Dream Travel

Chapter 292 Is this a warm-up?

The summoned body is no different from its original state, and it even sweats, but the sweat evaporates as soon as it leaves the body.

It's a very realistic form of 'mimicry'. As for food, Esdeath doesn't think there's anything wrong with it. Not only is her digestive ability still there, but she doesn't even need to go to the toilet.

This is much more convenient than when she was alive, but what she is most dissatisfied with is that she can no longer grow stronger normally and can only enhance herself by improving her skills.

“The primordial demon Lexenberg, I killed another of its projections, leaving behind a rather large piece of its soul. This enmity is even greater now.”

Esdeath said without any surprise, "Then he should indeed be killed."

She didn't care whether they were human or demon. If demons could give her more enjoyment in battle, she wouldn't mind cooperating with them.

Correspondingly, if demons can become targets in battle, then she wouldn't mind at all.

It's a good thing that Bai Mu has a grudge against a primordial demon.

"The problem is that I can't beat the real body right now. There's a difference of more than ten times between the real body and the projection."

Bai Mu ate as he spoke, with hundreds of kilograms of beef and mutton, fresh hot pot base, and other items beside him.

This might not even be enough for him to eat.

“With your potential, this is no problem at all.” Esdeath wasn’t worried about Shiro’s situation. She rested her chin on her hand and looked Shiro up and down. “You can’t just think of me during training.”

Rather than accompanying Bai Mu to training, she would prefer Bai Mu to let her participate in more activities outside the home.

Shiro was a troublemaker to begin with, and after learning about his situation, Esdeath knew that many things would happen around him, but she didn't want to get involved in them.

"You're a problem too."

“That’s about the box, it has nothing to do with me.” Esdeath wasn’t fooled by White Veil’s words: “You can’t keep your secret forever.”

"That's right, then let's train properly first."

First, develop Esdeath's crowd control skills. With those skills, we'll have a better chance of dealing with native demons later on.

It wouldn't be bad to continue improving one's own power until one can reliably defeat the opponent before going after the original demon.

But Bai Mu wanted to kill that guy as soon as possible.

After eating hot pot for a while, Esdeath stopped and went to the window to look at the scenery outside.

He then casually sat on the sofa and picked up a book to read.

She wasn't very interested in storybooks, but things were pretty boring here on White Curtain, and there wasn't much else to do. Even things she wasn't interested in could be useful when she was bored.

What the white curtain does is much simpler.

He was like a dangerous creature, constantly eating and eating, faster than the meat being cooked could be eaten.

Esdeath couldn't continue reading the storybook after a while, so she turned to watching the white curtain eat.

She wasn't hungry, but Bai Mu's lavish eating made her a little hungry just watching.

"Take off your shirt."

"What? You're interested in me too?" Bai Mu paused with his chopsticks. He had planned to meet up with Lucy Ella after dinner, and while there was still time, go out shopping together or something.

We'll rest together when we get back tonight.

"I want to see where you ate the food."

"What's so interesting about this?" Bai Mu took off his shirt and ate shirtless. To be honest, eating shirtless while having hot pot feels even better.

Add to that the cola-flavored alchemical potion made by Beatrice, and it becomes even more of a life experience.

Esdeath watched as the white curtain ate and drank, but it never grew bigger, and she had no idea where all that meat went.

After finishing the meal, Bai Mu was slightly dissatisfied. The main reason was that although the meal satisfied his appetite, he did not feel much fullness.

He's no ordinary foodie.

Under Esdeath's gaze, Shiro took a bullet out of the drawer, hesitated slightly, and then put it directly into her mouth.

"Is it tasty?"

"Of course it doesn't taste good. Who would want to eat this kind of thing for no reason?" Bai Mu clicked his tongue. After his digestive ability became strange, a bullet tasted better than a steamed bun.

However, the taste was just so-so; no one would find metal and gunpowder delicious, especially since Bai Mu swallowed it whole.

After finishing their hot pot meal, Bai Mu said to Esdeath, "It's getting late. I'll call you out tomorrow, or we can go shopping together?"

"Is it just about shopping?"

"If you don't want to have much contact with the world, you can skip this step?"

Shopping is Luciela's move; that woman likes luxury things and knows how to enjoy life, while Esdeath doesn't seem to have much of a pursuit in this regard.

"Then let me see how much stronger you've become."

"At least double!"

Let's talk about Lucy's shopping later, now—fight!

The next morning, Bai Mu left home early, not by car, but by subway, leaving Rota City and heading straight to a mountain forest.

Those staring at the white screen were somewhat bewildered. What was this guy up to? Was he trying to fish in this way again, just like before?
They wouldn't be fooled so easily. The people watching the white curtain didn't follow it into the forest; they simply kept an eye on it from a safe distance.

