I'm Dreaming of a Journey to the West

Chapter 146: Without hesitation, the entire army attacks Jinxiu Peak!

After a long moment, Fairy Hibiscus emerged, breaking the tranquil atmosphere. She voiced her opinion to the group, "Master, and everyone else! I believe that Yuanxie's clones are strengthened based on our deepest fear of ourselves. The less we fear them, the weaker they become!"

"Yes, that must be it!" Jade Rabbit Fairy echoed. Hibiscus Fairy's words cleared the clouds and brought light to the crowd. Li Chen also nodded in agreement. Since that was the case, everyone immediately got to work. After gathering all their weapons and equipment, they launched a fierce attack on Jinxiu Peak!

After a long climb, they finally reached Jinxiu Peak, where a towering tree stood. Just as they were about to move forward, several spikes suddenly attacked Li Chen and his group. These spikes were extremely sharp, carrying great power and speed. If they were hit, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Be careful!" Li Chen shouted, casting a spell to form a shield that blocked some of the spikes. Others also took action, some blocking with weapons, some dodging with their bodies, and the scene was very chaotic for a while.

"What is this?" someone exclaimed. They discovered that these spikes didn't come from the outside world, but grew from the towering tree. The tree seemed to have a self-protective ability, and when it sensed an enemy approaching, it would automatically attack.

"There's something wrong with this tree!" Li Chen frowned. He felt that the tree exuded an evil aura, as if it were a living thing. Moreover, this aura was somewhat similar to that of Yuan Xie. Could it be that this tree was also created by Yuan Xie?

Li Chen looked up at the direction where the flying spikes came from, and saw several strange flower buds growing on the branches of the towering giant tree. Every time the flower buds opened, they would shoot flying spikes at them.

Li Chen realized that it was these flower buds that were causing trouble. In Dream Journey to the West IV, it was these flower buds that launched hidden weapons, increasing the difficulty for players to pass the levels!

"Look how I burn all these buds!"

Li Chen was about to jump up and burn all the flower buds, when suddenly, bursts of laughter like the sweet sounds of orioles and swallows came from all around.

Li Chen and his group looked around hurriedly, and saw some strange monsters gathering around them. Their upper bodies were like peerless beauties, but their lower bodies were the roots of plants. While they were beautiful, they also looked a bit weird and murderous.

There were densely packed little bird-like demons flying in the sky, firing dense swarms of sharp feathers at Li Chen and his group.

Li Chen was very familiar with the monsters surrounding them. Aren't these the same monsters he encountered when he attacked Jinxiu Peak? The difficulty of this level lies in the terrain.

The terrain of Jinxiu Peak is like climbing a tower, requiring players to climb up layer by layer. Each layer will have traps and floating platforms that move left and right, as well as these little monsters to prevent players from jumping up.

Even if a player manages to reach the top, the boss at the top is no pushover. This level's boss is none other than Li Chen's "first wife," the Hibiscus Fairy, who not only possesses blood-sucking abilities but also the ability to scatter flowers.

The petals scattered by the Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers are poisonous, continuously inflicting negative status effects on the player until they die. Countless players were defeated by this poison.

After continuous attempts and explorations, Li Chen finally developed a new tactic - using Luo Bei's bottle to dissolve the toxins of the Hibiscus Fairy's scattered flowers.

This innovative strategy has allowed many players to successfully overcome this difficult level and no longer be trapped in it. However, even if you can break the poison of the Hibiscus Fairy's "Scattering Flowers", she still retains a powerful trump card - the ability to protect herself when near death!

When she's near death, she significantly increases her defense and launches petals at players with immense damage. Many players have been killed by this attack! Therefore, the safest way to deal with it is to quickly summon your mount and attack her when she's near death.

At this moment, facing this familiar opponent again, it seems certain that the enemy at the top is undoubtedly the Evil Hibiscus Fairy!

"You guys hold these little demons back down there, I'll go up!"

Li Chen said to everyone, "I'll go take a look!" Then, Li Chen transformed into a blazing fireball and shot straight up Jinxiu Peak like a meteor. Because Li Chen's reaction was too fast, the other little demons had no time to react and could only watch helplessly as Li Chen rushed straight up Jinxiu Peak like lightning!

They wanted to go up and stop Li Chen, but Fairy Hibiscus and her group pinned them down! Anyone who tried to go up would be killed immediately by Fairy Hibiscus and her group!

Li Chen, eager to see Fairy Hibiscus as soon as possible, quickened his pace. In a short while, he reached the summit of Jinxiu Peak. Finally, he saw her. That familiar silhouette and nearly perfect figure were almost identical to Fairy Hibiscus's; even from a distance, he could sense her presence.

As if she had noticed Li Chen's arrival, the woman turned around with some anticipation. However, when she saw Li Chen, her eyes were filled with disappointment.

It turned out that after that battle, Tongtian Patriarch took Xie Lichen away and never returned. She had been waiting for his return here, looking forward to seeing him again every day.

She didn't know she would never see Xie Lichen again. In Tongtian's eyes, she was just a tool, a tool to help Xie Lichen gain Li Chen's fighting power. And what about herself? She had fallen deeply in love with Xie Lichen, unable to extricate herself.

However, like a true Hibiscus Fairy, she is full of persistence and anticipation for love. She is willing to sacrifice everything for love, even her life. But reality is always cruel, and she will never wait for Xie Lichen to return.

"You came!"

Evil Hibiscus Fairy's eyes flickered with complex emotions as she stared at the figure before her who resembled her lover—Li Chen. Deep down, an indescribable feeling of reluctance welled up in her heart, but in order to see her true love again, she had no choice but to harden her heart and kill Li Chen.

"Yes, I'm here. If you're willing to give way, I'll leave you a way out." Li Chen sighed deeply and spoke calmly. Honestly, he'd experienced countless setbacks and challenges since arriving in this place. He simply couldn't bear to take action against the Evil Hibiscus Fairy.

However, the gears of fate turn relentlessly, like an indifferent bystander, watching people struggle and suffer, but feeling indifferent. Everything seems to be predetermined, and no matter how hard you try, you can't change it.

Even though the Evil Hibiscus Fairy before him was wearing the skin of the first companion he had gained when he first arrived in this Dream Westward Journey IV game world, from a certain perspective, this could be seen as a kind of blasphemy against Li Chen's first companion, the Hibiscus Fairy. After all, the Evil Hibiscus Fairy herself was just a poor imitation of the original!

However, surprisingly, Li Chen did not feel angry or dissatisfied. On the contrary, his heart was filled with complex emotions, including deep helplessness and regrets about his fate.

He knew clearly that the relationship between Xie Li Chen and Xie Furong Fairy was equally deep, and their existence was not accidental, but a conspiracy of the mastermind behind the scenes, Tongtian Sect Leader.