The red light in Luther Kingvis's right eye, which was covered with black pus, became stronger. As he raised his head and roared, Kingvis waved his right hand and made a forward diving gesture again.
But this time, he did not rush over with flames and heat waves. His body actually disappeared into the air and appeared directly in front of Xia De.
"What?"
There was no time to dodge, so Xia De could only raise the two-handed sword in his right hand and hold the sword from behind with his left hand to block.
clang!
The huge right hand slapped Shad like a fly and sent him flying.
Above the sea of fire, the Moonlight Great Sword was disintegrated in the air due to the huge force of the collision, turning into tiny dots of silver light. In the air, Shade fell backwards with his hands and feet forward.
After rolling to the ground, he had no time to get up, and immediately rolled to the side in the sea of fire to avoid the giant black hand that was smashing towards the ground.
While the other party slowly raised his arm again, Shade climbed up and summoned the Moonlight Greatsword again. He held the sword with both hands, swung the sword and slashed the black pus in front of him twice, then immediately stepped back:
"Doctor! How can the other party teleport?!"
He shouted at the top of his voice.
"He is the master of dreams, so it's normal for him to do anything! But don't worry, after we broke in here, I used magic to make the rules of dreams closer to the real world. After all, the other party is not a ring sorcerer, so he won't have more exaggerated abilities, and the so-called space movement can't be used frequently!"
Dr. Schneider's voice came from the left side of the first floor, almost directly above Shade's head:
"Detective, can I help you?"
"Not for now. I can still handle it."
The giant hand swept across the burning ground again. This time, Shade did not dodge backwards, but took a step forward and disappeared, then appeared behind Jinweisi. The giant hand was too large, and the sweeping attack could not attack the side of the body, so Shade found the right opportunity to stab the opponent's head. Seeing that the wound was still healed immediately, he went around to the back of Jinweisi before the black right hand attacked, trying to continue the attack in this "safe position".
"You! You won't forgive me!"
However, he did not expect that his body was more agile than imagined. After turning around, his normal left hand was about to grab Xia De's face.
"Chains of Sin!"
The dark rune chain flew out from Shade's sleeves and clung to Jinweisi's left hand, trying to tie him up. But Jinweisi's mouth, half of which was normal and half of which was covered with black pus, opened at this moment, and the black pus was about to spray out towards Shade's face.
Xia De's body disappeared again and appeared behind the opponent. The chain in his sleeve flew out again and bound the opponent's legs. But even in this situation, Jin Weiss could still keep his legs still and hit Xia De with his right hand.
Xia De pulled the chain in his hand to dodge, and was about to use the chain to bind the opponent's terrible right hand and limit the power of his right hand.
But at this moment, from the hole above his head, strange rainbow-colored light spots actually floated down.
"What is this?"
The burning basement floor, with the appearance of those light spots, emitted a dark light, which constructed a standard circular ritual array in the flames.
Ding Dong!
The sound of bells came from somewhere, and then with a rustling sound, dozens of black metal chains flew out from the glowing ground. Almost in an instant, they tied up the mad master of the dream from all directions.
He struggled violently, but as the light of the circular array on the ground became stronger and stronger, Jin Weiss's left eye slowly closed, and the red light of his right eye gradually extinguished. He seemed to have fallen into a coma again in his dream, and was fixed in the circular area in the center of the sea of fire by dozens of black chains, and finally became motionless.
"That's all right, Detective."
The doctor's voice reappeared from above his head, and he jumped down from the edge of the hole in the first floor holding a black bell. Because it was enhanced in the dream, this posture was very cool.
Xia De nodded hesitantly and put the chain of sin back. The doctor glanced at the runes on the chain and raised his eyebrows, but did not comment. Instead, he praised:
"Detective, you have made great progress recently. Now you can fight against this kind of monster with ease."
"He's not actually that strong."
Xia De emphasized it again, and then signaled the doctor to deal with it as soon as possible.
"No problem. Next, I will show you some spiritual alchemy."
The doctor asked Shad to hold the bell and shake it continuously, while he smeared paint on Jinweiss's body and wrote runes. In a way that Shad could not understand, he used his fingers to leave flickering light bands in the air, making those light bands overlap with the ritual base array.
Dr. Schneider calls the process of extracting "spiritual crystals" "spiritual alchemy," which is a very advanced and cutting-edge science.
The entire alchemy process lasted a full hour in the dream. After the doctor's ritual arrays and spells were painted almost in every corner of the basement, he finally stopped Shad from ringing the bell.
The two of them temporarily left the basement by jumping, and stood on the broken edge of the first floor. In the light of the fire, they saw the black light below was gradually replaced by pure white, and became stronger and stronger.
"Detective, the other party's negative emotions seem to be a bit strong. Please use your moonlight to purify it."
The doctor suddenly suggested, then closed his eyes, and Xia De pointed downwards:
"Silver Moon!"
The powerful silver light suppressed the surrounding sea of fire in an instant, and when the light went out, even specks of moonlight appeared in the white halo in the basement.
