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"The aura of darkness about you is so thick it's almost sickening." Uther tightened his grip on the warhammer. He actually wanted to take down the cross that was hanging out of control in mid-air and use it as a weapon. Although it was very small, after activating its Holy Light power, the concentrated Holy Light could be molded into a weapon of any size according to the operator's thoughts and needs.
But now the connection between Uther and the cross was intermittent, as weak as a spider silk floating in the wind.
"Those demons always find loopholes in the human heart to corrupt it." Archbishop Alonsus took a step forward, and a strong holy light burst out from his body. A spear made of holy light, tightly grasped in his hand, was thrown towards Mephisto.
"I fully understand the complexity of your lives. It seems that in order for you to negotiate with me calmly, I still need to make you experience despair.
How about this? The conditions I gave you remain in effect. And beyond these conditions, I can grant you the gift of resistance. If you can drive me out, you and this city will be free, and you will still have my protection.
But if you fail, you must sign these contracts unconditionally. Before then, no life will leave this city, and no human will be harmed. "How do you do it?"
Mephisto grabbed the Holy Light Spear thrown by Alonsus. The rich and condensed holy light was wrapped in the powerful power of hell in his hand, and then broke, turning into star-like spots of light and disappearing into the air.
Mephisto's bony features revealed disappointment at Alonsos and his friends' rejection and resistance, but he quickly proposed another condition that Alonsos and his friends could hardly refuse.
They had seen the demons pouring down from the portal in the sky towards Stratholme and its surroundings, armies similar to the demonic armies of the Burning Legion.
Just because these leaders were trapped inside the cathedral didn't mean they couldn't know what was happening outside. The human soldiers were clearly overwhelmed by the endless stream of demons.
This is not an enemy that humans alone can fight against!
At least all the intelligent life on this planet needs to unite and form an alliance army again to drive out this invader.
The portal in the sky is the most important thing.
"Why are you so fearless of the Holy Light?" Uther suddenly asked when he saw Mephisto casually cut off Alonsus's Spear of Holy Light and acted as if nothing had happened in the entire church hall filled with rich holy light.
"You are a smart child. I can't wait to get your soul." Mephisto looked at Uther strangely, and answered while making some more secretive changes to the other party's contract.
"As for your question, that's the benefit of having a powerful organization behind you. I don't know how Luke does it, but he always has a way of calming down conflicting energies and rendering them harmless. This technique is what he excels at.
Of course, this kind of technology is precious. It's a privilege only a few people and positions can enjoy. I hate the energy that conflicts with my Hell Power, but sometimes I don't mind swallowing a little to convert and replenish my own consumption."
In front of Alonsus and the others, Mephisto used holy light to condense a golden apple, and then ate it up with a grunt.
His actions were obviously intended to strike at Alonsus and the others. As long as there was a slight flaw or fear in the other party's mind, he would take advantage of the situation and use various means to corrupt them step by step.
In other words, the soul quality of this city was obviously raised a lot, which made Mephisto see through someone's handiwork and regard it as a high-quality soul leek field, and he didn't want to cut it off directly.
Otherwise, according to his previous style of doing things, he would at least do some tricks in these cities, such as plague, death, etc., to guide Alonsus and others to fall step by step in the dark.
The more I interacted with Luke, the more he started to consider sustainable development. Remember, before, he just took a quick buck and left. After all, the universe is so big, and it's not my territory, right?
But that's not the case now.
Luke will definitely hold this world in his hands. Even though he has just entered this world, he has already felt the specialness of this world. These noble souls in front of him can only be said to be the meal before the main course.
"Holy Light protects me!"
Uther took the lead in charging towards Mephisto.
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"What a wonderful world! There's actually such a magnificent dreamland here!" The man in dark green looked at the towering tree before him, his heart filled with surprise. From the tree, he sensed an energy identical to his own.
That is the power of dreams!
Perhaps his power in the real world was indeed severely weakened, but the dream world was his home turf! He was the ruler of the dream dimension, the dimensional demon god of the dream world.
Nightmare took a light step and disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he had arrived in the Emerald Dream, guarded by the green dragon in this world.
"Are these the optimal evolutionary forms of this world?"
Looking at the beautiful world before him, Nightmare used his own power to frantically absorb the authority and information data of the Emerald Dream. He saw the powerful Titans who created this dream and saw the potential blueprint they planned for this world.
This is a pure land that has never been polluted by this world.
It is peaceful and tranquil, yet dangerous and beautiful.
But soon, this dream world created by the Titans fell into the hands of Nightmare. He began to channel his energy into the Emerald Dream, and began to drastically change the Emerald Dream according to his own wishes.
Although it was much smaller than his own dream dimension, the high quality made him a little jealous. It was like a gourmet seeing a table full of delicious food, and he had no intention of paying attention to anything else.
He has to occupy this place first!
Ysera, the guardian dragon of the Emerald Dream, stood up and looked around vigilantly. Just now, she sensitively noticed that some uneasy changes had taken place in the Emerald Dream.
The world of the Emerald Dream will undergo some corresponding changes based on the dreamer, but these changes are generally limited to a small range, and these changes will return to normal under the self-regulation of the Emerald Dream.
