Dream Travel

Why choose this particular option in Chapter 324?
"Hot? This is Hell Rock. It won't be hot after humans have been in contact with it for a while."

"What? I can turn into a demon?" Bai Mu waved the greatsword in his hand, a weapon whose strength could rival that of some metals.

Although it was cleaved in many places by his greatsword, it also demonstrated just how strong this thing was.

“Of course not, but the power of hell corrupts humans.” Lexenberg glanced at Bai Mu’s palm and, seeing that there were no signs of corruption from the power of hell, said nothing more.

He looked in a certain direction with some confusion, and asked Bai Mu with a slightly nervous expression, "What exactly do you want to do? Why can I vaguely sense my own body?"

He is now a fragment of his mind, so he will naturally be nervous when facing his original body. Although, in the case of demons, even if a part of their soul is stripped away, it is still difficult for them to sever their connection with their original body.

However, his situation is due to a higher proportion of spirit, while the soul is more like a CPU, and the spirit is the hardware that can support the operation of the CPU.

The soul's positioning has changed, which has led to a complete separation between his soul and his physical body.

As a result, the fragments of Lexenberg's mind also developed inappropriate thoughts, but when these thoughts faced his main body, they were not enough to suppress his inner fear.

"This is a new alternate dream. Since you were separated from the original body, don't you have any impression of it?"

“No.” The fragment of Luxembra’s mind shook its head: “Most of my memories are incomplete; the complete parts are limited to a subset of the spells I have mastered.”

"Alright." Bai Mu understood what was going on with Lexenbra.

The projection of Lexenberg carried a small portion of his soul, which he retained.

However, the consciousness linked to Luxembra's main body can be withdrawn when the projection is killed.

The remaining soul and spirit are fragmented, and even if they can be integrated and function, the fragmentation will result in incomplete memories.

"As long as you can still use your strength, that's fine." Bai Mu said something that made Lexenberg slightly uneasy.

"Wait, what are you trying to do...? Who gave you this book!?"

The fragment of the primordial demon's mind looked at the book in Bai Mu's hand with some panic. As a demon, no matter how fragmented his memory was, it was impossible for him not to recognize demonic script.

The arrangement of demonic text in this book is...very unfriendly to demons!
"Don't worry about that, it's written in quite a lot of detail." Bai Mu said with a smile as he walked, looking at the contents of the book.

This is a way to obtain demonic power by controlling the demon's soul. Bai Mu thought he could find a skill like demon transformation here.

After finishing the book, he realized it was about enchanting.

"The content seems incomplete, doesn't it?"

Lexenberg reluctantly replied, "That's right."

Even if the content is incomplete, it's still quite bizarre for him. The book's content makes the use of demonic power very safe.

Since it's an enchanting item, as long as the user doesn't mess around and enchant themselves, there shouldn't be too many unexpected problems.

This book does not cover enchanting oneself, but rather enchanting weapons and equipment.

What terrified Lexenberg was the meticulous arrangement of the demonic text within the book.

It doesn't quite reach the level of the law, but it's very close!

Damn it, which primordial demon gave him this thing? Just like that, he let Bai Mu betray his own kind?
"It works great, doesn't it?"

"Ah...it works really well." Luxembra couldn't stop himself from talking.

"Hehehe, that's good. Let's go try it out later." Bai Mu looked into the distance with ill intent.

He was already using a scope on the way. The scope is not part of the Dream Erosion items, but because of its material and its connection to the Spirit Pivot, there is a certain connection between them.

During the ascension of the Ling Shu, the scope mounted on it was also affected by the ascension.

When using the white screen, you can feel a series of changes happening to the scope.

For example, when scanning a large area, the accuracy increased while the consumption decreased. What he regretted was that the maximum scanning range did not increase.

But it's enough.

Within the scanned area, the white curtain discovered traces of the demon.

The influence of the Dream Source can be quite extensive, sometimes covering an entire city, just like the robust sewer corpse that Bai Mu encountered back then...

The other party's starting point is a city. If they entered the dream through the dream source itself, their location will be very close to the dream source.

