Chapter 91: Refining the Nightmare, Awakening (3)

“Very well, Your Majesty. Give it your all!” Nightmarish sneered.

“Someone!” the Emperor of the Great Dream called.

An official entered.

“Send word to the military garrison of Bright Province City. Arrest everyone in the Yan household and the Mo household!” the Emperor of the Great Dream commanded.

“Your Majesty, all of them? If we send a military order, I fear the commotion will be too great. Some from the Yan and Mo households may catch wind of it in advance and slip away,” the official said with a faint frown.

“No matter. My agents are everywhere in Bright Province City. No one from the Yan or Mo households will escape,” Nightmarish said with a cruel smile.

“In that case, then all is well,” the official replied.

“No, something is wrong!” Nightmarish’s expression suddenly changed.

“Imperial Tutor, what is it?” the Emperor of the Great Dream asked in puzzlement.

Nightmarish closed his eyes and sensed for a moment. Then his eyes flew open.

“How is this possible? In Bright Province City, every one of the agents I arranged has died?”

“Who has died?”

“I know now. Ghost-City Weed, it must be Ghost-City Weed!” Nightmarish cried out.

“But I have the Poison-Sealing Pearl. I am not afraid of Ghost-City Weed,” the Emperor of the Great Dream said.

Nightmarish turned to look at the Poison-Sealing Pearl, and his face twitched violently as a wave of frustration surged up from his heart.

“The Poison-Sealing Pearl is useless now!” he said bitterly.

That spiritual treasure had cost him half of his power. To have it rendered unnecessary before it had even been used made Nightmarish feel nothing but tangled resentment.

“Why burn Ghost-City Weed? Has Yan Chuan gone mad? How did I end up meeting someone who refuses to dream by the rules? Since entering this dream, nothing has gone right,” Nightmarish muttered darkly.

“Your Majesty, an urgent report from Bright Province!” a voice announced from outside the hall.

“Enter!” the Emperor of the Great Dream barked.

Soon, an official stepped into the hall.

“Your Majesty, the city gates of Bright Province City have been sealed shut, and all soldiers and civilians there have rebelled!”

“Rebelled?” The Emperor of the Great Dream’s expression changed.

Atop the southern gate tower of Bright Province City, Yan Chuan rested both hands on the railing and stared into the distance.

Outside the city, in all directions, an army of one hundred thousand had already assembled, glaring hungrily at the walls of Bright Province City.

At the center stood a command platform. Upon it, the Emperor of the Great Dream, dressed in a dragon robe, sat on the dragon throne, locking eyes coldly with Yan Chuan.

Behind the Emperor of the Great Dream stood Nightmarish in a black robe.

“Roar! Roar! Roar!” the hundred thousand troops cried out, their voices shaking the heavens.

With a wave of his hand, the Emperor of the Great Dream silenced the entire host at once.

“Yan Chuan, you have quite the nerve!” he shouted.

“What are you supposed to be?” Yan Chuan said indifferently.

“Curse you! Once I break this city, I will tear you to pieces!” the Emperor of the Great Dream said coldly.

“Break the city? Bright Province City is thirty feet high and thirty feet thick. Break it? With just the lot of you?” Yan Chuan said with contempt.

“How long can you hold out? The grain in the city will sustain you for, at most, a month, will it not?” the Emperor of the Great Dream said icily.

Yan Chuan cast a disdainful glance at him and paid no further heed, instead turning his gaze to the black-robed Nightmarish.

“Nightmarish, controlling the puppet Emperor of the Great Dream. Quite amusing, isn’t it?” Yan Chuan said calmly.

“You... you know me? You have awakened!” Nightmarish cried in shock.

“What do you think?” Yan Chuan replied coldly, his eyes fixed tightly on Nightmarish.

“How could you have awakened? How could you possibly have awakened?”

“Why couldn’t I awaken?” Yan Chuan said with a faint smile.

“I see now. No wonder you wanted to poison the entire Bright Province City with Ghost-City Weed!” Nightmarish exclaimed.

“This was originally my dream, yet everywhere there is evidence of your interference. Only by cleansing Bright Province City can I strip you of your control over it,” Yan Chuan said calmly.