"Should we wake him up?"
Nostradamus's anxious voice sounded in Ethan's ear.
However, before Ethan could say anything, another voice sounded as well.
"Let's wait a little longer!", Genie Sylas paced back and forth as he said, "From what I can see, there's nothing wrong with that kid Ye's expression. It looks like he probably hasn't encountered anything too dangerous."
"I once saw a mage apprentice who trained the Dream-Slaying Skill. His expression was extremely ferocious."
"Later, the people from the Mage Association woke him up, and only then did he tell us what had happened. Everyone also acted in time back then, otherwise he would have died in his dream."
"Not just him. Later, the Mage Association took in several mage apprentices who had trained the Dream-Slaying Skill but couldn't wake up. Almost every one of them had an expression of unbearable pain. Some of them even bled from all seven orifices directly in their dreams."
"So I think this kid should be fine."
"It's already been more than a day," Nostradamus retorted, "You should know how great the mental strain is on practitioners, right? If this goes on, even if Ethan hasn't encountered any danger, his mental strength might not be able to hold out."
"Wait a little longer. Another hour," Genie Sylas was still somewhat unwilling to give up as he said, "He hasn't reached his limit yet. If we wake him up now, then all the suffering he endured to learn this skill will have been for nothing. Not only that, forcibly waking him up will also cause serious aftereffects to his mental strength. In the future, I'm afraid it'll be difficult for his magic cultivation to advance even a little."
"Fine...", Nostradamus sighed helplessly and said, "We can only wait another hour at most. If he still hasn't woken up by then, I'm going to wake him up no matter what."
"Mm!"
Genie Sylas responded.
And Ethan, in that state between being half-awake and half-asleep, heard the conversation between the two Archmages and only then realized that he had actually been asleep for a whole day and night.
It clearly felt as if he had only had a short dream.
'Could it be...'
The passage of time in dreams was the same as the passage of time in reality.
Because Ethan had also happened to spend a whole day and night in the dream, and according to what the Genie had said, experiencing the dream world consumed an enormous amount of energy for a cultivator.
In other words... in the dream world, the nightmare was only the danger on the surface.
The real danger was the time that passed unknowingly in the dream world, as well as the complacent mindset of thinking that completing the task within the final deadline given in the dream world would be enough.
But little did one know that the most dangerous thing actually came from oneself.
The situation where one's mental strength was insufficient to sustain the dream.
Once one's mental strength was exhausted, and the task still hadn't been completed, the person might already have died in their sleep without even knowing it.
"Ethan's expression seems to be in a lot of pain. I saw him frown!", Nostradamus seemed to be constantly watching Ethan's condition. The moment it saw Ethan frown, it immediately became anxious and said, "How about I wake him up right now!"
"No, that expression of his could very well just be confusion. Don't be too anxious."
Genie Sylas hurriedly stopped Nostradamus.
And when Ethan heard that the two Archmages had almost gotten into an argument over whether to wake him up, he hurriedly sat up and said, "Don't worry, Masters. I'm back."
"You... learned it!"
Genie Sylas looked at Ethan in shock, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.
After all, Ethan had looked troubled just a moment ago, and the next moment he was awake?
Nostradamus, on the other hand, rubbed his bald head and burst out laughing as he said, "Hahahaha, you really are worthy of being my disciple! I knew you could do it. You really didn't make me, Nostradamus, lose face. Not bad, not bad!"
"Thank you, Masters, for your concern!"
Ethan smiled as he stood up, then reached into his pocket and took out something sticky and bloody as he said, "Masters, I got this thing from the dream world. Take a look..."
[Eye of Nightmare: After being placed into your eye socket, you will gain part of the power of nightmares. Anyone who has been stared at by you through the Eye of Nightmare will be pulled into the dream world within a few seconds and made to complete a specific task according to your rules. Otherwise, they will die. At the same time, the Eye of Nightmare can also easily see through dreams and illusions, allowing you to escape with ease.]
[PS: However, overusing the Eye of Nightmare will also cause certain aftereffects, such as gradually being devoured by nightmares and becoming part of the nightmare.]
He hadn't noticed it in the dream world before.
Only after coming out did Ethan realize that the Eye of Nightmare actually had such a serious aftereffect.
'Damn 'nightmare,' how dare you trick me? Believe it or not, once I enter the dream again, I'll break your legs!'