Dream Travel

Chapter 341 Devouring
With her legs frozen, Andra's mobility was affected, and even her demonic powers became sluggish.

Seeing an opportunity, Lexenberg immediately used the demonic power he had collected. A pale light flashed, instantly seizing Saint Andra's mind.

Although it only lasted a moment, it was enough for a battle.

Bai Mu deflected the greatsword from Andra's hand with a single sword strike, and the condensed longsword pierced through Andra's defenses, causing a burst of intense light to erupt from his chest.

This flash of light was enough to scorch the surface of an ordinary body, but it had little effect on demons. The real killing power came from the icy chill that followed when the condensed longsword struck.

"Ah!" Andra, who had been stabbed by a sword, came to his senses and couldn't help but scream. He didn't have time to curse the despicable man, and immediately mobilized all his strength to fight against the low temperature.

But his seemed to be fixed, like water that could be freely manipulated turning into ice.

He can control the flow of water, but once the water turns to ice, it is no longer under his control.

The flames around Andra's body fluctuated violently. He realized that his strength could not return to normal unless he pulled out that strange weapon.

He wanted to destroy the weapon directly with magic, but the weapon's strength exceeded his expectations, and the pressure of magic was simply not enough to destroy it.

"Aaaaah! You wretched human, I'll tear you to pieces—" Andra roared furiously.

Unable to suppress the damage from the low temperature, he simply concentrated all his power, intending to perish together with Bai Mu.

Bai Mu flicked the condensed longsword in his hand upwards, and the weapon that had pierced Andra's chest slashed toward his head.

While the demon's body could withstand the damage from the low temperature, Andra lost its last strength to resist once its head was affected.

However, the magic he released still took effect, and the demonic flames erupted in a ring, destroying a nearby area.

"Is she dead?" Luciela looked at the area covered by flames, feeling anxious.

If Bai Mu dies, she will be trapped in this dark and hopeless hell.

What's worse is that Hell is such a barren place that she has absolutely no desire to live in this wretched place.

It would be even worse if some demon picked up White Curtain's weapon case.

Fortunately, after the firelight disappeared, Luciela saw the figure in white. Although the figure was disheveled, he was still alright.

The white curtain, engulfed in flames, kicked Andra over and dragged him by his demon horns toward the weapon crate.

"Don't pull out your weapon yet." Luxembla was becoming more and more adept at being a demon spy.

He shouted a warning to Bai Mu: "Your sword seems to have frozen his soul!"

"Is there such a good thing?"

Bai Mu was somewhat surprised and delighted, and immediately quickened his pace to get to the weapon box.

But the next problem gave him a headache. The best way was to put the whole demon into the box, so that the other party's soul would not be taken away by hell.

But the weapon case was too small compared to the demon's body. Not to mention the body, it couldn't even fit the horned head inside; it was too thick.

"Let's give it a try." Bai Mu slammed the weapon case onto Andra's corpse, and as expected, an unexpected incident occurred when capturing Andra's soul.

The moment his soul left the body, Hell began to exert its power, and the soul, which was fixed in place by the condensed longsword, was directly torn away.

"Damn it—" Bai Mu couldn't help but curse. Fortunately, the condensed longsword still had some effect. Although it couldn't completely collect Andra's soul, it at least tore off a portion of it.

A larger fragment of the spirit was acquired.

The white curtain directly summoned Andra's mental fragments.

"Roar—you despicable humans!!" Andra roared as soon as she appeared, staring intently at the white curtain but making no move.

He was already aware of his condition: a body constructed from a small part of his soul and spiritual power.

Unfortunately, this part of his spiritual power comes from the White Curtain, meaning he is now essentially a 'part' of the White Curtain.

At least it is part of Bai Mu's own spiritual power, and based on that alone, he cannot pose a threat to Bai Mu.

Moreover, due to the incompleteness of his soul, he suffered from a large number of memory gaps, and the memories he retained were mostly recent.

I have no recollection of many things from the past.

"Stop yelling at me and just tell me everything you know." Bai Mu's words made Andra's expression twist.

"I'm just a fragment, I only know about recent events..."

"Then tell me about what has happened recently."

“Hehehe, actually there’s another way.” Luxembla laughed slyly.

"First, release my soul and let me devour him. That way, I can know everything he knows and obtain all the information."

"Damn it! You devilish spy!!" Andra cursed at Luxembra.

