Chapter 3204

Not long after Zui Yas's teenage and young adult 'sacrificial bodies' went to clean up the black dogs, Zui Yas's own expression changed.

Pop, pop, pop!

Three crisp sounds came from Zui Yas's left hand. His middle finger, index finger, and thumb all exploded. The Time Eye on the back of his hand widened, and its ring-shaped pupil gradually faded.

Seeing this scene, Zui Yas's face turned gloomy. He knew that he might die in a few seconds, a few minutes, or ten minutes, which was why the three fingers representing the present (middle finger), middle age (index finger), and old age (thumb) had exploded.

This meant he was about to have no present or future; only dead people would be like this. The diffusion of the Time Eye's ring pupil further verified this.

"I will die in a few seconds or ten minutes. Give me some advice."

Zui Yas was very calm. Although he already had a plan, he wanted to borrow the opinions of the other two old schemers. As for a detailed explanation of why he would die, it wasn't needed at all; one sentence was enough. Zui Yas believed that Su Xiao and Wood could react as quickly as possible to what was going on, and they would never ask a stupid question like "Why will you die?" at this critical juncture.

"You won't die. Be quick; this thing is very expensive."

Wood took out a spiral metal cross pendant. Seeing this, Su Xiao put away the 【Sea Grudge · Endless Army (Immortal-grade item)】 in his hand.

Just then, countless black dogs charged from all directions—streets, buildings, everywhere—like a black tide surging from the surroundings. Was the number of black dogs in the hundreds of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? It could be many.

"Roar!"

The black dogs charging from the surroundings seemed to melt together like liquid, turning into two-headed dogs and roaring.

Seeing this scene, Zui Yas frowned. The black dogs were indeed troublesome, but this level of danger shouldn't be enough to kill him. But if that were the case, how could the change in his left hand be explained?

A stench with a fishy, sour smell arrived along with the encirclement of the black dogs. Su Xiao, Wood, and Zui Yas formed a triangle, back to back. Wood released the spiral cross pendant in his hand.

Ding~

The tip of the spiral cross touched the ground, and a formation appeared under the feet of Su Xiao, Wood, and Zui Yas. The three of them immediately disappeared from where they were.

The spatial fluctuations faded, and the white light before Su Xiao's eyes also disappeared. He had arrived at the back door of the amusement park. He saw a cross imprint on the gate frame of the iron fence emitting white light. Clearly, Wood had long since prepared an escape route.

"It seems this is the Nightmare King's trump card. Zui Yas, you said just now that you would die?"

The pupil flames in Wood's eyes condensed, and he touched his skeletal chin, which was inlaid with black gems the size of rice grains, with his withered, fleshless fingers.

"Yes, I don't know what happened just now. Facing that situation, I had at least a 70% chance of dying."

Zui Yas raised his left hand. The fingers of his left hand regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the Time Eye on the back of his hand fell off. This made his heart ache; he would be scolded by his mother-in-law again when he went back.

"Based on my assessment of you, the probability of you dying in that situation is very low. Then it must be the problem of the black dogs. Do they get stronger? Or are there other powerful enemies?"

Wood couldn't think of an answer for a moment.

"The black dogs are infinite."

Su Xiao suddenly spoke, which made Wood somewhat confused.

"How so?"

"This is the Nightmare World, a nightmare. The black dogs are the 'horror' in the nightmare, not biological organisms or corpses in the true sense. They are more like individuals manifested from concepts, so they are endless within Nightmare Town, just like fear—without limits."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Wood suddenly understood, and his thoughts became active.

"So that's it. Because the black dogs are infinite, Zui Yas would have been trapped to death there. If we had walked slower just now, that place would likely have been sealed off and become a Land of Terror... A Land of Terror? I see. That was a domain just now, a type of domain ability representing 'terror'."

"A domain? The range is too large."

Zui Yas did not quite agree with this point of view.

"This is the Nightmare World. Don't forget the notification from the Tree of Void at the beginning of the game. The Nightmare King is the master of the Nightmare World. Of course, his domain can..."

"Impossible."

