Chapter 345: Is there something good happening that makes you laugh so happily?
“d*mn it… I can’t even hurt her, this guy is a Dream Demon…”
After truly engaging with the opponent, everyone finally realized that the root cause of it all was the Dream Demon!
But such a drastic change in circumstances was too much to bear.
Even though they had felt somewhat oppressed by the Dream Demon’s methods earlier, the Dream Demon before them was not only skilled but also terrifyingly powerful.
Moreover, the ritual being employed at this moment, which gathered the flesh and soul material of people from the Underground City, was ultimately meant to deal with them.
However, they misunderstood one thing: this Dream Demon set up the sacrifice ceremony covering such a vast area to open a connection to the Abyss here, rather than simply targeting them.
Although the Dream Demons were not clear on why they were opening the passage, disallowing other demons from entering and only permitting their own kind, they believed they could get the job done.
As long as they could pull off this maneuver, they would no longer be the lowest tier existence in the Abyss; they would be sheltered by extraordinary demons, rather than being mere playthings.
“So weak, is this all you’ve got? White-haired birdman, this time I’ve caught you~ How will you react when I break your wings?”
At this moment, Achir gripped the Dream Demon’s wrist tightly, as if afraid she would escape from the dream. The angelic ring above his head had already developed cracks, but they had experienced various battles in the dream, and naturally understood many of its rules, such as that energy consumption and recovery speed would accelerate; as long as they weren’t dead or suffered soul-related injuries, they would heal, including reviving from d*ath.
But now they faced a Dream Demon that could feed on their soul material, a creature that could utterly k*ll them!
“Then let’s d*e together…” Achir clung desperately to the Dream Demon’s wrist as if fearing she would leave the dream.
In the next moment, the angelic ring above him exploded violently, and the burst of holy light directly inflicted considerable damage on the Dream Demon, while he himself fell to the ground heavily injured.
With the opening created by the explosion of the angelic ring, Tan Han, having transformed into ancient relic ice, quickly followed up. A massive ice spike pierced through the Dream Demon’s body; just before it could have caused lethal damage, she retreated into reality.
However… the Ground Patrol Team, already prepared and alerted, activated the IV-type extraordinary weapon from a distance. Several trained Ground Patrol members did not hesitate to unleash multiple attacks, blocking all escape routes for the Dream Demon.
Until the first attack perforated and shattered the Dream Demon’s left hand.
Then, the Dream Demon quickly reacted, clamping down on the ice spike held by Tan Han’s transformed self with her right hand.
Crack!
An ear-piercing sound of ice shattering echoed; the physical quality of the Dream Demon within the dream was monstrous, after all, they were Dream Demons and were in their home turf!
In the next moment, the support attacks from the Ground Patrol Team passed through the Dream Demon’s body without inflicting any damage; after the first attack hit, the Dream Demon had already evaded into the dream, and the delay of the extraordinary weapon’s attack was too great.
After all, those using it were just ordinary people. They had to maintain a certain safe distance to ensure the safety of the users; it was a positioning issue.
“Hehe… even a distant bug managed to injure me, it seems it’s time for some cleaning.”
At this moment, within the dream, the Dream Demon’s left hand rapidly restored, her gaze fixing on the direction from which the attacks had come, a flicker of anger flashing in her eyes, which then turned to pure killing intent.
At that moment, the Dream Demon entered reality, causing the members of the Extraordinary Academy to feel a great sense of foreboding. This Dream Demon intended to eliminate the Ground Patrol Team’s real-life fire support first!
But the problem was that they were in the dream, utterly incapable of obstructing the Dream Demon focused on wiping out those Ground Patrol members.
They could only watch helplessly as the Dream Demon leaped away.
“**Dream Demon, your opponent is me! If you have the guts, come fight me! Come on!”
“Is my soul material not fragrant enough for you? Come and absorb it if you dare!”
In an instant, the straightforward members of the Beast Academy began to taunt, but it had no effect; they could only follow the direction the Dream Demon had fled.
At this moment, the students of Holy Angel Academy quickly arrived at Achir’s side.
“I’m fine… not dead, that Dream Demon hasn’t had time to drain my soul material, the angelic ring will recover in a bit, you all hurry after her.”
“Achir, even if we pursue, we can’t stop that monster…”
“Don’t say such things, there will always be a way…” Achir forced himself to stand up.
