Chapter 181: The Northern Overture and the Sleep Turmoil

The hustle and bustle of the magic capital faded rapidly beneath the clouds, and the chill and bloodiness of the deep-sea palace were replaced by the biting cold winds at ten thousand meters altitude.

Inside the "heavenly phoenix," a private flying boat specially supplied by the Great Xia Kingdom, a state of "biological field balance" was being maintained, one that would cause outside martial arts experts to go bald from trying to study it.

In the center of the cabin, the "myriad heavens formless bed"—framed with ten-thousand-year-old sinking silver wood, sheeted with the Holy Flag of the Holy See, and cushioned with golden velvet from the Fox Ancestor—emitted a faint purple-gold radiance.

Jiang Chen was lying in the middle in a completely unrefined "big-character" sprawl, his silk pajamas printed with the spongebob pattern flapping loudly under the agitation of his Spiritual Pressure.

【 Ding! Due to the host's continuous "violent clearing" in the magic capital, the Divine Sense activity is on the verge of overflowing. 】

【 System Suggestion: The magnetic field on the path to the Northern Territory is violent. It is recommended to enter "deep meditative" sleep and utilize the extreme cold environment to condense the Divine Sense. 】

【 Current AFK earnings: 5000% (Due to the sleep companion component being at full capacity, the "Twilight of the Gods" level bonus has been triggered). 】

Jiang Chen smacked his lips. In his dream, he was studying how to sew the newly snatched "oracle red silk" into his pillowcase, while in reality, he reached out and grabbed something quite naturally.

His left hand accurately wrapped around Mu Qingxue's slender waist, which could be grasped with one hand.

Through the thin combat uniform, that astonishing elasticity and cool touch felt like a piece of top-grade cold jade, instantly soothing the restless pure Yang Bloodline energy within Jiang Chen's body.

His right hand then naturally rested on Su Qingyue's plump and slender beautiful legs.

Su Qingyue, who had just undergone the Awakening of her Heavenly Phoenix Bloodline, radiated a constant temperature of 38 degrees from her body, like a perfect natural heater.

As for Iliya, this little fox had long since obediently reverted to her original form. Her nine tails were like a thick silk down comforter, wrapping Jiang Chen tightly from his chest to his toes. A tip of one tail even lightly brushed across the tip of Jiang Chen's nose, acting as a natural calming incense.

"Mmm... this air conditioner, the wind speed is just right." Jiang Chen murmured, and his snoring gradually began.

As he fell asleep, anomalies began to appear inside the entire flying boat.

Centered on the big bed, the space within a five-meter radius actually produced visible distortions. It was not True Qi, but materialized Mental Energy—because Jiang Chen's Mental Energy had entered the War God Realm, his Sea of Consciousness would automatically construct a "dream palace" when he was in deep sleep.

To the outside world, Jiang Chen was surrounded by countless purple star afterimages at this moment, and occasionally, a vague phantom of an Empress would flash above the big bed, looking down at the cabin coldly.

"Sister Qingxue, did you notice?" Su Qingyue leaned into Jiang Chen's arms. Although her face was as red as a ripe tomato, her eyes were full of shock. "Brother Jiang Chen's breathing seems to be resonating with the Northern Territory land beneath our feet. Every heartbeat can trigger the thunder elements in the air."

Mu Qingxue let Jiang Chen's large hand press against her waist, feeling the rhythmic, tide-like Mental Energy fluctuations transmitted through his palm, a trace of infatuation flashing in her cold, clear eyes.

"He is not sleeping; he is suppressing this airspace." Mu Qingxue said in a low voice, "This area is the 'Thunderstorm Forbidden Zone.' Previously, flying boats had to activate the highest level of protection when passing through, but now... haven't you noticed that there isn't even a hint of turbulence around us?"

Indeed, under the coverage of that tyrannical nightmare Domain, the violent thunder outside, which was enough to tear apart a Grandmaster, automatically became docile the moment it approached the flying boat, turning into gentle spiritual power replenishment.

However, this astonishing tranquility was broken by a few blind fellows when the flying boat landed at "Star-Shattering City," the first outpost of the Northern Territory.

Star-Shattering City, the wildest border trading post in the Northern Territory, where people only recognized fists and military exploits, never caring about the expressions of the Imperial Capital.

"Clang!" The flying boat cabin door opened, and four Grandmasters of the Zhao family, who had been recruited by Jiang Chen, walked down tremblingly while carrying the massive divine bed.

