Chapter 495 Entering the Dream

"Pa-ta!"

The sound of a very faint drop of blood falling echoed at the bottom of the River Styx.

A touch of tragic redness bloomed on Duke Zhenyue's brow.

"This is... mental hypnosis?"

Meng Xiao's pupils narrowed to a line as he unleashed a brilliant golden light. A strong sense of foreboding surged in his heart, but he had no time to react. The drop of blood that landed on his brow evaporated into a bloody mist with incredible speed. Although it seemed to dissipate, it had already seeped into his skin, following his blood to the location of his spiritual sea.

Yes.

This was Gu Shen's "last resort."

He certainly didn't expect the devil to help him win this fight. The guy in the Ruler was just a "spectator" after all. The advice he gave earlier had been useful, but ultimately, he wanted to facilitate a deal.

He knew very well.

This fight had to be won by himself.

And for those transcendent beings who tried to suppress him at close range, the best countermeasure was Chihuo (Crimson Fire).

Hypnosis!

{"Are you crazy?"}

The devil stood up from his throne in disarray.

He knew very well what Gu Shen was about to do.

Chihuo (Crimson Fire) crashing into the spiritual sea could only lead to one thing... mental summoning. Gu Shen was going to drag Meng Xiao into his own spiritual domain, and that place was the Pure Land.

What would happen if a blessed son of the City of Light was dragged into the Pure Land of the Underworld?

This was a crazy operation that even the devil dared not imagine.

But Gu Shen did it.

Faced with the devil's question.

Gu Shen's face was calm.

There was no light at the bottom of the River Styx...

By doing this, he strengthened his resolve to kill. The River Styx shielded all divine thoughts, and nothing that happened here would be transmitted.

So after today, either he would walk out alive, or Meng Xiao would.

There was no other possibility.

"Give me... Enter the Dream!"

He roared softly, manipulating Chihuo (Crimson Fire) to slam fiercely into Meng Xiao's spiritual sea.

Meng Xiao resisted with all his might. The fiery light in his pupils almost solidified, but Chihuo (Crimson Fire)'s invasion was too overbearing, and there was no way to stop it... Countless strands of fire burned in the spiritual sea.

Because of the blessing of light, Meng Xiao had always acted unscrupulously. No matter what kind of trouble he encountered, he could send a message to the seat of the God of Light with just a wisp of spirit.

But now.

At the bottom of the River Styx, the light shattered.

The will of God would not favor this desolate place.

Thus...

His originally impregnable spiritual sea gradually disintegrated from within under the invasion of Chihuo (Crimson Fire). Hypnosis began to take effect, and the golden light in Meng Xiao's eyes dimmed rapidly.

He felt his environment changing at an incredibly fast speed.

Countless grass leaves floated from nowhere in the River Styx, sweeping him up.

The undercurrent was turbulent, and there was no way to resist.

The next moment.

He arrived at a magnificent and vast grassland.

In the distance was the towering "Su Xuan Tree." Meng Xiao looked at the towering tree shadow that supported the sky and was momentarily lost in thought. He had seen relevant records in the forbidden ancient books of the City of Light. According to legend, it was the mother tree that could support the growth of the entire world... Like the Fire Seed, it was a legendary object whose origin could not be verified.

Because he was so shocked when he read it, Meng Xiao had always kept the information about the "Su Xuan Tree" firmly in his mind.

Now that he came back to his senses, he was even more incredulous.

What shocked him even more... was the tall throne condensed from countless wind-swept grass leaves in front of him.

Eerie ghost fire burned around it.

Sitting on the throne was none other than.

Gu Shen.

"A dream... this is a dream! I'm dreaming!"

Meng Xiao bit his tongue hard. He knew very well that transcendent beings could only cultivate their own domains after reaching the fourth stage.

Spiritual transcendent beings were no exception.

But Gu Shen was only at the seventh level of the Deep Sea... How could he possess such a powerful, such a complete, almost crushing his cognition, "spiritual domain"? This place could no longer be called a "domain."

This was simply a "divine realm."

No, even a god might not be able to move the Su Xuan Tree into his own divine realm. No one had ever seen that thing.

Wait a minute!

Meng Xiao quickly woke up and thought of another possibility—

Or, all of this was an illusion... He was blinded by a leaf?!

……

……

"Hurry up, get to work, move it."

In a pit, Tie Wu was commanding a wisp of a ghost to swing a hoe.

Not long ago, a soulless body was sent to the Pure Land. All of this was of course with Gu Shen's permission, but Gu Shen didn't leave any instructions and left in a hurry... At first, Tie Wu didn't approach or say anything, assuming that Lord God Seat was still busy and would eventually return to the Pure Land to arrange this ghost.

But unexpectedly.

Gu Shen left and never came back.

So Tie Wu slowly approached the wisp of the ghost and realized something was wrong... This guy didn't seem to have much intelligence. The Pure Land world was just taking shape, and it was windy and rainy every day, but this soul didn't move or know how to dodge. He also didn't seem to care about the cold, coolness, and humidity on the spiritual level.

Yes.

This wisp of a ghost was none other than Hong Zhong.

After Gu Shen made a vow with the [Blessing of the Goddess of Fate], Hong Zhong obtained another kind of "eternal life" in the "Pure Land World"... Every moment, the Pure Land was burning Source Quality to provide him with life. His body was ruined by the corrosion of the Golden Spike Flower Poison and burned into ashes by the Phoenix Fire.

