The Era of Gods

Although its size is unbelievably large, it remains at Rank 8 Legend, having not surpassed this level.

Strength and size can determine the level of power, but this isn’t absolute; there are plenty of creatures with great size but little strength.

Of course, this guy’s terrifying size isn’t for show, otherwise it wouldn’t seem to be single-handedly wiping out a Nightmare Realm overseen by a Child of Nightmare.

From what we can see now, the Nightmare Creatures within this Nightmare Realm seem to have been mostly devoured by that monster, which is now hammering away at the core of the Nightmare Realm, the equivalent in the Divine Realm would be hammering at Lin Xiao’s True Body in the God Country.

“I hope that Child of Nightmare dies soon!”

Only when the Child of Nightmare falls will the connection between the Divine Realm and the Realm slowly collapse and separate.

If that Child of Nightmare manages to hold on, the beast might leave for another space because it has already discovered him, and if it fails to break through the Nightmare core, it’s likely to come here.

Although the gap between the two realms isn’t currently big enough to allow it to pass through, as the war continues, the passage connecting the Divine Realm will grow ever larger, until one side of the two Divine Realms completely aligns and the channel expands to a whole face.

Meanwhile, within another Nightmare Realm, at the core of the realm, Berny’s True Body—a giant even taller than the Legendary Nightmare Giant, covered in dark gold—slowly opened its eyes. It extended its massive right hand, and a rhombic crystal with dozens of faces slowly levitated above its palm. The giant looked at the crystal with a slight devotion and tension in its gaze and whispered lowly:

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

The rhombic crystal began to emit a faint light, growing brighter and brighter, while an unimaginably vast will slowly descended.

This will was indescribably immense, but it seemed to lack independent consciousness, mechanically transmitting a message that made the giant’s eyes gleam:

“Please make a choice.”

A more specific and detailed set of information appeared in the giant’s mind. Shock flickered in its large pupils as it quickly browsed the vast information, murmuring to itself:

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

His breathing started to speed up, his eyes flickering with an unusual light, indicating his current state of mind was both chaotic and excited.

“What should I choose? This is the desire of the Leader of Gainey, if I use it…”

He was well aware of the consequences of his actions but, facing the current crisis, and upon seeing the effects of this treasure, his heart was irresistibly moved he wanted to take the risk.

The Favor Crystal of Nightmare’s Will: Emanating from the Nightmare’s Will’s favor towards the elite of the Nightmare World, it can fulfill one wish for the favored.

As a member of Team Genillon, Berny was very much aware that such treasures belonged to the top elites of the Nightmare World, and if it weren’t for the restrictions of this world, Lord Genillon wouldn’t have been able to bring it, and it would never have been his turn to even see or touch it.

He also knew what the consequences would be if he used it prematurely, even in a desperate situation.

No reason justified his unsanctioned use of this treasure which didn’t belong to him, but Berny couldn’t resist; he was clear that if he could utilize and assimilate this treasure, his power would undergo a leap, placing him among the top elites of this generation in the Nightmare World.

But he was equally aware of the immense risks that using the treasure on his own might entail; even if he survived, he would face relentless punishment from Lord Genillon, possibly being stripped of all his power and killed.

“I…”

The Child of Nightmare, Berny, recalling the incomparable strength of that human powerhouse, took a deep breath, clasped his hand around the rhombic crystal, as wisps of radiance burst through his fingers.

He knew the consequences, but he was even clearer that, without it, he definitely couldn’t defeat that player from the Human Divine Realm.

To die now or later—he made the wise choice.

“Buzz!”

Straight beams of light indescribable in words shot out from the depths of the Nightmare Realm, piercing the lightless Darkness and thrusting into the Vault of Heaven.

The next second, the countless beams merged into one, transforming into a sea of light that surged out from Berny’s eternally dark depths, like the Tide flooding in all directions—the entire Realm was illuminated.

In the light that illuminated the entire field, Lin Xiao felt a great terror about to descend, and his will swiftly retreated from the gateway between the two worlds. Glancing back, he saw the defensive barrier, woven by Bernie with an immense amount of Nightmare Power, was riddled with infinite pinpoint holes by the piercing radiance, like a beach of piled sand washed away by the tide, instantly dissolving into nothingness.

Then, it was as if a light was suddenly turned on in a dark room at night; dazzling light sprayed thousands of meters from the gateway between the worlds into the Divine Realm.

After that, Lin Xiao felt a chilling will descend upon his Divine Realm, spreading rapidly like a living creature, and soon discovered him, the master of the Divine Realm.

And then, an overwhelming, naked malice came at him head-on.

The malice was so intense that Lin Xiao began to doubt whether it was aimed specifically at him.

