At the center of Nightmare Island, purple-black mist spread through the air. The lantern originally carried by Raging Shark fell to the ground, and its faint candlelight illuminated the Candle Woman, allowing her to fully descend here. An outsider existence of the Void like this was almost impossible to destroy, especially within the Domain of Ghosts or a nightmare.
No one knew how far the Nightmare Lord had retreated, but it made no difference. This nightmare domain had indeed been under his control moments ago, but after the Candle Woman descended, it became a prison. No living thing could escape.
Su Xiao glanced at the Holy Candle in his hand and the five-meter-wide Shelter surrounding him. Under the pale golden candlelight, it formed a hemispherical barrier that sheltered every living thing inside.
Why had Su Xiao come here voluntarily, knowing that Nightmare Island was the Nightmare Lord's lair? To enter the enemy's lair and challenge an enemy at the peak of his power? Of course he would never do something like that.
From the very beginning—from the moment he chose Raging Shark as his navigator—Su Xiao had never considered fighting the Nightmare Lord head-on. This was different from fighting the Old Knight or the God of Immortality. Even if he won a deathmatch against an enemy like the Nightmare Lord through sheer strength, it would bring him no improvement.
Conversely, fighting powerful beings like the Old Knight and the God of Immortality to the death and winning could make Su Xiao stronger from the inside out. A swordsmanship master could not be piled up through resources alone. It was forged through one death battle after another against powerful foes.
Compared with spending time and effort scheming against the Nightmare Lord and ultimately tricking him into Skull Island on the edge