HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
334 - Dream Landscape (3)

If you look carefully, Elder Meng Hao Niang's fight against Qiao Nuan seemed one-sided. Qiao Nuan was clearly superior as this was the landscape of his dreamland. The woman could manipulate the environment in this dreamland and make those trapped into trouble.

He actually wanted to influence the mentality of Elder Meng Hao Niang by showing some of the past scenes, but Elder Meng Hao Niang apparently had a firm heart. That's why he had to change his plan.

Qiao Nuan attacked Elder Meng Hao Niang who could not use spiritual energy. He used this as an opportunity to torture his fighting opponents. He seemed to be enjoying his time playing around with Elder Meng Hao Niang.

Qiao Nuan smiled, "If you continue like this and without being able to put up any meaningful resistance, then the cultivators trapped with you will one by one die."

"................" Elder Meng Hao Niang took a breath and tonelessly said, "The thing you should have noticed is not to play around with your opponent. You did this ... It just looks so rookie,"

"Hmph, you're being teased?" Qiao Nuan rubbed gently the scar on his temple. He said, "I know very well what you're saying, but I'm not playing around at all. I'm not like that stupid girl,"

Elder Meng Hao Niang saw black smoke forming at Qiao Nuan's feet and in just a short moment, the smoke shot out in various directions and as if it was pulling something to bring before Qiao Nuan.

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Elder Meng Hao Niang already knew that the subject before him was an insane woman, but he did not expect that this figure was even worse than he had ever seen.

That black smoke belonging to Qiao Nuan attracted some people who were none other than cultivators from the various sects. The smoke was wrapped around their necks and there were still some of them who rebelled.

The pale faces and pain of these warriors made Elder Meng Hao Niang's expression deteriorate. He did not even have time to speak as he saw the warriors screaming in pain.

In just a split second, a sound like a bone crack was heard. It was a neck that was broken just like that, as if it was just a wooden twig. Worse yet, the bodies of the warriors came loose from their respective heads and fell to the ground.

"You-"

"QIAO NUAN..!!"

Elder Meng Hao Niang was shocked to hear the rude scream. He was just about to cry out, but the cry was heard first.

As he turned around, Elder Meng Hao Niang was startled by the presence of Wang Zhao who looked so angry. The young man stood with the sword in his hand.

Wang Zhao walked over with a sharp eye. Just a few steps away, he immediately shot up and directly charged towards Qiao Nuan to the surprise of the woman. Elder Meng Hao Niang was wide-eyed.

"How dare ... How dare you!" Wang Zhao was unable to cuss his anger. He moved quickly, using all his energy to push out the spiritual energy he had.

Qiao Nuan could still withstand Wang Zhao's multiple attacks before he started having trouble taking a position until he had to be hit by one of the attacks from the young man. The landscape of dreams belongs to him until he experiences resonance.

"How could you be this cruel, Qiao Nuan!" Wang Zhao exclaimed. "Why are you so cruel to them! What they've done to you until you do something like this, you!"

Qiao Nuan spat out blood and then stared intently at Wang Zhao. His breathing went up and down as he said, "I? My fault? Those who came to this place, Wang Zhao! And you think it's my fault?"

Qiao Nuan snorted, "Huh. If you hadn't come here looking for trouble, I wouldn't have done this-"

"Qiao Nuan!" Wang Zhao interjected, "Did you forget the basic reason why they came here, huh? If you weren't greedy to collect the book, then none of this would have happened."

"Wang Zhao," Elder Meng Hao Niang patted Wang Zhao on the shoulder and made the young man flinch. He said, "There's no need to talk to her. No matter how hard you try, this guy will never change."

Wang Zhao looked at Elder Meng Hao Niang for a moment before looking towards Qiao Nuan. He was angry, did not accept all this and in fact he felt very sad, disappointed because of the behavior of people in his sect who were far from the word 'human'.

Wang Zhao closed his eyes for a moment. He did not want to admit it, but the Demon Valley Sect was already not as he had known all along and it was the act of his uncle as well as this woman before him.

