Picking Up Supreme Treasures in the Dream Realm

This state is located in the north-central part of the Federation. Due to its inland location, it is traditionally an underdeveloped area.

Before the Age of Calamity.

South Dakota’s economic pillars were agriculture and tourism.

After the Age of Calamity.

An extremely cold climate enveloped Canglan Star, devastating South Dakota’s agriculture and tourism.

But when God closes a door for you, he often shuts the window as well.

The region where South Dakota is located soon became a high-incidence area for Cold Night Syndrome, with an average of over a thousand people dying from it each month.

In addition, the west of the state is home to the Black Mountains, where the number of mutated monsters is extraordinarily high, prompting many residents to choose to leave.

In just three years, South Dakota’s population plummeted from over 2.4 million to less than 1.2 million.

Very few know that the Mount of Gods quietly set up a Blood Sacrifice Altar in South Dakota.

Many of the civilians who evacuated did not enter other states, but "migrated" to this altar, ending up as food for the demons.

Just yesterday.

Vivian, following clues, secretly infiltrated South Dakota, intending to use a secret technique to seize the supernatural power from the altar.

However.

The Qing yang Demon Race was still one step ahead.

They utilized a secret divination technique to successfully track her down and set up a trap next to the altar.

Fortunately, Vivian has a strong intuition for danger, which prevented her from directly falling into the trap.

The Mount of Gods searched around the area for a whole day and night, and finally cornered Vivian, leading to a fierce battle between the two sides.

Vivian was outnumbered and was wounded by Holmes.

At this moment.

In an alley in the state capital of South Dakota.

Holmes, resembling a small giant, wore a black trench coat, holding a blood-red skull in his right hand, surrounded by a faint blood mist.

Over ten superpower users from the Mount of Gods stood around, all looking at him with awe.

"Ah~"

A sharp scream suddenly came from above.

This was a female resident of the neighboring apartment building, who, curious about the commotion in the alley, opened the window and glanced down.

But her curiosity ultimately led to her demise.

Upon unexpectedly seeing the blood skull, she screamed in fright: "Ah~"

Holmes coldly glanced upwards. His right hand moved slightly with the blood skull, and a phantom skull shot out, instantly hitting the female resident.

"Boom!"

The female resident exploded into a burst of blood mist.

The mouth of the blood skull immediately opened wide, as the blood mist seemed to be drawn in by some force, quickly absorbed into the blood skull.

The group of superpower users felt a chill down their spines.

Holmes, however, nodded with satisfaction: "Just when the ’Soul-Chasing Blood Skull’ was reluctant to act, this offering came voluntarily, and now it is willing."

The referenced "Soul-Chasing Blood Skull" was evidently the name of the demon artifact.

Holmes turned to look into the distance, snorted coldly: "Desecrator, you are doomed to die!"

With this sentence, the demon artifact hummed and vibrated.

A bizarre scene appeared.

The blurred image of a frantically running Vivian suddenly manifested inside the transparent blood skull.

Holmes didn’t wait any longer and raised the demon artifact high with his right hand.

The mouth of the blood skull opened wide, spraying out an incredibly dense blood mist, transforming into a blood arrow, disappearing in an instant.

The intense feeling of impending death pressed upon all the surrounding superpower users.

Until the blood arrow vanished, and the oppressive feeling of death followed, only then did they breathe a sigh of relief.

Two seconds passed.

Holmes used the power of the demon artifact to "see" the blood arrow suddenly appear above the desecrator.

It transformed into a huge blood mist skull shadow, swallowing the unsuspecting desecrator whole.

The desecrator struggled briefly, his body suddenly swelling up.

It was a precursor to an imminent explosion.

He couldn’t help but laugh loudly: "The desecrator is done for..."

Before he could finish speaking.

Holmes suddenly sensed an anomaly, his expression changed slightly: "Something’s not right!"

The next moment.

Vivian within the blood mist skull shadow suddenly dissipated into countless points of light.

Holmes was momentarily stunned.

After a moment.

Vivian’s image reappeared inside the demon artifact.

She wasn’t dead!

Holmes was at a loss.

The powerful soul-locking attack, and yet the desecrator had the ability to evade it?

He questioned himself, thinking that if he exchanged places with the desecrator, even if not dead, he would suffer severe damage.

"Buzz~"

The demon artifact vibrated, and Vivian’s image dissipated again.

It felt hungry and thus was unwilling to work.

Holmes’s expression shifted repeatedly, experiencing an uncommon sense of "embarrassment."

Earlier he had confidently proclaimed that the desecrator couldn’t withstand even a single strike from the demon artifact.

Yet the desecrator was still alive and kicking, making it rather difficult for him to handle the situation.

Holmes finally exhaled and spoke in a deep voice: "The desecrator is definitely not alone; there must be companions behind them."

*

Great Xia.

Linjiang City, Gel Farm.

Yang Fan heard Vivian’s grateful voice in his mind: "Sir, thank you very much for your assistance."

Earlier, Vivian evaded the soul-locking attack thanks to a little trick he performed.

This time, he used a superpower, an extremely rare soul-based superpower – "Soul Marriage."

Before the Celestial Mountain descended, he had eliminated a Carmenia hunting team, acquiring a deceitful artifact named "Hunting God’s Spear."

But this deceitful artifact had a characteristic: each throw would permanently consume life elemental power and burn the soul, reducing spirit value.