I am destroying the protagonist in the fantasy world!

Chapter 210: Fear Arrives, Mental Torment

"Finally out..." A sinister voice echoed in Lei Yi's ears, accompanied by a creepy laugh. Lei Yi turned around suddenly, only to see a twisted monster floating behind him, its blood-red eyes staring at him intently, as if to devour him whole.

The monster's body was like smoke, constantly changing shape, sometimes turning into a ghost, sometimes into a ferocious beast. Each face was hideous and terrifying, emitting a disgusting stench.

"You're... a dream demon?" Lei Yi forced a few words out through gritted teeth, suppressing his fear. He had read descriptions of dream demons in ancient texts. They were said to be evil creatures that fed on fear, invading people's dreams and creating all sorts of terrifying illusions, frightening them to death.

The dream demon let out a sharp, piercing cry, as if mocking Lei Yi's ignorance. The next moment, the surrounding scene began to distort and change. Lei Yi found himself in a blood-red space, with a mountain of white bones piled under his feet and the air thick with the smell of blood.

"Where is this..." Lei Yi felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Welcome to your nightmare!" The dream demon's voice echoed in his ears, with a hint of cruel pleasure.

Suddenly, the white bones moved, struggling to get up from the ground one by one, and turned into rotten corpses. With expressions of pain and despair on their faces, they stretched out their rotten hands towards Lei Yi and let out silent wails.

"No! This isn't true!" Lei Yi stepped back in fear, only to stumble and fall to the ground. The corpses surrounded him, their cold, rotting limbs touching his body, causing him to feel waves of nausea and fear.

"Everything you cherish, everything you love will eventually be destroyed!" The dream demon's voice was like a poisonous snake, drilling into Lei Yi's ears and echoing in his mind.

The figure of Dongfang Liuli appeared in front of Lei Yi's eyes. Her beautiful face was now filled with pain and despair. She stretched out her hand towards Lei Yi, as if asking him for help, but her voice was drowned out by the deafening roar of the approaching monster.

"No - Liuli!" Lei Yi roared in despair, trying to break through this horrible illusion and go to Dongfang Liuli, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not break free from the shackles of the dream.

The dream demon's laughter echoed in Lei Yi's ears, like a death curse, dragging him step by step into the endless abyss... Meanwhile, Dongfang Liuli was struggling forward in the maze-like illusion array, completely unaware of the fear and torture Lei Yi was experiencing...

"Lei Yi, where are you... Hold on, I'll find you..." Dongfang Liuli whispered firmly, but the path before her suddenly broke, dissolving into nothingness, and she was falling towards it... Dongfang Liuli stumbled through the maze-like illusion, each step akin to treading on the edge of a knife. The space here twisted and shifted; a smooth path one moment could become a bottomless abyss the next. She dared not relax even a moment, hyper-aware of the changes around her, for she knew Lei Yi was still waiting for her.

Suddenly, a sharp sound of breaking through the air came from her ears. She instinctively dodged to the side, only to see a black beam of light flying past her cheek, leaving a deep groove on the stone wall behind her.

Before she could even catch her breath, more attacks followed. Sharp ice cones, scorching fireballs, poisonous hidden weapons... all kinds of deadly attacks came from all directions, blocking all her escape routes.

Dongfang Liuli gritted her teeth, her slender figure weaving through the dense onslaught of attacks, like a small boat in a raging storm, vulnerable to being swallowed up at any moment. She swung her sword, its light flashing as she deflected the attacks one by one, but her strength gradually drained as time went by.

"Damn it, who set up this illusion array? It's so vicious!" Dongfang Liuli cursed in her heart, but she didn't have time to think about this problem, because the attacks in front of her were getting more and more fierce, making her overwhelmed.

On the other hand, Lei Yi's situation is not optimistic either.

He was trapped in a terrifying space created by the nightmare, a boundless darkness engulfing him. Horrifying visions flashed before his eyes, challenging his will. He witnessed his parents' tragic death before his eyes and heard the dying cries of his friends. Those painful memories gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake, leaving him in agony.

His soul power was constantly drained by the erosion of fear, and his body began to weaken, as if it would collapse at any moment. He wanted to resist, to break free from this terrifying cage, but it was all in vain.

"Give up, you can't escape." The dream demon's voice echoed in his ears, full of teasing and mockery. "Your fear is my strength. The more you struggle, the more painful it will be. In the end, you will be completely sunk into this endless nightmare."

Lei Yi's consciousness gradually became blurred, but there was still a trace of obsession in his heart, that was his love for Dongfang Liuli, and it was her belief that supported him to this day.

"Liuli...wait for me..." He whispered softly with his last bit of strength.

While dodging a trap, Dongfang Liuli accidentally touched a mechanism hidden in the wall. The next moment, the entire space shook violently, and a powerful force erupted from the mechanism, transforming into a massive golden shield that trapped her...

The golden shield of light was like a cage, trapping Dongfang Liuli within. Ancient runes swirled across its surface, emitting a frightening surge of power. She tried to chop at it with her sword, but it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree, leaving only insignificant marks.

"Damn, what the hell is this thing!" Dongfang Liuli was extremely anxious. She felt that this force was constantly suppressing her spiritual power, making her feel powerless.

Meanwhile, in the terrifying illusion woven by the dream demon, Lei Yi was experiencing unprecedented torture. The image of Dongfang Liuli trapped in a golden light barrier appeared before his eyes. Her desperate eyes and painful expression were like sharp blades, piercing his heart.

"Liuli!" Lei Yi's eyes were bloodshot and he wanted to rush over to save her, but he found that he was bound by invisible shackles and could not move at all.

"Hahaha, see? This is the woman you love most. She's suffering immensely right now, and you're powerless to do anything about it!" The Dream Demon's sharp laughter echoed in Lei Yi's ears, filled with malice and ridicule. "This is the price you pay for your weakness!"

Lei Yi clenched his fists, his nails digging deep into his flesh, blood trickling down between his fingers, yet he remained oblivious. He watched helplessly as Dongfang Liuli struggled within the golden light barrier, unable to do anything. The feeling of powerlessness nearly brought him to the brink of collapse.

"No, this is not true, I don't believe it!" Lei Yi shook his head desperately, trying to break free from the shackles of the dream, but the more he struggled, the clearer those horrific illusions became, as if they were going to devour him completely.

Dongfang Liuli was trapped within a golden light barrier. The surrounding scene began to distort, transforming into the very scene she feared most deeply. Countless pairs of cold eyes flickered in the darkness, eerie laughter echoed in her ears, and withered arms reached out from the ground, attempting to drag her into the endless abyss.

"No! Don't come over here!" Dongfang Liuli retreated in fear, but there was no way to escape. She swung her sword, trying to shatter the terrifying illusions, but they were like a thorn in her flesh, and she couldn't get rid of them.

"Lei Yi, where are you? Save me..." Dongfang Liuli desperately called out Lei Yi's name, hoping that he would appear to save her, but the only response she got was endless darkness and terror.

Lei Yi heard Dongfang Liuli's cry for help, and his heart grew even more anxious. He struggled desperately, trying to break free from the constraints of the dream and reach her side. Just as he was about to despair, he suddenly discovered that although those terrifying illusions seemed to be irregular, there were actually some subtle repetitions...