Chapter 306: Chapter 302: Demon Elephant (1)

The figure stood nearly three meters tall, a small mountain of a man radiating an overwhelming sense of pressure.

His long, black hair was strewn casually over his shoulders.

His muscles bulged all over his body, each one as firm and hard as rock. Veins coiled over them like writhing serpents, gnarled and interwoven.

What remained of his clothes were now in tatters, hanging from his frame like dilapidated strips of cloth. As he moved, the scraps swayed gently, making a RUSTLING sound in the wind.

On his bare right pectoral was a black-and-gold serpentine tattoo. Its lines were exquisite, as if meticulously sketched and woven from the finest dark gold silk.

Every single scale was carved with meticulous, life-like detail, as if it were a living creature coiled upon his solid chest.

It looked as though it might leap from his skin at any moment, radiating a cold and dangerous aura that sent a shiver down the spine of anyone who dared to look.

THUD!

He took a step forward, and the entire building seemed to tremble as his foot landed.

It let out a dull groan, as if unable to bear his immense strength, the sound echoing through the silence.

From within the swirling dust, the figure’s eyes were like a deep Cold Pool.

This man was none other than Hu Qi, who had shed his Twisted Light Disguise and returned to his true form.

"You... are quite something!"

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from the side, shattering the brief silence.

Li Chengguang, who had been sent flying by Hu Qi’s slap, had reappeared on the floor of the unfinished building.

However, he now looked exceptionally pathetic compared to before. His once-neat clothes were in tatters, covered in dust and torn, cutting a rather comical figure.

More than half of his head was caved in. On an ordinary person, such an injury wouldn’t even warrant treatment; they’d be sent straight to the crematorium.

But this Li Chengguang stood there perfectly fine, as if he hadn’t been seriously affected at all.

At the same time, to one’s astonishment, the caved-in part of his head began to rapidly heal, puffing out and restoring itself like an inflating ball.

Even so, a clear, scorched palm print remained on his face, standing out starkly against his regenerating features.

He stared at Hu Qi’s excessively powerful physique, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

He couldn’t sense the aura of a Nightmare on Hu Qi.

And yet, the power the man had just displayed was clearly beyond that of any ordinary person.

He simply attributed it to his opponent having a rather unique Dream Eye.

"BEEP BEEP—"

Just then, that familiar sound rang out again, shattering the strange atmosphere.

The next moment, a dump truck materialized from the void without warning, its headlights flaring to life.

The blinding glare instantly pierced the dim space. It was like an out-of-control steel behemoth.

It hurtled straight for Hu Qi with unstoppable momentum, its charge even more ferocious than before.

BAM!

Strangely, however, just as the truck was about to slam into Hu Qi, he simply stuck out an arm as thick and strong as a stone pillar and stopped it cold.

The deafening shriek of metal on metal was instantaneous, a sound loud enough to rupture eardrums.

The truck’s front end buckled with a sharp, piercing screech that made one want to cover their ears.

Its wheels spun and skidded frantically against the ground, unable to advance even an inch. It could only struggle in place, kicking up clouds of dust and smoke.

However, that was only the beginning.

Hu Qi suddenly clenched his fist. His impossibly hard fingers, like sharp steel claws, tore straight through the truck’s front with a nails-on-a-chalkboard shriek of rending metal.

Immediately after, scorching, pale-gold flames erupted from Hu Qi’s palm, instantly engulfing the entire dump truck.

In an instant, the truck melted away like snow under a scorching sun, vanishing without a trace.

CRACK!

Just then, a clear cracking sound rang out, startlingly abrupt in the silence.

Following the sound, a crack was seen to have appeared on the surface of an old, rusty car key hanging at Li Chengguang’s waist.

"Well, well! I underestimated you!" Li Chengguang’s expression turned grave, the earlier contempt in his eyes long gone.

’He actually damaged my Dream Eye.’

’It’s not unheard of for a Dream Eye to be damaged. In such cases, while it can heal on its own, it still takes time.’

’During this recovery period, I can still use it, but its power will undoubtedly be diminished.’

At this thought, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"I’m becoming more and more interested in you..."

But before he could finish, the image of Hu Qi in his vision began to fade.

It was just an afterimage.

Realizing this, Li Chengguang froze, with no time to react.

He felt as if a giant hammer had slammed into his back.

A sickening crunch of breaking bone followed.

The massive impact forced his body to bend backward, folding him into an extremely distorted posture.

WHAM! WHAM! ...

A series of thunderous sonic booms erupted one after another across the empty floor.

The deafening sounds reverberated endlessly, threatening to shatter the very space itself.

Li Chengguang’s body was like a tattered rag doll, hanging helplessly in midair, shuddering nonstop.

