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Chapter 208 The Nightmare Lord's First Arrival in Tongyou Kingdom, Nine Women Forming Cores and Undergoing Heavenly Tribulation [Part Two]

"【Nightmare Throne】?"

I saw the name of the new secret technique.

Tang Hao couldn't help but glance at the magnificent black and gold throne.

The throne possesses a grotesque beauty, with a jet-black base and a surface covered with black and gold openwork decorations.

A mysterious and beautiful dragon butterfly with enormous butterfly wings and a completely dragon-like body is embedded in the back of the throne. At first glance, it looks like a living creature.

Only then did he realize with astonishment that the throne was not an illusion.

The throne itself is runic art, and runic art is this throne.

"That's rather strange!"

Perhaps because his previous contacts were at a very low level, Tang Hao had never heard of such a situation before.

He stared at the throne with some surprise and astonishment for a while before turning his gaze back to the information panel.

"【Nightmare Throne】: Dream-like Spatial Arcane Arts"

"Spell effect: Ascend the throne to become the Lord of Nightmares and the master of dreams. You can freely manipulate, construct, and destroy dreams. The specific effect depends on the strength of your divine sense and the level of your secret technique."

"Nightmare Butterfly: Can cast effects such as dream invasion, nightmare extraction, and dream illusion. The effects of this spell can be used flexibly, and more techniques can be developed on your own."

"Nightmare Realm: A peculiar space with an extremely high capacity, it is the home of nightmares and the kingdom of ghosts. Living beings within it are protected by the Nightmare Monarch and the realm's fortune, and can be reborn in the realm after death."

"Nightmare Legion: Creatures infected and parasitized by the Nightmare Butterfly, Nightmare Spirits that have spontaneously generated within the Nightmare Kingdom, and Wraiths that have merged with the Nightmare Butterfly. Once they enter the Nightmare Kingdom, they will serve under the monarch."

The skill description of 【Nightmare Throne】 made Tang Hao's breathing quicken instantly.

It's too big, the changes are too great.

If the original "Nightmare Butterfly" was just a petty thief and master of mental pranks who didn't even have his own house and spent his days sneaking around picking locks.

The greatest skill one can possess is simply to pry open the door to someone else's dream.

Go on a haunted house adventure inside, steal some dream energy, and then return it as a nightmare package.

Even after gaining some national fortune, he built a rudimentary "ghost-themed illegal building" in a no-man's-land.

They also recruited Yao Guang and her nine beautiful and capable "property girls" to manage the potentially dead Enpixi.

But the way they actually do things, in the end, is still to flap their wings and send out a bunch of butterfly minions to cause trouble.

But now, the version of Nightmare Throne is a perfect example of an underdog rising to godhood.

A prankster who sneaks in and picks locks, instantly transforms into a dream emperor who conquers new territories.

They used to not even have a house, but now they have the freedom to build one and dream whatever they want.

They might even go directly to someone's doorstep, destroy their territory, and ruin their dreams if they don't like them.

To exaggerate a bit, he calls the shots in the entire dream world.

What was once a no-man's-land of "illegal buildings" has been transformed into an approved, five-star paradise for the undead.

Not only is the venue large and sturdy, but the staff is no longer the makeshift team it once was.

Instead, they are a well-trained, regular royal legion that can recruit its own people and even produce and sell its own goods within the park. In addition, they have veteran core members, making them all top-notch personnel.

What's even more amazing is that these employees don't even need social security; if they die, they can simply be resurrected and continue working.

Tang Hao subconsciously swallowed, only then realizing that he was still lost in thought.

"Now that the information panel for the secret technique has been updated, I must go into the spell space to check the situation!" He subconsciously urged it, only to find that the method of opening it had changed.

After receiving the message from the throne, Tang Hao couldn't help but twitch his lips. He calmly said, "It's quite ceremonial. Luckily, it's only the first time."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath, and with a thought, he released the idea of ​​ascending the throne.

Immediately afterwards, a figure stepped out from the depths of the Purple Mansion in the Sea of ​​Consciousness and arrived in front of the throne.

"Is this my soul?" Tang Hao's thought had barely formed when his perspective suddenly shifted.

My mind and spirit were completely united with my soul.

He looked down at his palms, then at his clothes.

He glanced one last time at the throne behind him; everything seemed so real.

"Unexpectedly, I got to experience the feeling of consciousness merging with the soul in advance."

Generally speaking, it is only after reaching the next stage of cultivation that the soul resides in the nascent soul.

Only when a cultivator's consciousness is in control of the nascent soul can they experience the merging of the divine soul.

He was indeed a bit too ahead of his time this time.

After trying it out, Tang Hao didn't hesitate any longer and sat down on it.

In an instant, he felt a certain authority fall into his control.

The world of dreams slowly unfolds before me.

At the same time, a private garden-like territory suddenly appeared in the senses.

He knew that was a nightmare realm.

