Chapter 190: Tier 3 Great Dream Astral Travel Technique, Eight Times Time Flow Rate

Chapter 190: Third-Stage Great Dream Wander Heaven Art, Eightfold Time Flow

Li Wei made a bold decision.

He intended to venture into Tyr's dreamscape.

Beyond this, he knew of no other way to find hope for breaking the deadlock.

Infiltrating a grand mage's dreams carried far greater danger than entering others'.

Even if the other party was not a grand mage specializing in mental spells.

Li Wei prepared with all his might for what lay ahead.

In the days following, Li Wei hunted nightmares frenziedly within dreams, raising the level of the Great Dream Wander Heaven Art.

Currently, Maple Leaf City was in turmoil, vaguely showing trends of forming a large-scale fused nightmare.

Li Wei easily found dreams containing nightmares.

At the very least, he could still use entrapment.

Directly opening his own dream bubble to attract nightmares inside, then annihilating them in one strike.

For the first two days, Li Wei was still searching everywhere for nightmares.

On the third day, Li Wei happened upon a nightmare vortex.

Only then did he remember what was happening at Cold Wind Fortress.

He entered the nightmare vortex.

Appearing atop the walls of a black fortress.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Bang bang bang!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Sounds of killing cries, whistling winds, wailing mourners, and explosions constantly entered his ears.

Li Wei turned to look, seeing soldiers clad in two different armors fighting bloodily on the walls.

Looking downward, below was also a battlefield.

Inside and outside the fortress was already in chaos, becoming a massive meat grinder.

Nightmares transformed into human soldiers, killing everywhere.

Their figures shifted constantly between the two factions, the sole purpose being to create more nightmare power.

Some nightmares liked backstabbing allies, loving the resentment-flavored nightmare power produced when allies died after betrayal.

Some nightmares liked crushing enemies with broad sweeps, absorbing the despair-flavored nightmare power when humans died.

Li Wei, however, favored the nightmare cores left behind after nightmares died.

In reality, over a hundred thousand soldiers gathered inside and outside Cold Wind Fortress.

Adding logistics personnel, the number broke two hundred thousand, reaching the three hundred thousand mark.

The number was even greater than in Cold Sand City.

The fused dreamscape of Cold Wind Fortress was also much larger than that of Cold Sand City.

Moreover, it was still growing, not yet reaching its limit.

"Shadow Attendant, bring the nightmare cores back."

Li Wei wandered the battlefield hunting nightmares.

A small fireball spell could instantly kill a first-stage dream.

One fireball spell could take down a second-stage nightmare.

One charged fireball could annihilate a third-stage nightmare.

Li Wei became the nightmare of nightmares on the battlefield.

Bang!

A huge figure appeared on the battlefield.

Li Wei gazed from afar, revealing a solemn expression, not drawing near.

As he expected, such a massive nightmare dreamscape would inevitably birth a fourth-stage nightmare.

Fourth-stage nightmares were exceptionally powerful.

None could oppose them.

Li Wei temporarily did not provoke such a powerful monster.

After hunting all night at Cold Wind Fortress, the Great Dream Wander Heaven Art finally leveled up.

[Great Dream Wander Heaven Art (Second-Stage)] 0/10000

Li Wei's expression shifted slightly, sensing something different around him.

"This feeling, is it entering the third layer of dreams?"

Bang!

The dreamscape beneath his feet shattered, Li Wei fell.

The Shadow Attendant returned swiftly, drilling into his body.

After a long while, Li Wei landed.

Ripples spread out beneath his feet.

He looked around, revealing a look of surprise.

This was still the River of Dreams.

Was there no third layer of dreams?

Li Wei looked up, stunned for a moment.

The stars, originally out of reach, had grown closer.

He could even see the palace structures upon the stars.

"Are there people up there?"

Li Wei was somewhat surprised.

He attempted to fly toward the stars.

Unable to approach.