Dents began to appear all over his body as lacerations spread rapidly across his skin, sending fountains of blood spraying in all directions.

The gruesome sight made it look as if countless invisible attacks were raining down upon him.

All of this was because Hu Qi was simply too fast.

He was so fast the naked eye couldn’t track his movements, leaving only this terrifying spectacle to be seen.

After only two or three seconds, Li Chengguang’s body could no longer withstand the violent assault.

With a BOOM, he exploded on the spot. Flesh and blood scattered everywhere like shattered flower petals.

At that moment, Hu Qi’s figure reappeared. Wisps of white smoke curled from his skin, a product of the intense friction from his high-speed movements.

He glanced at the flesh and blood on the ground, only to see it had somehow become a broken scarecrow.

’Clearly just a substitute.’

RUMBLE!

Suddenly, an earth-shattering roar echoed out as the unfinished building, as if unable to bear any more punishment, collapsed with a deafening crash amid billowing clouds of dust and debris.

The next second, Hu Qi’s figure appeared like a phantom on the rooftop of a tall building several hundred meters away.

He tilted his head back slightly, his eyes narrowing as he looked up.

There, hanging in the sky above the collapsed building, a White Bone Giant hundreds of meters tall had appeared.

The Giant was built entirely of ghastly white bones, each one radiating a chilling aura.

It was wreathed in eerie white flames, like Nether Fire from the Nine Netherworld Hell, giving off an endless, sinister gloom.

In its hand, the White Bone Giant clutched a thick White Bone Spear, with white flames coiling around it like fiery serpents.

As if sensing Hu Qi’s gaze, the White Bone Giant slowly turned.

Eyes of terrifying white fire burning within their sockets stared straight in Hu Qi’s direction.

Hu Qi’s gaze pierced through the White Bone Giant’s hollow eye sockets, where he could vaguely make out a figure standing within—none other than Li Chengguang.

He looked even more pathetic now, with several new scorched marks on his body.

His flesh was torn in multiple places, revealing the ghastly white of his bones beneath and giving him a tragic, battered air.

These shocking wounds were burns from Hu Qi’s Crimson Sun Flame Fire.

The moment he saw Hu Qi, Li Chengguang wasted no more words.

He directly commanded the White Bone Giant to raise its White Bone Spear high before swinging it down violently toward Hu Qi’s position.

The spear carried immense force, whistling through the air as if to pulverize everything in its path.

Unfortunately for him, Hu Qi was simply too fast.

A second before it struck, he had already reappeared somewhere else.

As attack after attack missed its mark, the surrounding buildings could not withstand the violent tremors and began to collapse one after another, filling the air with dust and leaving a field of rubble.

As Hu Qi repeatedly dodged his attacks, Li Chengguang’s brow furrowed ever deeper, and he found it increasingly difficult to suppress his frustration.

"If you’re a man, stop running and fight me head-on!"

Li Chengguang had only blurted this out in a fit of anger.

He didn’t actually expect his opponent to stop.

What he didn’t expect, however, was that Hu Qi actually stopped.

A savage smile spread across his lips.

"Excellent. That’s exactly what I was thinking."

After learning about this world’s Nightmare system, Hu Qi had been very disappointed.

’Whether it’s an ordinary Dream Master or a Dreamwalker, there’s not much difference to me.’

’Therefore, I yearn to witness a truly powerful Controller.’

’However, Dream Masters of that caliber, if they even exist, are exceedingly rare.’

’According to the data I’ve acquired, only the Sword Holder Headquarters has a few.’

’That’s one of the reasons I infiltrated the Sword Holder Headquarters and the Security Bureau to steal a Dream Eye.’

And the power Li Chengguang displayed had not disappointed him.

Not only could he survive several of his direct attacks, but he could also resist the searing heat of the Crimson Sun Flame Fire.

He wasn’t completely immune, but it was enough to pique a sliver of Hu Qi’s interest.

After all, the Crimson Sun Flame Fire was the bane of such dark powers.

Yet, the white flames on his opponent’s body could actually extinguish it.

After saying this, Hu Qi’s figure vanished on the spot.

Realizing this, Li Chengguang’s eyelid twitched. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart without warning.

However, no matter how hard he searched, he couldn’t find the slightest trace of his opponent.

At this realization, Li Chengguang’s expression turned ugly.

’This man is too strange,’ he thought. ’He’s inside my Dream Realm, yet not only can I not restrain him, I can’t even sense his presence now.’

VMMMM!

Just then, the surrounding space began to vibrate.

As the master of this Dream Realm, Li Chengguang instantly pinpointed the source of the disturbance.

He snapped his head up to look.

But when he saw what was there, his expression froze.