Nightmare Specter

"What is a Nightmare Specter?" It was Gu Ding's first time hearing the term, and he looked curiously toward Sea Emperor.

Bigge and Miko had evidently never heard of such a thing either, and they also turned to Sea Emperor.

"Depending on their cultivation attributes, living beings take different forms after death," Sea Emperor explained unhurriedly. "For example, Body Refinement Cultivators usually become Corpse Demons. Those whose bodies were not strong enough may become skeletons. Soul cultivators, after their bodies are destroyed and they perish, usually turn into spirit bodies. For instance, vengeful spirits born from resentment, Fiend Devils born from Fiend Qi, or ordinary ghosts. Nightmare Specters are also a type of spirit body. However, they are special spirit bodies formed when powerful illusionists die and their illusions fuse with their spirit bodies."

"Nightmare Specters generally retain some of their illusion abilities from when they were alive. Moreover, after becoming Nightmare Specters, they develop certain special abilities due to the fusion. That ability from earlier was one of them—the ability to alternate between physical form and illusion."

Sea Emperor's explanation was detailed, giving Gu Ding and the others a basic understanding of Nightmare Specters.

"What should we do now?" Bigge was somewhat at a loss against this kind of opponent.

"It is indeed troublesome. Not only does this Nightmare Specter possess the ability to shift between real and illusory forms, making it difficult for our attacks to inflict effective damage, but the illusion he creates can also trap us without us noticing. Once we become deeply trapped, we will be unable to distinguish reality from illusion." Sea Emperor was desperately thinking of a solution as well.

"Our greatest mistake was stepping into the illusion he set up ourselves... His soul strength is far greater than ours. We have no