Boom, rustle…
“It looks like a fight has broken out upstairs, and it’s quite intense.” Leticia said softly to Yin, propping up a shield to block the falling gravel.
“Isn’t it good that they’re fighting, especially at this time?” Yin, with a few holes already appearing in her clothes, panted slightly, indicating it wasn’t a bad thing. “Where are we now?”
“We’re almost there, almost there. As long as there are no nasty obstacles on the way, I think we can definitely reach the top floor within a minute.” Leticia shrugged. The humans, those nasty guys, had physically destroyed the elevator to stop them and had also set up a bunch of mechanical devices in the elevator shaft purely to disgust them.
If it weren’t for those things blocking the way, Leticia would have rushed to the top floor and snatched the lotus long ago.
Wait, wasn’t her goal to snatch the lotus? She shouldn’t have forgotten, right?
‘You haven’t forgotten.’
Hmm, it seems she hadn’t forgotten.
For some reason, the closer Leticia got to the top floor, the lighter her body felt, a stark contrast to Yin’s condition.
Yin’s strength was almost completely sealed, and she had truly become a pure beast-man warrior. Fortunately, the quality of Leticia’s manufactured body provided enough assurance; otherwise, it would have been better to withdraw earlier.
As for Leticia, she could still use magic and maintain a reasonably strong shield. Although it couldn’t compare to her normal state, the degree of weakening was even less than the metal plates on those cars before.
It was as if something had specifically opened a backdoor for Leticia.
“There doesn’t seem to be anything blocking the way upstairs. Let’s hurry and go up directly.” The closer they got to the top floor, the clearer the voices in Leticia’s ears became. She felt a calling, but she didn’t know what was calling to her.
Using flying magic to slowly increase her altitude, Leticia carefully observed her surroundings, afraid that a bunch of disgusting mechanical constructs would suddenly pop out from a corner like before.
But her vigilance was in vain. In the final stretch, she encountered no obstacles, as if the humans hadn’t had time to set up defenses here.
They ascended peacefully to a closed elevator door. Leticia and Yin exchanged glances, both sensing the terrifying fluctuations of power behind the door.
“Two powerful individuals are fighting, and there’s a slightly weaker energy, likely corrosive,” Yin concluded after sensing for a moment with her eyes closed.
Although her strength was suppressed, her experience in other aspects was still considerable, and sensing auras was not a problem.
“Should we go out? To be honest, my current state is a bit off.” Leticia pressed her temples with distress, feeling that her mind was not quite right. The echoing sound in her mind was strange. “I’m hearing a female voice shouting in my ear, ‘Quickly open the door.'”
“Has your mental world been invaded?” This situation was not uncommon. The most common scenario was a strong individual specializing in mental powers invading Leticia’s mental world. However, Yin didn’t believe anyone in this world could invade Leticia’s mental world without alerting them, two gods.
Unless, it was an existence far more terrifying on the mental level than Leticia, the newly appointed God of Dreams.
But if they really encountered such a situation, there would be nothing they could do. They wouldn’t be able to resist, so it would be better to just go to sleep.
“I don’t know. I think I also saw many broken images, tsk.” Leticia took a few deep breaths. “What is our goal this time?”
“Investigate the truth and, if possible, destroy that item resembling a divine kingdom.”
“Alright, I can confirm that my mental state is indeed problematic.” In Leticia’s own understanding, her goal was to seize the crystal lotus, but the goal stated by Yin was more in line with her personality.
Her intuition told Leticia that the goal stated by Yin was her true objective.
And the goal in her head now had been forcibly implanted by an unknown entity.
“So why am I the one getting hurt again?” Leticia sighed helplessly, reaching out and pressing the elevator door in front of her. “Then let me see what secrets are hidden inside.”
The brilliance of magic flashed, and the closed metal door melted like ice in the scorching sun.
Then, Leticia saw several dark figures crouching by the elevator door.
The dark figures were fiddling with a strange machine. Hearing the sound from behind, they raised their heads in astonishment and met the eyes of the two white-haired girls in theelevator.
A glance confirmed that they were meant to be eliminated.
One of the dark figures reacted the fastest, letting out a sharp shriek and lunging directly at Leticia, as if intending to shove her back into the elevator.
Leticia was also startled by the banshee-like howl and subconsciously unleashed the most powerful shield magic she currently possessed.
A magnificent, colorful barrier appeared in front of Leticia, and then, Leticia watched as the dark figure collided with the barrier. With a flash of dazzling, colorful light, the dark figure actually turned into a wisp of black smoke amidst a painful howl.
What, is it dead?
I just cast a shield, and you ran headfirst into it and died. Are you sure you’re not faking an accident?
“What a peculiar form of existence. Compared to humans, they are more like spiritual bodies, and your shield contains functions to defend against mental attacks, and even has automatic countermeasures?” Yin saw more clearly. Leticia’s signature “egg shell” was the bane of this group of dark figures. “They pose no threat to you. My suggestion is to eliminate them quickly.”
“Exactly, that’s what I was thinking.” She clearly sensed killing intent from that mass of dark shadow, and these dark figures were undoubtedly enemies. She would not hold back against enemies.
It just so happened that the increasingly loud surround sound in her mind was making her irritable. These guys showing up like this was like a pillow delivered when she was sleepy.
“Who are you people, and what are you doing here!” one of the dark figures warily stared at Leticia and Yin. He felt a deadly threat from that colorful barrier. How long had it been since he felt this?
The white-haired, golden-eyed girl in front of him could kill him, completely kill him!
Her rash colleague had already proven her foolishness with her life.
“Your question is quite problematic. Let me think, you guys don’t look like you entered through normal means, so we’re all on the same path. Why ask all these questions?” Leticia spread her hands, indicating that her purpose was the same as those in front of them. “So, aren’t we likely to be in a competitive relationship?”