The Second-Stage Great Dream Wander Heaven Art also could not let him approach the stars.

This was indeed the third layer of dreams.

Li Wei cast the Great Dream Wander Heaven Art, feeling a sensation of soul departure.

Returning to the second layer of dreams, the River of Dreams in his eyes underwent earth-shattering changes. The dream mist vanished.

He could see clearly the entire scenery within the second layer of dreams.

The dream bubbles had changed as well.

No longer were they bubbles flashing past in the river of dreams.

Countless dream bubbles arranged themselves neatly; with a single glance, Li Wei could see the scenes within.

Suddenly, a dream bubble slowly shattered.

After a while, a dream bubble re-emerged, replacing the shattered one.

Li Wei knew the speed at which the dream bubbles shattered had not slowed.

It was merely that he stood within the third layer of dreams, where time flowed far faster than in the second dream world.

Faster even than the first layer of dreams where the bubbles resided.

Thus, in his eyes, the shattering of the dream bubbles appeared slowed.

Through testing, Li Wei knew the time flow in the third dream layer was four times that of reality.

Li Wei looked down, spotting several lost souls wandering in the second layer of dreams.

He entered the second layer of the dream world.

Finding the lost souls, he killed them one by one.

With the map cheat, the lost souls lost their advantage of vision against Li Wei.

Li Wei obtained eight soul crystals in total.

Soul crystals paired with potions yielded better cultivation results.

"That is enough for today, I shall return first."

Li Wei exited the dream world.

Returning to reality, he suddenly felt as if ages had passed.

After a moment, Li Wei finally came to his senses.

"To be safe, I must grind the Great Dream Wander Art to tier three before seeking Tyr."

September fifteenth.

Li Wei had already fought bitterly for several days within the nightmares of Frostwind Fortress.

He knew not how many nightmares he had slain.

The higher the level of the Great Dream Wander Art, the less experience the nightmares could provide.

This forced Li Wei to try every means to hunt nightmares above tier three.

He had even desperately killed a tier four nightmare.

It was only because nightmares were frail and easy to topple.

Had it been a normal tier four magical beast, it would have been far harder to kill.

The Shadow Servant had benefited these days too; fed and watered, its level had reached the peak of tier two.

Li Wei crushed a tier three nightmare core.

A stream of light flew into his body.

"This is the last one."

[Great Dream Wander Art (Tier Three)] 0/10000

The familiar sensation of falling arrived.

The dreams beneath Li Wei's feet collapsed, and he sank continuously.

The Shadow Servant had already returned into his body beforehand.

"What does the fourth layer of the dream world look like?"

Suddenly, Li Wei's heart tightened, sensing a danger.

He looked up, seeing a huge, blurred figure pass outside the falling channel.

Li Wei was terrified in his heart.

"What is this thing?"

Thud!

Li Wei landed, ripples spreading across the water beneath his feet.

He had returned to the river of dreams.

The setting sun's red glow shone upon the river of dreams, reflecting a blood-red hue all around.

Li Wei looked up; a huge, boundless red star appeared at the end of the river of dreams, half submerged within it.

He walked toward the star.

This was the closest he had ever been to a dream star.

Yet, no matter how he walked, the distance between him and the red star did not shorten.

He looked up; one hundred and seven stars remained in the sky.

Closer and closer.

A thought struck Li Wei, "Could cultivating the Great Dream Wander Art to the end allow one to ascend these stars?"

"What are these stars?"

"And what was that giant thing seen just now?"

Li Wei could not figure it out for now.

In the fourth layer of dreams, the mist over the river of dreams was dispelled by the red star's radiance.

He looked down, seeing the third layer of dreams.

Everywhere in the third layer of dreams were incredibly huge monsters.

Li Wei had not encountered one last time; his luck was truly good.

With a slight test, Li Wei concluded the time flow in the fourth dream layer was eight times that of reality.

(End of Chapter)