The Era of Gods

Chapter 348: 348

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That thing is still at the Legendary Level.

Although its size is unimaginably large, it is still within the confines of Rank 8 Legends and hasn’t surpassed this level.

While strength and size can determine the level of power, it is not absolute; there are plenty of creatures with large bodies but weak strength.

Of course, the terrifying size of this creature is not for show; otherwise, it wouldn’t seem to be eradicating a Nightmare Realm overseen by a Child of Nightmare all by itself.

From what can be seen now, most of the Nightmare Creatures within this Nightmare Realm seem to have been devoured by that monster; it’s now hammering at the core of the Nightmare Realm. In the Divine Territory, that would be equivalent to hammering at the God Country where Lin Xiao’s True Body resides.

“I hope that Child of Nightmare drops dead soon!”

Only with the fall of the Child of Nightmare, will the pathway that connects the Divine Territory to the Realm begin to collapse and separate gradually.

If that Child of Nightmare manages to hold on, that creature might give up if it can’t deal with it and leave for other spaces. That thing just now has already noticed him. If it can’t breach the Nightmare core, it is very likely to come here.

Although the gap between the two worlds is not currently large enough to accommodate its passage, as the war continues, the connecting channel to the Divine Territory will grow larger and larger until one side of the two Divine Territories completely aligns, expanding the channel into a whole plane.

Meanwhile, in another Nightmare Realm, at the core of the Realm, Bernie’s True Body, a Giant even taller than the Legendary Nightmare Giant, clad in dark gold, slowly opens its eyes. Stretching out its massive right hand, a Rhombic Crystal with dozens of facets slowly levitates above its palm. The Giant, with eyes filled with reverence and tension, gazes at the Crystal and mutters softly:

“Supreme Nightmare’s Will, please grant me the power to change everything!”

The Rhombic Crystal begins to emit a faint, noble light that grows brighter and brighter, while an unimaginably enormous will slowly descends.

This will is too vast to describe, yet it doesn’t seem to have its consciousness, merely mechanically transmitting a message that makes the Giant’s eyes light up:

“Please make a choice.”

A more detailed content appears in the Giant’s mind. His large pupils reveal a shock as he rapidly goes through the vast information, murmuring to himself:

“So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is.”

His breathing speeds up, his eyes flickering with an unusual glow, indicating his current state of both chaos and excitement.

“How should I choose? This is the wish of the Leader of Gainey. If I use it…”

He is well aware of the consequences of his actions, but the crisis he’s facing, and the effects of this treasure he’s seen, irresistibly excite him. He wants to take the risk.

Nightmare’s Will Favor Crystal: Originating from the Nightmare’s Will’s favor towards the super elites of the Nightmare World, it can fulfill one wish of the favoured.

As a member of Team Genillon, Bernie is well aware that such a treasure is only possessed by the top elites of the Nightmare World. If not for the restrictions of this world that prevent Gainey from carrying it in, it would be impossible for him to even see or touch it.

He also knows full well what the consequences would be if he uses the item prematurely, even if it is because he’s in a dire situation.

No reasons justify him using this treasure not meant for him, but Bernie couldn’t help himself. He knows that if he could use and assimilate this treasure, his strength would jump enormously, propelling him to the ranks of this generation’s topmost elites of the Nightmare World.

But he also knows how great the risks are of using this treasure without permission. Even if he survives, he would face ruthless punishment from Lord Gainey, perhaps being stripped of all his strength and killed.

“I…”

The Child of Nightmare, Bernie, recalls the invincible strength of that human fighter, takes a deep breath, and closes his hand over the Rhombic Crystal, beams of noble light spraying out from between his fingers.

He knows the consequences, but he also knows that he definitely can’t defeat that player from the Human Divine Territory without it.

Dying now or dying later, he makes the wise choice.

“Buzz!”

Beams of light that cannot be described in words shoot out from the depths of the Nightmare Realm, piercing the lightless Darkness and stabbing into the Vault of Heaven.

The next second, countless beams of light converge, turning into a sea of light gushing out from the depths of Bernie’s Nightmare Realm, which hasn’t seen sunlight for thousands of years. Like a tide, it spreads in all directions, illuminating the entire Realm.

In this light that brightens the whole Realm, Lin Xiao senses an immense terror about to arrive, swiftly retreating his will from the channel between the two worlds. He looks back to see the defense barrier, which Bernie had woven with a vast amount of Nightmare Power, now riddled with countless holes from the infinite light, melting away like a sandcastle washed away by the tide.

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Then, as if a light was suddenly turned on in a pitch-black room at night, a dazzling light burst forth from the gateway between the two realms, spilling thousands of meters into the Divine Realm.

After that, Lin Xiao felt an utterly chilling will descend upon his Divine Realm, spreading rapidly like a living thing, soon detecting him, the Divine Realm Master.

Next came an overwhelming malice, stark and barefaced.

This malice was so intense that it made Lin Xiao wonder if it was specifically aimed at him.

