Chapter 154: This time.... you won (4000-chapter)

The next moment, a violent explosion sounded, and within a few hundred meters around Liu Delie, whether summoned beasts or nightmares, everything was completely cleared.

Bai Zhou's light shield wavered on the verge of collapse in the violent shockwave, almost failing to hold.

"Liu Delie!"

After the impact faded, Zhang Jie hurriedly looked ahead, only to see half of Nightmare Zhang Jie's body blown to pieces, the nightmare fluid continually gathering to his body, constantly repairing his damaged form.

And before Nightmare Zhang Jie, that familiar figure was nowhere to be seen.

On the ground lay a single scorched wand.

That was the arcane staff dropped when Zhang Jie and Liu Delie killed the "Master of Arcane".

Nightmare Zhang Jie's body had fully recovered, and he stared blankly at the scene before him for a moment, then for some reason let out a soft laugh.

"You brat.... you actually used this move on me.... it really hurts..."

He crouched, picked up the scorched wand, rubbed it with his fingers, and charcoal kept falling off until it was gone completely.

"However, welcome back to the Real World...."

Seeing this, Zhang Jie's eyes nearly burst, and four nightmares appeared behind him, angrily charging toward the Nightmare King.

"Don't act rashly!"

Bai Zhou grabbed Zhang Jie in one pull, but the four nightmares behind him had already rushed out.

"Let's go help too!"

Beside them, two top-player experts rushed out, aiming to kill Nightmare Zhang Jie, but Bai Zhou stopped them.

"Don't go anywhere! Come back and protect Zhang Jie!"

In the distance, Yu Xiaomo, her face blackened and dirty from the blast, crawled up from the ground in a sorry state, while around her, the summoned beasts killed in the explosion kept being resummoned, fearlessly charging at the Nightmare King.

"Liu Delie... dead?"

Yu Xiaomo felt a heavy heart, glanced behind her, then looked at Nightmare Zhang Jie whose health was no longer healthy, and gritted her teeth again.

She issued a command to all summoned beasts; the next moment, all summoned beasts became even more frenzied, even the Spirit Deer that had always been responsible for auxiliary healing abruptly abandoned healing and instead charged at Nightmare Zhang Jie.

Nightmare Zhang Jie felt a bit dazed, and when four Stone Golems in disguise embraced him, revealing the SSS-rank C4 beneath their guise, he suddenly seemed to understand something.

Boom!!!

The explosion sounded like firecrackers going off, Nightmare Zhang Jie's health dropped sharply again, the explosion continued, and a shockwave suddenly burst from his body, instantly putting any summoned beast it touched into a disabled state.

In an instant, the field was cleared again; the mechanical nightmare Zhang Jie used a skill to disable all of Yu Xiaomo's summoned beasts and all her skills, turning her into a soft persimmon with only stats left.

All that could be seen was Nightmare Zhang Jie gripping a giant sword, slowly walking toward Yu Xiaomo, his handsome face still bearing a familiar smile.

"Little Mo, little Mo."

"Looks like.... I still won this time..."

Just as the giant sword was about to come down, a tall black figure instantly appeared, hands raised high, firmly holding up the sword to prevent it from falling.

It was the Nightmare Crimson Vein!

The next moment, two attacks came in succession; the tendrils behind Dark Blade twisted together, forming an extremely sharp shadow blade that instantly pierced Nightmare Zhang Jie's body.

Watching his health drop once more, it had already fallen to nearly twenty percent.

Nightmare Zhang Jie furrowed his brows; the Arcane had been dealt with by Liu Delie, and at this point he had no particularly good means to restore health.

"It doesn't matter..."

He didn't care; the giant sword swung again, instantly cleaving the Crimson Vein at the waist.

Nightmares can freely kill each other; the Crimson Vein's connection with itself vanished, and Zhang Jie knew this was a heroic sacrifice.

At this moment, the highest-intelligence Dark Blade was slain by a giant sword falling from the sky, and its link also disappeared.

Bai Zhou gazed at the two slain nightmares, a flash of insight appeared in his mind, and he finally realized where that earlier sense of familiarity came from.

He looked back, only to find that Zhang Jie's figure was long gone from behind him, and the other players were all staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Where is he?"

"He vanished in a flash."

"Jie Ge!"

"Now!"

In the distance, Yu Xiaomo's voice came through, while before her, the giant sword's blade wrapped in a blast wave repeatedly slashed toward her head.

In an instant, Zhang Jie wielded the Nightmare Staff Sword, stepped on the shadow of the nightmare giant wolf transformed, and instantly appeared before Yu Xiaomo.

