Chapter 180 Flaw
In front of the gate of Tai'an Garden in the real world.

From Zhou Tieyi's brazen attack, to Qiao Yongen's evolution of the Cloud Platform and the manifestation of the Holy Xue Ren, to Zhou Tieyi gathering the blood and energy of his personal guards to form a heart fire that burned the Ink Lake and assisted the spear in piercing Xue Ren's [Thousand Stars Falling].

The competition that lasted for more than ten minutes was so intense that the audience around were dazzled.

Even the practitioners kept a close eye on every change, fearing that they would miss out on crucial information. This opportunity to watch top talents fight each other was rare even in Tianjing.

If you can understand one or two things from it, it will be of great help in perfecting your own path.

When Zhou Tieyi pierced through [Thousand Stars Falling] and pierced Qiao Yongen's body as well, many people cried out in surprise.

But the next moment, the imagined scene of blood and flesh splattering did not appear.

Qiao Yongen's body turned into pieces of leather and flew apart, just like a torn shadow puppet.

Instead, Zhou Tieyi froze in place. He was wearing a dark gold suit with auspicious clouds on it. The dragon-patterned wooden steel spear in his hand was as azure as the sky. His ape arm thrust the spear straight forward, and there was still an inexplicable smile on his face, as if he had already seen his victory.

Wang Qixing, who was the closest, retreated more than ten feet, because the [Heart Fire] gathered by the Zhou family's personal guards not only did not subside, but became even hotter, making the surrounding space of a hundred feet like a huge steel furnace.

It was indeed unexpected that Zhou Tieyi could use military formations at the eighth level, but in the end it still fell into the novelist's dream.

Wang Qixing saw Zhou Tieyi standing still, and couldn't help but show a bit of joy on his face.

The novelist's 'seeing of the world' not only refers to the novelist-practitioner seeing all things in the world, but also refers to all living beings seeing the world in the novelist's heart.

Only in this way can one confuse truth and falsehood and make things like a dream or illusion.

Seeing that Zhou Tieyi was trapped in place, Wang Qixing would of course like to make a move secretly if possible to help Qiao Yongen expand his advantage.

However, as soon as this thought came to his mind, it was suppressed by a great sense of crisis.

Even without divination, Wang Qixing knew that these were the big shots above the third rank who had arrived. They were competing with each other to maintain fairness on the battlefield.

Zhou Tieyi and Qiao Yongen both have the support of powerful forces behind them. The fight between geniuses will never be in vain, because the death of a genius is a huge loss for the powerful forces, so there is the saying of protectors.

I don't know if it's because of the burning [Heart Fire], but the red heart fire surrounded Zhou Tieyi, forming a barrier. The terrifying heat rose, and the ordinary spectators squinted their eyes and looked over, feeling that the surrounding scenery was distorted.

"Grandpa, it's bad, Brother Zhou is trapped!"

Chu Huanhuan was still wearing a hundred-cloth dress that she had sewn herself, like a newborn colorful kingfisher, but her voice was a little worried this time, and she held Chu Wensheng's arm.

Upon hearing that Zhou Tieyi was coming to Suzaku City with many personal guards, Chu Huanhuan, who already lived in Suzaku City, naturally asked his grandfather to come and see if he could help.

After all, Brother Zhou has not yet repaid the favor of helping me escape from the Queen's hands last time.

Compared to his granddaughter's worry, Chu Wensheng was calm and composed, "Don't worry, Zhou kid hasn't lost yet."

After hearing what Grandpa said, Chu Huanhuan asked curiously, "Grandpa, didn't you warn me before that I must not be completely dragged into a dream by a novelist? If you do that, even if you originally had a 90% chance of winning, it would only be less than 10%."

Then she pleaded, "Grandpa, you are so powerful, why don't you help Brother Zhou get out of the dream? Anyway, they don't know..."

"do not know?"

Chu Wensheng's face darkened. "I still say the same thing. If you want me to be buried in the ground sooner, you should encourage me to get involved in Zhou's affairs!"

Hearing her grandfather's cold snort, Chu Huanhuan could only say sorry to Zhou Tieyi in her heart. She wanted to ask her grandfather for help, but her grandfather's attitude towards this matter was extremely firm.

"how could be……"

Seeing that his granddaughter was in a low mood, Chu Wensheng sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to help, but even if I do, I will be stopped by other third-rank masters."

As he spoke, he enveloped his granddaughter and brought her into his own Taoist tradition.

In an instant, the world in Chu Huanhuan's eyes changed drastically.

The originally vivid scenery, people, even the sky and the earth, seemed to have lost their color, with only five bright lights standing among all things.

