The Master of Beasts-Chapter 724 - 218: The Nightmare’s Evolution (Part 2)

Recalling the early days, a trace of nostalgia appeared on Mu Ye's face, and a smile involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"But, Master, I have a question. Why release the underworld ghosts and resurrect those evil spirits? Is it so that even immortals have a limit to their life span?"

"But after that, the world has become so bloody. Isn't this contrary to the original intention of the Heavenly Gate?" Le Tian asked with some confusion.

Returning to reality, Mu Ye said heavily, "Le Tian, you are a good child, a very good child. From now on, the Heavenly Gate is in your hands!"

A golden token fell into Le Tian's hand, with the large characters for Heavenly Gate on the front, while Mu Ye's name on the back slowly disappeared, becoming a blank space.

"When you become Daluo, you will be qualified to leave your name on it and become the official leader of the Heavenly Gate!"

"Live well!"

With a complex look in his eyes, Mu Ye glanced at Le Tian, then directly tore the void and appeared above the Sky City.

The white ground, towering buildings, the occasional flash of spirit light, and sometimes the joyful noise of some fostered children could be heard.

Mu Ye took a deep breath and said, "I am not what I was before. I am no longer worthy of being the leader of the Heavenly Gate. Considering how much I have given for the Heavenly Gate, I apologize."

"Whoosh"

The sky cracked open with a giant rift, and before the Daluo of the Sky City could react, they were directly teleported away by the Heaven and Earth Bridge in Mu Ye's hand. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

A myriad of nightmares descended from the sky, and the first to suffer were the fostered children, as they were still in the foundational stages and couldn't possibly resist the nightmares with True Immortal cultivation levels.

The Golden Immortals and Heavenly Immortals who wanted to take action were blocked by stronger nightmares.

The nightmares summoned by Mu Ye were not like those encountered by Chen Jiuge and others. These were all elite members of the Nightmare Clan, the strongest of whom were no weaker than the top Golden Immortals of the True Realm.

Imagine how terrifying these nightmares would be after devouring cultivators!

"Master! Why?" Le Tian shouted in anguish and rage as he looked at the tragedy before him.

"Le Tian, as your Master, I once thought immortals should be like mortals, experiencing birth, aging, sickness, and death, and the pain of parting to be human. But when that lifeline appeared in my hands, I understood."

"Mortal life is too brief, just a mere few decades compared to countless years of immortal life, it's truly insignificant."

"Mortal life can only be recalled; I don't want to truly experience it."

Le Tian found it hard to believe that his once heroic master had turned into such a hesitant and timid figure.

Deeply looking at the struggling cultivators below, Mu Ye still felt some emotion and did not take action himself.

"Where is the thing I asked for?"

A nightmare at the Golden Immortal level appeared in the void, its appearance somewhat resembling the legendary divine beast—the Spring and Autumn Cicada!

"Rest assured, the Nightmare Clan keeps its word!"

The shell of the Spring and Autumn Cicada, emitting a colorful glow, fell into Mu Ye's hands.

"Such rich vitality! Is this the shell that the Spring and Autumn Cicada sheds only once in its lifetime?" A hint of delight appeared in Mu Ye's eyes.

Just from this emanating vitality, Mu Ye felt his life span greatly extended. If he were to fully absorb it, though it wouldn't restore him to a state of infinite life, at least he would no longer have to worry about his life span for an incredibly long time.

"Of course, it's the only Spring and Autumn Cicada our clan has captured, and half of our clan members died just for this Spring and Autumn Cicada!"

"That's your business. The deal is complete, so it's no longer my concern!" Mu Ye glanced indifferently and quickly left.

As the void closed again, the Spring and Autumn Cicada nightmare revealed a strange smile: "The shell I shed is also a Spring and Autumn Cicada shell. Humans are truly greedy!"

"Unlike us, as long as we have food, it's enough!"

"Ding"

A crisp sound rang out of nowhere, and a Golden Immortal Elder who was in the midst of a massacre was suddenly split in half from head to toe, with a clean cut without the slightest burr.

The true spirit, losing its body, hadn't reacted before being swallowed whole by the Spring and Autumn Cicada nightmare.

"Truly delicious!"

The most terrifying thing was that after devouring this Golden Immortal Elder, the nightmare underwent some subtle changes, its insect-like ferocious face becoming seemingly more gentle, somewhat more human-like.

