Chapter 576: Rainy Night Blade Resurrected, Royal-Grade Life, Calamity Frog Emperor
Midnight.
Entering dreams, practicing the Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art.
Then, Xu Lang created a Dream King’s Court and summoned the group of Nightmare Apostles.
Li Shuwen, Sword Saint, Wu Huihui, and Floating Life Play arrived at the scene without a shred of difference.
These four capable lieutenants had grown accustomed to the dream world. When entering others’ dreams, they would manifest their own dream images, maximizing the fear of their victims.
Yet, in front of Xu Lang, they still kept their original forms.
“I’m about to introduce a new colleague to you all,” Xu Lang said without any pretentiousness, nor did he spend much time introducing Rainy Night Blade.
For the communication that needed to happen, he’d let his subordinates handle it among themselves.
Resurrecting Rainy Night Blade cost ten thousand Nightmare Essences, which wasn’t cheap.
But it had to be done sooner or later, and the earlier the resurrection, the faster Rainy Night Blade could start generating value.
Next, under the gaze of the four Nightmare Apostles, Xu Lang closed his eyes slightly. When he opened them again, a faint, ethereal beam of light appeared before him.
Then that light solidified into a man wearing modern clothes, his face bearing a hint of weathered exhaustion.
“Am I alive?” Rainy Night Blade’s feet touched the ground, and he looked up at Xu Lang above him, his tone filled with shock.
“Well, you didn’t die,” Xu Lang replied with a faint smile.
“Congratulations!” Li Shuwen cupped his hands together.
His eyes sparkled, his heart surging with emotion.
Judging by this new colleague’s reaction, it really seemed like he had just been resurrected.
For Nightmare Apostles, coming back from the dead didn’t seem to be an impossible feat.
Of course, that depended entirely on Xu Lang.
“So you’re our new colleague? Why haven’t I ever seen you in the building before?” Wu Huihui asked, eyeing Rainy Night Blade.
Rainy Night Blade swept a glance over the four of them and chuckled:
“Xu Lang mentioned you all to me!”
“I used to be a player from the Starving Corpse Building; I never set foot in the Mad King Building!”
“And now… I don’t even know if I still have a player identity!”
Everyone was baffled.
Xu Lang laughed and said, “You guys get to know each other first. Then take Blade to familiarize himself with the workflow.”
“Got it!” Li Shuwen replied.
All four were intensely curious about this new colleague, and they spent the next half hour exchanging information.
Once the novelty wore off, the four planned to take Rainy Night Blade for a dream invasion.
But before that, there was one more thing to do.
That was to bring Rainy Night Blade back from the dream to reality!
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Dormitory 333.
Floating Life Play leaped out from the balcony, swimming through the bloodwater like a fish.
The dormitories provided extremely tight protection for players. Although Nightmare Apostles could terrorize players in dreams, they couldn’t directly descend into a dormitory through a dream.
But as long as they stepped out of the dormitory, Nightmare Apostles could walk out of someone else’s dream.
Floating Life Play floated in the bloodwater. Not long after, Rainy Night Blade appeared right beside him.
Then, Floating Life Play led Rainy Night Blade back to the dormitory.
“Brother, why did you summon me in the blood river? I’m about to get corrupted!” Rainy Night Blade looked a bit strained.
“Here you go.” Floating Life Play casually tossed an item to Rainy Night Blade and said, “This can remove the negative BUFF from the blood rain.”
Rainy Night Blade’s mouth twitched.
Were all Mad King Building players this generous?
After Rainy Night Blade used the item, Floating Life Play grinned. “Feeling better?”
“A bit,” Rainy Night Blade nodded.
“So, would you like to become my tenant?” Floating Life Play’s smile remained androgynously delicate, giving off an ambiguous vibe.
“Probably not.” Rainy Night Blade took a deep breath at those words and said in a deep voice, “I was just detected by the Starving Corpse Building system… My player ID has been reset. I’m still the Dorm Owner of the Starving Corpse Building, and they even fucking sent me compensation rewards!”
Floating Life Play’s expression froze.
