The Chaos Dragon Prince

Chapter 275 - Nightmare Realm

At this time, at another ordinary mountain terrain, four non-ordinary people had gathered. 

Their presence went largely ignored as of now because of an invisible concealing formation around them,

These four were the Huang Dragons. 

Three of them were Cain, Kali, and Amber. And the last one was their protector Elder, Spirit Elder Weilong. 

After witnessing the Ancient Phoenix Holy Lands' grand entrance, Kali was disdainfully snorting.

She audibly scoffed, saying, "Such a grand display for over-saturated egos. I wonder if they will even be able to back up their grand actions." 

"You know, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss them." Amber boldly spoke up. "During my downtime, I read up on the news. And there are some really impressive geniuses over there. I mean, Zilong was suppressed by the number one talent. And others were suppressed as well. I have no doubt they will bring out their true forces for this realm."

Even back in Heaven Sky Planet, Amber was never the one to disdain or underestimate her enemy. 

Her parents drilled it into her to know thy enemy and hold respect for them if they're worthy of it. That way, she'll never become surprised by them. 

Kali, however, still shrugged, displaying firm confidence. "Did you think I didn't read up as well? But truly, they're not all that different from our geniuses. And combat prowess means nothing here. It's all about attainment paths, our true superior advantage. We will be able to complete so many rounds."

"I suppose you have a point. Even I took the time to study more about attainment paths. I estimate we can finish up to 60 rounds." Amber similarly displayed a bout of confidence.

The Nightmare realm operated on a round system. Each round would see participants only using their attainment levels of Source Laws to absorb Law Essence and then control it to kill their enemies. 

The Dao essence within the Nightmare realm completely suppresses the dantian and all other forms of energies within the internal body. 

Furthermore, only those below the Great Divine Sea realm can enter. 

Anyone else stronger wouldn't even be able to breach past the Dao's essence invisible force. 

For this quasi-mystic realm, the difficulty all boils down to comprehension and perception. A genuinely challenging one for geniuses all across the God Galaxies. 

As the girls conversed among themselves, Cain was sitting down, eyes closed, his Soul Sense extensively spread out.

He was truly curious about those rumor disappearance and attempted to see if his own special Soul Sense could detect anything. 

Compared to others, his Soul Sense contains properties of the mystical Chaos energies. His abilities were bound to be better. 

Moreover, he also wanted to protect the girls from any mishaps. 

For a few minutes now, Cain had his Soul Sense continually spread out.

At the Sky Ruler realm, the maximum coverage of his senses had finally reached up to dozens of miles! 

On the Heaven Sky Planet, this would be extremely helpful for most situations.

But in the God Galaxies realm, this was incredibly shallow. 

Even on the mountain range they're waiting on, Cain could barely cover one large section of it. 

Still, Cain heightened his perceptions, looking for any noticeably strange auras.

However, even after a few more minutes, he didn't yield any results. 

And just when Cain was about to retract his Soul Sense, he suddenly detected something a bit strange.

A couple of very weak auras were flicking in and out of Cain's senses. 

These auras were discovered by Cain before. But at that time, they barely seemed alive, almost as if they were bordering on vanishing.

And now, after a continuous process of this state, these auras were finally perishing. 

Or at least, Cain believed they were perishing. As only seconds later, the auras completely vanished from his Soul Sense.

Cain slightly curled his brows. This certainly looks like something odd to take notice of. 

However, there are also a plethora of other reasons why auras can escape his Soul Sense.

Either their Divine auras concealed themselves. They have World Spirit Master protection. Or perhaps they simply vanished away from here. 

All those on this mountain range at least hail from some kind of Holy Land forces. Their means can undoubtedly match up to this. 

Thus, Cain tossed this little moment out of his mind. Though, he made sure to have his guard continuously up. 

And at this time, a massive change occurred!

'Rumble!' 

The whole mountain range violently shook, the tremors even more intense than ground-splitting earthquakes! 

Along with the tremors, a vast, unfathomable aura washed down on everyone.

"Ah! It's starting!!" 

Everyone snapped their gazes to the skies. Their eyes continually widen at the glorious sight. 

The white light in the sky had already stretched out hundreds of miles long!

Its luminous white lights shine rained down on the Divine cultivators like rays from the heavens. 

A breathtaking sight all on the mountain range subconsciously thought.

At the same time, massive tears in space appeared within the white light. The tears in space came in the form of abyss-like black marks. 

The black glow fused with the white light, creating a combination of night and day.

Cain's eyes slightly widened at the black marks. 

Before his grandmother teleported him out, he had briefly witnessed the same black marks. Only this time, it was at a far grander scale.

Still, Cain recognized these black marks as Space dao marks. 

Apparently, most users whole cultivate the Space Law path will have black Space dao marks. It was said to be the essence of space itself condensed into a physical form. 

'But even now, I still don't get why my Chaos energy is pure green thought it has clear Space attainments. Oh well. No time to ponder about it now.' Cain interrupted his own thoughts.

As in the white light, the Space dao marks combined with each other, formulating into a large black entrance! 

All who stepped through will be transported to a space created by a previous Heavenly Venertae legend. 

The very moment the Nightmare Realm had opened, Elder Weilong's voice swirled in the trio's minds. 

