With Niuniu's guidance, Chen Lin finally understood the reason.
When he had entered that Lake Scene before, he had already sensed that his projection could remain there longer.
At the time, however, he had thought it was because his cultivation had advanced to the Late Golden Core Realm. He had never expected it to be caused by the mutation of his soul.
At this thought, he immediately activated the Soul-Destroying Finger secret art, slowly forcing its energy out through his fingertip.
Faint silver motes gleamed within the energy. Although it was still suppressed by nightmare qi, its power was far greater than when he had previously tested the ordinary Soul-Destroying Finger.
Next, he tested the divine sense secret arts he had mastered. Sure enough, the suppression had weakened considerably. He had not had time to test them in the Lake Scene earlier, so he had failed to notice this change.
After two more tests confirmed it beyond doubt, delight shone in Chen Lin's eyes.
Although he had been able to use these secret arts before, their power had been almost nonexistent, nothing like what it was now.
This meant he was no longer completely helpless in the Nightmare Realm. If he encountered danger, he now had a means of protecting himself.
The divine sense secret arts were nothing special, since they had never been particularly powerful. But being able to unleash a lethal move like the Soul-Destroying Finger meant he could fight most Nightmare Realm creatures. This was enormously significant for his exploration of the Nightmare Realm.
Once his excitement subsided, he remembered something else and took out the little shrimp.
"Niuniu, do you recognize this kind of shrimp? A few days ago, I visited a Nightmare Realm scenario with a lake and caught it there."
With that, he also