I will burn books and slay gods.

Wang Tiankuo slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the sky where the three Night Keepers were fighting against the four Nightmare Beasts in front of them.

Then, Wang Tiankuo slowly stood up, looking at himself now that he had returned to human form, and that he had not been killed by the Ancestral Nightmare Beast.

When Wang Tiankuo stood up, before anyone noticed him, he instantly transformed back into the Eight-Armed Luo God form. As the form matured, a sacred lotus flower once again appeared in the palm of his right hand.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Tiankuo pushed off with all his might, and the Holy Lotus in his hand transformed into dozens of short and exquisite daggers, which he released towards Sa Jin!

The moment Wang Tiankuo transformed from the ground into the Eight-Armed Luo God, Zu Kui had already noticed him. He was surprised that Wang Tiankuo would directly attack Sa Jin, which angered Zu Kui.

Wang Tiankuo flew straight towards Sa Jin, thinking that no one had noticed him, but his idea had already been revealed.

After being discovered by Zu Kui, Wang Tiankuo braked abruptly, but was unable to stop immediately. At this critical moment, Lao Li's Supreme Yang God form grabbed the Eight-Armed Luo God form.

But when Wang Tiankuo realized what was happening, his first question to the three Night Watchers was, "Could you three please tell me your names?"

Wang Tiankuo was unaware of the three people's identities, and it wasn't intentional. The reason was that after the Night Keeper awakens to a new form, their overall physique and appearance will change until they become the awakened form.

"Dean Wang, this is us." Old Li introduced everyone to Wang Tiankuo one by one, "I am Old Li. This is Gong Zhan. This is Hou Hong."

When Wang Tiankuo was shocked to discover that the three people in front of him were actually Old Li and his two companions, he exclaimed, "The three of you have broken through to a higher realm!"

"How do you feel?" Wang Tiankuo asked. "After awakening, do you notice anything different?"

"Dean, you're joking," Gong Zhan said. "Indeed, my strength has increased significantly, almost several times over."

"That's right!" Hou Hong echoed, "Just as Lao Gong said, I also feel my strength has increased several times over."

Just then, Old Li said, "Dean Wang, after I became self-aware, I always felt that there was another voice in my subconscious, and it was obvious that it did not belong to me."

When Wang Tiankuo heard about this unusual matter, he couldn't help but feel nervous.

As Lao Li expressed this matter, Gong Zhan and Hou Hong, who were standing beside him, immediately shared the same feelings with Wang Tiankuo.

Wang Tiankuo was powerless to do anything about this, as it was the first time he had encountered such a situation. He needed to inform his superiors in the Night Watchmen before he could resolve it.

"Hey, you guys! Don't you take us seriously?"

"They keep chattering away to themselves," Zu Kui roared helplessly.

Startled by the sudden movement, the four refocused on the battle. They lined up in two rows, and then Wang Tiankuo spoke up, "Next, it's a fair fight. Perfect, four against four."

"Hey, I remember there should be another one on the other side, right?" Wang Tiankuo then asked in confusion.

After Wang Tiankuo said those words, the four Nightmare Beasts in front of him seemed to be possessed by some kind of demon, and became extremely desolate.

Even Chen Zhu couldn't help but start singing, "My dear brother, you left so quickly, waiting for your younger brother to avenge you..."

Looking at the four people in front of him, Wang Tiankuo couldn't help but show a disdainful expression, even a hint of disgust.

"Snapped!"

A blow from the club struck Chen Zhu hard on the buttocks. This blow was delivered by Zu Kui, but it was from a spiked club. Chen Zhu, as if only now realizing what was happening, let out a cry of pain.

"Don't embarrass me here. If you want to avenge Yan Zuo, kill them. That's how you avenge your second brother!" Zu Kui reprimanded sternly.

"Yes, Big Brother!" the remaining Nightmare Beasts answered in unison.

The battle is imminent!

The two groups of people stared at each other in silence. The only sound was the rustling of the yellow sand being blown by the wind.

"boom!"

A crisp clap of thunder echoed across the entire sky.

In an instant, everyone who heard the thunder vanished from their spot, leaving only afterimages. However, apart from Wang Tiankuo, who did not have the ability to teleport, he could only rush forward.

Wang Tiankuo roughly chose the lowest-ranking of the remaining four Nightmare Beasts—Sajin.

This situation was exactly what Zu Kui wanted, allowing the other three Night Watchers to fight against it.

Because in that situation just now, apart from Wang Tiankuo's awakened form, the other three were, to be honest, ridiculously powerful!

It's not at all a product of this world!

The moment the battle began, the two groups were immediately divided into four teams, each fighting against their chosen opponents, with almost no one else intervening.

That's very fair indeed.

The Supreme Yang God form, which is in the first tier, is fighting against Zu Kui, the leader of the Five Nightmares.

Unlike the other three, the two didn't immediately start fighting at the slightest disagreement. Instead, they chatted casually for a while, as if they hadn't seen each other in a long time.

"Hey kid," Zu Kui spoke first, "the person who just killed my brother wasn't you, was he? I don't think you know much about his background either."

After listening to Zu Kui's analysis, Old Li couldn't help but admire him. He never expected that the Nightmare Beast in front of him would have such a strong analytical ability.

Although Lao Li heard these analyses, he did not directly state that Zu Kui's analysis was correct, but instead chose to continue chatting with him.

"You don't have to answer me directly," Zu Kui continued. "Even if I analyze it this way, whether it's right or wrong, it doesn't matter to me. But it does matter to you."

"Something unknown resides deep within you, and it's always been there, making anyone suspicious," Zu Kui said again. "Is my analysis correct?"

Although Lao Li didn't speak, Zu Kui could tell from Lao Li's subtle expression that he had guessed pretty much what Zu Kui had just said.

"Hmph, that's just your guess," Old Li replied. "I'll take your word for it, so what? Since this is the form I've awakened, there's something I can handle."

After listening, Zu Kui did not ask any further questions.

Although Lao Li and Zu Kui didn't chat for very long, Lao Li's expression revealed that the other party, Zu Kui, was no ordinary being.

Just before their casual conversation was about to end, Old Li asked Zu Kui, "Where exactly are you from?"

Zu Kui originally did not want to answer this question, since there was no need to tell these humans. However, since the question had been asked, Zu Kui felt that a dying person could know.

"We are the twin stars of your world, Blue Star, and we are called the Nightmare Realm."

"Don't be put off by its name, it might sound bad, but it turns out that it is also a 'Blue Star' that is the same as your world, or even exactly the same."

"But now it has become filled with negative emotions, which have permeated the entire planet, causing humans who were originally like you to become the ugly creatures we are today."

"Our Nightmare King has finally decided to invade your planet and make it our second home."

"But who could have predicted that, even though we've become like this, it would still take so much trouble to come to your planet, to the point that we were stripped of all our energy and turned into what you consider to be conceptual entities."

"Perhaps according to your interpretation, it is a conceptual entity that needs to be eliminated by using concepts."

"If it weren't for me telling you the real reason now, you might always have thought that this was a strange creature created by your negative emotions."

"The situation you've described isn't much different for us. We can indeed absorb the negative emotions from your planet to restore our strength to its original state, just like what you see in me."

"But for the complete me, killing you would be as easy as crushing an ant!"