With Lei Zhenzi leading their escape, Lily and Emily were swiftly carried to safety under the shelter of his storm-wrought wings.
And yet, by the time Lei Zhenzi set Lily down, she was already on the brink of total exhaustion.
First came the Dreamforging of Feilian, then Tu Xingsun, and finally—driven by urgency—Lily expended the last of her spiritual power to summon Lei Zhenzi.
The Windmaster and the Star Lord of the Investiture had stepped forth from ancient myth, and when combined with the ceaseless battles that erupted the moment the competition began, the toll it took on her spirit was overwhelming.
Human strength has its limits—and Lily's spiritual power was far from inexhaustible.
Lily's final flicker of consciousness, just before she slipped into unconsciousness, was spent channeling her spiritual power to command Tu Xingsun to travel swiftly beneath the earth—far away from the Junk Mountain.
At first, as they witnessed the sudden chaos unfolding on site, the livestream viewers were still debating what to make of the winged stranger that Lily had just Dreamforged.
But suddenly, the moment Lily landed, she unexpectedly fainted, throwing the viewers into utter chaos.
["Whoa, what's wrong with Lily? Why did she suddenly pass out? Is she going to be okay?"]
["What should we do, what should we do? If another contestant sneaks an attack now, it's all over!"]
"Emily's still by Lily's side, so at least there's a reluctant ally nearby—but what if they run into a whole gang?"
The fierce battle at the special supply point, Junk Mountain, was expected—but no one anticipated the sudden explosion from within the mountain itself.
"That humanoid Lily Dreamforged at the last moment carried her away—but wasn't the other earthbound stranger still left behind? Damn, she's wasted her spiritual power again."
As they spoke, the ground stirred, and a small figure bearing a heavy iron cudgel appeared.
It was Tu Xingsun who had arrived.
Emily, the wooden-kin girl with a small red flower blossoming atop her head, stood vigil beside Lily. Upon seeing the diminutive stranger appear, she inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
She glanced cautiously at Lei Zhenzi but dared not speak, unsure of the origins of the beings Lily had summoned through her Dreamforging.
She had at least seen the one who emerged from the earth before, but the winged birdman who had just carried them to safety—Emily nearly mistook him for a Dreamforged creation of another contestant, which terrified her.
Tu Xingsun, bearing the heavy iron cudgel on his back, gazed steadily at Lily, who was now leaning weakly against Lei Zhenzi for support.
"What is the meaning of this, Sir?"
Lei Zhenzi glanced at him but had not yet spoken when Emily interrupted, speaking first.
"Lily has overexerted her spiritual power!"
"Luckily, we managed to seize the special supplies just now—the very ones she's holding."
As Lei Zhenzi fled through the air, Lily still clutched tightly to the silver-wrapped special supplies, having no time to stow them in her backpack.
Hearing this, Tu Xingsun hurriedly opened the supply pouch in Lily's hand, revealing two specially packaged vials—one red, one blue.
"This is it—the red vial restores physical stamina, and the blue replenishes spiritual power," Emily explained as she simultaneously opened her own supplies. Both sets were identical.
"These special potions provided by the competition should be of high quality. Lily won't be unconscious for much longer."
She carefully administered the potions to Lily, then drank a vial herself.
Emily stowed away her vial, then glanced around before opening the system map for a quick scan—this was a territory known as the Farm.
"Um… should we find somewhere to lay low for a while?" Emily glanced timidly at Tu Xingsun, then at Lei Zhenzi.
"We can't just stay here forever—if other contestants show up, it'll be trouble."
Tu Xingsun tapped his iron cudgel against the ground. "Then come with me underground—there's no place safer than beneath the earth."
Emily only heard Lei Zhenzi emit a cold snort, but offered no rebuttal.
"Above all else, the safety of Sir is paramount."
With Lily still unconscious, they relocated to an earthen chamber that Tu Xingsun had carved out beneath the surface.