However, he entered through the Dream Terminal, so the place where he appeared was not so close to the Dream Source.

As for where this alternate dream terminal came from, Bai Mu didn't think about it in detail.

It might have been stolen from the demons and then copied?

"You've already learned it?" Lexenberg grinned slightly, his teeth aching a little.

"No, but the annotations are very clear. You don't need to learn them right away; you just need to be able to draw them from the examples."

Bai Mu took out the Dream Eater Greatsword, cut his finger, and used his blood to draw those demonic patterns on the weapon.

All of this made Luxembla want to curse.

The demonic text depicted on the white curtain wasn't complex, but its interconnected structure made it particularly hostile to him.

As for breaking through the limitations of the demonic script? First, he needs to find a loophole, but the problem is he can't find one right now.

Moreover, his current existence is maintained by the White Curtain. If this guy were to gain a deeper understanding of demons, the contents of this book would probably be superfluous.

"Alright, you can do it yourself." Bai Mu looked at the demonic characters drawn on the greatsword, and held the weapon horizontally to prevent the characters from being deformed by the flow of blood.

Although the annotations in that book clearly stated that once the demonic script was written, there was no need to worry about the blood flowing without clotting.

But Bai Mu believed that since this was the first time, he should be more proper in his attitude.

"Damn it..." Lexenbra cursed inwardly, reaching out to touch the White Curtain's Dream Erosion Greatsword.

The next instant, he began to wane, as a large amount of demonic power was drawn away and injected into the Dream Eater Greatsword.

However, the energy he had consumed quickly began to recover. Lexenberg was initially puzzled, but then he realized the reason.

It's because of the white curtain; the energy he's expending in the outside world right now is maintained by the white curtain.

Although it comes with its own power, it can replenish its power from the White Curtain if it is consumed too much.

"Get in here—" Before Lexenberg could say anything, White Curtain pressed him directly into the Dream Eater Greatsword.

The Dream Eater Greatsword in his hand burst into flames of black fire, flames infused with the power of shadow.

Demons, unless they possess other special characteristics, are generally skilled in the power of fire.

Although Luxembra is a demon of light and shadow, it still possesses the fire that demons excel at.

"What about another kind of fire?" Bai Mu asked immediately, looking at the shadowy flames on the Dream Erosion Greatsword.

“The other power isn’t very lethal.” Lexenberg’s voice came from the weapon, and the Shadowflame turned pale. Compared to the Shadowflame, this pale flame did indeed show much less destructive power.

“This is just a flashy but impractical fusion,” Luxembla said.

The fusion of shadow power and demonic flames makes it even more aggressive.

This light has no effect; instead, it weakens the demonic flames and also affects the pale light.

The Pale Light itself is a seductive power, and it doesn't synergize well with Demon Flame, so it's better to use it alone.

"I understand." Bai Mu stared at the Dream Erosion Greatsword, the pale flames on it disappeared, and in its place clung to a pale light.

This makes the weapon look like it has special effects.

"This power can weaken the enemy's will, extract the spiritual power of the weak to strengthen itself, and can even force..."

At this point, Luxenbraden paused: "I forgot the rest."

"Forgot it? Forgot it." Bai Mu looked at the approaching demons with ill intent.

A human being is particularly conspicuous in Hell.

"Great! It really is a human!" The leader of the demons roared excitedly as he saw the white screen clearly.

Although many humans have inexplicably appeared in Hell recently, they have no right to claim any of them.

Now that they've encountered a lone human, they're naturally excited.

In this hell, it is very difficult to go to the human world, and most of the souls that fall from the human world into hell are controlled by the demon lord.

The demon lords would select suitable souls to ascend to demonhood, while unsuitable souls would continue to be tormented and exploited.

In any case, the souls that fall directly into hell are basically burdened with enough sin; sin is a kind of weight.

If the weight of sin is light, it will be swept away by the River Styx before falling into hell, and that part of the soul will be cleansed and reincarnated.