Elder Meng Hao Niang solemnly said, "To make a woman seem sober, then we must defeat her first. He won't listen to you as long as you can't get him on his knees,"

Qiao Nuan heard a loud voice directed at him and he laughed. Qiao Nuan sneered, "You guys want to make me kneel? I'm not sure you can,"

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Just a single glance from Qiao Nuan and the ground that Wang Zhao and Elder Meng Hao Niang were treading on trembled. The land suffered increasingly longer cracks, increasingly widespread. Even the ground seems to be split.

Qiao Nuan's body floated in the air as the hemisphere grew larger and began to show hot lava. Wang Zhao and Elder Meng Hao Niang took a step back to avoid the widening ground movement.

Qiao Nuan smiled, "How can you beat me, huh? Land and air in this place ... Everything is mine. You have absolutely no chance of winning."

Wang Zhao held onto his sword until blood flowed between his fingers. He bit his lower lip until it bled from being so angry.

Qiao Nuan's smile froze as he saw Wang Zhao's body and sword enveloped by demonic spiritual energy.

He had actually been shocked from the start since Wang Zhao could still use spiritual energy in his dreamland landscape. This young man should not be able to do that.

Elder Meng Hao Niang himself seemed to be jolted because Wang Zhao's spiritual energy was so concentrated. He asked the young man to calm down, but had not yet had time to open a sound-Wang Zhao instantly lunged at Qiao Nuan with an attack that let out a loud sound.

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"What's that?" Xiao Shuxiang was startled by the fierce voice that suddenly sounded without warning. He even spontaneously held onto both of Lan Guan Zhi's shoulders and pulled his good friend over to serve as a living shield.

The natural green-eyed man who was together with Xiao Shuxiang seemed to blink. He looked at Lan Guan Zhi and then said, "You have a great friend. She unhesitatingly made you into a wall of flesh for her,"

Lan Guan Zhi simply nodded slowly in return. It is clear that this foreign man mocked his best friend and the person targeted was not self-conscious.

"Are you two not worried?" Xiao Shuxiang opened his voice, "What if what I heard earlier was a sign of the sky collapsing? The three of us could really die here,"

"Oh ... It was possible," the natural green-eyed man calmly said, "I even felt that it was a sign the heavens needed sacrifice,"

"Then I will sacrifice Lan Zhi,"

Lan Guan Zhi gasped at Xiao Shuxiang's spontaneous speech and turned his head. At the same time, the green-eyed foreign man snorted and then spoke to him.

The man said, "You have an amazing friend."

Lan Guan Zhi breathed softly and without warning elbowed Xiao Shuxiang's stomach until the young man grimaced. Just now that he was about to open his voice, this good friend of his immediately replied by snapping his head. He was really surprised.

"Shuxiang, you-"

"Lan Zhi's..! What are you doing? Ouch..." Xiao Shuxiang still felt pain in his stomach. He was actually surprised because he had directly received an attack from Lan Guan Zhi without knowing his mistake.

A thunderous voice rang out again and made Xiao Shuxiang spontaneously hug Lan Guan Zhi. Her friend's short body, makes A-Yuan look very adorable. Xiao Shuxiang was protecting the 14-year-old.

"This sound is no coincidence" the natural green-eyed man opened his voice. "I'm sure there's someone involved in the fight right now,"

Xiao Shuxiang frowned, "But isn't the cultivator trapped in this Dreamland Landscape unable to use spiritual energy? The explosion was definitely not from an ordinary fight,"

"Devil Dream," Lan Guan Zhi said without a tone, "Only he can do that."

"Mn, he's right." The green-eyed man nodded in confirming.

Xiao Shuxiang, "If it's a Dream Devil ... Why is he so brutal venting his anger? Is he coming to the moon?"

"Shuxiang, please,"

"I'm just talking, okay?" Xiao Shuxiang said, "Think carefully. This was her Dream Landscape, that woman named Qiao Nuan could do anything without having to expend a lot of energy. He could torture anyone in this place without having to intervene on his own, so why was he so angry?"

The sound of an explosion resounded until the sky above Xiao Shuxiang turned a fiery red before returning to normal color.

Xiao Shuxiang said, "Let's see. I don't know who's been provoking that crazy woman's emotions,"

Lan Guan Zhi said, "It's not good to delay time. We gotta get there,"

"Mn, I'm in front. You follow me" the natural green-eyed man ran and became a guide for his two companions.

