Chapter 398

402. Chapter 401: The Vicious Dog in the Dream

When in doubt, running away is the best policy.

This is the essential basic quality of a qualified cultivator. Regardless of the opponent's strength or whether it is embarrassing for oneself, the priority is to save one's life first. As long as one is alive, everything can be started over. If one loses their life for the sake of a momentary victory, how foolish would that be?

The temperament of cultivators in the Profound Immortal World and the martial artists of the Four Seas and Eight Continents are completely different.

This is perhaps the best interpretation of how the environment shapes the people.

"What kind of monster is that person named Yang Wei? He actually took my Purple Lightning Sword and Purple Void Divine Talisman head-on without any issues. Strange, too strange. His strength is clearly not strong, and he has no defensive treasures on him. Logically, that situation should have been impossible. Where there is an anomaly, there must be a demon. I'll escape from here first."

Young Master Changfeng was still recalling the scene just now in his mind, unable to understand it no matter what.

However, years of combat experience told him that when encountering such incomprehensible and abnormal events, running away is the right choice.

As for the face of the chief disciple of the Purple Void Sect, losing it is losing it; it doesn't matter at all.

His Purple Light Escape speed was extremely fast, like a purple lightning bolt flashing across the sky. In the blink of an eye, he had already disappeared into the horizon. With his magic power reserves, it was enough to operate the Purple Light Escape to return to the Profound Immortal Continent before being completely exhausted. Moreover, once such an escape technique is deployed, even a cultivator one level higher than him would be unable to stop him.

"It should be safe now. That person's strength is mediocre, and he can't even fly. If I want to leave, no one can stop me," Young Master Changfeng thought to himself.

But very quickly.

He discovered something wrong.

According to the speed of the Purple Light Escape, he should have already left this world by now, but why did the surroundings seem unchanged?

He suddenly woke up.

"Withdraw!"

Young Master Changfeng shouted, forcibly interrupting his magic power and dispelling the Purple Light Escape. However, he was immediately met with the backlash of the spell. His chest felt tight, a mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, and his entire aura instantly withered.

But even so, he had to see what was happening nearby.

"This is not another world." Young Master Changfeng looked up at the sky.

He saw that the sky above was dim, with no light and no stars. Looking far away, he couldn't see the end at all. He seemed to be in an unknown space.

"Did I accidentally enter the space of some formation? But how is this possible? With my strength, I can escape a hundred miles in an instant. In such a dilapidated world, it's impossible for a cultivator to set up a formation."

"Purple Lightning Sword!"

Young Master Changfeng's expression changed slightly, and then he shouted suddenly, extending his sword finger to summon his high-grade treasure, the Purple Lightning Sword, to forcibly break the formation.

But very quickly,

He suddenly discovered that he could no longer sense the Purple Lightning Sword within his body. It wasn't just the Purple Lightning Sword; he couldn't sense his other magic treasures either. It was as if he had been stripped bare, losing all his external items.

"This is not a formation; it's an illusion. I've been pulled into an illusion by something. When did I enter the illusion? Was it when I fought that man earlier? No, at that time I felt everything was normal, and the Purple Lightning Sword came out when summoned. Was it earlier when I first arrived in this city with Tian Xuzi and the others? It shouldn't be; the enemy hadn't appeared then... The only possibility is when I used the Purple Light Escape to run away just now."

Young Master Changfeng forced himself to calm down as he analyzed the situation.

Soon.

He discovered that the only flaw he revealed was the moment he subconsciously turned to run after his full-force strike, while his mind was agitated.

Was he pulled into an illusion in just that moment?

Are you kidding me?

Which young person has such terrifying ability?

"Forget it, use the power of the Primordial Spirit to forcibly break the illusion. The longer it drags on, the more dangerous I am outside." Young Master Changfeng took a deep breath, then formed a hand seal, attempting to mobilize the power of his Primordial Spirit to break through the illusion and regain consciousness.

However, very quickly, his expression froze.

He couldn't feel the power of his Primordial Spirit either.

Had he been reduced to an ordinary person in this illusion?

"How could this be?"

Young Master Changfeng couldn't help but tremble. A sense of unease and panic was infinitely magnified in his heart. He looked around again, carefully observing everything nearby.

He discovered that he was on a country path, surrounded by abandoned fields, but there were traces of cultivation. Nearby, there was a small town—no, it was a village. The people of this other world seemed quite wealthy; the village was built quite grandly, with every household having two or three stories.

