The souls of the ghosts imprisoned within Gui Zhong were completely released by Zhang Chen.
Tens of thousands of souls were currently clawing and biting at the nightmare's edge with their hands and mouths. The immense number of souls, coupled with Gui Zhong's weakened state, caused the nightmare to begin collapsing.
"Where is this?"
Yet in Zhang Chen's eyes, beyond the shattered edge of the nightmare was not his Ghoul Stomach World, but another shallow layer of the Dreamscape. Only by tearing apart this shallow Dreamscape could they truly escape.
Just as the multitude of souls prepared to continue tearing through the shallow Dreamscape, strands condensed from Ghost aura bound them.
Within Zhang Chen's field of vision, Gui Zhong exerted immense effort in the collapsing shallow Dreamscape to pull all the spirits back into his body and stabilize his nightmare state. However, such a state could not last long. The spirits within him were violently agitated, desperately trying to leave Gui Zhong's weakened body.
"Mock me all you want, but I, Gui Zhong, do not wish to taste defeat. If this duel had been one-on-one, Zhang Chen, you would have lost to me. But this woman had to interfere!"
Gui Zhong, beneath the shallow Dreamscape, tightly grasped a woman in red within his clawed hand.
Tomie's body was covered in clearly visible wounds, and her Blood Qi was extremely weak. Earlier, while entering Zhang Chen's body to stimulate his blood energy, she had been affected by the nightmare power rooted within him. She had entered the shallow Dreamscape and been discovered by Gui Zhong.
"Do you want to die?"
Seeing Gui Zhong using Tomie to threaten him, Zhang Chen's Blood Qi surged. The Blood Ghost Robe covering his body gave off an even stronger stench of blood, while the activity