Chapter 796: Reality or Dream (Second update, requesting all)

"It has begun!"

Li Zhangsheng recalled his Demon Pets that had stopped training, and just like last time, he did not enter immediately, instead lighting another Luck Incense Candle.

The next moment, wisps of bright yellow smoke condensed into a cluster, emitting a rich scent of sulfur.

Once the Luck Incense Candle turned to ash, Li Zhangsheng immediately drew out a wisp of Mental Power and rapidly cast it into the cluster of bright yellow smoke, which was the size of a washbasin.

The bright yellow smoke transformed into a giant arrow, spinning rapidly in place for dozens of turns before finally stopping to the east.

After a breath or two, the bright yellow arrow dissipated and vanished.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng transformed into a streak of light, and within a few breaths, he appeared at the entrance of the Space Channel located to the east, stepping straight into it.

Accompanied by a sensation of the world spinning, once this feeling disappeared, Li Zhangsheng found himself in a sealed space.

"I wonder if I'll encounter the good fortune of a bye again!"

While waiting, Li Zhangsheng thought whimsically, though compared to the first round, the probability of a bye in the second round was significantly smaller, so small it could be described as negligible.

After three minutes passed, another figure was also teleported into this sealed space, separated from Li Zhangsheng by a distance of several hundred meters.

He was the opponent for Li Zhangsheng's trial this time, as well as a contestant who had obtained a seat in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm; Li Zhangsheng did not remember which region he was from, because he was only at the Sixth Rank.

There were 108 contestants in total, and the time was so short that Li Zhangsheng had only memorized the appearances of those Pseudo-Kings.

The Sixth Rank contestant was named Jin Yi, a Heavenly Pride from the Northwest region; when he discovered that his opponent was Li Zhangsheng, he felt terrible.

Although the news of Li Zhangsheng single-handedly finishing off a Demon Commander had not yet reached his ears, he had seen information on the top Heavenly Prides from various regions, and Li Zhangsheng's name was among them.

The opponent was a top-tier Pseudo-King, and the gap between the two sides was too great; using conventional means, there was simply no way to fight.

However, even if there was only a sliver of a chance, Jin Yi did not want to give up; as long as he defeated his opponent, he could obtain the harvest of this round.

If he failed, the Heavenly Dao would also grant a certain reward, but it would also signify that this trip to the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm had ended prematurely.

Additionally, this space was quite special; even if people and Demon Pets were killed, they would not actually die.

According to the speculation of Spirit King Liu Yongtu, either the Heavenly Dao had endowed this space with the ability to resurrect, or the contestants and their Demon Pets were all in a special dream; in any case, Spirit King Liu Yongtu had not found the answer.

The rules of this space were simple: both sides could use any means necessary, with the ultimate goal being to defeat the other and obtain the right to advance in this round.

If all Demon Pets were defeated or the contestant suffered a fatal injury, both signified failure.

Jin Yi's plan was simple: to find an opportunity to attack Li Zhangsheng himself.

Compared to Demon King-level Demon Pets, the damage resistance of a Pseudo-King was much worse; unless it was a Pseudo-King possessing six Demon King-level Demon Pets, there would always be bones that had not yet transformed into Jade Bone, and that was the fatal weakness of a Pseudo-King.

Unfortunately, Li Zhangsheng happened to be a Pseudo-King who possessed more than six Demon King-level Demon Pets, and not only had his entire skeleton transformed into Jade Bone, but he had also absorbed the Spirit Essence Blood of a Black Tortoise, a Hundred-Armed Giant, and a Five-colored Peacock, making his physical strength sufficient to contend with an Emperor Rank.

Besides these rules, the two had ten seconds of preparation time.

Jin Yi began to summon his six Demon Pets at the fastest speed, simultaneously buffing his strongest Demon Pet with three types of boosting Secret Techniques, and finally, he even cast the Dimensional Anchor Secret Technique, causing the space within several hundred meters to become much more solidified.

Li Zhangsheng made no moves; he just watched Jin Yi perform, and when the preparation time was about to end, he slowly shook his Monster Pet Bag, summoning three Temporary Spirit Pets of the Demon King level.

It was not that Li Zhangsheng underestimated his enemy, but the gap between the two was simply too vast; no matter how hard Jin Yi tried, there was not a sliver of hope for victory.

From the very beginning, this was a battle without any suspense.

When Jin Yi saw Li Zhangsheng release three Demon King-level Temporary Spirit Pets, his heart went cold; the key was that among these three Demon King-level Temporary Spirit Pets, there were two Demi-God Beasts—how was he supposed to fight this?

Even if Jin Yi fought with all his might, whether he could withstand even the weakest Xier Yasina was a question, as Xier Yasina was not an ordinary Demon King-level Demon Pet either.

Jin Yi had no intention of giving up and immediately commanded his Demon Pets to execute his plan.

Among them, five main Demon Pets bit the bullet and tried to entangle the three Demon King-level Temporary Spirit Pets, intending to let his strongest Demon Pet attack Li Zhangsheng himself.

Roar— Roar—

Unfortunately, before Jin Yi's six Demon Pets could even act, accompanied by the Dragon Roar of two giant dragons, a massive Dragon Might spread across the entire field; under the overlapping Dragon Might of the two Demon King-level giant dragons, Jin Yi's six Lord-level Demon Pets seemed as if they had been frozen, their bodies becoming visibly stiff.

Among them, four Demon Pets even stopped moving; their eyes were filled with fear, some turning to flee in a panic, others paralyzed in place, unable to move.

As for the remaining two Lord-level Demon Pets, they were equally terrified, and whether they could exert even fifty percent of their combat power was a question.

Chirp—

Before they could continue to act, the Heavenly Double-Pupil Bird let out a loud cry, its entire body shining brightly, condensing over a hundred light arrows that were two meters long; accompanied by a piercing sound of breaking through the air, it encompassed all of Jin Yi's six Demon Pets.

The speed of the light arrows was extremely fast, appearing before them in an instant.

Sizzle— Crack—

Accompanied by the sound of dense cutting, Jin Yi's six Demon Pets had no time to dodge and were deeply pierced by the dense light arrows, some even being directly penetrated through their bodies.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom—

Including Jin Yi's strongest Demon Pet, all six of his main Demon Pets fell to the ground, immediately turning into streaks of white light and returning to his acupoint between the eyebrows.

With just one move, the Heavenly Double-Pupil Bird had finished off Jin Yi's six main Demon Pets.

There was no helping it; the Heavenly Double-Pupil Bird was not an ordinary Demon King-level Demon Pet, but one that could rank among the top tier, not to mention that these six Lord-level Demon Pets had been scared half to death by the two Demon King-level giant dragons—how could they have any combat power left to speak of?

Li Zhangsheng discovered a strange phenomenon: the blood gushing from these six Demon Pets and their severed fur also vanished completely, leaving nothing behind.

Furthermore, after all six Demon Pets were finished off, Jin Yi did not suffer any backlash to his Consciousness Sea.

Everything gave one the feeling of being in a dream, which was no wonder why Spirit King Liu Yongtu believed that what happened in this space was not real, but a dream created by the Heavenly Dao.

(End of this chapter)