Light Horn Beast

Yao Xing's speed was noticeably slower than Linsey's and Wala Wala's.

So when she arrived at the Stone Fort entrance to the Hallucination Gate, what she saw were two men lying on the ground, one on each side.

The person on the left tilted their head and immediately lost consciousness.

The person on the right was snoring loudly, sleeping as peacefully as a child.

"Oh My God..."

"This is someone from the Art Association!"

Yao Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Perhaps the fact that the two people who made such a decisive choice in the face of the current crisis has caused something indescribable to surface in her mind.

These things are like plays that Yao Xing himself has acted in, and also like things that are sleeping in everyone's hearts.

Emotions drive the soul, and the soul drives the body.

Yao Xing took a deep breath and stepped into the Stone Fort.

The fortress is made entirely of white rock, which is solid and has been further reinforced by artists.

It is almost impossible to break through this defense by brute force.

The Yao Xing pierced through the thick rock barrier, their roars and howls growing ever clearer.

Before long, the girl's eyes lit up.

The main hall in front is the entrance to the Hallucination Dream.

But now, a colossal beast emerges from the Hallucination Dream that was once only accessible to humans.

"This is... a creature from Hallucination Dream?"

Yao Xing's movements faltered.

The monster was so huge that its upper body was stuck at the entrance to the Hallucination Dream.

The upper body exposed in this world has four pairs of colorful bone horns on its head, which shimmer with a strange luster.

At this very moment, Linsey is locked in combat with this giant beast.

He held a thin, brownish-red wooden branch in his hand.

The seemingly ordinary piece of wood would cause the giant beast to let out a painful howl each time it struck it, as if it had been struck by a divine weapon.

Only a few seconds passed.

The walls inside the Stone Fort were covered with scratches left by the giant beast's claws.

Whenever the giant beast attacked Linsey and made a significant movement, Wala Wala would conjure a band of light out of thin air, fixing its limbs to the surrounding area and gradually suppressing its range of motion.

"..."

Linsey and Wala Wala's attacks came one after another.

Despite their seemingly flawless cooperation, a single mistake could result in them being struck by the behemoth's attack.

Danger lurks on the battlefield at every moment.

At that moment, Yao Xing saw Linsey suddenly throw out three strange spheres, which landed on the monster.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Explosions rang out one after another.

The intense heat of the flames instantly engulfed the battlefield.

A few seconds later, the flames gradually dissipated, and visibility returned to normal.

Linsey had already stepped on the giant beast's head, his spear piercing the beast's skull before he pulled it out, blood splattering everywhere.

The surrounding air seemed to settle down as well.

"..."

Yao Xing was stunned for a moment.

She even forgot where she was, and had the illusion that she was on a stage.

A real-life life-or-death battle, a scene of slaying a giant beast.

It gave the actor a completely different feeling than when performing.

"..."

"Linsey?"

"No problem, this guy is completely dead."

After killing the strange creature, Linsey and Wala Wala exchanged a glance.

Linsey then jumped off the monster's head and used her skill to check its attributes.

[Light Wing Beast Larva - Light Horn Beast]

[Multiple Metamorphic Beasts - Cub ~ Ferocious Beast ~ Sacred Beast]

[Weight 150kg~???]

[Size 3~??? rice]

[Speed 15~??? meters/second]

[A creature that undergoes multiple metamorphic developments throughout its life, with an extremely strong affinity for light!]

[A special creature from another world. Each evolution brings about abnormally drastic changes to its body; the Light Horn Beast craves vast spaces and intense sunlight; after devouring its prey, the Light Horn Beast can absorb and understand its memories.]

Weakness: Dark environments

Hunting advice: enclosed spaces

"..."

"Young beast~ Ferocious Beast ~ Sacred Beast?"

Linsey raised an eyebrow slightly.

The world created by the artists of the Eighth Stage is indeed extraordinary.

Even the descriptions of strength levels have been changed to some unknown strength system.

However, Linsey didn't have time to delve into such details at the moment.

He quickly collected the Prey Material from the Light Horn Beast, and his gaze immediately shifted to the distorted light screen behind him.

[The spacetime distortion connection point—forcibly expanded by an external object, is in an unstable state, and its influence area is expanding.]

"Is it because of this?"

The culprit has been identified.

Linsey switched her weapon to Vine Wood Whip.

He extended the weapon's length to a maximum of 5 meters and locked the Law Steel Sword's cutting power in the Equipment Slot.

Snap! The whip Sky Piercer.

The corpse of the Light Horn Beast, already powerless to resist, was instantly severed by the long whip.

Its upper body rolled over with the terrain, falling flat on its face inside the Stone Fort, while its lower body, losing support, slowly slid down toward the entrance to the Hallucination Dream behind it.

"..."

"Hey, what is this?"

With her keen observation as a painter, Wala Wala suddenly noticed something amiss.

On the severed corpse of the behemoth, she saw a striking glimmer of color. Just as it was about to completely slip into the Hallucination Dream, the girl rushed forward and grabbed the color.

Swipe—

A corpse that barely resembled a human was dragged out with Wala Wala.

After being devoured by the Light Horn Beast, the corpse's dissolution process was completely different from normal digestion. The corpse's skin and muscles exhibited a rainbow-colored transformation, as if it were transforming from organic flesh into some kind of translucent crystal.

"Linsey?"

Wala Wala looked at Linsey, who immediately began to examine her.

[A half-digested corpse—a human corpse devoured by Light Horn Beast and whose memories were read.]

"..."

Linsey pointed to the corpse in front of her and explained to Wala Wala:

"This thing can absorb the prey it devours and transform and understand the memories of the other party."

Wala Wala immediately understood:

"So it devoured this human in the Hallucination Dream. After reading the human's memories, it wanted to rush into the vast universe where the Seven Seas Alliance is located?"

Linsey nodded slightly:

Has anything similar happened before?

Wala Wala's expression was subtle, clearly indicating a different thought, "Hallucination Dream, a created world, from which life is born..."

The girl realized Linsey's question and quickly replied:

"This rarely happens before, but it does happen."

"Moreover, people who go missing in Hallucination Dream are generally presumed dead."

Linsey lowered her head in thought.

Someone entered the Hallucination Dream —was accidentally devoured by Light Horn Beast — the Light Horn Beast stole their memories—and attempted to break into this world—ultimately causing everything that is before us.

"Is it really that simple?"

Linsey had a strange feeling that something was off about the whole thing.

But just then, through the only passage inside the Stone Fort, a commotion came from outside.

"Don't let anyone escape!"

"Be careful, the influence of the Hallucination Dream is shrinking, the prisoner may be preparing to escape!"

"Be careful, everyone!"

Linsey heard the sound and turned her head to look.

Sure enough, a group of the Art Association in Blue Robe rushed in and ran right into Linsey and her two companions.