Chapter 408: Killing in a Dream

A commotion.

The Abyss Lord's calm expression while watching the show finally vanished; he did not doubt Lin Bai's words, for after all, Heavenly King Meng had already exposed himself, and no one would be stupid enough to dig a hole for themselves on the battlefield.

To have been pulled into a dream by an enemy without knowing it, and then to have been awakened by another enemy—the Abyss Lord's pride inevitably took a hit.

A real dream that even he could not perceive also caused a flicker of wariness to pass through his heart.

Whoever poses the greatest threat is the enemy.

"Annihilate."

The Abyss Lord stared at Heavenly King Meng and said the word in a deep voice.

As soon as the words fell.

A death-gray light descended from the sky, sealing off all the space around Heavenly King Meng and his group.

The Heavenly Fire released by Heavenly King Huo, upon being struck by the gray light, was extinguished instantly as if it had encountered ice.

The Abyss Lord's death light was many times more efficient than Lin Bai's Banana Fan.

Heavenly King Shui held his hands high, propping up a blue ice wall in an attempt to block the death light falling from the sky.

But the ice wall did not melt much slower than the flames were extinguished.

The Thunder Heavenly King released dozens of thunder spirits, forming an electric net that enveloped Lin Bai.

Among these people, he hated Lin Bai the most, and he was not prepared to let him go, even if it was just a split soul.

Of everyone, Heavenly King Meng was the calmest; he propped up a protective shield and did not make any unnecessary movements.

The Undead Monarch was not to be outdone and raised the death scythe in his hand.

Four pitch-black portals appeared around Heavenly King Meng, and the Undead Legion on the battlefield seemed to cross the barrier of time and space, arriving directly around Heavenly King Meng from the portals.

The black longsword in the Dark Knight's hand slashed toward Heavenly King Meng's neck, and the Bone Dragon opened its mouth to spew a stream of death energy, shrouding them all within it.

The Human-Faced Spider, Faceless Man, Succubus, and Evil Spirit each used their own methods to attack the Heavenly Kings in the sky.

The death light constantly falling from the sky had no effect on them; instead, it became their aid, making them agile and doubling their power, while their defense increased geometrically; even if struck by the thunder spirits' lightning, it did not affect their actions...

Death Ray, Petrification Light...

All kinds of spells were wantonly cast within the dream, squeezing the Heavenly Kings' activity space.

Watching such a magnificent scene, Lin Bai couldn't help but click his tongue.

What he lacked were these fearless subordinates; encountering such a battle, he feared he could find no other way to win besides using the Magpie Bridge to escape.

Rope Binding couldn't tie up so many creatures, and besides, those undead creatures and Abyss creatures mostly had their bodies exposed, so one couldn't even find a place to put a rope on them.

Love Separation and the like couldn't kill anyone either, and on a battlefield like this, it was as useless as a chicken rib...

The system's Skills are too improper.

Ants can bite an elephant to death; no matter how infinite one's magic power is, if entangled by these creatures buffed with various states, Spiritual Power will eventually run dry.

Those who could follow the Abyss Lord into battle were the elites of the Abyss.

Many creatures with strange appearances that even Lin Bai couldn't recognize had combat power no lower than the Star Brilliance Realm.

The God of Darkness blocked the thunder spirits' attack for Lin Bai.

After the Thunder Heavenly King had his Skills extracted by Lin Bai, many high-power moves could not be used, and he was completely no match for the God of Darkness.

The thunder spirits were dragged into the dark space and annihilated one by one.

The God of Darkness also held a grudge against the Thunder Heavenly King.

Back then, if it hadn't been for his Divinity being exhausted by Thunder God Descent, he wouldn't have been captured by Lin Bai, let alone turned into a Puppet and subjected to endless torture.

"Abyss Lord, Undead Monarch, I think killing Heavenly King Meng is the only way to break the dream." Lin Bai also had a dark space; the Darkness Divinity possessed the ability to devour attacks released by creatures inside to strengthen itself. He swallowed a few thunder spirits to replenish his consumption of dark power, observing the entire battlefield with ease, "I will lend you a hand."

Before the Abyss Lord could respond, Lin Bai had already released a Red Thread, winding it toward Heavenly King Meng.

"Ice Seal." Heavenly King Shui knew Lin Bai's ability and pointed at the Red Thread; an ice block suddenly generated in the void, freezing the Red Thread in mid-air.

But the Red Thread, endowed with the mission of Rope Binding, was persistent; the big ice block couldn't freeze it at all.

The Red Thread was like a nimble little snake, easily drilling out of the ice block and persistently winding toward Heavenly King Meng.

Heavenly King Meng used Flash to dodge and looked up at Lin Bai's split soul.

In an instant.

The scene changed.

Red candles, scented curtains...

