This whip strike nearly tore the Grand Guardian's flesh open. Crimson cracks resembling shattered glass appeared all over his body, and his muscles even bulged through them.
The blood vessels around his eyes protruded grotesquely before bursting and bleeding. The areas around both eyes were drenched in blood, and some even seeped into his eyes.
He let out a beastlike, frenzied, hysterical roar, throwing down the National Artifact in his hand without a shred of reason. Amidst intense pain and struggle, he charged toward Yulia.
Yet the white-haired girl, whose expression had been panicked and fearful, suddenly became calm.
It was as if her fear before had been nothing more than an act.
The Grand Guardian also suddenly stopped and slowly turned his head.
Iver, the Night Demon, the Grand Guardian, Yulia... everyone stopped attacking at the same time and slowly turned to look at her.
Their faces went pale, and an eerie, icy smile stretched across them.
The succubus froze for only an instant before suddenly realizing what was happening.
This is fake! An illusion!
The Greater Phantom Demon's powerful will allowed her to break free of the illusion in an instant. She turned around without hesitation and attacked, scattering the Earthbound Spirit that had tried to approach her with a single lash!
At that moment, the Grand Guardian had just begun his berserk charge, and "Yulia's" expression had only just turned calm.
The succubus suddenly grew wary—
But it was already too late.
A huge hand that had opened behind her long ago now descended and firmly seized her.
When Iver silently summoned the "Earthbound Spirit," the succubus had been dragged into the illusion for less than half a second.
Iver had naturally noticed Isabel's arrival, but he knew even more clearly that Ligeia already knew what he