Chapter 16: Dream Battle

Chapter 16: Dream Battle

In the wilderness, there were no other buildings, only the black ancient castle that looked extremely eerie under the blood moon. During the day, countless people had come to explore, but found absolutely nothing. At night, those who dared to come to the castle would mysteriously disappear. It was said that even a Spirit God level powerhouse had once visited this place at night, but after that night, he never appeared in the mortal world again. Since then, no one dared to explore the castle at night, and this Sunset Castle had become a forbidden area.

“Are we really going in?” Lixi asked again. Although she was a Holy Maiden, she still felt scared, after all, she was just a girl who had just turned twenty.

“Let’s go in. The Sunset Wasteland is roaming with many powerful nightmares, probably not something you and I can handle. This castle may not be more dangerous than outside,” Zhanyue said naturally with the assurance of the illumination Goddess. Otherwise, if he were really to explore the castle at night, he wouldn’t have the courage either, after all, this castle was really strange.

He kicked open the only gate of the castle. The heavy iron door made a creaking sound, and then a gust of cold wind blew out from inside, making the two shiver.

“Let’s go!” Zhanyue swallowed and then held Lixi’s hand as they walked into the pitch-black castle. Not long after they entered the castle, thousands of corpses of various animals surrounded the area, but facing the castle, they hesitated and could only wander outside waiting for an opportunity.

After entering the castle, even the thin moonlight was gone, leaving only pitch darkness. Lixi took out a lantern, and the illumination Stone emitted light to illuminate the night.

There was nothing eerie or scary inside the castle. It was very spacious, and furniture and decorations had long been emptied in the thousands of years and months.

“Let’s stay here. We’ll make plans after daybreak,” Zhanyue suggested.

Lixi looked around and had no other choice. She had already sensed the dangerous aura outside the castle. “Alright,” she said, only hoping that her grandfather would come quickly. She didn’t know that Wind Lord was already seriously injured and unconscious at this moment.

“Why did you ask me to come to the castle?” Zhanyue continued to communicate with the illumination Goddess, who was somewhere unknown, in his mind.

“Although the Nightmare race are spiritual beings, they still have a sense of territory. Different lords have different territories, and the nightmares under them cannot enter other lords’ territories at will. In this castle, a real Nightmare Lord is trapped. Counting the years, it’s at least five thousand years old. It’s not a local lord, and this castle is considered its private territory. Other nightmares don’t dare to approach, so it’s relatively safe here,” the illumination Goddess explained.

“That’s not right! Isn’t this out of the frying pan and into the fire? There’s a Nightmare Lord here!” Zhanyue was so shocked he almost jumped up. A Nightmare Lord was the king of the Nightmare race, and its strength was even above ordinary Spirit God Realm.

“Its situation is special. Three thousand years ago, when my strength hadn’t reached its peak, I came to this castle once. That lord once fought with me and was sealed here by me. At that time, I didn’t have the strength to destroy it, so I sealed it together with the castle. It can’t leave the castle to possess other creatures. This castle became its body, and because this body is an inanimate object, its strength is far inferior to other lords. I just didn’t expect it to still be lingering here, not rescued by the Nightmare race, and you happened to appear in the Sunset Wasteland,” the illumination Goddess explained. This lord was actually the first acquaintance she met after her ‘resurrection’.

“So, we won’t be in danger?” Zhanyue breathed a sigh of relief.

“That’s not necessarily true. Anyway, make sure that girl beside you doesn’t fall asleep. The Nightmare race has the ability to invade dreams,” the illumination Goddess warned. “As for you, I need you to actively enter the dream.”

“Huh?” Zhanyue expressed confusion.

Zhanyue remembered that in the evening, while he was singing with his classmates in the KTV, he received that life-changing phone call – his parents had a car accident. This was a painfully memorable experience, something Zhanyue didn’t want to recall, but this dream seemed to deliberately poke at one’s weak points.

“Mmm, Indeed the taste of pain is the best nourishment tsk tsk.”

Suddenly, the scenery around Zhanyue changed, turning into an empty void. In front of him stood a black shadow, without a face.

“You... how did you wake up?!” The black shadow was surprised.

“Well done, Zhanyue. I didn’t even need to help you.” the illumination Goddess said, but she felt that Zhanyue was a bit strange at this moment, with a pair of soul chillingly cold eyes.

“This is a dream world right? Can I use your power in this world?” Zhanyue asked, seeming to have become incredibly intelligent.

“...You can.” the illumination Goddess felt that Zhanyue’s tone was very cold, without any human warmth.

“That’s great. So great. Absolutely amazing!” With a thought from Zhanyue, a terrifying power surged into his body. He shone like the sun, a golden armor covered his entire body, his hair turned golden yellow, and even his pupils turned golden.

“How is this possible?” the illumination Goddess exclaimed in surprise, “How can he so easily enter the ‘Sun God’ form?” The Sun God form was the illumination Goddess’s strongest battle stance. She clearly hadn’t taught Zhanyue, but it seemed he had mastered it on his own.

“Light... light contractor?” The black shadow opposite was even more shocked. In the dream, this monster’s strength even surpassed the illumination Goddess he had once seen.

“You feed on dreams? The memories you devour will disappear forever, right? Unfortunately, you touched something you shouldn’t have.” Zhanyue coldly looked at the black shadow, a pair of golden flame wings unfolding behind him. In an instant, he appeared beside the black shadow, grasping its neck in a moment. Although it was just a virtual shadow, it was still firmly gripped by Zhanyue.

“Who... who exactly are you?” The black shadow had never felt such fear before. He could actually hurt its true body. The person before him could truly annihilate it completely. “What I ate were just some painful memories. Shouldn’t you humans be grateful to me?”

“Right! Here’s some gratitude for you!” Zhanyue exerted force and directly crushed the black shadow. The black shadow didn’t die from this, but recondensed not far away. It turned to run, but suddenly, light walls opened up on all sides, trapping it firmly.

“.......” The illumination Goddess, watching the battle from afar, was speechless. Her power was being used so skillfully by Zhanyue, seemingly even more naturally than when she used it herself.

“This boy really... does he have to enter this unstable mental state to exert his full power? Well, the stronger he is, the better it is for me.” The illumination Goddess found that Zhanyue was a bit too domineering at this moment, with a pair of eyes looking down on the world, viewing all living beings as ingredients on the chopping board, showing no emotion.