A faint light of holy power gathered above his head, indicating the angelic ring was recovering.
The pure wings that had been broken drooped behind him, the constant pain stimulating Achir’s nerves, bl**d staining the pure white angel feathers.
Even so, he still wanted to see how the battle was progressing.
“Emergency retreat! Withdraw! Hurry! Equipment is not more important than lives! Leave it behind! Quickly find cover and run separately!”
The captain of the Ground Patrol Team decisively shouted out loud.
However, even though they reacted quickly, they could not match the fast-approaching Dream Demon; this unreasonable monster’s power exceeded their imagination.
They could hardly believe that this Dream Demon was so strong. How did those people on the ground manage to k*ll such a Dream Demon with extraordinary weapons?
Was it just boasting?
The speed of the Dream Demon was increasing, nearly making them feel like they had nowhere to escape.
A powerful sensation akin to mental pressure completely locked onto the captain of the Ground Patrol Team; he found even lifting his legs to take a step was incredibly difficult.
“Bug, d*e!”
From a distance, this deathly voice echoed in their ears, and an attack surged toward them with a fierce offensive.
Boom——!
The roar of energy explosion reverberated through the Underground City, the shockwave from the attack shattered surrounding buildings, stirring up a cloud of dust.
“Heh— an annoying bug is dead, now it’s time for…”
Just as this Dream Demon turned around, satisfied with the destruction caused by her attack, intending to deal with those intruders, a searing beam compressed to its limit shot out violently from the dust.
The wave of high temperature swept away the dust, this strike targeted the vital point of the Dream Demon.
By the time she reacted, it was already too late to determine whether the strike originated from the dream or the reality, so she instinctively raised her shield.
Half of the attack was blocked by the shield, while the other half passed through the Dream Demon’s body in the dream. Although it did not inflict any damage on her, it frightened the Dream Demon, making her fur stand on end.
This was a dual attack from the dream and reality!
However, by the time she realized it, her shield was already on the verge of breaking.
That attack did not stop; it became even more terrifying, piercing through the shield and impaling the Dream Demon’s shoulder, that was the maximum evasion she could manage in such an extreme situation.
She couldn’t even use the ability to shift between the dream and reality to avoid this damage.
“You! It’s you!” The Dream Demon suddenly realized after being struck by this attack, the one possessing such means could only be one person, but… how could that be?
Could it be that Ninglan Qiuyu had already been dealt with?
The protective fortune of Ninglan New City shouldn’t be so fragile!
“My little trick, not bad, right?” At this moment, I also spoke up, clearly harboring some lingering resentment toward the earlier harassment from the opponent.
The point fireball spell-derived methods were inherently violent and armor-piercing, the earlier lack of an effective block was simply because I hadn’t used my full strength.
The high temperatures from the attack had already created a wind pressure dispersing the dust, revealing my current figure.
I was now clad in a distinctive witch outfit, topped with a wide-brimmed witch hat, sitting sideways on a flying broomstick.
“L-Little Han Scholar!”
At this moment, the Ground Patrol members who had been frightened by the earlier roaring sound initially thought they were done for. Now seeing the figure before them, blocking their path, gave them immense reassurance. Coincidentally, the late-arriving students from the Extraordinary Academy also witnessed this scene, shocked into silence.
“Little Han?”
“Sister Xiao Han?!”
“Is this… Yang Yuelan?”
At this moment, I couldn’t care less about their reactions, just turned my head towards the Ground Patrol members and said, “Hurry up, leave the rest to me.”
“Yes! Little Han Scholar.” Upon hearing my words, the captain of the Ground Patrol Team quickly responded, immediately organizing the remaining members who hadn’t had time to flee to leave this land of trouble.
“Hehe… I truly underestimated you; I didn’t expect Ninglan Qiuyu to have not stopped you?” The Dream Demon chuckled lightly, then her expression turned unusually serious.
But her words stirred a tremendous ripple; Ninglan Qiuyu… stopped Little Han?
Wasn’t that too massive a piece of information?
Instantly, it left the folks from the Extraordinary Academy and the Ground Patrol Team stunned—what in the world was happening?
Ninglan Qiuyu… wasn’t he the new City Lord?