Simultaneously, the light, following the channel Bernie had previously connected with the other two Children of Nightmare, entered the domains of the other Children of Nightmare. On the left, Isaiah felt only reverence for the power from the Nightmare World’s will, while on the right, Gould was particularly repelled by this force.

Or rather, having been gradually corrupted by the enormous flesh mountain that constantly emitted creepy, distorted forces, it began to fall, starting to reject the very Nightmare Power it once possessed.

In the core of his domain, his True Body was struggling to maintain its original form.

As the Nightmare Creatures in the domain died in droves, the strength of the Children of Nightmare, which was mainly derived from the domain’s Nightmare Creatures, would steadily decline. Previously, they could maintain their status by relying on the accumulated Nightmare Power, but as the reserves were nearly depleted, coupled with the distortion and corruption that even the domain couldn’t withstand, Gould was now just a step away from falling.

His mind was becoming unclear at this moment, unable to distinguish friend from foe. Had it not been for the remnant will’s instinctual resistance, he might have long since stopped resisting and thrown himself into the embrace of that behemoth.

But his resistance was almost superfluous, as falling or perishing was inevitable without any accidents.

As the will of the Nightmare World descended upon this domain, it began to automatically Purify any non-Nightmare forces. The enormous being that was devouring the Nightmare core reacted as if violently stimulated, abruptly sprang up, releasing its grasp on the Nightmare core, and turned to roll its kilometer-long massive arms toward the gateway connecting Bernie’s Nightmare Realm.

This was not unexpected, as this behemoth hailed from a bizarre world invaded by the Nightmare World; the native creatures inherently repelled those from the Nightmare World, with the more powerful Children of Nightmare being more rejected.

So when it sensed the invading principle culprit, the will of Nightmare, such a reaction from the behemoth was not surprising.

Therefore, Lin Xiao, looking anxious within his Divine Realm and preparing for battle against the increasing malice, suddenly discovered that the terrifying malice that almost breached his Divine Realm had abruptly retracted and vanished as if it had never appeared and was just an illusion.

He stood dumbfounded for a long time, then he dispatched another scouting team, attaching a thread of his will to the team member and re-entered Bernie’s domain.

The moment they crossed the gateway between the two worlds, they saw a terrifying giant that was as tall as a mountain, a thousand meters high, entangled in a fierce battle with the flesh mountain. On the other side, the channel to Bernie’s domain had been torn open from both sides into a plain as far as the eye could see, and the two domains were fully interfaced, with an entire side dozens of kilometers wide fully connected.

The terrifying giant was enveloped in a thick layer of invisible distortion; the huge limbs of the flesh mountain smashed against it, creating ripples but failing to break through.

At the same time, the terrifying giant emitted an invisible attraction, continuously absorbing the Nightmare Power within the entire domain into itself. On Bernie’s domain’s left side, the gateway to Isaiah’s world was wide open, and the continuous stream of Nightmare Power was forcibly drawn over to supplement the strength of the terrifying giant.

Although the Nightmare Giant was much smaller than the enormous being, its power was not lacking, and it was more agile than its opponent. It seemed that the bulky flesh ball couldn’t defeat the Nightmare Giant.

At this moment, there was almost no scattered Nightmare Power within the Nightmare Realm, and the whole domain had cleared up. From a distance, the central core of Bernie’s domain could be seen to have disappeared, and it was unclear where this Child of Nightmare was now, whether he was still alive, or whether the terrifying giant was him.

“What the actual fuck!”

Lin Xiao was speechless; neither the unknown bizarre flesh ball nor the thousand-meter-high terrifying Nightmare Giant were something he should be dealing with at his level. These were issues at least at the Semi-God Level.

In fact, the Children of Nightmare in this world were at least equivalent to human world high school students at the Rank 3 stage, and his arrival was somewhat forced.

Fortunately, he was strong; if it were any other high school junior arriving, they probably would have met a horrible end.

Luo Shuang, Wu Zhonglin, and other military elites had fallen into this world just like him, and it was unknown how they were faring now or if any had perished.

This also showed that the dangers they had previously faced were restricted within certain limits, and they were all prearranged, mostly manageable by them.

This situation would continue until they entered university after their high school exams. Before the exams, all students would be protected, but after the exams, the level of protection would decrease significantly; they would no longer be able to acquire various opportunities and resources easily and safely as before.

The predicament Lin Xiao faced now was what normal Divine Territory Players or university students had to confront in the Outland, dealing with unknown environments from Alien Worlds and facing natives or even hostile civilizations, where carelessness could lead to demise.

Fortunately, this was not Lin Xiao’s first encounter with an overwhelming situation; he had experienced something similar once before in the Ruins of Myriad.

With that previous experience, he was well aware that one must not panic at times like this. He needed to observe calmly and then figure out how to deal with it.