Are You from the Spirit Pagoda?

Huo Yuhao had already realized that he was in an illusion.

Therefore, the Gu Yue and Tang Wulin shown by this Nightmare Old Demon are naturally illusions within the illusion, and cannot possibly be real.

He wouldn't be led by the nose by such low-level tactics.

Furthermore, Devil Island is Shrek Academy's millennia-old military training ground, not the Holy Spirit Cult's torture chamber.

If the kind of sordid things the Nightmare Old Demon described really happened here, all the previous trainees who participated in the military training would have already gone wild.

Among them were many who later became elders or even the Pavilion Master the Sea God Pavilion Elder. If they had suffered such humiliation, would Devil Island have been able to exist peacefully to this day?

Therefore, Huo Yuhao could almost conclude that everything Nightmare Old Demon was doing at this moment was, to put it nicely, a test, and to put it bluntly, a scare tactic.

This is probably just one part of military training used to temper one's mind.

However, he didn't like this method at all.

Seeing that his methods seemed unable to control Huo Yuhao, Nightmare Old Demon's smile finally faded.

His face grew even darker, and his voice carried a blatant threat, as if he were giving Huo Yuhao an ultimatum.

"You really don't care? Then I'm going to take action."

"You'll regret it after I've done it."

Huo Yuhao finally frowned. Even though he knew that everything in front of him was fake, he still didn't want to see that scene appear before his eyes.

This has nothing to do with whether it's true or false; it's about the bottom line.

He raised his eyes, and the gaze he gave the Nightmare Old Demon was no longer as calm and indifferent as before, but rather had a cold and sharp edge.

He cut to the chase and said, "Senior, there's no need to scare me anymore. These are just illusions. I knew that from the beginning."

Upon hearing this, Nightmare's eyes flashed with barely concealed surprise. Her lips moved slightly, as if she wanted to say something but then swallowed it back.

He clearly wasn't going to admit that his methods had been seen through, but Huo Yuhao didn't give him a chance to argue.

"These petty tricks won't do me any good in terms of training," Huo Yuhao said calmly. "So, Senior, you should give up."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao no longer held back.

His Spirit Domain Realm Divine Power, comparable to that of Super Douluo, erupted without reservation at this moment.

The immense Divine Power transformed into a tangible gale, raging fiercely in all directions from his center.

The powerful mental storm roared and raged in this illusory space personally constructed by the Nightmare Old Demon, distorting and shattering everything in its path—the sky, the earth, the flowers and grass.

Like a mirror shattered by a heavy hammer, it crumbled into pieces.

Nightmare Old Demon's expression changed again, even more shocked than before.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but before his voice could even escape, the illusion he had created and controlled collapsed with a series of crisp cracking sounds, turning into countless tiny specks of light that vanished into nothingness.

As the illusion shattered, the Nightmare Old Demon reappeared in the valley outside.

His steps were unsteady, and a hint of disbelief lingered on his wrinkled old face.

Po Mie, standing to the side, had seen everything that had just happened in the illusion. He was also shocked, and his hand gripping the Purple-Black Cane tightened unconsciously.

Huo Yuhao then stood up from the grass, his movements unhurried. He first brushed the grass clippings off his clothes before raising his head and calmly looking at the two Old Demon opposite him.

Nightmare's aged face was suddenly stained with a mixture of emotions—embarrassment, shock, and resentment—which took turns playing out on his deeply lined face, ultimately settling into an expression of unbelievable horror.

He took a deep breath, raised his finger and pointed it at Huo Yuhao, his fingertip trembling slightly, his voice changing with shock. "Your Divine Power... has actually reached the Spirit Domain Realm?!"

Huo Yuhao dared to take such a risk because he had something to rely on; his Divine Power, which had already reached the Spirit Domain Realm, was his greatest source of confidence.

Even if he misjudged the situation and something unexpected happened, he still had the Demigod- level powerhouse Electrolux in his Spirit Sea to oversee things.

Therefore, his previous composure and toughness were not the result of youthful impulsiveness, but rather the calmness of someone who had already secured an invincible position.

Huo Yuhao glanced around, observing the Dreamscape of his other companions, and realized that his earlier assessment had indeed been correct.

He then turned his gaze back to the two Old Demon opposite him. "Such an illusion can indeed temper one's mind, but I do not agree with the method you used just now. Tempering one's mind does not mean trampling on one's bottom line."

Nightmare opened his mouth, realizing his Dream Entry Technique had been broken by a fourteen-year-old boy, and now he had no confidence to refute it.

Nightmare didn't say anything, but Po Mie stepped forward with a somber expression.