Zui Yas interrupted Wood. He said, "Except for the Child of Heaven, even if you suck a world dry, you cannot borrow the world to amplify your abilities. I bet the Nightmare King's ability doesn't stem from the Nightmare World. The appearance of this world is because the Nightmare King stitched it together using Scroll Fragments. He is not the creator of this world; at most, he's a tailor."

"Hmm... you're right. Regarding the persecution of worlds, the Meteorite Star is indeed professional."

When Wood said this, he glanced at Su Xiao. Seeing this, Zui Yas coughed dryly. The Law-Breaker, also known as the Elemental Guardian, was still here; don't talk about such awkward topics.

"So I conclude that the reason the Nightmare King's domain is so exaggerated is because he borrowed Nightmare Town. It is also because of this that he never leaves Nightmare Town. It's not that he doesn't want to, but he doesn't dare. Besides us, there must be others eyeing the Scroll Fragments in the Nightmare King's hands. I can't think of anything more."

When Zui Yas said this, he cast his gaze toward Su Xiao, signaling Su Xiao to analyze it together.

It could be said that Wood and Zui Yas's deduction was over 95% correct. These two guys, without any hints, had deduced the existence of the Great Knight based on the Nightmare King's behavior patterns.

The Great Knight came from another world within a painting. From the spoils that had to be paid to him for cooperating, it could be seen that he was the person the Nightmare King feared, and also the person who wanted to seize the Scroll Fragments.

The intelligence at hand was already very clear. Before even meeting the Nightmare King, his strongest ability had already been analyzed.

"Bai Ye? We've reached this point, don't be silent. Nightmare Town must be very difficult to destroy, but we must break the connection between the Nightmare King and Nightmare Town, otherwise his domain is unsolvable."

"Hmm."

As Su Xiao spoke, he took the 【Sun's Fury · Apollo】 out of his storage space.

"What... is that thing?"

Zui Yas and Wood both showed vigilance.

"This is the countermeasure."

Su Xiao introduced the fake name of 【Sun's Fury · Apollo】 to Wood and Zui Yas: 【Countermeasure】.

"Wait, you also thought of what Wood and I just analyzed, right?"

"Yes."

"Then... why didn't you take this thing out earlier! You just watched us analyze?"

"Because your analysis was quite interesting."

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"(⊙﹏⊙)"

Ignoring Zui Yas and Wood, who were about to kill him with their eyes, Su Xiao activated Apollo and assumed a throwing posture.

The explosion diameter of 【Sun's Fury · Apollo】 was 3000 meters. If Apollo were thrown into the center of Nightmare Town, the impact of the explosion and the subsequent burning would leave almost nothing of the small town.

Su Xiao calculated silently in his heart. When Apollo had 3 seconds left before exploding, he threw it out.

Bang!

Apollo broke through a wave of air, leaving a golden-red parabola before falling into a small circular square in the center of Nightmare Town.

In the small square, just as Apollo landed, a figure wearing full-body armor, with a red cloak draped behind and standing less than three meters tall, immediately rose from the steps. He had been taking a nap just now.

Thud~

The figure in full-body armor heard a muffled sound, and then he flew up, slammed against a wall by the shockwave. Solar flames swept past, and the armor on his body instantly turned scorching red. He hadn't rested for days; he had only been asleep for five minutes before being bombed. It was very unjust.

Thud!!!

The explosion was deafening, and a huge shockwave spread out. After this, a large golden fireball appeared in Nightmare Town. As this golden fireball spread, the buildings it touched crumbled inch by inch, eventually being burned to ashes.

This was the terror of true damage exceeding ten thousand. Ten thousand points of true damage in an instant and ten thousand points of true damage accumulated over time were not on the same level in terms of instantaneous destructive power and impact. It was precisely because of this that Su Xiao did not dare to use 【Sun's Fury · Apollo】 at close range.

The night that had been continuous in Nightmare Town was illuminated, as if the sun had fallen to the earth.

When the solar flames began to die down, Nightmare Town had basically disappeared, leaving only some dilapidated buildings at the edges.

"Ah!!"

An angry shout came from within Nightmare Town. This voice was extremely furious, even becoming desperate, and then purple-black energy surged like flowers scattered by a goddess.

Hearing this angry shout, Su Xiao speculated that this should be the Nightmare King. Judging from the other party's voice, the other party was not in a good mood.