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Chu Tianqiu staggered again in the tremendous noise, but he knew he absolutely couldn’t stop.
Perhaps throughout all these years, he was the only “Participant” who could stand on this platform—
Heavenly-Dragon was right before him!
He took out the “Dream Entry” from his pocket, crushed it fiercely in his mouth, and his entire consciousness approached a dazed state at this moment.
He had never tried swallowing so many eyeballs at once. Time itself seemed to slow down by a second at this moment.
It felt like something had already activated.
Then he mobilized all his attention to keep himself rational, extending his right hand toward Heavenly-Dragon. But the room began to shake crazily once more.
The distance between them was always just one palm’s width apart. The final step after seventy years was more difficult than any other step.
“For the sake of me never having done anything bad in my life…” Chu Tianqiu said through gritted teeth, “can you let my life go smoothly just once…”
Heavenly-Dragon’s brows were tightly furrowed, his form constantly swaying, as if he was about to open his eyes at any moment.
In the tremendous shaking, that palm’s distance was finally bridged.
Chu Tianqiu lightly touched Heavenly-Dragon’s fingertips.
What a thrilling and long step that was!
As an ordinary person, he had touched the supreme “god” of this place.
Chu Tianqiu instinctively raised his head. All the plans had already gotten on track. As long as he immediately—
Before he could finish thinking through the countermeasures, he discovered that time had stopped.
Heavenly-Dragon’s brows relaxed slightly at this moment. The room stopped shaking. Even the three people fighting behind him became still.
All sounds vanished abruptly at this moment. Chu Tianqiu looked back and found that the three were now frozen in place as if paused.
This is…?
“Chu Tianqiu.”
A voice sounded not far from Chu Tianqiu’s side, making his whole body tremble slightly.
He turned his head to look—it was Qi Xia.
He hadn’t lied. He was indeed waiting for him here.
“Qi Xia… what exactly are you…”
“Eating so many eyeballs can indeed trigger the most insane ‘Dream Entry,'” Qi Xia said while covering the wounds on his body. “Chu Tianqiu, the ‘dreamscape’ is about to begin. There’s not much time. Listen to me. Leave everything that comes next to me. You just need to maintain the stability of ‘Dream Entry.’ Now help me remove Qinglong in front of us from the dreamscape…”
“What…?” Chu Tianqiu was stunned. “What do you mean… you’re planning to do this yourself? Do you know who you’re about to face?”
“It doesn’t matter… this is a ‘dream’…” Qi Xia also murmured. “This is a world dominated by the subconscious. I will make Heavenly-Dragon think I am Qinglong.”
“You…” Chu Tianqiu paused. “You mean using ‘psychological suggestion’…”
He felt the difficulty of this matter was considerable.
“This requires very high standards for suggestion rhythm and timing. I’m probably the only one who can do it,” Qi Xia said, grabbing Chu Tianqiu’s arm. “Leave the hardest part to me. Go hide quickly.”
“Qi Xia…” Chu Tianqiu looked at him with some concern. “Isn’t our goal to create a crack in Heavenly-Dragon’s dreamscape?”
“That’s right,” Qi Xia said. “I’m not only going to create a crack, I’m going to directly shatter his dreamscape. Finally, I will protect you and escape.”
“What about yourself?” Chu Tianqiu asked.
“I… don’t talk about this. Time is too tight. Prepare for action!”
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Qiao Jiajin and Zhang Shan saw that the moment Chu Tianqiu touched Heavenly-Dragon, he closed his eyes. The expression on Heavenly-Dragon beside him had also relaxed, as if entering an even deeper level of sleep.
“Success…” Zhang Shan said while wiping the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth. “Chu Tianqiu… that’s great…”
“Tianqiu…” Qiao Jiajin lay on the ground, covering his chest with difficulty.
But at this moment, Qinglong became enraged once again. He even completely stopped using “Tian Xing Jian,” instead erupting with the strongest “Soul Snatcher.”
