Chapter 346: Breaking the Curse, Understanding the Profound Meaning

Chapter 346: Dispelling the Curse, Comprehending the Profound Secret

Levi and Alice stood above the fractured earth, gazing down at the solidified, pitch-black mass of curse below.

When one gazes into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into one.

Levi felt a strong sense of being watched, heavy with malice.

How miraculous.

Yet it was indeed so; this curse was alive.

Alice said, "The process of expelling the curse offers little room for my assistance; I can only do my utmost to prevent nightmares from affecting you.

This curse incorporates a fragment of the spirit from the one who ambushed me previously; should a formidable foe appear, it will likely summon nightmares to aid it.

I can only attempt to intercept the vast majority of these nightmares; you must be cautious.""

Levi nodded, "Hmm, I understand."

"Then I shall go down."

Levi leaped downwards.

He touched the True Magic Ring on his right hand.

If not for Alice mentioning this matter, he truly would not have discovered that the True Magic Ring could be carried into and out of the dreamscape.

Equipment from reality can be replicated into the dreamscape.

However, they possess only the form, lacking true power.

Like the Blade of Judgment.

Levi could draw it forth within the dreamscape, but it lacked the legendary lethal effect.

Yet equipment capable of entering and exiting the dreamscape was entirely different.

Whether it was the Golden Bone Ring or the True Magic Ring, both could unleash their full power within the dreamscape.

They would not be weakened due to the dreamscape.

Levi moved his mind, and an illusion appeared beside him.

Within the dreamscape, the illusion became even more powerful.

Levi divided one-third of his power to the illusion.

He controlled the illusion to go down and test the waters.

Passing through the cracks in the earth into the pitch-black abyss.

Levi stared directly at the pitch-black curse hidden at the bottom of the abyss.

The solidified curse surged, countless black hands deep inside reaching out to grab the falling illusion.

Countless black hands wove into a tightly woven net, giving the illusion not even a sliver of chance to escape.

The only way to respond was to attack with attack.

"Fire Dragon Technique!"

"Infernal Roar!"

A giant fire dragon's head floated in mid-air.

The fire dragon opened its wide mouth, spewing surging flames from within, burning everything to ash.

Hiss, hiss, hiss!

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

All surrounding black hands were burned to ash by the flames, unable to approach the illusion.

Levi let out a sigh of relief.

For now, it seemed the threat of the curse was not particularly great.

The curse was originally formless and substanceless.

But within the dreamscape, the curse gained a manifested image.

This provided Levi with an opportunity to break the curse.

Otherwise, he had no way to deal with the nightmare curse upon Alice.

The illusion continued to descend.

Like a small sun illuminating the pitch-black abyss.

Revealing the solidified nightmare curse.

Levi condensed all the power within the illusion, creating a blue fireball to smash into the solidified curse.

Boom! Bang!

The terrifying explosion instantly tore apart the pitch-black curse.

Strong air currents carrying countless black smoke rushed up into the sky.

"Assault Storm!"

The fierce wind scattered the black smoke, and Levi looked down below.

The pitch-black curse that had been entrenched deep within the earth's fissures disappeared without a trace.

Levi looked towards Alice and asked, "Is it over?"

Looking back, Alice was nowhere to be seen.

The sky turned black, black mist obscuring the heavens.

The curse did not dissipate simply because it suffered Levi's attack.

Instead, it seized the opportunity to break through Alice's suppression, spreading throughout the entire dreamscape world.

Levi felt the dreamscape world undergoing distortion.

The earth transformed into flesh, mountains became skeletons, dream bubbles sprouted fissures, and vast quantities of dreams poured in from outside, vying to devour everything within the dream.

He scanned the surroundings; the scene before his eyes gave him a familiar feeling.

Once, within the dreamscape of the Maple City Mage Tower, this very scene had occurred.

Levi had witnessed the result after the dreamscape distorted.

He gazed at the sky.

White light emerged in the sky, splitting the pitch-black heavens in two.

Two forces were fighting for control of this world.

Levi knew that was Alice's will. She was fighting against the distorted dreamscape world.

Levi took a deep breath, understanding he must absolutely not let the dreamscape world distort to the final step.

Now the curse had spread to the entire dreamscape.

Levi must find the source of the curse to dispel it.

He assumed the form of the Flame Lord, unfolding the Flame Domain.

Igniting the entire world.

Flames consumed the world.

Li Wei forced the source of the curse to reveal itself.

Alice also realized what Li Wei was doing, fanning the flames.

The fire instantly spread across the entire world.

Not only the curse, but Alice too suffered the agony of burning.

Treating them all equally.

Through their combined efforts, Li Wei spotted an anomaly.

The whole world was ablaze, save for the castle upon the hillside.

Li Wei soared to the airspace above the castle.

He found everyone within the castle had vanished.

Only Old Q remained upon the city walls.

Li Wei gazed at Old Q, "You are the mastermind behind the ambush on Alice."

He did not ask, but merely stated.

Old Q looked up at Li Wei, offering a smile.

"That foolish woman failed to find me for years, yet you located me so swiftly. Truly impressive."

Danger lies beneath the light.

Alice had been desperately hunting the curse's origin.

Yet she never imagined the source stood right beside her.

She had mistakenly believed Old Q was merely a figment of her dreams.

Old Q was the guise of the curse's source.

A fragment of spiritual will from the mastermind who cursed Alice years ago.

Rip!

Old Q's form tore apart, a shadow crawling forth from the paper soldier's husk.

Whoosh!

The shadow shot straight toward Li Wei.

Li Wei countered, hurling a fireball at the shadow.

The shadow ignored the blast, passing clean through the fire.

Ignoring the invisible armor's defense, it pierced through the invisible armor.

And plunged directly into Li Wei's body.

"This vessel is mine now."

The shadow cackled with triumph.

Li Wei smiled as well.

"Is that so? Then I gift it to you."

Li Wei's fiery form shifted to azure.

The shadow sensed something was amiss.

Blue turned once more to azure.

Inside Li Wei, the shadow felt trapped within a scorching furnace.

As it sought to flee.

It found no path left to escape.

The conditions within Li Wei far exceeded its wildest fears.

Under the relentless burn of thirty thousand degrees.

Its spiritual essence was reduced to ash.

Seeing the shadow's will dissipate into dust within him.

Li Wei suddenly felt a stirring in his heart.

He seemed to grasp a fragment of profound truth.

Logically, fire could not harm spiritual power.

Perhaps due to the dream realm, or perhaps Li Wei's flames differed.

Yet he had indeed incinerated the shadow's consciousness.

Li Wei pondered deeply.

"In theory, anything can burn, provided the heat is sufficient."

Theoretically feasible, and present in reality.

Was this not the world he believed in?

Li Wei gazed inward, sensing the shifts in his body under the Azure Flame Lord state.

Countless fire elements collided within, unleashing greater power.

This was energy drawn from the elements themselves.

Li Wei understood the way to break through to the Fourth Stage.

"Wrong. The path was wrong."

(End of Chapter)