Chapter: Chapter 287
Hearing the voice beside her, the woman looked down and saw the black-haired girl asking the question. A kind smile appeared on her face. “May I see it?”
Qiella nodded and handed the phone to the woman.
The white-haired woman took the phone, pondered for a moment looking at the destination marked on it, and then pointed to the road beneath their feet. “Follow this road to the third intersection, turn left, then go to the fourth intersection and turn right, and you’ll be there.”
Having received the answer, Qiella’s face lit up with happiness. She took back the phone from the woman and thanked her politely, “Thank you, sister!”
“It’s nothing,” the woman said, shaking her head slightly. Before Qiella could say anything more, she walked away in another direction.
Watching the woman walk further away, Qiella muttered softly, “I feel like this older sister has a really great personality, right, sister… sister?”
Not receiving a reply, Qiella turned her head in confusion to look at Leticia, who should have been standing beside her. Then, she found her sister staring intently at the woman’s retreating back.
What was going on?
“Sister!” Qiella raised her voice.
At Qiella’s call, Leticia seemed to awaken from a dream, a confused expression on her face: “Was I just staring blankly?”
“Don’t you know if you were staring blankly or not?” Qiella tilted her head and asked. Why did she feel her sister’s reaction was very strange after seeing that woman?
Leticia pinched her eyebrows with a troubled expression. This woman gave her a very peculiar feeling.
“Qiella, in your eyes, what was that woman like?” Leticia didn’t dwell on the matter of staring blankly but brought up another topic. “I mean, regarding her appearance and such.”
What kind of question was this? Qiella felt her sister had suddenly become unwell, but since her sister had asked, she would answer.
“She was wearing a brown robe, her hair was snow-white, and it was quite long. She wasn’t very beautiful, just average.” Qiella recalled the woman’s appearance as she spoke.
This answer caused Leticia to close her eyes. The next moment, Leticia’s eyes opened, filled with seriousness. “The woman I saw was peerlessly beautiful.”
“Ah?” Qiella blinked her eyes. Did her sister mean something by saying this at this time?
“She was surrounded by a seven-colored rainbow light, with white hair and red eyes. She was incredibly, incredibly beautiful… That’s not important. What’s important is that you didn’t see her true appearance, Qiella.” Leticia said very seriously.
She didn’t see it… Wait, did her sister mean that she had been deceived by something like illusion magic!
Qiella immediately understood what Leticia meant. In front of that woman, she had been deceived like an ignorant ordinary person.
However, Qiella was a master of magic.
It wasn’t self-praise, but even if Leticia disguised herself with illusion magic, she could detect something amiss. But just now, she hadn’t sensed anything unusual at all.
“That woman… is not normal?” Qiella whispered. This small city really had hidden talents.
“She’s definitely not normal, but she has nothing to do with us, unless her expression management is really that good.” Leticia shook her head, deciding not to bother with the woman for now. “If she had something to do with us, she wouldn’t have acted so naturally when you asked for directions earlier.”
In the woman’s eyes, Qiella and she seemed to be just a pair of lost sisters. Moreover, Leticia was certain that she had never met this woman before.
It should just be a chance encounter. The most important thing now was the anomaly happening in the central city.
Thinking this, Leticia once again submerged her consciousness into her bracelet, calling out to her ancestor.
Only when they reached the inn Qiella had booked, following the path the woman had indicated, did Leticia have a slight breakthrough.
This breakthrough delighted Leticia, because her ancestor had finally responded this time.
“Leticia, you are indeed facing a deity this time,” Infino’s voice echoed in Leticia’s ear. “I am trapped by that deity and cannot provide you with assistance for now, but the basic functions of the divine artifact are still usable. Rest assured about that.”
This was the only sentence Leticia received. Although it was short, the information it conveyed was immense.
Firstly, it confirmed for Leticia that she was indeed confronting a deity this time, and that deity had also targeted her, or rather, the divine artifact in her possession, and had trapped her ancestor within the artifact without her knowledge.
This was likely to prevent an experienced deity from standing on her side and strategizing for her enemy.
Then, the deity’s power must be considerable, otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to isolate Infino from the outside world without Leticia noticing.
After entering the room, Leticia immediately told Qiella the information she had just obtained. “What we can confirm now is that our guess is not far off. That deity cannot reach us after leaving the central city.”
Otherwise, Infino, who had been unable to speak before, wouldn’t have been able to deliver this message.
“So, what should we do now? Just wait here and watch the show?” Qiella asked. Knowing that their guess was mostly correct was good, but what should they do next?
They couldn’t go back to the central city, that fiery abyss, which was the enemy’s base camp.
Leticia showed a helpless expression. This was indeed a good question. She had been targeted, and returning to the central city carried too much risk. Staying in this place, which could provide support at any time, was the greatest support she could offer while ensuring her own safety.
“Let’s wait for news. I estimate that the number of people falling into slumber will increase tonight. We’ll just wait for Bai Ling’s news.” Leticia thought for a moment and finally decided to take things as they came. If they really couldn’t win, Bai Ling would be there to block for them.
With Miss Bai blocking in front, and herself quickly escaping with Qiella, they should be able to flee back to the demon world before that deity caught up. Once in the demon world, they would be safe.
If that so-called Dream God dared to pursue them, then she would learn that the native gods of the demon race were not to be trifled with either!
Leticia did not believe that the Dream God could defeat both Infino and Youming alone.
If such a situation occurred, Leticia would have no choice but to use her biggest trump card. If that god could fight two sealed gods at once, what if one of those two gods were to break free from their seal?
