Light Fortress Chapter 2018 - 61: [Dream of Reality]

Gu Castle Battlefield, the snow mist was pervasive, perhaps because the spiritual power released by Titled Transcendent beings had enveloped the area, so the spiritual vision of the Source Eyes was no longer clear.

However, the blood following the explosion of the Fog Devourer was still scalding.

The scene before him was shocking, and it took Li Chen a second to realize who the little girl standing beside him really was.

The battle at Gu Castle had lasted for four years.

During these four years, a "little fellow" had been part of the battle consistently.

Gu Xiaoman.

If it weren’t for this war, she would have become the youngest Red Dragon Envoy in the history of the Source Tower by now.

For these four years, Gu Xiaoman had been stationed at Gu Castle Fortress, never leaving even a step; only a very few high-ranking officials in Central City knew the "identity secret" about this little girl.

Gu Xiaoman was the chosen successor of the Wine Spark from the Central Continent, a being rescued by Gu Shen from the Sangzhou Cave and treated as a family member, also the disciple of Bai Xiu; besides these, she had another extremely important identity.

That is the "sole trusted person" of the Initial Number.

North Continent could easily keep the Traveler Tribe at bay, solely because of the help of the Initial Number.

Alfred had already publicly stated to the high-level officials in Central City that the reason the starship was stationed at the Northern Continent Border was simply because it believed in Gu Shen and Gu Xiaoman.

Thus, Gu Xiaoman’s role in this war was extremely significant.

She became a unique bridge linking the Five Continents Civilization with the Starship Civilization. It was because of her presence that Alf agreed to allow the "creation blueprints" of the Lord of Melting Iron from the Initial Number to be shared externally.

After thirty years of demise, the Ancient Literature Society once again kindled a splendid radiance, all the Neutrals from Da Du gathered at the rear of the Gu Castle Battlefield, received technological support from the Starship Civilization, and the warfare technology of human civilization leaped forward once more.

And, when meticulously calculating, this entire situation.

Actually, all thanks to the little girl before his eyes.

"Are you... sure you want to fight personally?"

Li Chen took a deep breath.

It was precisely because he understood the special nature of Gu Xiaoman’s identity that he felt worried.

"Master Bai Xiu told me that to graduate, I must hunt a Gray Dragon on my own."

Gu Xiaoman gently replied, with a smile in her voice: "According to the frequency of the Gu Castle War’s progression, such a level of Transcendent life isn’t likely to appear even once in half a year... If I miss this time, who knows when the next time will be."

"Buzz!"

Suddenly, Li Chen felt the silver radiance between his brows dissipate!

The Source Eyes had been forcibly extinguished!

It was a higher-level transcendent pressure... yet this pressure did not come from the Gray Dragon; when facing the Gray Dragon before, he had only felt an intense sense of oppression.

But now...

The space within the snow mist began to burn with rippling lights.

He experienced a surreal sense of disarray between spirit and reality, as a strand of silvery white fire ignited between the brows of Gu Xiaoman. This scene provoked a sense of déjà vu in Li Chen, causing him to involuntarily recall the time many years ago when he worked with Gu Shen outside the borders, during which Gu Shen also summoned flames from between his brows.

Only one was golden, the other silvery white.

"Boom!"

At that moment, a towering mountain amidst the snow mist suddenly moved!

The hunting speed of the Gray Dragon was extremely fast, and the "combat intelligence" of such top-tier Transcendent life was tremendously high; every attack made held strategic significance... Deep Sea had linked with the Traveler Tribe, distributing commands layer by layer through a hierarchy, and today’s "strategy" was to bait out the corps elite of the North Continent Investigation Corps.

So the Gray Dragon’s purpose on this battlefield had only one real target.

And that was Li Chen, possessing the Source Eyes, capable of organizing large-scale combat and constructing vast spirit networks.

In a split second.

An immense shadow appeared before Li Chen, blocking out the sky.

His face turned pale.

The next moment, the sharp claw of the Gray Dragon pierced through his chest, stabbing from his front into his heart, impaling out through his back, yet Li Chen didn’t feel the anticipated pain... this claw, piercing through his body, should have shattered his Source Armor and ripped his flesh, yet now only released swirling snowflakes fluttering out, dispersing in the air, these snowflakes themselves still burning with a fantastical silvery white glow!

A hand wearing Finger Tigers unknowingly rested on his shoulder.

Li Chen glanced sideways and saw Gu Xiaoman instantly teleporting beside him with a backward step. His entire being was pressed to the ground by Xiaoman’s power, and under the entwining silvery white glow, the piercing damage of the Gray Dragon was completely negated!

"Is this... Dissolving Dream?"

At that moment, he realized what the silvery light between Gu Xiaoman’s brows was!

The legendary S-Class ability Dissolving Dream, capable of blurring the boundaries between reality and illusion!

The moment of contact.

Gu Xiaoman transformed Li Chen’s body into nothingness, causing the Gray Dragon’s fatal blow to miss entirely.

"I’ve heard Sister Mu mention you."

Gu Xiaoman said expressionlessly: "You’re the young pillar of the Investigation Corps, and also a friend of my brother’s back then, so... you can’t die here."

Li Chen was stunned, and the next moment, he felt a huge force from his shoulder.

Gu Xiaoman shouted loudly: "Alf, catch him!"

Li Chen looked bewildered: "???"

This Seventh Captain of the Investigation Corps, feeling his shoulder pounded firmly by five fingertips like steel!

Only to see Gu Xiaoman twist her waist and pivot her hips, energy sinking to her abdomen, like hurling a javelin-disc, she forcefully threw Li Chen towards the direction where the Initial Number was located!