Nightmare Light

Chapter 237 Trials and Their Own Affairs

Beneath the giant tree, beside the deep pit.

May and Cat Girl looked at each other in bewilderment.

Two children who were doing their homework nearby also dropped their pens (it is suspected that their real motive was to take the opportunity to avoid doing their homework) and ran towards the ditch.

As the children (and a cat) around the pit were figuring out how to pry Lin Wang out, Lin Wang inside the pit moved.

He simply pressed down lightly on both sides with his hands, without exerting any force, and then leaped out of the pit, landing lightly beside it.

With a wave of his hand, the surrounding white soil rolled around and filled the pit, while he muttered something like, "The details still haven't been handled well."

At this moment, Lin Wang saw several children (and a cat) standing around them smiling and nodding at them.

It was only at this moment that May truly saw Lin Wang clearly.

He looked extremely disheveled, his clothes were torn, his trouser legs were of different lengths, and there was even blood on the corner of his mouth.

But those eyes looked completely different from before.

If Lin Wang's eyes were previously dark and deep, carrying a sense of looking down from above.

But now, his eyes have changed.

The Lin Wang of today no longer exudes that sense of superiority in his gaze; instead, it is filled with an extreme calmness.

Even when he and May made eye contact, May felt that his gaze wasn't focused on her.

The little girl shivered involuntarily, thinking: The eyes of my brother and uncle... they look so gentle, why are they a little scary?
After Lin Wang greeted everyone, he seemed about to leave, so Wu Yue quickly took a few steps forward and called out, "Brother, Uncle!"

Lin Wang turned his head: "Hmm?"

The little girl said to Lin Wang, "Brother, Uncle, could you take me out to play for a few days? This place is great, but it gets a little boring after a while."

Lin Wang was taken aback, then realized the problem—life under the tree fern was still too boring.

The renovation of the temple and the mist tribe's shrine hadn't even begun, and the mist tribe villagers under its jurisdiction were already starting their new lives. This was quite a feat for a little girl who was just over ten years old...

It's getting a bit boring.

Lin Wang thought for a moment, then patted the little girl's head and said, "Okay, if I'm sure the place I'm going to is safe, I'll take you with me."

"Okay!" After saying that, he muttered to himself, "Actually, I also want to go to unsafe places... Hey, don't hit my head!"

……

A full day later, Lin Wang woke up at home.

He sat up, and the soft, warm mattress beneath him made him feel much better after his rest.

The reason I've been resting for so long isn't because of the battle in the Shadow Realm, but because of... the special training that lasted for more than ten days.

Over the past ten days, Qianlan and he have fought countless battles in that secret realm.

The purpose of the battle was singular: to make him try to "forget" or, in other words, merge all his power.

"The power you see is a power that you, as a mortal, cannot comprehend, and which your brain has forcibly 'interpreted' into this way."

Qianlan summoned a star in her hand and rubbed it. The next second, the star turned into a ball of white fire, and then into a tree branch: "Power is power. You must forget the rules and forms of power, and try to understand them in the most primitive and pure way."

"Once you achieve this, you will no longer need to draw upon or switch powers when engaging in combat—power is simply power."

"Just different codecs..." Lin Wang pondered.

“I don’t understand the meaning of this word, but since you have explained it, it means you have some understanding.” Qianlan nodded approvingly.

"Then how can I forget these powers?" Lin Wang asked her.

"Fight!" With that, a star weighing several tons suddenly grew larger and hurtled towards him. Boom!
Over the past ten days or so, countless battles like this have taken place.

Qianlan is not a good teacher. As the former lord of the mountains, her fighting style is as heavy and brutal as the mountains themselves.

A colossal star, a boulder weighing several tons, a heavy fist...

On one occasion, she even summoned a mountain.

Throughout this process, she always had only one request for Lin Wang: "Don't use the power of the gods directly; try to turn them into your own power."

If Lin Wang accidentally summons white fire or vines, the Lord of the Mountains' attacks will become even more powerful and ferocious.

"When you are able to unleash your full power, my attacks will weaken."

She stood in the middle of the open space, hands on her hips, holding up a mountain in her hand, speaking calmly.

"Your strength... has really weakened?" Lin Wang, covered in blood and panting heavily, stood up from the ground.

"Oh, no, I was just kidding you before." Qianlan gave a mischievous smile. "In fact, because I don't need to spare any power to control the authority... my true strength has even increased."

"How cunning..." Lin Wang wiped the blood from the corner of his eye, grinned at Qian Lan, revealing a smile with blood on his teeth: "I will try my best, but... I have one request."

"Hmm?" Qianlan raised an eyebrow. "What is your request?"

"My request is that you don't hold back. Even after I complete the fusion, you must attack me at your strongest."

Qianlan was taken aback at first, then slowly smiled.

“Very good, a person with a strong heart... The mountains admire the strong.”

……

More than ten days later, Lin Wang was covered in blood and practically crawled out of the trial space.

When he reached the entrance to the space, he propped himself up and stood up slowly. Without turning his head, he waved to the person behind him and said, "I've gained a lot these past few days. Thank you."

After saying that, he leaned against the wall and staggered out of the trial space.

Then he lost his footing and fell from the sky.

In the trial space, Qianlan summoned a chair, sat down, and then pulled out a cigarette from somewhere.

A flame ignited on his fingertip, and he brought it closer to the cigarette. But his hand trembled violently, shaking seven or eight times before he finally managed to light it.

Qianlan tilted her head back, took a deep drag of her cigarette, and slowly exhaled, letting the smoke rise into the sky.

She slumped in the chair, her voice weak and listless.

"I thought it would be enough if he could just become a little stronger, but I didn't expect him to actually do it... He can actually fuse the powers of the two great lords?"

"Just who is this landlord...?"

She casually flicked the cigarette ash onto the ground.

"I am a dignified god of the monarch level, and the lord of the mountains. What kind of power do I possess? In just over ten days... how could a mere mortal be able to fight me to a draw?"

"It doesn't make sense..."

"Could it be that I took pity on him in my last few days and went easy on him? Hmm... that must be it!"

With a crack, the chair beneath her shattered on the ground, and the former mistress of the mountains fell to the ground without any dignity.

She lay on the ground, a cigarette dangling from her mouth, staring blankly at the sky.

A few seconds later, a string of unpleasant mountain curses filled the entire trial space.

(End of this chapter)