560: Chapter 560 Feng Xu and the Chaotic Situation

A cool breeze blew by, and Dream City seemed as if it had been pressed with a pause button.

All the clamor vanished; Zhou Yan could only feel the breeze caressing his face and an inexplicable sense of comfort.

But Zhou Yan felt only terror right now, not a shred of relaxation.

Because the person appearing before Zhou Yan now was no longer Ma Hao, but Feng Xu, the one he had vaguely seen before the Eastern Extreme Secret Realm—the number one on the Heavenly Rankings, known as the number one Mahayana.

Zhou Yan swallowed hard, cold sweat beginning to seep from his forehead, his dao body already nearing collapse.

This familiar physiological reaction, along with the sense of reality before his eyes, could not be wrong.

This was the genuine article, the real deal.

Zhou Yan looked at the barrier torn apart by the giant claw, and looked at the cross that was about to gather light once more.

That Apocalypse Knight was truly at the Void Refining level, and the giant claw in the sky was in all likelihood the same.

Therefore, Feng Xu, who could pause all of this and stand here—no matter how much Zhou Yan didn't want to admit it, the fact was already laid out before him.

"Ha, little friend, this is our first formal meeting, isn't it?"

Feng Xu turned around and looked at Zhou Yan. Although he wore a smile on his face, his body was surrounded by a strange power that made it impossible for Zhou Yan to see his actual expression.

"It seems you've caused my little apprentice quite a bit of trouble, forcing him to invite me here ahead of schedule."

Feng Xu's face gradually blurred, and Zhou Yan felt his eyelids drooping, just like when one feels discomfort in their eyes while dreaming but cannot open them no matter what.

"However, it is still a bit too early for us to meet. Let's wait a while longer."

After hearing this last sentence, Zhou Yan completely lost consciousness.

When Zhou Yan woke up again, he found himself lying in an unfamiliar room, though the architectural style was very similar to the temporary stronghold of the Joyous Union Sect.

Feeling his arm being pressed down, Zhou Yan looked to the side and saw Shi Suiyan lying by the bedside, just watching him like that.

Her eyes were full of resentment, and there were tear stains on her face, indicating that her mood at the moment was not pleasant.

Shi Suiyan didn't say much; she just threw herself into Zhou Yan's arms. This sudden embrace caught Zhou Yan off guard.

He didn't know whether he should respond, so his hands just froze in mid-air.

Fortunately, Shi Suiyan only held him for a moment before quickly letting go, wiping away her tear stains, and saying in a somewhat sobbing voice:

"Senior Brother, you don't need to explain. I've already coaxed myself into feeling better. After experiencing enough, although I'm not used to real partings, I won't throw tantrums or do meaningless things."

Listening to Shi Suiyan's words, why did Zhou Yan inexplicably feel like a scumbag?

No, wait, I just lured a powerhouse from the White Tiger Tribe to break the barrier, kill Ma Hao, and I'm about to save Dream City—how did I suddenly get labeled a scumbag?

But Zhou Yan's mind was in chaos, and he didn't know how to respond.

"This... you, I..."

Zhou Yan was incoherent for a moment, and in the end, he stammered out a question instead.

"How is Yuan Chenling doing now?"

Shi Suiyan let out a long sigh and answered.

"I don't know why, but he suddenly got very scared. After coming back, he found a room to hide in, and now he won't come out no matter what."

Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

The plan was proceeding very smoothly.

After he had killed Yuan Chenling back then, he had been marked by the White Tiger Tribe.

This kind of mark was difficult to remove and could even attract big trouble, such as Yuan Chenling's father or other powerful beings.

But it was extremely useful in this place, because Zhou Yan and everyone here were helpless against that large cross in the sky.

Only an external force could solve it, so this danger became an opportunity.

After he killed that guy Lu Wu, a golden book suddenly dropped, which could be said to be an unexpected joy.

Relying on the golden book, Zhou Yan's understanding of the Azure Chapter had advanced a step further, which in turn helped him better understand the contents of the golden book.

According to the records in the golden book, the mark on Yuan Chenling was similar to a minor Divine Ability called "Tiger Hunt."

This minor Divine Ability could pass the mark on through slaughter, engraving it onto the opponent's true spirit, and would hunt them down to the end even if they were in another world.

