Chapter 2002 - 76: Little Nightmare (Part 2)

"No! Ni Yang, this is that guy’s dream realm, they are Nightmares, not real life forms! They won’t truly die! Unless you extinguish their source, you will never kill them all!"

As if to confirm Zhang Xiaoman’s words, more Little Nightmares flew out from the building. This time, both in number and speed, they exceeded the previous ones by more than just one level, even Ni Yang was beginning to feel overwhelmed.

"Hmph! So what! When have I ever been afraid! Watch me crush them!"

Ni Yang’s face was full of defiance, with a flick of its large tail, a clone formed by a water wave roared out towards the group of monsters.

"Kid, let me show you my signature ultimate move, Swallowing Heaven!"

As it said this, the Water Dragon clone suddenly opened its bloody mouth, followed immediately by a change in the color of the heavens and earth. Zhang Xiaoman felt a darkness before his eyes, and in the field of his vision, all the Little Nightmares were swallowed whole by the clone.

"Hmph, overestimating your own abilities!"

Ni Yang snorted coldly and was about to charge forward immediately afterward.

Zhang Xiaoman closely followed.

However, in the next moment, more Little Nightmares surged out from the building, instantly filling the empty sky again.

This time, even Ni Yang’s expression turned a bit grim.

"Whoever blocks me will die!"

It drove the Water Dragon clone to strike again, intending to repeat its trick.

But this time it failed.

All the Little Nightmares suddenly stopped advancing, in the middle of their bodies was a large single eye, all focusing intently on Ni Yang’s clone.

A dazzling purple light bloomed in their eyes, and an invisible force pressed down, even Zhang Xiaoman felt a strong shock, the Water Dragon clone was distorted by the pressure, finally disintegrating into a rain of water droplets.

Ni Yang couldn’t help but cough up a mouthful of blood, already seriously injured; now using powerful divine skills repeatedly was taking its toll.

Zhang Xiaoman’s expression changed, he hurriedly went to help.

His figure blurred, and ten body outside the body clones appeared around, each emitting energy fluctuations equivalent to his own body, which immediately widened Ni Yang’s eyes.

"Kid, what kind of trick is this!?"

Seeing it had the energy to be playful, Zhang Xiaoman knew its wounds shouldn’t be too serious, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is a new ability I’ve mastered; if you want to learn, I’ll teach you later!"

He shouted and immediately commanded the clones to attack.

The ten clones moved simultaneously, with a blue light emerging from their palms, and immediately, snowflakes floated in the sky again, grander than Ni Yang’s previous show, forming a blizzard mixed with fierce winds.

"You, how did you learn this move? Have I ever taught you?"

Ni Yang was stunned.

It didn’t recall teaching Zhang Xiaoman this move, which was clearly just used by it, now displayed by ten clones together, its power unexpectedly even stronger.

Zhang Xiaoman smiled mysteriously; of course, Ni Yang had never taught him this, it was learned on the fly.

In fact, using the word "learned" isn’t quite right, because he hadn’t truly grasped the essence of this skill, nor did he know the spiritual power arrangement and combination method of the skill, the reason he could use it was entirely due to his mastery of the Primordial Power.

The Primordial Power was something he gained insight into during the expansion of the Original Realm, possessing the characteristic of simulating all things.

In simple terms, Zhang Xiaoman simulated and released Ni Yang’s skill through the Primordial Power, though the process of release was different; the final effect and nature of the skill had no differences.

Additionally, with Zhang Xiaoman’s ten clones releasing it simultaneously, the spiritual power complementing, it was far from being as simple as one plus one equals two, its power surpassed even Ni Yang, the original creator.

The Little Nightmare monsters were heavily suppressed and suffered losses under the blizzard, but Zhang Xiaoman knew this was only temporary. Once the storm passed, they would reappear, impossible to kill all.

His eyes flashed white, and he swung his arm down heavily, targeting not the Little Nightmares but the Divine Country buildings below.

Following waves, come!

As the saying goes, waves crash onto the shore, endless and ceaseless; Zhang Xiaoman’s attack skill simulated from Ni Yang’s ultimate divine skill created a massive tidal wave, emerging behind him, rushing down with a force to end the world, aiming at the Divine Country’s buildings.

In an instant, the ground shattered, monsters wailed, elliptical houses couldn’t bear the crushing force of the endless massive waves, emitted cracking sounds, and then completely collapsed.

After the buildings collapsed, Little Nightmares never reappeared, causing both the man and the dragon to beam with joy.

It seemed effective; these monsters all came out from those houses, though he didn’t know what exactly was inside, it seemed destroying the houses should stop them.

Fortunately, things developed as predicted; Zhang Xiaoman knew the crisis should be temporarily resolved. He and Ni Yang exchanged a glance, ready to continue with the next actions.

"Zizi must be here! I’m going to find her!"

Ni Yang ignored its injuries and was about to leave.

Zhang Xiaoman forcibly pulled it back, packed its mouth with a bunch of Immortal Elixirs, and painfully exchanged a World Tree Clone seed from the gang store, making it look barely less battered.

"Kid, I didn’t mistake you, you’re quite the trooper. But as for saying thanks, I’ll save it for later when we find Zizi, we’ll get back and properly enjoy some boiled goose with you!"

Ni Yang referred to the boiled goose as saltwater goose; during its long time with Master Liu at Tianyuan Sect, it gradually fell in love with this delicacy.

Zhang Xiaoman opened his mouth, about to say something, but at this moment, the heavens and earth trembled violently again, this time even more severely than before.

"What’s happening!?"

He looked in horror below.

The ground below was crisscrossed with countless fissures; as the ground shook violently, turning over in front of them, revealing similar dome buildings to before, from which a faint, melodious call seemed to emanate.

"Not good!"

Zhang Xiaoman’s face changed.

These buildings were incredibly sturdy; he’d barely destroyed a batch, but never expected them to reappear in such a manner.

"This is Nightmare’s dream realm; the entire Divine Country is a manifestation of its dream. To truly destroy it is impossible, unless you wake him up..."

Zhang Xiaoman now understood; no matter how many monsters he and Ni Yang killed, or how many houses they dismantled, it would regenerate with a mere thought, making it an endless cycle of battle.

But, even though he now understood all this, what of it? Wake the Nightmare? That’s simply an impossibility.

Even now, Nightmare, in its slumber, already had such terrifying power; if it were to awaken, they would be doomed.

"Since it’s like this... then we’ll break through by force!"

Zhang Xiaoman was also ready to risk it all.

Anyway, their goal was to find Ni Yang’s former master, not to kill monsters. As long as they found the target and took them away, they could hold off the monsters.

Since he already wiped out the Divine Country once, he didn’t mind doing it again; even if these buildings could repair infinitely, they could use the repair interval to search for their target.

Zhang Xiaoman spent another 100 points to exchange for an Immortal Rejuvenation Grass from the store, replenishing his spiritual power.

The skills he used earlier were energy-consuming, and by now he was nearly depleted of spiritual power.

Ni Yang immediately understood his intention, preparing to set off and search for Zizi, the man and the dragon shared a mutual understanding.

Just as Zhang Xiaoman was about to move, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Stop!"