Since it was a competitive relationship, wouldn’t it be completely understandable for her to eliminate her competitors?
Why be so surprised?
“There should be another group over there. Let’s finish this side quickly.” Yin looked coldly at the dark figures in front of her. She knew these guys were her enemies, but she had lost the ability to attack these spiritual entities now, so she could only pin her hopes on Leticia.
If the other party had a physical body, she would have rushed forward to settle grudges and avenge enmities long ago, but unfortunately, they didn’t.
“I understand, I understand. I’ll help you vent your anger.” Leticia clapped her hands, and two colorful spears slowly emerged from her side. “But wouldn’t it be more enjoyable for you to do it yourself rather than me?”
“Thank you very much. Then you go inside first, I’ll finish these guys quickly.” Yin’s eyes flickered, and she took the weapons Leticia handed over. “But I’m not used to this kind of weapon. Can you change them into claw gloves or something?”
“You’re quite demanding, and you’re a god. Don’t let your thinking lean towards a cat-girl just because you’re using a cat-girl’s body,” Leticia waved her hand helplessly, thoughtfully making some changes to the weapon’s style.
Looking at the furry silver cat paws in her hands, Yin chuckled. “Thanks a lot. I’ll send you some good stuff later as a thank you.”
Being killed by such cute weapons would probably mean dying with unfinished business.
“What’s our relationship? There’s no need to be so polite. I won’t say anymore, I’ll go inside and take a look first.” Leticia put on a magnanimous act but was already thinking in her heart about how to haggle later.
The dark figures wanted to stop Leticia’s progress, but before they could act, Yin had already rushed in front of them, wielding the cute cat-paw gloves and going on a killing spree.
Even without the use of spatial abilities, Yin’s physique was enough to be considered a human weapon. Coupled with the divine artifact gloves personally empowered by Leticia, how could these dark figures withstand such terrifying attacks? In almost an instant, their line was torn apart by Yin.
They couldn’t even stop Yin when they were gathered together. What would be the outcome after they were dispersed?
Next, it would be Yin the cat-girl’s hunting game.
Leticia wasn’t worried about Yin failing. If Yin really could fail here, she shouldn’t be a god; she should go to the underworld and keep the Dream God company, what a disgrace.
She was more concerned about the bizarre situation in front of her. After leaving the elevator shaft, she arrived at the true top floor, where she saw Bai Ling being chased by a mass of black fog, and a bunch of dark figures being chased by Bai Ling.
No, it should be that Bai Ling was trying to destroy the machinery being manipulated by the dark figures, while the black fog was trying to stop Bai Ling’s actions and drag her into the fight.
The machine, which had become the focal point of the battlefield, was spewing dark beams of light that caused a sense of dread just by looking at them, towards the barrier in the center of the top floor. Under the impact of the dark light beams, the barrier was constantly flickering, indicating that this layer of the barrier had reached its limit.
As expected, a few seconds after Leticia made this judgment, the dark light beams shattered that barrier and struck the next layer of the barrier.
“There are three layers left. I don’t know how many layers this barrier had before,” Leticia estimated in her mind, guessing that it would take about a minute for the dark light beams to break through one layer of the barrier. “Energy, it seems to be provided by those dark figures… Oh my, these guys are using themselves as batteries.”
The faces of the dark figures surrounding the machine were filled with pain. In Leticia’s vision, she could clearly see dark threads connecting from their bodies to that strange machine. A simple guess could reveal what this meant.
“What…”
“You’ve finally come…”
Leticia’s sudden appearance was naturally noticed by the two fighting individuals. Compared to Bai Ling’s calmness, the black fog appeared more surprised, not expecting a new enemy to appear at this time.
No, is this an enemy?
Her aura seemed to be the same as hers, meaning this was also a god!
This is not an enemy, this is reinforcement!
The black fog could roughly guess why this fellow tribeswoman appeared here; it must be because of the thing in the center of the room. Although she didn’t recognize this fellow tribeswoman, their goals were clearly the same!
At least at this stage, their goals were the same!
That is, to destroy that barrier!
“Fellow tribeswoman, help me hold her off, our goals are the same!” the black fog shouted loudly.
Bai Ling pursed her lips and said nothing. She looked at Leticia, a hint of pleading in her eyes.
This kind of look was cheating… Leticia shook her head with distress. The best choice now would naturally be to cooperate with the mysterious god on the divine throne to destroy the barrier in the room, and then compete for the crystal lotus based on their own abilities.
This mass of black fog was likely not the main body of the god. Leticia could sense that the power of this black fog was constantly declining. If she played some tricks during the subsequent cooperation, she could completely trick this god to death.
At that time, Bai Ling would be defeated, and the god on the divine throne would retreat. She would only have to face a few dark figures who were countered by her power. Wasn’t this a sure win?
From a rational perspective, Leticia should accept the black fog’s invitation and deal with Bai Ling together.
“Sigh… You guys keep fighting, I’ll go study that thing.” But when facing someone, rationality always takes a backseat to emotion.
Leticia shook her head, turned, and walked towards the completely immobilized dark figures.
Her attitude was clear: you guys keep fighting, I’ll be the mantis watching the cicada and the oriole; whoever wins, I’ll fight them.
“You scoundrel!” the black fog roared angrily. Her opponent’s choice clearly indicated unwillingness to cooperate. The energy remaining in this avatar was not much. Even if she could defeat the white-haired girl in front of her, it would be difficult for her to deal with a fellow tribeswoman in almost full strength afterward.
What Leticia did next further enraged the black fog.
“You guys are too slow. Let me speed you up a bit, you’re welcome.”
