Soul Powder
The boundless skies shattered to reveal a huge hole, allowing one to see some large stars and bands of light. Leylin, Bodach and the Lordâs Envoy stood side by side, enjoying this broken scenery.
âWhen Dreamscape Origin Force weakens, the entire world descends into stillnessâ¦â The envoyâs face showed hints of sorrow before she looked towards Bodach, âI see a tracking curse on your body from Salilus⦠And the shine of suolo gemsâ¦â
Bodachâs expression froze, and then he tried to speak up for himself. âUh⦠haha⦠you must have gotten something wrong. Iâm such an honest dragon⦠Why would I steal something that belongs to someone else⦠Hahaâ¦â
âYouâve got the wrong impression. I donât really have any dealings with Salilus. On the contrary, there are some conflicts between usâ¦â The young ladyâs voice was like a silver bell, pleasant to the ear. The clear look in her eyes made it seem like she knew everything.
With this gaze on him, even the one-eyed dragon lowered his head, ashamed. âIn that case⦠thatâs great!â
It had to be said that there were few people Leylin had met who were as thick-skinned as Bodach was.
âHeheâ¦â Even the dream demon was evidently entertained by how shameless he was, and the girl that she had possessed pursed her lips and began to smile.
âI just want to remind you that Salilusâ poison curse is the most vile in the entire universe. In order to obtain enough malicious intent, he even pushed a small plane into the Plains of Despair⦠Just to absorb the hatred arising near the death of a continentâ¦â
Leylinâs expression changed. The astral plane had a few large worlds in it. Planes were a rank lower than worlds, but even then they were still as large as entire continents, with populations of tens or even a hundred million. Destroying a plane just to obtain the hatred and malicious intent was something that would do more than just raise peopleâs hackles.
âOr has he gone mad or turned chaotic?â While Leylin wasnât a good person in any way, he suddenly felt that like he had an actual bottom line, something better than those beings.
âWith the vengeful energy from millions of life forms, as well as Salilusâ own powers of disaster, the curse formed isnât something that the Yosi Blood Hoop on your head can suppressâ¦â
âSo this thing is a Yosi Blood Hoop? Doesnât seem to be that usefulâ¦â Bodach discontentedly prodded at the silver hoop on his head and complained.
âShut up and donât move it, you idiot!â Leylinâs expression changed, watching as Bodach took the hoop that had been on his dead down curiously.
*Wooh!* In that moment, the Yosi Blood Hoop revealed a piercing red light. Blood vessels wriggled as a piercing female shriek resounded. The blood-red luster became more exuberant till the whole hoop exploded, creating a tiny poof and only leaving behind silver ashes.
âWhat the⦠heck⦠whatâs going on?â The one-eyed dragon gaped at the silver granules in his hand and cursed.
âFound You!â A powerful conscient exploded from the purple eyeball behind him, accompanied by a chilling evil and bloodlust.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!* The curse that Leylin had under his control burst forth as the purple eyes exploded one by one. Yellow pus flew everywhere, causing Bodach to cry in misery. This liquid fell into the surrounding areas, and even more tiny purple eyes appeared as they began to cover the dragonâs entire body.
Leylin could sense a powerful soul aura locking onto Bodach completely, an aura unique to Lords of Calamity awakeningâ¦
Still in the north, but south of the dream demonâs territory. Within a region of calamity.
âYou wretched, despicable little thief, Salilus has finally found you!â Snow fell with immense destructive power, but it could do nothing against a large ice crystal at the centre of this place. The ice sizzled sharply and melted down, emitting dazzling lights as runic chains broke apart.
Howls resonated as the large ice crystal exploded, and an enormous body jumped out, disappearing into the clouds and quickly heading towards the dream demonâs territory.
âWha- wha- wha- what are we going to do?â Bodach clutched his head with both hands, barely keeping the urge to tear off his own flesh at bay while staring at Leylin pitifully.
âHmm? No⦠No matter how careless Bodach might be, he still prioritises his own safety. At the very least, there had not been any mishaps in the journey before, so why would there be issues now?
âThe only change is that we now have a Lord of Calamity by our sides, and itâs the dream demon with strange abilitiesâ¦â
With a thought, Leylin quickly had a feeling that something was off.
