Light Fortress Chapter 1920 - 12: Mission: Open the Coffin

"Dissolving Dream?!"

Chi Shou’s eyes were filled with shock.

This ability, he had certainly heard of it... there are only a few S-level abilities.

The last appearance of Dissolving Dream was with a genius from East Continent. Due to the untimely death of that genius, the ability hadn’t displayed its true power, hence it was only rated as "quasi-S-level."

However, among the myriad Spiritual abilities.

[Dissolving Dream] is ranked exceedingly high as an extraordinary ability.

It can swap the real world with the virtual world...

Chi Shou reached out to touch the coffin, and the moment he made contact, his hand felt a scorching heat.

With a loud thunderclap, Thunder Light suddenly exploded on the coffin!

"Be careful."

Lie Renuo’s voice was even deeper than the thunder: "If you touch [Dissolving Dream] carelessly, you may be shredded into mincemeat..."

He placed one hand on the coffin, and the overwhelming Domain Power activated, enveloping the long coffin entirely, forcibly erasing the Thunder Light.

Everything returned to peace.

Chi Shou shook his hand, calming his Heart Lake.

He asked seriously, "Director, is this the trial task before becoming a ’White Tiger Divine Envoy’?"

"Yes."

Lie Renuo responded indifferently: "This is an opportunity your teacher fought hard to secure for you, so don’t let him down."

"..."

Chi Shou regained his composure, took two steps back, and re-evaluated the coffin.

Beyond the coffin.

He activated his spiritual power.

There was no doubt, the [Dissolving Dream] barrier protected the coffin tightly. Even with the support of [Heart Realm], Chi Shou couldn’t clearly see the scene inside, only vaguely seeing a living being curled up within the coffin...

It appeared thin and small.

Like a little girl?

"Inside is Gu Xiaoman, the disciple of the Red Dragon Envoy."

Seeing Chi Shou’s puzzled expression, Lie Renuo slowly explained: "Since you’re not in Upper City, it’s understandable if you’re unaware of her. This child only recently started cultivation under the Divine Throne’s command. If there’s no accident, she is the future new Red Dragon and the leader of the Four Divine Envoys..."

The words "if there’s no accident" were spoken lightly.

But Chi Shou still noticed them.

The so-called accident naturally refers to Deep Sea’s wanted list.

Ye Kaluo is on that list.

But the true shock and anger for Upper City... was still the Red Dragon.

"After the Red Dragon betrayed the Source Tower, she was also placed on the ’suspect list.’ Although there was no evidence to prove her betrayal, we still have to conduct a ’spiritual audit’ on her."

Lie Renuo said calmly: "Later... she transformed into this state, setting a barrier with [Dissolving Dream], refusing any outsider’s touch. The world inside this coffin lies between ’reality’ and ’virtual.’ I once forcefully opened the coffin only to see nothingness."

Chi Shou had just tried; any touch to the coffin provoked [Dissolving Dream]’s attack.

Theoretically, if the toucher was strong enough, they could forcibly open the coffin.

But truly, forcibly opening the coffin was futile...

Because Gu Xiaoman resides within the Dream.

"Boom!!"

The director spoke, exerting single-handed pressure, causing the terrifying Domain Power to descend again.

With a bang, the coffin was severely compressed, forced open amidst violent tremors!

Yet the coffin was empty.

In Chi Shou’s [Heart Realm] vision, the small black shadow curled within the coffin was still present... but in the real world, the coffin was empty.

"This is the nature of [Dissolving Dream]."

Lie Renuo closed the coffin again.

He commented calmly: "Don’t you feel it resembles your [Heart Realm]?"

The capability of [Heart Realm] is to manifest reality through spiritual power within the inner world.

When Chi Shou captured Ye Kaluo, he used [Heart Realm] to manifest a cage.

The two indeed share similarities.

Actually, potent Spiritual abilities generally are like this.

"Rescue her... I understand."

Chi Shou took a deep breath, muttering: "But to kill... what does it mean?"

"In stormy weather, Central Continent is in an unprecedentedly turbulent era."

Lie Renuo spoke with a hard tone, word by word: "Whether it’s Upper City or the Source Tower, they cannot bear greater disruption... For uncontrollable factors, I would rather destroy them than watch them become calamities."

"...I understand."

Chi Shou swallowed a mouthful of saliva, raspily saying: "I will try my best to rescue her."

The rain drenched him.

In the rain curtain, the slender young man slowly extended a hand, placing the palm on the coffin, the elusive [Dissolving Dream] barrier trembled again, but this time Chi Shou adjusted the power of [Heart Realm], protecting his palm.

He precisely found the curled position of the small shadow within the coffin.

Pressing onto the coffin slowly.

No thunderous crash of lightning.

"..."

Lie Renuo squinted his eyes, observing the young man before him.

The entire world was bathed in pouring rain, Chi Shou held his breath, feeling the faint heartbeat from within the coffin, [Dissolving Dream] didn’t launch a fierce attack on [Heart Realm], which was a fortunate outcome.

This barrier was extremely complex, with layers inside and out.

Just now, the "lightning strike" was merely the outermost defense mechanism.

Since he wasn’t "repelled," Chi Shou chose not to advance further, instead maintaining his spiritual power within a safe, controllable range.