Clang!

The clang of metal rang out; the giant sword was suddenly bounced back by a tremendous force, and indeed it was the true Zhang Jie wielding the Nightmare Staff Sword arriving, his frail body actually able to deflect the great sword.

However, this is the mechanism of the Nightmare Staff Sword: no matter how strong the attack, attacking simultaneously with the Nightmare Staff Sword triggers a clash, which is why he could do this.

At this moment, Nightmare Zhang Jie's attack, due to the rebound, was in an extremely strong recovery frame.

Yu Xiaomo instantly produced an item, the "Shattered Tiger Talisman," and hurled it hard onto Nightmare Zhang Jie's body.

"Shattered Tiger Talisman": When the target is next attacked, it deals an additional 10% health as damage! Each target can only be used once.

"Thunder Eagle!"

The next moment, a burst of lightning struck in succession, hitting Nightmare Zhang Jie and simultaneously putting him into a weakened state.

"Go die!"

Zhang Jie raised the Nightmare Staff Sword, driving the sharp blade into his chest; instantly, endless white light burst forth! It blinded Zhang Jie so he couldn't open his eyes.

"Mission completed: personally execute the false new king!"

"Mission reward issued: Genesis Permit, dispel the false to perceive the true"

Amid the chaos, Zhang Jie finally felt the blinding light before him lessen somewhat.

He opened his eyes, and what met his gaze was indeed a expanse of crimson space.

"This place...."

It's very similar to the place where I awakened as a Legendary Player...

Zhang Jie looked around; his surroundings were shockingly surrounded by dozens of Nightmares, just like people watching monkeys, they stared at him.

"You guessed right, this is the space where you awakened."

A familiar voice came; Zhang Jie abruptly turned his head, and shockingly it was that Nightmare Zhang Jie who looked exactly like him.

"You!"

"Don't say more, look behind you."

Zhang Jie furrowed his brows and looked behind.

But the next moment, he suddenly widened his eyes.

"Dad?... Mom?...."

White light burst forth; for a moment, everyone present couldn't help but close their eyes, and then came an even more violent airflow.

Yu Xiaomo's petite figure had nowhere to brace herself; the violent airflow blew her away, rolling continuously on the ground until the airflow ceased, she barely managed to stop.

The Nightmare Zhang Jie was successfully executed!

The crowd nervously watched the figure at the source of the light, feeling both excitement and worry.

Zhang Jie slowly opened his eyes, looked at his palm, and forced a bitter smile.

He understood; he understood everything.

"Hahaha.... hahahaha!!!"

Zhang Jie suddenly burst into a manic laugh, filled with reluctance and carefree abandon, likewise seeming to carry deep sorrow....

"So that's how it is.... so that's how it is.... so that's how it is!!!"

In his recent conversation with his parents, what he received was neither the joy of a long-awaited reunion nor any comforting words.

But rather.... deception... lies... and that fate which had long been arranged.

He, Zhang Jie, is merely a... one given the title Legendary... a Legendary sacrifice.

His parents... are lies; he cannot even be called human.

He is a natural disaster, a Nightmare, merely a Nightmare that thinks he is human.

In his mind surfaced past confusion, past fervor and relentless forward drive; now they have all become a joke.

"Zhang... Zhang Jie?"

"You...."

Yu Xiaomo's dirty little face lifted, she looked toward Zhang Jie, her eyes filled with anticipation and deep unease.

Zhang Jie's such abnormal behavior made everyone's hearts sink to the bottom at this moment; the thing they least wanted to see still happened.

Who would have thought, the next moment, a golden key shockingly appeared in Zhang Jie's hand; as soon as it appeared, it instantly drew everyone's attention.

Genesis Permit, the source of everything, the key to the Dream Realm Synesthesia System, but at this moment it was casually tossed in front of Bai Zhou.

"This..."

"Genesis Permit, now it belongs to you."

Bai Zhou didn't understand, yet he met Zhang Jie's playful smile.

"Do everything you can to resist me."

"I hope you can bring me enough fun."

After Zhang Jie finished speaking, Bai Zhou solemnly picked up the permit key, his eyes fixed firmly on Zhang Jie.

"What are you now, human or Nightmare?"

Zhang Jie remained silent, then slowly gave his answer.

"I am a Nightmare."

"Damn it! I knew it!"

"Bai Zhou! I told you before! Why do you trust him so much!!!"

Among them, the axe-wielding top player was furious, pointing at Bai Zhou's nose and berating him, but the other side didn't retort, instead continued to stare at Zhang Jie.

