Chapter 445: Three Ancient Calamities
The former Dream Calamity, the Crimson Queen, a super-catastrophe that once wreaked havoc across the spirit world, slaughtering countless realms, even slaying a member of the Seven Concubines and one of the Four Shields, a being whose name inspired terror and dread.
Even the current Dream Calamity, the Blood-Red Nightmare, had once been just one of the Crimson Queen’s subordinates.
Through its unique ability to merge dream and reality, the Blood-Red Nightmare had condensed the Crimson Queen’s fragmented consciousness and bound it to itself, though its existence was limited to the Blood-Red Nightmare’s aura, unable to act independently.
[Dream Calamity, where is the World-Ending Azure Sky now?]
As the Crimson Queen raged at the mention of the Snow Monarch, the massive black blade beside it suddenly spoke, its tone calm.
The Crimson Queen’s rant interrupted, it glared at the blade, its anger about to erupt, then its eyes widened in recognition.
“Wu Yan Luelan, the World-Ending Azure Sky was injured recently. If you wish, I can lead you to it later, so you can have your revenge.”
[Very well.]
The massive black blade fell silent, its aura calming.
Wu Yan Luelan, forty thousand years ago, had been a candidate for the Destruction Calamity, one of the Six Disasters!!!
Both Wu Yan Luelan and the World-Ending Azure Sky had destroyed a Sacred Domain to prove their destructive power, their kill counts equal, their strength comparable. And then… the World-Ending Azure Sky had killed it without hesitation.
The World-Ending Azure Sky, the most unpredictable and volatile of the Six Disasters, had slain not only members of the Four Shields and the Seven Concubines, but even other Disasters, its name inspiring terror throughout the spirit world.
Even so, as the World-Ending Azure Sky’s former rival, Wu Yan Luelan had been a formidable being in the ancient past, even the Crimson Queen wary of it.
[And this one… its aura is unfamiliar. Who is it?]
Not daring to provoke Wu Yan Luelan, the Crimson Queen turned its attention to the cloaked figure behind it, its long, seductive legs pacing back and forth.
To be summoned alongside itself and Wu Yan Luelan… this must also be a being of some renown.
Seeing this, the Blood-Red Nightmare felt a cold sweat trickling down its… back.
“C-Crimson Queen, please, eliminate those intruders! Let them witness your return, let them experience true despair!!!”
[Oh, right. I should probably do that…]
Reminded by the Blood-Red Nightmare, the Crimson Queen turned its attention to the legendary beings approaching the altar, then, its aura surging, transformed into a flash of red light and vanished.
Seeing the Crimson Queen leave, Wu Yan Luelan also stirred.
Except for the Frozen Calamity, all those connected to the Six Disasters shared an insatiable desire for destruction, a primal urge to kill.
Swish—
A moment later, Wu Yan Luelan, transformed into a black comet, its shadowy aura trailing like flames, tore through the sky, its spirit energy shattering the altar.
The entire altar crumbled under the force of the impact, and the Blood-Red Nightmare, inwardly relieved, turned its gaze towards the cloaked figure, a flicker of apprehension.
“My lord, after twenty thousand years, won’t you… test your power?”
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The cloaked figure remained motionless, and the Blood-Red Nightmare, a chilling realization dawning, its body trembling, its aura fluctuating wildly, felt a cold sweat.
This being’s eyes… they didn’t reflect its own presence, nor that of the Crimson Queen or Wu Yan Luelan!!!
A few seconds later, it began to walk, heading in a specific direction.
Watching the cloaked figure’s receding back, the Blood-Red Nightmare froze, afraid to even breathe.
Had it made a mistake, releasing this being’s consciousness into the spirit world?
A swirling, crimson vortex, and a blue-haired, teardrop-eyed woman in a bathrobe emerged from the void, her expression calm as she surveyed the hellish landscape.
So this was the Dream Calamity’s inner world, formed from the realms it had devoured?
Gong Lianyue quickly noticed the blood-red altar at the center and the three spirit gates, her teardrop eyes narrowing slightly.
[Do you sense them?]
[Ice Banquet Cold Rakshasa: Yes, two incredibly powerful auras and one overwhelming presence. But none of them belong to the Dream Calamity.]
[Nether Princess Bai Xue: They’ve seen us…]
[Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower: Scared!!!]
Strange…
Gong Lianyue frowned. These three auras, although only at the Sun and Moon Realm, not the Lost Realm, felt incredibly dangerous.
How had the Dream Calamity, not yet at the Lost Realm, created beings stronger than itself?
[Wait… mythical fragments! There are fragments of a mythical being’s aura here, in the Dream Calamity’s possession!!!]
The Nether Spring Narcissus’s sudden exclamation startled Gong Lianyue, her initial shock quickly turning to excitement.
Even among the Seven Concubines, few possessed mythical fragments. Only the Snow Monarch was known to have one. And here… a fragment of a mythical being!!!
If she defeated the Dream Calamity, and it wasn’t claimed by another Lost Realm being… wouldn’t it be hers…?
With this thought, Gong Lianyue quickly formulated a plan.
The Nether Spring Narcissus would go left, the Nether Princess Bai Xue would go right, and she, with her other spirit beasts, would take the middle path, facing that overwhelming presence…
Swish—
With a flash of light, the black Water Element, the white-robed Snow Woman, and Gong Lianyue vanished into the crimson vortex.
At the same time, the black-haired, humanoid spirit beast that had just emerged, one of the Ten Palace Ghost Concubines from the Black Tide Ancient City, watched Shui Yuefei leave, a look of awe and longing in her eyes.
Such power, such confidence. Did Shui Yuefei intend to single-handedly defeat the Dream Calamity?
And just as the rumors and the Water Moon Ranking suggested, the residual aura confirmed it: the black-crowned Water Element heading left was of the same lineage as the Lord of the Nether Spring, one of the original Seven Concubines, and the beautiful Snow Woman entering the right path was of the same lineage as the Snow Monarch!!!