He slammed his cane heavily on the ground, making a dull thud, and a genuine chill crept onto his wrinkled old face. "Young man, your talent truly surpasses our expectations. Even after living for over a thousand years, I have to admit it."

"But remember this: you still have no right to be arrogant here. We don't care about your Shrek affiliation."

Huo Yuhao instinctively replied, "I don't care. After leaving Devil Island this time, I will officially leave the academy."

Po Mie was stunned by his words. He narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Kid, what do you mean by that? What do you mean by leaving the academy?"

Huo Yuhao met his gaze frankly and answered without hesitation, "It means exactly what it says. I am a member of the Spirit Pagoda."

Nightmare, who had been stunned for a while, suddenly leaned in, her voice rising several decibels. "You're from the Spirit Pagoda?!"

He had always thought Huo Yuhao was a peerless genius nurtured by the Shrek Academy with all its might, but this kid actually claimed to be from the Spirit Pagoda? Yun Ming actually agreed to Spirit Pagoda go to Devil Island for training?!

Huo Yuhao disdained to lie about such matters, and he briefly explained the whole story in a few words.

How did they defeat the Shrek Academy Team? How did Cai Yue'er, the dean of Shrek Outer Court, threaten them? And how did Shrek Academy finally compromise...?

After hearing these words, the expressions on the faces of Po Mie and Nightmare were incredibly varied.

After a long silence, Nightmare finally murmured, "How... how did the academy become like this?"

As one of the Shrek Seven Devils from 1,600 years ago, Nightmare Old Demon always had a flame of pride burning in his heart.

That was something etched into his bones when he fought alongside his companions in his youth, representing the academy in battles across the continent, something that had never faded even after a thousand years of trials and tribulations.

This made it impossible for him to accept Shrek's failure, and even more unacceptable to send the Spirit Pagoda members to Devil Island after the defeat!

Nightmare slowly turned her head, and when she looked at Huo Yuhao again, there was a hint of real coldness in her aged eyes.

He certainly wouldn't go so far as to kill someone to cover it up here, but he had already made up his mind to stop holding back.

Nightmare stared at Huo Yuhao, his voice dark and cold. "Boy from the Spirit Pagoda, today I'll show you the strength of Shrek."

"Even if you possess the Divine Power of the Spirit Domain Realm, you can forget about escaping my Dreamscape."

"Didn't you think those were just petty tricks? Well, this time I'll show you what a real Nightmare is."

As soon as he finished speaking, Nightmare didn't hesitate for a moment. He pushed off the ground with both feet and shot into the sky like an arrow.

His black clothes fluttered in the purplish-black light, and he looked down at Huo Yuhao from mid-air.

He had already made up his mind that he would drag this kid into the deepest Nightmare no matter what, and let him experience what true despair is.

He suddenly roared to the sky, and the purplish-black pillar of light that had shot into the sky from the center of the distant valley suddenly trembled violently. Then, a thick purplish-black beam of light shot down from the pillar and precisely entered Nightmare's body.

The moment the light entered his body, Nightmare's aura changed abruptly. The purplish-black light surrounding him was so intense that it almost solidified, and his figure seemed to grow taller.

Huo Yuhao's pupils contracted slightly. He could clearly feel that Nightmare's aura was rising at an alarming rate.

Originally, although his Divine Power was profound, it was roughly equivalent to the level of a level 95 Super Douluo, at most on par with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Domain Realm Divine Power.

However, with the injection of that purplish-black light, Nightmare's Divine Power exploded like a powder keg that had been lit, surging forward wildly and breaking through several levels in an instant, directly reaching the edge of the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm, and even showing signs of touching the next major realm.

The mental pressure was like a tangible mountain, crushing down from mid-air, making Huo Yuhao feel real pressure for the first time on this island.

Po Mie, below, stamped his feet in frustration, then looked up and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Nightmare, are you insane! This power cannot be summoned so casually!"

The Nightmare hovered in mid-air, its aged face appearing slightly younger under the infusion of the purplish-black power, but its expression also became increasingly ferocious.

He turned his head and roared in the direction of the Po Mie, "I'm not crazy! The Shrek academy descendants have disgraced themselves, and today I, a senior from over a thousand years ago, will help them get back what they lost!"

"This kid looks down on Shrek's methods, doesn't he? I'll teach him a lesson— Shrek's stuff isn't something anyone can just take for free!"

Upon Po Mie this, Po Mie opened his mouth, but ultimately swallowed the words that were about to come out, turning them into a silent sigh.

He says he had Nightmare and felt impulsive, but if he asked himself honestly, didn't he also want to do it?

For some, the glory of Shrek is more precious than Life God!