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Chapter 235 The Root

"boom!!!"

After a series of violent explosions, the octopus monsters could no longer hold back and were blasted away to a distance, watching Richard and the vengeful spirit Abomination, two outsiders, from afar.

Just as Richard breathed a sigh of relief, the situation changed again.

The little octopuses began to intertwine, and soon they merged and devoured each other, forming an extra-large octopus that was almost twice the size of the vengeful spirit.

The vengeful spirit stared intently at the giant octopus monster, its anger undiminished. With a roar, it charged forward.

With each step the obese abomination took, the ground rumbled and roared as it rapidly approached the giant octopus monster.

The giant octopus monster also sensed the immense threat posed by the vengeful spirit, and similarly, relying on its eight python-like tentacles, it quickly charged towards the vengeful spirit.

"boom!!"

The two enormous monsters engaged in a head-on battle.

The Wraith Abomination opened with a giant axe slash, severing one of the octopus monster's tentacles. However, the Wraith Abomination did not expect that the blackish-purple liquid spurting from the severed tentacle would have extremely strong corrosive properties.

Although it severed one of the opponent's tentacles, the vengeful spirit was also drenched in the dark purple liquid. Its skin sizzled and was corroded in large areas, soon becoming pitted and uneven.

Both giant creatures had suffered considerable damage from each other, and in their rage, they engaged in an even fiercer battle!

"Snapped!"

The vengeful spirit's enormous body was actually knocked to the ground by the opponent's giant tentacles, but the vengeful spirit was not one to be passively beaten. It retaliated by throwing a chain hammer, which made the giant octopus monster stagger.

After a brief struggle, the two giant creatures retreated slightly, both seemingly exhausted.

Richard had been observing the changes in his surroundings, but several minutes had passed and he still hadn't discovered the flaw or the key to breaking out of the strange space he was in.

The surrounding farms, woods, and fields were deserted, and there were no visible nodes.

From this perspective, the key to breaking the deadlock should still lie with this giant octopus monster.

Perhaps, only by successfully killing the octopus monster in front of him can he return to the real world from this unknown space.

Just as the vengeful spirit was about to charge forward again, Richard waved his hand slightly, stopping the vengeful spirit from charging.

Suddenly, Richard pulled out four improved Flame Crystal Bombs from his person.

Immediately, the giant octopus monster opposite was stunned by the sight, as if to say, "You've gone a bit too far, hiding so many bombs on your body."

The next second, Richard threw the Flame Crystal Bomb at the giant octopus monster.

"Boom!!"

The sound of continuous explosions of fire crystal bombs rang out.

Instantly, the giant octopus monster's feet turned into a sea of ​​fire, and the violent explosion caused its tentacles to break off one by one.

The giant octopus monster, severely injured, was seen struggling in agony amidst the sea of ​​fire, roaring incessantly.

Suddenly, the giant octopus monster opened its eyes wide and looked at Richard with extreme hatred. It charged at Richard without any regard for anything else. Clearly, it hated Richard to the extreme!

"Whoosh!!"

Although the vengeful spirit had already swung out three iron chains, it still couldn't hold back the giant octopus monster in its enraged state.

The chains tightened instantly, and at the same time, two deep trenches were dragged into the ground beneath the feet of the vengeful spirit.

Richard calmly watched the giant octopus monster charging straight at him, and unhurriedly pulled out the Flame Crystal Bomb from his pocket.

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When Richard pulled out four more fire crystal bombs, the octopus monster's anger vanished without a trace, replaced by growing terror. When it was only ten meters away from Richard, it actually turned and ran.

But at such a close distance, there was no time to escape.

Four small, grenade-like objects flew through the air, tracing a perfect arc before striking the giant octopus monster squarely on the head.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!"

Instantly, a violent explosion and a sea of ​​flames engulfed the octopus monster's enormous body!

After the smoke cleared, an unusually strong smell of grilled octopus wafted into Richard's nostrils.

A mountain of octopus flesh lay motionless on the ground at the center of the explosion.