But that village was dead silent, without a single light, like an empty, uninhabited village.

"Go and see. I must find a way to break the illusion, otherwise, I will be trapped here to death."

Young Master Changfeng did not hesitate and immediately took action, wanting to find a chance to survive in this illusion.

When he arrived at this uninhabited village, he suddenly discovered that Tian Xuzi and Beigong Fu were also wandering and lingering at the village entrance, thinking about whether to risk entering the village. Clearly, these two had ended up in the same situation as him, pulled into the illusion and unable to escape.

"How can this be? Even you, Young Master Changfeng, were caught?"

Tian Xuzi was very shocked. He thought Young Master Changfeng was lucky and had slipped away before them, never expecting that after entering this illusion, the three of them could gather again.

"It's the ghost of that person named Yang Wei. We are all trapped deep within it and cannot escape. Our consciousness is still here, which proves that we are still alive outside, but this situation will not last long. If we cannot break the illusion and leave here in a short time, we are dead in reality," Young Master Changfeng said in a deep voice.

"Then there's no time to lose. Let's enter the village to investigate and find the formation eye. Perhaps there is a chance to break the illusion," said the woman named Beigong Fu with some anxiety.

"Without delay, let's act immediately."

The three of them joined forces again and broke into this silent, uninhabited village. They chose not to disperse but to stay together.

As a result, after searching a circle, they found nothing.

"There isn't a single person in this village. The only strange thing is this building." Several people came to a two-story residential house.

Beside the house was a chair, and on the chair, there was actually a newspaper. It seemed someone had stayed here for a while in the past, leaving some traces, but that was all.

"Outside the village, there seems to be a building similar to a private school. We haven't explored that yet. Should we go and see?" Beigong Fu asked.

"There's movement."

Tian Xuzi was about to answer, but then he sensed something, retreated rapidly, and then stared fixedly at the door of the residential house in front of him.

The door was half-open, and it was pitch black inside. But then, a pair of scarlet eyes emerged from the darkness, like a ferocious beast, now awakened by the disturbance.

Subsequently.

The half-open door was knocked open, and a vicious dog, pitch black all over and the size of a calf, bared its teeth and let out a low growl as it slowly walked over.

"A dog?"

Several people immediately frowned.

Why would there be a dog in this illusion?

Although this dog looked ferocious, as cultivators, what kind of fierce demonic beasts hadn't they seen? A mere vicious dog couldn't scare them.

Only,

They then remembered that after entering this illusion, they seemed to have lost their original strength, and couldn't even mobilize the power of their Primordial Spirit. It was as if they had suddenly been reduced to mortals. If they had to deal with this vicious dog with mortal bodies, it really seemed to have some difficulty.

After realizing this.

Tian Xuzi, Beigong Fu, and Young Master Changfeng turned and ran almost simultaneously.

However, the next moment, the vicious dog roared and rushed out instantly.

"Damn it." Tian Xuzi ran wildly, chasing towards Beigong Fu, and soon overtook her.

He was old and weak, unable to outrun Young Master Changfeng or the vicious dog, but he could outrun Beigong Fu.

Sacrificing a fellow Daoist is better than sacrificing oneself; this is an eternal truth.

"Tian Xuzi, you old thing..."

Beigong Fu saw his sinister intentions and couldn't help but curse.

It was night everywhere here; Tian Xuzi could have run anywhere, but he chose to run towards her, clearly trying to shift the disaster and let the vicious dog pounce on her.

"Beigong Fu, you'd better save your energy. The vicious dog is catching up. I'll take a step first. May the ancestors of the Heaven Soul Sect bless you to be safe and sound," Tian Xuzi shouted without looking back.

Beigong Fu was anxious and angry. She wanted to curse again, but then her whole body trembled as a black shadow instantly pounced her to the ground.

The vicious dog tore and bit, extremely ferocious.

Beigong Fu screamed and struggled desperately to resist, but it was to no avail. Soon, there was no more movement.

After biting a person to death, the vicious dog did not stop but raised its head. A pair of scarlet eyes looked towards another direction again, and then it bared its blood-stained fangs and ran over.

Not long after, Tian Xuzi, who was hiding in a residential house, was found.

"Good dog, if you're full, don't eat me. I'm thin and have no meat, not delicious at all... Damn it! You beast actually bit my little fellow Daoist. Help, my stomach is bitten open, my internal organs are flowing out. It's over, I'm going to die. Whose dog is this? No leash, I curse you to hell."

