Dream Travel

Chapter 288 Let them keep an eye on things

The shadowy area released by Lexenbra slowly dissipated, and Elek breathed a slight sigh of relief. The holy runes on his body, which had been gradually activated, returned to their normal tattoo state.

They had ample experience dealing with demons, so when White Curtain and Luxembla were fighting, once they were certain that he wouldn't be defeated immediately, they focused on eliminating the demon followers.

They knew that the demon followers were the source of the original demons' power, and that focusing their attacks on the original demons without first eliminating these demon followers would likely backfire.

The demon hunters had encountered a similar situation; when dealing with a demon projection, they almost killed it.

As a result, the demon projected a soul and absorbed and transformed all the remaining souls of the demon followers, instantly making them lively and energetic.

Although it wasn't exactly Phase Two, it was almost like Phase Two when it was at full health and mana, and that one time it caused the Demon Hunter team to suffer heavy losses.

Judging from Luxembra's situation, the opponent is not an easy primal demon to deal with.

There are many types of primal demons. Some primal demons can be killed with a little effort, after all, demons are also divided into different classes.

The original demons who ran from the dream world into reality are not all powerful demons.

Just like those who are caught up in strange dreams, most of them are ordinary people, and the same is true for the original demons that run into reality.

Those demons were born demons, but some of them were not strong enough and were captured by the locals for research.

One way to obtain demonic power is to capture a weak primal demon and attempt to acquire its demonic soul in order to gain demonic power.

The advantage of doing this is that you won't be controlled by those powerful native demons, and you can still possess the full power of the demons.

However, weaker native demons are like ordinary people; don't expect them to master too much demonic magic or other demonic knowledge.

Even if one obtains demonic power through such primal demons, the individual must develop their own methods for using that power.

The demon hunter squad also has members who wield demonic power, but they mostly use things like holy runes.

The White Curtain's combat power exceeded their expectations, or rather, the Luxembla projection that appeared here exceeded their expectations.

Although this demonic projection failed to acquire many souls, the power it displayed was still not to be underestimated.

The power that created the shadow zone exploded, affecting the entire street.

The power generated then enveloped the missed curse, absorbing that portion of its power.

Fortunately, the demonic projection was killed. Although the uncontrolled power was harmful, it would not erupt further.

Eric looked at the white screen with some doubt. The combat power he displayed should have triggered the defense agreement.

He had this question, but he didn't ask directly. Instead, he reminded Bai Mu, "You have residual demonic power on you. It's best to deal with it quickly. You can use holy water."

"Alright, is everything alright here?" Bai Mu rubbed his arms and put away the hilt of his condensed weapon.

Elek nodded, his gaze sweeping over Bai Mu's arm; the wounds left by the cursed explosion had disappeared.

However, red tear marks can be seen on the arm, and tiny wounds can be vaguely seen where the red marks are located, but those wounds disappear as soon as they appear.

Seeing this, Eric continued, "Your arm is cursed. Even if you have the ability to regenerate, it's best to have it treated by a professional."

"Okay, I'll go back and look for it later."

Eric, who was about to recommend the Demon Hunter Squad to Bai Mu, nodded. Since Bai Mu knew professionals, he didn't need to consider it.

After all, the White Curtain already has a Holy Seal, so the person who can create the Holy Seal should have the ability to break such a curse.

As for the situation in Kesu Town... looking at the chaotic streets, Elek couldn't help but shake his head; this matter had really gotten a bit out of hand.

The main reason was that he didn't expect the original demon to hate the White Curtain so much that it directly created a projection.

Normally, demons don't create such projections casually, as this could easily expose more information to the demon hunters.

The demon hunters have a way of determining the strength of native demons based on projections. Although they are not good at this, they can still make a rough assessment.

They wouldn't provoke a powerful primal demon, but if that primal demon revealed its weakness... then they would be prey.

A weak native demon is a good thing.

Just as some powerful demons collect human souls, humans will also try to deal with the original demons they can handle.

As for the native demons, they are not as valuable as the original demons, since most of those demons are artificially created.

Without that original quality, even if it can be used, the results will be less than satisfactory.

Unless it is specially transformed, even the worst native demon has more potential than the native demon.

The reason for this difference is related to 'hell'.

Original demons come from hell or other places in their respective worlds, which means that they inherently possess a power from their origin.

This is where the true value of a primal demon lies.

As for the local demons in reality, they inherently lack that power, so how can they be compared to the original demons?
If they want to transform themselves into primal demons, they need to find primal demons that they can defeat or who can devise a plan against them.

Back at the hotel, Bai Mu took off his tattered clothes, took a shower, and changed into the pants that had been prepared for him.

