177: Origin fragment-Nightmare!
The familiar sensation reappeared, and the scenery before him changed abruptly.
Ye Ze saw White Lin again.
White Lin also looked at Ye Ze with a bewildered expression, then tentatively asked, “Ye Ze?”
“Is this a dream again?” Moon Rabbit couldn't help but open her mouth wide.
Ye Ze, however, remained calm, looking at the surrounding environment.
He was originally a bit confused as to why there were so many Evil Ghosts frozen in place, but just now the World Tree restored Demon Lord Yan's life, which clearly formed a magic array! It was closely related to Demon Lord Yan.
“It seems Yan is preparing to take over the World Tree, using it as a base to control the Shan Hai World!” Ye Ze said, taking a deep breath.
White Lin and Moon Rabbit's expressions suddenly changed: “Then, what should we do?!”
“We should break through this dream space first!” Ye Ze calmly summoned Panda.
Beside the World Tree, Demon Lord Yan's body was in a semi-merged state with the World Tree.
“As expected of the World Tree, it would be almost impossible to cast Eternal Dreamland without it as a base!
But now that I've pulled the entire Shan Hai World into the dream, I want to see how long you can last!” Demon Lord Yan said smugly.
At the same time, within the dream space where Ye Ze was, the Evil Ghost's body twisted out.
“I don't believe you can break my dream this time!” The Evil Ghost looked at Ye Ze with a triumphant expression, then sneered and his body dissipated.
White Lin, who was beside Ye Ze, was about to speak when the space suddenly twisted, swallowing his body and making him disappear before Ye Ze.
“Ding, you have entered the Eternal Dreamland space. Danger level: extremely high!”
【Eternal Dreamland: Due to the influence of the World Tree, all creatures in the Shan Hai World have fallen into the Eternal Dreamland, in an infinite loop!】
【Eternal Dreamland buff detected. Purify? (Purification requires 500 Source Strength!)】
“Purify!” Ye Ze didn't hesitate at all.
If he kept the Eternal Dreamland buff, he might be ambushed by the Evil Ghost, but now Ye Ze was curious if he would leave the dream once the buff was cleared?
As it turned out, Ye Ze was overthinking.
As the Eternal Dreamland buff was purified, Ye Ze only felt his body suddenly lighten, while Demon Lord Yan, who had been controlling the Eternal Dreamland, frowned deeply.
“Strange! This guy actually disappeared? It's a pity I can't fully use the World Tree's power yet, otherwise I could definitely pinpoint his location!” Demon Lord Yan said resentfully.
But he was certain that Ye Ze was still within the Eternal Dreamland!
Seeing that Ye Ze was trapped in the dream, Demon Lord Yan no longer concealed himself, and the Evil Ghost aura within his body surged out like tentacles.
These tentacles, formed by the Evil Ghost aura, directly struck the Evil Ghosts that were stiff in place.
Lines of magic arrays on the ground lit up, and the hazy Evil Ghost aura began to continuously infect the World Tree.
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The Eternal Dreamland buff was removed, but Ye Ze was still in the dream, which ironically provided him with convenience.
“Panda! It's your time to shine!” Ye Ze said with a chuckle.
Panda didn't hesitate, spreading his legs and beginning to devour the dream.
Because Panda was constantly devouring, the dream became materialized, like colorful bubbles that would shrink and disappear upon contact with Panda…
And in this process, Panda's strength was steadily increasing.
“3000 points!” Ye Ze's eyes suddenly lit up. At this moment, Panda's strength had reached the terrifying value of 3000 points, and 3000 was a qualitative transformation from 2999.
The aura on Panda's body suddenly changed, and the color of his fur became even deeper, making him look more unfathomable.
Ye Ze even looked forward to the scene after Panda used the Kunpeng Art.
With attributes doubled, he could probably kill Demon Lord Yan with one punch!
Ye Ze followed Panda, observing the dream's dissolution, and the contents of these dreams gave him a new understanding of the Shan Hai World.
Under the influence of the Eternal Dreamland, the creatures of the Shan Hai World fell into a deep sleep, but some, after sleeping for a while, opened their eyes in confusion.
Its dream had disappeared!
But the influence of the Eternal Dreamland remained, so it could only close its eyes again and continue to create new dreams.
This was also the terrifying aspect of the Eternal Dreamland; as long as the source of the Eternal Dreamland could not be resolved, the dream would not completely disappear!
Of course, the terrifying aspect of the Eternal Dreamland was nothing to Ye Ze, after all, Panda's devouring ability would always provide attribute points. Who would dislike a method of improvement that only required eating?
“Eh? Why are the attribute points getting fewer and fewer?” Ye Ze watched Panda's attribute increase become slower and slower, only then realizing that some dreams no longer increased attribute points even when devoured.
Looking at the dreams Panda devoured again… some of them looked familiar!