If you don’t want me to have an easy time, then before I die, I’ll at least take a piece of you with me. This had always been Leticia’s character.
Ah, you ask about Miss Bai?
At that time, even if Leticia wanted to bite them, she wouldn’t have the ability. Do you understand?
Without a divine artifact or a weapon in hand, what was there to fight? It would be better to wash up and sleep.
“Hoo, I hope I can have a good night’s sleep tonight.”
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” Hmm? What about the dream from last night? How strange, I remember it being in this place.” As night fell, in a void, a figure that had become much more solid moved through scattered points of light. She bypassed the dim light points beside her, focusing on finding the dream that had made her a bit embarrassed yesterday.
Today, she was a different god from yesterday!
In order to devour that dream, she had occupied the body of the key in advance to provide herself with energy. Now, she was full of confidence and intended to avenge herself today.
However, that dream had disappeared.
The figure searched everywhere in the void but couldn’t find that dream. This made her suspect that she had arrived too early and that the girl might not have slept yet.
If that was the case, she would eat some appetizers first to fill her stomach.
Her gaze swept across the nearby light points, and the figure found a dream with a decent energy intensity. She walked forward and submerged her consciousness into the dream.
Not long after, she opened her eyes again. That light point merged into her body, causing her aura to increase imperceptibly. Although it was very little, it still had some effect.
However, the figure was already getting impatient. Having witnessed the powerful energy within that dream, the small light points before her were no longer satisfying.
She wanted to eat her fill, not nibble on these little shrimp one by one.
After waiting for a long, long time, the dream still did not appear, making one suspect that perhaps the girl did not intend to sleep today.
“I don’t believe it, you can’t not sleep…” The figure muttered to herself. She could still do something here, and that girl couldn’t possibly stay awake forever, right?
Given the power of that dream, as soon as the girl fell asleep, she would definitely have that dream, and then she would be able to find her and obtain her energy!
But sometimes, human calculations are indeed inferior to heaven’s calculations, even for gods. She waited until the scattered starlight in the void gradually dimmed, but the super dream that the deity longed for still did not appear.
“She really didn’t sleep.” The deity sighed helplessly. She could only devour dreams to accumulate strength for now. If the target insisted on staying awake, then she truly had no way.
As for whether the other party would leave her coverage range?
Impossible, absolutely impossible. Humans have almost no memory of what happens in dreams. She hadn’t done anything significant, so she couldn’t possibly arouse the other party’s vigilance.
The deity never considered the possibility of her target leaving the central city. She simply thought that perhaps the girl hadn’t slept yesterday because she was doing something.
It’s fine if she doesn’t sleep for a day, but she doesn’t believe the girl can stay awake today too.
“Haa… I’m a bit tired after working all night.” The girl lying on the bed opened her eyes. She got out of bed and stretched. “The human body is really difficult to use, but it’ll only be for a few days.”
Pulling open the curtains, the dazzling sunlight streamed into the room, and the warm feeling made the girl squint her eyes. This feeling of being bathed in sunlight was also quite nice.
How long had it been since she experienced this feeling? Tens of thousands of years?
She was the god of dreams. Since her birth, she had no physical form and could only shuttle through one dream after another, gradually strengthening her power. In the past, there weren’t many things that dreamed, and most of them were not things that she, a god without a physical form and not strong in combat, could afford to provoke.
Invading the dream of a fellow deity was a challenge for her.
Yes, a challenge where a single mistake could lead to being counter-killed.
But having no physical form became an advantage during that anomaly. When those incredibly powerful deities disappeared from the world one after another, the Dream God was the one who survived the longest by hiding.
Of course, she couldn’t hide for too long either. Without dreams, she couldn’t help but experience a decline in her power. To make matters worse, the source of that anomaly had discovered her, this fish that slipped through the net.
As for what happened next, the Dream God couldn’t clearly recall. Perhaps it was because too much time had passed, or perhaps that memory was erased. In short, when she regained consciousness, everything around her had changed drastically.
The deities who once walked the earth had disappeared, replaced by a group of weak humanoid creatures. Their strength was like ants, and even the Dream God, who was not good at fighting, was confident that she could eliminate all these humanoid creatures.
However, their mental strength was incredibly strong. Even the weakest among them was more intelligent than the terrifying primeval beasts of the divine era.
This contrast caused the Dream God to experience a period of maladjustment. But after accepting this change, she found that this era was simply wonderful.
These people dreamed!
Due to her own unique nature, the degree of her sealing was very low. Although there were restrictions on her movement range, as long as she was within the range, she could move freely.
To completely undo the shackles on herself, she needed a special ritual. This ritual appeared in her mind naturally after she was sealed, as if the one who sealed her had shown her a path, telling her that as long as she could achieve this condition, she would regain her freedom.
“I should get some sleep, there’s nothing to do anyway.” The girl yawned. After gaining a physical body, she actually missed the days when she didn’t have one. At least back then, she didn’t have to do things like sleeping.
But for some reason, she felt an emptiness in her heart, as if she had forgotten something important.
“Strange, this feeling should have a reason. Why do I have this feeling? Did I overlook something?”
It should be noted here that deities do not understand human lifestyles very well. In other words, she did not know what a student was.
After setting her sights on Ziyun, she merely placed a mark on Ziyun. For the rest of the time, she was mostly busy with her own affairs. Therefore, on the day when Ziyun should have been going to school, the deity using Ziyun’s body did not expect that there was such a thing as going to school.
