Longzang

Chapter 540 Trapped
Wei Yuan flew for almost half an hour before slowly coming to a stop.

Below him stretched a black mountain range, its peaks rugged and precipitous, with several streams flowing through its valleys, shimmering with a ghostly blue light. Several unidentified monsters slithered slowly along the banks of the streams.

At Wei Yuan's speed, this distance would take an ordinary high-level shaman an hour or two to fly. Even if they wanted to chase, they probably couldn't catch up that far, unless they had a secret technique that could lock onto targets over long distances.

At that moment, a red dot suddenly appeared on the mountain below; it was a woman dressed in a bright red wedding gown.

Wei Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He landed in front of the Dream Eater and asked, "How did you find me?"

“Once you enter my wedding dress scheme, we will be bound together. No matter how far apart we are, wherever you are, as long as you are still in this world of the Netherworld, I can appear by your side. This is my power as a great demon.”

Wei Yuan looked at Shi Meng suspiciously and said, "You wouldn't use this ability to help Shu Li capture me, would you?"

Shi Meng shook his head and said, "Shu Li knows that I hate him more than anything, so ever since I lured him into a trap and almost caused his death, he has never made any similar requests again."

Wei Yuan was taken aback and said, "They didn't kill you?"

"He still thinks I'm useful. Are you going to kill me?"

"Yes," Wei Yuan replied without hesitation.

The girl seemed startled and took a step back, her little face showing both surprise and fear, making her look incredibly endearing. As she retreated, the hem of her wedding dress billowed up, revealing a pair of snow-white little feet underneath. Her little feet were plump and glowed with whiteness, her toes almost translucent.

"Wow, that's amazing..." Wei Yuan exclaimed inwardly, his understanding of Dream Eater being completely refreshed.

The Dream Eater is an incredibly dedicated demon, and its dedication is frightening.

Humans and the demons of the Netherworld are not even the same species, and their aesthetics are completely different. The Dream Eater's actions are akin to someone dressing up as a female baboon, and being perceived as an absolutely stunning beauty by the male baboon, with every detail breathtakingly beautiful. How perverse must one be to do something like that?
Now that he knew the details of the Dream Eater and had experienced the fright of the Wedding Dress Bureau, Wei Yuan naturally wouldn't be tempted by her, and his will was very firm, at least that's what Wei Yuan thought.

"You came to see me, surely you have something important to say?" Wei Yuan asked seriously.

"You've been to Shuli's kingdom?"

“Yes.” Wei Yuan nodded.

"What did you find?"

Wei Yuan did not answer immediately, but looked at the Dream Eater.

After a moment of silence, Dream Eater explained, "We are all bound by an oath. Everything concerning the Netherworld Kingdom can only be discussed within the kingdom itself; it cannot be spoken of outside. If you don't know this, I can't tell you."

Wei Yuan then understood and said, "I discovered that the Kingdom is the manifestation of the Netherworld's mental world. In other words, entering the Kingdom is equivalent to entering the Netherworld's primordial spirit. Once the Netherworld transforms into the Kingdom, it can no longer move, and there is no longer a walking Netherworld; it can only move through its avatars. I understood this when I saw Shu Li's three avatars."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Yuan suddenly saw an invisible thread appear on the Dream Eater's body, and then a transparent flame ignited on it, burning it all away.

Shi Meng seemed much more relaxed and said, "You really knew! This way, I'll be less bound by the oath. Have you seen Shu Li's three incarnations?"

Wei Yuan nodded.

"What I can tell you is that he originally had nine incarnations."

Wei Yuan's eyes lit up: "So, Uncle Li just suffered a crushing defeat and lost at least five or six avatars?"

The Dream Eater fell silent again, but her meaning was already quite clear.

Wei Yuan then asked, "Are the kingdoms of Youwu close to each other?"

This is a question that the Dream Eater can answer: "They are usually very far away, and even if one advances to the Heavenly Witch level, they cannot reach them."

"Is there anything else I can know?"

The Dream Eater said, "There are some very terrifying things hidden in Shuli's kingdom. You must be careful." "You think it's terrifying?"

"Absolutely terrifying!"