These three thousand-plus players may be 'unworthy of their positions,' but Bai Mu has survived until now, so he must be capable. Anyone who still thinks he's a fraud would have died months ago.

A humming sound echoed from within the mountains and forests.

Esdeath went all out from the start. She had a duel with the White Curtain last night and discovered another advantage of her current body.

The energy required to sustain her activities comes entirely from the white curtain, meaning that the previous physical limitations are no longer a problem as long as the white curtain can hold up.

Although I lost the opportunity to continue becoming stronger, I gained unlimited stamina...

If she had to choose again, she definitely wouldn't want the current unlimited stamina. Unlimited stamina is meaningless if you can't increase your output.

If one's physical strength is limited but one is stronger, then one can solve the infinite within a limited scope.

However, the battle that is currently taking place allows Esdeath to fully utilize her advantage of unlimited stamina.

In less than half a minute, the battle area was transformed into a frozen wasteland.

Esdeath, who felt no real loss of energy, laughed like a demon.

She held an ice sword studded with ice spikes in one hand, and each attack would spray out a large number of ice spikes.

With such a rich battle experience, wouldn't it be a waste for her to die if she didn't take the time to fully enjoy it?
"This is despicable! Wait a minute—" Bai Mu swung his sword and shattered the ice spikes that were flying towards him.

"Hahaha, there's no time to wait in a fight, so just bear with it!"

Esdeath's ice sword slammed into the ground, creating an irregular layer of ice spikes.

The next instant, the white curtain within the icy spike zone shattered the ice, and he, covered in ice shards, approached Esdeath at an extremely fast speed.

The speed caused the somewhat frantic woman to show a serious expression.

The White Curtain is not difficult to deal with under normal circumstances, especially now that it is no longer limited by physical strength and can fully exert the power of the Imperial Arms.

However, after Bai Mu opened his golden eyes, both his strength and speed were greatly enhanced.

Speed ​​is something that can sometimes produce a complete suppressive effect, especially when it's just a little bit faster.

Bai Mu's combat skills weren't good enough before, but after being trained and improved by her, even though she hasn't reached Bai Mu's level yet, she can keep up with her.

At this point, attribute suppression becomes very useful.

boom!
Esdeath's ice sword was shattered by White Curtain's Dream Erosion Greatsword. Before she could forge a new weapon, White Curtain pressed her against the ice wall, causing cracks to appear on the surface of the ice wall.

Esdeath groaned, her body stiffening slightly, but she quickly recovered.

This is another advantage of the phantom body; some injuries that would otherwise impair mobility are no longer effective against her.

"I asked you to develop the Imperial Arms, not to take revenge," the white curtain holding Esdeath emphasized.

The reason he was able to quickly suppress this woman was not because his combat skills were superior to hers, but because his attributes overwhelmed Esdeath.

The ice energy that was intercepted was quickly shattered by him, and coupled with his speed being faster than Esdeath, this created the suppression effect.

However, the woman's reaction speed was also surprisingly fast. When Bai Mu pressed her against the ice wall, several ice spikes emerged from the ground and pressed against her body.

The reaction was quick, but the speed was a bit slow.

“A high-intensity battle will allow me to better understand the Imperial Arms.” Esdeath released the ice spikes that were pressed against the white curtain.

The ice spikes had pierced through his clothes and disappeared, and the small blood holes on Bai Mu's body healed quickly.

"I've never used your Imperial Arms, so you'd better not lie to me." White Veil released her hold on Esdeath and brandished the Dream Eater Greatsword in her hand: "Continue."

Esdeath is currently fighting quite fiercely, but all her energy is supplied by the White Curtain.

Therefore, this battle was essentially a heavy burden for White Curtain.

Unfortunately, such battles did not seem to improve his mental strength.

The new abilities granted by the Dream-Eating Mushroom primarily affect the physical body and offer little benefit to mental strength.

Anyway, while she was feeling full, Bai Mu didn't feel that her mental energy had recovered.

In the subsequent battles, White Curtain still did not use the Dream Eater Imperial Arms, although the Observer Imperial Arms was very useful.

However, its effectiveness is less pronounced when facing enemies with special powers.

For combat training like this, it would be better not to use it.

It's just that the fight is a bit difficult because it's impossible to judge Esdeath's intentions through the Dream-Eater Imperial Arm.

When White Curtain fights in a snowy environment, it will always encounter some dangerous small traps.

Those traps weren't fatal to him, but they were disgusting. The brief restriction on his movements allowed Esdeath to leave some marks on him.

"Warm-up is over." After White Curtain shattered an ice pillar, Esdeath revealed a dangerous smile. The environment covered by ice and snow began to collapse, and cold currents rapidly gathered towards her.

Her power directly broke through the upper limit that was solidified after death.

"It's a pity it's only temporary, but it'll be enough!"

(End of this chapter)