A Backup Plan

Chen Lin's face was pale.

The moment he entered the Node, before he could even survey his surroundings, a tremendous suction seized him and nearly dragged him back out.

But when he brought out Grass and prepared to summon Hua Ruyu, the suction vanished. The ripples at the Node disappeared with it.

Seeing this, he held off on summoning Hua Ruyu. Instead, he hurried away from the Node, surveying his surroundings as he moved farther off.

As long as he was not dragged back to the Reality Realm, he had no need to worry.

The rules of the Nightmare Realm were powerful. Even a Dao Integration Realm expert would be suppressed here. With Grass beside him, he could hold out for a while, and with Hua Ruyu as well, he could escape even if he could not win. Any outcome was far better than staying outside.

After walking for a while, he saw no movement at the Node and relaxed a little, turning his attention to his surroundings.

His first impression was that the Nightmare Qi here was extraordinarily dense!

Even in the Blood Handkerchief and Pig-Headed Monster Scenarios, the Nightmare Qi was less than a tenth as dense.

It was not merely dense; its purity was astonishing.

Chen Lin had never felt Nightmare Qi this pure. By the standards used to grade Spiritual Veins in the Immortal Cultivation World, everything he had encountered before was low-grade, while this place was mid-grade.

As a result, its corrosive power was immense. Even his Mid Spirit Transformation Cultivation could not withstand it; signs of Nightmare Transformation appeared within a few breaths.

Fortunately, although the Thunder God Sword had exhausted its Thunder Power, its Innate Power remained and could fend off the intrusion.

Chen Lin took out the Xianji Stone and tried it,