No matter what, they had to come into contact with the red light if they wanted to enter the door.
According to Leavis and their own experiences, once they stepped into the range of the light, they would immediately be enveloped by nightmares. Everyone would experience different kinds of nightmares, and the nightmares would not stop until they were completely destroyed.
How should they deal with the light of nightmares?
"I'll try again and see if I can block the light. If I fall into a nightmare, pull me out of the area covered by the red light, "Tree Spirit said to Angor after considering for a moment.
Angor considered for a moment and agreed.
The red light was still stable, unlike the red light Leavis encountered in the Astral Pool Ruin, which kept coming and chasing after each other. In order to test the properties of the light, they had to come into contact with it personally. In other words, one of them had to go in and experience it while the other stayed behind to watch and save people.
Angor was about to go in himself, but Tree Spirit already spoke up. Tree Spirit's eyes were filled with excitement, as if he was looking forward to the "adventure" that was about to take shape.
So, Angor decided to accept Tree Spirit's suggestion.
Although Tree Spirit was eager to explore the limits of the red light, he did not get carried away by the excitement of the adventure. He cautiously created two glowing leaves. In case of an accident, the leaves could be used as a substitute to provide him with an extra layer of insurance.
After doing all this, Tree Spirit took out a leather scroll that glowed with a watery light from the void. With a gentle tear, a complete mirror shield appeared around him.
This was a compound elemental spell that Angor never learned before. It could block physical light attacks.
Tree Spirit nodded at Angor and walked to the end of the hallway.
Angor followed Tree Spirit and released his phantom limb. Once Tree Spirit fell into a nightmare, the phantom limb would pull him out of the range of the red light.
One step. Two steps.
Tree Spirit's footsteps echoed in the silent corridor, which made people nervous for no reason.
As Tree Spirit got closer to the door, the atmosphere became more and more tense.
Finally, Tree Spirit stepped into the red light.
As soon as Tree Spirit stepped into the red light, Angor realized something was wrong and stopped abruptly.
Since Tree Spirit was facing away from him, he moved his phantom limb to Tree Spirit's front so that he could observe Tree Spirit's expression.
However, as soon as the arm entered the red light, he sensed something changing around him. The walls around him seemed to have melted, and he sensed danger coming from behind the wall.
When he sensed the changes in the walls, he realized that he was in a nightmare.
He didn't expect that the red light would drag him into the nightmare as well, even though it was just an extension of an energy limb.
This kind of power simply did not follow the basic laws of energy!
The sense of danger was getting stronger. He could already see something strange behind the melted wall.
He clenched his teeth and cut off the phantom limb he released earlier in an attempt to evade the nightmare.
The moment the illusory limb was severed, the walls on both sides returned to normal, and the sense of danger disappeared.
Angor sighed in relief. His gamble paid off.
He did it, but he wasn't happy about it. The nightmare didn't affect his physical body at all. Even his spirit or energy would be dragged into the nightmare's rhythm.
This nightmare characteristic was simply beyond his imagination.
Many thoughts popped up in his mind, but now was not the time to think about them. He had to focus on Tree Spirit's safety first.
He looked into the distance and saw that Tree Spirit had already left the area covered by the red light.
Angor's eyes brightened up. He thought Tree Spirit found a way to escape from the red light. But when he looked closer, he noticed that the two leaves around Tree Spirit were gone. Tree Spirit used the leaves as a substitute to escape the red light.
Furthermore, both leaves had disappeared. It seemed that Tree Spirit's substitute had died twice.
Tree Spirit returned to Angor with a gloomy look. "It failed. Neither the mirror barrier nor the energy barrier can stop the Light of Nightmare. Once you step into the light's range, all barriers will disappear, and the nightmare will enter you. "
Tree Spirit sighed and looked at Angor. "You had a strange look on your face. What's wrong?"
Angor smiled wryly and told Tree Spirit about his situation.
"The illusory limb can't enter the red light, and you were dragged into the nightmare from here. This Light of Nightmare doesn't work on logic at all." Tree Spirit was wondering why Angor didn't pull him out of the red light's range, but he didn't expect Angor to be affected as well.
"If that's the case, it's very difficult to get someone to enter the light while the other person saves you. Unless … we can pull someone out of the light without touching them. "
Angor understood what Tree Spirit meant by "without touching". It was nothing more than magnetic force, gravity, or wind. Anything that could pull Tree Spirit out of the red light's range from a distance.
