Light Fortress-Chapter 1544 - 236: Dissolving Dream

How did these people find me?

Gu Xiaoman silently healed her injuries while pondering.

The Law Enforcers, moving in formation, shared a closed Spirit Network... Normally, the Spirit Network can quickly determine the location of team members.

This was also the reason why Law Enforcers arrived so quickly in that battle just now.

But Gu Xiaoman hadn’t joined these people’s Spirit Network at all, and as for the communicator, she had left it on the Cloud Ship.

She was acting alone, so the communicator was useless!

"First, recover from the injuries and rest the spirit."

Gu Xiaoman immersed her Spirit into the Cloud Ring, and the three clouds engraved on the ring soon began to flow.

Her consciousness dipped into a white world shrouded in drifting mist.

The Cloud Ring was a sealed artifact gifted by the Sky Divine Throne, a Divine Artifact sought after by countless people in Source Tower for cultivation. As long as a thread of Spirit entered it, one could quickly focus their mind. It equated to a 100% successful "Observer’s Mindset," although, being an external object, its effect was strong but still inferior to a genuine "Observer’s Mindset."

Even on a regular day without immersing in cultivation.

This ring would occasionally transmit a warm flow to soothe the Transcendent’s mind.

Gu Xiaoman gently exhaled and closed her eyes.

She soon submerged into the Spiritual Dream of the Cloud Ring, but before long, the strings of her heart were plucked!

"So quickly... someone has arrived already?"

The little one suddenly opened her eyes, and though the sense of danger that arose in her heart was mild, she acted as soon as it appeared, without any hesitation.

Gu Xiaoman quickly pulled down her cloak, draped it over herself, hurried out of the cave, and vanished into the icy and snowy world.

Seconds later.

A five-person team appeared at the foot of the snowy mountain. The scale of this team wasn’t large, and the leader was one of the many candidates under the Cloud Tiger Sect, with a strength roughly at the Deep Sea Seventh Layer.

A Law Enforcer spoke: "Master Wu Yan, the coordinates just now were clearly around here, yet there’s not a trace of essence to be felt."

Wu Yan glanced back at the Law Enforcer after hearing this.

The team he led advanced at a very slow pace, cautiously treading step by step on the Snowfield.

Wu Yan replied irritably: "Didn’t you see the thunderstorm earlier? Refreshed coordinates appearing directly near us... might not be a good thing. If we really encounter this little monster, we’d be in trouble."

"That’s true..."

The Law Enforcer was taken aback and couldn’t help but swallow hard as he recalled Sidal’s earlier plight.

Their team’s strength couldn’t match Sidal’s.

It was said that Gu Xiaoman carried many treasures and had just thrown out those five Thunder Pearls, which were probably just one of many life-saving means.

"Looks like this ambush... will be quite prolonged..."

After circling around the foot of the snowy mountain once.

Wu Yan found the cave that had been broken open and then reburied, reached out to brush off the snow dust covering it, and exhaled deeply.

Half regret, half relief.

"It seems she’s already sensed something amiss and escaped early."

Wu Yan stood up, and he saw a few faint black spots appear on the snowy mountain not far off.

It was clear.

Other teams had already arrived.

Wu Yan picked up the communicator and spoke: "Gu Xiaoman has already changed her hiding spot... There’s no need for everyone to come."

The message was sent.

The teams that had already appeared on the snowy mountain also completed a spiritual power probe, confirming that Wu Yan’s team hadn’t encountered a fight, so the confirmation message was also transmitted in the control channel.

"Target lost, awaiting the next signal."

"Everyone, retreat and wait for the next coordinate refresh."

These candidates, hailing from all corners of the world.

Were considered geniuses in their own right from each location, coming to Source Tower this time as an opportunity to vie for a higher position!

This trial, some young Transcendents, although potential wasn’t bad, and they achieved commendable results in the Double God Illusion Realm, upon witnessing the talent display of someone like Sidal, lost the confidence to become a "Divine Envoy," opting to leave.

Only those with steadfast determination persisted to the Ice Sea mission.

They knew that Sidal and Dong Lai Yue were very powerful!

But since the Divine Envoy list from Source Tower hadn’t been finalized, anything was possible!

With this mindset, they boarded the Cloud Ship... And currently, seeing no chance of single-handedly competing with a genius like Sidal for the Divine Envoy seat, their greatest chance lay in being the first to kill that "Red Dragon Inheritor" aged just over ten!

For this goal, they had given it their all.

Step by step.

In the end, they were willing to risk everything and gamble it all.

...

...

Wu Yan squatted before that stone cave for several minutes.

For some reason.

He always felt there was something peculiar inside the stone cave, but a spiritual power probe revealed nothing unusual, and after repeated confirmations of safety, he finally stood up.

After the communication ended.

The foot of the snowy mountain became deathly silent, with only the eerie cold wind whimpering as guidance.

When Wu Yan turned around, he understood the reason for the eerie silence here.

He turned around, and five figures stood in front of him, among them four Law Enforcer members... with a small, thin girl cloaked in black nestled in between.

He instinctively reached for the communicator.

"Bang!"

Sparks flew!

The moment his fingertip touched the communicator, a burst of light and fire erupted!

The snow trembled violently.

"Shh."

Gu Xiaoman hid her injured left hand in the cloak.