Lin Bai, Xu Longyun, and Jiang Qingqin were sleeping under the same quilt, a harmonious couple, in the midst of extreme pleasure...

A Dream within a Dream!

Lin Bai in reality suddenly widened his eyes.

Damn it.

What kind of Skill is this?

It's impossible to guard against!

Dreaming on the battlefield can cost you your life...

Fortunately, it was only a split soul on the battlefield; the moment Lin Bai realized he was dreaming, he woke up, and the scented curtains and beauties vanished.

It was in this short instant that his dark space disappeared, an ice cage trapped him in the middle, and sharp ice spikes quickly squeezed down toward him...

Shadow Follow.

Having had the experience of the Lightning Cage, Lin Bai knew that Flash couldn't dodge these Heavenly Kings' control Skills, so he used Shadow Follow directly to arrive behind the Thunder Heavenly King, and the dark space unfolded again, enveloping him inside.

"Boss Meng, save me."

Past events flooded his heart; the Thunder Heavenly King's face showed terror as he begged Heavenly King Meng for help.

At this moment, Meng Laoda could no longer spare any attention for him.

The Red Rope followed him around like bone-deep gangrene; Meng Laoda could only keep flashing incessantly within the dream space, dodging the Red Rope while simultaneously avoiding the attacks of the Abyss creatures.

Shui Tianwang could not stop the Red Rope, so Huo Tianwang raised his Scepter and erected a wall of fire between Meng Laoda and the Red Rope, but the Red Rope passed through the wall with ease, suffering not the slightest damage.

Lin Bai laughed, "Lord of the Abyss, Meng Laoda is yours. Be careful of his ability to force people into Dreaming instantly; don't get ambushed. Allow me to finish off the Thunder Heavenly King first."

The dream space was too bizarre, and every tactile sensation was real; Lin Bai explored the mysteries of the dream as much as he could.

"Little Huo, don't worry about me; clear the small mobs first, then deal with the big BOSS," Meng Laoda ordered loudly. "If it doesn't work this time, there's always next time."

"Understood, Meng Laoda," Huo Tianwang replied, turning his Scepter, "Netherfire."

Pale blue flames covered the ground; as the skeleton soldiers encountered the pale blue flames, they fell in swathes and turned into powder, having no resistance whatsoever to the Netherfire.

"Dark Wind." The Undead Monarch raised the Scepter in his hand once more, and a wind rose from the flat ground, blowing toward the several Heavenly Kings in the air.

"Meng Laoda, this wind is strange; it's draining our HP." Shui Tianwang cried out in alarm, a crystal-clear cup suddenly appearing in his hand, which he tossed upward.

A waterfall of water flowed from the mouth of the cup, turning into a flowing barrier to block the Undead Monarch's Dark Wind.

The water in the cup seemed endless; after pouring onto the ground, it transformed into transparent water giants one after another, and those water giants held long blades, slashing toward the Abyss creatures in the air...

……

Each employed their own methods.

The group fought with great enthusiasm.

Lin Bai ignored the battle outside for the time being, as he cooperated with the God of Darkness to squeeze the Thunder Heavenly King.

Having lost his Hammer, the Thunder Heavenly King was already no match for the God of Darkness, and furthermore, Lin Bai's split spirit was even more powerful than the original God of Darkness.

The two joined forces.

In no time at all, they had extracted the Thunder Heavenly King's thunder spirit ability clean.

Lin Bai's split spirit used Shadow-Following, sticking behind the Thunder Heavenly King, and without hesitation, used the Extraction Skill.

Taiyin Divine Thunder;

Thunder Moves the Nine Heavens;

……

One Skill after another was extracted.

……

Real World.

Lin Bai happily discovered that the Skills extracted in the dream were faithfully reflected back onto him.

The proficiency of the Thunder Hammer's Skills rose to the maximum level one after another.

In the dark space, Lin Bai used Silence; even if the Thunder Heavenly King wanted to call for help, he could not make a sound.

Moreover.

Entangled by the dark space, he couldn't even commit suicide, and could only look at Lin Bai in terror, letting him defeat him time and time again...

……

At the Darkness Palace.

Players like 【Dark Heart】 had originally been livestreaming with great interest, but after entering the dream, the livestream continued, yet all the bullet comments on the screen had disappeared.

The few players still hadn't figured out what was going on?

Then they heard Lin Bai's warning regarding the dream.

While astonished, the group wanted to use the players' advantage to exit the game to see if they could push out from the dream, but they soon discovered that the exit game button had turned gray.

They could no longer exit the game.

Unable to exit the game, they could only passively choose to watch this spectacular battle, while discussing what was happening outside and how to exit this bizarre dream!

But not long after, Meng Laoda, who was being chased all over the sky by the Red Rope, flashed above their heads; finally, having dodged to their location, indiscriminate spells from different species rained down, and the HP of 【Dark Heart】 and the other players was wiped to zero.