Xiao Shuxiang heard feeling the ground he was treading tremble. The loud noise came back and even came over. He felt that there was indeed a fierce fight somewhere and was fighting against the owner of this Dream Landscape.

Xiao Shuxiang said, "Whoever fights that Dream Devil, he must be a madman."

"I think so, too," the natural green-eyed man sped up his run. He faced several undead that he passed through and protected the two youngsters behind him.

Lan Guan Zhi did not say much, only that he continued to pay attention to the foreign man who looked familiar with Xiao Shuxiang. He had never seen this man before, but also did not want to ask the identity of the men his friends at this kind of time.

"A-Yuan, besides you. Are Hu Li and Liu Wei Lin also in this place?" Xiao Shuxiang started to open his voice. He asked about their other two friends.

"So, they were with me before. But after that fog and I got pulled here, we got separated."

Xiao Shuxiang took a breath, "I hope my hunch is not right."

Lan Guan Zhi was about to ask, yet something suddenly happened to him. He could not follow the run from his good friend as his footsteps became shorter.

Xiao Shuxiang who realized that turned his head and was surprised by the changes that had happened to his good friend. He called out to the Mad Beggar Boy's ancestor and made the naturally green-eyed man stop stepping.

"Lan Zhi ..!" Xiao Shuxiang exclaimed. He approached his best friend with a very surprised look.

"There's a-!!" the green-eyed man was just as shocked. He looked at Lan Guan Zhi who had somehow turned into a 5-year-old-looking little boy. This incident was truly shocking and completely unexplainable.

"Lan'Eer...! What happened to you, man! Geez," Xiao Shuxiang kneeled down to check on his good friend's condition. The expression was still very surprised.

"Why can you be a dwarf like this?!" Xiao Shuxiang examined the body of his good friend, he even turned the body of his friend and made Lan Guan Zhi give a sour expression.

"Shuxiang, I'm fine."

"Even your voice has changed too..! Oh my goodness, Lan'Er. It's not good at all, you ..." Xiao Shuxiang looked at the face of his good friend who had a cold, but adorable expression. He blinked a few times and felt Lan Guan Zhi was so cute with the bodies of these children.

Xiao Shuxiang shook his head a few times, he must not think of anything non-existent for now. He turned to the natural green-eyed man with him and spoke.

Xiao Shuxiang said, "Senior? Do you know what happened to Lan Zhi? How could he be like this?"

"Ehm ..." The ancestor of the Mad Beggar Boy scratched his non-itchy cheek softly and then let out a slow breath.

The man said, "I'm sorry. But I don't have an answer to your question. I just thought that maybe the situation in this Dreamland Landscape is changing with every soul, like you who can't use spiritual energy or who suddenly becomes a child."

Xiao Shuxiang flinched and stared towards Lan Guan Zhi. Even in this situation, the calmness on the face of his good friend does not diminish. But he was certain, even Lan Guan Zhi was in disbelief with the changes to his current body.

"Senior," Xiao Shuxiang said in a serious tone. "We must immediately go to the center of that dream and get out of this place,"

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Lan Guan Zhi gasped as her body was lifted up by her good friend and she was carried. Surprise was clearly visible on his face.

"Shu-Shuxiang, what are you doing? Put me down,"

"Lan Zhi, don't rebel. I'm not harassing you,"

"You-"

"Senior, let's go." Xiao Shuxiang did not listen to Lan Guan Zhi. He and the Mad Beggar Boy's ancestor returned to continue their journey.

The natural green-eyed man did not forget to carry Lan Guan Zhi's detached sword because the man's hand was too small to hold a sword that was taller and heavier than his tiny body.

"Shuxiang, down. I can do it myself," Lan Guan Zhi was uncomfortable with his position. Really don't like this.

"A-Yuan, you should call me Gege from now on. Understood?"

"In your dreams. You better put me down,"

"No way,"

Xiao Shuxiang would obviously not care about Lan Guan Zhi's rebellion. For him, asking that his good friend ran alone with the body shrinking condition will actually slow their time.

"Shuxiang, please,"

"No, A-Yuan. You hold on tight,"

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