She extended her right hand, raised a finger to her lips, her face cold, gently blowing on it, signaling to Wu Yan not to speak.

"You... didn’t leave?"

Wu Yan’s pupils contracted.

He looked at this scene incredulously. The four low-level Transcendents standing beside Gu Xiaoman had dim eyes, looking as if they had lost the ability to resist.

In the pure white void of the snowfield, a trace of pitch-black crack blossomed inside the stone cave, spreading like a spider web, finally piercing through the thick snow layer, drilling into the feet of these four Source Tower Enforcers.

No wonder I always felt something off about the stone cave.

After probing several times, I still couldn’t find any problem...

This is the spiritual ability of Transcendents that has been revised by the Central Continent Federation in recent years—[Dissolving Dream]!

So far, people still know very little about [Dissolving Dream].

The last Transcendent with this ability was the genius Judge Zhou Yu from East Continent, but unfortunately, he died young.

And now, Gu Xiaoman, who possesses [Dissolving Dream], is younger and more talented than Zhou Yu, and has already received the favor of the "Wine Spark" early on!

She is a more powerful genius than Zhou Yu!

"Why are you leaving?"

Gu Xiaoman laughed hoarsely and asked slightly mockingly, while staring at this Deep Sea Seventh Layer candidate, "Haven’t you already deactivated the alarm for me? Besides... the most dangerous place is also the safest, isn’t it?"

"..."

Wu Yan’s expression was a bit grim.

He noticed that the snow layers around him were also wrapped in [Dissolving Dream].

It takes just a thought.

And his Spirit Sea would be violently attacked!

In a contest of equal realms, even if Gu Xiaoman was already injured, he had no chance of winning.

"If I’m not wrong, there should be some time left until the next ’coordinate’ refresh. Otherwise, once I leave the Cloud Ship, you would have caught up, and in the beginning, it wouldn’t have been just two people ambushing me."

Gu Xiaoman squinted her eyes, "Next, I ask, you answer. If your answer satisfies me, I might consider not killing you."

Wu Yan grinned, "What if I don’t answer?"

"Just a candidate... is it worth risking your life for?"

Gu Xiaoman spoke sarcastically, "You don’t think that by refusing to answer, the Source Tower would give you a monument and posthumously honor you as a hero, do you?"

After saying that, she flicked her sleeve lightly.

Shhh!

The black light of [Dissolving Dream] engulfed one of the Enforcers, and in just a few seconds, this dark crack stripped the Enforcer entirely, blood splattering yet not touching either of them, not even falling on the snow, as the dream fabricated by [Dissolving Dream] devoured everything of this hypnotist...

In other words, no one knows that such an Enforcer died here.

He died in a dream.

And was buried in the dream.

"If you refuse to answer, then the end will be just like him... like them."

Gu Xiaoman, expressionless, waved her sleeve continuously.

Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!

Three strokes of black light swept through, and all four Source Tower Enforcers were torn apart by [Dissolving Dream]!

This scene deeply shocked Wu Yan, his eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets... Gu Xiaoman was barely over ten years old, very young, yet he himself was not much older, just turning twenty. Although he had killed before, he had never seen such a method of killing.

Too terrifying.

Killing and disposing of bodies with a flick of a sleeve, all done in one swift move.

Not even a blink.

This is no ten-year-old girl, this is a supreme demon!

"I’ll give you three seconds to think."

Gu Xiaoman looked at Wu Yan and threw out the first question, "How did you lock onto me?"

After speaking.

She began counting down.

"Three."

"Two."

Before the last number was uttered, Wu Yan’s will had already collapsed. He gave up his last bottom line and shouted, "Cloud Ring... it’s the Cloud Ring!"

This sound did not echo across the snowfield.

Because [Dissolving Dream] had already controlled everything within a ten-meter radius.

Although Gu Xiaoman hadn’t yet condensed the so-called "domain," countless pitch-black cracks crazily spread beneath the snow layer. With the power of [Dissolving Dream], isolating these sounds was not a problem.

"Cloud Ring..."

Gu Xiaoman’s expression became extremely ugly.

No wonder, even though I had severed all connections, I was still being tracked.

She never thought that the final answer would be this——

"Ding!"

A crisp sound.

Gu Xiaoman slowly took off this ring, holding it in front of her eyes, examining it repeatedly, finding it more and more ironic the more she looked.

This precious ring left to her by Qinglong.

She loved it dearly, keeping it close at all times.

But it was actually a sharp knife aimed at her.

As long as she wore the [Cloud Ring], those Enforcers from the Source Tower would periodically receive information.

The previous assassination attempts were also disclosed because of the [Cloud Ring]!

This was a scheme personally arranged by the Sky Divine Throne——

Everyone involved in this Ice Sea mission, including Gu Xiaoman and those candidates, were all part of the game.

If they wanted to become a Divine Envoy, they would have to tread over others’ corpses.

And if Gu Xiaoman wanted to become the Lord of Wine, she would need to walk over these countless white bones.

Even the Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle were merely pawns on the board.

They were sacrifices for the Lord of Wine.

Even in death.

Qinglong wouldn’t bat an eye.

And that almost sky-reaching Source Tower in Central Continent, seemingly unrivaled in grandeur, was in reality built from countless white bones if dissected.

Billions of bones piled into a throne.

Only one person could reach the top.