Chapter 3203

Su Xiao closed the notification. Whether to ally with the Great Knight would depend on the situation within Nightmare Town, and besides, it was not certain they would even encounter him.

If the Nightmare King were ridiculously strong, allying with the Great Knight would be a good choice. The one-third of the 【Scroll Fragments】 obtained after the battle seemed like a lot, but Su Xiao never forgot that Wood and Zui Yas, who were currently cooperating with him, would both be enemies once the Nightmare King was defeated, and they would compete with him for the 【Scroll Fragments】.

The notifications from Reincarnation Paradise were always accurate, so the Great Knight's character was beyond doubt. From the previous notification, one could guess what kind of person the Great Knight was; he would not easily trust anyone, but once they joined forces, he would not be suspicious, let alone stab anyone in the back.

Thinking of this, Su Xiao glanced at Wood and Zui Yas from the corner of his eye. These two good teammates were both masters of backstabbing. They were usually exceptionally reliable, but when it came to dividing the spoils, they were as dangerous as they were reliable.

"Bai Ye, why do I feel like you're thinking about stabbing me in the back? Is it my imagination?"

Zui Yas suddenly spoke with a smile. One could only say that this scoundrel's intuition was as strong as a beast's.

"How could that be? We haven't even dealt with the Nightmare King yet."

Su Xiao's words made Zui Yas nod. He said, "Hmm, that is indeed the logic."

"Zui Yas, you are undermining the unity of the squad."

As Wood spoke, he looked around. They were already walking on the streets of Nightmare Town. The towering buildings on both sides were black under the night sky, and in the sky hung an eerie purple full moon. Nightmare Town was too quiet.

"I spoke incorrectly."

Zui Yas suppressed the doubt in his heart. He had clearly felt a chill down his spine just now, as if his heart were about to be pierced by a sharp blade.

"Now the three of us must be united."

"People? Among the three of us, it seems only Bai Ye is of the human race."

"I am indeed of the Devil race, but aren't you human, Zui Yas?"

"Of course not. Have you ever seen a human with tentacles suddenly growing on their face?"

"That's true, but your wife wouldn't mind if you suddenly grew tentacles."

"Of course not, she's quite happy about it."

"Oh~"

Wood drawled, looking as if he understood. Seeing this, Zui Yas cursed under his breath with a smile.

"So we must be united, but... what is that thing? A dog?"

Zui Yas, who was leading the way, stopped. From the shadows ahead, a dog as thin as a rake walked out. All its fur had fallen off, revealing shriveled, rough skin. On its bony black body, many arrows and spears were stuck at odd angles, each as thick as an egg and covered in cruel barbs.

Purple light shone from the black dog's eyes. Because its lips had completely rotted away, its teeth and gums were exposed, looking exceptionally sharp and ferocious.

"Is this the force the Nightmare King has assembled? It seems..."

Before Zui Yas could finish his sentence, the black dog ahead kicked off the ground and charged at Zui Yas at a speed that was shocking.

Zui Yas reached out his right arm, and black tentacles surged from his sleeve. After coiling into a mass nearly half a meter thick, they surged toward the black dog.

"Roar."

The black dog lunged fiercely. Amidst the slippery sound of surging tentacles, it was enveloped, entangled, and wrapped by the black tentacles.

Zui Yas's giant arm, composed of black tentacles, surged. This twisted giant arm, half a meter thick and over ten meters long, wrapped the black dog inside. After a hair-raising sound of gnawing and decomposition, not even a scrap of the black dog remained.

Splat.

Zui Yas used a hand blade to sever the tentacle arm connected to his right arm and leaped backward. While in mid-air, a wisp of purple light particles spilled along his right arm.

"Don't touch those black dogs; you will be eroded. Being bitten by one would be very bad. It's no problem in the outside world, but this is the Nightmare World. Believe me, here, never get bitten by that kind of black dog. They aren't entirely living creatures; they are more like... a part of the horror in a nightmare. Yes, that's the feeling."

Zui Yas had rich combat experience. Although he seemed to have killed the black dog instantly, he did not underestimate it. When he crushed and decomposed the black dog with his tentacles, he felt the threat this thing posed.

Su Xiao understood what Zui Yas meant. If the other party had a brand, a single sentence could explain the situation just now: being touched by this black dog would slightly reduce one's Sanity, and being bitten would cause Sanity to plummet.

The black dog itself was not strong to that degree, but this was the Nightmare World, the Nightmare King's home turf, and also the home turf of these black dogs. Here, they were equivalent to that part of the horror in a nightmare.

Su Xiao glanced at his data. The newly appeared Sanity value below his Mana was: 295/330 points.

Being in the world within the painting, the greatest threat was the decline of Sanity.

Su Xiao had seen the speed of that black dog just now. If there were enough of them, the threat would become very great.

Patter, patter~

Black dogs walked out from the streets and alleys ahead, conservatively estimated at over a thousand.

"I'll handle them."

Zui Yas pressed one hand to the ground. Without any visible movement, black tentacles emerged from the ground ahead. These black tentacles, like sharp awls, pierced the abdomens and skulls of the black dogs one by one. All the black dogs hit by this attack began to sprout black tentacles on their bodies, eventually exploding and dying.

As soon as this batch of black dogs died, more ran over from behind, all of them covered in arrows and spears.

Seeing this, Zui Yas raised his hand. An eyeball appeared on the back of his left hand. He tore off the pinky and ring finger of his left hand and threw them aside. After landing, the flesh at the broken ends of the two fingers grew wildly, eventually turning into a large mass of flesh.

Splat, splat.

Two arms, one thick and one thin, reached out from the rotting meat, and then the teenage Zui Yas and the young adult Zui Yas crawled out from the rotting meat.

This was not as simple as a clone. The eye that appeared on Zui Yas's hand just now was called the 'Time Eye'.

From this, it could be inferred that Zui Yas's pinky, ring finger, middle finger, index finger, and thumb each represented a stage of his life. The pinky was the teenage Zui Yas, and so on, with the index finger being the elderly Zui Yas.

People like Zui Yas became stronger and harder to deal with as they aged.

Zui Yas would not easily bring out his elderly self; the cost was too high. The more the 'sacrificial body' exceeded his current age, the greater the burden he had to bear when bringing it out with the 'Time Eye'. If he really brought out the elderly Zui Yas, Zui Yas himself would lose a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

"Go clean up the black dogs."

Zui Yas himself gave the order. The young adult 'sacrificial body' nodded to show he understood, while the teenage 'sacrificial body' gave a light sneer, glanced at Zui Yas himself with disdain, and spat.

This made Zui Yas's teeth ache. Seeing his teenage self's arrogant attitude, he wanted to walk up and slap him a few times. Damn it, he deserved to be hunted down in the past; it wasn't unjust for him to have been beaten to death.

Thinking of this, Zui Yas felt awkward. The teenage 'sacrificial body' was actually his past self, exactly the same, even the spitting action was 100% synchronized.

"I was really a moron in the past."

Zui Yas muttered in a low voice, looking at the teenage 'sacrificial body' with unkind eyes. The teenage 'sacrificial body' sneered, folded his arms, and walked along the street toward the front. His gait was so arrogant that Zui Yas wanted to kick him.

Seeing the teenage 'sacrificial body' walk away, Wood, who was on the side, sighed:

"Zui Yas, you were so arrogant when you were a teenager. How did you survive until now? It's a miracle you weren't beaten to death."

Hearing this, Zui Yas smiled and said, "The process was very arduous. Otherwise, why do you think I'm so resistant to beatings now?"