It was as if he'd been falling for a long time. When his feet touched the ground, he felt as if he'd been in a different world.
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"This … What is this place?"
Leylin looked at the dusky mountain fog and the black forest not far away, and fell into deep thought.
"Caw caw caw!"
A crow with three blood-red eyes flapped its wings and flew up from a tree branch beside him. A few black feathers fluttered, and its piercing cry spread far and wide.
"A.I. Chip!" Leylin subconsciously commanded.
[Beep!
Beginning scan of surroundings.
Scan complete.
Begin …]
The A.I. Chip's voice sounded. At first, it was very normal, but towards the end, it suddenly became hoarse, as if it had received some serious interference.
"Argh!" "Argh!" "Argh!"
Towards the end, the A.I. Chip's voice turned into a woman's shriek. This voice became louder and louder, almost piercing Leylin's eardrums. He could not help but order the A.I. Chip to immediately stop working.
"Wind probe …" Leylin stretched out his right hand, and the minute green wind elemental particles gathered very slowly, causing him to furrow his brows.
His True Spirit Energy appeared and a cyan wind finally formed, spreading out in all directions.
"This situation seems familiar, but I can't remember it!"
Leylin furrowed his brows, feeling as if his memories were shrouded in a layer of fog. However, he remembered many things, and even his spells were not forgotten.
However, he seemed to have forgotten the most important thing, and this gave him a bad premonition.
Very soon.
The scattered wind sent back all the scouted scenes, allowing Leylin to know his current location.
He should be in the periphery of a forest, and there was a dark red river flowing slowly.
Not far away.
There seemed to be a wooden house, and there were indistinct figures inside.
"This detection range?"
Leylin's brows furrowed, "Not only is it very difficult to use spells, even the effects are greatly suppressed. Could it be that this is a higher level world?"
As the sun set, the temperature in the forest dropped continuously. The surrounding fog became denser, and even a layer of dark red enveloped the surroundings, causing Leylin to shiver even though it was not cold.
He quickly walked out of this area.
He came to the side of the wooden house he had discovered earlier.
Behind the fence full of golden roses, there were traces of grey smoke rising, causing Leylin to feel a trace of warmth.
"Pa!"
The wooden door was pulled open, and a woman with a kind face walked out. She was very young, looking to be in her twenties, but the wisdom and radiance in her eyes made Leylin think that she had a wealth of life experience.
"Little Brother!
You're back! "
After seeing Leylin, the woman smiled, and it was as if the surrounding flowers bloomed.
The radiance on her face intoxicated Leylin.
"Who are you?" Leylin could not help but ask.
"Me?
I'm your sister, this is your home! "
The woman's face was incomparably beautiful, and her splendid golden hair fluttered in the wind. Leylin was incomparably familiar with her.
"My … home?" Leylin mumbled.
"Yes!
Your home.
Welcome back! "The gentle elder sister opened her arms, as if wanting to give Leylin a warm hug.
"You … are my … sister?!"
Leylin kept repeating the words of the beautiful woman in front of him.
Finally, he gradually matched the faces in his memory.
"Yes!
Brother, you're finally back! "
Tears welled up in the woman's eyes.
"Wait!" Leylin suddenly got closer to the other party's embrace.
Suddenly, he felt an immense terror, and a frightening malice.
It caused his entire body to quiver.
"I'm Leylin?
Farlier!
A bloodline Warlock from the Magus World, why are you here? "
In his heart, a voice constantly shouted, but Leylin found that he could no longer control his body. His limbs were moving forward on their own, and he was just one step away from the other party's embrace.
"Defying Ring of Fire!" "Shadow of Stray!" "Dark Serpent Tentacles!"
One spell model after another flashed in front of Leylin's eyes. However, the spells that were originally greatly suppressed now seemed to have lost all their power, and not a single ripple was emitted.
"Come back!" "Come back!" "Come back!"
Along with the other party's blurred voice, Leylin's eyes became more and more perplexed, and the surroundings of the wooden house had already undergone great changes.
The dark red fog grew thicker, and the brilliant golden rose gradually withered, revealing the white skeleton underneath. A few small snakes would occasionally burrow in and out of the eye sockets.
Behind the rose, the wooden house had turned into a giant ball of snakes. A few black triangular snake heads stretched out, flicking their dark red tongues.
In an instant, the farmhouse had turned into a terrifying hell.
"This feeling of suppression, and a familiar power!"
Traces of dark red fog burrowed into Leylin's body of their own accord, making him feel more and more familiar.
Finally, in Leylin's eyes, the light at the bottom suddenly flickered.
"It's dreamforce!
This is Dreamscape!
