Chapter 1179: Have You Asked Me Yet

"Mr. Ling!"

"Brother Ling!"

Xiang'er and Yang Huanzhi flinched. This guy was unbelievable, he actually dared to jump into the Dream Pool!

"

Haha,

this idiot is seeking death!"

Murong Huang snorted. The ninth stone step had only absorbed a portion of the Dream Pool's Dream Illusion Rule. Even that partial influence could drag a cultivator deep into dream and make escape nearly impossible. The Dream Illusion Rule inside the Dream Pool itself was many times stronger than what the Nine Levels of Dream Illusion could offer. For Ling Feng to leap into those waters was madness!

But that was exactly what Ling Feng wanted.

Ling Feng had felt the edges of the Dream Illusion Rule taking shape inside him while on the ninth stone step. He had been a hair away from forming its inscription.

Therefore, he made the decision to plunge into the Dream Pool.

The pool's dense rule-based power multiplied his comprehension immediately. Insight came to him in sharp, piling waves.

"At my current level, directly manifesting and using a full Dream Illusion Rule inscription is almost impossible. Better to..."

Ling Feng remembered how he had once imprinted the Reincarnation Heaven-Burying Sword Art inscriptions onto his sea of mind in the demon ruler's tomb. He used the same method and began imprinting the Dream Illusion Rule inscriptions he had just perceived into his sea of mind.

If he later reached king-tier and condensed his Sea of Stars, the sea's massive spiritual force would allow him to finish condensing that Dream Illusion Rule inscription.

Xiang'er on the bank did not know his plan. She flicked her jade hand and sent a pale pink ribbon shooting through the air. It wrapped around Ling Feng's waist and tugged him out of the pool.

"

Hehe,

this boy jumped into the Dream Pool and fell unconscious. He has forfeited first place. One contestant withdrew. Another barely fractured the third level of dream. The Hourglass of Time will belong to me, Murong Huang."

Murong Huang laughed aloud. No matter how strong Ling Feng's spiritual consciousness talent might be, he had overreached by entering the Dream Pool. He had handed the opportunity of the Hourglass of Time to Murong Huang.

The more Murong Huang thought about it, the happier he became. He stared at Xiang'er and declared boldly, "Quickly take this Young Master to see the Illusion Heart Queen!"

Xiang'er frowned. Ling Feng had been the undisputed first until...

"Damn it, if only I had known, I wouldn't have forfeited. That fellow just got lucky!"

Yang Huanzhi muttered. Murong Huang heard him and snapped, "Kid, even if you had not withdrawn, do you think you could have forced a breakthrough to the sixth level of dream illusion?"

Yang Huanzhi shrugged. He had no patience for Murong Huang's arrogance. Murong Huang sneered at the motionless Ling Feng and said with a cruel smile, "Hehe, this is what happens when you overreach!"

"

Sigh

..."

Xiang'er sighed. Ling Feng's plunge into the Dream Pool meant only the Illusion Heart Queen could awaken him. That was why his first place had passed to Yang Huanzhi.

"All right, come with me to meet—"

Before Xiang'er could finish speaking, she saw Ling Feng, who had been wrapped like a "rice dumpling" in her silk ribbon, suddenly open his eyes.

A faint smile curved his lips. He said calmly, "Miss Xiang'er, did you ask me before giving my first place to that guy?"

"Mr. Ling!"

Xiang'er's surprise turned to joy. Her eyes shone with disbelief. Ling Feng had dived into the Dream Pool and yet he woke on his own.

How is that even possible!

"What a freak!"

Yang Huanzhi could not help shouting. "You are a monster!"

No one else noticed the inscriptions that slipped across Ling Feng's pupils. The Dream Illusion Rule inscriptions in the pool had already been copied into his sea of mind.

In a sense he had comprehended the Dream Illusion Rule. He could not yet unleash it in full, but he could use its initial forms.

His eyes could now craft illusions. One steady look was enough to trap an opponent whose mind wavered. The victim would fall into dream and could be manipulated without knowing.

That was the power of the Dream Illusion Rule!

"Bastard!"

Inside the cave, the only one filled with frustration was Murong Huang. The feeling of gaining something only to lose it right away made his chest tighten, as if he were about to cough up a mouthful of blood.

"Damn it, he fell into the Dream Pool and lost qualification. The right to borrow the Hourglass of Time belongs to me!"

Murong Huang's eyes flamed as he stared at Ling Feng. He wanted to rip the youth apart.

"

Oh?

Is that so?"

𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Ling Feng pursed his lips and looked at Xiang'er.

Xiang'er gritted her teeth. "Technically, falling into the Dream Pool equals disqualification. But Mr. Ling entered of his own will."

She frowned and added, "There is still almost an hour. Mr. Ling can try the Dream Pool again. If he surpasses the sixth level, what will you do then?"

"You—"

Murong Huang shouted furiously, "You wench, you are plainly favoring that brat!"

Bang!

From the void above, a terrifying force swept down, pressing straight onto Murong Huang's head.

In an instant, his body was crushed to the ground, pinned like an old turtle, completely unable to move.

A cold voice followed. "This is not your Tianhuang City. Mind your tongue. The Hourglass of Time belongs to me, and I've chosen to lend it to Ling Feng. Do you have any objections?"

"

Pfft!

"

Murong Huang coughed blood under that pressure and dared not answer. He stammered, "I-I do not!"

The oppressive force lifted. The Queen's voice calmed down. "Xiang'er, bring Ling Feng inside. The others may leave. The test is over, do not linger in my place!"

"Yes!"

Xiang'er's bright eyes turned to Ling Feng as she said with a gentle smile, "Mr. Ling, please come with me."

"Please lead the way, Miss Xiang'er!"

Ling Feng inclined his head, a rare sense of satisfaction rising within him. His visit to Heaven's Illusion Island had not been in vain. He had gained the

Nightmare Heart Technique

and comprehended the Dream Illusion Rule.

If he used the Hourglass of Time to train and pushed the

Nightmare Heart Technique

to the beginner stage, it would become another trump card.

After Xiang'er led Ling Feng away, Yang Huanzhi shrugged and departed.

The green-clad swordsman glanced at Murong Huang, who remained pressed to the ground. After thinking for a moment, he chose not to step forward and swiftly left the cave.

Only Murong Huang remained in the cavern like a beaten dog. He remembered his humiliation and slammed the earth in madness. He roared, "Ling Feng, I will make you pay. Mark my words, I will make you pay!!!"