“I’m not a demon here, your impotent rage is meaningless.” Lexenberg then said to White Curtain, “He was never as good as me to begin with, keeping him is useless and will only be a burden, so it’s better to continue to strengthen me.” “Alright.” White Curtain used the weapon box to transform Andra’s corpse into a puppet, and kicked the puppet that made room for it away.

Andra is far more powerful than any other demon.

It's good that the body can continue to fight even though the soul is gone. As for the soul, it's not important... Well, it's already lost, so there's no point in saying it's important.

Amid Andra's curses, the white curtain dispelled his summons and brought out Beatrice. The alchemist's appearance was to ensure the process went smoothly and to conduct some observations.

“I fear that hell will take away his spiritual fragments.”

"Then just put them in the weapon crates," Beatrice suggested after thinking for a moment.

The weapon case is sealed, and in a sealed environment, the problems that Bai Mu was worried about should not occur.

However, Beatrice was somewhat disappointed that this meant she would no longer be able to observe the process of demons devouring each other's souls.

"I'll give you five minutes. Whoever is alive after five minutes, I'll keep them."

White Curtain said to Lexenberg.

"Hahaha, not even a minute! I'll seal the collected power first." Luxembla laughed loudly.

Not all demons can devour souls. As a demon of light and shadow, his power of shadow has a devouring effect on souls, which is why he was able to devour the souls of other demons at this time.

As for the impact on himself? He's just a fragment, so those impacts are completely irrelevant. He just needs to make himself stronger first.

The white curtain closed the weapon box, separating the souls of Lexenberg and Andra into the box.

A thumping sound came from inside the closed box, probably from two demons fighting inside.

However, the sound quickly became one-sided, and there were also screams from fragments of Andra's soul.

In less than a minute, the inside of the box calmed down, and Bai Mu could sense through the weapon box that only a fragment of spirit remained inside.

Recovering the fragment of spirit, Bai Mu felt a familiar summoning sensation and summoned Lexenbra.

The demon didn't undergo any obvious changes, but judging from the corners of its mouth that it couldn't suppress, it must have been enhanced.

This time, without any explanation from Bai Mu, Lexenbra took the initiative to attach himself to the Dream Eater Greatsword, and the weapon that had sealed a large amount of demonic power reignited with demonic flames.

"Give me more, this is much more efficient than letting me slowly collect demonic power," Luxembra said impatiently. "You should have used that weapon sooner."

"I don't know this. Alright, just tell me everything you know."

White Curtain urged Lexenberg on, waving to Beatrice, "There's no place for you here, you should go back."

"..." Beatrice was a little unhappy, but after glancing at her surroundings, she gave up on refuting the white curtain.

The environment here is too harsh. As soon as she arrived, she felt her skin starting to wrinkle from the scorching air.

Bai Mu carried the weapon case to the vehicle, hung the case on it, and left.

On the way, Lexenberg recounted the information he had obtained by consuming fragments of Andra's soul.

Andra came to hunt down the White Curtain because the White Curtain had killed a large number of demons during this period.

If it's a mutually destructive killing between humans and demons, then the demon lord won't care too much.

It's difficult to preserve the souls of outsiders properly, but demons generally have a way of collecting souls.

It cannot be preserved for a long time, but it can be preserved for a short time.

The demon lord always receives a portion of the souls of outsiders, and adjusts the proportion of battle losses based on the spoils.

The white curtain disrupted this proportion, which attracted the attention of the demon lord.

Not only the local demons noticed the white curtain, but the foreign demons also noticed him.

"I couldn't find anything related to my original self in this guy's memories. I need to kill more demons."

When it comes to his own strength, Luxembla doesn't care about whether they are of the same kind or different kind; they are not from the same world, so why would he care about that?
Moreover, when consuming soul fragments, Luxembla also discovered that these soul fragments were thin-skinned and thick-fleshed, and had very little effect on him after being consumed.

If it is a fragment of his original soul, then when it touches him, it will not be devoured, but fused, with the large pieces fused with the small pieces.

The reason it's called devouring is that the soul fragments being devoured will resist; otherwise, what kind of devouring would it be?
The fragments that Bai Mu collected before were too small and fragmented, just tiny bits of soul and fragments of spiritual energy.

They ate without resistance, and the fragments of their souls contained little useful information.

Andra is different; he doesn't have many distant memories, but he has quite a lot of recent ones.

Andra yearns to go to the unrestricted human world, and also longs to find those powerful beings there, engage in fierce battles, and then steal their souls as collectibles...

(End of this chapter)