He was determined to completely take Chu Tianqiu away from Heavenly-Dragon’s side.
Zhang Shan and Qiao Jiajin instantly felt their hands and feet bound. Even Chu Tianqiu, who was sleeping in the distance, slowly furrowed his brows. He felt a force pulling him backward.
“Big guy…” Qiao Jiajin said through gritted teeth while lying on the ground. “I’ve got that bastard Qinglong under control… come over here and kick him…”
“Damn…” Zhang Shan also said through gritted teeth. “You were clearly beaten to the ground by him… can you see the situation clearly…”
Both of them couldn’t move at all. Even though they had tremendous strength, they couldn’t use it at all.
Who could possibly help now?
Anyone who had heard Qinglong’s voice would be controlled by “Soul Snatcher.” No matter who came to this room, they couldn’t change the battle situation. A sense of despair began to envelop both their hearts.
But as if destined by fate.
Who said Qinglong’s opponents were only three “Tian Xing Jian”?
Just as Qinglong was frantically using “Soul Snatcher,” just as the three of them couldn’t move at all—
The “deaf Tian Xing Jian” appeared.
The saying goes: a warrior dies for those who understand him.
A “character” flew out from Qiao Jiajin’s pocket at this moment.
Like the strongest dart, it burst forth with infinite power, charging toward Qinglong’s body without hesitation.
Because Qinglong had completely abandoned “Tian Xing Jian,” his body was exceptionally vulnerable. That character 士 seemed to have awakened some memory, spinning upward toward his heart.
Qinglong hadn’t expected this turn of events at all. He had no time to dodge. In an instant, he was struck in the chest by tremendous force.
He stared blankly with wide eyes, looking down at the bloody hole in his chest. Before he could curse “ant” even once, the “character” had already embedded itself deeply inside his body.
Qiao Jiajin and Zhang Shan instantly regained their movement. The two used their last bit of strength, stood up through gritted teeth, and while Qinglong couldn’t move, their missile-like fists began to madly pound toward his body.
Tremendous sounds erupted. Qinglong’s internal organs suffered repeated heavy injuries in a short time.
He kept retreating, no longer able to withstand this fierce assault.
“Big guy!” Qiao Jiajin shouted loudly, running toward Zhang Shan. Then he jumped up on the spot and executed a flying knee toward Zhang Shan.
Zhang Shan understood. He immediately stepped forward and caught Qiao Jiajin from the air, using borrowed force. He grabbed Qiao Jiajin’s body and spun several circles in the air, then threw Qiao Jiajin toward Qinglong like launching a nuclear bomb.
Qinglong had just come to his senses and forcefully opened his eyes, only to see a knee like steel flying toward him, crashing into his face with incomparably tremendous force.
This time he had no way to resist their attack. His entire waist almost bent backward ninety degrees, and fresh blood from his mouth traced an arc.
Finally, Qinglong slowly fell to the ground.
His powerful physique kept him alive, but blood kept flowing from his mouth.
Qiao Jiajin steadied his breathing and slowly walked to Qinglong’s side.
Incredulously, he reached out and pulled that “character” from his chest.
The “character” was now crooked and completely shattered. It no longer moved, just like ordinary metal fragments.
“Damn…” Zhang Shan also looked at him in shock. “You’re really all-talented, kid. You even kept this hidden weapon?”
“Uh… this…” Qiao Jiajin naturally didn’t know how to answer either. He had only taken a souvenir from the “Cangjie Chess,” so how did it become such a powerful hidden weapon?
The two stood together while enduring their injuries, finding that Qinglong had completely lost his combat ability and was only continuously spitting blood on the ground.
But they didn’t dare to kill Qinglong at this moment either. After all, Chu Tianqiu was still in “Dream Entry,” so what was the situation now?
There was neither Qi Xia nor Chu Tianqiu in the room. The two had momentarily become two huge headless flies.