I use my future dreams to prove immortality.

Chapter 77 Black Tide

The darkness outside Black Swamp Castle surged into the castle like a tide, and this once pristine land was greeted by a long-awaited black tide.

Monsters with ugly human faces and bat wings followed the darkness into Blackswamp City, surging towards the brightly lit areas within the city.

The Winged Evil Chasing Light!

This is a monster that lives in the darkness, disappearing during the day and mysteriously appearing in the dark, its movements are extremely strange.

The Light-Chasing Evils are extremely sensitive to any light; they will travel thousands of miles to chase after any light source that appears anywhere.

"Damn the Chu family, they won't even let me live in peace!" Yuan Jingnian didn't catch the fox, but instead got himself into trouble.

With the outer city's protective array barrier breached, he, as the one who fought Chu Ziheng within the city, is bound to be in deep trouble. Not only will his head be in danger, but his entire family will also be implicated.

Now that things have come to this, the only way for the Blackwater Sect to deal with the Yuan family leniently is to do everything in their power to salvage the situation.

The blazing white sword light pierced towards the location of the Light-Chasing Winged Evil. With each slash of the sword light, hundreds of Light-Chasing Winged Evils were cut in two, their corpses falling from the sky like dumplings.

The corpse of the Light-Chasing Witch fell to the ground, but it did not remain on the ground. Instead, it turned into ashes and disappeared without a trace.

More and more Light-Winged Evils were attracted by the light in the city, and they seemed endless, flying into the city in a continuous stream.

Whoosh!

Several streaks of fire shot into the sky, followed by a series of explosions.

The magistrate awoke from his dream with a start. He looked at the firelight in the sky and, with his powerful eyesight, vaguely saw winged creatures chasing the light flying into the city.

Has the southern city's protective array been broken?

The magistrate's face turned ashen.

The matter of the Ma family's facial sores and meat porridge has not yet been resolved, so how was the South City Formation broken?

How many people have died this time?

Mortals are of great use to the Black Water Immortal Sect, and if a large number of mortals perish, he, as the county magistrate, will be held responsible.

These are truly turbulent times!

"We beg the Immortal Master to intervene!"

"All yamen runners shall go to the south gate and inform all residents within the city not to light any lamps."

Now that things have come to this, the county magistrate can only do his best to make amends and strive for leniency.

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Zhou Chengwu and Shen Wan were awakened by the huge commotion in the south city, their faces full of worry.

When Zhou Chengwu saw his son run back, he quickly asked, "Qiuyuan, what happened outside?"

"The formation in the south city has malfunctioned, and the Light-Chasing Wings have broken into the city."

Zhou Chengwu and Shen Wan turned pale and quickly looked to their left, a habit they had developed when they lived in a large courtyard near the west city wall.

The candlelight attracted the Light-Chasing Winged Evil, and if the candles were lit, the guards would confiscate a large sum of money; they had never changed their habit of not turning on the lights when getting up at night.

"Close the doors and windows tightly, and do not light any candles."

Zhou Qiuyuan gave a word of advice, then leaped onto the courtyard wall and looked south.

Screams echoed from many areas, waking more and more people who lit candles and went around asking what had happened in the city.

The moment the candlelight was lit, the Light-Chasing Winged Evils, like sharks that had smelled blood, swarmed in.

The timing of the formation's barrier breaking was too coincidental. When Zhou Qiuyuan woke up from his dream, it was already dawn. Even with the ability to control future dreams, he could not change the future.

Unable to shake off the pursuit of the Fragrant Pill, Chu Ziheng will clash with the Yuan family at midnight, causing damage to the South City Barrier.

If Zhou Qiuyuan hadn't prevented the human-faced sores from breaking out in the city, the Black Swamp South City formation would have been destroyed, allowing the Light-Chasing Winged Evil and other evil spirits to enter the city, leading to a simultaneous outbreak of internal and external troubles.

Comparatively speaking, this is not the worst-case scenario.

Zhou Qiuyuan hesitated for a moment, deciding to see for himself the power of the Light-Chasing Winged Evil.

It's always better to take preventative measures than to wait until trouble comes knocking before taking any risks.

Zhou Qiuyuan gripped the deadly sword and ran swiftly along the courtyard wall.

Before long, he spotted a lone Light-Chasing Witch.

Purple lightning flashed at Zhou Qiuyuan's fingertips, transforming into purple sword energy that vanished in a flash.

As soon as the Winged Evil of Light sensed the purple light, before it could react, the purple sword energy pierced through its body, sending it plummeting straight down from the sky.

No blood flowed from its wound; only black mist continued to dissipate.

This thing is not an ordinary creature, but an unknown monster.

Zhou Qiuyuan found a lone Light-Chasing Winged Evil to test its speed and destructive power, and to observe its attack methods from a distance.

Their speed is comparable to that of a body refiner using secret techniques. Iron weapons cannot defend against their claws and teeth. Once injured, the wound will turn black, and the injured person will go berserk.

This monster is not something ordinary people can deal with; only body refiners who possess spiritual tools can defeat it.

Dealing with one or two Light-Chasing Winged Evils alone is one thing, but when thousands of Light-Chasing Winged Evils attack, a Body Refiner is completely unable to fight them off.

After testing the waters, Zhou Qiuyuan quickly returned home.

If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up; the rest can be left to the government and cultivators.

Willow Leaf Alley is a bit far from the South Gate, and the Light Chasing Winged Evils were all attracted by the light from other places, so not many monsters came to this place.

Since this monster doesn't appear during the day, we just need to hold out until dawn.

Zhou Qiuyuan was cultivating when he felt the world before him swaying like ripples on water, and he vaguely heard an urgent call: "Son, wake up."

The dream of the future shattered, and Zhou Qiuyuan woke up.

This is the first time Zhou Qiuyuan has woken up prematurely before the dream of the future has ended.

Zhou Chengwu and Shen Wan looked worried and said urgently, "There was just an explosion outside. We heard someone shouting that the South City formation has been broken and the Chasing Light Winged Evil has entered the city. Don't light any candles."

"Keep the doors and windows closed, and you'll be fine as long as you get through the night safely."

Zhou Qiuyuan estimated the time his parents woke him up; it was probably shortly after Zhu Guangchi E entered the city.

Time in future dreams is out of sync with reality. A rough estimate suggests that the flow of time in future dreams is roughly three times that of reality.

Moreover, Zhou Qiuyuan obtained crucial information: as long as he entered the future dream, interference from the real world could end the future dream ahead of time.

If he wants to handle something extremely important in the future dream but doesn't want to wait until the future dream ends, he can end the 'nightmare' in the real world as soon as he calculates the time.

If a dream about the future ends prematurely and the person continues to sleep, will they be able to enter another dream about the future?

When does time begin in the dream world of the future?

After confirming that his parents had closed the doors and windows, Zhou Qiuyuan went back to bed and continued to sleep.

I slept soundly through the night, without any dreams, and nothing happened.

The dream of the future ends here and cannot continue.

As Zhou Qiuyuan headed towards the South District, he frequently saw numerous residences affected by the battle, with a large number of body cultivators' corpses lying on the ground.

Hundreds of body cultivators and yamen runners were cleaning up the mess, their faces showing exhaustion.

On the south city wall, a dozen cultivators dressed in Taoist robes were repairing the city's array.

The matter of the destruction of the South City formation has now been settled.