I looked at the place where the body of the fanatic had disappeared, and there was not a single thing left of him, all I could see was a large expanse of ruined floors and walls. As a rule of thumb, he was certain to die. But I understand that things are not that simple. I didn't feel the spirit fragments entering the Siren Blade, which means the fanatics are really not dead.

I reflected on the resistance I had just felt, not from my hands, but from my heart, something almost like an illusion. However, I had an immensely clear awareness of the power of the siren's blade, the power that could kill people in reality even in dreams, and was defended by the unprecedented resistance.

It's not like no one has ever overcome the special abilities of the Siren Blade in the past. For example, in order to overcome the ability of the Siren Blade to create irreparable wounds, the blue bird chooses to cut off the wound itself, and chooses to use his amorphous body for the evil move; In order to overcome the Siren's Blade's ability to kill the main body through the clone, the intermediary chooses to make the doppelganger commit suicide before the doppelganger is killed, and the succubus chooses to make use of his special body after merging with the Fog Demon. But these tactics are not so much overcoming in the true sense of the word, but rather avoiding a head-on confrontation with the power of the Sirenblade.

However, that resistance was completely different, and that resistance completely defended my strength from the front without the slightest moisture.

What is the force that can do this? In my opinion, I can only think of one possibility.

The fanatics have used the power of the True Spirit!

With both a dreamy immortal body and the power of a true spirit, could it be that he has become a dream warlock? No way, if he was a Grand Karcist, I would definitely not have been able to defeat him so easily just now. Besides, since he had the power of the True Spirit, why didn't he use it in the battle just now? Or is it that although he can use it, there are very strict restrictions?

And, why does he refer to "it" as a "visitor"? What about the toxins and curses he speaks of?

To what extent does he know about "it"?

There are so many things I don't understand, I can only save it for later. At the same time, I also firmly remembered the number one of fanatics in my heart. Perhaps I should hunt down the mad believers more than to hunt down the blood.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him. I looked back and saw that it was Blue Bird, and she seemed to have finished the battle with Yu Chi. But when asked about the specific results, she regretted: "Let him run." ”

I was puzzled, when it came to moving speed, no matter how fast Wei Chi was a hundred times faster, it was far less than the blue bird, how could he run away? After asking, I learned that in the process of fighting, Wei Chi once again showed the cunning of his old and spicy warrior, and actually used a hand of "golden cicada shelling". He first broke away from his armor without noticing, and then snuck out from under the nose of the blue bird. From the middle of the battle with the blue bird, it is no longer me, but just an empty blood armor. It wasn't until the blue bird split the armor into pieces that he realized that the main owner had fled.

"It's all come to this point, there is still a way to escape...... I couldn't help but sigh at the wisdom and execution of Wei Chi's escape.

Having said that, it is necessary to put a question mark over whether he will be able to continue to survive.

In his form of merging with demons, I felt that the fatal injuries I had inflicted on him had become "harmless", but that wasn't to say that the wounds were gone, just that he had gained physical properties that could be ignored. And after the huge failure of the fusion, his state fell off a cliff, and the wound of "innocuous elegance" became fatal again. Maybe he'll die in some unknown corner, and I'll never see him again.

Still, I saw him again soon after.

To be exact, it was the fragment of the spirit that he had teleported after his death.

He died, and the cause of his death was jaw-dropping.

But that incident will be discussed later, and first, what happened immediately after the defeat of the fanatics and the lieutenant.

With the end of the battle, this Liucheng collective coma incident that affected more than 5,000 people finally came to an end. The Security Bureau has carried out the aftermath of the crime, mainly to capture the demon warlocks who have not yet been evacuated from Liucheng, and to clear the dream circles in various parts of Liucheng. Lieqi belatedly appeared in front of me and Bluebird and explained the reason for his tardiness.

At the same time, the Security Service also conducted a detailed investigation and search of the stronghold from the inside out, and found a large amount of equipment of great value. According to the analysis, it should be a key prop used by fanatics to initiate and adjust collective dreams. Looking back, since the fanatic believer has a dream immortal body, there is no need to delay the list, as long as he "wakes up" and escapes. Maybe he was taking these things with him.

It's just that although these things are valuable, they can't compare to the massive amount of spiritual energy he consumes in order to delay the list. When I think about it like this, I feel that there is still something that makes sense.

Suddenly, I thought of a possibility.

Maybe that huge amount of spirituality was not "really" consumed.

That spirituality was originally stored in the collective dream, and the point in time when he summoned the demon was after the destruction of the collective dream. In other words, he had completed that spiritual transfer before that. So where did he transfer it? Probably transferred to another dream.

If he had transferred it to the dream realm that he had used to rely on his dream immortality, that spirituality might have an attribute that would not be truly consumed. It's as if Li Yan's spirit body is killed many times in the collective dream, his spirit body is safe and sound in the real world. Spirits are, in the final analysis, aggregates of spirits, and the same applies to spirits. In other words, no matter how much the fanatic loses that spirituality in the real world, the latter will remain intact in the dream world waiting to be retrieved.

But what is the difference between this kind of thing and a perpetual motion machine? Even if the fanatic believer can do it, there must be a limit that I don't know yet, otherwise there would be no need for him to come to Liucheng to cause a collective sleep.

I told Lieku what I thought, and he nodded solemnly, "This matter must also be taken seriously by the people at headquarters." ”

In addition to such "big things", there is another thing that I need to pay attention to.

I found Joan outside the stronghold. Calling him to the Security Bureau today was originally for the separation ceremony, although he was accidentally involved in the battle of the Security Bureau, and there were so many fierce conflicts, but it was almost time for him to make a decision.