Emily's ghostly vine curled gently beside her. With Lily still unconscious, she sat somewhat apprehensively on a meditation cushion, her gaze fixed on Lily while furtively observing Tu Xingsun and Lei Zhenzi.
She couldn't help but find Lily and the Dreamforged beings she summoned utterly peculiar—strange in speech, bizarre in their possessions, and odd in appearance. And the way they addressed Lily as "Sir"—what an unusual title indeed.
Emily also knew that contestants with strong spiritual power could manifest humanoid forms, but they usually addressed them by name or simply as "Master."
The spiritual power restoration potion had already been taken, yet Emily remained calm. Had it not been for the humanoid being Lily Dreamforged who carried her away, she would have been doomed amidst the chaos at Junk Mountain. It was thanks to Lily's quick reflexes that she managed to secure the supplies.
It was still the first day of the competition, and with new supplies in hand—and having been helped twice now by Lily—they were still on the same team. The little red flower atop Emily's head bobbed gently alongside her dark green braids, as if pondering something deeply.
Two hours passed before Lily finally stirred awake, easing the tension that had gripped the livestream audience.
However, during those two hours, the livestream's viewership had noticeably dwindled, as many viewers lost interest due to her unconsciousness and drifted away.
"Lily, you're awake!" Emily helped her to sit up. Lily felt a dull ache lingering in her head.
"Sir, please have a sip of tea first." She accepted the teacup Tu Xingsun handed her, eyes filled with surprise. The table, the brazier, the teacup, the meditation cushion—these were the very items she had casually Dreamforged in the space beneath Junk Mountain, yet Tu Xingsun had somehow brought them here.
"Thank you, Star Lord."
Taking a sip of tea, she looked up at Lei Zhenzi, who had stood guard by her side all along. Rising, she bowed deeply. "Thank you, Lei Zhenzi, for your aid."
At that moment, Lei Zhenzi's storm-wreathed wings folded neatly against his back. Fortunately, the underground chamber was spacious enough that even if he were to spread them, there would be ample room.
"Emily, thank you as well," Lily said, looking at the wooden-kin girl by her side.
Hearing Lily's thanks, Emily suddenly felt a bit flustered, her little red flower atop her head wobbling from side to side.
She waved her hand awkwardly and drew back, wary that her thorny vines might accidentally brush against Lily. "I should be the one thanking you both. If you hadn't summoned your Dreamforged in time, I'm afraid I'd have been left behind at Junk Mountain. It was you who pulled me out and helped secure the supplies."
"[So, are they going to form a team? They're definitely teaming up, right?]"
"[If they team up, I wonder how the points will be calculated. Although Lily's current score is quite high, she still needs over three thousand more to qualify for the competition. Emily's score is unknown.]"
Lily used her spiritual power to open the system panel and glanced at her points—they remained unchanged, but compared to before, her ranking had dropped; she had fallen from seventh to fifteenth in the division.
"Is our current location on the surface called the Farm?" she asked.
Emily nodded upon hearing this. "Yes, there's plenty of cultivated soil and pastureland above ground."
Lily nodded slightly and asked, "Emily, the competition started at eight in the morning, and eight hours have passed. Today is the first day, and we still don't know how the day-night cycle works in this division. Once night falls, movement might become difficult. Before heading to the special supply points, did you manage to find any ordinary resources?
Emily shook her head. "I didn't, but as a member of the wooden-kin, my stamina is a bit stronger—I can endure hunger and thirst better."
Although Lily managed to secure some food and water today, it was only enough to last two days. It seemed the competition organizers never intended to provide supplies for the full five days; by offering such limited resources, they compelled the Dreamforgers to venture out and fight for survival.
The scarcity of ordinary supplies was intentional—and the deployment of special resources followed the same principle.
But with so few supply points, how many contestants could those resources realistically support? For those who failed to locate the supply caches, or who were ambushed and forced to flee, or who chose to hide—did they truly have no access to even the most basic provisions?
Lily's gaze deepened—things shouldn't be so bleak. Just as the competition never explicitly stated the rules, yet iron-eating beasts wearing blue collars roamed the junkyard, vulnerable to contestants' attacks.