Aside from the Titans, no one could truly and permanently alter the Emerald Dream. Even the dream's guardian dragon, the green dragon Ysera, couldn't do it. But just now, Ysera had sensed something bizarre and heart-wrenching in the dream world.
Soon, Ysera's premonition was proven correct.
Ysondre, one of the four most powerful green dragons under her command, suddenly appeared in front of her, flapping his wings.
"A powerful unknown being has intruded into the dream, tampering with its very rules." Isendre's tone was filled with panic. She still bore wounds from a recent battle with some bizarre creatures. If she hadn't run quickly, she might have been overwhelmed by those strange creatures, devoured, and become a part of them.
Those strange creatures really feed on dream energy and dream creatures!
Isendre felt that even though she had broken free and escaped, the enemy seemed to have some unknown boundary. Once she crossed the boundary, they would stop pursuing her. What frightened her even more was that she had lost some of her strength. After being devoured by those strange creatures, she had lost a portion of her strength permanently.
This is an unprecedented disaster in the Emerald Dream!
Ysera immediately used her powers to search for the intruder, but all she could sense and discover was a blank void. This meant that the intruder either possessed powerful concealment abilities even in this dream world, or everything was normal and Ysondre was lying.
Glancing at Ysondre, still trembling with wounds from the battle, and sensing the constant warnings from the Emerald Dream, Ysera took a deep breath and began to forcibly summon her green dragonflight, including the green dragons that had been sent out to aid the red dragon Alexstrasza.
Ysera followed Ysondre and the green dragons to the land of mutation. The originally peaceful and tranquil Emerald Dream world had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The gray sky was constantly expanding, and all kinds of twisted and abstract creatures were jumping around in it, and there were even some that looked like toys and human children.
After carefully feeling the mutated area, Ysera clearly sensed that there was some powerful force entrenched in this area, and this force was forcibly polluting the world of the Emerald Dream.
The enemy was like a cancer growing within the Emerald Dream, arbitrarily and unreasonably absorbing its power, growing stronger day by day. The Emerald Dream's power was steadily defeated by the enemy's unique energy. It was like a human immune system being completely paralyzed, its defense mechanisms completely failing.
Ysera wanted to find the other party and use her authority to kick him out of the Emerald World. But even if she used all means, the information she obtained was still blank. She couldn't find any information about the other party, didn't know who he was, didn't know where he was, and even had no idea how he got in.
The only thing she knew for sure was that if left unchecked, the Emerald Dream would eventually be corrupted and degraded, becoming a world as oppressive and gloomy as the Aberration. Judging by the speed at which its boundaries were expanding, reaching that point might take a long time. However, Ysera had to consider that if she didn't eradicate this cancer before it was discovered, it would likely become even more troublesome later on.
After much deliberation, Ysera decisively used her power to expel all life from the Emerald Dream except the green dragon, and closed the door to the Emerald Dream.
She wanted to see if doing so would have any impact on the unknown intruder, so as to determine how the other party entered.
It turned out that the other party did not enter through normal channels.
Ysera's behavior seemed to alarm the monsters in the land of mutation. They seemed to realize that their food supply had suddenly decreased significantly. After circling in the air in panic for a while, they all turned their eyes to the direction where Ysera and other green dragons were.
The dazzling meteorite suddenly fell from the sky with high temperature. However, under the protection mechanism of the Emerald Dream, its power was constantly weakened and reduced, and was finally easily blocked by Ysera, without causing any damage to the Emerald Dream outside the Land of Mutation.
The appearance of the meteorite scared Ysera and the green dragons. According to the defense mechanism of the Emerald Dream, any magic and power that destroys nature is not allowed and will be greatly weakened.
Those abstract and strange monsters easily summoned a meteorite, which was a bit unbelievable, but the result also made Ysera slightly relieved.
At least this means that the Emerald Dream's defense mechanism has not completely failed, and some of it is still functioning.
But the actions of Ysera and the other green dragons were like poking a powder keg. The chaotic dream creatures in the mutated land were silent and stunned for a moment, and then as if they were enraged, they rushed towards Ysera and the others.
The Land of Mutation seemed to be determined by the movement range of these abstract creatures. When these creatures pounced towards Ysera and other green dragons, the sky of the Land of Mutation was constantly eroding the Emerald Dream space near the location of Ysera and other green dragons.
Meteorites, raging fires, hail, and raging winds appeared one after another, wreaking havoc out of nowhere. Although these attacks were quickly weakened and extinguished by the defense mechanisms, the damage they inflicted, like the characteristics of the Mutated Land, was permanent. Restoring normalcy would require the Emerald Dream to expend even greater energy.
"Too crude! Too crude!" Nightmare, hiding in the center of the Mutated Land, felt a slight sense of relief upon seeing this scene. While the green dragons were powerful, their use of dream power was far too crude. The Creation Titans hadn't given him much knowledge or authority regarding the power of dreams. Despite all the commotion he'd caused, no Creation Titan had stepped in to stop him.
Nightmare's mood instantly lightened. In his mind, the Emerald Dream was now his. The green dragons alone couldn't stop him. If they didn't leave and completely erase all trace of their presence in the Emerald Dream, they would inevitably be eroded by his dream power, ultimately captured and made part of his power.
The same is true for the dreamland residents who once lived here for a long time and left messages.
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