This Dream Had Gone On Too Long

The consequences of forcibly escaping were quite severe. Even the Insect King felt extremely weak at this moment, as if it were about to return to its egg state.

It had no choice but to get out; it had just seen the three fat guys reach down to their lower backs and pull out a jar-shaped object filled with filth.

If it had pulled the wire any later, those things would probably have been plastered all over its face. Although it's a parasite, it really hates filth!

"Everyone else seems to have such strong and beautiful hearts, how come this blond human's heart is so filthy!"

If the police could be called, the Insect King would probably call them without hesitation to arrest Leon. A guy whose heart is filled with fat guys and Dung Pie is definitely not a good person. He must be thoroughly investigated!

It now completely dares not try to take over other people's bodies anymore. It only managed to take over three, but it seems that all three of them are protected by some powerful being. What kind of world is this?!

Both Artorias and Gwyndolin gave the Insect King a feeling that was enough to make him tremble. When was the last time he had felt this way?

It was in that distant era, when I was still a carefree, happy little insect perched on a tree, gnawing on leaves, that I witnessed the legendary deity manifest himself.

That kind of majesty that is unprecedented in history!

Damn it, could those three people just now all be "chosen by the gods"? Am I that lucky?

Wait a minute, I randomly picked three people and their inner thoughts were all surprisingly outrageous. So what about the rest?

The Insect King looked at Luo Jieer, who was riding Curse Frog at breakneck speed, glanced at the elves whose names he did not know, and the Farron Guard occasionally jumped over the cave entrance.

In that instant, it seemed to be hallucinating, feeling as if a powerful being was standing behind each person, and each of them struck a powerful pose like a Stand user.

"God, those favored by God are already everywhere?"

A sense of bewilderment, as if abandoned by the rapidly developing era, appeared in the eyes of the Insect King.

Although it knew that the world would inevitably change after so many years, but...

Isn't this change a bit too big and too much?

The wheels of progress rolled over it? Bullshit! It was clearly a high-speed train that ran over it and then transformed into a Transformer to deliver an Erdtree- like shockwave to it!

The Insect King's outdated and corrupt worldview was greatly impacted.

It was in a state of temporary mental exhaustion, but its opponent was not so Wu De as to wait for it to recover its strength before continuing the fight.

In other words, in the rules of the Zane Dungeon, striking while the enemy is weak and killing him is the greatest and best Wu De!

Then, Leon's passionate shouts rang out, as if the protagonist of a shonen anime was organizing everyone to unleash a combined attack.

"Let's go! This is our Blood-Boiling Combination Skill!"

He held two swords and lowered his body, Si Telan, holding a bunch of crossbows, was leaping back and forth in a mysterious archer ritual.

The Insect King was so angry that he let out You Fei's voice and cursed:

"You have no Wu De!"

"Wu De? Talk to my Swift Slash instead!"

The Swift Slash sword energy suddenly erupted in the underground space, and Zuo Gong's beautiful bowstring was plucked once again.

The two collided with the Insect King simultaneously, one after the other. Although they only shattered some of its exoskeleton, the Insect King's movements froze for a brief moment.

That's right, Swift Slash and Left Bow's role in this round of the battle was to hold the enemy back, and they did an excellent job!

Aside from the Ring of Life, none of Sion's unconventional weapons are better suited for harassment than these two.

The higher the level of power in a battle, the more fatal the consequences of exposing a weakness. In the instant when the Insect King was completely defenseless, mutated plants suddenly exploded from the ground, using their soaring momentum to lift Da Er up.

Da Er is now bleeding from all seven orifices and his face is covered in blood due to excessive monkey-like performances. It seems like he could die suddenly at any time. But he can actually withstand these many amplifications that would kill him on a normal day. What's going on? His strength doesn't seem to have increased much recently.

Oh right, I did undergo blood therapy. Could it be that the blood therapy improved my physical condition, allowing me to withstand more beneficial effects?

First came Wolf's Blood, then blood healing; things related to blood in the Zane Dungeon are incredibly precious, but they are also genuinely dangerous.

Putting aside the reasons behind the scenes for now, because the blood healing slightly improved his physical condition, Da Er reached an unprecedented level—at this moment, he was carrying a full twenty buffs!

The Golden Oath, the Golden Vow, the Flame Grants Me Power, Inner Potential, the Wolf Blood, the Wolf Ring, and a whole bunch of miscellaneous potions, elixirs, and magic scrolls.

Although it felt like my internal organs were being violently churned by the hands of God, it was incredibly painful.

But at this moment, all Da Er wanted to do was shout "Awesome!" The word turned into a loud wolf howl!

"Awoo!"

Yes, it's still the same old flavor. His wolf howl still doesn't sound like a wolf; instead, it sounds more like some domesticated relative of the wolf.

