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The Nightmare Shell's consciousness was simple, perhaps no more than instinct.
Everyone lost in its depths was food to it, let alone a dozen Loose Immortals with powerful Primordial Spirits.
In an instant, Dream Illusions swept toward Tang Changsheng and the others one after another, strange and dazzling, beautiful beyond compare.
Each Dream Illusion could draw them into a beautiful dream.
This Dream Power came from the tens of millions of living beings throughout the Divine Kingdom. How could Tang Changsheng and the others possibly withstand it?
"Heavenly Lord, we can't defeat it. We must find a way to break out and escape!"
The True Immortals had barely made a move before they were shaken. Never had they encountered Dream Power so formidable...
Even with the power of the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp, they soon began to falter as the illusions pressed them back step by step.
Yet an eerie smile touched Tang Changsheng's lips. He had no intention of fighting a battle of attrition inside the Nightmare Shell.
On the surface, he was using the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp. In truth...
Threads of black aura, each like a Poison Dragon, appeared. Unnoticed, they spread throughout the Divine Kingdom, slipping from Dreamscape to Dreamscape and multiplying all the while.
Even the Dream Illusions were laced with traces of black Killing Intent too faint for anyone to notice.
This was the Calamity Baleful Aura Tang Changsheng had released upon entering the Divine Kingdom to deal with the Ice Spirits guarding it.
Had one trace not slipped into Tang Changsheng's Dreamscape and jolted him awake, he might still have been lost in it.
Now,