Chapter One Hundred and Six: The Tide of Corpses

The moment his body hit the ground, Ye Yan felt no pain at all.

He had clearly fallen for such a long time.

At this height and speed, any living person would have been crushed into a bloody pulp.

Yet, upon landing, Ye Yan’s body felt as if it had fallen onto a mound of cotton—soft, with a slight rebound—and it caused no harm to his soul or dream form.

Freed from the sensation of weightlessness, Ye Yan quickly rose to his feet, alertly scanning his surroundings.

The enemy who had pulled him abruptly from his dream into this world, lurking unseen in the shadows, was certainly formidable… Especially since many of his usual abilities were rendered useless here. Ye Yan dared not let his guard down.

In the pitch-black darkness, his eyes were utterly useless. But relying on his perception of the dark, Ye Yan moved with ease as if he were a fish in water.

As he observed his surroundings, suddenly, above his head, a pair of enormous, blood-dripping eyes snapped open.

Those eyes were massive, as if fused with the darkness itself, looking down on Ye Yan from a lofty vantage point.

As the bloodied pupils opened, the once pitch-black world was suddenly illuminated by a light source.

Flickering—

Eerie flames leapt from a candelabrum, forming a circle around Ye Yan, casting light on a shattered graveyard beneath his feet.

The graveyard stretched endlessly to the horizon, covered with countless spiderwebs and large cocoons clinging to them.

These cocoons varied in size and shape, but all contained human forms twisted in terror and agony.

Some faces were shattered, revealing grim white bones beneath; others bled tears from the corners of their eyes—like a scene from the depths of hell, sending chills down the spine.

Even Ye Yan, who prided himself on having witnessed many dramatic scenes, was momentarily stunned.

“Welcome to my world.”

In a brief moment of daze, the blood-dripping eyes above slowly shifted, and a harsh, grating voice echoed from all directions.

“Who goes there?”

At the sound, Ye Yan squinted, his gaze sharp and wary as he scanned the darkness.

“Prey,” the voice replied, “You may call me Nightmare—the hunter, the sole sovereign of this dream world, the one who commands all.”

Nightmare?

The voice was sharp and piercing, as if it could pierce through the soul, causing Ye Yan to frown.

“Playing tricks,” he muttered.

Though dragged into this realm and stripped of his powers, Ye Yan felt no fear—his calmness remained unshaken.

But the voice paid no heed to his words, arrogantly declaring, “Perhaps you are strong in the real world, but here, within this dream, I am the absolute god. No one can break me…”

Confident indeed.

Hearing this, Ye Yan furrowed his brow deeper.

Any who dared to make such a boast—those who manipulate dreams—were either overly arrogant or truly powerful.

Yet if such a being existed in the supernatural circles, how could Ye Yan have never heard of them?

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