Chapter 268: Lord of Nightmares, Lord of Shadows! (Two-in-one request)

They heard the words of the Demon Emperor White Ape.

Su Ping and the other two Demon Emperors looked over.

The Demon Emperor White Ape looked at the giant snake solemnly once more before continuing to speak:

"Thanks to the Master's blessing, my body has recovered to eighty percent of the strength of my original form."

"Much of the inherited knowledge from my Bloodline has also surfaced."

"Among this, there is mention of a special Spirit Body of the Huanmeng Species."

"This little snake is, in all likelihood, a Dream-Illusion Snake that has awakened the Huanmeng Species!"

"This type of Spirit Body has immense potential."

"At first, it can only pull the Divine Soul of a target creature into its own Dream Realm to devour their Essence Spirit and Qi."

"Later on, its own Dream Realm becomes a portable Secret Realm, and it can even forcibly pull the physical body of the opponent into the Dream Realm to devour it!"

"It is rumored that the origin of the Huanmeng lineage is an ancient alien being comparable to ancient Immortals: the Mother of Nightmares!"

"That is a foundation no worse than that of the True Dragon Clan!"

Speaking of this, the Demon Emperor White Ape looked at the little snake lying on the ground being intensely watched, feeling quite envious.

Although there are many species of Demon Beasts in the Cultivation World, the universally acknowledged best origin is undoubtedly the True Dragon Clan, who ran off long ago, leaving behind only countless myths and legends.

One only needs to look at how well those sub-dragons and inferior dragons with only a trace of dragon bloodline fare, and how great their advantages are, to imagine that a True Dragon would have even greater advantages.

And this little Dream-Illusion snake before them... at least in terms of potential, is already comparable to a True Dragon.

Su Ping had never heard of the Huanmeng Species, but he had heard of the Mother of Nightmares.

Yet it was not from the Cultivation World, but rather from the fragmented words in the chaotic memories of the Xuerou Zhi Cheng when he was doing the Abyss Challenge back then.

The race of the Mother of Nightmares, after being corrupted by the Abyss, is also known as the Nightmare Snake Mother, the Mother of All Snakes.

She is one of the Abyss Seven Monarchs, a capable subordinate of the Lord of Nightmares.

And one of the manifestations of the power of the Lord of Nightmares is to turn an entire world into a Nightmare World.

Then, he swallows this Nightmare World into his own body, slowly absorbing the intense emotions emitted by the intelligent creatures in the Nightmare World due to panic and fear, as well as their dead souls.

For the sake of sustainable development, the Lord of Nightmares even divides safe zones for the intelligent creatures within promising Nightmare Worlds and provides them with rest periods to multiply and thrive.

This is to facilitate periodic and quantitative harvesting.

The Xuerou Zhi Cheng provided these fragmented words about its competitors to demonstrate the benevolence of the Lord of Flesh.

Compared to the Lord of Nightmares who toys with worlds, the Lord of Flesh is clearly much cleaner and more efficient.

The world turned into a Flesh Continent will also be dragged into the Abyss, making a small contribution to strengthening the Abyss.

Compared to others suspected of undermining the Abyss, it is undoubtedly much more serious; it is the regular army of the Abyss!

Hmm... at least the subordinates of the Lord of Flesh in the Xuerou Zhi Cheng truly think so.

However, this does not mean the little Dream-Illusion snake is an Abyss species.

Because the Abyss Snake Mother, like the Xuerou Zhi Cheng, was not born in the Abyss, but is an Abyss Noble that became corrupted and fell.

Furthermore, Su Ping is clear that his hometown, Water Blue Star, is still quite different from the Cultivation World.

In the Cultivation World, as alien species grow stronger, their bloodline memories gradually surface, and they can even trace their origins to know from which direction their extraordinary bloodline roots come.

It is rumored that after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, one can face the very source of their extraordinary bloodline, thereby obtaining more inherited knowledge and even innate divine abilities.

