On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

Although it was a bit of a pity, Liao Ji didn't hesitate much and directly took out the "tentacle" that had been materialized from the original black elf's consciousness clone through the "Touch of Turbid Calamity," which he had previously put away because it was too evil and ugly.

With the appearance of this tentacle, like an antenna, Liao Ji immediately felt that his consciousness was being contained by this turbid space. He was no longer an "outsider" and could "open the door" and leave whenever he wanted.

And the other side

Sensing the anomaly in the Turbid Space, the fact that there was another person "sharing power" with her forced Polika to suddenly wake up from her delusions.

When she turned her attention back to the source of the anomaly, to the tentacle in Liao Ji's hand that was exactly the same as the one on her back, the expression on Polica's face was beyond words: shock.

What does this feeling resemble?

It's like her most private underwear, which she usually wears underneath, has inexplicably ended up in the hands of the enemy!?

Just as Liao Ji was about to use his tentacles to activate the Chaotic Calamity Authority that clearly belonged to her and leave this space, things turned into a situation where she was filled with confusion, and Polica anxiously tried to stop Liao Ji.

"No! Wait a minute!!"

Seeing that Liao Ji showed no sign of stopping, and that the Turbid Space had already responded to the young man's request, Liao Ji's figure began to fade. In desperation, Pollyka knew that stopping him was useless, so she could only try another method.

She couldn't keep Liao Ji, but she could bring him back.

"Ashes! Although your 'Dream' has been partially edited by the Void Armor, you should have noticed that the core of the Dream must still adhere to reality. The future you experience in the Dream is the future you will encounter in reality, calculated by the Dream!"

"If you don't want the tragedy that happened in the dream to repeat itself, your only choice is to return to the dream, because only here can you find the answer!"

"Ashes. You'll come back. I'll wait for you here."

As the entire Turbid Space shattered within Liao Ji's vision, the black-skinned elf's screams grew increasingly faint and indistinct until finally, his figure vanished completely, and the black-skinned elf's voice could no longer be heard.

After a slight dizziness, when Liao Ji opened his eyes again...

Ok.

It's a familiar ceiling.

He was surrounded by the city hall of the sealed capital, and the next moment, what filled his field of vision was...

"An antique! What do you think? What do you think?"

Seeing Liao Ji open his eyes and wake up from the "dream," Irene immediately came over with her face full of expectation and curiosity.

Liao Ji said nothing in response. Amidst Yi Lin's exclamation, he pulled the girl over. Before Yi Lin could react to what was happening, light shone from Liao Ji's hand as he activated the Turbid Touch skill on Yi Lin, and red mist began to surround the two of them.

Liao Ji's hand entered Yilin's body through her chest, and a strange connection immediately linked the girl with him. This feeling of having someone enter the depths of her heart was as if she were being nakedly presented to Liao Ji. Then, Yilin felt something extremely precious to her rapidly changing within her body, which was then grasped by Liao Ji's hand and pulled out. This made Yilin unable to help but let out a soft moan.

However, to Yilin's utter surprise, after Liao Ji pulled out "that thing" halfway—no, not even halfway—as if confirming something, he actually reached out and pushed it back!

The light of the Touch of Turbidity ended.

All that remained was Yilin, whose face was still flushed and whose expression was a mixture of confusion and annoyance, and Liao Ji, who breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that they were truly back in reality.

If it were a dream, the Touch of Turbidity would have no effect on Irene, but he was clearly able to extract Irene's materialized form just now, which is the best proof. Of course, in the end, Liao Ji chose to put it back.

Liao Ji felt very sorry for Yi Lin for doing something so unethical, like "stopping halfway through".

But there was no other way; he had to keep the materialized artifact of Irene's Touch of Calamity "unknown," so that if he had to enter the dream world again, he would have an accurate detector and wouldn't be unable to distinguish between dreams and reality.

So

Is there a "next time"?

It must be said that the dark-skinned elf's last words did indeed shake Liao Ji's resolve.

If the dream is indeed a premonition of the future, does that mean that Styutia will still descend upon the Sealed City in her true form tonight?

If this were combined with the corruption of someone like Monrisheitia, a possibility began to emerge in Liao Ji's mind.

A very serious possibility.

Chapter 160 Before Tia arrives, we...

"Jiuyou, I have good news and bad news to tell you. Which do you want to hear first?"

Back in reality, Liao Ji immediately pulled Long Niang aside, and the two of them went to a small, dark room alone.

The dragon maiden sitting on the futon opposite shook her head, indicating that either one was fine.

"The good news is that we should be able to see Styutia tonight."

"And it was Tia's true form that came here," Liao Ji added after thinking for a moment.