"Very good. I think the finished product of this alchemy will be of better quality than before."
The doctor looked satisfied.
The two waited for another ten minutes, and after the light gradually dimmed, they jumped back into the sea of fire in the basement.
The light of the ritual array converged into the red flame, and Luther Kingweiss, whose body had returned to normal, lay on the ground. In front of his head, three white crystals the size of rice grains, which seemed to be shining with light, lay there quietly:
"You see, it's better than I thought."
The doctor smiled and said, bending down to pick up the crystals:
"Shad, we need to go back. Although the adventure in the dreamland is fun, it must come to an end. Look, it went smoothly this time, I said I am a professional."
He wanted to grab Shad's hand, but Shad bent down to touch Jinweisi's head, and made sure that there was no trace of human pus, then he stood up and grabbed the doctor's hand.
"And what will become of him?"
"It's okay, it's just a nightmare for him. Your moonlight cleared his negative emotions, so this man's mood will temporarily improve for a while. Get ready, detective."
Dr. Schneider motioned for Shade to close his eyes:
"Three, two, one!"
"oh!"
The light of the flame disappeared before my eyes, and my mind fell into chaos again.
Maybe only a second passed, and when he regained consciousness, Shad suddenly raised his head.
He panted and straightened up from the edge of the bed in the dark. The rapid switching between dream and reality made him fall into a brief confusion of thought, but he soon sorted out all the situations.
Instead of talking to the doctor immediately, he reached out and touched the sleeping Jin Weiss's head again.
After a brief moment:
There was no trace of any demonic power.
"Were you purified by me in your dream?"
He withdrew his arm in disappointment, and the doctor who had regained consciousness, like Shade, reached out and touched Kingvis's head again. In the darkness, Shade could hardly see Dr. Schneider's expression.
"Very good. He is still asleep, and he won't remember that we appeared in his dream after he wakes up. This dream adventure went very smoothly, Xia De. It turns out that when I act with you, the possibility of encountering accidents will be lower."
The doctor smiled and handed the three white crystals, whose light gradually converged, to Shade in his palm. They looked like diamonds.
"What you want."
Shade nodded. It seemed like this was the end of the matter. He would inform Luvia as soon as possible that Darkness had arrived in the city.
"Doctor, I only need two crystals. You can keep the remaining one for yourself."
"No, no, although it only takes two dozen of the crystals to perform the Mind Blast, if you encounter an opponent with extremely strong mental power, the backlash of the magic may cause the Mind Crystal to crack, so it is better to prepare one more."
The two men got up from their chairs, restored the furnishings in the bedroom to their original state, and after confirming once again that Jin Weiss was still asleep, they carefully left the house.
"This spellcasting material requires contact with the finger, so I suggest you find a coppersmith or blacksmith to inlay these three crystals on the ring. Dream crystals are very strong and extremely resistant to high temperatures, so there is no need to worry about damaging them."
The doctor offered some pertinent advice, and the two of them took off their gloves and shoe covers in the hallway, opened the door and looked outside, making sure that no one was in the gloomy Black Corner Alley before walking out together.
Standing on the steps, he closed the door, turned the handle to make sure it was locked, and then returned from Black Corner Alley to Lewis Street. Although a long time had passed in the dream, it was only forty minutes since they entered Luther Kingsway's house.
It was already midnight. Although the gas lamps on the street were on, there was no one on the street, which seemed very deserted. Breathing the slightly cold air of the late summer night, Xia De was in a good mood:
"Doctor, thank you so much for this. This operation really opened my eyes."
"Nothing, just a small matter."
Walking along the street, the upright lamp posts made them alternate between light and shadow.
Although the doctor was a little proud, he did not show it. This middle-aged, blue-eyed psychologist was very calm.
"However, I noticed that you can actually bring things from your dreams into reality."
Xia De held the three crystals and said that the two of them planned to leave the neighborhood and then look for a carriage.
"Mind crystals themselves are substances between reality and illusion. Through some means, they can be easily converted into reality."
The doctor introduced in a low voice.
At this time, two scary green spots appeared on the street ahead. But if you look closely, it turns out to be a cat squatting in the shadows, staring at Shade. After Shade and the doctor approached, the stray cat ran away along the wall again.
"The world of dreams is very magical. Things can be hidden in dreams. Not only special substances like spiritual crystals, but also some spiritual magic can even hide any real substance in one's dreams."
Since it was just a casual chat, the doctor didn't mind talking more with Xia De.
Xia De nodded:
"So, doctor, is this magical skill of hiding things in dreams possible... hm?"
He suddenly stopped, opened his mouth slightly, widened his eyes, and stood there in a daze.
The summer night wind blew on his skin, and the flying insects beside the gas lampshade above his head danced in the last moments of their lives. It was as if a thunderbolt had struck Shade's head, and goose bumps even appeared on his arms.
"Hidden things in dreams?"
He first realized that he had realized something important before he realized what he had thought.