'Don't resist. And quickly fly up after.' 

Cain determinedly stood up while the girls dutifully nodded.

Elder Weilong couldn't suppress a slight grin as he coated his hands with Golden Color Spirit energy. 

Waving his hands, the Golden Spirit energy engulfed the trio, sending them directly high into the skies.

The very next moment, the trio snapped their eyes open. 

And true to Elder Weilong's words, before anyone else, Cain's group instantaneously reached close to the Nightmare realm.

Their sudden appearance caused all eyes to open in wonder.

"Wh-what??" 

"This-aren't they from the Huang Dragon Imperial Palace?!" 

"Not just from there, each of them is wearing the Royal Descendants' clothes! The direct descendants have truly come?!"

Previously, many other Holy Lands and Holy Martial Families were puzzled by the Huang Dragons' lack of appearance. 

After all, every time the Nightmare realm opened up, they had never missed a single one.

In fact, they usually went in as grand as the Ancient Phoenix Holy Lands. 

So it was quite a shock to only see the glorious Huang Dragon Holy Family come in without any forewarning.

The genius disciples from the Ancient Phoenix Holy Lands were only surprised for a split moment before leveling an intent gaze on the trio. Their eyes started to glow in familiarization. 

'Those three… aren't they…?' It truly felt as if they saw Cain's group very recently but couldn't precisely pick out the precise memory so quickly. 

On the other hand, Qiu Lan's group had instantly realized who they were.

Their gazes focus solely on Cain, treating Kali and Amber as if they didn't exist. 

"It's him! It really is him! And his cultivation…it really reached that far?!" Zheng loudly exclaimed. 

"He truly had zero cultivation only months ago, so how he is already a Sky Ruler?!" Cui was similarly flaring in pure shock. 

On the other hand, Qiu Lan wasn't blurting out her shock though it was evident within her expression.

Right before is her arranged fiance, one who she thought would just be a tiny part of her long Martial Road. She merely took the marriage as another task for her Sect.

But now, it all changed. 

Qiu Lan was more aware than her fellow disciples of Cain's previous zero cultivation. Her Divine Sense truly couldn't detect anything from him.

Yet now, only some months later, his cultivation speed had utterly sky-rocketed! 

Not even she could dare claim that she could go from zero Mortal to the Sky Ruler within just a few short months. This is considering the massive amount of resources her Sect has as well. 

'Is this what it like? The authentic talent of a possible grand Great Sovereign.' Turbulent ripples rapidly spread across Qiu Lan's Martial Heart.

The fact that Cain has extreme Martial Talent and exceedingly handsome looks, it was inevitable for an inexperienced young maiden such as Qiu Lan to become significantly affected.

This short little moment seemed to last minutes for her. 

"Cain-" 

But before Qiu Lan could attempt to make any sort of contact with him, Cain's group was already on the move.

Cain, Kali, and Amber only needed a couple of seconds to rid themselves of any dazedness over getting teleported. The trio didn't spare a second glance to the commotion behind them. 

They turned into trails of lights, ignoring the restrictive Source Laws of the skies, rapidly soaring into the NIghtmare Realm entrance. 

"Ah!" 

And at Cain's group's sudden haste, everyone else hurriedly rushed in. 

A determined look flashed upon Qiu Lan's face as she similarly rushed towards the NIghtmare Realm as well. 

...

The power of space chaotically twisted around Cain. His whole body was pulled by the suction of space.

The next moment, Cain blinked his eyes. 

Reorientating himself, he realized he was already in a completely different space. His vision came to a wide area entirely engulfed in a white glow.

Cain snapped his eyes all around, but everything was simply pure white. He then attempted to spread his Spirit Sense out and promptly paused. 

It was still possible to stimulate his Soul's Core.

However, he could no longer use it to stir his dantian or his Spirit Space! In fact, all energies within his internal body were suppressed by an indomitable restrictive force. 

No matter how much Soul energy Cain used, it would be impossible to break through this force. 

Realizing this, Cain calmed down. He immersed in this restrictive sensation, analyzing, 'So this is the Heavenly energy left by the Nightmare Lord's Dao Diagrams? It's far more profound than anything I ever felt before! My family simply can't compare. Truly the might of a Heavenly Venerate.'

By thoroughly experiencing the sensation of Heavenly energy, Cain nearly felt himself luring into an enlightening trance. 

But before anything could develop, his Soul Sense detected a rapidly forming presence.

Shifting his attention forward, Cain witnessed specks of white essence converging in a single point. 

The specks of white essence were honestly beautiful to gaze upon. This was pure World Source Law essence. 

Cain was heavily on guard. A feeling of real danger exuded from the forming World Source Law essence. But it wasn't to an overwhelming point.

Thankfully, the World Source Law essence has no corresponding prowess. 

Everything would be purely based on the comprehension and control one has over this essence.

Within moments, the World Source Essence finished converging, forming into a full-body phantom. 

The phantom reminded Cain of what he saw in the illusion-killing array.

A generic face and body with nearly translucent skin. The only difference here is that this phantom has eerie white essence engulfing the entirety of its pupil. 

When the phantom formed, a cold killing intent whipped out of it.