When they woke up again, they had already returned to the game lobby.

Then, 【Dark Heart】 discovered a terrifying fact: his account had turned gray and could no longer be logged into.

When he clicked login.

The game interface provided a warm prompt: "The original account has been deleted; to enter the game, please create a new account."

A single prompt struck 【Dark Heart】 dumb; he was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses: "What the hell, an NPC's Skill can actually delete a player's account? Instead of just death and level loss?"

Thinking of the account he had painstakingly leveled for months disappearing for no reason, 【Dark Heart】 was dumbfounded for a moment, then immediately logged onto the forum and posted his thread: "Terrifying dream battle, Meng Laoda is the ultimate big BOSS."

The post clearly recounted the entire battle, including their encounter where their accounts were directly deleted after dying in the dream, and took the opportunity to complain about the Game Company.

……

【Dark Heart】 died in the dream, and the frozen livestream screen disappeared along with him.

The crowd of players still hadn't figured out what was going on with the frozen screen?

As a result, they couldn't even watch the livestream anymore; the excited players all ran to the forum, requesting Lin Bai to lay down the Magpie Bridge to send them to the battlefield.

They had to know what was actually happening on the battlefield!

Then, the threads from 【Dark Heart】 and the other players were pushed to the very top, and all the players were shocked.

……

"What the fuck! Is this real?"

"I really didn't guess wrong; Meng Laoda really pulled everyone into the dream to fight!"

"Amazing Skill, I really want to go into the dream and take a look."

"Are you all focusing on the wrong thing? Isn't the point that after being pulled into the dream, you can't exit, and if you die, your level is wiped and your account is deleted? Meng Laoda's Skill is excessively strong; he pulled in at least a million undead warriors at once, which means he can wipe the levels of a million players at once. This is too terrifying."

"Yeah! His Skill is even more powerful than Lin Bai's; he's simply a player's nemesis. If he doesn't die, this game can't go on."

"I'm starting to support Lin Bai now; the several Heavenly Kings must die. I can accept losing levels, but I can't accept dying once and having my level wiped to zero under any circumstances."

"Compared to Heavenly King Meng, Lin Bai even seems cute."

"Why not think about what method to use to defeat Heavenly King Meng? Perhaps, you possess the ability of the Lord of the Abyss and can kill him in a dream."

"He dragged the Lord of the Abyss, the Undead Monarch, as well as Lin Bai and the God of Darkness into the dream realm all at once, proving he has enough confidence to win this battle."

"My god, the Skills of players from another world are too terrifying."

"It's normal for them to be terrifying; they have played the game for at least ten thousand years, and who knows how high their levels are. They are no longer players; they are gods."

"But I still want him to die..."

"Why don't we go ask Lin Bai!"

The live broadcast screen suddenly cut off.

Xu Longyun frowned and looked at Lin Bai: "Husband, what happened?"

"A player died in the dream realm, and then their account was deleted." Tu Yan pointed to a pinned post on the forum and said, "To be able to even kill off a player, it seems Heavenly King Meng can indeed kill in dreams."

"It's a good thing it was only a clone in the dream realm." Jiang Qingqin was stunned for a moment and said with relief, "If we had gone to participate in the battle, I'm afraid we wouldn't even know how we died. It's too terrifying."

Lin Bai looked at the content on the post and turned back to give orders: "Tuohai, go outside and find a few players. I want to send them directly into the battlefield from here."

"Now?" Tuohai asked.

"Yes, now." Lin Bai nodded, his expression solemn. "Just now, after my limb was sent over by the Magpie Bridge, it was frozen instantly. There was no change in the dream realm. I want to test what it's like to send a living person over, and whether I can harm Heavenly King Meng's true body from the outside. Tell them I will bear the losses; even if their levels are cleared by Qingling, I will use pills to make it up to them."

Tuohai nodded and turned to walk out.

Before long.

More than a dozen of Lin Bai's fans followed behind him as they walked over. They had excited expressions on their faces, happy to be summoned by their idol, and did not feel that the battlefield was very dangerous.

Lin Bai looked at the group and said slowly: "You must already know about the encounter of the Heart of Darkness. It is very dangerous over there, but I will compensate you for all your losses..."

"Alliance Leader, we don't care." Several players didn't wait for Lin Bai to finish speaking and interrupted him chattering away, "We are willing to serve the Alliance Leader. Hurry and send us over. If we happen to kill Heavenly King Meng, it will count as a great achievement. It's just account deletion; we won't actually die."

"Good, thank you for your hard work." Lin Bai looked at these cute fans, smiled at them gently, separated a Spirit Soul clone, and took their hands: "Let's go, I will try my best to preserve your levels."

(End of this chapter)