boom!
An impact akin to the Big Bang occurred, and terrifying shockwaves swept in all directions.
Fang Xiu and Xiao Chuxia were also engulfed by the shockwave.
When Xiao Chuxia came to her senses, she was stunned.
"This...this is Beijing?"
At this moment, she was in the bustling city center, surrounded by tall buildings, heavy traffic, and a cacophony of voices.
Fang Xiu's calm voice rang out.
"This is a one-to-one replica of the real world."
"A dream just like reality? Hugh, what are you planning to do?"
Fang Xiu did not answer, but rather sensed it slightly.
"It's not enough. The area covered by the dream is still too small, and the headquarters is located in a remote area with few people around."
In the blink of an eye, he burned all the fear he had collected during this time, forcibly expanding the nightmare's dream in an almost exploitative way.
This dreamscape, so realistic it rivaled reality, expanded wildly, stretching out to cover the far reaches of the world.
Moments later, the dream expanded to the limit of what Nightmare could do, reaching a full one-tenth the size of the capital city and covering the dreams of millions of people. However, this method was tantamount to overdrawing resources, and it was foreseeable that Nightmare would be weak for some time after this battle.
But Fang Xiu didn't care; as long as he could achieve his goal, everything was worthwhile.
It was only thanks to the fact that the headquarters was located in a relatively remote area with few people that the commotion of the battle did not get out. Otherwise, if such a commotion had occurred in the city, the people around would not have been able to sleep.
"Hugh, what are you trying to do? You haven't answered me yet."
Fang Xiu turned around, lowered his head slightly, and stared directly into Xiao Chuxia's eyes in a condescending manner.
Xiao Chuxia blushed instantly, mainly because the indescribable scene had just been witnessed, making her too ashamed to look at Fang Xiu.
Two questions.
First, does the power of lies you can absorb only come from your own lies?
Xiao Chuxia was slightly taken aback, then replied, "I can attach my spirituality to a liar and then absorb the power of lies."
"So, you don't have to lie yourself. As long as you attach your spirit to me, I can deceive others, and you can still gain the power of lies?"
Xiao Chuxia nodded her head slightly nervously: "Yes, Brother Xiu, you wouldn't lie to people for my sake, would you?"
"The second question is, how much power of lies do I need to break through to the fourth tier?"
"Fourth rank!? You've only just broken through to the third rank, and you're already thinking about the fourth rank?" Xiao Chuxia was shocked and quickly shook her head.
"Brother Hugh, it's not that I don't want to help you, but no amount of lies can make it work because my spirituality isn't enough. If I were really that powerful, I would have broken through to the fourth rank on my own long ago."
"A limitation of spirituality?" Fang Xiu fell into deep thought.
“Brother Hugh, helping you break through to the third rank and breaking through to the fourth rank are two completely different concepts. The power of lies is not as strong as you think. The reason I was able to help you improve last time was mainly because you were at the peak of the second rank, just one step away from the third rank. I can use the power of lies to help you break through that step, but it doesn’t mean I can directly elevate you from the early stage of the third rank to the fourth rank.”
"So when you helped me break through to the third level last time, it wasn't because you used the power of lies to increase my spirituality, but because I had accumulated enough on my own, and you helped me break through the bottleneck."
Xiao Chuxia nodded: "That's right. Breakthrough and growth are two completely different concepts. It's like height. If you're 1.7 meters tall and want to grow to 1.8 meters, you can just wear a pair of taller shoes. But if you're 1 meter tall and want to grow to 1.8 meters, you can only rely on your own growth. Otherwise, even if you wear sky-high heels, it won't help."
"You're pulling so many people into the dream world this time, are you trying to break through to the fourth rank? That's impossible. Even if you pulled the entire city of Shangjing into the dream world, it wouldn't work; my spiritual energy simply isn't enough."
Hearing Xiao Chuxia's words, Fang Xiu knew that his first idea had failed, and it seemed that he could only execute Plan B.
He originally intended to break through to the fourth rank with the help of Xiao Chuxia.
After all, based on its own foundation and special abilities, it was able to contend with the domain power of a fourth-tier spirit master at the third tier. Although it relied purely on summoning the phantom of the ghost god, that was still a part of its own power.
Therefore, Fang Xiu speculated that even if he awakened a trashy domain when he reached the fourth rank, it wouldn't matter. With the foundation of the fourth rank, he could definitely manifest a more powerful phantom of the Ghost God and then kill Joker.
He was able to injure Joker with the phantom of the elusive god even at the third rank, let alone at the fourth rank.
But now that plan is no longer feasible, so we have to settle for second best.
Fang Xiu then asked again, "What about helping a peak fourth-tier Spirit Master break through to the fifth tier?"
Xiao Chuxia immediately looked troubled: "This... although breaking through the bottleneck is the same as breaking through the bottleneck, the second to the third stage can be called a window paper, but the fourth to the fifth stage is probably like a bulletproof vest, right?"
"Can't we just say it directly? Is the power of a million lies enough?"
Xiao Chuxia was startled by the number, but still looked troubled: "If it's just about breaking through the bottleneck, my spirituality should be enough, and a million people should be about right. But don't forget this is a dream. The ratio of collecting the power of lies is ten to one. If you want to collect the power of lies from a million people, it means you have to bring at least ten million people into the dream. That's probably not very realistic."
"It's unrealistic to bring ten million people into the dream world, but I remember you said that you can gain more power of lies by deceiving people with strong minds than ordinary people. There are many elite soldiers from headquarters here, as well as a large number of spirit masters. The power of lies you can get from them will definitely be much more than that from ordinary people."
“Brother Hugh, but that’s not enough. Currently, the people who are drunk and asleep at headquarters are mostly soldiers and low-level spirit masters. The real powerhouses, those at level three and above, are not asleep at all. All these people combined only amount to about a million. We’re still short nine million. How many people have you pulled into the dream world so far?”
Around two million.
"That's it. I've only managed to scrape together three million. I'm still seven million short."
Fang Xiu frowned deeply. This method wouldn't work either? It seemed he'd have to die ten thousand times first.
Just as he was about to die ten thousand times, Xiao Chuxia suddenly thought of something.
"I've got an idea, Hugh! There's a way to reduce the number of people."
"What method?"
“A precise lie!” Xiao Chuxia uttered an unfamiliar term.
"What's the meaning?"
"Since we can't increase the quantity of the power of lies, we can choose to improve its quality. You want to help the fourth-tier break through to the fifth tier, right? Then deceive everyone precisely and make everyone believe that you can help the fourth-tier break through to the fifth tier. When lies have a specific target, the required quantity will be greatly reduced."
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