The main ability of the Spring and Autumn Cicada is time. Although the nightmare at the Golden Immortal level consumed the Spring and Autumn Cicada and gained its talent, it doesn't mean it can manipulate time. At most, it can use some time advantage to speed itself up.

But even so, it's very insoluble. At least in Le Tian's view, none of the Golden Immortals present could be its match, let alone the fact that the nightmare evolves after devouring cultivators, making it even harder to contend with!

"Retreat, head for the Scripture Pavilion, the Great Array there is enough to stop them!"

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Returning to the topic

Shuibing waved and crushed a large group of nightmares into pieces, his face gloomy, "Why would nightmares appear here too?"

"Could it be that the organization also brought forth these nightmares? But why don't I know anything about it?"

Some of the plans of the Heavenly Gate practically all required decisions from the Daluo; Shuibing had participated in the decisions involving the underworld ghosts and the resurrection of evil spirits.

"Hmm? Is there a disturbance?"

Shuibing focused his gaze in the direction of the Scripture Pavilion.

"Hold on." Le Tian placed his hands on the Array Core, his face pale from the extraction of immortal power, shouting with effort.

"Young Master, we can't do it. These nightmares are evolving too quickly, and the leaders of these nightmares are incredibly strong. If their displayed realm wasn't still at the Golden Immortal level, I would think they had already broken through!"

Le Tian looked gravely at the nightmare standing at the forefront with arms crossed, filled with heaviness. This Spring and Autumn Cicada nightmare, after devouring several Golden Immortal Elders, had fully transformed into a human form, its strength becoming terrifyingly strong.

Earlier, Le Tian organized ten Golden Immortals and personally led an assault, not only failing to harm it but also losing two more elders. Were it not for the protection of the Great Array of the Scripture Pavilion, he and the others might have already fallen.

Though the Great Array is strong, its resource consumption is incredibly exorbitant. The Scripture Pavilion is not a treasury, and its energy reserves are not very ample. For the past half month, it's been relying on the transmission of immortal power.

"Boom"

Countless giant ice columns descended from the sky, instantly suppressing the nightmares here with a Daluo aura.

The Spring and Autumn Cicada nightmare's expression changed, a massive phantom of the Spring and Autumn Cicada appeared behind it, and its figure instantly vanished.

"Elder Jiuyin, don't let that Spring and Autumn Cicada escape!" Le Tian shouted.

"Hmm? Spring and Autumn Cicada?"

"No, it's a nightmare that devoured the Spring and Autumn Cicada."

Shuibing didn't continue to make a move, just quietly watching the disappearing Spring and Autumn Cicada phantom, shaking his head: "I can't catch up."

"How can it be?" Le Tian, having just emerged from the Great Array, exclaimed in disbelief.

"It's already evolving towards Daluo, and if it weren't for the limitations of the nightmare race, it should have broken through by now, a half-step Daluo paired with the terrifying abilities of the Spring and Autumn Cicada, without special preparation, it's impossible to stop it."

"Unless it goes crazy enough to confront head-on!"

"Is that so? Also, given that it has devoured so many elder disciples, it should have such strength!" Le Tian said with a wry smile.

"So, what on earth happened here? Why did so many nightmares appear? And where is the leader?" Shuibing now really wanted to know the truth.

The surviving cultivators, with faces full of hatred, said: "Sky City became like this all because of the leader!"

"Bah, he's not fit to be our leader anymore, that traitor!"

"What on earth happened?"

Le Tian smiled bitterly and began to recount everything that had happened before.

"Because of the fear of death?"

Shuibing frowned, thinking things couldn't be so simple. If it were fear of death, Mu Ye wouldn't have been so steadfast back then.

Even until not long ago, Mu Ye was still steadfastly fulfilling the initial intention.

"Actually, I can't believe Master would be like this either, but I have a hypothesis!"

"Hmm?"

"Although we haven't felt any life span limitations yet, I think the rule of the higher the cultivation, the longer the life span, won't change."

"Master has lived too long, much, much longer than we have. Even shortly after the Heavenly Gate was established, Master was already Daluo."

"So, do you think that when life span limitations appeared, Mu Ye found his life span might be very low, so low that he might die the next moment?"

"Exactly, besides, I also suspect that because of the impact of this matter, Master's Dao Heart became unstable and got invaded by external demons!"

"After all, Master mentioned before that he encountered trouble in his cultivation!"