This was an unspoken rule. Likewise, when it came to supplies, there must be other ways to acquire them.
If she could scavenge parts in the junkyard to assemble a hovering skateboard, then why couldn't she explore the Farm and seek out the resources available there?
Lily recalled the location of the medical point in the Black Street—what was the name of that shop again? The Grand Armory?
Her brow furrowed slightly. At the time, that Zerg Dreamforger's photon cannon attack might not have been one she forged herself after all.
With the armory guarded and backed by ample firepower, it made more sense that that trio of Dreamforgers could eliminate so many other contestants.
This is a faction battleground—once a Dreamforger's spiritual power is depleted, could there truly be no means left to survive?
Moreover, the system's competition notice clearly stated from the start: "Contestants must locate supplies on their own!"
Lily's thoughts churned—battles, special supplies, and those initial white doves released that had already found supply points. Somehow, she had overlooked such a crucial detail.
Fortunately, it wasn't too late to realize it now.
"Feeling a stir in her heart, Lily spoke up without hesitation:"
"Let's head up to the farm and have a look. There should be some basic supplies. It's a farm, after all — there's bound to be food and water."
Emily nodded quickly. "Oh, okay — I'll follow your lead."
Although she still had a stamina potion, it was meant to keep her energized — it couldn't do anything about an empty stomach.
Lily turned to look at Tu Xingsun and Lei Zhenzi. Both of them had already stood up and spoke in unison:
"We shall accompany you, my lord."
After speaking, the two exchanged a glance and fell silent once again.
Emily, who was on the scene, didn't notice anything unusual — but viewers in the livestream, watching their every move, began to comment:
ave you noticed that among the two personifications of Contestant Lily, one is a short figure and the other is a bird-like being, and they seem to be at odds with each other.
I just want to know if they also belong to the Shan Hai Realm and whether they will appear in the Shan Hai Realm in the future.
[I somehow feel that these two Yiren (beings with extraordinary abilities) should know each other. I wonder if you get what I mean—their acquaintance wasn't formed through dreamcasting, but they must have known each other before that. That's why we have the impression that their relationship is not quite on good terms.]
Stepping back onto the ground, I looked at the vast expanse of the farmland. It stretched so far that my eyes could hardly reach the horizon.
What does it matter whether they know each other or not? I'm totally confused. However, I also want to know the origins of these two Yiren. One should be from the human race, and the other has wings. I wonder if it belongs to the Feather Clan under the Demon Race?
do you have any idea where we might find dwellings or something similar?" Lily turned to Tu Xingsun and asked.
Upon hearing this, Lei Zhenzi immediately prepared to spread his wind-thunder wings and take flight for a look, but Tu Xingsun, who wielded the power of the earth, moved even faster.
His iron cudgel touched the ground, vanishing in the blink of an eye and reappearing just as quickly.
Lei Zhenzi had just ascended into the air when he descended again, his face wearing a disgruntled expression that made his thunder god's beak look even more fearsome.
I've also made a discovery. When viewed from a high place, there are many strange beasts and plants here." Lei Zhenzi briefly flew up and down, bringing new findings to Lily as well.
Upon hearing Lei Zhenzi's words, Lily's eyes flickered slightly. Since strange beasts and plants were present on the farm, they might well be "killable" entities with factions.
"We should head to the house first, then come back to check out the plants and strange beasts here," Lily said.
Arriving at the farm's location, it was empty and desolate, as if no contestants had visited here.
After entering, Emily found that this was indeed a real farm set up by the competition system.
"This farm has all the same facilities as a real one, except there's no one here," she marveled.
"This must be a huge farm. There are planting robots, herding robots—wow, all the latest models."
She blinked her eyes and looked around, as if she had found her element upon entering the farm.
"Emily, where are the farm's provisions usually kept?" Lily asked humbly.
Emily touched the brambles on her hand. "This farm is huge. Look, Lily, they have all kinds of robot models. Hmm, there are herding licenses, planting licenses, and processing licenses too. Food and drinks should be in the staff room, but the stock might not be much."
