At this moment, Bai Xiao finally understood the function of the Divine Ghost Six Desires Secret.
This cultivation technique could be thought of as a disk divided into six equal segments, with each segment representing a strong desire. Just now, the transparent page he had acquired was the first desire in the Divine Ghost Six Desires.
Bloodlust had been unlocked, and one of the segments opened.
Whenever a Void Realm creature died at Bai Xiao’s hands, he could use the killing intent to reconstruct it, evolving its original abilities. For example, the current Totem Giant Gandala had essentially become some kind of avatar that Bai Xiao could manipulate.
A chaotic path lay before him.
The bloody qi on Bai Xiao’s body dissipated, gradually returning to normal.
A tall statue stood silently in place, majestic and imposing.
On its heavy torso were climbing black totemic patterns, like thorny vines. Its shoulders rose high, as if draped in battle armor. The head was square and large, with red pupils shining like spotlights. There was a somewhat dim diamond-shaped gem on its chest, emanating a shade of purple.
In its hand, it still clutched a thick and sturdy totem pole.
It looked about the same length and thickness as marble columns used as load-bearing pillars, except the surface had a spiral totem pattern that glowed faintly, giving off a subtle sense of danger and mystery.
Bai Xiao knew that this pole could turn into a stone tree.
Then summon many Stone People wielding stone knives and stone swords.
"This is... the Divine Ghost Six Desires Secret?"
He murmured to himself as he looked at the enormous shadow of the giant statue before him.
"However, it seems to have shrunk a little?"
Bai Xiao observed carefully and noticed that the Totem Giant was shorter. It had probably shrunk from its original height of six meters to now five meters. The totem patterns on its body were finer, and the light from the Fear Core on its chest was unusually dim.
It was probably about eighty or ninety percent of the original.
The consumption of the Fear Core was huge, its energy was almost depleted.
Was this the Totem Giant as it stood at the moment before its downfall?
He took a deep breath and began to recall the information in his mind again.
That was when Bai Xiao, through the Divine Ghost Six Desires Secret, was reconstructing the Totem Giant. He received fragmented memories of its original being and pieced them together with great effort.
In the Sunshine District, amidst the fog.
The Totem Giant stood guard beside Bai Xiao, who pondered thoughtfully.
In his memory, the past of the Totem Giant appeared.
It was from a vast and massive kingdom that came into being long ago. There, the Totem Giant was a combat machine within the army.
It was a member of the Giant Regiment, waging bloody battles with countless tribes.
In the end, it fell in the Imperial Graveyard, succumbing to eternal slumber.
But for some unknown reason, over the lengthy passage of time.
It awoke anew, reawakening due to fear.
Bai Xiao retracted his thoughts, pondering all the fragmented memories.
In the end, he gleaned a crucial piece of information.
A thick white fog that seemed to have arisen from nowhere, continuously flowing.
Totem Giant Gandala was originally wandering aimlessly on the edge of the Imperial Graveyard. But not long ago, during a foggy incursion, it drifted unknowingly to this place and was even drawn into the Sunshine District.
"Is the Imperial Graveyard just outside the Sunshine District?"
Bai Xiao turned his head in puzzlement, looking beyond the district.
He couldn’t help but recall the deep world he had just experienced.
His newly purchased detached villa had been pulled into that region.
So, the current situation should be based on the same principle?
After all, the fear nightmare was, in theory, also a kind of deep world. It’s just more special and can be entered through dreaming.
This was what his senior brother Wu Binghe had told him.
"Should I leave the Sunshine District to see what’s outside?"
Bai Xiao thoughtfully looked at the Totem Giant beside him.
On the street, the fog drifted, thick as a flowing sludge, rolling back and forth to form whirlpools. It seemed dense enough to float upon. The white flecks of fog made a rustling noise.
Bai Xiao walked on the deserted sidewalk.
In front of him was a vast expanse of floating white fog, with tall buildings faintly visible through it.
Bai Xiao’s muscles tensed, his attention focused, exceedingly vigilant.
He scanned the surroundings with his eyes and stepped forward slowly.
One minute passed, without anything unusual.
Two minutes, still nothing.
Three minutes... nothing...
Bai Xiao suddenly stopped in his tracks, his sharp gaze fixated on what was ahead.
In the mist, large buildings flickered in and out of view, casting ominous shadows.
However, their shapes had changed; no longer the tall and straight modern buildings, but now resembling the walls of ancient architecture.
Out of nowhere a gust of wind swept away swathes of fog.
Bai Xiao stood still as the visibility around him grew clearer.
He was startled to find.
He was on the edge of the grey-black walls of an ancient city.
In front was the towering high city wall.
Behind him, a stretch of white-grey graveyards reached to the horizon.
"Could this be the true visage of the fear nightmare?"
As Bai Xiao was lost in thought, suddenly rapid footsteps sounded from above the city wall.
One by one, figures resembling soldier statues appeared at the battlements, their lifeless black stone eyes firmly locked on Bai Xiao.
Their bows drawn, they shot arrows!
Boom boom boom boom boom!
Six Stone Arrows, unleashing terrifying power.
Like meteors piercing through the air at high speed, they struck the ground with a ferocious impact.
Like thunder, the ground shook tremulously.
Holes as large as rooms appeared in the ground.