As he looked up and howled excitedly, his hands did not slow down at all; he unleashed Wolf Leap of unprecedented intensity.

At this level, the moves have no skill required, they are all just beautiful numbers!

Is this the view you're seeing, Professor Jia Paer?

Filled with emotion, he unleashed a powerful, unreserved sword strike, slamming it heavily onto the Insect King's shoulder, whose exoskeleton was so thick it resembled that of an ultimate Warrior.

Such a powerful and heavy blow should at least shatter the exoskeleton and make the insect king bleed, if not seriously injure it.

The next instant, the Farron Greatsword felt as if it encountered some resistance, but with a little effort, the blade sliced through the resistance, as if it were swimming inside flesh and blood, before suddenly striking the air.

Did they cut through everything?

No, it hit!

Leon raised his fist, Si Telan covered her mouth, and Luo Jieer picked up his binoculars.

Da Er showed an expression of surprise but also a sense of expectation, because he saw a line of blood appear on the Insect King's body.

A line of blood running diagonally from the shoulder to the side of the waist!

"Eat up!"

The Insect King let out a strange, fishy cry.

The bloodline running diagonally across his body suddenly burst open, spraying out countless viscous blood and other liquids mixed with fragments of exoskeleton and flesh.

With a "splat", the Insect King split in two, its lower body still standing, but its upper body had fallen to the ground.

It's just like the strongest modern one.

"Yay!" Si Telan cheered, raising her hand like a little girl. Her quiet and gentle demeanor had long been washed away in the battle, and she had turned back into that somewhat fierce adventurer!

Leon also showed a relieved smile, his brilliant golden hair turning into a gentle warm tone. The battle was finally won, who wouldn't be happy?

However, he still had some doubts.

Normally, the Insect King shouldn't be this weak; it's impossible for them to defeat it so quickly.

However, after the opponent fired three Light Bullets in succession with its mouth, it suddenly became extremely weak, and even had a lot of wounds on its body surface, which gave Da Er a chance to kill it with one blow. So what exactly caused the Insect King to become weak?

Leon was completely baffled, his eyes filled with doubt that lingered for a long time. When he saw Da Er's expression, the doubt in his eyes deepened even more.

The reason he asked was that he saw Da Er covering his cheek, his mouth slowly opening wide, and his eyes showing a hint of panic as if he had done something wrong.

It looks just like that world-famous painting, "The Scream".

What's wrong with him?

Leon didn't know, but Da Er knew perfectly well.

The body that the Insect King is occupying belongs to Teacher Jia Paer's daughter, You Fei!

I only used a little more force than usual, how did you end up in two pieces?!

Da Er panicked. How was he going to explain this to Professor Jia Paer?

To say you never expected your daughter to be so fragile? That's utterly despicable! Iliphis wouldn't say something like that!

But in that instant, the Insect King suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood from its upper body, and then coughed violently. The remaining power allowed it to repair the wounds on its body, but the recovery speed was obviously much slower.

That's great! The Insect King is trying its best to live!

At that moment, Da Er felt a great sense of relief and almost reached out to put his lower body back on the Insect King, but in his mind he was thinking about how to force the Insect King out of You Fei's body.

"We've tried so hard, how come it's still alive?"

Si Telan's frustrated voice came from the side. She picked up her greatbow and was about to come over to finish off the Insect King with a headshot, her eyes eager to try.

"Wait, I didn't have time to say that this is the body of Teacher Jia Paer's daughter!"

Da Er quickly stopped Si Telan and said loudly.

Si Telan was stunned for a moment, and it took her a beat to react before she shouted as if possessed by Ichigo Kurosaki:

"What did you say!"

Leon's relieved smile froze on his face, his complexion darkening visibly, as if an ominous aura was sprouting from his head. In the blink of an eye, he became "Leon (who has turned evil)".

"Hehehe, since you recognize this body of mine, then don't make any rash moves."

The Insect King, coughing up blood, chuckled and threatened, saying that this body was not only incredibly strong, but also seemed to be the child of some extraordinary person. Although the insect was skilled with a spear, it was quite excellent in many ways.

The only pity is that none of Leon and the others present are human, which means that the Insect King is completely unable to become stronger by constantly changing bodies. All his talents are wasted, and his strength is limited to this extent. In addition, there are three consecutive blows to his Spiritual World.

It is truly heartbreaking that the leader of the Sealed Object race has fallen into such a wretched state.

However, if she could use You Fei's identity to threaten these people, things might turn around; her recovery ability was super strong!

The Insect King almost broke into a knowing smile, but just then, Da Er suddenly turned around and glanced at it.

The young talent's eyes held four parts anxiety, three parts sorrow, two parts determination, and one part unbearable pain. He glanced back at the Insect King, whose recovery speed had accelerated, and gritted his teeth.

