Chapter 1151: The Emerald Dream and the Power of the Earth

After the kiss goodbye, Luweiya returned to the "Bountiful Earth Inn" to rest, while Xia De returned to his home in Tobesk, where he saw Little Mia, whom he hadn't seen all day.

Regarding that time key, he still had not a single clue in his hands. Therefore, he planned to go to the local black market tomorrow, which was Thursday, to take a look around, and then go to meet the old gentleman mentioned by Priest Ao Gusi, whom he had owed 10 pence. If he still had no leads, he would wait until Friday when Princess Lei Lei Qianya arrived in Randell Valley; perhaps Her Royal Highness could provide him with some help.

This should have been a very peaceful night; after washing up, Xia De extinguished the gas lamp in the room. However, after he said goodnight to Mia beside his pillow and closed his eyes as usual, he immediately realized that he was going to dream.

But this time, he did not fall into the dream of gazing at the huge silver moon on the ridge; instead, he was constantly falling in the air, eventually landing like a light feather onto the grassy forest floor under the moonlight.

The vegetation was lush, and green grass and blooming flowers grew on the earth beneath him. Moonlight pierced through the gaps in the treetops, leaving trails of light in the forest, while the calls of animals and insects played in harmony with the sound of the evening breeze brushing through the woods.

Light spots like fireflies swayed gently in the forest and on the grass; this scene was like the most realistic fairy tale.

Xia De stood up, supporting himself on the ground. He first looked at the golden spots on his body, then looked up at the three full moons in the sky, and finally looked in all directions in this forest clearing.

"This is a dream... Whispering Elements... The Emerald Dream?"

【Yes.】

Borrowing the "Oak's Luck Potion" to increase one's own luck came with the price that within a week, there was a possibility of entering the Angel-level relic, the "Emerald Dream." Xia De knew of this relic; it was rumored to be a part split from the Illusory Dream, a strange, semi-real world constructed by nature and the earth.

Xia De had used the potion on Tuesday morning. Last night had been peaceful, and he hadn't expected the dream to appear tonight.

"What a strange relic, what a strange dream..."

Precisely because he had entered a real forest, he knew how dreamy and peaceful this moonlit woodland was. Although it was an Angel-level relic, Xia De's mental resistance in the dream was extremely strong, so he was almost completely immune to its influence.

One could not actively leave the "Emerald Dream," but one could wait for a natural awakening. Although it was rated as Angel-level, it held no malice toward him.

Thinking this, he bent down and sat back on the grass, intending to wait quietly for the dream to end. However, when he tried to lie down, resting in the green grass and flowers, looking up at the galaxy from the forest clearing, he noticed a slight tremor in the ground.

"Hmm? An earthquake? Can there be earthquakes in dreams too?"

Suddenly, black mud seeped out from the soil. As Xia De scrambled up in some panic, the disgusting black mud had already submerged at least one-third of the grass. And the center of the mud's seepage was exactly the middle of the forest clearing—Xia De's location.

"What is that?"

The flowing mud had a terrible feeling of slightly stinging the soul upon contact. At first, it only seeped from the soil, but soon it turned into small fountains of black mud. As Xia De retreated constantly to prevent the mud from submerging him, the force of the black mud erupting was no less than the fountains opened for show during banquets held at noble manors in summer.

The black mud flowed from the forest clearing in all directions along the ground. At the same time, the fairy-tale-like dreamy scene around him began to rot and collapse. The malice in the dream was displayed to Xia De without any concealment, and even the three moons in the sky vaguely began to transform into three huge, blood-colored eyeballs.

"Although the Emerald Dream is a relic, can this kind of situation happen? Old John didn't mention this situation."

Xia De didn't understand at all what was happening, but that didn't stop him from extending his finger:

"Silver Moon!"

Casting spells in a dream still consumed spirit, but the power of the miracle was greatly enhanced. The moment the silver moonlight erupted, it illuminated the entire woodland, even causing that "mud fountain" to shrink by at least one-third. The mud on the ground beneath his feet disappeared completely, and a layer of holy silver light appeared on the bare ground exposed by the corroded flowers and green grass.

But soon, the "fountain" erupted again, spitting out black mud and submerging the earth once more. Xia De intended to call upon the light of the Silver Moon again, but he didn't expect dense black human hands to reach out from the mud, trying to grab his body, forcing him to retreat constantly until he reached the edge of the forest clearing.

Perhaps also wary of Xia De, the direction the mud flowed clearly avoided his position, but the corruption of the entire dream was still accelerating. Dense human hands receded from the black mud, and amidst a shocking roar, a brand-new behemoth flew out from the mud.

Wings that covered the moon unfolded in the sky, scales like bone armor attached to its body, and its huge tail was like a battering ram that could smash through any obstacle.

A gray-green dragon circled in the sky. As it opened its mouth, a ball of black mud filled with malice grew constantly larger in its mouth.

"A dragon? It's a pity that in a dream, I don't have the Higgs Dragon Head Stone."

Roar~

Not giving Xia De any chance to dodge, the dragon's roar, accompanied by that huge ball of black mud, turned into a ray and struck at Xia De. But as the Moonlight Greatsword pierced into the ground beneath his feet, a golden spherical shield shattered, completely blocking this blow:

"Having to fight even in a dream, it really won't let me rest for a moment."

With the tips of his toes lightly touching the ground, Xia De leaped high into the air. As the dragon's tail swept over, his body disappeared into the air and then appeared on top of the dragon's head:

"However, it's fortunate that this is a dream... Moonlight Greatsword!"