Yet, this common knowledge that allows Demon Beasts in the Cultivation World to ensure their heritage is never lost...

... does not work on Water Blue Star.

Although alien species can also be found on Water Blue Star.

They can also unearth the innate divine abilities brought by their own bloodlines after advancing to the Golden Core stage.

However, they do not have any extra bloodline memory inheritance.

Even Lao Qingniu, a Demon Emperor who obtained a Demon Soul...

... only obtained part of the original inherited memories of that Demon Soul.

As for his own inherited memories, he did not obtain a single one.

This makes Su Ping have to sigh that Water Blue Star is not only a land without Spirit Qi, but also a land without extraordinary heritage.

Despite this, the appearance of this little snake of the Huanmeng Species...

... still served as a reminder to Su Ping.

While he brought Spirit Qi to his hometown, bringing infinite possibilities for a beautiful future...

... it is also possible to awaken some special alien species that no one knew when they would arrive on Water Blue Star over these billions of years.

However, Su Ping will not abandon his original plan because of this small difficulty.

He does not believe that even if some Immortal Body or Demon King Body awakens, it must still follow basic rules.

With the Spirit Qi environment he has set up, there are no high-level cultivation resources.

Those alien species cannot rely on these things to suddenly grow so strong that even the many Nascent Soul combatants under his command cannot suppress them.

As for the potential trouble of cooperation...

That can only be managed by strengthening management and increasing the strength of his spokespersons in various regions, so that they can handle these anomalies as much as possible and reduce losses when he is away.

Furthermore, Su Ping also had an idea to place some of the Jade Talisman contact points on the Moon Base.

This way, if something big really happens and he is not there, he can also let Yuming's Golden Core Spirit Beasts contribute some effort.

Thinking about it, compared to playing with lunar soil on the Moon Surface, they would probably prefer fighting on Water Blue Star, right?

Su Ping took advantage of having the three Demon Emperors guarding his side, their aura suppressing the little snake so much that it seemed to have given up even thinking.

He reached out his right hand and tapped the snake's forehead.

Swish!

A blood-colored light enveloped the giant snake, and circles of Blood Chain appeared on its body.

Out of respect for the Huanmeng Species, Su Ping granted it the same treatment that East Sea Dragon Lord Aoli received back when he was still a flood dragon.

Then, as his Divine Sense entered it, at the moment of the contract, Su Ping felt into the depths of this giant snake's Divine Soul.

Suddenly, a phantom of a pair of eyes filled with an ancient aura flashed past.

This must have been some kind of innate ability of the Huanmeng Species to resist the contract.

It is just a pity that this is the Pot Heaven, which isolates external heaven-sent divine abilities.

This innate divine ability, which could not make a connection, was like a rootless tree, and it was shattered by Su Ping's Divine Sense after just a flash.

The giant snake's large mouth opened slightly, but it could not make a sound.

It could only flick its snake tail to show its protest.

Yet, this could not stop it from becoming Su Ping's Spirit Beast, and even becoming a Dharma-protecting deity.

After confirming that the other party was completely held in his hands, Su Ping was not stingy, and a large amount of Blood Qi was poured into the other party's body.

Added to the Spirit Qi environment of the Pot Heaven, which was comparable to a Four-Tier Spirit Vein.

The giant snake recovered in just over ten breaths, and was even able to quietly lift its head to look at the tall and mighty bodies of those seniors.

"Good recovery!"

"From now on, you are the Dharma-protecting Snake Deity under my command, the Savior Heavenly Venerable, the Huanmeng Giant Snake: Chimeng!"

After giving the other party a new name.

Su Ping took out a Demon Core.

As soon as the Demon Core appeared, the newly named Huanmeng Giant Snake first shuddered, then opened its mouth wide, and looked at Su Ping with human-like desire in its eyes.

Su Ping smiled faintly and gave this Demon Core to the other party.