I've been dragged into Dreamscape! "
[Beep!
Determined that host is in Dreamscape.]
As if the fog in his memories had been swept away, the A.I. Chip's voice was no longer that of a woman's shriek, but had become clearer.
"A deeper Dreamscape world that rejects all powers other than dreamforce!"
Sensing that his elemental force and soul force were almost isolated, Leylin's mind worked at lightning speed, and he immediately thought of something.
"Come back!" At this moment, the fingers of the woman in front of him were almost touching Leylin's face.
"Since that's the case!
Rank 4 Dreamscape Spell — Illusory Scepter! "A spell model was suddenly activated by the A.I. Chip.
Large amounts of dreamforce formed waves that appeared in Leylin's hands, forming an ancient scepter with a peculiar design.
"Scram!" Leylin pointed the scepter at the woman, and dark red demonic flames shot out.
"Ah!" The woman shrieked, covering her face as she retreated.
"Who are you?" Leylin's expression was incomparably solemn as he looked at the woman who had stood up once more.
A large part of her face was missing, but strangely, there was no reaction at all. There wasn't even a drop of blood at the wound.
"I didn't expect you to have already modified Dreamscape and grasped the power of Dreamscape …" The woman spoke with a wooden expression.
The woman spoke with a stupefied expression, but her voice sounded familiar to Leylin. His pupils shrank, "You're … the Snake Dowager …"
* Rumble! *
The surroundings shattered with a loud rumble, revealing a galaxy that stretched across the void. Within the galaxy, a ball of snakes that looked like a star opened up, revealing the Snake Dowager within.
"My descendant, return to my embrace!"
The Snake Dowager's voice seemed to have a strange attractive force, and the blood in Leylin's body began to boil uncontrollably.
In his heart, there was a faint voice urging him to submit!
He knelt at the feet of the Snake Dowager.
Large numbers of giant snakes hissed and roared at Leylin, the sound waves causing his expression to change.
"This isn't the Purgatory World, I'm still in Dreamscape!"
"My free will cannot be controlled by any external force!"
"Snake Dowager!
Your greatest mistake today was to drag me into Dreamscape! "
Leylin's eyes flashed with determination, and an even more illusory and dazzling spell model began to form in his hands.
"Rank 5 Dreamscape Spell — Radiant Moon Bewildering Dream!"
Strange ripples immediately enveloped the area...
A wet and slippery feeling brushed past his cheek, and Leylin opened his eyes to see the face of a giant monster with its mouth wide open. A scarlet tongue licked his face from time to time, and a fishy smell rushed into his nose.
"The Bone-Helmet Badger of the central continent?
This is the real world, and I've escaped? "
Leylin's eyes regained their vigor, and he chased the giant monster away with a look of delight on his face.
Looking at his surroundings, there were obvious traces of a slide, and greenish-yellow soil could be seen on the tracks on the lawn.
"That's right. I was on my way back to the Warlock Union, but the Snake Dowager suddenly pulled me into Dreamscape, and I suddenly fell …"
Leylin stroked his chin, deducing what had happened.
"Darkness and Dreamscape have always had a huge connection. It's very normal for the Snake Dowager to be able to use the power of Dreamscape.
The only thing she didn't take into account was that I'd long since changed Dreamscape, and could even use dreamforce! "
There was some cold sweat on Leylin's back. If he hadn't come into contact with Dreamscape before, the consequences of being suddenly pulled in by the Snake Dowager would have been unthinkable.
There was a huge distance between the Magus World and Purgatory World, and with the powerful restrictions of the domain, the Snake Dowager couldn't easily attack Leylin.
However, Dreamscape was different!
The concept of space was confused there, and it was everywhere. Attacking through Dreamscape was the most effortless method.
Even if there were some restrictions, the Snake Dowager's methods were enough to suppress Leylin.
Perhaps the only thing she hadn't expected was that Leylin had already come into contact with the power of Dreamscape. Even his body was incomparably familiar with this power, and he'd woken up on his own, even using a rank 5 Dreamscape spell.
Although this couldn't do anything to the Snake Dowager, it had bought Leylin enough time to escape.
"The Snake Dowager …" Leylin muttered, his eyes flickering with a certain light.
The Snake Dowager's attack this time made him deeply understand that she would never allow a descendant to escape her control!
The more outstanding Leylin was, and the faster he improved, the more intense this conflict would become.
"I didn't think that even an insignificant existence like me would be noticed by the Snake Dowager!"
Leylin smiled wryly. In reality, when his bloodline had advanced to become a Kemoyin Emperor, he'd felt like he was being spied on. However, he hadn't expected this day to come so quickly.
(To be continued …)