"I remember you specialized in genjutsu, right?" Zhou Fan asked.
The Nightmare Lord, formerly one of Xia Country's ten strongest fighters, specialized in genjutsu!
"Correct. I am the strongest genjutsu Esper in Xia Country's history."
"Genjutsu is the most unique of all the superpower types."
"If you can defeat me today, then from now on, you will stand a fighting chance against any genjutsu opponent."
"If you cannot defeat me, it proves that your ability to counter genjutsu is still lacking. You must improve your resistance to genjutsu, or if you encounter a genjutsu Esper as powerful as me in the future, it will be the reason for your defeat!"
"A powerful Esper must learn how to deal with genjutsu," the Nightmare Lord said.
Zhou Fan nodded thoughtfully. "Oh, that actually makes quite a bit of sense."
"All right, then. Let me see just how powerful your genjutsu is."
The Nightmare Lord's mouth twitched.
Wait.
Why did that sound so arrogant?
What did he mean by 'let me see just how powerful your genjutsu is'?
To say something like that to him, the undisputed strongest genjutsu master in Xia Country...
He simply had no idea who he was dealing with!
All the goodwill the Nightmare Lord had built up toward Zhou Fan vanished in an instant.
"Big words. I've seen many geniuses as confident as you, but they all fell before me in the end."
"What makes you any different from them?"
The Nightmare Lord's eyes began to change. Each pupil slowly split into two, overlapping vertically.
Nightmare Eye!
"The nightmare begins!"
The Nightmare Lord focused his eyes, and darkness spread wildly from his body, instantly plunging the entire world into blackness.
Zhou Fan found himself trapped in a pitch-black mire.
Countless vengeful spirits wrapped themselves around his body, endlessly