And he helped the other party merge into one with this Demon Core.

The scales of the Huanmeng Giant Snake began to turn red, and a faint red light emerged from its whole body.

Another few seconds passed.

Accompanied by a long roar toward the sky.

The Huanmeng Giant Snake's body size suddenly transformed into a giant snake over three hundred meters long.

With its head held high, it felt a sense of high spirits, as if it had been reborn and the grievances of the past would no longer exist.

However, just after it shook its head to feel the mysterious sensation of having become stronger.

It opened its eyes wide to look.

And immediately felt once again the terrifying gap between itself and the three great Demon Emperors, a gap as wide as heaven and earth.

Because Su Ping was curious about the Huanmeng Species, after the other party adapted to the Demon Core, he specifically questioned it.

He then discovered that, like other Spirit Beasts on Water Blue Star, it did not have any inherited memories other than its divine abilities.

Su Ping could only shake his head with regret, then let it go to the ancient Demon Sealing Tower to stay and temper its physical body and Divine Soul first; as for returning to Water Blue Star.

Out of a trace of caution, Su Ping decided to only let it appear in the Pot Heaven and the Cultivation World.

This way, even if hidden dangers appeared, it would not affect his base camp.

After all, this Huanmeng Giant Snake was not a product of the Pot Heaven; under the power of the system, Su Ping could trust that no ghosts or monsters could pull any small tricks.

One day after subduing the Huanmeng Giant Snake.

On top of a floating mountain peak.

Su Ping, bathed in Golden Light, after swallowing a Spirit Pill obtained from the Ancient Relic.

Took three more drops of Purification Potion to remove the side effects brought by this Spirit Pill.

Only then, after exhaling a long breath of white air.

With a shake of his whole body.

A thousand-meter-tall thousand-handed and thousand-armed Heavenly Venerable Dharma Image appeared behind him.

He chanted: "Saving World Great Vow, added to my body, Dharma Image, transform into one strike!"

Mysterious pale blue inscriptions appeared all over the Heavenly Venerable Dharma Image.

Each inscription contained a phantom of a Greedy Wolf within it.

Accompanied by thousands of blue arms blasting toward the sky.

Nearly ten thousand blue inscriptions transformed into blue Greedy Wolf phantoms and joined in.

In an instant.

The sea of Golden Light clouds trembled and dissipated for a moment.

Su Ping, after the full-force strike, hurriedly closed his eyes to contemplate.

He only felt that he had become much more proficient in the Big Dipper series of divine arts.

This move was actually also a top-tier ultimate technique within the Big Dipper series.

Originally, it was to manifest the "Only I Am Supreme" Dharma Image, and then execute the "Only I Am Invincible" strike.

After Su Ping comprehended the origin, he made slight modifications combined with the resources he possessed, changing it into the "Saving World Strike" that combined his own Dharma Image.

Its power was not considered stunning in the eyes of big shots due to his Golden Core cultivation.

But it had achieved initial results.

At the very least, few of the same cultivation realm could withstand this ultimate move head-on!

And after unleashing the move, Su Ping could feel that although his whole body was drained.

His cultivation realm had also taken a big step forward, reaching the Golden Core Mid-stage!

And he was not far from the Golden Core Late Stage, with only the need to eat more Spirit Herbs and Spirit Pills to make up for the lack of Dharma Power.

Making Su Ping, although lying suspended in mid-air.

Unable to help but want to laugh out loud.

As his cultivation improved, his state of mind changed accordingly.

Su Ping no longer hesitated; after resting for a while and recovering,

he returned to Water Blue Star, confirmed that all arrangements were correct, and flew to the Moon Surface.

Then, Su Ping opened the Abyss Challenge Letter and selected the Very Difficult mode.

He chose the Moon Geothermal!

Suddenly!

Half of the people on Water Blue Star looked up to see the moon in the sky suddenly turn into a blood moon.