“Indeed somewhat tricky, but that’s about it.” I commented, “Now, we have some accounts to settle, are you ready to d*e?”
“Hehe… Very well, you want me to d*e? Where do you get the confidence!” The Dream Demon was provoked into laughter by my words, and she angrily charged at me.
However, after she attempted to launch a probing attack against me, she discovered a serious problem: she couldn’t get close due to the several floating spells behind me restraining her!
Her overwhelming attacks couldn’t break through my defense shield, and the broomstick under me… was it too mobile?
Each of my attacks was fully sealing her in both the dream and reality dimensions. Her advantages were completely suppressed; without the benefits of being a Dream Demon, she showed the battle capability of being at the bottom of the Abyss—a total cannon fodder!
“Impossible! Your strength was not like this before!” The longer she struggled with me, the more intense her stimuli grew. The feeling of disparity was crushing; she might as well have fallen into hell!
Even though she was in the Abyss, facing the enemy before her reminded her of the humiliation she faced when she was initially toyed with by those extraordinary demons.
“And I can only say that making early judgments kills!” I could not be bothered to explain to her. Initially, I had refrained from causing problems for the ordinary people here due to her sacrifice ceremony, but since everything that happened could no longer be prevented, what else did I have to worry about?
For her merely blocking a basic attack and then mocking my face… she really got too cocky.
“Impossible! With your strength, there’s no way Ninglan Qiuyu could have delayed you this long!”
“Well, I can only say he’s more useful than you, you waste. Don’t you understand such a simple principle?”
I no longer held back on my sharp words, delivering continuous blows to her. Each retort left her stunned. Even the students from the Extraordinary Academy who were observing forgot to come assist me, though I thought their help was rather unnecessary anyway.
It felt as though I was operating on a different level from them, but during each key moment, I seemed to be operating on an entirely different plane, making them seem utterly ineffective.
Those who were initially bewildered by the shift in events were equally curious as to why every one of my magical strikes was landing squarely on the Dream Demon, wondering if this Dream Demon was stupid enough to let the attacks hit her body willingly.
However, those with insights quickly understood the situation…
“Sister Xiao Han is…”
“Xiao Han is currently in reality… no, not just that, it’s a superposition of both the dream and reality!” Tan Han, who drew this conclusion, was also shocked into speechlessness. How was that even possible?
How could she have done this? This was the question on everyone’s mind. Was it that everyone else had consciousness pass through, but only Yang Yuelan’s real body crossed over?
That seemed highly improbable.
“Little Han, I’ll help you!”
With Tan Han’s shout, everyone quickly reacted—this was the best opportunity to surround and wipe out the Dream Demon!
How could they let such an opportunity slip away?
“You… you!” The Dream Demon watched as everyone moved in to seal off all her retreat paths in the dream. In reality, she had to face me. This utterly wiped out her greatest advantage, and the once confident mindset shattered in an instant.
Even her life became a matter of concern.
At this moment, a hint of panic really glinted in her eyes, but upon seeing the massive bl**d essence and soul material coagulated from the sacrifice ceremony, hope erupted in her eyes, entirely abandoning the desire to fight.
“Stop her! If she gains control over that mass of flesh and bl**d!”
They had witnessed the low-quality Dream Demons created by this Dream Demon when she commanded the flesh and bl**d; her methods were incredibly disgusting and troublesome. If she used this to escape, it would be too costly.
I looked towards the mass of flesh and bl**d and understood the stakes involved, but I was also keenly aware of her intentions: she had explicitly mentioned wanting to summon her sisters.
One troublesome Dream Demon was already substantial; if even more came… I would find myself overwhelmed.
Thus, I decided to abandon the flying broomstick chase. After all, no matter how fast I was, could I outrun a teleport?
Just as she excitedly approached the mass, subconsciously glancing back to see that nobody was faster than her, a glimmer of delight flickered in her heart.
But when she turned back to look at the massive coagulated bl**d and soul material, a pitch-black teleportation passage blocked her path. Then a hand reached out from within, firmly grasping her throat. Regardless of whether she entered the dream or reality, she could not escape the fate of being caught, feeling a trapping force constraining her entire body.
Then, that figure fully emerged from the teleportation passage—it was, after all, the witch who had ruined her plans earlier!
“Is something good happening that makes you laugh so happily? Say it, let me share your joy!”