However, once the weight of sin reaches a certain level, the River Styx can no longer carry away these people's souls when they pass through it.

Souls burdened with enough sin will continue to fall, plummeting utterly into hell.

In this world, the River Styx is not below Hell, but above it.

Although the River Styx cannot wash away souls burdened with heavy sins, it can destroy the bodies of the living. Anyone who comes into contact with the River Styx will be swept away, leaving only their soul, and demons are no exception.

Therefore, most demons cannot cross the River Styx. If they come into contact with the River Styx, their bodies will be destroyed and their souls will fall back into hell, which is very harmful to the demons.

However, demons also have ways to reach the human world without going through the River Styx, but that requires specific conditions, such as certain people summoning the demon.

Or perhaps a powerful demon directly projects its power onto the human world, indirectly influencing some unlucky souls with weak wills.

But no matter which method they use, it's something these demons can't do.

But recently, for some unknown reason, there have been a lot more humans in Hell. These humans came out of nowhere, and it seems they didn't come to Hell through the River Styx.

This drove the demons of Hell mad, as they wanted to learn from these humans how to get to Hell.

Those humans who can come to hell unharmed can go to the human world in the same way!

Now that they've encountered a living, breathing human being, how could they not be excited?!

Only upon closer inspection did they realize that something seemed off about this human; he was holding a large sword.

They looked like human professionals, but what caught their attention was the jet-black flames burning on the greatsword.

The white curtain revealed a sinister smile to the demons: "You all look a bit stronger than the last one. Don't disappoint me..."

"Ah! Don't come any closer!!"

Realizing something was wrong, the demons couldn't help but retreat. They weren't afraid of the White Curtain, but rather of the demonic power attached to its weapons.

That kind of power is not something that these demons possess.

Bai Mu cleaved the demon's weapon in one swift motion, and the greatsword, burning with jet-black flames, severed the demon's head.

He wasted time dealing with that demon at first as a test, but now that he understands the demons here, that step is no longer necessary.

Proceed directly to the execution phase.

These demons weren't weak, and they even knew some underhanded spells. However, those spells couldn't hit the white curtain, and after being overwhelmed by the white curtain's speed and strength, the demon squad was wiped out in less than a minute.

As before, demons can be killed, but their souls are rarely preserved; at most, only some fragments are scraped off.

"Give up, demons cannot be completely killed in hell."

"Is there really no way to kill him?"

"...It's not impossible. I'm not too familiar with the situation here, but generally speaking, knowing the demon's true name is enough. If the demons in this hell don't use that, then there's nothing we can do."

Lexenberg's voice came from the greatsword; he was now just a material for enchanting, with even less to do.

As for the demon that was killed, he did gain some power when he killed it, but this power was only temporary.

Once the White Veil removes him and then resummons him, this part of his power will disappear.

“This hell seems to have the characteristic of ‘blood battle,’ where demons can become stronger by killing each other…” Luxenbra wanted White Curtain to kill more demons.

"I didn't ask that."

“…” After a moment of silence, Lexenberg continued, “There is another way, which is to lure the demon out of hell and kill it.”

However, many demons are extremely cautious; when they come into contact with humans, they only project a portion of their power.

"It's not easy to get out of here." Bai Mu looked up at the sky, which was a dark red color.

Something seemed to be flowing in the higher places, and occasionally something would fall down, but it would disappear as soon as it fell.

"No matter which hell it is, it is isolated from the human world, but this is more like a kind of protection for the human world... By the way, why did you have to choose this kind of strange dream?"

"Oh, the demons have some unknown plot. I'll try to thwart it."

"...You? You want to try again?" Lexenberg wanted to laugh. Even Bai Mu might not be able to defeat him in his true form. If it involved a conspiracy involving multiple demons, Bai Mu's words were probably just drunken talk.

"If I can't destroy it, I can kill your original body. Didn't you sense your original body?"

"...Damn it! I can sense his true form, and he can sense mine too!"

Lexenberg panicked a little. He was now afraid that the real body would suddenly come and crush the white curtain to death.

(End of this chapter)