Jiang Chen was still sleeping, sleeping so soundly that he didn't recognize anyone.

"Oh ho? Which family's pretty boy has come to the Northern Territory to sit through a month of confinement?"

On the landing pad, a group of burly men wearing thick beast-skin armor and exuding a strong, bloody scent blocked the way.

The leader, two meters tall, with a coiled ice-plain giant python tattooed on his bare arm, was none other than the notorious leader of the headhunter group in Star-Shattering City—"The Butcher" Lei Lie.

Lei Lie held a blood-stained giant axe in his hand, his gaze scanning Mu Qingxue and Su Qingyue unscrupulously, finally resting on Iliya in Jiang Chen's arms, his eyes revealing a greedy glint.

"A Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox? And a pure-blooded Saintess?" Lei Lie licked his lips and grinned grimly, "These are top-tier goods on the black market. And these two chicks... tsk tsk, brothers, we haven't seen such fresh 'Imperial Capital dishes' in the Northern Territory for a long time!"

"Get lost." Mu Qingxue's tone was cold, an ice sword instantly condensed in her hand, and the surrounding temperature plummeted.

"Quite a temper, huh?" Lei Lie snorted coldly, his Great Grandmaster-level pressure erupting with a bang. "In this master's territory, if you are a Dragon, you must coil; if you are a Tiger, you must kneel! Since this brat likes to sleep, I'll send him to Hell to sleep enough! Smash that bed for me, and take the women away!"

Lei Lie took a sudden step forward, his giant axe bringing up a several-zhang-long ice-blue True Qi, slashing straight at the leg of that divine bed.

In his view, a young man sleeping like a dead pig, no matter how strong, how strong could he be? He must just be a male pet of these two women.

However, at the very moment the axe blade was only three inches away from the divine wooden bed frame, Jiang Chen, who had been snoring steadily, suddenly stopped.

An "extremely irritable" purple aura, like a nuclear bomb explosion, instantly swept across a hundred-meter radius with the bed as the center.

【 Ding! Detected low-level gene carrier with foul odor severely interfering with sleep. 】

【 Detected hostile party attempting to destroy the host's only "fixed asset." 】

【 Waking Up Anger charging: 100%... 200%... 500% (Off the charts!) 】

【 Automatic counterattack activated: Sleepwalking Style—Arrival of the Big Slap! 】

"Where did this... wild dog come from..." Jiang Chen did not open his eyes, but one of his hands reached out from the quilt very abruptly.

That movement was like someone swatting a fly in a sleepy stupor in the middle of the night, light and soft.

But in Lei Lie's eyes, the moment that palm fell, the sky before him turned directly into purple-black.

A gigantic palm that covered the sky and the sun, composed of pure Mental Energy, carrying an Emperors Might that reigned above all living beings, slapped down from ten thousand meters in the air!

"What?!" Lei Lie let out the last terrified scream of his life.

His giant axe True Qi melted like snow and ice the moment it touched the purple light, and his proud Great Grandmaster Physical Body was as fragile as a piece of tofu in front of that palm.

"Slap!!!" A crisp, extremely loud slapping sound resounded throughout half of Star-Shattering City.

Lei Lie, along with that Earth Rank divine weapon giant axe, was slapped directly by Jiang Chen's casual swipe into a thin "meat patty" only as thick as a fingernail, stuck firmly to the special alloy ground of the landing pad.

That was a true "physical smoothing." There was no blood splattering, because all the energy had been forcibly locked and compressed by the Mental Energy of that palm.

The remaining dozens of headhunter group members hadn't even reacted to what had happened before they saw their own leader had already become a decorative painting on the ground.

"..." Jiang Chen turned over, smacked his lips, hugged Iliya tighter in his arms, and mumbled, "Teacher... change the channel... the sound effects of this show... are too noisy..."

Mu Qingxue looked at the "Lei Lie sticker" on the ground, then looked at the dear troublemaker in her arms who was sleeping with a look of grievance, and the corner of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Jiang Chen, is your Waking Up Anger... becoming more and more costly in terms of land?"

At this moment, the onlookers who had originally been restless all knelt to the ground with a "whoosh."

Is this the Sleep God? This is clearly a walking natural disaster wearing spongebob skin!

Amidst that thunderous snoring, Jiang Chen fell into deep sleep again, and his name, at this moment, became the most terrifying taboo on the Northern Territory wilderness.