“It seems there's a limit to how much devouring dreams can improve one! That's right, if he could devour indefinitely, wouldn't Panda be invincible if he just caught the Evil Ghost?” Ye Ze wasn't disappointed by this.
This wave of improvement was already a gain for Panda; people should be content!
“Since there's no more improvement, there's no need to waste time here!” Ye Ze directly took out the evil ghost mask.
Although it was a dream, it was also a kind of dungeon. Moreover, now that he was not affected by the Eternal Dreamland buff, it was not difficult to escape the Eternal Dreamland.
“Modify Eternal Dreamland rules, cost 200 Source Strength. Confirm?”
Looking at the modification cost of the evil ghost mask, Ye Ze confirmed without hesitation.
Ye Ze returned to the side of the World Tree again.
At this moment, Demon Lord Yan was like a tentacle monster, with countless tentacles formed by Evil Ghost aura spreading out from him in all directions.
“Ye Ze?” Demon Lord Yan discovered Ye Ze immediately, his eyes instantly wide, looking incredulous: “No! How could you leave the Eternal Dreamland! This is impossible!”
Ye Ze shrugged: “Nothing is impossible! Panda!”
Demon Lord Yan was clearly using the magic array to continuously erode the World Tree, which gave Ye Ze a subtle feeling of unease.
The existence of the World Tree was extremely special; Demon Lord Yan must not be allowed to succeed if there was any chance!
【Kunpeng Art】
【Martial God Form】
Panda started at his peak, and with the doubling of his attributes, Panda's attack power had reached an extremely terrifying level. A black void even appeared in front of his fist!
Demon Lord Yan was in a panic; this strike was very strong!
“Abyss Shield!” Demon Lord Yan ignored controlling the Evil Ghost magic array and directly retracted all his tentacles.
He even condensed a huge black shield in front of him, trying to block Panda's attack.
But the Evil Ghost shield condensed by Demon Lord using Evil Ghost aura shattered instantly like paper before Panda.
One punch!
Panda's fist landed squarely on Demon Lord Yan's face.
Demon Lord Yan's body suddenly vanished into the void, finally saving his life.
“Ye Ze!” Demon Lord Yan was both shocked and angry, his body trembling, his gaze fixed on Ye Ze.
Ye Ze, however, waved his hand at Demon Lord Yan: “Goodbye!”
A trace of unease flashed in Demon Lord Yan's heart; he felt as if he was being targeted by something!
“Want to kill me? You're not qualified enough!
I'll remember this today, and I'll make you repay it tenfold!” Demon Lord Yan left a harsh remark and turned to run.
Responding to him was a flash of blade light.
When the Void Killer strikes, there is no escape!
Demon Lord Yan's eyes widened, a look of disbelief on his face. He never expected that he would actually die!
【Killed Demon Lord Yan, gained Experience +3 million (+200%)】
【Killing Blessing—Gained Free Attributes: 300 points!】
【Destiny Treasure Affinity—You automatically obtained its dropped items: Origin Shard - Yan, Evil Ghost Demon Armor, Evil Ghost Demon Mask!】
Compared to those legendary equipment, Ye Ze was more concerned about Demon Lord Yan's Origin Shard.
【Origin Shard - Yan (Consumes a certain amount of Source Strength, can enter others' dreams, or actively create dreams!)】
Obviously, unlike the Origin Shards of Candle Nine and others, Yan's Origin Shard was more inclined towards control. Of course, from the description of the Origin Shard, this dream control was far from reaching the level of Eternal Dreamland!
But at the appropriate time, this shard might have unexpected uses.
As Demon Lord Yan was killed, the Eternal Dreamland completely dissipated.
And without Demon Lord Yan's control, the Evil Ghosts guarding the magic array woke up one after another.
“Oh no!” Moon Rabbit had just woken up when she saw a massive army of Evil Ghosts charging towards them.
Ye Ze didn't waste words and directly released Simon.
“Suppress them!” Ye Ze said in a deep voice.
These Evil Ghosts' individual strength was indeed lacking, but there were too many of them!
Simon roared with his head held high, releasing a tyrannical aura, and immediately unleashed a [Annihilation Demonic Flame]!
Black flames swept around his body, and with the suppression effect of [Tyrant], he barely managed to withstand the Evil Ghosts' attacks.
Fox Fairy also revealed her figure, lightly flicking her finger.
【Ice Seal Thousand Miles】!
The powerful control combined with Simon's attack finally stabilized the situation.
However, this consumption was also extremely terrifying; even Simon, being tough, couldn't hold on for too long.
Fortunately, at this moment, a verdant green aura descended from the sky, enveloping Simon.
Simon, who had been panting, his eyes lit up, and he flapped his wings again, opening his mouth to spray a stream of flames: “Hehe, refreshing!”
