The Hundred Illusions Butterflies lived on an isolated island in the sea.
At first, they paid humans no mind. Later, they came to attack any human ship they saw passing by, beating their wings and raising towering waves.
Humans deserved to die!
Xiao Xiao could only smile wryly when he learned all this.
What a monster with a deep connection to humans.
Unfortunately,
it wasn't a good connection.
Xiao Xiao's voice was very soft.
But the monster in the air still heard him.
It lowered its eyes to look at the human below.
The only human in the courtyard at that moment.
The rest... were all monsters.
It narrowed its eyes slightly.
What a rare sight.
And...
It withdrew its gaze from Xiao Xiao and turned to Plum Blossom Woman.
"Just now... was it you who attacked me?"
Its unhurried voice was full of languor.
"Why?"
Plum Blossom Woman's heart tightened.
The other party's gaze seemed casual, yet it put pressure on her at once.
Though wariness rose in her heart, Plum Blossom Woman's expression remained cool.
Her voice was equally even.
"You were neither alive nor dead."
"I was just checking."
Just checking?
Plum Blossom Woman's matter-of-fact attitude left the Hundred Illusions Butterfly at a loss for words.
A few breaths later, the Hundred Illusions Butterfly gave a lazy laugh. Its speech remained slow and unhurried, and it didn't seem angered by Plum Blossom Woman's rudeness. "That's a rather brutal way to check."
Plum Blossom Woman fell silent.
The plum blossoms were like extensions of her body.
She could control them as easily as her own limbs.
If the monster still showed no reaction by the end, the plum blossoms' attack would stop.
After all, she had no taste for beating a corpse.
"Was it