It was a magnificent, endless dream, one he never wanted to wake from.
But Wang Wu ultimately woke up, feeling somewhat sorrowful. The sensations in that illusionary dream had truly been intoxicating—he had known it was false, yet still been willing to lose himself in it!
It nearly overturned everything he knew about illusions.
One did not become addicted because one could not tell truth from falsehood.
Rather, one knew it was false and still willingly sank into it!
That was the truly terrifying part.
Wang Wu felt that this was perhaps the most brilliant kind of illusion.
Had it been when he had first arrived, he would have been completely finished.
When other illusions vanished, everything became like a dream bubble. Beauties turned into white bones, and everything within the illusion seemed laughable and pathetic.
But this one was genuinely hard to part with.
Wang Wu, someone who had endured Demon King-grade toxins, who could temper black iron three thousand times in a row, and who considered his willpower fairly decent, could not help but burst into tears at that moment, utterly dejected.
Of course, perhaps he was simply too weak?
It took him several full minutes to recover his spirits. Even the damage to his throat had Self-Healed.
When he looked again at the densely packed notifications, cold sweat poured down his back, and his heart pounded in fright.
This time, he had truly encountered a formidable opponent.
``` "You are attempting to capture a Sixth-Rank Great Illusion King Worm!"
"You have suffered an attack from Demon King-grade Hallucinogenic Toxin. You have been captured in reverse. Under the Great Illusion King Worm's control, you dealt 500 points of damage to yourself!"
"Due to your Level 13 Danger Sense, Level 2 Heart of the Earth, 13 points of Demon