"However, since there's a processing license here, and we just saw plants and strange beasts, there might also be finished products processed by the farm itself."
She talked with convincing logic, swiped her wristband at a door, and found the staff room. Lily followed Emily inside and indeed found the staff supplies fully stocked. Along with common items like high-energy nutrition bars and nutrient solutions, there were also instant beverages, canned goods, various types of food, compressed fruit drinks, purified water, and more.
This was much better than the high-energy food and purified water Lily had obtained at the supply point before.
At the very least, although they were basically instant foods too, the flavors were at least a bit better.
"As expected, it's just these things. Nothing new," Emily said, shaking her head at the food as if it had met her expectations
"Emily seems to know so much—did she used to work on a farm?"
[Pfft, you're making me laugh. Didn't you check Emily's age? She's just come of age as a Wood Clan member. Where could she have worked? The Federation wouldn't allow it anyway. And don't you think about her background? She's from the Wood Clan—specifically, the one that produces Dreamweavers. Which Wood Clan family, especially those with Dreamweavers, doesn't own vast farms? They're all renowned major planet lords and farm owners.]
[I wonder if other contestants will come here. How big is the map of this competition area anyway? How many Dreamweaver contestants has the system assigned here?]
After being hungry for a whole day and not having eaten or drunk for eight hours, Emily directly opened several cans on the spot and started eating, then made a cup of sweet fruit drink for Lily. "This sweet fruit drink is my favorite. It's perfect that there's some here—it tastes so sweet."
Seeing Emily start to eat, Lily didn't hold back either. Battles didn't just consume mental energy; physical and mental exhaustion were both enormous. Without filling their stomachs, they couldn't hold on.
After eating and drinking to their satisfaction, they packed several days' worth of rations and drinking water into their backpacks. Emily had a unique approach, though—she had the Ghost Hand Vine swallow and store a large pile of food and water, which could be regurgitated when needed.
"Emily, when we were at the Garbage Mountain, did you climb from underground to the special supply point at the top by having the Ghost Hand Vine eat and dig its way through the trash?"
Lily asked casually, and Emily was taken aback. "Lily, how do you even know that?"
Lily was stunned. She had just made a random guess after seeing that the vine could swallow things—had she actually guessed correctly?
It seems that Emily's vine is truly extraordinary.
"Let's go. Let's take a look inside the farm to see if those beasts and plants can be killed for points."
When they arrived at the area Lei Zhenzi had seen earlier, sure enough, the first place they came to was the farm's planting area.
The area was covered with flowers and plants. Lily wasn't familiar with these exotic interstellar flora before her, but she could see that their visible surfaces bore ring marks of different colors.
A strange deep purple flower had a yellow ring around its stem.
Lily acted, drawing the long sword at her waist and slashing toward the large purple flower in an instant. The flower reacted with extraordinary agility, spitting out a spray of seeds from its stamen to launch an attack at Lily.
Lei Zhenzi struck with his golden cudgel, and thunderlight flashed. The large flower was instantly annihilated, and at that moment, Lily also received a prompt tone from the competition system.
"Contestant Lily has eliminated one 'Douda Flower', a heterophyte from the Yellow Fang Camp.
Gaining 20 points."
The points awarded for this flower are even higher than those for that iron-eating beast," Lily raised an eyebrow. Looking at this vast expanse of heterophyte land, she thought, 'Isn't this a perfect place to farm points?'
"Emily, that Douda Flower just gave me 20 points. I plan to check out the area with exotic beasts next—both these plants and beasts give points when defeated. Which type do you feel more confident about dealing with?" Lily looked at Emily.
"I have more confidence in dealing with heterophytes. Don't worry about me; you guys go ahead," Emily said.
As a member of the Wood Clan, this place is a natural home field for her, and she is extremely familiar with the tactics of these heterophytes.
Lily nodded. "Then be careful."
After saying that, led by Lei Zhenzi, she took to the sky again and arrived at the farm's breeding area.