And the golden book happened to contain the method to break it, which was how this plan was born.

Zhou Yan first used the suihua heavenly record to continuously slow down time, sitting in a chair waiting for Ma Hao to arrive.

Once Ma Hao was in position, he switched to accelerating time to attract the powerhouse drawn by the mark as quickly as possible.

Although he didn't know who would come, in his memory, the barrier had been truly destroyed.

At the last moment, he used the Divine Ability solution he had reserved in his body to undo the mark, faking signs of death to muddle through.

Now seeing that Shi Suiyan had brought him back, combined with his understanding of Dream City from Lord Canglan, it seemed everything was proceeding steadily.

"Sorry, Junior Sister Shi, for making you worry."

"However, as for further apologies, I'm afraid I'll have to wait until I return. We need to complete the arrangements as soon as possible; the Truth Cult is also moving quickly."

Zhou Yan quickly clicked on the red and blue potions to restore his state and pushed himself up from the bed.

Watching Zhou Yan leave in a rush, Shi Suiyan felt somewhat worried.

"Are you sure you want to go to the front line in your current state?"

To this, Zhou Yan just turned his head and smiled.

No problem, everything is in the plan.

Zhou Yan quickly left the area, first following the mini-map to find Yuan Chenling, and explained the situation to him.

Although Yuan Chenling didn't believe that the old geezer who almost killed him back then was actually anything good, what Zhou Yan said was correct.

A Saint of the Qingxu Grotto-Heaven with Soul Transformation cultivation, along with his own current cultivation Realm—that old geezer represented a major power and dared not make a move against them anymore.

Moreover, the circle in this world was just this big, and the future was long; they would always meet eventually.

After pacifying Yuan Chenling, Zhou Yan rushed towards Dream City.

Yuan Chenling's side had to be pacified; that claw had already proven it was just interest.

If this problem wasn't thoroughly resolved, and they came looking for them afterwards, even if Zhou Yan solved the threat of Dream City, he would find a big tiger crouching at the door waiting for him when he went out.

If this guy really cared more about Yuan Chenling than he imagined and was willing to tear off the mask to kill him, that would also be trouble.

If Yuan Chenling himself came forward, there would be room for negotiation.

According to the plan, Yuan Chenling and Shi Suiyan would remain at the base. Now that Ma Hao had been wiped out by the giant claw, Shi Suiyan's crisis had also been resolved.

With two Nascent Soul cultivators, Shi Suiyan and Yuan Chenling, guarding it, the temporary stronghold would be very safe.

Then, they only needed to wait for the Truth Cult to accelerate their plan and initiate the activation of Sui ahead of schedule.

When that time came, as long as Sui was successfully activated, Shi Suiyan could strike, using her former identity to seize control of Sui and shatter their conspiracy in one fell swoop.

The only thing they needed to worry about now was whether the Apocalypse Knight, which no one could restart, had any backup plans to be activated again.

If that happened, Zhou Yan would call upon the Ancestral Dragon again.

Although the Ancestral Dragon had said not to call him again, calling him one more time should be fine, right?

He was, after all, in the Soul Transformation Realm; if it was just to hold out for one more sword strike to deal with that Apocalypse Knight, or to slice open space to reconnect Dream City with the Desire Realm, then powerful beings would naturally come to deal with them.

Zhou Yan felt incredibly relaxed; it seemed everything was no longer dangerous.

He only needed to enter Dream City now and deal with Li Heng, and everything would be fine. Even if there were discrepancies, he had a backup plan.

Approaching Dream City, Zhou Yan saw those incomparably hideous marks, as if someone had scribbled messily on a painting.

The claw mark had just happened to tear through the top of the barrier, causing gaps to appear in the top and the four separated black curtains.

Zhou Yan could see that several of the islands had already appeared, and the pure white stairs had also connected to the floating islands hanging high in the sky.

"Has it started ahead of schedule?"

Just as Zhou Yan was about to fly in, he suddenly felt a pain in his brain, and a memory synchronized from the Southern Desert flooded into his mind.

The information wasn't much, but it was enough to make one's hair stand on end.

"Feng..."

Zhou Yan quickly swallowed the word that followed, not daring to say it out loud.

He looked around, confirmed the mini-map again, and then gritted his teeth, saying word by word:

"Insidious, truly f*cking insidious!"