person that caster really is!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Fan soared into the sky. Seeing Du Fan take off, Rob quickly followed closely behind him.
By channeling the spiritual energy of the Dragon Priest into his mental energy disc, Du Fan was able to pinpoint the direction where the Dragon Priest was located. On one of the buildings in the Dragon Palace, Rob opened his mouth wide and fired a Wind-Thunder Bomb at that building. In an instant, the building was reduced to rubble!
“Who? Who dares to attack the palace in secret?” As the building collapsed, groups of Dragon Palace guards rushed over.
“Get lost!” Rob shouted angrily.
Along with his voice came gusts of fierce wind. Under such strong winds, the ordinary guards were scattered everywhere!
Soon, a large hole appeared in the destroyed building due to the relentless wind. A faint glow emanated from the hole’s opening.
“Du Fan, let’s go down and take a look!” Rob said immediately upon seeing the hole.
“Let’s go!” Du Fan replied, and his figure vanished in a flash.
After entering the cave, all they saw were ruins.
“Wow, Rob, your cultivation has really improved a lot. Your Wind-Thunder Bomb destroyed everything inside as well.”
“This clearly isn’t my energy,” Rob said.
With a wave of his hand, more gusts of wind blew across the ground. Soon, a damaged magic array appeared before them.
“Rob, can you repair this magic array?” Du Fan asked, staring at it.
“That’s impossible. Even if it’s repaired, it still can’t be used,” Rob said after examining the array carefully.
“Oh, why?” Du Fan asked.
“To activate this magic array, special items are needed. It’s a magic array with restricted usage. In other words, to activate it, one needs spells or tokens like that,” Rob explained.
“Since that’s the case, let’s leave!” Du Fan said promptly upon hearing Rob’s words.
“Let’s go! It seems that caster has already fled!” Rob said.

When the two left the cave entrance, it was already surrounded by soldiers! Upon seeing Du Fan and the other person appear, arrows, as well as spells such as lightning, fireballs, and wind blades were thrown at them! It seemed that once these soldiers guarding the palace and mages learned the two had entered the cave, they quickly surrounded it!
“Die all!” Robo casually threw something, causing a barrage of lightning to crash down from the sky! Seizing this opportunity, the two took off and flew in the direction of Duke Green.
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“Since that’s the case, pass my order to begin the siege!” said Duke Green.
Hearing Du Fan’s words, the duke broke into cold sweat. If he hadn’t sent Du Fan and Robo inside to scout first, his 300,000-strong army might have suffered heavy losses under that illusion magic upon entering!
In fact, there was even a possibility of total annihilation!
“Pass my order! Start the siege immediately!” Duke Green shouted.
At Duke Green’s command, the thrilling sound of war drums immediately rang out on his side.