This dungeon has mushrooms growing on it.

Chapter 344, Section 343: Abyss Trial Card

"My lord, everything is ready. Are you... ready?" Margas bowed to Duke Sigismund, who sat in the center of the massive abyss magic circle, and asked.

Surrounding the magic circle were nearly a hundred slaves, deprived of their five senses and firmly fixed to various energy nodes like puppets.

Among them were even a few demon soldiers who had recently violated military regulations.

“Let’s begin.” Sigismund said, tilting his head back to drink the “Dream Potion” in one gulp.

Sigismund didn't take the mysterious enemy for an idiot. Although he had set a trap, it would be a real blunder if the lack of the Dream Potion alerted the enemy.

Removing the mask at the appropriate time will make it less likely to be noticed.

The power of the abyss is incompatible with the real world. Unlike ordinary magic circles, abyssal magic circles are constantly dissipating and cannot be maintained for long. The optimal solution is to successfully lure the opponent into the trap in one go.

Consciousness sinks into a dream.

When Sigismund opened his eyes again, what came into view was the dilapidated wooden house that he knew so well, and the three children who were always futilely catching frogs in the stream next to the house.

Above this scene, a semi-transparent film covers the sky.

Across the membrane, a vast vampire city, constructed from the power of the Dream Potion, could be faintly seen.

This was the true depths of his dream, but unlike Inanna, who couldn't fully control her thoughts within the dream, Sigismund possessed a greater degree of dominance. He waved his hand, and the surrounding scenery vanished.

Instead, there is a gloomy, dark throne and a deep hall filled with vampire gothic style.

……

Boom——! Boom——!
Footsteps that seemed to shake the entire dream space echoed in the dream. A blue pup, larger than anyone could imagine, rudely crossed the neutral buffer zone of the "other dream" and stepped into that illusory vampire city!
It waved its enormous mycelial tentacles, its movements seemingly slow and clumsy, but in reality, they contained terrifying power and speed.

Wherever the tentacles passed, the spires of buildings collapsed and crumbled like toys, and the demonic phantoms wandering the city were easily crushed and trampled.

Lin Jun is full of confidence!

After all, he managed to shove two fingers in this time!

The giant beast was wreaking havoc on the city, constantly weakening its hard protective shell.

The violent tremors even penetrated the layers of dreams and reached Sigismund.

Although he couldn't see clearly through the thin film and illusion, he could clearly sense that today's commotion was far more intense than ever before.

I'm pondering when to end this illusion...

Click!

The "sky" above our heads suddenly shattered!

"Here! Here! I've found you!" A voice filled with pure, heartfelt joy came from beyond the shattered sky!
Following closely behind were giant mycelial tentacles reaching in from the hole in the sky!

They kept tearing at the cracked edges, brutally expanding them, trying to completely rip the "sky" apart!

Below, Sigismund, seated on his throne, looked up at the scene that resembled a demonic invasion. Instead of fear, he chuckled softly.

He felt as if he had once again narrowly escaped death in a life-or-death gamble! Just like before!
This mysterious enemy actually has a way to break through the "Dream" defenses!

If he hadn't gone all out today, the outcome probably wouldn't have been good.

The enormous thud crashed into the dark hall, its form shrinking considerably as it adapted, but compared to Sigismund on the throne, it was still a suffocating behemoth, casting a shadow that almost completely enveloped the throne.

Faced with this extremely oppressive scene, Sigismund showed no sign of panic. He raised his head, his scarlet eyes fixed on Puji, and said, "I'm really curious... who exactly are you? How can you be so loyal to the St. Clair family, even risking your life to engage in such a dangerous dream game! You clearly possess such extraordinary mental strength, yet you've always disguised yourself as this... foolish and ridiculous! In these final moments, would you mind answering my questions?"

Sigismund's voice was very soft; this was a dream, and there was no need to actually "speak" it aloud.

"You're the one who looks stupid!" (Very loudly!)

A giant tentacle came crashing down!
"That's a shame."

The next moment, an absolute void, seemingly capable of swallowing all light and hope, suddenly appeared between him and Puji! Boundless darkness, like a burst dam, gushed forth instantly, engulfing the entire dream!

A thin yet resilient transparent shield around Sigismund flickered violently, barely keeping the darkness out.

At the same time, inside the real-world Crimson Spire Ritual Chamber.

The heads of the two slaves, fixed to the nodes of the magic circle, burst open without warning like balloons, splattering a mixture of red and white matter onto the magic circle's patterns.

Then, like dominoes falling, more prisoners' heads exploded one after another! Within seconds, more than a dozen sacrifices died in the most gruesome way, and it was still continuing! Despite having scapegoats as a buffer, Sigismund himself was far from having an easy time.

As Margas warned, even the mere aura emanating from the abyss was enough to be deadly.

He felt as if his brain had been struck hard by an invisible hammer. The intense dizziness and pain made his vision go black, his ears ring, and his entire consciousness fluctuate violently.

But he gritted his teeth and withstood the impact with amazing willpower.

Through the wildly swirling curtain of darkness, he could still vaguely see the enormous, chubby figure opposite him, frozen in place since the darkness began to emerge, completely still.

Regardless of whether he could survive, Sigismund burst into joyful laughter!
……

The moment she touched the darkness, a strange message entered Lin Jun's soul.

[Hardness 7, Density 2.8 g/cm³]

Before Lin Jun could figure out what was going on, a flood of more, more complex, and more chaotic information rushed into his consciousness!
[Average height increased by one centimeter]

【#########】

【Arona Leech: 3758056】

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Average magic concentration increased by 2.1%

[Project Ark Progress: 245%]

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Sarah Lambert

【#########】

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【Justice (Acquisition Requirements: Harvest Phase, Justice value 8000 or higher, Evil value 0, difficulty of obtaining for heroes reduced by 50%)】

【1+1=3】

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The endless influx of information was somewhat similar to the feeling he had when he came into contact with the core of the dungeon, but there was a fundamental difference between them.

Although he couldn't understand most of the information in the core of the underground city, he could at least sense its rigorous internal logic and connections.

But the information surging from this darkness was completely different. Not only was the volume enormous, but it was also chaotic and irregular, with most of it being distorted information.

These harmful and junk messages are constantly flooding in through the contact points, rapidly consuming Lin Jun's entire soul's processing power!
Even with Lin Jun's current soul strength, a rough estimate suggests that she could only withstand this level of information bombardment for about ten minutes at most.

Currently, although she is constantly bombarded with spam messages, it has not yet interfered with Lin Jun's thinking and actions.

This is clearly a carefully laid trap! Since that's the case, there's no reason for me to be so stubborn as to insist on forcing my way through.

Just as Lin Jun was about to make a strategic retreat, the pitch-black void that had been hovering between the two of them and constantly spewing out dark and chaotic information suddenly shut down without any warning!

The whole thing took less than half a minute.

The darkness vanished, and the dream returned to the appearance of the castle hall, only now the image was much more tattered.

Before Lin Jun, the vampire knelt on one knee beneath the throne, one hand supporting his head and the other covering his head, muttering incoherent nonsense.

Ok?
It seems like we don't need to evacuate anymore?

He gently kicked the vampire, who seemed to want to react but appeared powerless.

"hey-hey."

"Take this!" A giant tentacle slammed down on his head!

(End of this chapter)