[Beep! Soul enchantment found, searching for source of contamination.] the A.I. Chipâs voice sounded. The atomic microscope revealed a layer of mysterious powder floating in the air, centred around the dream demon.
âDamn it, it really is you! Without my Nightmare Absorbing Physique, Iâd probably be caught in your magic as wellâ¦â
Annoyed, Leylin began to move the Nightmare Bloodline within him and dissolved all of the powder that had entered his body, quickly feeling his mind clear.
âAn astounding illusory ability. Seems like the anger in my heart was also induced by the powder⦠As expected of a demon that manipulates dreams and illusions!â A series of thoughts flashed in his mind, but Leylin was on the surface still berating Bodach furiously. His gaze fell on the dream demon, and he put his guard up.
âDonât worry. Like I told you, I share enmity with Salilus, so I wonât let him into my territory. We can team up to deal with him togetherâ¦â
Seeing the anger in Leylinâs eyes, the lady was soon elated. She then saw the vigilance in his eyes. This was very normal. All existences of laws had to be on their guard when attacked by the Lords of Calamity in Dreamscape, which was why she said what she did.
As she spoke, Leylin noticed the microscopic powder in the air ripple slightly, enchanting the soul slightly and affecting oneâs judgement. Bodach, for instance, kept nodding.
Upon seeing this, she dealt another blow, âMm. If we defeat or seal him, then the curse on my Lordâs friend here will be taken care of.â
âAgree to it, Leylin. Agree to it!â Bodach kept nodding like a chick pecking at grains of rice, and the soul undulations became more vigorous.
âBut of course, I agreeâ¦â Leylin seemed to be taken with the idea and, after seeing her delight, could not help but take several steps closer, fine soul powder rippling on his body. All of a sudden, his eyes flashed.
âI agree to nothing!â he exclaimed, and a loud hiss resounded as a tremendous phantom Targaryen appeared behind Leylin. The serpent extended its terrifying mouth, biting down on the dream demon.
Leylin had acted exquisitely, covering his actions with his control of laws. This way, heâd managed to deceive this Lord of Calamity. The sudden trouble caused shock and astonishment to arise in the dream demonâs eyes, causing Leylin to feel good once more.
*Ka-cha!* The mouth of the snake, formed with the laws of devouring, bit down, causing even space to disappear into nothingness. Everything was taken in and transformed, turned into Leylinâs own energy.
While the young lady that had become the Lordâs Envoy was a product of the dream demon devouring a truesoul but not its dreams, she was still a normal person. Her transformation had been recent, and there was nothing she could do to evade Leylin. She immediately melted away into boundless darkness, leaving behind a conscient emitting light.
âYou destroyed a part of me!â Great anger emerged from the conscient, and the entire land seemed to roar as well. All the natives living on it immediately knelt and began to pray.
*Bang! Bang! Bang!* A native who was praying for the Lord to calm his anger had his brain exploded, and a point of light flew out of his brain followed by many others. The numerous points of light gathered on the ground, seemingly glued together.
Having obtained so many motes of light, the Lord of Calamity began to tremble. A strange aura of life awakened in the land, accompanied by the surging conscient of a rank 8.
âSheâs desperate enough now to forcefully unseal herself?â Leylin had a teasing smile on his face. The other party was still sealed, and the weakened dreamforce was now his best helper.
âUnfortunately, itâs too late!â Leylin sighed slightly, red light flashing in his eyes. The bit of the conscient in the air exploded noiselessly, and numerous memories and fragmented comprehensions of laws leaked out.
The result of having a portion of oneâs conscient destroyed was terrifying. The entire territory began to roar, volcanos erupting as earthquakes occurred. The ground cracked apart as a large hand made of lava arose, covering all else.
âShe isnât really injured, and her aura only weakened slightly⦠Seems like sheâd only awakened a small part of her conscient.â
Leylin spoke with pity in his tone, turning into a dark arrow that pierced through the large palm in the air. With the dazed Bodach in tow, he fumbled a little in the air as he disappeared.
Tens of seconds after Leylin disappeared, a great number of moths filled the area to form the large face of a woman. She gazed in the direction that Leylin had left, her eyes full of hatred. Seeing the destructive snow falling suddenly, fear surfaced in her eyes as she quickly disappeared.
Everything calmed down once more.