Dream Travel

Chapter 342: Nothing Grows Wherever It Passes

"You need to be careful. After you kill Andra, more demons will come looking for trouble. The demon lord might even take action himself."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

“…You definitely can’t beat him!” Lexenberg said seriously. His memory loss prevented him from judging how strong the demon lord was based on Andra’s memories.

However, judging from White Curtain's battle against Andra, White Curtain, lacking special powers, will have a difficult time dealing with the Demon Lord.

Even though White Curtain has a strong physique and resistance to curses, the Demon Lord is far more powerful than Andra.

"So you can only try to make me stronger, then we'll have a chance of defeating the Demon Lord."

"You really are a devil." Bai Mu leaned back and Lucyella, who was holding him, pinched his waist hard.

"Hehehe, I've always been a devil."

Lexenberg didn't care that his manipulation of the White Curtain had been exposed.

Because now, the best way for Bai Mu to deal with the Demon Lord is through him.

Other souls collected by the White Curtain?

Luxembra glanced at Lucyella through his soul vision.

The souls collected by the White Curtain were initially quite powerful when summoned, but as the power gap widened, these souls became nothing more than 'toys'.

As a demon, who doesn't have a few useful toys?

Although Bai Mu is not a demon, after experiencing stronger demonic power, will he still have the desire to continue being human?

"Besides intelligence, where else is it worth taking action?"

“There are many.” Lexenberg’s laughter turned sinister: “The local demons and the foreign demons are not of one mind; they each have their own plans.”

Therefore, the demon lord figured out many aspects of the foreign demons.

"The intelligence from these places is used for trading; we're going to find the key locations of the local demons."

"?" Luxembra was initially puzzled, but his cruel and cunning nature as a demon made him understand what the White Curtain meant.

“That’s true. We all come from reality and understand each other better. A key stronghold of foreign demons is not a good target.”

Bai Mu said, "Once you've collected enough memories, you should be able to better disguise yourself as a local demon, right? At that time, we'll find an opportunity to enter the demon lord's city."

"...You're incredibly bold."

"After killing the Source of Another Dream, we'll retreat immediately."

Lexenberg hesitated, "Is this a question of retreat?"

Whether the white curtain succeeds or fails, it's not a good thing.

Success is easy, but the hero who sacrifices himself is nothing; failure is even more pointless.

"Isn't it a matter of retreating?"

"The local demons desperately want to go to that unrestricted human world, but they want to seize the initiative. You directly shattered their dream, and now they will have to face a bunch of angry demons."

"Hmm... Before we take action, let's go to the camp and ask them what good plans they have."

"That's alright..." Luxembla breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Selflessness and altruism are too dazzling, no, too blinding, in the eyes of the devil.

He could understand Bai Mu's desire to fight; demons all have a fighting spirit. However, Bai Mu's purpose was clearly not to satisfy his fighting desire.

This is a good deed, isn't it? He's already planning to do it, so how can the human faction fighting the demons just stand by and watch?

Come on, let's all lend a hand! Give as much effort as you can.

As for the possibility of ruining the devil's plans, Luxembra didn't care at all.

He even sees his own body as the enemy. How can he succeed in what the enemy wants to do?
His happiness comes from the failure of the original entity.

After the map was opened, White Curtain's actions became more purposeful, resulting in frequent attacks on many of the demons' strongholds.

Those strongholds are basically important mining sites for demons.

Having discovered a new use for the condensed-state longsword, White Curtain began collecting more and more demon soul fragments while fighting demons.

At least it's not like before, where you work hard for a long time only to end up with some fragments of your soul.

On the demon side, a rumor has spread that Andra, the demon lord Dios's right-hand man, has betrayed the demons and become a human's servant.

Meanwhile, the human, accompanied by his former demon commander, continued to attack key locations within the demon territory.

This has led to a shortage of some resources in the Demon Territory.

After freezing a demon's body with a single sword strike, Bai Mu swung the weapon case in his hand and smashed the demon's head.

A few souls were captured by the weapon crates, while most of the demons' souls were taken by Hell. At first, White Curtain would have cared about such things, but now it doesn't matter anymore.

It's good if we can collect them, but it's okay if we can't.

For demons that are not strong enough, they will still be killed in the normal way.

The benefits of Lexenberg's enhanced strength after absorbing souls are already evident; he can now gather demonic power more quickly through blood battles. Furthermore, with his increased mass, this previously stingy demon, unwilling to use his accumulated power in combat, can now provide significantly stronger support.

