I will burn books and slay gods.

Huo Lie shakily used his hands to support himself on the ground, using all his strength to lift himself up again.

At this moment, Huo Lie's eyes were bloodshot as he glared at Chen Ye.

"Huo Lie, give up."

"It's useless. The person we're waiting for isn't you. There's no need to waste your life here."

Chen Ye tried to persuade Huo Lie to give up and not get involved in the battle.

However, at this moment, Huo Lie only had one thought in his mind: to defeat Chen Ye in front of him!

Perhaps because Chen Ye's punch was too powerful, Huo Lie had three or four broken ribs in his chest.

The pain emanating from his chest caused Huo Lie's body to tremble uncontrollably.

However, Huo Lie never gave up.

Just then, Huo Lie thought of the pill his father, Huo Zhen, had given him. However, his father hadn't explained the pill's effects to him, only saying that if he took it, he would gain power like theirs.

Without any hesitation, Huo Lie took the pill in his hand, spread it out in front of him, and pinched it between his fingers so that Chen Ye could see it.

The instant Huo Lie took it out, Chen Ye instantly sensed the aura of Nightmare. The aura was exceptionally strong, or rather, it was completely the energy of the Ignition Realm, spreading outwards!

Chen Ye then realized that the source of the enormous energy was the inconspicuous pill in Huo Lie's hand at that very moment. Chen Ye watched as Huo Lie tremblingly put the pill into his mouth.

"Huo Lie, don't eat!"

"You can't control this energy!"

Chen Ye wasn't worried that the energy was too great for Huo Lie to handle; rather, it was the Nightmare aura emanating from that unfamiliar pill that was far too malevolent.

After swallowing it, Huo Lie might have his consciousness eroded by the pill, turning him into an unconscious Nightmare.

However, even with such persuasion, it was always to no avail.

Looking at Chen Ye's shocked expression, Huo Lie concluded that Chen Ye was afraid.

Then, under Chen Ye's watchful gaze, he decisively swallowed the pill in his hand.

As time passed, Huo Lie's body remained unchanged, but this was only how it appeared to Chen Ye.

As for Huo Lie, after taking the Nightmare Pill, it was as if the pill exploded inside his body!

In an instant, Huo Liedi's body began to release a vast amount of black energy.

Even Chen Ye couldn't stand firm amidst this energy leakage. The black energy, like a black mist, was continuously released in all directions from Huo Lie's center.

Just then, Huo Lie's painful and miserable cries came from within the black mist, intermittent, as if he were pleading for help.

But Chen Ye could only hear Huo Lie's screams, which kept reaching his ears.

This caused Chen Yedi to involuntarily begin to take a step back.

Perhaps because they were standing at a higher vantage point, Lin Su and Wang Xiaoming could see the scene unfolding before them clearly.

Before him, Huo Lie felt as if he were in a swamp, his body sinking involuntarily.

Within the black swamp, countless hands reached out from the swamp, grabbing Huo Liedi's wrists and ankles, preventing him from breaking free.

Just then, a small black figure, neither human nor human, only the size of a head, without any facial features, began to climb up Huo Liedi's body from the black swamp until it reached Huo Liedi's eyes.

Although the little black figure had no facial features, it could emit a chilling laugh.

Huo Lie stared at the strange creature before him, his eyes filled with terror!

Before Huo Lie could react, the little black man pulled Huo Lie's mouth open with his hand. Huo Lie tried to close it, but it was no use. Just as the little black man pulled Huo Lie's mouth open a little,

In an instant, it burrowed directly into Huo Lie's mouth!

At this moment, Huo Lie's eyes were wide open, bloodshot all over them, while the little black man just forcefully burrowed into Huo Lie's mouth until it passed through his throat and reached his stomach, and then there was no more movement.

The moment the little black figure burrowed into Huo Lie's body, the strange tentacles that had been wrapping around Huo Lie instantly turned into black mist and disappeared.

Huo Lie seemed to have been re-exposed from the black swamp.

Both Lin Su and Wang Xiaoming were utterly astonished by what they witnessed.

After the black mist dissipated instantly, Chen Ye, who emerged from the mist, saw Huo Lie's figure again.

But at this moment, Huo Lie was gripping his neck tightly with both hands and hitting his stomach hard, as if he had gone mad.

Chen Ye couldn't see anything in the black fog, so he had no idea what was happening.

The two people who were originally standing on the roof also jumped down from the roof and came to Chen Ye's sides.

"What happened? Why has Huo Lie become like this?"

"Where did the black mist go?"

"How could it just disappear like that?"

"..."

A series of questions were posed by Chen Ye in one breath.

Wang Xiaoming felt that Chen Ye was like Tang Sanzang chanting scriptures, talking non-stop.

Wang Xiaoming then realized that it was because he and Lin Su were standing on the roof and their vision was not obscured by the black mist, and Chen Ye was within range of the black mist, which is why he asked a series of questions.

Just then, Lin Su raised her hand to stop Chen Ye from continuing his incessant chatter, "Alright, that's enough!"

Chen Ye immediately shut his mouth, his eyes filled with doubt as he stared intently at the old man in front of him, pleading for an answer.

"Let Lin Su speak. I'm not good with words and I'm afraid I won't be able to explain it clearly," Wang Xiaoming said, feeling ashamed.

Chen Ye turned to look at Lin Su, and then Lin Su explained to Chen Ye in detail what she and Wang Xiaoming had seen from the high place.

"I see, that's what it is!" Chen Ye's eyes lit up, and he nodded.

Just as Chen Ye and the other two finished speaking, Huo Lie was still gagging, trying to spit out the strange creature that had just entered his mouth, but he couldn't.

Huo Lie snapped back to reality, his eyes bloodshot as he looked at the three people "chatting and laughing," and couldn't help but think to himself, "Perhaps they know what that thing is?"

As Huo Lie stood up again, his gaze turned towards Chen Ye, and he began to walk unsteadily toward Chen Ye and the other two.

At this moment, Chen Ye noticed Huo Lie, whose eyes held no anger but a plea for help.

Suddenly, Chen Ye looked at Huo Lie, who hadn't taken more than a few steps, and spat out a large mouthful of dark red, viscous liquid.

Immediately afterwards, even its eyes, nose, ears, and mouth began to ooze a dark red, viscous liquid.

Huo Lie touched his face with both hands, grabbed a handful, and then spread it out in front of him again.

His hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

Huo Lie slowly lifted himself up, trying to open his mouth, but no sound came out. Gradually, the area in front of him began to darken, and he was in the middle of the night, where he could not see anything.

Soon after, the black liquid enveloped Huo Lie, turning him into a cocoon.