At this moment, the vengeful spirit sniffed the air, its narrowed eyes revealing a cunning look of interest. It strode forward, used its giant iron axe to cut off a roasted octopus tentacle, and put it into its mouth full of yellow teeth.

The vengeful spirit chewed on the food with a "smacking" sound, looking quite pleased.

Richard was speechless for a moment.

At this moment, Richard noticed that the entire space began to emit a strange fluctuation, and this fluctuation was becoming more and more intense.

Suddenly, everything in the space—the farm, the trees, the ground, and so on—began to blur, making Richard feel as if he were in a mural on the verge of collapse.

Seconds later, the mural shattered instantly.

At this moment, the vengeful spirit was enjoying its meal, having already devoured a thick, grilled octopus tentacle. Now, it was happily preparing to cut off a second grilled octopus tentacle to eat.

The entire space shattered with a deafening roar!

In a daze, Richard felt as if he had fallen from a mural into the real world.

As the surrounding scenery gradually cleared up from its blurry state, he was immediately taken aback!

He and the vengeful spirits were in an unfamiliar farm, where limbs and severed bodies lay scattered everywhere, seemingly guarded by the Fana Villa. An octopus giant, at least four meters tall, lay on the ground, struggling and clutching its head, its body charred black.

The source of the aroma of grilled squid tentacles is its head—a complete octopus.

The vengeful spirit abhorred eating the tentacles of this octopus.

This immediately made Richard feel nauseous.

If it were just a pure octopus, that would be fine, but this thing is clearly the head of a humanoid creature, which Richard finds hard to accept.

Beside the octopus giant was a man in black robes. Judging from his aura, Richard seemed to recognize him. He was the same guy who had released the Poison Spring Surger and then fled when Richard was attacked earlier.

Stephena, Fana, and Angelis lay motionless on the ground nearby.

This immediately startled Richard!

At this moment, Richard and the man in black opposite him stared intently at each other, locked in a standoff, neither daring to make a move.

Mattis's mood at this moment was truly like a rollercoaster.

Just twenty minutes ago, after His Excellency Mobutu used the Blackwater as a locator to cast a mass nightmare spell on the target villa, everything went smoothly and according to plan.

The guards from the villa appeared out of nowhere on the farm, like puppets; some couldn't hold on and died in their sleep.

Not long after, those high-level level one wizards were also teleported over out of thin air.

As His Excellency Mobutu had previously stated, enemies afflicted by the Nightmare Spell should not approach unnecessarily, otherwise they might quickly escape the nightmare and return to reality.

So Mattis was left with some peace and quiet, watching the wizards with furrowed brows and changing expressions, as if they were deeply trapped in a painful dream.

Speaking of that dwarf witch, she was quite beautiful even when she frowned.

It's a pity that such a beautiful witch will probably die in a nightmare.

But unexpectedly, not long after this human necromancer was teleported here, Lord Mobutu began to scream in agony, clutching his head with both hands.

Finally, his entire body burst into flames, and he rolled around on the ground.

This scene left Mattis speechless. What... what was going on?

Shouldn't we have won a great victory right away?

How did things suddenly turn around?!

Now the opponent seems to have broken free from the Nightmare spell and is confronting me!

Fortunately, the other party's companions seemed to have been severely injured in the dream and wouldn't wake up for a while. Otherwise, I would have had no choice but to run away!

But should we launch an attack or make a strategic retreat?

Mattis suddenly hesitated.

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Just as Richard was about to order the vengeful spirit to attack, he suddenly froze. The next second, he dodged behind the vengeful spirit and suddenly pulled out the Box of Separation from his pocket.

Just now, Richard suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation, and the source of the palpitation was the isolation box in his chest.

The box had started emitting a faint red glow at some point.

Clearly, it wasn't the strange light emanating from the Box of Isolation.

Then there's only one answer: it's the odor emanating from the items inside the box.

But strangely enough, this red light could actually penetrate the isolation box.

"Clatter!"

Richard opened the clasp of the box and slowly opened it. Sure enough, the Nightmare Mirror was emitting the same pale red light as before.