Looking at the exotic beasts with neck rings of different colors, Lily flexed her fingers. These were all points, and she was ready to take action.
Going out to fight is tiring, and you have to watch out for all kinds of ambushes and surprise attacks. It's still more satisfying to farm mobs alone.
allow the two of us to deal with these exotic beasts," Lei Zhenzi stepped forward with a bow.
He took out his Wind-Thunder Golden Cudgel. At this moment, Tu Xingsun also stepped forward, striking his bin iron cudgel on the ground. The two sides stared at each other, neither fearing the other, as if ready to have a contest.
As both disciples of Yuxu and wielding cudgels as their weapons, Lei Zhenzi spread his wings. Accompanied by the howling wind and rolling thunder, he plunged directly into the herd of exotic beasts.
Tu Xingsun gave a mocking laugh, stirring up sand and dust. His iron cudgel swung wide in powerful arcs, while his figure moved with unmatched agility.
Lily stood to the side, watching as one side was filled with flashing lightning and rolling thunder, while the other was shrouded in billowing dust...
At the same time, the system prompts for gaining points kept ringing in her ears.
The two deities each took on the beasts one after another, refusing to yield to each other, leaving the live-stream audience utterly stunned.
[This is the benefit of Dream Forging Anthropomorphism! Once the person is forged, you almost don't have to do anything at all. Tsk tsk.]
[The combat power of these two 异人 (translated as "Dream-Forge Anthropomorphs") forged by Lily is actually this strong? Especially that bird-man, I thought he was just for flying and escaping.]
[It's a pity that not every Dream Forger can successfully reach the stage of anthropomorphism. Regardless of which clan these two Dream-Forge Anthropomorphs belong to, Lily's strength as a Dream Forger is beyond doubt. You know, this Dream Forging Live Competition is still only the second round! She has already forged two anthropomorphs!]
[Let's make a bet— which of these two Dream-Forge Anthropomorphs is stronger? Who will kill more? The short one or the bird-man!]
Driven by Tu Xingsun and Lei Zhenzi's battle, Lily's livestream room once again surged with feverish excitement, and some viewers even started placing bets.
Lily leaned on her long sword, sitting on the ground with a hint of boredom, watching the two engage in a monster-stealing game where each took turns claiming kills.
In the meantime, she heard another system announcement about a special supply point.
However, the supply point in this wasn't a place Lily was familiar with. She had never been to an area called the "Game Zone," which appeared quite far from the farm on the map.
Although Lei Zhenzi could travel thousands of miles with his divine speed, having already raided a supply point once, Lily felt they had exerted enough for the day and didn't plan to go.
As long as no dream forgers from other camps entered the farm, farming points here for the time being was still a good option.
That night, Lei Zhenzi and Tu Xingsun had slaughtered hundreds of exotic beasts from other camps in the farm's breeding area, leaving only those wearing red neck rings.
These exotic beasts awarded varying points—some as few as 10, and others as many as 50.
Lily's points skyrocketed, not only meeting the target but exceeding it. She topped the competition zone with 9900 points.
Once again, she had earned enough points on the first day, but this time, Lily couldn't end the competition early.
Returning to the rural planting area, Lily saw Emily lying on one side. Her Ghost Hand Vines had turned the entire planting area into a chaotic mess, with debris scattered everywhere.
However, judging by the scene, it was clear that Emily had already earned a lot of points.
At night, they rested directly in the farm's staff room. With Lei Zhenzi and Tu Xingsun standing guard, Lily didn't have to worry about midnight ambushes at all.
I wonder if it's because the farm is too remote, but even by the afternoon of the next day when Lily and Emily had stayed on this farm, they still hadn't encountered any other Dream Forger contestants.
After a day and a night, Lily's mental power had fully recovered, and so had Emily's. All the exotic beasts and heterophytes on the entire farm that belonged to hostile camps had been harvested for points.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the competition had passed, and the third day arrived.
Early in the morning, both Lily and Emily heard the system prompt tones in their ears.
