Chapter 36: Nightmare
The Greed Chapter was a very peculiar piece of equipment. Through the enhancements of successive holders, its difficulty of use had skyrocketed. By the time it reached Su Xiao, he could only rely on the Nightmare Blood Shadow as a "stand-in" to operate it.
Even more absurdly, after creating this "stand-in," he had to continuously strengthen it. Yet even so, the last two "Soul Manifestations" still couldn't be defeated.
Su Xiao took out the Greed Chapter to inspect its condition. Fortunately, the imitation Nightmare Blood Shadow inside had been temporarily dispersed after losing to the God King, Os Tobias, and had not yet completed its reformation.
If the pseudo-Nightmare Blood Shadow within the Greed Chapter had been in a normal state, then when the real Nightmare Blood Shadow broke out of the nightmare just now, the Greed Chapter might have encountered some problems.
Su Xiao held the Greed Chapter with both hands, and strands of energy threads sank into it. Then, blood mist surged out from within. The pseudo-Nightmare Blood Shadow, which was in the process of reforming, completely dissipated inside. After all, it was a counterfeit, and since it was in a state of reformation after being dispersed, this was the easiest time to eliminate it.
Continuing to keep this fake Nightmare Blood Shadow would likely become a hidden danger. Therefore, it was better to first empty the Greed Chapter and then significantly enhance this item.
The most important characteristic of this equipment was its ability to trap the Nightmare Blood Shadow. Even if what it had trapped before was a fake, it was undeniable that this item possessed such a property. As long as the enhancement was sufficient, it wasn't impossible to use this equipment to trap the real Nightmare Blood Shadow.
As for the two "Soul Manifestations" that had yet to be defeated, if the real Nightmare Blood Shadow could be successfully sealed inside, not to mention the subsequent two "Soul Manifestations," even if the equipment's properties refreshed and ten more "Soul Manifestations" appeared, the Nightmare Blood Shadow could defeat them all. The current problem had become how to seal the Nightmare Blood Shadow inside.
As Su Xiao's projection in the Nightmare Realm, would the Nightmare Blood Shadow show any friendliness toward Su Xiao, the original body? Su Xiao could be certain it would not. On the contrary, if the five "good teammates" stood together, the Nightmare Blood Shadow wouldn't even glance at the other four; it would come straight for him.
Ultimately, the Nightmare Blood Shadow had broken out of the nightmare and entered the material world. The first thing it needed to do was to continuously hunt, then absorb primordial life force and soul energy to construct a real body, thereby resolving the material world's rejection of it.
Once the Nightmare Blood Shadow achieved this, it would become an even more terrifying existence, able to freely travel between the nightmare and the material world. It might even reach a point where, even if killed in the material world, it would resurrect in the nightmare.
Su Xiao had always had a clear judgment of himself. To put it plainly, he knew his place very well. He was well aware that if it were just his projection in the nightmare, it wouldn't be this terrifying. The main issue was that this thing had been enhanced by four Original Sin Objects.
Su Xiao sat on the crystal seat. As the mysterious merchant on the steps ahead unfolded his stall, a list appeared before him.
[You have activated this transaction.]
[Current number of Pure Blood Stones: 543.]
[In this world, due to notarization, the mysterious merchant only accepts Pure Blood Stones as currency for transactions.]
[You can view the following list of items and complete transactions with the mysterious merchant.]