Chapter 405: Nightmare God’s Favored, Faction Battle

Chapter 405: Chapter 405: Nightmare God’s Favored, Faction Battle

"You want to ruin my cake? Dream on!"

Seraphina Sullivan’s eyes turned sharp.

Her [Demon Eyes] Talent activated in an instant!

Deep within her clear eyes, a dark red light flashed—demonic, a mixture of magnificent beauty and danger!

A cold Spirit Power, one that felt like it could pierce the soul, shot out along her line of sight.

It was like an invisible arrow.

It struck the hedgehog-like Nightmare Minion with pinpoint accuracy!

Talent Ability—[Spirit Shattering]!

"GRAAAAAAA—!!!"

The charging, hedgehog-like minion suddenly let out an utterly shrill, inhuman shriek!

Its forward charge came to an abrupt halt.

Its entire misty body trembled violently, twisting and contorting!

It was as if a pair of invisible hands were churning and tearing through its chaotic spiritual core!

It dropped the black spike in its grasp, its two foreclaws clutching desperately at its churning "head."

It let out an even more pained and chaotic wail.

Then, with a soft POP...

...its entire body, like a punctured bubble, dissolved into a thin wisp of black smoke that quickly dissipated, completely annihilated in the air.

The entire process, from the moment Seraphina launched her attack to the target’s dissipation, took no more than two seconds.

’...It’s that powerful?’

Seraphina herself was slightly stunned.

Although she knew her [Demon Eyes] Talent originated from the Demon God Will and was bound to be powerful...

...this was her first time using [Spirit Shattering] in actual combat.

Its remarkable effectiveness and speed still exceeded her expectations.

This direct strike against a spiritual weakness was utterly devastating against these Nightmare Minions!

Seraphina quickly came to her senses, her heart settling with newfound confidence.

’Now that I’ve found an effective way to deal with the enemy,’

’I have a much better chance of protecting the dessert area and even helping to stabilize the entire banquet.’

"Clayton! Use your shadows to distract them! Ironhide, use your roar to intimidate them!"

Seraphina swiftly issued concise commands based on the abilities she had observed in her teammates.

Having witnessed the astonishing effect of Seraphina’s [Demon Eyes] and Spirit Attack on the Nightmare Minions, as well as her sharp perception in quickly identifying the enemy’s weaknesses, Clayton Quinn and Ironhide no longer hesitated, both instinctively regarding her as the tactical core of their small team.

Even Lamb and Joy Hughes, the two "Beloved of the Dream God," were now clearly taking Seraphina’s reminders and actions into consideration as they dealt with the current crisis.

The strangling range of Lamb’s sea of silver hair widened, precisely intercepting large groups of minions.

As a Beloved of the Dream God, Joy Hughes’s power surged within the Divine Kingdom of Sweet Dreams.

At some point, the sound of Joy Hughes’s piano had changed; the notes seemed to transform into invisible ripples.

Wherever they passed, the Nightmare Minions’ movements clearly became sluggish and chaotic, and they even showed signs of attacking one another.

Evidently, her music also contained a powerful Spirit Power.

Boosted by the Divine Kingdom of Sweet Dreams, it had a special suppressive effect on the nightmare creations.

The power displayed by the two Beloved on their home turf was truly impressive.

Just as everyone was working together and the guards were reorganizing their defensive line, gradually suppressing and eliminating the influx of Nightmare Minions, and it seemed the chaos in the banquet hall was about to be brought under control, preserving the precious pastries, decorations, and atmosphere—

—a new anomaly occurred!

In a shadowy corner of the banquet hall that should have been empty, the air distorted violently like ripples on water.

Immediately after, four or five figures emerged without any warning, as if cut directly into reality from another layer.

Seraphina’s gaze was drawn to them almost instantly.

Her [Eye of Resume] subconsciously activated and scanned them.

With just one glance, her heart sank.

A chill crept up her spine.

’Players!’

The five people who had suddenly appeared made Seraphina feel like the difficulty of Main Quest Two had skyrocketed.

Their aura, as well as the faint feedback from the system, clearly indicated their identity.

Players!

What made Seraphina’s pupils contract, however, was the data on one of them:

[Name: Dex] (Nightmare God’s Favored)

[Gender: Male]

[Level: Level 3]

[Professional Skills • Talent:

1. Blast Flash: Consumes spiritual power to instantly release a high-intensity flash from a specific body part or the entire body, causing blindness and confusion to visually-dependent targets. Duration and range are proportional to the amount of spiritual power consumed. The user’s body becomes rigid during use, unable to move or perform other complex actions.

2. Nightmare Messenger (Power of the Beloved):

Nightmare Summoning: Summons a nightmare from the depths of an enemy’s heart, transforming it into a real nightmare to attack the enemy.

Nightmare Legion: Can absorb free-floating negative emotions in the environment, such as malice and fear, to summon and command the Nightmare Legion. The Legion’s strength and numbers depend on the concentration of negative energy in the environment and the user’s own spiritual power.

[Skills: High Note (Creates a piercing sound wave), shock wave (Releases a unidirectional energy tremor)]

[Weaknesses:

1. Blast Flash Rigidity: When activating the Talent [Blast Flash], defense drops to its lowest point, and the user is unable to dodge.

2. Mental Fragility: As a Nightmare Kin, their spiritual structure is prone to chaos and erosion. They have extremely poor resistance to orderly, purifying, or extremely sharp Spirit Attacks and are easily dealt heavy damage.

3. Environmental Dependence: The [Nightmare Messenger] Ability is significantly weakened in environments dominated by positive emotions or lacking in negative energy.]

’Nightmare Messenger... creates the Nightmare Legion?’

The thought flashed through Seraphina’s mind in an instant.

’So, all those minions that attacked the banquet just now were this guy’s doing?’

But immediately after, a bigger question surfaced in her mind:

’But... how did they get into the Divine Kingdom of Sweet Dreams instance?

Joy and I only got into this ’Divine Kingdom of Sweet Dreams’ instance because of the special item, the ’Beautiful Dream Stamp.’

It wasn’t through regular system matchmaking.

Could there be another way in?’

Suddenly, Seraphina thought of a possibility.

’Our side got in with the Beautiful Dream Stamp, so did their side get in with a Nightmare Ticket?

Or... is this instance inherently open to Players from both factions?’

At this moment, Clayton Quinn could no longer be bothered to maintain his taciturn facade.

His expression was unusually grave, and he lowered his voice, filled with incredulous surprise.

"What is going on? The people on the other side... are they Players, too?

That unsettling aura they have... it’s the same source as those black-mist monsters!"

Before Seraphina could sort out her thoughts, one of the five figures on the opposite side, who had been standing behind Dex, slowly took a step forward.

The moment his figure came into focus, Seraphina could hardly believe her eyes!

The man... looked exactly like Eureka!

The same facial features, the same physical proportions—they could have been twins cast from the same mold.

But their auras and appearances were polar opposites.

Eureka had brilliant golden hair and was surrounded by a soft, warm, and reassuring golden halo.

This man before her, however, had short hair as black as the dead of night.

His body was wreathed in a dense black mist that churned constantly, exuding a cold and ominous feeling.