Tian Xuzi's voice rang out from a corner of the village, and then screams echoed around continuously, making Young Master Changfeng's scalp tingle.

Soon.

The screams subsided.

This meant that Beigong Fu and Tian Xuzi had already died miserably in the mouth of that vicious dog.

Young Master Changfeng seized this opportunity and fled from the uninhabited village.

He ran in the wilderness, panting heavily.

"Without cultivation, even physical strength has been reduced to that of a mortal. What kind of illusion is this? How can it be broken?"

Young Master Changfeng sat slumped on the ground, exhausted. He discovered that there were no living creatures in this world; the only thing that existed was that vicious dog the size of a calf.

"Perhaps, that vicious dog is the source of the illusion. Killing it might break this illusion."

Subsequently, Young Master Changfeng realized something and immediately became energized.

Although he had no cultivation, that vicious dog wasn't a powerful demonic beast either; it was just an ordinary dog. With some effort, killing it shouldn't be difficult.

Thinking of this.

Young Master Changfeng immediately began to prepare. He wanted to find a suitable weapon to fight the vicious dog to the death.

Soon.

He really found something: a wooden stick.

Then Changfeng quickly polished it, turning it into a short spear.

With a weapon, Changfeng no longer hid but took the initiative to go out and find the vicious dog.

Soon.

Man and dog met at the village entrance, staring at each other, full of murderous intent.

"Come."

Changfeng shouted, not retreating, and rushed out holding the short spear.

No one would have thought that a dignified chief disciple of the Shenxiao Sect would one day fight a vicious dog to the death at a village entrance.

The dog bit, the short spear stabbed wildly, blood splashed, extremely tragic.

The two fought from the beginning of the village to the end.

The wooden spear broke, so Changfeng used his fists and teeth. In short, he fought for his life, wanting to seize a glimmer of survival, unwilling to die confusedly in an unknown deserted village, and even more unwilling to die inside the illusion.

As a result, he really succeeded.

Changfeng really killed the black vicious dog. He was covered in blood, covered in wounds, and the tooth marks on his neck were still gushing blood.

"Now it should be able to break this illusion." He panted heavily, exhausted to the point of collapse.

Is this the slaughter of mortals?

It's truly arduous and ugly.

Looking at his scarred hands, his whole body was trembling.

However, Young Master Changfeng did not wait for the illusion to break but saw two identical black vicious dogs walking out from nearby alleys, one on the left and one on the right.

This scene caused Young Master Changfeng's expression to freeze instantly. Then, a touch of despair and fear surged from the depths of his heart and completely occupied his whole body.

"Why is it like this?" He let out an unwilling roar.

However, as the roar sounded, the two vicious dogs rushed over instantly, pounced him to the ground, and tore at him brutally.

Young Master Changfeng screamed, trying to struggle desperately, but it was to no avail.

One vicious dog was already difficult to deal with, let alone two. Moreover, he was now covered in wounds and had no strength left to fight.

In despair and helplessness, Young Master Changfeng gradually lost movement and was torn to death alive by the two vicious dogs.

And as for everything that happened in the dream, no one in the outside world knew.

In reality.

Above the city of Tianchang.

In just a moment, the three people preparing to escape seemed to have lost consciousness and suddenly fell from mid-air. Accompanied by the sound of landing, the three people smashed large pits into the ground, but there was no sign of waking up. Moreover, their life aura was vigorous, and they didn't look like they had any injuries.

Such a bizarre scene was incomprehensible.

"Solved. It's a pity that my target this time wasn't you, but it doesn't matter." Yang Wei slowly descended from mid-air. He was only in the Soul Realm, and his flying ability was not proficient; he was still learning.

Arriving beside the bodies of the three people.

Yang Wei had no extra movements, just took out a long spear from his storage artifact. This long spear was made of extraordinary metal and was the best cold weapon that could be manufactured on Earth at present.

Holding the long spear, he raised his hand and brought it down. The sharp spearhead directly pierced the opponent's head. Not feeling at ease, he added a few more stabs.

After confirming that the three people were completely dead, he squatted beside the corpses to explore.

"It still has to be me, A-Wei, who is more capable. Self-reliant, go kill monsters when short of money, loot corpses when short of equipment, develop quietly, and amaze everyone."