“This matter needs to be reported to Lord Dorm Owner as soon as possible,” Floating Life Play said coldly, his face turning grim.
Nightmare Apostles who came back from the dead had slipped past the Dorm Survival Game’s detection, but not completely.
The weight between the two didn’t seem to have a clear hierarchy.
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Blood Mist Era 93,333rd year.
June 27th, Scarlet End Day Seven.
[Basic Nightmare Coins 1600, Conversion Rate 8001%, Eight-hour total output 127,760 Nightmare Coins]
[Total Nightmare Coins: 957,384]
[Mystic Sovereign Meditation Art Harvest Summary: Constitution +40, Spirit +40, Soul-Destroying Siphon +1, Demon-Sealing Slash +2]
[Ghostly Deity Power Harvest Summary: Ghostly Deity Power +30]
[Attributes: Constitution 940, Spirit 940, Ghostly Deity Power 540]
Nightmare Coins were once again nearing one million, but Xu Lang’s heart remained calm. Instead, he was more concerned about another resource.
Nightmare Essence.
On July 13th, the mysterious creature suspected to be related to the Mad King would break down the door. As that time approached, he would simulate again.
That way, he could save a bit on Nightmare Essence.
Otherwise, the Nightmare Essence consumption was way too intense.
It felt like he was browsing some sketchy website, only getting a fifteen-second preview, just pure disgust.
“The waterline has already completely covered the Mad King Building. I wonder what those floating corpses outside are up to… Should I send a Tale out to check?”
The thought of those floating corpses being connected to an existence called the Progenitor of Humans made Xu Lang itch with curiosity.
In the end, he still suppressed his curiosity.
Sometimes, you have to maintain a sense of awe. It’s better for survival.
Suddenly, Xu Lang thought of another one of his Tales.
The Faceless Calamity Frog.
…
In a colorful, bubble-filled dream world, endless Calamity Frogs crouched low, surrounding a giant sleeping colorful frog in a circular formation.
This colorful frog was unimaginably massive. An ordinary Calamity Frog couldn’t even compare to a single patch of its skin. Its eyes were closed right now, and its nose slowly blew out floating bubbles, as if it were asleep.
“Croak croak~”
Frogs kept hopping in from outside the world, as if stepping from reality into illusion, and then they crouched there.
After who knew how long, the giant Calamity Frog at the world’s center woke from its slumber.
Instantly, billions of Calamity Frogs raised their heads and croaked to the sky, expressing simple celebratory emotions.
“Number One!”
The giant Calamity Frog croaked, its simple croaks packed with vast amounts of information.
A nearby Calamity Frog leaped out, trembling with excitement.
The giant Calamity Frog raised its paw and pressed it onto this frog’s head. Immediately after, the latter’s body rapidly expanded, becoming a large-sized Calamity Frog.
“Number Two!”
The giant Calamity Frog continued croaking.
Another nearby Calamity Frog jumped out.
These were the frogs that had earned merit in this assimilation campaign.
The giant Calamity Frog was rewarding them.
“The Faceless Calamity Frog is also very close to this big frog. It’s not going to get rewarded too, is it?”
Xu Lang thought to himself.
“Number Three!”
“Number Four!”
“Number Eleven!”
“…”
Soon, the giant Calamity Frog called up to number one hundred.
And the hundredth meritorious frog was none other than the Faceless Calamity Frog.
It hopped forward and was enhanced by the giant Calamity Frog.
“Tsk, this Calamity Frog Emperor’s rewards are a bit indiscriminate. Number one hundred gets the same reward as number one.”
After the Faceless Calamity Frog got close to the giant Calamity Frog, the effect of the Nightmare Eye was somewhat strengthened, and Xu Lang was able to see some information.
[Nightmare Eye·Calamity Frog Emperor: A newly born royal-grade life, intricately connected to the Scarlet End]
The moment he saw that this big colorful frog was related to the Scarlet End, Xu Lang lost all ideas.
This kind of great catastrophe, like Tales, the more you know, the more dangerous it gets.
When facing high-level mysteries, even getting close is a sin.
Without excessively snooping, Xu Lang temporarily cut off the visual link with the Faceless Calamity Frog.
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