At the same time, this light, following the connection previously established by Bernie and the other two Children of Nightmare, entered the domains of the other two Children of Nightmare. To the left, Isaiah felt only awe at this power from the Nightmare World, while to the right, Gould was especially repelled by it.

Or rather, having been already gradually corrupted by the ceaselessly emitting weird and warped power of the vast flesh mountain, it had started to fall into decay and began to repel its original Nightmare Power.

Within the core of the domain, his True Body was barely able to maintain its original form.

As the Nightmare Creatures in the domain died off one after another, the strength of the Children of Nightmare, which had mainly come from the domain’s Nightmare Creatures, inevitably dwindled. Before, they could still maintain their station with previously accumulated Nightmare Power, but as the accumulated Nightmare Power was nearly exhausted, and with the domain unable to withstand the corrupting power of distortion, Gould was now just a step away from falling into decay.

His consciousness was already hazy, unable to distinguish friend from foe. If it weren’t for the remnants of his will instinctively resisting, he would have probably given in and fallen into the embrace of that enormous entity.

But by now, such resistance was essentially in vain. Without any surprises, decay or demise was inevitable.

As the will of the Nightmare World descended within this domain, it began to automatically purge anything that wasn’t of Nightmare origin. The enormous entity, as if strongly stimulated, jerked abruptly, released its devouring hold on the core of the Nightmare, and turned to move towards the gateway connecting to Bernie’s Nightmare Realm with gigantic arms measuring kilometers in length.

This was not unexpected, after all, this titanic being came from that Alien World invaded by the Nightmare World, where native creatures inherently repel the beings of the Nightmare World, the stronger the Child of Nightmare, the greater the rejection.

So when sensing the will of the invading Nightmare, the main culprit, it was not surprising for the gigantic entity to react in this way.

Therefore, Lin Xiao, who was issuing Divine-mandate orders with a tense expression, preparing to meet the increasingly menacing malice invading his Divine Realm, suddenly found that the terrible malice that was about to rush into his domain retracted in an instant, disappearing as if it were never there, like an illusion.

He stared dumbfounded for a long time before he dispatched another exploration team, attaching a sliver of his will onto the members, and re-entering Bernie’s territory.

The moment they crossed the gateway between the two realms, they saw a terrifying giant thousands of meters high, like a mountain range, entangled in fierce combat with the flesh mountain. Meanwhile, the passage between Bernie and Gould’s domains had been torn open to reveal a vast plain of land, with both domains now fully interconnected over a span of dozens of kilometers wide.

The terrifying giant was enveloped in a thick layer of invisible distortion, and when the massive arms of the flesh mountain smashed against it, they raised ripples but were unable to break through.

At the same time, the terrifying giant was emitting an invisible force of attraction, continually drawing in all of the Nightmare Power from the entire domain into itself, and to the left of Bernie’s domain, the gateway to Isaiah’s territory was wide open, with the Nightmare Power continuously extracted to supplement the terrifying giant’s strength.

Though the Nightmare giant was far smaller than the enormous entity, its strength was by no means lesser, and it was more agile in comparison. It looked like the vast flesh ball was unable to overcome the Nightmare giant.

At this moment, there was hardly any scattered Nightmare Power in the domain, and the entire territory had regained clarity. From afar, one could see that the core of Bernie’s domain had vanished, and it was uncertain where this Child of Nightmare was now, whether he was still alive, or, perhaps, if the terrifying giant was him.

“Truly fucked up!”

Lin Xiao was speechless, whether facing the unknown bizarre flesh ball or this thousand-meter tall terrifying Nightmare giant, neither were at a level he could contend with. These were at least the challenges of the Semi-God Level.

In fact, the Children of Nightmare in this world were at least the equivalent of humans in their late Senior three stage. His presence here was indeed forced.

It was also fortunate that his strength was sufficient. Had it been any other Senior two students, they would likely suffer a tragic death.

Luo Shuang, Wu Zhonglin, and other military elites had, like him, fallen into this world, and he had no idea how they were faring or if any had fallen.

This indicated that the dangers they had previously faced were limited within a certain scope, and were well arranged, such that they could mostly cope.

This situation would continue until they entered their freshman year of college after the high school finals. Before the finals, all students would be protected. After the finals, the level of protection would significantly decrease, and they would no longer be able to obtain various opportunities and resources easily and safely as before.

The predicament Lin Xiao was facing now is what regular Divine Territory players or college students must confront in the Outland. Not only do they have to deal with the unknown environments of Alien Worlds, but they must also face Natives and even hostile civilizations. One lapse in attention could mean their demise.

Fortunately, this was not Lin Xiao’s first encounter with an overwhelming situation. He had experienced it once before at the Ruins of Myriad.

Having had that experience, he knew very well that now was not the time to panic. He needed to observe calmly and think of a response.

Half a day later, the last Child of Nightmare, Isaiah’s Nightmare Realm, was torn open. The Nightmare Will Incarnate, the Nightmare giant, took over everything within the domain, and all three