Chapter Eleven: Divine Bastard!
There are many beings capable of dragging people into dreams.
For instance, nightmares, or old ghost hags, but the dream-related abilities of these beings are only somewhat effective against mortals. For a deity like Soren, it is almost impossible to pull him into a dream. Very few beings in the entire multiverse can drag Soren into a dream, and currently, there is only one that is most likely to cause such a situation.
—“Dream Pupa【Divine Bastard】!”
No one knows how Dream Pupas come into existence; legends say they are the illegitimate children of the gods of fantasy, desire, and dreams.
This deity has long vanished from the river of history, at least Soren has not heard any news about this god. However, the Dream Pupas have persisted; they are even more dangerous than deities.
Because they are Divine Bastards!
Dream Pupas have no specific form; they can even change their shape like in dreams. For a Divine Bastard, mastering divine abilities like【Shape Shifting】is not difficult.
Throughout the long ages.
Dream Pupas have been sealed in the deepest parts of the multiverse; no deity dares to be careless regarding any Divine Bastard because some Divine Bastards are born with powers even more formidable than deities.
Dream Pupas can kill merely by gazing, but this does not include those with strong wills. They once had traces in the Bottomless Abyss, but later seemed to be eliminated by certain Demon Lords. Even Demon Lords deeply fear the Nightmare, not wanting such dangerous beings near them. Dream Pupas can firmly control enemies and transport their bodies into specially prepared temporary nightmares.
This is an ability nearly like a real dream.
If one dies within it, a death saving throw is triggered. If one fails the Will save, they too will die with the dream.
They possess special Domain Powers.
This power can even switch between reality and dreams; when necessary, even reality can transform into a nightmare.
The creature before Soren is not a Dream Pupa.
The true challenge level of a Dream Pupa is level 31. The challenge difficulty is A-grade, meaning that only a team of super adventurers with profession levels above 31 might completely defeat this Divine Bastard! This challenge difficulty far exceeds that of ancient dragons, and it is even higher than many deities’ challenge levels!
If Soren were to face a Dream Pupa, only entering his divine form would provide a chance to overcome it.
What stands before him is a descendant of the Dream Pupa.
Or rather, it is a mother bug of the insect race that possesses part of the bloodline of a Divine Bastard. Soren even sensed a hint of demonic aura from the Bottomless Abyss on it.
There are several insect lords in the Bottomless Abyss.
Long before the rise of the Obsidian Demon, the Bottomless Abyss began showing signs of insect activity, with many demons’ shape transformations borrowing the genes of the insect race. Over time, many insect lords have become Demon Lords.
Pupa!
This word represents a very dangerous Demon Lord within the Bottomless Abyss.
Soren can feel that this mother bug is his descendant, or rather, a descendant of the insect mother body with Dream Pupa blood, an evil object inheriting the power of a Divine Bastard.
“Wake up for me!”
Soren opened his divine force field and directly released his mental power in the divine form. In an instant, it surged like a flood into the hearts of the Eastern Dance Maiden—Die and the Master of Fist—Ti, then transformed into rolling thunder to awaken them from their dreams!
“No… don’t!…”
The Eastern Dance Maiden let out a shrill cry, suddenly opened her eyes, her expression momentarily bewildered, then she quickly realized that everything just now was merely a dream.
Ti was in a slightly better state. As the Master of Fist, she remained very calm and responded quickly, realizing everything was just a dream.
“Where is this?…”
Ti instantly prepared for battle, her gaze fixed on the giant and hideous flesh bug, she slowly said, “Did we just fall under its spell?”
Soren glanced back at her and replied calmly, “It’s not a spell, it’s a domain.”
Mother Bug’s Nest.
The space inside the bug nest isn’t very large. With a diameter of only about fifty meters, the more than ten-meter-long mother bug has already taken up a large portion of it. Nearby, many strange light purple crystals can be seen, which look similar to those in ancient ruins, but are now emitting a faint glow. They are connected in some manner, and directly above is likely an important area of ancient ruins, as there is very rich radiation energy here.
Even Soren’s eyes showed data prompts:
“Affected by high concentration radiation!…”
“Triggered personal saving throw!… Constitution saving throw passed!… You are immune to the constitution damage effect of this radiation!…”
……………
Soren’s constitution is naturally fine.
However, after just a while, the Eastern Dance Maiden—Die’s complexion turned pale, looking somewhat uncomfortable. As the Master of Fist, Ti has high resistance and is currently not affected. She was surveying the interior of the bug nest and when her gaze fell on a pale golden stone, her eyes shone brightly as she excitedly exclaimed, “Alchemy Stone!”