At the same time.

Almost every slightly larger faction received notifications from their respective transcendent representatives.

Heavenly Demons from outside the world had appeared on the Moon Surface!

The strength of the monsters appearing this time would far exceed that of the demons that had appeared on Water Blue Star before.

However, all parties were not to be overly worried, and they were to do a good job of publicity and reassurance, so as not to cause unnecessary losses.

After all... if the experts on the Moon Surface could not hold them back.

Water Blue Star would absolutely not be able to stop those Heavenly Demons!

Upon hearing this, the various factions became even more worried.

Of course, when conducting external publicity, they naturally told everyone with full confidence that only transcendent Great Abilities were handling things on the Moon Surface.

Everyone did not need to worry excessively, they interpreted.

At the same time, in order to prevent anyone from fishing in troubled waters, the security alert level was raised from now on.

On the Moon Surface.

The Abyss crack did not open directly as a fissure like last time.

Instead, it directly allowed an Abyss island to descend above the moon.

This small island radiated an ominous red light.

The light shrouded the Moon Surface, making the Golden Core Spirit Beasts that had stopped refining moon soil feel a trace of discomfort.

A large mass of black mist emerged from the floating island.

Pairs of eyes radiating blood-colored light appeared within the mist.

A terrifying divine sense then probed out, sweeping toward Su Ping and the others.

"Audacious!"

East Sea Dragon Lord Aoli suddenly manifested his true form, roaring aloud and releasing Dragon Might to counter the pressure from the opposite side.

This caused the opponent's momentum to falter for a moment.

Then, a strange voice that no one had heard before, yet whose meaning they could understand, rang out:

"An adult of the True Dragon Clan?"

"No, still a bit off... but a fourth-tier lifeform of the sub-dragon race that is just a step away from being a True Dragon is also quite rare."

"However, even a true fourth-tier True Dragon cannot defeat the dependents of us Lords of Shadows."

"Unknown dragon powerhouse, pray to the Lord of Shadows and offer up your Dragon Soul."

"You can become my Lord's shadow dragon, Undying and eternal, living as long as the Eternal Abyss!"

Lord of Shadows?

Su Ping felt a bit strange hearing this voice.

Just by hearing the title and tone, he knew it was another Abyss Monarch.

Couldn't they send something in easy mode, like subordinates under some other unknown Abyss Lord?

Or was it that everything produced by the Pot Heaven was a boutique, and he had clashed with the Abyss Seven Monarchs?

Sighing, Su Ping activated the grand array on the Moon Surface and simultaneously summoned his Blood God avatar.

Then, the Demon Emperor White Ape and the Green-Faced Bull Demon King both revealed their true forms, transforming into Dharma Images thousands of meters tall.

On Water Blue Star, observatories and astronomy enthusiasts were also able to see some blurry images, and soon saw scenes that shocked them.

After the two sides confronted each other for a while, they began to clash.

The black mist flying out from the island collided with different rays of light.

It was merely the aftermath of the collision.

Those scattered rays of light blasted out many, many Moon Pits after hitting the ground.

Some even directly changed part of the terrain of the Moon Surface.

This made many people feel fortunate that a battle of this level was not taking place on Water Blue Star.

Otherwise, who knows how many families would be broken, and how many people would be indirectly affected and left homeless...

"This monster is very strong!"

The Demon Emperor White Ape swung his spirit staff, striking and dispersing a mass of black mist that rushed toward him.

He then freed his right hand to grab, catching a red-eyed shadow monster that had escaped from the black mist.

It was a monster resembling a lizard, composed of black mist and shadows.

Not only did it self-destruct after being caught, but it also carried a very strong corrosive and polluting power.

In the short exchange, the Demon Emperor White Ape appeared to have the initiative, but he sensed a small amount of pollution appearing within his body.

If it were one-on-one.

The Demon Emperor White Ape felt that his most correct course of action would be to run away.