That part of the power comes from Luxembla himself; it's mainly because as his power increases, his own power also increases.

Luxembra wouldn't spare White Veil the portion of power that could be replenished at any time.

"Just another bunch of small fry."

After devouring this part of the demon's soul fragments, Lexenbra said unhappily that he wanted to eat soul fragments similar to Andra's.

However, this type of demon is not common in this demon territory.

The White Curtain has already cleared many important areas of the demon territory, but among the demons it has dealt with, even the most powerful one is still slightly weaker than Andra.

When dealing with those demons, the Andra corpse puppet played a crucial role, and the enemy's weapons were not lost; after being captured by the White Curtain, they were returned directly to Andra...

When the corpse doll is retrieved, it is allowed to carry equipment of a certain specification.

Andra's weapons can be recovered along with the corpse doll.

While the other demons began their attack, this mid-level demon, wielding a flaming greatsword, fought his way back and forth through the demon stronghold several times.

He appeared even more ferocious than in his previous life, at least unlike Andra in his previous life who didn't receive any enhancements from the weapon crate.

Although the Andra Doll lost its soul after death, its fighting ability was retained.

With the added enhancements from the upgraded weapon case, he will only become stronger when facing enemies of a different level.

Lexenberg was quite envious. He had asked Whitebeard more than once to enchant him and put him inside Andra's corpse so he could fight like that too.

White Curtain did not agree.

“You’ve improved a lot.” Bai Mu looked at the greatsword, now back to normal, and wiped away the dried blood on it.

Seemingly influenced by excessive demonic power, this part of the blood has become exceptionally stable.

Bai Mu felt that if his Dream Erosion Greatsword continued like this, it would turn into a hellish demon sword.

"It's still not enough. It's far inferior to my original form." Luxembla was still dissatisfied.

It's true that his soul has been strengthened, but he is still a fragment and still doesn't have complete memories of his original body. Perhaps if he continues to strengthen like this, he might indeed surpass his original body.

But as Luxenbra, no matter how much he is enhanced, he still longs for his original form.

Only by completely merging with the original body can he become the true Luxembra, instead of a fragment forcibly separated.

"The problem is, after devouring so many demon souls, you can still assimilate the soul of your own body at will?" White Curtain scrutinized Luxembra's projection.

The other party's appearance has changed somewhat. The face is still normal, but the body is beginning to resemble that of a local demon.

“If you can’t assimilate it, then just swallow it whole. Grind it up.” Lexenberg said with a ferocious expression.

He had no reason to spare his own body, so he decided to target the being that possessed his own power first.

"Then let's deal with that demon that has your power first."

“We can give it a try,” Luxembla said after a slight hesitation.

He hesitated before because of the power gap between the two sides. Now that he has become stronger and accumulated a lot of power, wouldn't it be a waste of his strength to still hesitate?

Bai Mu took out his communicator and checked it, but there was no signal here. After scanning the scene, he summoned Agatha and Livru.

"..." The two awakened individuals were a little unable to keep their composure, but their bodies had already gotten used to the White Curtain's arrangements.

It was fine that Bai Mu sent them out to participate in the battle, but this guy just didn't do anything useful. After summoning them, he actually sent them out to move things.

Livlu suggested that White Curtain stop asking her and let Duff help instead. She said that Duff would definitely work hard without complaint if she just asked.

White Curtain still did not agree to this.

That Awakened One is just an average ranged DPS, and his strength is far inferior to Livru's.

Furthermore, the awakened form is not suitable for working... Oh, it's okay for carrying bricks, but Livru's awakened form is different.

Each of the tentacles that split off can carry heavy objects, making them dozens of times more efficient than those of other awakened beings.

Agatha's enormous body is a great asset in her spider form, allowing her to carry large quantities of things at once.

Is this something other awakened beings can do?
As she cleaned up the resources at the scene, this wasn't the first time Livru had hated her awakened form so much... She had never been dissatisfied with her awakened form before.

But things change once someone forces you to do this kind of hard labor.

On the other side, Luciela is eating hellish creatures.

It wasn't demons, but rather the hellish beasts kept by demons, which seemed to be used by demons as transportation.

After being attacked here, those wild beasts also became combat units.

After being killed, she became Luciela's food. Although she didn't taste good, the White Curtain made her eat her.

Then, the body's energy is converted and used to recharge the weapon crates in the White Curtain during the recycling process.

During his time operating in Hell, Bai Mu, though alone, swarmed like a locust, leaving nothing but devastation in his wake and causing significant losses to the local demon lords.

(End of this chapter)