“Die!”
“The things His Majesty the Empress wanted are indeed here!”
In the center of the bug nest.
Scattered around are strange crystals from the Arcane Empire era, with the most striking being a pale golden stone roughly the size of a fist.
Alchemy Stone.
It could also be called a magical stone, a high-level alchemical substance researched during the Arcane Empire, possessing very powerful energy and capable of extending life.
In a way that does not require transforming into a Lich, it can extend one’s life to an astonishing degree!
There are many methods for wizards to extend their lives.
Incorporating the bloodlines of other races, modifying their bodies, transforming into alchemical life, or becoming a Lich, these methods all have various downsides, some after completion can no longer be considered human. In pursuit of a more effective way to alter life, research on Alchemy Stones began in the Silver Era; the Archmages sought an almost perfect method to extend their lives in human form, leading to the birth of the ancient Norman people (Silver Era) with lifespans surpassing three hundred years.
This alchemy tradition has been passed down for a long time, and the desire for life led to extensive research during the Arcane Empire.
The Alchemy Stone is one of the most effective results of this research!
“Alchemy Stone?!”
“This thing isn’t used for extending life? Though it has the effect of storing mana, it seems not particularly effective for sealing evil objects, right?”
“Is it that the Eastern Empress is about to die?”
“No way!”
“The longevity abilities of the Eastern Kingdom are many; the lifespan of the Eastern Empress could not be this short!”
“Or is someone intending to use it to extend their life? Or to make up for lost life due to certain reasons? This thing shouldn’t be directly used to seal ancient evil objects, right?”
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Soren’s mind.
The uses of Alchemy Stones are vast, and even the Northern Witch Council has corresponding research on them because divination by witches can easily shorten one’s lifespan, and there is an Alchemy Stone in the hands of the Eye of the North.
Could it be someone intends to use life to seal ancient evil objects?
Such matters seem to have appeared in history, for there was a very famous ascetic from the Eastern Kingdom who sealed one of the ancient evil objects using all of his lifespan; this ascetic, with a profession level as high as 31, directly sat in meditation after sealing the ancient evil object. The Eastern Kingdom has many special and mysterious powers, and their civilization carries significant depth.
“Be careful!”
Perhaps because the Alchemy Stone is too important to them, Ti immediately launched an attack upon discovering it, intending to divert the mother bug’s attention from the side and take away the Alchemy Stone in front.
Thud!
The immensely bloated mother bug did not move at all; its lengthy lifespan has made its body too fat, the physical functions have reduced to the point where it can barely maintain life, replaced by another kind of power that has increased drastically.
Psionic energy.
Basically, all extraordinary abilities can be classified under the scope of psionic energy; the names are merely code, like how astral beings prefer to call ‘psionic energy’ as ‘ghost energy’.
Ti collided with an invisible energy barrier and was immediately sent flying out.
Fortunately, her skills are exceptional; she swiftly pushed off the wall with her toes and dodged the incoming attack. A half-meter-deep indentation suddenly appeared behind her, and powerful psionic energy instantaneously shattered the matter, causing half a wall to collapse.
“Get out first!”
Soren glanced back at the Eastern Dance Maiden and said slowly, “This is a legendary creature! And it’s a Divine Bastard!”
“You can’t help out here!”
“Hey!”
“That martial artist! Please don’t be impulsive!…”
“This bug is definitely harder to deal with than you think!… We should resolve it before considering anything else!…”
Two mortals.
With their abilities, they cannot perceive the Divine Bastard bloodline on the mother bug, so Soren must remind them.
The expression of the Eastern Dance Maiden showed some struggle.
She felt unwilling to participate in the upcoming battle powerless, but at this moment, Ti turned to look at her and whispered, “Die! You get out first! This thing is very dangerous…”
This is a legendary-level battle.
Any creature below the legendary level entering is courting death; had it not been for the attention of the mother bug being mostly focused on Soren due to its fear of his divine aura, these two women would have likely perished long ago.
“This thing would probably be easier to deal with if a golem came to kill it, right?”
The challenge level of the mother bug before him is probably above 22; with such a strong mental energy intensity, in a real fight, it won’t be much easier than dealing with a Balroth Fire Demon.
Because of its special dream abilities, the danger might be even higher!
However, golems are very restrained against such beings, as even Dream Pupas would find it challenging to affect golem puppets that lack mental capacity.
But Soren also cannot let a golem deal with it since this mother bug possesses divine power.
An enemy with divine power!
This holds astonishing value for Soren.
………………(To be continued ~^~)