Moon Rabbit looked surprised: “Our reinforcements have arrived too!”
“So fast?” Ye Ze was a little surprised.
Although White Lin had been rescued from the dream, it was a long distance from the Spirit Demon Clan's stronghold to here.
“The Spirit Demon Clan's original gathering place was near this World Tree. Grandpa White Lin controls array teleportation, so as long as Grandpa White Lin wakes up, the Spirit Demon Clan can quickly come to support!” Moon Rabbit answered Ye Ze's question.
White Lin now led the Spirit Demon Clan directly towards the Evil Ghosts.
And with the addition of the Spirit Demon Clan, the pressure on Ye Ze was greatly relieved.
“Lord Ye Ze!” White Lin looked at Ye Ze with great excitement, then quickly walked over.
Others might not know what exactly happened, but White Lin naturally understood everything.
Now that they were free from the Eternal Dreamland, it meant that Demon Lord Yan had been killed! In this way, the Shan Hai World was saved!
“Clan Head White Lin, there's no need to be so polite! Just call me Ye Ze!” Ye Ze said with a smile, waving his hand.
Next, as long as these Evil Ghosts were cleared, the influence of the Evil Ghost aura on the World Tree might be cut off. Then, purifying the World Tree with the jade purification bottle would resolve the crisis of the Shan Hai World.
White Lin's expression, however, turned solemn upon hearing this, and then, to Ye Ze's surprise, he knelt on one knee.
“Clan Head White Lin, what are you doing!” Ye Ze quickly stepped forward.
But White Lin said with a solemn expression: “Lord Ye Ze, please lead the Spirit Demon Clan to continue the fight!”
“Feeling the shift in the Spirit Demon Clan's belief, you have gained the recognition of the Shan Hai World's beings and become a Pseudo World Master! Accept?”
Looking at the message in the prompt box, Ye Ze was stunned.
“Accept!” Ye Ze immediately chose to accept, then brought up his panel.
Below his name appeared a title, Pseudo World Master!
(To control the Great World and gain more World Power of the Shan Hai World! You can become the World Master!)
Ye Ze was checking the panel when he heard a sound like a mountain roaring and a sea raging.
“Welcome, Clan Head Ye Ze!”
The Spirit Demon Clan cheered excitedly.
Moon Rabbit couldn't help but look at Ye Ze, a smile also appearing on her lips, revealing two small canine teeth.
She had personally witnessed Ye Ze's strength. If he led the Spirit Demon Clan, he would surely be able to drive away the Evil Ghosts from the Shan Hai World! And even restore the entire Shan Hai World to its former appearance!
This world needed such a person to bring hope!
Fortunately, this person had finally appeared.
Ye Ze scratched his head, then lightly coughed and said: “For now, let's clear these Evil Ghosts and repair the World Tree! Other matters can wait!”
White Lin stood up with a smile, entrusting the fate of the Spirit Demon Clan into Ye Ze's hands. He could already sense the revival of the Spirit Demon Clan!
Ye Ze, however, still had a doubt in his heart.
Back then, White Lin was a Pseudo World Master. Now that he had obtained this title, what about White Lin?
Under the Eye of Insight, White Lin's title of Pseudo World Master had already disappeared!
“It seems that to contend for the Shan Hai World, one must have the title of Pseudo World Master!” A look of realization flashed in Ye Ze's eyes.
As for gaining the World Power of the Shan Hai World, besides purifying the Shan Hai World, there was also killing the Sea Beast Clan!
It seemed that after purifying the World Tree, he would have to find the Sea Beast Clan to collect more World Power. Then, he could not only control the Shan Hai World but also complete his advancement mission, killing two birds with one stone!
“We won! World Tree! We're finally back!”
“Destroy all these magic arrays!”
Excited cheers came from the Spirit Demon Clan, and then the Evil Ghost magic arrays set up by Demon Lord Yan shattered one after another.
The Evil Ghost aura lingering around the World Tree was clearly much weaker!
Ye Ze took out the jade purification bottle: “Fox Fairy, purify this area first!”
Although there were nearly 30,000 Source Strength left in the jade purification bottle, Ye Ze didn't dare to use it carelessly. The World Tree, an existence that concerned the entire world, would likely require an astronomical amount of Source Strength to purify.
However, purifying this area was enough to prevent the World Tree from continuing to be affected by the Evil Ghost aura and also allowed the Spirit Demon Clan to live here.
Fox Fairy, holding the jade purification bottle, slowly floated into the air.
At this moment, Fox Fairy's figure was seen by the Spirit Demon Clan, and many Spirit Demon Clan members knelt on the ground with devout expressions, clearly showing signs of submission.
Ye Ze, seeing this scene, revealed a smile. It seemed that Fox Fairy's prestige had unknowingly spread among the Spirit Demon Clan! This was a good thing!