Chapter 32

“It’s much harder to break through from the iron ten-star to the bronze five-star level than from the iron four-star to the iron ten-star level. Did you extend the range of the dreams that you absorbed yesterday? What is the range of dreams that you can control now? How far can you currently extend your dreams?” Bai Ye asked.

“Just a few neighborhoods away,” the Lord of Eternal Nightmare said casually. “You humans are really a special kind of magical existence!” it exclaimed. “Except for humans, there are almost no other creatures so densely packed in an area who have such a large amount of dreams. Other powerful monsters have a strong sense of territory and are scattered in large areas, while monsters who are densely packed are very weak. Humans are the most suitable choice.”

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare tried to bewitch him. “If you were willing to allow me to absorb as many dreams as I want, I could break through to the gold level tomorrow and to the platinum level the day after tomorrow…”

“No, that day will never come. You will be discovered by the powerful people in the human race and get killed by them.” Bai Ye rolled his eyes. “They will surround us based on the location of the people who had a nightmare and deduce our approximate location. No matter how abnormal your talent is, you are only at the bronze level now. Don’t treat others like fools.”

“Well, I can absorb dreams from different areas. I can go to various areas in the city and absorb a small portion of dreams per area. I don’t believe I will be discovered,” the Lord of Eternal Nightmare said.

“Aren’t you tired? And is this really a more efficient method than the former? Clearly, you can become stronger while remaining hidden in the dark, yet you choose to be a busy bee.” Bai Ye was speechless. “Fine, you can do it if you don’t feel tired. As long as you don’t expose your identity, you can do this whichever way you like. Anyway, kids have their own ideas when they grow up. As a father, I can understand.”

Bai Ye sighed, looking sad.

“That’s crap! I am much older than your ancestors!” The Lord of Eternal Nightmare was furious.

It scraped something dusty from the corner of its eyes with a feather, threw it on the table, and then turned into dusty smoke and disappeared.

Bai Ye’s mouth twitched when he looked at the thing on the table. He could not tell if it was dust or a stone.

He took a piece of paper, wrapped it up, and threw it in the trash can.

Bai Ye could not see the Lord of Eternal Nightmare standing on the lightning rod on the roof, looking at the rows of buildings outside.

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare snorted.

A trace of a treacherous glimmer flashed in its eyes.

“This guy still makes a little sense. It’s really fun to get stronger in secret without others knowing. Anyway, other existences don’t know that I have been revived. There’s still a lot of time. Let’s wait. I’ll be back sooner or later.

“There is also that mirror. I can feel that it should have very terrifying skills and it is not inferior to me. However, why have I never heard of it… No, this kind of existence is bound to be very well-known, yet it seems silly and doesn’t have a high IQ. Perhaps its original abilities and its spirit intellect were affected during the revival?”

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare looked at the galaxy above it with an unfathomable expression in its eyes.

“If I get the mirror to help me, maybe the odds of winning this time will be much greater.”

There was a cunning expression on its face.

“Forget it, this is boring anyway. I’ll bully your bird first!”

A certain silly eagle would suffer a disaster soon.

That night, the Lord of Eternal Nightmare made use of the newly-improved Nightmare Space to put the silly eagle through harsh training. The Nightmare Space was now four times as fast as before.

This night was exceptionally long.

…

A few days later, Xiaodiao had experienced a complete turnover.

It had broken through to the iron eight-star level.

It had also mastered a new elementary general skill—Penetrating Strike.

It had only been more than two months since its incubation. Xiaodiao had made huge progress since its birth. It had broken through to the iron eight-star level now. It had indeed lived up to its endowment value.

Penetrating Strike was a general skill.

According to the bald crow, this skill was not limited to the poultry race. Certain special beast races could master the skill as well.

The only prerequisite was that their beaks had to reach a certain length.

It was impossible for humans, who had soft lips, to master the general skill of the Penetrating Strike.

Although the mouth was used to attack the enemy, there was a huge difference in the lethality of the move before and after one mastered the Penetrating Strike.

Bang!

In the Super Dimension Space, Xiaowei, which was light cyan and half a meter long, crashed into a pile of wood.

Sawdust scattered in the air.

Xiaodiao managed to penetrate the pile of wood, which was as thick as a bowl.

Xiaodiao’s curved beak was not as thick as the pile of wood. However, there was a special penetrating force when it attacked and penetrated the wood.

The powerful force passed all the way through the pile of wood.

There was a hole the size of a needle in the pile. Two cracks spread outward in both directions from the hole.

“Huh!” Xiaodiao turned and looked triumphantly at the Lord of Eternal Nightmare.

It seemed to be saying that it had mastered the skill.

“Useless fool. I learned this ability with a glance, but it took you three days to learn it,” the Lord of Eternal Nightmare sneered.

Both of them were birds, so they had no problem communicating with each other.

“Besides, the essence of mastering this skill is internalizing and using the skill in every attack. Any ordinary attack should incorporate the Penetrating Strike. This is the way to truly master this skill. As for you, you still have to gather energy to use this skill,” the Lord of Eternal Nightmare said.

Xiaodiao stared straight at the Lord of Eternal Nightmare.

It seemed to be saying that the Lord of Eternal Nightmare was spouting nonsense.

“The weak will only question things, while the strong will prove them.” The Lord of Eternal Nightmare turned into a gray mist and disappeared on the spot.

A moment later, it appeared right in front of Xiaodiao.

It pecked Xiaodiao fiercely with its beak and tore off a feather.

Xiaodiao was in pain. It opened its mouth to retaliate but missed.

The Lord of Eternal Nightmare appeared behind it and pecked at it again.

This time, it lost another feather.

Bah. The Lord of Eternal Nightmare spat out two feathers.

The feathers were covered in cracks.

“They told me to train you, so they certainly hope that I will train you until you become very powerful. In that case, I will be very harsh on you. Blame them if you want. This has nothing to do with me,” the Lord of Eternal Nightmare said quietly.

Xiaodiao looked up and charged toward the Lord of Eternal Nightmare.

Soon, it was knocked to the ground and was once again pecked by the opponent.

“General skills work on the physical body. This is, in fact, a physical skill. When a physical skill is practiced to the point of excellence, one can use it instinctively. Even though the Penetrating Strike is only an elementary skill, not everyone can understand it,” the Lord of Eternal Nightmare said lightly.

It seemed to be telling this to Xiaodiao. However, it was actually meant for someone who was secretly eavesdropping on them.

Bai Ye was shocked.

His consciousness left Xiaowei’s Super Dimension Space.

Initially, he’d wanted to observe Xiaodiao in secret and check on its training results. All this while, he had been secretly observing them. However, he seemed to have heard something extraordinary this time.

This information seemed to have been meant for him.

Bai Ye thought.

He had indeed searched through the Internet for the Penetrating Strike.

However, there had been no results.

He wondered if anyone knew about this skill or whether all news about this skill had been blocked.

This was obviously only an elementary skill. However, there was no information on the Internet.

He had searched the Internet and only found another elementary general skill called Strike.

It was a similar general skill that birds could master. However, the skill that the bald crow had mastered was different. It was the Penetrating Strike.

Perhaps there was an extra penetrating effect?

Besides, the price of the elementary skill called Strike was as high as 300,000 yuan online.

The elementary wind skill called Wind Blade only cost 50,000 yuan.

The learning conditions of general skills had nothing to do with attributes. They were related to one’s race.

As a result, the application of the skill was much wider. Could this be the reason general skills were so expensive?

School would start tomorrow. After going to school, he would find out from the teacher the enrollment requirements of the Revolving Starlight University so he could have a goal to work toward.