Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 34 Dreamland
"Oh!"

A stalactite pillar in front of Ji Fuyou was suddenly smashed to pieces.

A colossal creature, measuring 2.5 to 2.6 meters in length and with pincers extending over 3 meters, pounced on the enemy amidst rubble and dust, startling Ji Fuyou into retreating swiftly.

"Where is this!?"

Ji Fuyou leaped and bounded, using his agile movements and the rugged terrain of the cave to evade the giant scorpion's attacks.

Even so, due to the vast difference in speed and strength between the two sides, each dodge was still a matter of life and death.

"Giant scorpion!? Mist!? This is Yellow Dragon Cave!? I've entered the mist? No! I'm cultivating the Great Dream Scripture!"

With these thoughts in mind, Ji Fuyou suddenly understood.

"I'm dreaming! I'm building a realistic fantasy world based on the dreamscape of Huanglong Cave!"

A dream!

Just as he realized this, his thoughts suddenly slowed down.

The entire dream world seemed to become blurred and began to collapse.

Ji Fuyou realized that he had broken through the barrier between reality and illusion, thus causing the dream to lose its "existence" and become something truly fictional.

This kind of fictional dream, detached from reality, will naturally dissipate as his thoughts return to normal.

But Ji Fuyou forcibly calmed his mind, turned to the giant scorpion behind him, and unleashed a Soul-Suppressing Curse without hesitation!

"Buzz!"

The moment the demonic phantom summoned by the Soul-Suppressing Curse crashed into the giant scorpion, Ji Fuyou seemed to be engulfed in overwhelming tyranny, ferocity, slaughter, and death.

This emotion directly overwhelmed his mind, and under the powerful backlash, his thoughts became a complete mess. He lost not only the ability to control his body, but also the ability to think.

next moment……

Before the dream could collapse, the giant scorpion's massive body had already reached him, and with a single pincer strike, his upper body was smashed into a bloody mist.

……

"call!"

Ji Fuyou suddenly woke up in bed and opened his eyes.

"A ferocious beast with a mental ability!"

The giant scorpion looked like that, with its skin as tough as copper and its bones as strong as iron; even ordinary bullets might not be able to penetrate its cuticle.

And then there's that pair of scorpion pincers...

The scorpion's tail might even release venom!
He looks like a physics-based monster!

result……

He cast a soul-suppressing spell, but it backfired!?

Furthermore, judging from the severity of the backlash, which led to the loss of consciousness and a vegetative state, this giant scorpion's mental level is probably over 25!
"Thank goodness it was just a dream!"

Ji Fuyou breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, I realized how exhausted I was.

This was clearly a sign of excessive mental exertion.

This result made Ji Fuyou's expression freeze.

"The backlash from the dream is actually..."

wrong!

Mental fatigue does not stem from the backlash in dreams, but from dream control techniques!

Or……

Ji Fuyou was deep in thought.

My mind kept replaying every detail of the dream.

That dream...

The clarity was almost identical to my previous dreams!
in other words……

This time, he actively entered into a precognitive dream!?

The dream structure of the dream control technique actually activated his special ability to have precognitive dreams, thus allowing him to actively enter the precognitive dreams that were originally passively generated and out of control!
If this is true...

For him, dream control would be a divine skill!

Ji Fuyou took a deep breath.

"I'm mentally exhausted. I need to rest and recuperate, and then... I'll try again!"

……

A dozen hours later, Ji Fuyou recovered his mental state.

Without much hesitation, he resumed his practice of the Great Dream Scripture, using dream control techniques to construct the dreamscape of the Yellow Dragon Cave.

This time, when using his dream control technique, he tried his best to "wake up" from the dream as quickly as possible.

But even as he realized it was a dream, an indescribable sense of dread still enveloped him. It seemed…

It was this "horror" that "awakened" him on another level, allowing him to regain consciousness.

Upon waking, Ji Fuyou didn't hesitate and ran as fast as he could towards the other side of the cave.

Even with a sword in hand, he did not hesitate for a moment.

Not long after, the sound of the stone pillar being smashed came from behind.

Ji Fuyou visited Huanglong Cave after returning from Zhongzhou.