A sudden realization dawned on Tang Hao, and he murmured softly, "This Nightmare Throne is the medium for wielding power, a buffer to bear the pressure when my strength is insufficient."

Sitting on his throne, he could clearly know the extent to which he could achieve things in his dream.

Just as he was immersed in the thrill of being in control and wanted to delve deeper into the miraculous effects of the other secret techniques,

Suddenly, I felt a jolt and realized that something had changed in my private space.

Tang Hao's mere thought caused the surrounding scenery to change instantly.

The man and the throne appeared in a vast world.

This area is dominated by black, gray, and gold; other colors are present, but scarce.

Apart from that, it's not much different from the real world; this is where the Nightmare Kingdom is located.

In the distance are undulating, barren mountain ranges and vast, barren plains, with no trace of vegetation or water.

Closer in, there are vast palace complexes.

This was done in just over a day after the nine women arrived.

Many are still just frameworks, not yet fully polished.

He appeared in the same place where he had been previously ostracized.

Yao Guang and the others were not far away, each still enveloped in a cocoon of light, but cracks had already begun to appear on the cocoons.

At the same time, large swaths of clouds began to gather high above.

That aura was many times more terrifying than when Tang Hao formed his core.

It was pitch black, like the end of the world, making it hard to breathe.

"These are tribulation clouds. They've formed their cores and are going to undergo tribulation together?" Tang Hao looked up and couldn't help but frown.

My heart was pounding: "That's right. They were affected by the Yin energy when they were cocooned. They didn't know they would form a core, so they didn't take any precautions."

He glanced at the scene; the nine women were very close to each other, no more than ten feet apart.

"This is practically a group undergoing tribulation; something bad is bound to happen," Tang Hao said anxiously.

In the cultivation world, it is generally considered a major taboo for multiple people to undergo tribulation.

Because the power of the Heavenly Tribulation does not increase linearly.

With each additional person undergoing tribulation, the number of waves of lightning and the power of a single lightning strike will increase significantly.

When the core is formed, what descends is the Nine-Thunder Tribulation.

Once two people undergo tribulation at the same time, it will become a 29-thunder tribulation, and each heavenly thunder will have an increase of about 10%.

At this moment, Yao Guang and the others numbered nine, so the Heavenly Tribulation would directly transform into the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation.

The Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation is the heavenly tribulation that a Nascent Soul True Monarch faces when breaking through to the Void Refinement stage.

Of course, the power is definitely not comparable, but the power of each heavenly lightning bolt is almost doubled.

Furthermore, when multiple people undergo tribulation, there is a high chance of triggering unusual heavenly lightning, since each cultivator's cultivation technique has different attributes, and the corresponding heavenly lightning will also change.

"Under such divine might, they have no chance of survival. Even if they are considered immortal, they will inevitably suffer fundamental damage." Tang Hao's mind raced.

Suddenly, the description from the secret technique flashed through his mind: "Ascend the throne, and you will become the Lord of Nightmares, the Master of Dreams."

He took a deep breath, gripped the throne armrest tightly with his left hand, and raised his right hand, which seemed to reach out and cover the earth below.

"The information panel didn't mention whether I could completely control this space, but I still have to try. I can't just watch them die under the lightning." Tang Hao frantically poured his divine sense into the throne, and his perception was immediately amplified through the throne, attempting to spread to the ends of the world.

He quickly focused his mind and concentrated his senses on the area where the nine women were below.

They were extremely careful in everything they did, not daring to touch them in the slightest.

At this moment, the nine women were undergoing their heavenly tribulation, and Tang Hao could not touch them, whether it was his body, his divine sense, or his magical power.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be saving people, but rather exacerbating the celestial calamity and completely cutting off their chance of survival.

"point!"

Suddenly, Tang Hao let out a loud shout, without any fluctuation of magical power, and the veins on his forehead and arms bulged.

"Boom!"

A deep rumble echoed between heaven and earth, even causing the tribulation clouds to pause.

The earth suddenly cracked open, lifting the nine women and moving them away from each other.

Tang Hao tried; he originally wanted to extend the earth.

Unfortunately, just as he thought, he could indeed control this world.

However, due to limitations in strength, there is ultimately a limit; one can only control a small area of ​​land.

In the end, the nine women were each placed at the tip of a long, narrow stone platform, with a distance of more than two hundred meters between them, completely avoiding the range of each other's lightning tribulations.

Tang Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed that the clouds in the sky had spread out and were faintly divided into nine pieces.

He looked down at the earth and couldn't help but be taken aback: "From this angle, it looks quite like a giant stone lotus."

After making a remark, he turned his attention back to the tribulation clouds in the sky.

From the Core Formation stage onwards, regardless of whether you are a demonic cultivator, a monster cultivator, or a ghost cultivator, no matter what path you choose, you must undergo a Heavenly Tribulation.

Originally, all nine women were ghosts. Although they had never cultivated any proper techniques, they undoubtedly belonged to the category of ghost cultivators.