"Alright, then I'll wait for you."

"I hope you don't go back on your word."

"Hah."

Zhang Jie gave a light chuckle, casually snapped his fingers, and in an instant everyone except Yu Xiaomo was kicked out of the game.

"Just treat it... as a nightmare."

Zhang Jie muttered to himself, finally turning his head to look at Yu Xiaomo.

Yu Xiaomo held back tears, stubbornly gazing at Zhang Jie, fighting not to let them fall.

"Zhang Jie... why?"

Seeing Zhang Jie's cold expression, Yu Xiaomo finally couldn't hold back, and tears fell in large drops.

"Why... why...."

"Sorry... I still lost... sorry...!"

Yu Xiaomo's voice, choked with crying, sounded; Zhang Jie's expression also relaxed a little at this moment.

At this moment, the entire game world began to collapse, space continuously generated cracks, and shattered space fell from the sky.

Above her head came a warm sensation; Yu Xiaomo incredulously lifted her head, eyes brimming with tears, looking at Zhang Jie who was stroking her head.

"Zhang Jie....?"

"Little Mo."

Zhang Jie's hand paused for a moment, then he slowly crouched down and gently wiped away her tears.

"These words should be spoken by me to you."

Their foreheads pressed together; Yu Xiaomo clearly felt Zhang Jie, yet for some reason, everything before her eyes seemed illusory.

Yu Xiaomo.

Sorry.

Brother Jie...?

Yu Xiaomo watched the scene before her, her unease fading a little; just as she was about to say something, the next moment her vision blurred.

A chill came from her neck, with faint white light flashing....

Yu Xiaomo looked at the Nightmare Staff Sword in Zhang Jie's hand, as if she understood something.

There was no obvious pain coming from her neck, but that chill gradually spread throughout her body.

Consciousness began to blur, her strength being drawn away bit by bit; Yu Xiaomo could feel her soul leaving her body.

There was no feeling of lightness, nor was there intense fear.

On the contrary, this feeling, for some reason, brought a sense of reassurance.

'Is this... what death feels like?'

'Zhang Jie... I can't bear to part with you...'

Even if she were killed by the person she likes, Yu Xiaomo felt no resentment toward Zhang Jie; and at this moment, a familiar warm touch came again from the top of her head...

'Jie... Brother Jie...'

The world in Yu Xiaomo's eyes grew ever more blurred; she summoned her last strength to softly call his name, and as she lingered, she seemed to hear a soft laugh.

'Yu Xiaomo, this time... you won.'

'Forget me; from now on, your path is yours to walk alone...'

Hearing Zhang Jie's words, Yu Xiaomo inexplicably felt a sudden surge of extreme unease.

Clearly, even at the moment of death she felt no discomfort.

But why...

'Forget...'

'I don't want.... I don't want...'

'My memory...'

'I don't want to forget you!'

Yu Xiaomo shouted, suddenly sitting up from the bed.

Consciousness gradually returned; in her mind, it seemed something important was receding like a tide.

'No.. don't...'

'Zhang... Zhang...'

Yu Xiaomo muttered, but could never utter that name.

Morning sunlight spilled onto the earth, shining on the white quilt; Yu Xiaomo looked at everything before her, a sense of both reality and unreality flooding in, leaving her somewhat unable to grasp her situation.

'What happened...'

'Strange... why am I crying...'

Yu Xiaomo rubbed her tears haphazardly, her eyes filled with confusion.

'Damn! What are you barking about, Yu Xiaomo?'

Liu Delie's punchable face drew near, looking at her with disdain.

Yu Xiaomo was dumbfounded for a moment, instinctively wanting to retort, but when he saw Liu Delie's head of brown hair disappear, she burst out laughing.

'Hahaha! Liu Delie, how are you bald?!'

Liu Delie gave a look as if looking at an idiot, speechless.

'It's not Yu Xiaomo; go piss and look at yourself—you're bald too!'

Yu Xiaomo was dumbfounded, Yu Xiaomo touched her head, Yu Xiaomo bang!!!

'My hair!!!'

'Laughed.'

Liu Delie mocked mercilessly, though he wasn't really happy inside.

'Where's my hair!!!'

'Liu Delie! Say something!'

'Go away.'

Liu Delie rolled his eyes, signaling her to be quiet.

'We'll talk about the rest later.'

'But, Yu Xiaomo, I still need to tell you this.'

'Welcome to the true reality.'

(Hey all you adoptive fathers, don't rush! The reason the main character turned out like this will be explained later!)