“But you’ve overestimated ‘mortals.'”

Heavenly-Dragon said, “You said before that as long as ‘mortals’ unite as one, they can resist the ‘gods,’ but the reality is that the people here will never be able to unite. As I’ve said, mortals are weak and selfish. They will never be willing to become the first corpse to shatter against the mountain. This means that even though they number in the tens of thousands and possess ‘immortal arts,’ they will never dare to rebel against me.”

“But what about now?” Qi Xia asked.

“Now?”

“Look.” Qi Xia extended his hand and pointed at the countless white bones standing throughout the city. “With ‘Endless Life’ backing them, they can crash into that mountain as much as they want.”

“But you know this yourself, Baiyang.” Heavenly-Dragon smiled and retorted, “These are all just surface phenomena. The reason those ‘things’ trust you so much is because they’re not human at all. From afar, they look like living people crashing into the mountain, but in reality, they have no thoughts, no consciousness, and not even a face capable of bearing emotions. What difference is there between them and the flesh and blood you casually created to attack me?”

“Flesh and blood…?” Qi Xia slowly smiled. “No, they’re not flesh and blood—they’re all residents who live here.”

“Absurd. If you replaced them with actual living people, do you think they would still be so united?”

Heavenly-Dragon slowly lowered his head and looked at the numerous corpses that had shattered against the giant mountain before falling onto the streets.

“They would be.” Qi Xia answered, “Because whether it’s within my dream or in the ‘Land of the End,’ all these people charging forward one after another share one thing in common.”

“Oh?” Heavenly-Dragon’s lips moved. “I’m all ears.”

“Their leader is me.” Qi Xia said, “I will use ‘Endless Life’ to lead everyone forward together, until you are completely killed.”

“‘Endless Life’…”

Heavenly-Dragon said nothing more and raised his head to look at the sky obscured by the mountain peak.

The mountain peak had indeed stopped, and those faceless people merely raised both hands without any additional movements.

At this moment, Heavenly-Dragon also began to hesitate.

He had already used his belief to maintain a powerful “Enter Dream,” and now he was maintaining an almost all-out “Original Object”—did he really need to use another portion of belief… to activate full-power “Dissociation” and “Crafted Object”?

Although the possibility of killing Baiyang would greatly increase, his strength was already limited in the other party’s dream. If he revealed all his trump cards… then his own “awakening” would be affected.

If he didn’t wake up on the tenth day… the situation would be far more difficult than it was now.

But even so, a person who could only use “Endless Life” could actually neutralize his “Original Object”—this far exceeded his expectations.

If this mountain didn’t appear in the other party’s dream but instead appeared in the real “Peach Blossom Spring,” even if all the “Participants” worked together right now to unleash their “immortal arts,” stopping this mountain would be no easy task.

“Baiyang… I seem to have discovered something interesting.” Heavenly-Dragon grinned again. “Everyone knows you’re very clever—why don’t you help me solve this puzzle?”

“No problem.” Qi Xia answered, “What exactly has you stumped?”

After hearing this, Heavenly-Dragon casually raised his hand upward. In his empty hand appeared a piece of iron ore, which was sculpted by the wind in mid-air and had already transformed into a crude long spear by the time it fell.

He caught the long spear, then carelessly threw it in Qi Xia’s direction.

The sound of breaking wind instantly exploded, as if a bullet had been fired.

Qi Xia placed both hands in front of his body to block. Much flesh and blood began to grow wildly on his forearms. Before the long spear arrived, a living creature had already appeared before his eyes.

It was a shield of flesh and bone, on which there was even a pair of terrified eyes and a trembling mouth.

Splash!

The long spear pierced into the shield, and the mouth on the shield continuously let out beast-like screams.

“You seem to lack any ‘offensive’ methods.” Seeing this, Heavenly-Dragon smiled. “Although you appear to have considerable combat experience… the techniques you use are nothing but defense and restraint… am I right?”

Hearing this, Qi Xia’s expression turned slightly cold, and he tossed the “shield” in his hand aside.

“You have absolutely no way to kill me.” Heavenly-Dragon said, “Even if we fight here all night, you’ll only think of every possible way to defend against my attacks, am I right?”

“What are you trying to say?” Qi Xia replied.

“You’re even more afraid of failure than I am.” Heavenly-Dragon laughed loudly. “Baiyang, oh Baiyang… you’re very clear about how fragile your body is. As long as I accidentally touch you, not only will you instantly suffer severe injuries, but even your ‘belief’ will waver. So even though you’ve simulated this scenario before… you’ve only thought of countless defensive methods.”

“Perhaps you’re right.” Qi Xia said candidly, “Or perhaps my ‘Endless Life’ isn’t strong enough yet.”

“What a shame…” Heavenly-Dragon slowly lowered his head. “I naturally know you still need tempering… I originally prepared an excellent tempering opportunity, but someone disrupted my plans.”

“An excellent tempering opportunity…” Qi Xia’s brow furrowed, and he instantly thought of something. “You mean those continuous ‘Heaven-level Moments’?”

“Of course.” Heavenly-Dragon said, “I had already made arrangements… Tonight the entire ‘Peach Blossom Spring’ would be devastated, and that would be your opportunity to shine. As long as you experienced a few more rounds of tempering, I could take you—completely mad—to the ‘New World’… But now, someone interfered and blocked the setup I made.”

“Oh?” Qi Xia pretended not to understand. “Who exactly is so blind?”

“Who else could it be besides Qinglong?” Heavenly-Dragon said casually, “He actually woke up all the ‘Heaven-levels,’ afraid I would enter anyone’s dreams… And now the You Hour and Shen Hour have long passed, yet I can still enter the dreams of a large number of ‘Participants,’ which means Heavenly-Rooster and Heavenly-Monkey haven’t moved either… He made such a big commotion, but didn’t know I directly contacted you.”

“But the cost is that a ‘Heaven-level’ died, right?” Qi Xia said, “That person did everything possible to work for you, but ended up dead.”

“What does that have to do with me…?” Heavenly-Dragon smiled. “Look at how weak you are now, Baiyang… Even though tonight’s ‘Heaven-level Moment’ was blocked, you still received tempering. Isn’t that wonderful news? Don’t you want to think about how to thank me?”

Qi Xia naturally knew this wasn’t good news. His “Endless Life” must not be wasted in such boring places—otherwise the side effects it brought would make him go completely insane, and he might actually agree to Heavenly-Dragon’s request.

“Heavenly-Dragon, at this point I might as well tell you the truth.” Qi Xia said, “I indeed have no way to kill you, but you also can’t possibly kill me. If we continue to wear each other down like this… you can imagine whose situation is more dangerous between the two of us.”

“Oh?”

“Someone outside is coming to get me.” Qi Xia said with a confident expression. “As for you… is there anyone coming to get you?”