To Richard's surprise, the Box of Isolation was intact, but the Nightmare Mirror inside was shattered.

No, to be precise, the mirror itself wasn't broken, but the dark metal frame, including the mirror handle, was shattered, revealing the irregularly shaped mirror inside.

The irregular mirror, made of an unknown material, appears to be a fragment of a larger mirror.

On a whim, Richard reached out and touched the intact mirror that was emitting a red glow.

"boom!"

Richard was shaken to his core. He felt dizzy and disoriented, as if his soul had entered a strange new space.

This was a dark underground hall, and Richard was at the very edge of it.

Several huge braziers burned around the hall, and strangely, a group of people stood in the center of the hall. Although they were all dressed in wizard robes and had different appearances, they seemed to be phantoms and spirits, giving people a semi-transparent feeling.

There were grey dwarves, night elves, lizardmen, and even murlocs—it seemed that all the representative races of the Underdark were represented here, and they were all elite wizards from their respective races, with incredibly powerful auras.

They all look like second-level archmages, and some are even above that level!

However, at this moment, they are arguing about something around a red stone the size of a washbasin with an extremely smooth surface!

Richard dared not approach to listen, but could only secretly try to understand the group's argument. Fortunately, they were speaking Hebrew, a medieval shamanic language, which Richard could understand.

"The Nightmare Stone is far too dangerous. I don't think we should use it to enter the Nightmare World."

"Yes, we should seal it away as soon as possible!"

"No, level three is the end. Are you willing to accept this? Only by breaking free from this cage can you have a chance to reach a higher realm!!" a beautiful night elf matriarch said angrily.

"Vereesa, when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you! When you connected the Nightmare World and the Real World through the Nightmare Stone, not only could you travel to the Nightmare World, but the creatures of the Nightmare World could also come to our world. Have you considered this?"

"It was a gray dwarf old man with white beard and hair who said in a deep voice."

Richard could sense that the old grey dwarf and the night elf matriarch seemed to hold the highest positions among everyone.

At this moment, the two are facing an irreconcilable conflict regarding the use of the Nightmare Stone, and it seems that neither of them can convince the other.

Suddenly, the scene shifts abruptly, and Richard finds himself in a magnificent palace, sitting in a corner of it.

Before Richard could even get a good look at his surroundings, a violent surge of elemental energy emanated from outside the palace, suggesting that extremely powerful wizards were engaged in battle.

"boom!!"

The palace gates were instantly torn to pieces!

The gray dwarf old man with white hair and beard we saw in the previous scene now led a group of wizards of various races, charging in menacingly.

At that moment, a group of night elf wizards suddenly appeared from behind the palace, led by the beautiful matriarch.

"Vereesa! Don't make another mistake! Several avatars of evil gods have already invaded our world from the Nightmare World!" The white-haired gray dwarf glared at the Night Elf matriarch.

"River, I've found the path forward. Give me a little more time, and I'm sure I'll succeed!"

"If I give you any more time, our people will be wiped out by the evil god's minions!"

Suddenly, a great battle broke out!!

"boom!"

A powerful beam of energy struck the red Nightmare Stone, instantly shattering it into pieces.

"No!!"

After a mournful wail, the night elf matriarch named Vereesa underwent a dramatic transformation. Her hair grew longer and turned into twisted black snakes.

Just then, the world spun around him, and Richard returned to his original form.

Looking at the mirror in his hand, which emitted a faint red glow, Richard was certain that the texture of the mirror seemed to be some kind of stone.

All those scenes seemed to be a visual record of important events it had experienced.

The moment I touched it, I was released, and it pulled me into the scene at that time.

From this perspective

Richard immediately understood.

The so-called Nightmare Mirror is made from fragments of the Nightmare Stone and sealed within a frame.

It's very likely that the bizarre sorcery of that octopus giant caused the frame to shatter, which in turn reactivated the Nightmare Stone's energy.

but

Richard suddenly wondered whether he should continue to hold onto this seemingly ominous Nightmare Stone.

(End of this chapter)