Chu Huanhuan couldn't see clearly what was inside these five rays of light, and couldn't even distinguish the color of the light. He could only feel that these five rays of light were restraining each other, forming a stable balance, and no one could make a move.

"Grandpa, what is this?"

"Other third-rank masters watching the battle."

Chu Wensheng answered, "I, your grandfather, can only guarantee a fair competition environment for that kid. As for whether he can win, it all depends on his own ability. Besides..."

"Besides what?"

Chu Huanhuan asked quickly.

Chu Wensheng smiled and said, "If that Zhou family kid is not fully prepared, he dares to come and cause trouble for the novelist. It would be better if such a person died earlier, so as to avoid worrying my granddaughter."

After being teased by her grandfather, Chu Huanhuan blushed and said no more.

In Tai'an Garden, on the second floor of the building facing the street, the real Qiao Yongen stood by the window, looking at Zhou Tieyi who was surrounded by [Heart Fire] at the gate.

The four emotions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness gushed out from the entire Tai'an Garden, weaving into an illusory dream, covering the hundred-foot space where Zhou Tieyi was.

The real scenes seen by ordinary people are distorted, not only because the [Heart Fire] burns the air, but more because dreams erode the real world.

The reason why Qiao Yongen dared to fight Zhou Tieyi might be because he had the Spring Thunder Talisman.

Naturally, he has his own reliance.

No matter how powerful the Spring Thunder Talisman is, as long as its origin is revealed, there will be a corresponding way to break it.

For example, I started with my shadow puppet body. Even if Zhou Tieyi had the Spring Thunder Talisman, as long as he didn't see through the shadow puppet's technique and found my real body hidden in Tai'an Garden, the shadow puppet body could easily consume one of his Spring Thunder Talismans.

If Zhou Tieyi had not used the powerful weapon, the Spring Thunder Talisman, at the beginning, by the time I pulled him into the dream, it would have been too late for him to use the Spring Thunder Talisman.

Although the actual battle had its twists and turns, for example, he did not expect that Zhou Tieyi had already trained the military formation method to a basic form, and combined with his unprecedented martial arts vision, he was not at all inferior to a normal fifth-grade "weapon forging" practitioner of the military strategist.

But the final result is still good, thanks to the method of faking death and entering a dream.

Taking advantage of the momentary joy of Zhou Tieyi killing 'himself', he completely dragged Zhou Tieyi into the dream.

At this point, I have already gained the upper hand.

Get carried away!

Qiao Yongen commented on Zhou Tieyi in his heart.

Because there is no real joy as a bridge, the power of his dreams can never completely drag Zhou Tieyi's mind into the 'dream world'. If the other party is really careful and cautious, with the help of the [Heart Fire] magical power, he has a chance to escape from the dream like Wang Qixing.

In an illusory dream.

Zhou Tieyi stood there with a gun in his hand, and the scenery around him was almost exactly the same as in the real world.

This exact similarity refers not only to the external form, but also to the internal rules.

Using dreams to evolve scenes from the real world is something you can do at will, but giving dreams a sense of "reality" and making the rules in the dreams specific, so as to suppress your opponent, is not an easy task.

Beware novelists.

Zhou Tieyi couldn't help but think of Guan Guan's reminder.

The novelist's skill of making the fake look real and lure people into dreams is indeed powerful, enough to give the novelist a chance to be promoted to one of the upper nine classes.

Fortunately, I made preparations early.

Just as Zhou Tieyi was thinking this.

The dream began to evolve further.

First, in front of him, 'Qiao Yongen' pointed at himself tragically with an angry look in his eyes. He wanted to speak, but was unable to utter a word. Finally, he died with his eyes open.

Then came the exclamations and praises from the spectators around, as if their praises could lift me to the sky.

Then 'Hu Wenlang' approached him with a respectful look.

However, before 'Hu Wenlang' could get completely close to him, Zhou Tieyi swung the spear in his hand and directly pierced 'Hu Wenlang', bringing the evolution of the entire dream to an abrupt end.

Hu Wenlang's body turned into a pool of ink and melted into the ground.

Qiao Yongen's figure appeared in front of Zhou Tieyi, "Do you realize this is a dream?" Zhou Tieyi did not rush to act. He used the authority of [Mirage] to continuously perceive the operating rules of this dream. A lot of insights were fed back into his mind, which would be of great help to him in weaving dreams in the future.

"Do you think I'm stupid?"

The smile on Zhou Tieyi's face did not fade, and he did not take the initiative to attack Qiao Yongen in front of him.

This is a dream woven by others. The 'Qiao Yongen' in front of him is just a pool of ink. He is not the core of the dream at all. Even if he is killed, it will not bring more changes.