When forming the Golden Core, one must undergo the Yin Thunder Tribulation.

But now that they have merged with the Nightmare Butterfly, they should be considered as beings that are half ghost and half nightmare.

"I wonder what changes will occur during the tribulation of lightning."

He was not only worried about whether the nine women could safely overcome their tribulations, but also concerned about whether his Nightmare Kingdom could withstand the power of so many heavenly lightning bolts.

"The description of the secret technique's effects states that the Nightmare Kingdom has an extremely high capacity, and now a heavenly tribulation has appeared. Could it be like a sect's Primordial Chaos Secret Realm? Can it already be considered a small world?"

Of course, the Nightmare Kingdom and the Primordial Chaos Secret Realm of the Qinghua Sect are incomparable.

The Primordial Chaos Realm is a secret place where Nascent Soul True Monarchs and many Nascent Soul Masters can live and cultivate normally, and it is basically no different from the outside world.

As for the Nightmare Kingdom, even though it is now a complete small world and no longer the illusory magical space it once was, its maximum capacity is probably limited to Nascent Soul cultivators.

These thoughts flashed through Tang Hao's mind, and he felt more at ease, his expression becoming slightly more relaxed.

"In that case, there shouldn't be much of a problem with enduring the lightning tribulation here."

Just then, flashes of black and purple lightning appeared, faintly illuminating this silent world.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Thunder then rang out continuously.

Finally, the first bolt of dark purple lightning struck down, hitting a cocoon of light.

A series of crisp "crackling" sounds.

More cracks appeared on the cocoon of light, but it did not shatter completely under the lightning.

"Huh? I didn't expect this cocoon of light could help them resist some of the power of the lightning tribulation." Tang Hao was somewhat surprised and delighted.

That bolt of lightning was like a signal flare being fired.

The other eight tribulation clouds immediately unleashed their power in turn, striking down one after another with streaks of purple-black lightning.

In an instant, the sounds of "boom" and "crack" blended together, creating a strange symphony.

It must be said that the light cocoon was truly impressive.

Tang Hao watched helplessly as they, covered in cracks, managed to withstand the nine bolts of heavenly lightning.

Only when the lightning dissipated did the light cocoons completely collapse with a "pop," turning into puffs of black light dust that surged into the bodies of the nine women.

After a long while...

She let out a soft moan.

Some people opened their eyes, looked around blankly, and then realized that their bodies were different.

"Golden Core? I've formed my Golden Core?"

The other girls also woke up one after another, and were all astonished when they heard this.

After checking their own situations, they were all overjoyed.

"It's incredible!"

"We've all reached the Core Formation stage?"

"Huh, that's strange! Isn't it supposed to be a nine-out-of-ten chance of death to undergo tribulation together? If that's the case, all nine of us should be dead by now, so how come we're all alive and well?"

"How can you calculate it like that? But it was indeed dangerous. It seems that our lord saved us."

Looking at the long, narrow, sword-like stone platform beneath them, they knew perfectly well who had done it.

Their gaze swept across the sky, and they immediately spotted their lord sitting on a majestic throne in the distance, watching them with a smile on his face.

The nine women cheered and transformed into streaks of light, stopping in front of the throne.

"Greetings to my lord!"

"Thank you, Lord, for helping us overcome the tribulation."

"This throne is so majestic!"

"The lord sits up there, looking majestic and imposing, hehe..."

First came a formal greeting, then expressions of gratitude, and finally the nine women began showering him with compliments.

He showered Tang Hao and the throne with praise, leaving Tang Hao somewhat overwhelmed.

He quickly coughed to interrupt and briefly explained the changes in the Nightmare Kingdom to them.

He saw that the nine women's eyes were shining, as if they were about to shower him with another wave of praise.

He could only leave with the words, "You've just broken through, so take a good rest and consolidate your cultivation. There might be some fighting in the next couple of days!"

Without waiting for their response, he quickly ran away as the throne shone brightly.

"A fight? A kendo match?"

"Our lord has reached the Core Formation stage and will be unable to participate in the exchange meeting."

"What is that? Could it be that someone intends to harm our lord?"

"But it doesn't quite seem like it. It's about fighting, but it doesn't seem dangerous."

"Never mind, I'll go back and consolidate my cultivation."

"here……"

"Let's turn it into a stone lotus to commemorate the Lord's intervention and our joint formation of the Golden Core."

"Nice idea!"

After leaving the Nightmare Kingdom, Tang Hao returned to his own mind.

Although he didn't know what the nine women were planning, he was reminded of the Five Elements Lotus by the stone lotus.

"I wonder if the [Five Elements Lotus] could be used to supplement some of the Nightmare Kingdom's power attributes?"

He had ideas in mind, but with the matter of the demonic cultivators' ambush at hand, he decided to refine the [Judgment of Calamity] first.

In the blink of an eye, a day and a night had passed.

Tang Hao pushed open the door of the sleeping quarters and went alone to Sword Edge Valley.

(End of this chapter)