Chapter 3520: Nightmare and Sweet Dream

But after solving the room problem and defeating the evil object, there should no longer be another room outside the room door at this time, because Xia De even heard a very obvious fighting sound coming from the corridor.

When he came to the door with his sword and opened the room door, with a loud *Bang~*, Miss Novare flew from the right side of the door to the left, and then was pulled by Xia De, who had quick eyes and fast hands, in mid-air.

Her condition looked quite bad; even being supported by Xia De, she could barely stand steady. The kerosene lamp in her hand was already close to damage, and only a faint flame was flickering slowly in the center.

Xia De looked in the direction Miss Novare flew from, and Miss Corns's figure was standing in the thick, inseparable darkness.

At this time, the female hunter had her eyes closed, and her standing posture was quite uncoordinated. Behind her in the darkness, it seemed like some kind of huge thing was controlling her limbs. And the environment around her was fluctuating like a phantom, and Xia De instinctively felt a sense of unreality.

"She" reminded softly:

【Outsider, the boundary between dream and reality is becoming blurry.】

Miss Novare, who was supported by Xia De, also reminded with a hoarse voice:

"As long as you get close to it, you will enter a half-dream, half-reality environment. The ability the other party displays in the dream is very terrifying."

The doctor also said not to fight the Dream-Eating Demon - Nagul in a dream, but in the crack between dream and reality, the doctor didn't say it was definitely impossible to win.

"Are you okay?"

Xia De asked while watching the "Demon Corns" at this moment, while watching Miss Novare:

"My flesh and blood are very nutritious; do you want to suck a mouthful of my blood to recover first?"

"Absolutely not. Even if I die, I won't suck the blood of a friend. Put me here to rest for a while; my recovery ability as a high-level vampire is very strong."

Miss Novare actively broke free from Xia De and sat down against the wall by herself. The firelight of the kerosene lamp swayed because of her movement, making her face also become dark and uncertain. The candle Xia De was holding was fixed on the floor by her; after all, it was not convenient to carry this when fighting.

Although he knew that fighting the other party on their home turf was unfavorable to him, in order to save this companion, Xia De still rushed toward Miss Corns with his sword.

There was no possibility of dodging in the narrow corridor. The two sides made frontal contact. Xia De's sword collided with the black long sword that appeared in the female hunter's hand, and the huge force transmitted from the sword almost made the long sword in Xia De's hand fly out of his hand.

In reality, even a demon wouldn't be able to suppress Xia De with such power, but in a dream, anything is possible. Xia De almost understood how Miss Novare was knocked flying.

The light of dawn bloomed, trying to suppress and disperse the darkness behind the female hunter, but the sticky darkness behind the female hunter, which symbolized "nightmare," instead easily swallowed the light of the long sword.

Xia De, whose wrist felt painful after the two swords collided, retreated quickly, but the darkness had already spread to his feet at this time. Shadows like shackles bound Xia De's feet, and "Demon Corns" held the long sword with both hands, smashing the sword blade toward Xia De's head like swinging a sledgehammer.

Xia De raised his sword to block. In the collision sound of *Clang*, a quite ominous sound rang from the bones of his arms. But that sword was blocked by him after all. At the same time, the 【Sin Chain】 darted out from his sleeve, taking this opportunity to bind the golden-haired female hunter's arms:

"Got you—Moonlight Greatsword!"

It was not to attach the Moonlight Greatsword to 【Dawn of Breaking】, but the slender silver longsword floated above Xia De's head, and then a strike attempted to pierce through the darkness behind Miss Corns.

But with a *Clang~*, the demon broke free from the chain with both hands, slashed the flying longsword, and immediately blocked 【Dawn of Breaking】 again. Then the thick darkness behind it spread toward Xia De more densely. Xia De even heard the fragmented whispers from the nightmare he feared most.

"Are you kidding? It can actually break free from the chain with nine Sin Runes?"

"She" smiled gently:

【After all, this is not completely reality.】

"She"'s voice not only answered the doubt, but the light whisper, like the sound of wind chimes shaking under the eaves on a midsummer night, also helped Xia De disperse the influence of the whispers from the nightmare on him.

But the candle flame behind him was still becoming low because the nightmare was affecting reality, and the situation was developing in a direction increasingly unfavorable to Xia De.

"It's a good thing I didn't bring Little Mia. Lost Lock - Match Girl!"

He didn't want to use the complete fairy tale Lost Lock, but hoped to manifest the silver moon in the dream. So a big hole seemed to be melted out of the darkness above his head, and the gentle silver moonlight projected down to illuminate Xia De.

This was the intersection of dream and reality; there was no need to consider for the time being whether external light sources would attract more terrifying things in the hotel. Xia De, bathed in moonlight, felt that the feeling of being bound by shackles all over his body became slightly lighter. Taking this opportunity, his left palm pushed forward fiercely:

"Thunder Wave!"