Zhou Tieyi's answer gave Qiao Yongen a sense of foreboding.

Because of this answer, it seemed as if Zhou Tieyi deliberately entered his own dream world.

Of course, it is also possible that after Zhou Tieyi discovered something was wrong, he pretended to be calm in order to interfere with his own judgment.

But no matter which possibility it is, the arrow is on the string and I have to shoot it.

"Since you don't want to say it, I'll make you say it after I capture you!"

Qiao Yongen's voice was cold and stern.

As this cold voice fell, the whole world began to spin.

The rabbit runs and the crow flies.

The brilliant light of the scorching sun in the sky dimmed, the dark night fell, and the stars were like a river, covering the entire dream.

The exquisite and magnificent buildings of Tai'an Garden faded into a vast wilderness. The ink was like the night wind, blowing the weeds and rushing in from all directions.

When the black wind blew over the "civilians" who were watching the battle, their clothes began to change, and they turned into soldiers wearing iron armor...

The evolution of the entire dream world is reflected in Zhou Tieyi's black and white eyes.

Qiao Yongen wants to seize the geographical advantage!
When his elder brother was betting with the monk Shenxiu, he had to look for Hu Wenlang to gain geographical advantage and people's support.

Therefore, Qiao Yongen, who is also a fifth-grade "Manifestation of Sainthood", naturally has a way to seize geographical advantages and human harmony.

However, unlike Hu Wenlang who needed to rely on the "popularity" of thousands of people listening to the comments on the script, Tai'an Garden has been passed down in Qiao Yongen's lineage for hundreds of years. The popularity accumulated here has lasted for a long time. Even if Zhou Tieyi did not actually enter Tai'an Garden, Qiao Yongen could mobilize the power of Tai'an Garden to perfect his dream world.

The power of the earth veins, the power of emotions of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness!

This is the supporting force of this dream world that Zhou Tieyi first determined with the help of [Real Vision] and his own insights from practice.

This means that the entire dream is not closed, but connected to the outside world. It’s just that Qiao Yongen is temporarily taking control of the dream.

Qiao Yongen used this dream to completely cover his mind, so there must be a part of his spirit mixed in this dream, and he is also the support force of this dream, but now he is suppressed and cannot do whatever he wants when he invades other people's dreams.

Only by taking one's own spirit as a foundation and seizing more authority in this dream can one 'enhance' one's own power in this dream.

Thinking of the four words "seize power", Zhou Tieyi couldn't help but smile knowingly. He was very good at this matter.

The next moment, he swung the spear in his hand, and the powerful force swept across the armored soldiers surrounding him.

It was like the feeling of a real gun body colliding with armor, followed by a dull thud, and then the whistling sound of soldiers being knocked away by the huge force and breaking through the air.

Everything was just like in reality, the only difference was that the armored soldiers around were not afraid of death and surged forward like a tide.

Zhou Tieyi didn't care either, like a tireless monster, the spear in his hand danced like a dragon and a phoenix at such a fast speed that it left a trail of afterimages. These afterimages gradually formed a green "forest" that surrounded Zhou Tieyi and resisted the tide of armored soldiers.

The spear is a weapon used on the battlefield.

During these ten days, Zhou Tieyi's practice of the [Tianqing Spear] with his brother in his dreams was not in vain. Although Qiao Yongen was better than his brother in controlling the entire dream, he was not even worthy of carrying his brother's shoes when it came to using the soldiers' formations.

He just wanted to use a large amount of emotional power to condense into soldiers and consume his own spirit. These soldiers attacked without any rules and almost instinctively sought death.

For himself, this is a perfect time to hone his [Sky Blue Spear] fighting skills. After all, such a realistic dream cannot be evolved with the [Mirage] authority he currently possesses.

The more real the dream is, the more feedback you will get from the battle in the dream.

As one armored soldier after another was killed, Zhou Tieyi's marksmanship became more and more perfect. Coupled with his previous accumulation, his momentum was like a forest, slowly unfolding, without any sign of decline.

In dreams, time passes quickly, which is very different from the outside world.

He originally wanted to use the armored soldiers evolved from the power of emotions to consume Zhou Tieyi's spirit, and then use his killing move to deliver a fatal blow.

However, as Zhou Tieyi's [Sky Blue Spear] became more mature, there were even signs of a qualitative breakthrough.

The ominous feeling in Qiao Yongen's heart turned into a trace of panic.

These armored soldiers were a combination of the joys, sorrows, anger and happiness of ordinary people, combined with a strand of his own will. In this dream world, they were no weaker than eighth-grade warriors, and more importantly, they were numerous enough and consumed very little of his energy.

