Gao Ming didn’t expect He Er God’s power to be so special. They were symbols of something in the nightmare and were not actual Gods. However, due to their presence in humanity’s heart, they might as well be real in this place.
“Amplified reflected damage?” Gao Ming stood up while holding the knife. The two monks did the same. They looked so haggard, but they didn’t appear worried. The red lines rapidly healed their wounds. As they got injected with the joy aura, their bodies expanded.
“Save one sentence, and tragedy can escape your lips.”
“Forgive oneself. Do not compare yourself to others.”
“Be patient. Watch the fire pit turn into a lotus pond.”
“Take one step back. Walk the path of cultivation.”
“You sure have a lot of useless tips!” Gao Ming stepped forward, and the God of Flesh and Blood opened his eight arms. The attack was relentless. However, the target was not the monks but the other Minor Xi Gods. After the Minor Xi Gods were killed, the monks would heal more slowly.
The Minor Xi Gods around the monks were pierced by red lines and they were dragged towards the two monks. As unwilling as some of the Minor Xi Gods were, they didn’t dare to resist. The two monks enlarged again. They became almost as big as the Xi Temple. They blocked the front door and smiled kindly at Gao Ming.
“Allow him to be angry. You only need to be generous and forgiving.”
Gao Ming had to stop when the pain was so overwhelming that he could barely hold the knife. After a few minutes of combat, he and the two monks were already greatly damaged. The temple was covered in blood.
Using the power of the God of Flesh and Blood and the fleshy tree, Gao Ming’s stomach wound rapidly closed. However, the monks recovered quickly as well. Their stomachs contained the Minor Xi Gods. Xi God’s red lines also possessed healing attributes. Even if they were cursed by the God of Flesh and Blood, their smiles didn’t change.
“Wearing old clothes, I feed myself on the saliva of the world.”
“I nod along when people scold me. I sleep on the ground after people hit me.”
“He saves his energy, and I have no trouble. This is cultivation. This is the priceless treasure.”
The pair of monks stood before the temple and waited for Xi God to complete the ritual.
“Fuck. How disgusting.” Gao Ming spat out blood. Even when he fought the Water Dragon King, he was not as annoyed. The monks didn’t go on the offensive, so they allowed Gao Ming to attack them. However, they would reflect the damage to Gao Ming.
Bai Feng’s voice inside the temple slowly became more unfamiliar. She was slowly losing herself. Gao Ming didn’t have much time left. “They can reflect physical attacks, curses and even the murderous Qi on the butcher’s knife. Even though my body is stronger than other testers, I cannot exhaust my physique on them. What else can I do? Do I have other attack methods?”
Gao Ming tried to summon the flesh tree, and to his surprise, he received a response. However, this nightmare was too stable. The tree would need time to pierce its roots through. It had already sensed Gao Ming’s location and was doing its best.
“Normal attacks cannot threaten He Er God.” Fu Shu quickly offered his aid. “The Minor Xi God’s power comes from the Xi God. Do you remember what I told you? Your only advantage is that your God is not summoned from the nightmare. Instead, he is created from the despair that has somehow accumulated in your heart.” Fu Shu was affected by Gao Ming’s madness and despair many times already. “Dream Release requires you to face your heart and take on the despair. Why don’t you share it with He Er God? Don’t present any hostility. You are merely sharing your pain with them.”
Gao Ming’s eyes lit up. “You are a scholar, but you have such horrible ideas.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
Gao Ming put away the knife and walked towards the two monks. After absorbing the other Minor Xi Gods, the two monks turned into giant Buddhas. They smiled kindly upon Gao Ming. “My friend, put down your weapon and become Buddha.”
“I have no interest in that. However, I hear that all Buddhas are kind, and I have a favour to ask of you.” Gao Ming’s Dream Release could affect everything within two meters of him. He was currently five metres away from the two monks.
When he was three metres away from them, the monks moved their palms, aiming to smack Gao Ming on the spot. Gao Ming didn’t evade. He rushed at the two monks’ stomachs. That was where the joy aura was the strongest.
A normal person would quickly be assimilated by the joy aura. Gao Ming could feel his limbs losing control. The giant stomachs bit at him like giant mouths. He was trapped in their guts.
“Opening an unhealed wound is something painful, but I have no other choices.” Gao Ming opened the altar and shouted at the God of Flesh and Blood. “Dream Release!”
He didn’t hold back. He didn’t care if he could sustain the despair or not. The God of Flesh and Blood yanked through the scar in his heart. He used Zhang Mingli’s soul fire as a guide and allowed the despair in his heart to surge out.
The black ocean instantly flooded Gao Ming’s soul. It blasted away the joy aura in his body and started to spread!
As the despair poured out, the area of influence for Gao Ming’s Dream Release also increased.
The smiles on the two monks’ faces froze. They didn’t understand how a normal person could have such intense despair in his heart. Gao Ming was like an ancient demon who had collected despair over countless deaths.
“Help us!” He Er God started to suck on the power of the Minor Xi Gods. They ignored their pleas and started to digest them. The Minor Xi Gods screamed, but He Er God ignored them. They used their bodies to shield the despair so it wouldn’t enter the temple.
Gao Ming used endless joy to balance the despair. He managed to maintain a delicate balance.
It was worse than death, but he retained his rationality. In that situation, more despair was released out of his heart.