Illusory Realm Trial
"Dragon Sable" stared at him in silence for a long time before finally speaking coldly. "When did you start to realize?"
Bi Fan smiled faintly. "I had my suspicions from the beginning. Xiao Lian said that aside from me, everything else was an illusion. But why weren't you affected?"
"Dragon Sable" raised an eyebrow. "A spirit beast sharing its host's body—wouldn't it be perfectly normal for me to exist under these circumstances?"
Bi Fan nodded with a faint smile. "Yes, you could put it that way. So the thought only crossed my mind briefly. But later, I still noticed something was wrong."
"What?"
"When you explained Black Demonic Flame. It certainly was troublesome, but how could there be a strange flame so bizarre that it still had side effects after its host had died?"
"Dragon Sable" narrowed his eyes at Bi Fan. "All things in this world are capable of defying definition. How can you be sure Black Demonic Flame isn't one of them?"
"But I'm sure the real Dragon Sable would never make me take such a desperate risk and send myself to my doom!"
Bi Fan said coldly, "It's been inside me for years, living alongside me day and night. It would never harm me. Your suggestion might have worked, but a moment's comparison makes it obvious that I'd be better off letting Black Demonic Flame burn inside me than swallowing a Fire Devouring Worm!"
"When Black Mo Tiger died, Black Demonic Flame had actually already disappeared from my body. You fabricated a flame inside me to keep up the illusion, all so you could make me swallow the Fire Devouring Worm, didn't you?"
"The moment I swallowed it, I'm afraid I would have failed this trial!"
"Dragon Sable" smiled with a hand resting against