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Chapter 562 Emerald Nightmare? Take it all with you!

Savis's long horns shattered with a crack, turning into countless fragments of dark energy that scattered across the sky. His massive body began to tremble violently and collapse, going limp as if his bones had been removed.

Rune didn't care about the fate of this court jester; he was more concerned with the spoils he was about to reap. By this time, N'Zoth had completely abandoned Xavius ​​and instead whispered to Rune.

But this Old God had nothing to offer; even the Void itself couldn't corrupt runes, let alone N'Zoth.

Divine artifacts? Rune knew the whereabouts of the famous divine artifacts, and as for the unknown ones—they were probably not very powerful. Beauties? Power? No, Rune wasn't interested in these things, simply because they were readily available.

As for knowledge—runes will communicate with the dark forces themselves if needed, rather than dealing with middlemen like N'Zoth.

A large amount of succubus power, as thick as magma, flowed from Savis's body. It was the foundation of the Emerald Succubus's existence and the lost crown.

Rune patted his chest gently, and under the manipulation of the human transformation spell, a flower made of skin, muscle and bone bloomed there, and the stamen at the very center was the dream stone that the nightmare demon had given him earlier.

The mage casually tossed this rare artifact into the thick succubus power, and within minutes, the artifact, which was the size of an adult's fist, absorbed all the energy that could have burst Savis's body.

Under the influence of such terrifying power, this divine artifact, which originally shimmered with a ruby-like luster, turned into a bewitching purplish-red.

Under Rune's will, the Dream Stone, which had absorbed most of the blasphemous power of the Emerald Nightmare, flew back into his palm. At that moment, a system notification suddenly popped up.

[Nightmare Crown: After passing the test, the wearer is allowed to manipulate dreams at will in the DC Universe, while also assuming the reign of the Emerald Nightmare.]

The description was flashing, as if it would completely dim at any moment. The last thing to receive similar treatment was the immortality granted to runes by N-metals, but that term has now disappeared, probably replaced by a higher-level term.

Clearly, the system doesn't approve of this thing. Coincidentally, the same goes for Rune; this loot is not what he expected.

Rune doesn't need the right to rule the Blasphemous Lands, but rather the power of the Emerald Nightmare itself. He wants to integrate the Emerald Nightmare's power into the Dream Stone, making it a true multiverse artifact.

After a brief moment of thought, Rune had a dangerous idea.

If you want to upgrade the Dream Stone to a multiverse artifact, the most basic requirement is that it can exert its power in any universe.

The Emerald Nightmare resides within the Warcraft universe, making it practically impossible for it to influence the multiverse, unless—

Unless Rune can completely destroy the Emerald Nightmare, which would test the artifact's material, it might shatter into pieces if it's not sturdy enough.

Rune carefully examined the Dream Stone before him, and only after confirming that it remained quite sturdy despite absorbing so much dream demon energy did he make up his mind.

Beat a fight, bike change bike!

Then, Rune gripped the Dream Stone tightly with both hands, beginning the so-called trial—the resentment of the previous Dream Lord, Savis. For anyone else, this might have required considerable effort, but for Rune—

Guess who killed Savage?

After gaining control of the entire Emerald Nightmare realm, this second Nightmare Lord disregarded N'Zoth's resistance and issued his first command to the invisible, pervasive, and insane will surrounding him.

"Get in here, all of you!"

Rune clenched his fists tightly around the Dream Stone. With his powerful will and a massive amount of dark magic, he broke through the underlying logic that N'Zoth had set for the Emerald Nightmare.

The light of the Dream Stone suddenly dimmed, and the purplish-red light turned dark red. As countless dark magic forces poured in, a gravitational singularity formed at the core of the gem.

The next moment, the devouring began.

The crimson energy that filled the entire Emerald Nightmare was forcibly pulled, emitting a shrill shriek, and surged wildly toward the small gem. The boundary of this desecrated land began to shrink and collapse violently, as if the entire dimension was being emptied.

Rune is draining the pond to catch all the fish.

Originally, the Emerald Dream Demon had its own internal cycle logic. It could continuously corrupt the land and creatures that originally belonged to the Emerald Dream, which required a sufficient amount of stored magic power as a foundation.

Previously, when Savis absorbed power, he dared not touch this part of the magic.

Putting aside how annoyed his superiors would be by the fact that this would affect the expansion of the Emerald Dream Demon, he himself is the Lord of Dream Demons, so his strength would naturally decrease significantly as a result.

But Rune didn't care; he didn't want to become the master of the Emerald Nightmare, which is why he recklessly extracted its power. Moreover, the existence of this defiled land was of no benefit to the birth of the Azerothian world-soul.

Therefore, under his command, those distorted vegetation phantoms, those shrill whispers of madness, and those corrosive emotions of fear—all transformed into the most primal dark energy, which was greedily and violently absorbed by the Dream Stone.

Ignus, dwelling within the now-dead World Tree, was the first to be affected. He was the terrifying embodiment of the Heart of the Nightmare, a corrupted aggregate, and had only escaped death because Rune, after obtaining the map of the Emerald Nightmare, chose to directly eliminate Savichai. But now, he was doomed.

The other hiding dream creatures fared even worse. After Ignos was drained of its power and let out a mournful cry, it finally collapsed and died. They also felt as if they were being sucked blood by something, so they screamed and ran around trying to escape its mouth, but this was destined to be a vain hope.

Even the three succubi that had fled were writhing in agony amidst their howls. They felt a portion of their power dissipating, but fortunately, as guardian dragons, not much of their power was corrupted, so they eventually just fainted.

As a transit point for the power of nightmares, Rune's body was also enduring unimaginable pressure. Even with the help of the Doomsday bloodline, his skin continued to crack, and his mind was suffering terrible attacks.

As the current Lord of Nightmares, all the Nightmare power that flows in must first be filtered through Rune's core consciousness before entering the Dream Stone. These powers often carry many fragments of the original owner's will, which Rune needs to peel off and crush one by one before finally pouring the pure Nightmare power into the Dream Stone.

Fortunately, Rune was still holding on. The entire Emerald Nightmare, that dark domain that had once corrupted countless dreams, was now being forcibly crammed into a fist-sized crystal by an unimaginable willpower—