Sitting at the table, Bai Mu stared at his right arm. The red marks on it, instead of fading over time, became more and more pronounced. And the reopened wound was getting bigger and bigger.

Even though he pressed the touch pendant onto the red mark, something that works on demons is of little use on cursed wounds.

This is only a small part of the curse's effect. Imagine if he were completely hit by that curse and then detonated by Luxenbra, he would lose dozens of kilograms of flesh.

He drew the curtains, and the white curtain summoned Beatrice, but he did not summon the mental fragments of Lexenberg.

There's a demon-hunting team next door, summoning demons right here. He must have eaten too much.

"Can it be solved?"

“No.” After examining Bai Mu’s arm, Atrist replied with absolute certainty, “This is a demon’s curse. An ordinary person would have died long ago if they were touched by it.”

"Your alchemy seems quite useless."

Beatrice couldn't help but glare at the white curtain: "Alchemy doesn't involve curses."

She continued examining Bai Mu's arm; the most troublesome thing about curses is that they don't disappear over time, but rather they intensify with prolonged delay.

"You need to get rid of this curse quickly; it's devouring your life force and growing stronger."

"I don't feel much." Bai Mu looked at the red marks on his arm. Apart from the occasional stinging pain, they didn't have much of an impact on him.

"Don't you even know what kind of constitution you have?" Beatrice glanced at the white curtain, which didn't seem to have much of an effect.

Ordinary people afflicted with such a curse would have long since died, separated from their families; this curse can torment its target to the greatest extent.

It's easy to imagine how much they hated the existence of the curse beneath the white curtain.

"Why don't we try cutting him down?" Bai Mu had a flash of inspiration and came up with a good idea.

"Wait, let me check." Atris took out an alchemy box from the weapon case and made an alchemy reagent with a small amount of materials.

After pouring the alchemical reagent onto the red mark, she looked at the reagent that hadn't changed color and nodded: "You can cut it now."

The most troublesome thing about curses is their entanglement; those curses that are intertwined with the soul cannot be cleansed simply by cutting off a hand or foot.

Because there are so many ways to reconstruct severed limbs.

The curse in the white curtain did not entangle with the soul, but cutting off the hand was a good way to get rid of the curse.

"I was just saying, do you really want me to do that?"

The white curtain wiped away the alchemical reagent from her arm; the contact between this substance and the open wound on the red mark hurt even more than wiping the wound with alcohol.

“You have regenerative abilities, while I am skilled in life alchemy; it’s just an arm,” Beatrice said casually.

If there's technology to solve the problem of amputation, then cutting off a hand would be a very special kind of surgery.

"Forget it, I'll go find a professional priest later."

"Then why did you come to me?" Beatrice muttered, somewhat curious about White Curtain's actions. "So how did your operation go this time?"

"Not bad, the demon cultists here are all gathered together, so there's no need to bother searching for them. Although it made quite a commotion, I won't be responsible for any compensation afterwards."

Bai Mu casually wrapped the bandage around his arm and put on his shirt.

"Where is that demon?"

"Pretty impressive, I probably couldn't beat him in his true form." Bai Mu reviewed the process of his outstanding battle with Luxembla.

"You've dealt with the demonic projection, so you're being watched now, aren't you?"

Beatrice looked worried. The White Curtain wouldn't be recognized by the defense protocol because it didn't have any special powers, but that didn't mean it wouldn't be recognized by humans. On the contrary, human recognition would only attract more attention to it.

There are many dream creatures in this world who harbor ill intentions towards human geniuses.

The fact that the white curtain resolved the demon projection does not mean that the demon itself has been eliminated. On the contrary, based on its performance, the original demon will only pay more attention to the white curtain.

If the original demon cannot eliminate the White Curtain, as long as it shares information about the White Curtain with other dream creatures, some dream creatures will eventually try to eliminate this potential threat.

Furthermore, there's the demon-hunting team that's been working with him; if they discover that Bai Mu's combat strength is abnormal, they'll also report it.

She had already told Bai Mu about the threats facing human geniuses, but Bai Mu acted as if he hadn't listened.

"Then let them keep an eye on it," Bai Mu said nonchalantly.

He was already being targeted by the primal demons, and even if he didn't participate in the current operation, Luxembla wouldn't necessarily let it go.

If he continues to be passive, his uniqueness will still be exposed, so why not take the initiative?
As long as he becomes stronger fast enough, all the enemies who cause him trouble will end up in the box.

He already has enough trouble, so a little more won't make a difference.

Perhaps these troubles will escalate into a fight because of him.

(End of this chapter)