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Chapter 561 The traitor who served three masters was beaten to death!

Not everyone can wake up from the nightmare created by Savas so quickly.

This is the Emerald Nightmare, the Lord of Nightmares' home turf! Even legends and the God of the Wilds will fall into slumber before his power, and after suffering, his power will either become nourishment for the Emerald Nightmare or he will directly fall into becoming a Nightmare creature.

But Rune is different. As a higher-dimensional being, his soul possesses powerful immunity, and Rune also has a Dream Stone in his heart—even if it cannot freely manipulate dreams in this universe, it can still grant Rune a strong resistance to the concept of dreams.

All things considered, even though Savis absorbed a lot of energy, and even though this was the Nightmare King's territory, his power could only allow Rune to briefly see his nightmare.

But Savis was unaware of all this. The Lord of Nightmares cried out that this was impossible; he had never seen anyone wake up from their nightmare so quickly.

No, he didn't believe it!

The Nightmare King tried the same trick again, attempting to plunge Rune into nightmares once more, but in his eyes, the damned usurper still hadn't run away.

What terrified Savis even more was that the energy that had invaded his body was being forcibly expelled, transforming into wisps of purplish-black smoke that seeped from the pores of his skin and the gaps between his bone spurs.

It failed; my own attack failed.

No, it's not just a simple failure. Savis could also clearly feel that Rune's mental barrier had become much thicker during that brief impact.

Rune—he is adapting, no, he is evolving! He is constantly strengthening himself on a spiritual level.

Even if he was incredibly stupid, he could roughly guess the other party's abilities. Then, an unprecedented chill crept up Savis's spine.

What the hell is this monster?! Physical attacks can't do any effective damage, and mental attacks actually cause it to evolve corresponding resistances?!

"No, I don't believe it!" In his panic, Savis completely went mad.

The Force being too generous isn't actually good for other mortals.

Humans have limited understanding of knowledge and lack the ability, like Rune, to seal away the knowledge that enters their minds and transform it into fragments of memory. Therefore, they are easily assimilated once they come into contact with a certain power too much.

For example, those who are loyal to the Holy Light are usually good people, and the stronger they are, the kinder they become, such as Velen and Tirion Fordring. Even the Scarlet Crusade and the Xerath are just madmen, but not malicious.

As the antithesis of Holy Light, the followers of Void Magic are often schemers. They don't directly intervene, but rather stir things up from behind the scenes. This often leads them to have unrealistic expectations of their own power.

The power that Xavius ​​wields is even secondhand. And to make matters worse, the source of this dark power is an Old God like N'Zoth, who can distort the planes of reality, create fear, and gradually bring corrupt dark illusions to life in the real world.

N'Zoth seduced Xavius ​​by appealing to the latter's fear of death and love for Azshara. Therefore, Xavius ​​was very easily swayed by fear and easily blinded by love.

When Savas is unable to instill fear in others, he himself becomes the target of fear.

Fear and the ensuing rage consumed Savis's remaining sanity like wildfire; he ceased to think of tactics and no longer conserved his strength.

He wildly swung his claws, unleashing destructive storms that combined physical impact with energy corrosion.

He spewed out shadow flames powerful enough to melt souls.

He summoned terrifying illusions spawned from the nightmares, letting them roar and pounce on Rune, attempting to overwhelm him with pure terror.

Every attack landed squarely on Rune, but each hit only made Savis more desperate.

On the surface, the frequent and rapid attacks overwhelmed Rune, and Savis seemed to have the upper hand, crushing the usurper step by step. But only Savis knew that it was all in vain.

The wounds inflicted by this Nightmare King would vanish in the blink of an eye, and the mental illusions would be inexplicably shattered before they even got close to Rune.

Although Rune's telepathic abilities came from Professor X and were weakened after the bloodline transplant, this is not something that can be used to extort money through illusions.

Savis's all-out attack was not aimed at eliminating the enemy, but rather at providing nourishment for Rune's growth. Every time he used the Nightmare Corruption, he was helping Rune to strengthen his mental defenses; every time he unleashed physical power, he was tempering the strength of the opponent's body!

And Rune did not forget the promise he made to Savis.

While Savas was able to halt Rune's advance with frequent spellcasting, the prolonged mechanical casting had left him in a dazed state.

After a ten-minute exchange, he finally made a fatal mistake—his spellcasting had a gap in his hand.

In a sense, Savas and Rune share the same awkward situation: they both possess enormous magical power, but lack a powerful enough spell to fully utilize this advantage.

However, the difference between Rune and Savas is that, in addition to magic, he still possesses an extremely powerful physical body, and he does not need to understand the working mechanism of magic or conceive and imagine profound magical theories to exert this advantage; he only needs to swing his fist.

So, at the moment when Savas's spell faltered, Rune moved.

His movements were even faster than ever before, much faster. Rune pushed off with his feet, the ground exploded, and he instantly rushed in front of Savis.

The reason for not using teleportation is simply because it would prevent us from accelerating the attack and increasing the damage of this punch.

Rune's fist dodged Savis's hastily parried claws and slammed into the junction of Savis's slightly fragile spine and chest, which was weakened by his hunchback.

Click!

This time, the sound of bones cracking was crystal clear.

Savis' massive body stiffened abruptly. He looked down in disbelief at his chest, where a huge, translucent hole lay, its edges charred.

It’s over.

The moment this thought entered his mind, the wound that had stopped bleeding due to the high temperature of Rune's fist burst open again.

Blood mixed with a purplish-red, molten lava-like substance gushed out.

Savis could feel the power of the Emerald Nightmare leaking wildly from his body, like a flood bursting its banks. He tried to mobilize his power to repair it, but it was too late.

He absorbed an excessive amount of energy, so naturally he had to bear the corresponding consequences.

Damaging the physical body that carries energy is like making a hole in a dam that holds water. If the hole is small, there is still a chance to plug it. But Rune's punch opened a huge hole in Savis's body. It's like the dam was blown open by more than half of it. There is no chance to repair it.

"No—this is impossible—"

"I will relay your last words to Malfurion," Rune said, his cold gaze fixed on the massive curved horns of Xavius's head, before he threw another punch.

"By the way, your last words were awful."

boom!