The divine afterglow on his body stained the greatsword in his hand. As Xia De thrust the sword downward, the volume of the two-handed sword grew rapidly, eventually piercing the dragon's body like a stone pillar thrown by a giant, pinning it to the ground. But this still wasn't the end; three other giant moonlight swords summoned by the 【Blade of Chaotic Time and Space】 emerged from the void, jointly piercing the dragon's body and pinning it into the mud of the forest clearing.

In the real world, Xia De could not repeat such a move.

The black dragon disintegrated, turning back into mud. Before Xia De could take further action, more monsters flew out from the black mud—bats, poisonous snakes, rotting birds, and poisonous scorpions—densely covering the sky and the earth, forcing Xia De to retreat step by step:

"Do you think you can defeat me with numbers?"

Xia De took a deep breath, sunlight flickering at his fingertips. Although the 【Night Watcher】 was not in his hand and he couldn't use the "Sunlight Cannon," this was a dream. Detached from most of the constraints of the physical body, and speaking only in terms of soul form, Xia De could do more things. Not to mention firing a "Sunlight Cannon" with his hands, he even planned to...

"Don't fight them, it's useless; these things are endless."

The Karsenric language appeared behind Xia De. Before Xia De could turn his head, a strange man had already walked to his side from behind. But before the strange man took the initiative to speak, Xia De hadn't even sensed his existence.

【It's not that you didn't sense him; he appeared directly.】

Meeting others in the Emerald Dream was of course possible, just as the Boundary of Life and Death was vast, but it was possible to run into others. However, the middle-aged man who appeared at this moment was clearly not normal. Xia De's first impression of him was that this was a dead soul, and only then did he notice that there were very faint traces of petrification on the spirit body.

"What kind of power could petrify a soul?"

His first thought was of the stone statue wearing robes in the main hall of the Forgotten Church in Randell Valley City, but then he realized that although both were middle-aged men, their appearances were clearly completely different.

"Endless? Sorry, do you know what this black mud actually is?"

Xia De asked. The middle-aged man extended his hand toward the front, and the surging black mud bypassed the two of them like parted river water, while those monsters also seemed to have lost their target and couldn't see them, turning back into black mud.

"The anger of the mad earth, the malice of the mad earth."

The man said, and as he spoke more and more, Xia De vaguely sensed that this person's Karsenric language also had a Randell Valley accent. Or, at least, an accent from the southwestern region of Karsenric.

The guess was immediately confirmed:

"Since you drew them out in the Emerald Dream, then you must have reached Randell Valley. I will send you away; although your soul is incomparably powerful, more powerful than all the souls I have ever seen combined, there is no need to fight these endless things."

"Please wait a moment... May I ask what you know? What is in Randell Valley? And what does this black mud have to do with that city?"

Xia De frowned slightly and asked. The man looked at him:

"Mortals get sick, and the land of the mortal world also gets sick. When the earth gets sick, it becomes mad; this is almost a natural phenomenon, and this black mud is just one form of expression... Please rest assured, this is a very small matter, no need to take it to heart."

【The half-sentence after the pause is a lie.】

Under normal conditions, "she" could not help Xia De judge lies, but this was a dream, and it was Xia De's dream, so Xia De's perception was also amplified.

"Is that so..."

At this time, the speed at which the black mud surged was getting faster and faster, and the surrounding woodland was almost completely corrupted. The originally brilliant starry sky had been shrouded in lingering red fog, and the three huge eyeballs with constantly contracting pupils were rotating their angles in the sky, as if trying to search for Xia De's position.

"Since this is a small matter, then why don't I help out? May I ask how the source of the earth's malice should be resolved?"

Xia De proposed with a smile. The man was clearly a bit surprised, not expecting Xia De to ask like this, but he organized his language in the next second:

"It cannot be resolved for the time being, only temporarily blocked. However, there are people doing these things, such as myself, and others; we can handle these things well... Oh, sir, we cannot chat anymore, I must send you out. Even the Emerald Dream cannot withstand this malice. If the Emerald Dream loses control because of this black mud, that would be the real big trouble."

The strange man extended his hand toward Xia De. Xia De knew this sentence was not a lie, so he asked one last question:

"Thank you for your help. However, is there really nothing I can do for you? Since you helped me, I also want to help you."

These were very sincere words. The man in the dream also had the ability to perceive emotions. This time, he nodded:

"If you insist... Very well, if there is a chance, sir, go to the reality outside the dream and purify the resentment of the earth. Your soul is so pure and powerful; your slight help can make those of us who resist the malice feel a little easier. I will teach you a spell; this requires a powerful soul as support, and it is very suitable for you... Please help this land."

"Very well, I promise you... Is the madness of the earth really just a small matter?"

The strange man pushed Xia De lightly. Xia De felt power merging into his body. Under the force of the push, he involuntarily took a step back, and the next moment, it was as if he had fallen into an abyss.

The last scene in the dream was the man turning into a green light, rushing toward the source of the black mud.

The feeling of falling in the dream forced Xia De to wake up. Then, he noticed that in reality, something was fiddling with his cheek.

【Outsider, you have obtained the spell "Power of the Earth · Healing Aura." To soothe the mad earth, you need a spell material: normal soil.】

【Note: This spell consumes a great deal.】

"Mad earth... I knew it. Since Luweiya, who has experienced six doomsdays, mentioned that city, there must be something wrong with Randell Valley... However, who was that dead soul just now? Could it be... a Chosen One?"

The Emerald Dream and the Power of the Earth free reading. ===== CHAPTER 1152 =====