Wei Yuan knew that after so many years of operation, Youwu couldn't possibly be without a backup plan within his kingdom. Just like his mental world, outsiders would only realize how far more terrifying the world inside was than the outside if they tried to break in.

In front of the Dream Eater, Wei Yuan casually placed a Dao Beacon here, intending to return to the human world first, then go to the Hall of Merit to look up information and ask his elders.

The Taichu Palace primarily fought against the Wu and Liao tribes, accumulating a considerable amount of secret information, which would certainly contain methods for conquering the Youwu Kingdom.

Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred!

Wei Yuan's figure suddenly became blurry, and a deep cave entrance appeared above him. Wei Yuan's body continued to stretch and was sucked into the cave entrance, unable to resist at all!
In the blink of an eye, Wei Yuan disappeared into the cave entrance, but the entrance hadn't vanished yet. A pair of cold eyes appeared inside, glancing at Shi Meng, and said, "How dare you!"

The Dream Eater wasn't afraid at all: "You know perfectly well that I'll find every opportunity to send you to your death."

"Then you should also know that you have to accept punishment after failure." Suddenly, a jet-black lightning bolt, like a whip, shot out from those eyes and lashed hard at the Dream Eater!

With a scream, Shi Meng's wedding dress ripped apart, revealing her fair and delicate body. The thunder whip lashed down mercilessly, each lash leaving a dark scorch mark on Shi Meng's body.

The Dream Eater's screams echoed through the mountains. A semi-transparent figure would occasionally appear on her body, but as soon as it showed a corner, it would be pulled back into her body, unable to escape at all.

The lightning whip struck directly at the soul, causing unbearable pain that was impossible to resist; one could only endure it. Even a powerful demon like the Dream Eater, who had lived for so long, couldn't help but scream in agony.

Shuli lashed the child ninety-nine times in one go before stopping and saying, "This is your punishment."

At this moment, Shi Meng was covered in scorch marks, and her face bore two crisscrossing whip marks. She no longer had the strength to move, and said with difficulty, "For such a trivial matter, you actually used the full ninety-nine lashes on me. You're afraid, Uncle Li, you're afraid!"

Suddenly, Shi Meng laughed hysterically, repeatedly saying, "You're really scared!"

Those cold eyes were expressionless as they coldly said, "In the next ninety-nine 'Wedding Dress' scenarios, the target can only be killed after the wedding night."

Shi Meng was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "Uncle Li! I will witness your downfall!"

The Bridal Gown Bureau doesn't only house humans; it also contains many other strange and unusual species, and even a few demons. The Dream-Eating Puppet senses everything she touches. Whenever a puppet becomes corrupted, she destroys it herself.

However, creating the dream-eating puppets was difficult and consumed a great deal of her energy; each puppet was like her child. The pain of destroying a puppet with her own hands was akin to ending the life of her own child.

Seeing the Dream Eater's fury, a flicker of emotion appeared in his eyes, and he said, "Rely on him? By the way, he's currently being suppressed under my Netherworld Golden Mountain."

Then the eyes gradually faded, and the black hole in the sky disappeared as well.

Shi Meng let out a cold laugh, confirming that Shu Li had left before looking at the spot where Wei Yuan had placed the road sign. But she was immediately stunned; the place was empty, and the road sign was nowhere to be seen.

At this moment, Wei Yuan felt a dizzying sensation, followed by complete darkness before his eyes. At the same time, he felt a heavy pressure on his body, and his bones were cracking!

Wei Yuan's body is a primordial spirit, without flesh and blood. The cracking of his bones is just a symptom; in reality, his primordial spirit is unable to withstand the pressure and is beginning to suffer damage.

This is where?

Wei Yuan looked around, only to find that he couldn't turn his head or even open his eyes! He scanned the area with his divine sense and found that there was a strong obstruction to his divine sense. His divine sense could only penetrate less than ten feet. The area above seemed to be made of metal, while the area below was made of crystallized earth and stone.

Wei Yuan then discovered that there were seven beacons around him. These were beacons he had placed in other places, including three hidden deep underground. How did they end up here?

Seeing that his primordial spirit was about to be injured, Wei Yuan immediately withdrew from the Netherworld.

(End of this chapter)