He slashed the Insect King's recovering body with a sudden sword strike.

"Ouch! What are you doing!"

The Insect King cried out in alarm and anger. Wasn't this body someone he knew? Why was she still being attacked? She was really going to die!

"Why didn't you say so sooner? We almost did something irreversible."

Leon walked over with a dark expression on his face and casually sliced off a piece of flesh that had just grown from the Insect King.

"Awooo!"

"Is the Jia Paer you're talking about the Sword Saint? How did his daughter end up being parasitized? How pitiful." Si Telan looked at her with sympathy and fired a rocket at the severed part of the Insect King's body. The flames immediately burned the wound, hindering its healing.

"Awooooo!"

"There was no other way, the situation was too urgent just now, I didn't have time to say anything."

Da Er sighed and said, "Now we need to figure out how to get the teacher's daughter back."

"Is there really any way to save it? Should we send it to the Mage's Guild and try?"

Luo Jieer walked up to the corpse of the Insect King and examined it closely. He was about to follow the example of the others, who were about to injure the Insect King to delay its recovery, and have the Curse Frog spit at it. However, the three of them stopped him in unison.

What a joke! What they're trying to do is delay the Insect King's recovery. What are the Curse Frog doing here? Curse of Death is no joke.

"Sending her to the Mage's Guild is one option, but why do I have a feeling she might be dissected?"

Si Telan suggested, "How about we send it to my aunt? She should be able to help."

"I think," Da Er said, slashing the knife again, "Why don't we send him to Saen? Saen always has a way."

"Awoooooo!"

"But Saine is quite a distance from here, and unforeseen events are bound to happen along the way."

"Do you have any pages of the [Road Home] spellbook? Let them learn one, then use Chaotic Magic to teleport it to Sein."

"Unfortunately, none of us have learned this kind of roadside magic called Chaotic Magic."

"I should have brought the Princess along for a spin; she's quite good at using the Chaotic Magic technique."

The group discussed it for a while, as if they were treating the Insect King as fish on a chopping board, occasionally taking a cut at it.

The Insect King felt extremely humiliated. It was still holding back a move, which it now wanted to unleash on these despicable humans who looked down on it.

"Come out!"

In You Fei's now quiet inner world, the figure of the Insect King reappeared, calling out to You Fei.

It has completely corrupted You Fei's mind, and can summon his spirit at will. This is the power of Hidden Blood Parasite that has put all its talent into parasitism.

But the more he boasted about his parasitic abilities, the more frustrating his previous battle seemed. How could the mighty Insect King not even manage to snag a single new body in the fight? People would laugh their heads off if they heard that.

What's wrong with humans these days? Is everyone now favored by the gods, and are the gods making an unprecedentedly great appearance?

I must survive to see what's really going on!

However, after several tens of seconds, You Fei's spirit still did not appear.

"Where did it go?" The Insect King searched everywhere, traversing through his memories, and finally found You Fei's spirit in a certain place.

"Phew, thank goodness I found it." It breathed a sigh of relief, almost thinking that its only useful ability had also failed, and was about to go in to catch the person.

You Fei was in the Hunter's Dream, but there were no Doll. White flowers swayed quietly, and moonlight poured down freely.

"Hiding inside the house?"

The Insect King walked towards the only house in the Hunter's Dream, a ferocious smile on his face, and kicked open the door.

It did see You Fei inside the house, but she was asleep.

Judging from the smile on her lips, it seems she's still having a sweet dream.

The Insect King stood at the doorway and did not come in. The reason was that it saw You Fei sleeping soundly on an old man's lap.

Where did this old man come from?

"Shhh."

The old man looked up at it, gently placed You Fei in the wheelchair, and then stood up himself.

Wait, if he's not lame, why does he need a wheelchair?

"This dream is too long, and there are too many outsiders."

The old man, Ge Man, gradually straightened up, and the illusory smoke in his hand formed his signature weapon, a scythe-like Funeral Blade.

"Don't disturb the hunter's sweet dream."

The old man swung his scythe at the stiffened insect king.

The real world.

Da Er was slashing at the Insect King's body, which had recovered somewhat, while discussing solutions with the others.

The Insect King still made a sound, but this time it seemed a little different.

"Ouch! What are you doing?!"

Why does the Insect King's voice sound a little different?

Everyone turned to look at the Insect King, who was still lying there with half of the alien's body intact, looking no different.

But the eyes were different. The Insect King's eyes were no longer insect-like compound eyes, but clear and bright human eyes, with a hint of confusion.

"Why are you all looking at me like that?"

You Fei blinked, then belatedly exclaimed in surprise:

Where are my legs!?

At the same time.

All the parasites in the city ceased their activities.