However, there was no sign of Zhou Tieyi's mental decline, and sending ordinary armored soldiers would only help his opponent to comprehend combat skills. Qiao Yongen once again took action to control the dream.

The armored soldiers retreated like a tide, and a young general appeared in the wilderness.

Under the starry sky, the general's armor shone with a restrained and deep luster, as if it was in harmony with the celestial phenomena.

Qiao Yongen's voice sounded again, but this time his voice was high and mighty, like the law of the world, stating a fact indifferently.

"In the Battle of Taiyuan, the Wei army was powerful and the Zhao army was defeated. Xue Ren could not bear to abandon the wounded soldiers, so he led a hundred cavalrymen alone and stopped five thousand elite pursuers in front of Pinggang Mountain at night..."

Qiao Yongen's voice was cast upon Xue Ren.

Lines of black ink appeared again, evolving into hundreds of elite cavalry. This time, in addition to the power of emotions and their own will, these elite cavalry also relied on their reputation for sacrificing their lives among the people, attracting the righteous spirit in the world, allowing these hundreds of elite cavalry to reach the perfection of the seventh rank, close to the height of the sixth rank.

With the help of hundreds of cavalrymen, the Xue Ren he evolved this time was far more powerful than the one in the real world.

In an instant, it seemed as if all the right time, right place and right people were blessed upon Xue Ren, making this great general standing on the wilderness full of momentum, pressing down on Zhou Tieyi's mind like a tidal wave.

The biggest feature of dreams is that they transcend the constraints of the real world.

If in the real world, Xue Ren evolved by Qiao Yongen using the method of manifestation of divine power would probably have less than 40% of his strength. However, in the dream, Xue Ren could exert nearly all of his own strength, truly becoming the legendary general in the book who led a hundred cavalrymen alone and cut through thousands of pursuers in order to save the wounded.

But it’s not just Xue Ren who is increasing his strength now!

The same goes for me!
In the test just now, Qiao Yongen first used the shadow puppetry method to test himself, which was enough to prove his caution.

Therefore, even though he was dragged into the dream, the first thing he thought of was to use the armored soldiers to consume his spirit before using his killing moves.

This was a normal strategy.

But he forgot one thing, that is, he could not infer with common sense, and he did not know his own hidden means!

While he was consuming his own spirit, his martial arts were quietly eroding this dreamland by killing the armored soldiers.

His own [Martial Arts] divine power originally merged the authority of [Blood God Son] and [Nightmare].

Any enemy defeated by his [Martial Arts Spear] will have difficulty healing their flesh and blood, and their spirit will be damaged.

Although the armored soldiers evolved by Qiao Yongen are based on the power of emotions, in order to be under his control, he will inevitably imprint a part of his spiritual will.

Even if these spiritual wills are small, they can bring about qualitative changes when accumulated!
A series of [Heart Fires] suddenly ignited with Zhou Tieyi as the center. The bright red flame was like a spear, piercing through the night sky directly. It also pierced through the barrier between this dream and the outside world, forming a flaw, a flaw that was in his own hands!

Even though the flaw was not big, Zhou Tieyi seized the opportunity instantly.

The other party can use his joyful emotions as a bridge to pull himself into this dream world. He can also use the authority of [Martial Arts] as a bridge to attract the fifty-five personal guards who are in tune with his mind.

The next moment, fifty-five scorching spirits descended directly into the dream world, and the [Heart Fire] took shape, condensing into the appearance of a personal guard.

As the chief of the personal guards, Ah Da was led by Zhou Tieyi to practice in his dreams many times. He mastered his body in the dream in the first time. He stretched out his hand, and a dark long sword condensed, as if it were real.

They even had enough energy to condense a war horse. With Ah Da as an example, the other guards also followed suit. In a state of unity of spirit, energy and soul, their ability to learn from each other improved by more than one level.

Zhou Tieyi's spirit connected to the fifty-five personal guards, and the mental exhaustion just now was quickly replenished.

After killing the armored soldiers like a tide, his spirit was not without consumption.

It's just that his spiritual foundation is still above his physical foundation. Now with the spirits of the fifty-five guards who have descended, and the flaws in the dream world he has embedded himself in, it is enough to shake the entire dream world!
For Qiao Yongen, this was extremely bad news. Fifty-five firm wills suddenly squeezed into the dream world he had woven, just like fifty-five loopholes suddenly appeared. His control over the dream world instantly dropped a level.

The brilliance of [Heart Fire] surged again, like the light of dawn rising in the east, and this time it not only pierced through the night, but also competed for the weather in this dream world!

(End of this chapter)