"Have you made up your mind?" I asked, "Do you want to be a human again, or do you want to continue to be a succubus?" ”

He pondered silently, and I waited patiently, but I was also mentally prepared that he still couldn't come to a conclusion. When the protagonist of a hot-blooded manga encounters a dilemma that requires him to make a major decision about his heart, he or she often has the experience he needs to make a decision. It's as if the detective who deduces the story must have gathered all the clues in advance at the point when he had to tell the reason in public. Even if it seems that there is a difficulty in reasoning, it is just that he has not connected the clues at hand for a while.

But in the real world, things are often not so right, and people often have to make decisions without preparation, and Joan may not have the conditions to make the right decisions. I can see that he hopes that he can be like the protagonist in the story, who can immediately clear his confusion and transform into another version of himself. But he didn't have to decide his life so quickly, he could have taken a step back.

"Wei Chi told me that if I had the strength, I would not have encountered such danger before. With strength, you can also protect the people around you. He said.

"You're still a kid now, there's no need to be in such a hurry to think about sheltering the people around you." I say.

"I'm almost fourteen." He protested quietly.

"I'm not even fourteen yet." With that, I pulled the conversation back on track, "So, are you going to be a succubus for this?" ”

"My sister and parents really want me to be a succubus, I ......" He was silent for a while, and then read my name again, "Li Duo......"

"Huh?" I answered.

He turned his head apprehensively, as if expecting something from me, "Do you think it would be better for me to become a succubus?" ”

"What do you think?" I still want to find out what he has to say.

He said blankly, "I...... I don't know. There are many problems when you become a succubus, but you can easily get power......

I can already see that although he has this and that kind of thought, in general, he actually doesn't want to be a succubus. On the other hand, those closest to him were expecting his conversion.

After becoming a succubus, all relationships become distorted under some invisible filter, gradually dyed with the same color, which in turn changes his own mind. Those closest to him were looking at his changes with pleasing eyes, and he must have been vaguely aware of some kind of distortion lurking within.

Perhaps, this is also the world that the succubus once saw.

He was scared. I could hear the small cry of help coming from his heart.

I don't intend to make decisions about his life, and I don't want to watch him decide his life prematurely. In that case, what should be said to him? Or is it like Li Yan said, instead of giving the wrong arrangement and domination, it is better to leave it all to the children to make their own decisions? To properly weigh this is really a very complex and difficult thing to grasp.

But at least, I think it's clear what I'm supposed to do now. Although I still won't make decisions for him, when he wants to refuse something but can't muster up the courage, I might as well support him behind him and provide him with some courage.

"Turn back into a human, Joan." I decided to say to him, "I want you to be human again. ”

"Really?" His shoulders finally relaxed, "I see. ”

He looked at me with a dependent look, then walked to the clearing in front of him, and then took out the black disc prop from his arms. The SSA's separation ritual was an alternative based on the premise that he couldn't make up his mind to use the disc prop himself, and at this moment, he seemed to believe that he was able to make up his mind. He held up the disc prop, closed his eyes as if in silent prayer, and poured spirit into the disc prop.

The black runes carved on the disc props gradually turned into glowing white, and the gray mist slowly precipitated outward from his body.

Lie Que came behind me, he seemed to hear our conversation just now, and at this time he glanced at Joan not far away, and said to me, "Shelter from the wind and rain...... Although you have a lot of point, you're not an adult, are you? ”

"Huh? I'm almost twenty years old. I said.

"I'm not even twenty years old." He said.

I looked at the man, who was at least three times my age, speechless, so I had to selectively ignore his words and continue to look at Joan.

The white light from the black disc grew brighter and brighter, enveloping Joan's surroundings. In the light, the gray mist slowly converged in front of him as if it had life, and finally formed a gray, fist-sized mass of mist. I think that's the ash that Joan once described to me.

A pair of black dots the size of mung beans appeared on the surface of the mist, and the black dots blinked twice like eyes, as if they hadn't yet reacted to their situation. Then, it saw Qiao An standing in front of him, as well as me and Lie Que standing not far away, and immediately "exploded" all over his body, like a frightened little animal trying to hide in a safe place, and rushed into Qiao An's arms in a panic.

Maybe it wanted to hide directly in Joan's body, or even want to return to the state of merging with Joan, but under the effect of the disc prop, it still didn't succeed after all. Joan placed the glowing disc prop on the ground, gently picked up the ash, and slowly stroked its body. Gradually, the undulating mist body of Ash Ash calmed down, as if it had regained its calm.

"Don't be afraid, it's okay, no one here will hurt you." Joan said mildly, "And ...... Ash, you gave me strength before, thank you. But it's no longer necessary. ”

Ash looked at his face suspiciously.

"I really wanted power, and I thought about why I wanted it. In fact, I have so many reasons that I want to protect my sister, protect my parents, and one day protect Li Duo in turn, so that he thinks I am also very powerful...... I even thought about doing something bad, but at least ......" Joan thought for a moment, her voice hardened, "At least, I must not be seeking power to distort my surroundings and let them distort myself." ”

The light of the disc prop finally brightened to the limit, and his horns, wings, and tail turned into gray mist as if weathered, and the last trace of mist extracted from his body returned to Gray Ash's body.

The light faded until it was gone. He picked up the disc prop, then placed Ash on his shoulder, and smiled and waved in my direction.

Joan has turned back into a human.

It was only then that I finally had a feeling of the end in my mind.

(End of chapter)