The moment Feng Jinhuang died, her soul immediately soared into the night sky, giggling with delight.
Behind her soul, a pair of brilliantly colorful wings unfurled.
This was the vision powered by the Dream Wing Immortal Gu!
"I have the Dream Wing Immortal Gu, which lets me enter and exit dreams freely. Even if I fail this time, I can simply wait for the next dream cycle and start over," Feng Jinhuang thought smugly.
Her earlier attempts had completely ruined the Wind Knot Grass in her hands—the roots had tangled together, making the knot even more complex and severe than it had been at the start.
But just as Feng Jinhuang was about to flap her wings and fly away, an eagle-bodied beastman in the night sky dove at her from above.
Feng Jinhuang let out a terrified cry and tried to dodge.
Yet the wing-flapping motion that was usually so swift felt sluggish and ponderous in this dream.
Feng Jinhuang had underestimated how troublesome the Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's dream could be. Before she could escape, her soul was crushed in the eagle beastman's claw!
That single blow dealt devastating damage to her soul!
The next moment, Feng Jinhuang exited the dream, her soul returning to her body.
Pfft!
She opened her eyes and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
The fellow Gu Masters from Spirit Affinity Hall were pale with shock and rushed over to help.
"What a terrifying dream! If I had taken that hit a second time, I would have died inside the dream for sure," Feng Jinhuang said, her eyes filled with shock and lingering fear, cold sweat streaming down her face.
"I was too careless! Even with the Dream Wing Immortal Gu, I'm far from safe against an Immortal Venerable's dream. Fortunately, I brought plenty of Courage Gu with me on this trip. With Courage Gu, my soul can recover quickly. In half a day, I'll be completely healed." Feng Jinhuang wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and, cherishing every moment, immediately began healing and resting.
Inside the dream, Fang Yuan turned his gaze back to the Wind Knot Grass in his hands.
Feng Jinhuang's performance just now had yielded him a fair amount of intelligence.
"This dream isn't large in scale, and this scene is only the surface layer. But it is an Immortal Venerable's dream after all. Even a Sixth Transformation Dream Wing Immortal Gu can't allow instant withdrawal. It seems the key to this scene lies in the Wind Knot Grass in my hand."
A flash of insight passed through Fang Yuan's mind.
Observation complete. He began to dismantle the Wind Knot Grass.
Starting from the outermost layer, Fang Yuan carefully peeled it apart.
He felt as though he were facing a hopelessly tangled ball of thread. He needed to find the loose end and pull the strands out one by one.
When he had broken through to the third layer, Fang Yuan could go no further.
Before him, the small opening he had carved out was a snarl of tangles—roots intertwined, impossible to take apart.
"To dismantle the Wind Knot Grass without brute force requires careful observation, mental calculation, and patience. Most importantly, it demands ample time—and a bit of luck," Fang Yuan sighed to himself.
He had managed to break through the outer layers and reach the third, but that was where he got stuck.
The path available to him was to retreat to the first two layers, find other entry points, and continue dismantling from there.
Anyone else would have had no choice but to do the same.
But there was one exception.
Fang Yuan scanned his surroundings and quickly noticed that the girl suspected to be the Star Constellation Immortal Venerable had already dismantled hers down to the seventh layer.
The Wind Knot Grass in her hands had been reduced by more than half.
"Without using any Wisdom Path Gu, relying solely on her own mental capacity—and she's already this far?" Fang Yuan was secretly startled.
Though he had started later than her, the gap between them was enormous.
Fang Yuan narrowed his eyes, shielding the sharp glint within.
In terms of actual dismantling ability, Fang Yuan was merely in the upper-middle tier among all the children.
In terms of progress at this point, he was even further behind, in the lower-middle range.
And more than half the time had already slipped away.
Judging by everyone's progress, the only one who truly had a chance of escaping was the girl suspected to be the Star Constellation Immortal Venerable.
But Fang Yuan was brimming with confidence. He believed he could not only successfully dismantle his grass but surpass everyone else and take first place.
What gave him this confidence was nothing other than the Immortal-level Dream Path killer move—Dream Unraveling!
Dream Unraveling activated.
The tangled roots before his eyes gradually dissolved, undoing themselves without any effort.
Many of the surrounding beastmen noticed, especially a snake beastman standing behind Fang Yuan, who had witnessed the entire process firsthand.
But none of them said a word, and none made any move.
This was the miraculous effect of the Dream Unraveling killer move.
It was not an offensive killer move in the conventional sense. Instead, it adapted to the dream's rules and produced concrete results.
For instance, if Fang Yuan were fighting in a dream, Dream Unraveling would serve as a powerful offensive tool—if the dream was weak, it could directly disintegrate the enemy.
In the current situation, the dream's rules required Fang Yuan to untangle the Wind Knot Grass. So activating Dream Unraveling now served to help him dismantle it.
This dismantling followed the rules—it was not brute force.
From the perspective of the surrounding children and the beastmen constantly monitoring him, it looked as though Fang Yuan had not cheated at all. He had simply used his brain and successfully dismantled the third layer of the Wind Knot Grass with his bare hands.
So none of them stirred. Even the snake beastman who had set its sights on Fang Yuan and wanted to swallow him whole merely showed a flicker of surprise in its eyes, finding it somewhat unexpected that Fang Yuan could break through the third layer.
Dream Unraveling.
Dream Unraveling.
Dream Unraveling.
Fang Yuan pressed on without pause. The Wind Knot Grass in his hands was quickly dismantled layer after layer, until he reached the very center.