Conditions

A ripple so faint it was almost nonexistent passed through the air. Had Huo Hai not warned him beforehand, even the vice dean would have failed to notice it. After the ripple faded, an exceptionally colorful butterfly appeared in midair.

The butterfly slowly settled into Huo Hai's palm, fluttering its wings and radiating waves of affection. As soon as the vice dean saw Little Butterfly, he could sense the fluctuations of mental energy coming from it.

"Vice dean, this is Little Butterfly, the only insect I have that can influence the mind." Huo Hai was not deceiving him. It truly was his only insect capable of influencing the mind. Little Gold's venom contained a mental toxin, but that did not influence the mind—it attacked and destroyed it outright. Once Little Gold's venom entered someone's body, even their mind would collapse.

The vice dean's face filled with excitement. He examined the butterfly with utmost care, afraid he might accidentally hurt it. "What exactly is this butterfly? How can it give off such powerful mental fluctuations?" This was a mind-oriented Spirit Insect that had reached the Spirit Practitioner Realm!

The vice dean had never seen a mind-oriented Spirit Insect of this level in his life. He had heard of them before, but had never actually encountered one. Not just him—even the ruler and the dean, the two people standing at the pinnacle of the Southern Cloud Kingdom, had probably never seen a mind-oriented Spirit Insect that had reached the Spirit Practitioner Realm. Such a creature was simply too rare.

Seeing his reaction, Huo Hai inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the vice dean truly did not suspect him. Huo Hai had been worried that two mind-oriented attacks occurring at roughly the same time might arouse suspicion.

Nevertheless, Huo Hai had