But his spirit was able to survive under the shelter of the Su Xuan Tree.

But... he only seemed to maintain the minimum limit of "living."

Tie Wu tried to chat with him, but got no response. Now he vaguely confirmed the approximate situation of this guy.

Couldn't speak, no intelligence.

In outside words, probably a vegetable.

It was really a coincidence.

The Pure Land was in the year of great reclamation, with countless seeds planted all over the mountains and fields.

These were all plants.

The days of reclaiming wasteland with Lord God Seat were happy, but after a long time, it was inevitable to be a little lonely... Now, not only were there plants with him, but also a vegetable.

Tie Wu was filled with emotion. He occasionally wondered if this was a "playmate" sent to him by Lord God Seat?

At first, he was afraid of people coming to the Pure Land, after all, what he did was too simple, and someone was likely to steal his position as "chief laborer."

But a year later, Tie Wu no longer had this sense of crisis.

He was now certain that God Seat Gu was completely different from the God of Wine. He wasn't the kind of person who "forgot old relationships."

After all, he had followed Lord God Seat the earliest.

Presumably, even if someone else came to the Pure Land, he wouldn't be replaced or eliminated.

When "Hong Zhong" came, Tie Wu's daily life became much easier and more pleasant. He found that this guy was good at everything except not being able to speak. As long as he gave an order, he would obey... When he was occasionally lazy, technical work such as digging holes and watering was done by Hong Zhong, and although he was just a little stupid, he still retained certain human characteristics.

Tie Wu told jokes, and Hong Zhong would laugh foolishly.

Tie Wu hoed the ground, and Hong Zhong would laugh.

Tie Wu asked Hong Zhong to hoe the ground, and Hong Zhong also...

The only characteristic this guy retained seemed to be "foolish laughter."

But today, everything was different. The two who were working hard in the pit felt the flashes of light exploding in the sky above the Pure Land... That was the "Blessing of Light" that entered this place with Meng Xiao. Countless dazzling and burning lights exploded above the dome of clouds.

Tie Wu's expression was solemn.

As Gu Shen's apostle, he had a very strong feeling for certain strange characteristics...

At this moment, the light exploding in the dome was different from the light lit by Lord God Seat.

Too dazzling.

Too hot.

So much so that his soul was about to burn.

This was a "light characteristic" that made him very uncomfortable...

He noticed that Hong Zhong, who had been smiling foolishly for many years, had actually restrained his smile at this moment. He looked at the streamers shooting out of the dome, his face was serious, and there was even a hint of killing intent in his eyes.

Although it was just a wisp of a ghost.

But Tie Wu felt as if hot blood was flowing and boiling in his chest.

At this moment, the Pure Land was encountering an "unclean" enemy.

……

……

Gu Shen had not returned to the Pure Land for a long time.

He dragged Meng Xiao into a dream and found that this place had undergone great changes.

Tie Wu was staring at him across the sky.

Hong Zhong was the same...

The only two beings in his Pure Land were sending out spirits, asking him if he needed help.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why the previous Underworld King had spent so much effort, sparing no effort, to lay down such a big game as the Doru River and the labyrinth.

As long as he could create a "Pure Land" and extract the souls of the dead.

The Underworld King could have his own undead legion in this spiritual domain... As long as an order was issued, this undead legion would rush to the battlefield for its master to fight against the enemy.

Tie Wu and Hong Zhong's instinctive reactions when they sensed the "Blessing of Light" were the best proof.

Gu Shen vaguely felt that as long as he nodded.

Tie Wu and Hong Zhong would do their best to exhaust their souls and spirits to try to kill Meng Xiao.

But he didn't do that.

"Do what you should do."

A wisp of divine thought was transmitted by Gu Shen to the minds of Tie Wu and Hong Zhong. At the same time, he flicked his fingers and swept out a wisp of rule, completely isolating the spiritual perception between the Pure Land's sky and the earth.

After doing all this.

Gu Shen sat on the throne, he looked at Meng Xiao calmly, and asked softly.

"You seem to have always been curious... about my relationship with the Underworld King?"

Meng Xiao's expression was extremely ugly.

In this illusion, countless grass leaves swept across the top of the sky, drawing a cold and scarlet blood color.

On the other side, in the real world, at the bottom of the River Styx.

Meng Xiao had already entered the dream.

Due to the huge gap in realm, although this forced hypnosis was successful, the overall duration was at most only a few seconds.

However, that was enough.

Gu Shen didn't need more time.

As long as the hypnosis was successful, even if it was only for a moment, it was enough to change the battle situation!

At the moment when he pulled Meng Xiao into the Pure Land, he used both hands for different purposes, alternating his left and right hands to hold the Dragon Scale Bow.

An unnamed iron arrow was placed on the bowstring.

At the top of the Pure Land.

"Although the answer is not important."

Gu Shen leaned forward slowly and asked in a low voice, "But now, you can guess, what is my relationship with the Underworld King?"

At the bottom of the River Styx.

Gu Shen let go, the string exploded, and the arrow flew out.

This arrow shot out from the River Styx, pierced through the void and reality, tore through dreams and darkness, shot through the top of the Pure Land, and shattered the flowing clouds in the sky.

(End of this chapter)