Fortunately, the Demon Emperor White Ape soon felt the pollution in his body being drawn away into the Blood God avatar.

As for that mysterious master, he was not afraid of these polluting powers that clearly came from a higher level.

The Demon Emperor White Ape had already grown accustomed to it, no longer feeling the shock from before.

It and Ao Li exchanged thoughts.

After safely letting the Green-Faced Bull Demon King unleash its divine ability to withstand the black mist's impact from the front.

They appeared on both sides of the island, one left and one right.

Then, the Demon Emperor White Ape raised its hands and smashed down with an iron rod that had transformed into four or five thousand meters in length, wrapped in white light.

Ao Li, meanwhile, circled high in the sky, opened its dragon mouth, and spat out milky-white flames.

Facing the combined attack, the black mist rolling within the island suddenly paused.

Immediately, with a *swish*, two large heads like those of vicious dogs emerged from the black mist, each opening their mouths to meet the attacks from either side.

Boom!

Under the deafening sound, the island jolted violently and dropped several hundred meters in altitude.

The two dog heads also retreated back into the black mist in pain, then emerged again at an even faster speed.

Ao Li and the White Ape, the two Demon Emperors, were sent flying backward together, each carving an artificial riverbed into the Moon Surface.

However, this bit of impact was nothing to them.

The most troublesome pollution was also resolved with the assistance provided by Su Ping.

Feeling that it was at a disadvantage, the monster within the black mist finally became serious.

Accompanied by a series of wailing sounds.

The black mist monsters with red eyes all around suddenly paused, then all rolled backward and vanished.

As the black mist was completely absorbed and disappeared.

A three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss, its entire body seemingly composed of pitch-black shadows, appeared on the island.

This three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss was enormous; its six legs stepped onto the island, occupying the entire surface of the island.

The three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss, with only its three pairs of red eyes being the most conspicuous, seemed to have seen through the key point of its opponents, staring straight at Su Ping.

"To be able to make the great Shadow of the Shadow Lord reveal its true form."

"You must pay the price for this!"

The three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss transmitted its voice again, while simultaneously unfolding what appeared to be its Yuanling ability.

The surroundings began to dim.

Looking from the Moon Surface, it seemed that even the light of the stars was affected, and starlight struggled to continue reaching the Moon.

Su Ping first sensed the changes in the surroundings, but even faster, he discovered that the Array he had set up had been triggered.

He immediately realized the opponent was playing dirty!

It looked like it was preparing to charge up a big move head-on.

In reality, however, a shadow had lurked deep into the ground where he was located.

But as an Array Master, how could he not have used the terrain to set up an Array in advance?

Su Ping raised his hand and struck downward.

The Blood God avatar immediately opened its large hand and followed suit, slapping down.

Coordinating with the Array that had suddenly begun to operate, it provided assistance.

A pitch-black shadow that had not yet emerged from the ground.

Was immediately grabbed by the Blood God's large hand!

Since the sneak attack failed, it would switch to a frontal assault.

The shadow suddenly changed, transforming into the true body of the three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss.

And the space above the island where the original three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss had been, turned into a black shadow.

The seamless conversion between the shadow Avatar and the true body was clearly one of the innate divine abilities of the Shadow of the Shadow Lord.

Just as the three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss relied on the strength of its true body, wanting to struggle against the Blood God's large hand's confinement to launch a counterattack.

Three Nuclear Bombs followed the Blood God's large hand and, under the protection of blood light, landed around the three-headed dog of the Shadow of the Abyss.

Then.

There was not a shred of hesitation.

The first nuclear explosion on the Moon was thus achieved by Su Ping!

And he had detonated three Nuclear Bombs at once!

Then, this was only the beginning.

As red light vortices emerged behind Su Ping.

The Blood God's fist, clutching Nuclear Warheads, descended from the sky toward the Abyss island!