172: Xia Weiyu was on guard.

"No problem. My illusion abilities are very strong; trapping tens of thousands of enemies at once is no trouble at all. You can take your time."

Little Qing did not agree to this proposal.

After finishing the jerky in front of her, Little Qing still wasn't satisfied. Having eaten flies and mosquitoes every day for the past few years, it had been a long time since she'd had a proper meal.

"Give me some more jerky to eat."

"There's none left."

Since the other party wasn't giving him any Face, Su Chen naturally couldn't be bothered to suck up to it.

However, seeing Little Qing's depressed expression, he had a sudden idea:

"I don't have any on me, but my friend has a lot. We can ask her for some."

Little Qing had already guessed who it was: "That Xia Weiyu?"

"How about it? If you let my friend out, you'll have jerky to eat.

Furthermore, I've had a very tiring day today. The number of Heavenly Fiend Cult members has increased, and there are more powerful ones too.

I can handle third-grade ones, but fourth-grade ones put a lot of pressure on me. I need someone to coordinate with me."

"I can do it too."

Su Chen directly vetoed it: "Using your illusions to drain them takes too long; it's inefficient.

But if my friend comes out to help me, this problem won't exist. What do you think? Consider it, it's also for efficiency."

"This friend of mine is also at the third-grade level. What threat could she possibly pose to you if you let her out?

Moreover, as you said yourself, there's a Clone of yours on every tree here. Wherever we go, we can't escape your surveillance."

"This..." Little Qing fell into hesitation. If they didn't speed up dealing with the Heavenly Fiend Cult, the pressure on her would only grow.

Controlling several hundred people simultaneously wasn't a problem for her, but that was just her own estimate. She wasn't clear if there would actually be any mistakes without truly testing it.

Rather than taking that risk, it was better to let the person in front of her resolve things quickly.

Letting just one out wouldn't pose any real threat to her."

Seeing Little Qing fall silent, Su Chen knew this was the chance:

"Miss Qing, don't hesitate.

Your brother is a Demon King about to reach the ninth rank. Why would he need to fear us low-grade Ability Users?"

"Well... alright.

But you need to be prepared. This friend of yours is in a very irritable mood right now."

"Irritable? No problem!"

How irritable could Xia Weiyu possibly be? The fiercest she'd ever been with him was just little fists pounding his chest... Afraid Little Qing would change her mind, Su Chen hurried nonstop to the area where Xia Weiyu was trapped.

Xia Weiyu, trapped in the illusion, had been in the middle of harshly interrogating a prisoner. When her whip lashed through empty air and she saw the surrounding scenery change, she became extremely vigilant.

Upon seeing Su Chen, instead of being pleased, she grew furious and lashed out with her whip again:

"Who told you to stop? What's 1000 minus 7?"

Looking at the whip mark on the ground, Su Chen finally understood what this 'irritable' meant. She was indeed a bit irritable.

"Calm down! Calm down, I'm the real one."

"Prove it!"

Although Xia Weiyu stopped swinging the whip in her hand, she didn't easily believe the Su Chen in front of her.

Little Qing watched from the side without interfering, only offering a reminder:

"Yesterday, to make her lower her guard, I created 250 copies of you to confuse her.

So... if you can't prove you are Su Chen, your fate will also be harsh interrogation."

"This..."

It's all this snake's fault! Why did you make so many copies of me?

Now things were great. The number was too high, and Xia Weiyu's mind was surely a mess. Even if she saw the real one now, she absolutely wouldn't recognize him.

With 250 test subjects, no matter what he said now, it would only make Xia Weiyu more suspicious of him.

He couldn't explain; explaining would only make Xia Weiyu think he was even faker.

Looking at the ever-wary Xia Weiyu, Su Chen took the initiative:

"And how can you prove that you are the real Xia Weiyu?"

"I... That's right, how should I prove that I am me? Maybe I'm fake too..."

Watching Xia Weiyu genuinely start to ponder this, Su Chen was sure this was the real one.

This silly girl, always believing whatever others say.

"Relax, Weiyu. I've already negotiated with the Secret Realm's guardian beast.

If you don't trust me, then stay on guard.

I just saw you've been working too hard these past two days and wanted to let you out for a rest."

Xia Weiyu still doubted him, but Su Chen wasn't angry; he actually thought it was a good thing, at least her vigilance was strong enough.

"Sit down and rest for a bit. You must be exhausted from harshly interrogating people nonstop for two days."

"How do you know?"

"I... I naturally know.

Didn't I just tell you? I've already negotiated with this Secret Realm's guardian beast. That's why it let you out.

Believe it or not, that's the situation.

See this little green snake on my shoulder? The illusion was created by it.

First, sit down and rest. You must be hungry after not eating for two days. Have something to eat.

If you're not comfortable with my food, eat your own. Your Storage Space has years' worth of food and drink stockpiled; you don't need my little bit."

When Su Chen No. 251 said this, Xia Weiyu indeed felt a bit hungry.

Out of caution, she still kept her distance from Su Chen No. 251, taking out a jianbing guozi from her own Storage Space to eat.

"Weiyu, do you have any extra jerky? Share some with this little snake."

Xia Weiyu didn't refuse. She took out a little and, for safety, had her Water Clone deliver it over.

Looking at the still-wary Xia Weiyu before him, although Su Chen wanted to comfort her, he could only wait until tomorrow to explain.

Let her calm down first; explaining then would be much easier... Having not slept for two days, drowsiness now washed over him as he sat down.

But Xia Weiyu kept warning herself not to fall asleep, or there would be danger.

This Su Chen in front of her was different from the 250 encountered before; he seemed more real.

But she still didn't dare be the slightest bit careless. What if he was fake?

If he was real, she'd at most be scolded afterwards.

If he was fake, then she'd have capsized in a ditch, and all her efforts would be wasted.

Without 100% certainty, she couldn't accept the Su Chen in front of her.

As for how to make him prove it, she really had no idea at all.

These past two days, she had seen too many Su Chens and had dealt with them all. Each one felt very real, each one knew their past, and could answer any question.

This troubled her greatly, making her mind feel like a complete mess right now.

In this situation, even if the real Su Chen were right in front of her, she wouldn't know how to recognize him.

Seeing Xia Weiyu dozing off but not daring to sleep, Su Chen shook his head.

"If you really don't want to rest, then Cultivate. I'll teach you a mantra that can clear your Divine Sense a bit and keep you from getting sleepy."

"I won't practice it. What if I suffer Qi Deviation?"

Xia Weiyu decisively refused. To prevent herself from falling asleep from exhaustion, she wanted to talk to relieve the drowsiness:

"What do we do next?"

"There are still quite a few Heavenly Fiend Cult members who came in. We need to deal with them.

As for me, because I offended this little green snake, I'm now working to pay off a debt to it. I just redeemed you so you can help me together."

"What grades are we dealing with?"

"We'll deal with the weaker ones first, third and fourth grade. Fourth grade will put a lot of pressure on you.

When the time comes, I'll join forces with you to deal with them."

"Then I'll go now."

"Rest for a bit. You haven't slept for two days."

"No need."

Su Chen didn't agree, but Xia Weiyu insisted repeatedly. Both sides could only compromise, agreeing to set out in one hour.