But there was no point in discussing such things. The most important thing right now was to find a way to deal with the Light of Nightmare.
But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't come up with an effective solution.
After a moment of silence, Angor asked, "Mister Tree Spirit, can you tell me what happened to you when you entered the light's range?"
Tree Spirit nodded and told Angor what happened to him.
He encountered danger twice. The first time was when the ground beneath his feet became a siphoning abyss, and the Tree Spirit let his substitute fall into the abyss and die. The second time was when the surrounding space collapsed, and the Tree Spirit sacrificed his substitute again when there was nowhere to run.
"As far as we know, once the nightmare determines your death, even your avatar, will leave the nightmare for a short period of time," Angor said.
Tree Spirit nodded. "Yes. But it'll only last for about two seconds. If you're still in the light's range, you'll be dragged into the nightmare again."
Tree Spirit didn't leave the light's range, so he was dragged into the second nightmare after the first one ended.
"It's only two seconds, but maybe we can make use of it?" Angor wondered.
Tree Spirit understood what Angor was trying to say. "You mean to use a large number of avatars to buy time for us to move freely?"
Angor nodded. Tree Spirit's special ability allowed him to do such a thing.
Tree Spirit thought for a moment and said, "Leaf substitutes consume the energy of the doppelganger. My doppelganger can only create five leaf substitutes at the same time. Which means I can buy ten seconds at most.
"Ten seconds isn't long, but it should be enough for us to check the door. Maybe we can even find the source of the nightmare light … "
Tree Spirit muttered and nodded. "I think we can try. Even if I run out of energy, I can quickly replenish it when I return to my main body."
Since there was no other way, they had to resort to this method.
Tree Spirit did as he was told. He quickly made five leaves and put them on a necklace around his neck.
Angor set up a force field outside the light's range. As soon as Tree Spirit came out of the door, the force field would quickly pull him out of the light's range.
With everything done, Tree Spirit nodded at Angor and walked forward excitedly.
When Tree Spirit stepped into the light's range, he immediately stopped. It seemed he was dragged into another nightmare. However, when the necklace turned from five leaves to four, Tree Spirit regained his sanity.
Without any hesitation, Tree Spirit rushed into the door.
Soon, Tree Spirit's figure disappeared into the red light behind the door …
Angor looked at the end of the corridor and counted down from ten in his mind while waiting for Tree Spirit's return.
"Ten, nine … six … five …"
When he counted down to two, he assumed Tree Spirit would come back soon. But to his surprise, Tree Spirit didn't come back.
There was still no sign of Tree Spirit.
"Two … one …"
When he counted down to one, there was still no sign of Tree Spirit.
"Zero." Ten seconds had passed, and Tree Spirit still hadn't come back.
Angor closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Tree Spirit must have met with some accident in the room. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so unresponsive.
Five minutes later, Tree Spirit still didn't show up.
Angor looked at the red door at the end of the corridor again. It looked like the bloody mouth of a hideous monster, which was grinning at him and mocking him.
He turned around with a grim look and returned to his original spot.
He planned to wait here for Tree Spirit.
Something must have happened to one of Tree Spirit's clones. It wouldn't take long for Tree Spirit to send a second one here.
By then, Angor would know what happened to Tree Spirit in the room, and why Tree Spirit didn't come out in time.
While waiting for Tree Spirit's return, Angor was also thinking quietly. So far, Tree Spirit's clone seemed to have met with some problems. Angor wanted to find another way to deal with the Light of Nightmare.
The Light of Nightmare was so powerful that it was almost unbreakable.
This wasn't just empty talk. Leavis also said that he couldn't find a way to deal with the Light of Nightmare.
However, Angor was sure that the Light of Nightmare was not unbreakable. The nightmare creatures in the Astral Pool Ruin were already using the Light of Nightmare.
As far as Angor knew, Nuka chose to use Xinnai's Descent in the Astral Pool Ruin because of the Light of Nightmare. Later, Angor learned from Boiling Gentleman that the Chaos Genesis used the Light of Nightmare as the main ingredient in the energy furnace.
Therefore, the Light of Nightmare wasn't a threat to the nightmare creatures. Instead, it was something good.
Also, the nightmare creatures must have learned how to manipulate the Light of Nightmare.
Back in the Astral Pool Ruin, Angor never thought that he would face the Light of Nightmare, nor did he ask how to control it. But now, he felt powerless.
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