Having lived through past and present lives, Eugene had experienced various incidents and sustained numerous injuries.1

Yet, even he had never experienced his head being completely shattered. He had smashed countless demon heads, but this was the first time his head had burst.0

This was naturally the case, as a person typically died when their head was destroyed. It wasn’t only true for humans, either. Most creatures died if their heads were destroyed.0

However, Eugene did not die now. He was in a dream. This was not reality. But that was precisely why it felt even more bizarre and repulsive.2

Eugene watched as his skull fragments and brain bits scattered. He saw some liquid, possibly his blood or brain fluid, burst forth. His vision shook chaotically as his eyeballs sprung like springs and disrupted his sight.0

The pain of his head shattering, the swirling vision — all of it was a strange, repulsive, and novel experience for Eugene. Even though what was happening was not real, the sensations Eugene felt were as real as anything in the physical world. He knew that he would feel something similar if his head were to be destroyed in reality.0

Eventually, his body staggered. Without his head, his torso lost control. His legs trembled, and then he collapsed. Blood spurted from the messy stump of his neck like a fountain.0

Such a scene was familiar to Eugene. But he was only familiar with the scene from the perspective of the perpetrator. Eugene himself had never suffered such a fate. Even though he had...1