The female hunter who was slashing at Xia De again retreated, but the black long sword in her hand still slashed out a black sword light. Xia De blocked with his sword again. While the silver moonlight and the darkness collided, his left hand was about to radiate Moon Fire forward.

But the moonlight above his head disappeared abruptly at this moment. The boundary between nightmare and reality became increasingly blurry, and the demon even interfered with the power of Xia De's Lost Lock.

"Moonlight Ray!"

The sorcery was still released by Xia De, but the pure silver ray was extinguished by the darkness halfway through its flight. This was something that absolutely could not appear in the real world.

Now, the only means Xia De had to defeat his opponent was to take advantage of the time before the nightmare completely swallowed him, find a chance to stab that black dagger into the female hunter's heart, but it seemed this was an impossible thing.

Darkness, darkness like an abyss, had blurred the walls on both sides of the corridor. If Xia De didn't have the characteristic of glowing himself, he wouldn't even be sure if he would be completely lost at this moment.

"Demon Corns" no longer attacked, and her figure had completely merged with the darkness brought by the nightmare. And the 【Demon Hunting Seal】 worn on Xia De's hand was frighteningly hot, as if the demon had already come to his side.

"Light Spell!"

He risked summoning moonlight at full power at this moment, trying to disperse the darkness, but the increasingly terrifying nightmare could even swallow this light. The Light Spell only illuminated a distance of two meters around Xia De, but this also let Xia De see Miss Corns, who had her eyes closed, had appeared in front of him at some point.

It appeared in front of Xia De almost face-to-face. The silver moonlight made black smoke emerge from its whole body, and also made its skin look even paler. But the demon did not retreat; instead, those tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and then the all-black pupils met Xia De's eyes head-on.

At that moment, all the fear hidden in the Outsider's heart erupted. The nightmare, which had rarely appeared since coming to this world, almost dragged him into the deeper darkness of consciousness in an instant.

The light on his body decayed rapidly, and the boundary between reality and dream was completely broken at this moment. The nightmare truly descended, and the darkness swallowed Xia De's body and soul. He seemed to fall into that boundless sea of darkness. But at this moment, a light cry of *Ang~* came from a distant direction.

The golden light representing the element of miracle pierced through the darkness. The blessing "Childhood Dream" given by the Old God - 【Giver of Dreams】, whom Xia De met in the "Sea of No Light" — when falling into a dream, pure and beautiful power will help him overcome difficulties — manifested its power at this moment.

The most pure and beautiful memory in the Outsider's impression turned into the most pure and beautiful life he knew. The pure white unicorn was born from the light of the miracle element. The unicorn, which looked like Ellie, crossed Xia De, and then fiercely stabbed its horn toward "Demon Corns," who was hiding in the darkness deep in the nightmare.

The unicorn, which seemed like a light shadow, passed directly through her body and hit the "Demon Corns" standing in the shadow behind her straight on.

The power of the nightmare demon and the Old God who gives sweet dreams to children collided. Although what Xia De possessed was only a blessing, it was very fortunate that in the era of the early Fifth Era, the Old God who once fished in the "Sea of No Light" had not yet left, while the Dream-Eating Demon - Nagul was not in its peak state.

The pure white light almost tore apart all of that black figure, and as the phantom-like unicorn figure shattered, this nightmare that had just descended also shattered.

After the dizziness, Xia De opened his eyes fiercely in the corridor on the 25th floor. Although the candle behind him still illuminated the dark corridor, this darkness clearly had nothing to do with the nightmare.

Feeling that his back was already soaked, he was incomparably glad that he had received the blessing of that Old God who gives sweet dreams to children. But although the nightmare was shattered, he still felt his spirit a bit listless.

Not far in front, Miss Corns, who spat out a mouthful of black blood, was still in the demon state. The Old God's power severely damaged the demon and tore the dream, but did not directly solve the demon — after all, it was only a blessing, not the god's personal arrival.

Her face became even paler, and she turned to flee toward the darkness deeper in the corridor just like before, but Xia De had already chased up, enduring the headache.

The Sin Chain entangled her ankles, making her fall to the ground. Xia De pounced over quite ungracefully, and the black dagger was heavily stabbed into Miss Corns's chest:

"False Immortality!"

The dagger pierced the heart, and a sharp scream that made Xia De feel his soul tremble came from the female hunter's mouth.

A black figure in her shadow was suddenly popped out. At the same time the other party manifested, the dream that had just ended had a tendency to descend again. The black shadow wanted to pounce on Xia De, but the fallen female hunter reached out to the accessory bag at her waist at this moment, and the small metal box used to contain relics popped open. The 【Demon Hunting Seal】 found at the hunter's remains last time was pressed toward that shadow by her. ===== CHAPTER 3521 =====