"Attention all contestants. As the competition days have passed the halfway mark, starting today, channel interconnection will be activated across the entire competition zone. Channel locations will be automatically marked on the system map. Contestants entering a channel will be randomly teleported to other competition zones, and they can also return to their home zone through other channels."
Competition zone interconnection?
Lily and Emily exchanged a glance— the Exam Committee really loved stirring up trouble without worrying about the consequences.
When the competition zones weren't interconnected before, Dream Forger contestants in the same zone were already fighting each other viciously. Now that they could travel to other zones, strong forgers would go harvest more points, while weaker ones would try their luck in different zones.
Lily had originally thought that if no other contestants came to the farm where she and Emily stayed, the two of them could simply coast through the competition until the end.
Now, it seemed that wasn't going to work.
Since they could now travel to other competition zones, Lily was curious to see what the maps of other zones looked like— even just to admire the scenery.
"Emily, I'm planning to check out other competition zones. What do you think?" Lily asked directly.
Her little red flower headband swayed back and forth, as if caught in a dilemma, before she finally made up her mind.
"Lily, my points are already enough. It's all the same wherever I go. I'll come with you— I'm sick of staying on this farm."
"Then we shouldn't waste time. Let's pack supplies and leave now." Lily was decisive.
"Ah? So soon?"
"If we slow down, there might be ambushes at the channel teleportation points."
Lily's eyes flickered— she had no interest in ambushes, but whether intercepting Dream Forgers leaving the zone or those arriving from outside, she was certain some contestants in their home zone would relish the task.
The exit from their home zone went smoothly. Lily, accompanied by Lei Zhenzi, Tu Xingsun, and Emily, was teleported out in the blink of an eye.
Stepping through the channel and seeing the sky again, they found themselves in an entirely different competition zone.
It was a landscape of clear mountains and rivers, a wild wilderness— unlike the technological planet backdrop they had just left.
"So the competition zones are all different..." Emily's 感叹 (translated as "exclamation") was cut short as Lily pulled her away, vanishing in an instant. To fend off potential ambushes, they fled far from the channel teleportation point.
When they reappeared, a vast, rolling sea stretched before them. Emily's mouth fell open, letting out a "wow".
They stood on the coastline, where Lily spotted a tiny black dot on the horizon racing toward them at breakneck speed.
Lei Zhenzi's vision was exceptional. With a flap of his wings, he soared into the air and saw the scene clearly.
"My liege, there's a person riding a fish being pursued— they also wear a red jade bracelet."
At Lei Zhenzi's words, Lily's eyes flickered. A red jade bracelet? They had just entered another competition zone and encountered a contestant from their own camp.
As the dot flying in the air grew closer, Lily's expression changed. "Rescue them!"
The figure perched on the flying fish in the air was none other than a plump silhouette she knew all too well— classmate James.
James's fleeing form was utterly disheveled, and even the taunts and jeers from behind could be heard:
Run! Keep running!"
"Pathetic human! Weren't you just trying to stand up for your top-ranked Lily earlier?"
"Why are you running now?"
"Hahahahaha! In the old days, I wouldn't even bother taking this human as blood food!"
"Whoever claims the Shan Hai Realm is a fake is spouting nonsense! Let me tell you, that's the Demon Scripture of my demon clan!"
"Hand over your points! Let us kill you a dozen times to vent our anger, and we'll stop chasing you— how's that?"
Unbridled laughter echoed from behind. As James fled in mid-air, hugging his flying fish in grief and indignation, he suddenly saw a green-faced bird-man descending from the sky. His heart sank, fearing he was about to lose another chunk of points.
But the next moment, the bird-man carried him right before Lily.
"Sis? You're actually here?"
"Am I dreaming?"
In an instant, James shifted from the depths of despair to elation, half-convinced he was hallucinating from exhaustion.
Roars echoed from the demon clan Dream Forgers not far off:
"He's too tired to run! Attack!"
The live-stream audience heard every detail of the scene— every word, every sound.
