After a while, a string of ZZZZ symbols appeared above Xiao Jie’s head.
"Huh, already starting to dream?" Ye Luo curiously asked.
"Wait a bit, even dreaming takes some time," I Want to Be Immortal explained smoothly.
Xiao Jie also patiently waited. His character had fallen asleep, so his computer screen had also become blurry. He could still hear their conversation, but the voices sounded muffled, as if something was layering them.
It must be said, the game’s various details were really well implemented, even a sleeping mechanism was so realistic.
Ye Luo seemed to ask something again, and I Want to Be Immortal responded, but by then Xiao Jie couldn’t hear clearly anymore. Soon after, their voices completely vanished, and the lighting around the screen grew dim.
Xiao Jie immediately realized that he was about to enter the Dream World.
The surroundings grew darker and gradually turned pitch black, with only his character lying unmoving in the darkness. Soon, even the bed underneath him disappeared, and it felt like he was falling through the darkness.
Xiao Jie’s mouse and keyboard were at the ready for a meeting with a demon soul, which might even trigger a battle.
Speaking of which, if he got killed in the dream, he wouldn’t actually die, would he?
Finally, Xiao Jie stopped falling. He pressed W, and his character immediately stood up, beginning to run in the pitch-black Dream World.
After running around, he faintly saw a blood-red light emanating from one direction.
Xiao Jie ran towards that light.
From afar, he saw a giant, colorful tiger vigorously biting something in the darkness.
Kui Li Mountain Lord (residual soul of the Tiger Demon): Level 28, Life Value: 530.
"Huh, why is the health bar so low? Could it be because of the residual soul?"
Xiao Jie cautiously approached, and once he got closer, he finally saw clearly that the Kui Li Mountain Lord was gnawing on a giant snake corpse, about ten meters long.
It seemed to sense Xiao Jie’s gaze, and the colossal tiger abruptly turned around. Though it was a tiger, it had a human-like figure, robust with strong muscles, claws sharp as knives, and eyes electric with a formidable aura.
"Damn it, was it you who ate my inner core? I’m going to destroy you today!"
The Kui Li Mountain Lord, without saying another word, directly pounced towards Xiao Jie.
Xiao Jie was immediately startled. Damn, how come it started fighting upon seeing me? Wasn’t it supposed to issue a Vestige Task?
I even have the Beast Affinity Talent!
Luckily, Xiao Jie was already prepared for battle. He immediately used his Qinggong to create a distance, not expecting that in the Dream World, all his skills could still be used. He performed a Flying Cloud Chasing Moon and soared into the sky.
But the Kui Li Mountain Lord sneered, "So you have this skill, I underestimated you, but take your grandpa tiger’s roar first!"
Tiger Roar Soul Shattering Shout!
The roar had an extremely wide range, and immediately, a fear icon appeared above Xiao Jie’s head. Even his Qinggong was directly interrupted, and he fell from the sky.
Splash! He directly lost 37 points of health.
At the same time, the health bar also displayed above his head.
Hidden Moon Following Wind (Ancient Qi Refiner): Level 20, Life Value: 153/190.
(Dammit, there’s even a health bar in the dream! Why is my maximum health only 190?)
While Xiao Jie was astounded, his actions didn’t hesitate. Facing a powerful enemy, he directly prepared his Big Move.
Secret Technique — damn, still in a state of fear.
He tried to unleash his Big Move, but couldn’t, causing Xiao Jie to instantly break out in a cold sweat. Damn, I’m not going to die , am I?
The next second, the tiger leaped at Xiao Jie with unimaginable speed, giving him no chance to react.
Followed by a Choking...
[System Notification: You have been defeated—you have awakened.]
Suddenly, his vision shifted from darkness back to the room in the inn.
Xiao Jie looked at his health bar, still shaken. Thankfully, his health bar was full, seeming that what happened in the dream wasn’t real; dying there didn’t matter.
His heart was pounding fiercely; damn, that was terrifying.
That demon soul was not easy to deal with, thankfully it wasn’t a real death.
But now he had an additional DEBUFF.
Nightmare Soul: You were brutally murdered in your dream, awakening you, your Spirit -1 (lasts 24 hours).
Getting killed in a dream actually reduced his Spirit... thankfully it’s temporary.
Wait a minute, Spirit? Xiao Jie looked at his Spirit Attribute, 19 points (now it’s 18), Mana 0/180.
So that’s it! Xiao Jie suddenly realized, the Mana is the limit for health in the dream!
Yes, in the dream, he wasn’t a physical entity, but a spirit. So, this health bar in the spirit body, isn’t it just the blue bar in reality?
"Feng, why did you wake up? Did you receive the task?" I Want to Be Immortal asked concernedly next to him.
"Don’t even mention it, I was killed by the demon soul, but thankfully it wasn’t a real death. No worries, I’ll go back and deal with him," Xiao Jie said as he clicked on the bed again, re-entering the Dream World.