Upon hearing this good news, Jiu You's face first showed great surprise, because although the Dragon Kingdom and the Holy Kingdom were adjacent, the straight-line distance between the two was still quite long, not to mention that they were at a critical juncture like the Sealed Capital.

In Jiuyou's memory, Stuttia didn't have any movement abilities like Lena, nor did she have a red dragon mount like herself. She thought that she would see Stuttia at the earliest in two or three days.

The result is now

After her initial surprise, Jiu You was immediately filled with a strong sense of gratitude.

Yes.

Who wouldn't be moved by a sister who immediately dropped everything and rushed to their side as soon as she heard they were injured?

When Liao Ji added that Styutia had arrived in her "true form," the Dragon Girl was even more at a loss for words.

She also learned about St. Siuthia's contamination from Liao Ji; the nun was going to lock her true form in the confessional and use a contract to continuously cleanse it.

Now, for her own sake and to better treat her, Styutia is willing to risk a relapse of the contamination to come in her true form, which makes the Dragon Girl even more convinced that her initial choice to form an alliance with Styutia was indeed the right one!

opposite.

Looking at the series of expressions on Jiu You's face, Liao Ji knew that Long Niang must have misunderstood something, and he sighed.

"Alright, now for the bad news."

Upon hearing the bad news that made Lord Ash so distressed, Jiu You immediately perked up and focused intently. Long Niang couldn't understand what bad news could possibly compare to such great good news.

until

"The bad news is, I didn't even inform Sthija." Liao Jiyi shrugged in the dark room.

Jiu You: ".?"

After a moment of stunned silence, the dragon girl quickly realized and said, "That must be Lena, right?"

Indeed, besides them, the only other person who knew the contents of their ritual was that pink-haired succubus.

Given Lena's strategic abilities, it's not impossible that she notified Haschia to prepare for treatment while they were still performing the ritual.

In this way, it's as if she and Sthiuthia can seamlessly connect, and she can receive treatment from the nun immediately.

Lena, she...she really is!

The emotion he felt for Styutia before resurfaced in Jiuyou's heart, even more intensely than before!

After all, who wouldn't be moved by having such a good sister who never shows up but always silently cares for and helps you from behind?

However, Jiu You quickly recovered from her emotional state and realized that something was wrong.

These are both clearly good news.

Where did the bad news come from?

“I now suspect that Lena not only told Styutia about the ritual, but also about the hidden part.”

"Hidden content?" The dragon girl tilted her head.

Where is there any hidden meaning in the ceremony?

Uh

Jiu You's expression suddenly froze, and a brief silence fell over the small dark room. Then, the flustered dragon girl tried to struggle and asked:

"Are you sure? Have you misunderstood Lena? Didn't you say before that Lena had changed, and that I shouldn't look at her with prejudice? I don't think Lena would do such a thing!"

Liao Ji shook his head at this.

"Jiuyou, do you think sawing off the corners is a treatment method?"

Dragon Girl: ".?"

"Then I don't think I misunderstood anything."

Liao Ji thought about it over and over, and it seemed that there was only one reason that could make Styutia turn evil again. When he saw the nun acting so unusually and being so obsessed with Jiu You's dragon horns, Liao Ji became even more certain.

Styutia must know about his affair with the dragon girl.

And judging from the looks

They know quite a lot!

On the other side, Jiu You only paused slightly before instantly understanding Liao Ji's somewhat enigmatic words, and the expression on Long Niang's face became even more tense and flustered.

If possible, Jiuyou really didn't want to use her "instant understanding" of Lord Ashes for something like this.

There's nothing I can do about it.

From the moment she took the initiative to have her dragon horns used as a steering wheel by Lord Ash throughout the entire journey, the ending was probably already sealed.

All Jiuyou wanted now was for Lena to return the emotion she had just felt.

However, the Dragon Girl quickly reassured her, "It's alright!"

"Don't worry, Lord Ash. Even if Styutia really comes to kill us, Jiuyou will definitely be able to restrain her and calm her down first!"

Long Niang clenched her fist at her chest, looking confident that since she couldn't hide it any longer, she might as well stop pretending. This perfectly matched Jiu You's straightforward and simple-minded personality.

However, regarding this

Liao Ji sighed deeply again.

rest assured?

He wanted to be at ease, but the problem was...

Liao Ji recalled Sthija's performance in the dream, summarizing the nun in one sentence:

She's like a war goddess!

She's no longer the Healer Sister; she's several times stronger than even Jiu You, the Dragon Guard!

Although Styutia in "Dream" was definitely deliberately made more evil, the difference in strength should be roughly the same.

The dragon girl on the other side planned to fight violence with violence.