Chapter 573

Chapter 418: Dream Transmission

Immediately afterward, the old cultivator Weil also fell to his knees in a daze under the strong mental interference. The mental interference from direct contact with the pseudo-moth made the drowsiness suppressed by the commandments rise again. He too entered a state of confusion, leading to the failure of the commandments issued by Old Weil, which became ineffective under such a firm will. Without the protection of the commandments, the hypnotic fluctuations continuously emitted by the pseudo-moth took effect at that moment.

At the moment the hypnotic fluctuations took effect, Jorde and Santos, who were still able to move, immediately felt an irresistible powerful drowsiness. They wanted to struggle, trying to resist this drowsiness with their willpower, but it was completely useless. In frustration and unwillingness, they could only fall into a deep sleep.

“Terrible…”

Finally, under the powerful hypnotic influence of the pseudo-moth, through its decayed sleeper as a portal and its ghostly ability to cross dimensions, all four members of the Glimmer fleet were defeated. At this moment, they were all trapped in a deep sleep from which they couldn’t awaken on their own. Without the resistance of the four people, the entire Glimmer fleet and the entire Navaha would become the dining table for the pseudo-moth.

“Even the radiance of the Sun cannot dispel the dream brought by the moth…”

“The moth that rushes into the fire will eventually extinguish the light…”

“Now, it’s time to feed…”

Inside the underground ritual site, the black-dream cultists linked to the pseudo-moth were chanting the same dream words in unison. Although the pseudo-moth had prematurely molted, it still possessed power close to the Red Tier level. Such power was not something that could be stopped by just a few pieces of chalk. Therefore, the result was not unexpected but rather natural for them.

After rendering the four opponents immobile, the pseudo-moth began its formal feeding process. Its tentacles extended towards the four fallen individuals, touching their bodies in a sleeping state. Their dream cocoons in the Dream Realm would then be formally guided towards the pseudo-moth.

At this moment, the part of the pseudo-moth in the Dream Realm stretched out its four tentacles, opening four portals to the Dream Realm. From these portals, it drew out four white dream cocoons, which were placed and attached to its abdomen covered with countless cocoon-like structures. Next, it needed to fully extract the spirituality inside. After the spirituality was drained, the Glimmer Four would become decayed sleepers, becoming puppets of the pseudo-moth and gateways to invade reality.

After absorbing the dream cocoons of the Glimmer Four, the pseudo-moth set its sights on new prey. It chose several ships of the Glimmer fleet docked at the harbor as targets, sensing that there were many more delicious dream cocoons there than usual.

“Crack!”

At this moment, a dazzling white light illuminated the night sky. A bent white beam shot up from a dark street, accurately striking the pseudo-moth as it prepared to fly towards the fleet. The beam hit its wings, piercing a small hole. Upon being attacked, the pseudo-moth halted its approach to the fleet and turned toward the direction of the loud noise and the rising white light.

“Another extraordinary being? Who is it?”

“What was that light just now?”

The black-dream members in the ritual site, still in a state of slumber, spoke in unison with a tone of confusion, then guided the pseudo-moth to find the attacker. On the street where the attack occurred, they saw a carriage.

Indeed, it was a common rental carriage in Navaha. At this moment, the carriage was pulled by a magnificent horse seemingly unaffected by the hypnotic fluctuations, stopping there as if it had just arrived from afar. The carriage doors were closed, and the curtains were still slightly shaking due to being recently drawn. It was evident that someone was sitting inside the carriage. The white light just now should have been emitted from within, but after the attack, the curtains were drawn again, as if the other party refused to show themselves.

Having found the source of the attack, the pseudo-moth in reality did not hesitate to spread its wings and dive toward it. In an instant, having pierced through countless physical obstacles, the pseudo-moth dived above the carriage. As it leaped over the roof, its tentacles pierced through the wooden boards and entered the interior, where they touched a life form.

“Found it…”

“Whoever you are… whatever extraordinary being you are… join the dream…”

“It’s time to sleep…”

Having successfully established contact in reality, the pseudo-moth in the Dream Realm began its routine operation. It used its stronger hypnotic abilities to force the other party into a deep sleep. Seeing the magnificent horse suddenly become lifeless, the pseudo-moth confirmed that the person inside the carriage had fallen asleep.

As usual, the pseudo-moth floating in the Dream Realm extended its tentacles, opening a portal to the Dream Realm. This portal led to the extraordinary being’s dream cocoon inside the carriage. The pseudo-moth’s tentacle, reaching into the portal, was about to pluck the cocoon and absorb it together. It preferred the dream cocoons of extraordinary beings more than those of ordinary people.

Just as the pseudo-moth’s tentacle stirred on the other side of the dream portal, a sudden anomaly occurred.

The pseudo-moth, which had been quietly hovering in the forest, suddenly trembled violently as if its tentacle had been bitten by something underwater. The tentacle that had entered the portal suddenly jerked and was forcibly retracted. However, the retracted tentacle was no longer intact; it was only half of its original length! The other half was nowhere to be seen.

“What happened!?”

“A scale moth has been attacked in the Dream Realm!”

“What’s on the other side of the portal!”

Fearing the threat, the pseudo-moth attempted to immediately distance itself from the dream portal and withdrew its spiritual support, waiting for it to naturally shrink and close. But it was too late. A massive pressure came from the other side of the portal, and the moment the pseudo-moth retracted its severed tentacle, something had already passed through the portal.

“!”

A distant roar echoed through the portal. Instead of closing, the dream portal expanded even more. Then, from the hazy portal emerged a majestic dragon head with golden vertical pupils, staring directly at the distorted pseudo-moth. Following the dragon head were spiky spines and enormous wings, and finally, sharp claws and a long tail.

In the forest, a dream dragon larger than the pseudo-moth emerged through the expanded portal, spreading its wings and flying straight toward the pseudo-moth. Upon seeing this, the pseudo-moth’s first reaction was to shudder and flee.

“How is this possible! It’s a dragon! The dragon lord of Ham River Forest!”

The pseudo-moth tried to escape, but its flight speed in the forest was far slower than that of the dragon. Within two breaths, the dragon had caught up to the fleeing pseudo-moth. The dragon, soaring above the pseudo-moth, grabbed the pseudo-moth’s back with its hind claws and then folded its wings, pressing it down toward the ground. Helpless against the immense weight, the pseudo-moth was pressed by the giant creature and plummeted from the treetops, smashing heavily onto the ground and creating a large crater.

Under the tremendous impact, the pseudo-moth’s body was almost deformed. The dream cocoons it had just absorbed and not yet stabilized fell off and scattered across the grass in the forest.

At the same time, Jorde, lying asleep on the ground in reality, moved his eyes slightly and began muttering in his dream.

“D…ragon…”