Lily did too.
Watching the approaching pursuers, she thought: What a coincidence.
Lord just happened to run into enemies in a random place— truly, enemies cross paths everywhere.
By now, the distance was close enough to make out faces. Lily had already recognized that among the five Dream Forgers chasing James, two were exactly the ones who had cheered alongside that Yaoyao on the Star Network, proclaiming it as the Demon Clan's Demon Scripture.
"Lily?" Since she'd only had Emily by her side, Lily hadn't worn her mask.
At the sight of Lily, the demon clan Dream Forgers were clearly startled.
The next moment, their leader barked, "Well, well— who do we have here?"
"Aren't you the famous top-ranked human Dream Forger who stole our Demon Scripture and passed it off as the Shan Hai Realm to glorify yourself?"
The burly bear-man Dream Forger postured exaggeratedly, while the ape-man beside him brandished his fangs, contorting his face in a grotesque display of mockery.
"Aw, is the chubby human running to mommy because he can't fight? How much star currency did Lily pay you to play bodyguard?"
Lily's expression remained blank, but Lei Zhenzi beside her could no longer hold back. With a flap of his wind-thunder wings,
thunder rumbled and winds howled, accompanied by crackling lightning.
"Insolence!"
The shout reverberated through heaven and earth.
The bear-man Dream Forger, eyeing Lei Zhenzi's strange appearance and wings, bared his teeth and sneered:
"Oho, what kind of demon creature is this? Don't tell me it's another holy deity of our demon clan that Lily stole from the Demon Scripture?"
"Honored deity, please see clearly— with your appearance, you should belong to our clan. Don't be deceived by that shameless human. You are a holy deity of the demon clan, not some figure from the Shan Hai Realm."
Lei Zhenzi's wings flashed with lightning as he swung his golden staff, roaring:
"You wretched scoundrels! How dare you twist the truth and slander my liege— you deserve death!"
"My master is Yun Zhongzi of Yuxu, and I am Lei Zhenzi, one of the hundred sons of King Wen of the human clan!"
With a thunderous shout, he thrusted his wind-thunder golden staff. In an instant, the sea shore erupted with howling winds and rolling thunder, as dark clouds blanketed the sky like the wrath of the heavenly palace.
Tu Xingsun beside Lily struck his bin iron staff, sending sand and gravel flying as his dwarf frame erupted with earth-shattering energy:
"My master is Ju Liusun of Yuxu, and I am Tu Xingsun, a warrior under King Wu of the human clan!"
The thunder rumbled like an avalanche, booming so loudly that sand and stones whirled across the endless shore, as if a sandstorm were brewing.
Lightning cracked through the sky, whipping up tempests and churning clouds. The Five Thunders Strike of Heaven slammed directly into the demon clan Dream Forgers, annihilating every beast they had conjured. Meanwhile, Lei Zhenzi and Tu Xingsun—
One wielding the Wind-Thunder Golden Staff, the other the Bin Iron Staff— now fought in perfect sync. Their staves rose and fell in a relentless barrage, each blow pummeling the demons.
The five demon Forgers had no chance to resist. Their points were stripped away again and again, siphoning directly into Lily's account.
The live-stream audience was left speechless, gaping at the screen— this... this was...
They had thought Lily's two summoned 异人 (translated as "anomalies") were already formidable.
But now it seemed she hadn't even unleashed their full power.
And wait, what were those two anomalies talking about just now? Something about Kings Wen and Wu, both claiming to be human? What does Yuxu mean? What kind of heritage is this?
Just then, Tu Xingsun's bin iron staff hesitated for a moment. Lei Zhenzi shot him a disgruntled look, and Tu Xingsun quickly explained: "My liege, I was just wondering— why do these wretched demons keep claiming the Shan Hai Realm is their Demon Scripture? Are they trying to trace some bloodline connection?"
Lily nodded. "It would seem so."
Tu Xingsun's face contorted in astonishment. "But the Shan Hai Realm is our clan's ancient recipe book!"
Live-stream audience: !!!