The deepest point of Huanglong Cave is 3108 meters. Shortly after entering the cave, it splits into three directions, each of which extends into caves of varying numbers and depths. Due to the lack of equipment at the time, Ji Fuyou was unable to explore them.

Having some understanding of the terrain inside Huanglong Cave, and using the terrain to their advantage, they ran wildly, as if shaking off the giant scorpion.

But before he could catch his breath, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in front of him from the dark cave.

The next moment, a giant scorpion reappeared in Ji Fuyou's field of vision.

"Both ends!?"

This result caused Ji Fuyou's expression to change.

Besieged by wolves in front and tigers behind...

Just as he was resigned to dying in battle, he keenly sensed something.

"Something's not right! This giant scorpion gives me a feeling..."

A flash of inspiration!
Without the slightest hesitation, he activated the Soul-Suppressing Incantation, visualized the demon god in the Heavenly Emperor's Demon-Subduing Diagram, and blasted it into the giant scorpion's spiritual world.

All of a sudden...

Tyranny? Violence? Death? Destruction?
Have!
But it's insignificant!

On the contrary, the giant scorpion, though not paralyzed by the Soul-Suppressing Curse, went berserk and attacked wildly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Fuyou charged forward and attacked with his sword.

His heightened mental focus allowed him to precisely discern the chaotic attack trajectory of the maddened giant scorpion...

As the two drew closer, Ji Fuyou's sword struck the giant scorpion's head, chest, and carapace at the intersection of their carapaces with lightning speed!
This is where its brain ganglion complex is located. Once hit, it can not only paralyze it instantly, but also disable its venom gland contraction reflex. At that time, the uncontrolled backflow of venom will corrode its organs from the inside!

Just like now, with a single strike, the giant scorpion, which had been raging and going berserk, instantly lost 90% of its reflexes. Its massive body convulsed, as if it were in great pain.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ji Fuyou drew his sword and flew away, then quickly turned the blade and swung it to cut off the giant scorpion's tail.

The entire process was incredibly fast, happening in the blink of an eye.

"really!"

His suspicions were confirmed!
The giant scorpion that appeared at the beginning of the dream was definitely not normal!
It's illogical that a physical-type monster would have such high mental attributes!

The giant scorpion in front of us, with a physique value of around 22, is the average level of this kind of strange beast.

After a moment, Ji Fuyou thought of something and quickly cut the giant scorpion's body open.

No.

We didn't even see a trace of Yuan Jing.

"Sure enough, the strength is back to normal, and the drop rate is back to normal too."

As he dissected the giant scorpion, a strange noise quickly followed.

The mutated giant scorpion that he had slightly shaken off attacked again.

Ji Fuyou ran forward for a while, and the cave entrance gradually narrowed. Before long, there was no way out.

He immediately hid inside the cave, intending to use the narrow opening to outmaneuver the giant scorpion.

Unexpectedly, the mutated giant scorpion took a few steps back, and its huge tail suddenly spewed out a stream of green poison. In an instant, the rocks were rapidly corroded, and Ji Fuyou, who was the first to be affected, seemed to be receiving a super strong sulfuric acid shower, getting thoroughly drenched in a cold sweat.

……

"Physical strength, mental strength, toxins..."

Ji Fuyou sat on the edge of the bed, lifting the blanket, looking tired and deep in thought.

This mutated giant scorpion is even more difficult to deal with than the human-shaped spider.

It seems they will still have to use their geographical advantage to set a trap.

The method of setting a trap...

He already has a plan, but the project is quite large and it will be difficult to hide from others.

"However, compared to this mutated giant scorpion, the biggest gain from activating the previous dream this time was actually killing another giant scorpion!"

Ji Fuyou had already guessed when he experienced the mists of Fulong Mountain and Lion Mountain that there was more than one strange beast appearing in each mist.

Therefore, he could practice on these strange beasts through dreams to ensure that he knew himself and his enemy when the fog truly appeared.

also……

His dream was a prophetic dream, a glimpse into the future!
He could use this advantage to hunt down all the strange beasts in his dream, noting down the characteristics of those beasts that possessed source crystals, and then focus on finding and hunting them later.

In this way, his efficiency in acquiring Source Crystals will far exceed that of any hunter squad!
(End of this chapter)