Chapter 39: Luo Hou King's Shock—You Already Killed Him? (16,000 Words)_6
Brother Yao is right, if the Tianxia King is within the battle formation, it's hard to kill him.
But Zhao Xing just needs to cut off his middle-grade backbone, and his battle formation cannot be deployed.
Then the Tianxia King is merely an ordinary third-rank middle-stage martial artist.
"The Tianxia King is third-rank middle-stage. Soldiers three major ranks below him cannot form a Qi and Blood Battle Formation with him."
"If only martial artists of the sixth-rank middle stage are used to form the formation, without the fifth-rank and fourth-rank to connect, it's like a small horse pulling a big cart, which won't enhance and instead will burden the Tianxia King himself."
"Therefore, it's much easier only to kill all the middle-level commanders under his command and then kill him."
"To kill all the middle-level commanders under the Tianxia King, Dream Walking Technique is the only way."
Zhao Xing's dream realm began to rapidly expand, enveloping Tianxia County below.
Dream Walking Technique can kill people in dreams. Currently, Zhao Xing cannot deal with high-grade, only those lower than his realm.
However, in terms of his current soul strength, those below third-rank are just a meal!
Dream World, this is the casting foundation of Dream Walking Technique.
Nowadays, Zhao Xing can envelop the land of a whole county.
"It's midnight now, and most people are already asleep."
"But there are also many who haven't fallen asleep."
In the Dream World, over three thousand spheres resembling bubbles floated in mid-air.
The larger the bubbles, the higher the realm. The deeper the color, the deeper the dream; conversely, the lighter the color, the shallower the dream.
"More than three thousand middle grades, their colors are mostly light, proving the dream is not deep," Zhao Xing observed.
"No return for a thousand miles!"
Zhao Xing immediately performed a seal gesture, and these over three thousand dreams instantly turned black as ink.
Dream Walking Technique—No return for a thousand miles!
People traveling a thousand miles is used to metaphorically describe the depth of dreams.
It's different from the Sleeping Bug. Although both affect the soul, the Sleeping Bug captures the Life Soul Parasite, while No return for a thousand miles creates multiple dream layers, making it hard for one to awaken.
"Swoosh~"
Zhao Xing drilled into one of the black bubbles.
Inside, a fifth-rank general was dreaming about wearing brocade robes and having a harem.
"Die!"
A knife appeared in Zhao Xing's hand, instantly appearing behind the general.
"Puff~"
The knife rose, the head fell.
"In dreams, slaying the soul. With the soul's death, the Dao disappears."
"This is the fastest way," Zhao Xing muttered to himself.
Once the person died, the black bubble dissipated, and Zhao Xing reappeared in another dream realm.
Throughout this, there was always another 'Zhao Xing' standing in the dream's sky.
This is the anchor point of Dream Walking to prevent getting lost in the dream realms of skilled individuals, unable to distinguish dream from reality.
"Puff puff puff puff puff puff puff puff~"
Zhao Xing's speed was very fast, the sect's signature technique of the Ancient Dream God Sect demonstrated terrifying results.
No matter the fourth-rank or the sixth-rank, as long as the soul realm was lower than Zhao Xing's, they couldn't resist.
They couldn't call for help, nor could they escape.
In dreams, they silently died.
It took only 15 minutes for more than three thousand middle-grade generals to all die.
In reality, they seemed to have slept to death, their bodies still breathing instinctively, with no apparent signs.
"Dream World is the foundation of Dream Walking Technique."
"Dream Walking a thousand miles is the speed of action within dreams."
"No return for a thousand miles deepens the dream intensity."
"Slaying the Soul in dreams is the fastest way to kill an enemy."
Zhao Xing looked at the empty Dream World, marveling at the horror of Dream Walking Technique.
"Rumor has it that during the ancient Divine Sect era, an official from Tuquan Palace trained in Dream Walking Technique named Wei Zheng was summoned to the Imperial Palace for a game with the Emperor when Tuquan Palace was attacked by a Dragon Clan."
"He couldn't refuse the game against the Emperor, nor return to Tuquan Palace. So he used the lunch break to cast the Dream Walking Technique and reached tens of thousands of miles away to Tuquan Palace, slaying the havoc-wreaking Evil Dragon."
"As the Evil Dragon's soul perished, its body shattered into countless pieces."
"My Dream Walking Technique can now only encompass a county. After slaying the soul, it can't affect the physical body in reality," Zhao Xing reflected.
In the era of Spiritual Energy, some martial artists have their physical body's Seven Spirits merged with their soul; just slaying the Life Soul doesn't count as true death, as they can still be reborn through the residual soul of the physical body.
"More than three thousand people died, including ten fourth-rank individuals, but at this time, many people haven't fallen asleep yet."
Falling asleep doesn't necessarily mean dreaming.
But how is Dream Walking Technique ever so inconvenient?
"The Sleeping Bug Skill can make them fall asleep, and after sleeping, the Dream Walking Technique's [Invite You to Dream] can be cast."
Zhao Xing opened his eyes and reappeared inside the cabin.
"Brother Yao, do you know the Invisibility spell?"
"I do," Yao Yuanchun nodded.
"Please escort me down," Zhao Xing said.
"Stopping at three thousand meters altitude will suffice."
"Alright," Yao Yuanchun nodded and accompanied Zhao Xing, leaving the seventh-rank warship and descending from ten thousand meters high.
The Sleeping Bug is now also a top-level skill, with a maximum casting distance of ten thousand meters.
However, to maximize the spell's power, it must be within three thousand meters.
All of Zhao Xing's Ten Thousand Skill Avatars are within himself at this moment, and the Seven-star Life Soul has also merged into one.
When casting such large-scale soul spells, it's challenging to cast other spells simultaneously, so he must have a protector.
"Almost there." Zhao Xing and Yao Yuanchun reached three thousand meters altitude and stopped.
At this point, the sky was dark, and the wind howled.
Yao Yuanchun quietly watched Zhao Xing sitting cross-legged in the air.
He opened his Heavenly Eye, watching as points of light continuously flew up from below in Tianxia County.