The sky was a grayish blue, with all kinds of strange lights shining through it.
There seemed to be a face moving on the full moon hanging on the treetops.
All sorts of strange whispers that could not be described came from the forest.
You Huan was quite familiar with this scene.
He must have activated the "City Master Toad" obtained from the Dream Toad that sneaked into the alien world, and thus came to this area in his dream -
In the Burning Universe World, the Dream Subspace, and the outskirts of the Dream Toad King City.
Because the time he spent returning to his body was too short, he had not yet had time to use his spiritual body to sense these city-controlling toads that looked like curled-up toad statues.
But on the plane, after he fell asleep naturally, he actually crossed time and space and entered the dream world!
There might be some external factors that he had not yet identified.
Now that he was here, he naturally planned to explore it thoroughly.
He hoped to obtain the secret techniques stored in the City Toad, or learn some skills related to spiritual bodies or monster shadows in the Dream Toad King City.
Last time, with the help of these toad sculptures, he learned the transformation of the spiritual body into reality.
Although it cannot last too long, during the period when the spirit body becomes real, it is equivalent to one monster shadow turning into two.
If he can master it, the number of his monster shadows can be doubled when necessary.
In addition, the abilities possessed by these dream toads may also help him improve his control over the monster shadows.
Thinking of this, he moved his body slightly in this "dream".
A strange, thick and low sound, like thick phlegm, came out of the body unconsciously.
In the forest outside the royal city, a dream toad that looked like a pig and a frog, with a pile of colorful foam on its head, leaped forward.
Obviously, his body did not follow him across time and space to the higher world.
He seemed to arrive as a soul occupying the bodies of locals.
After taking a few steps in the forest with this standard dream toad body and getting familiar with it, he was ready to start exploring.
A deep and rich voice mixed with a lot of whispers came from the side.
This kind of sound is enough to drive ordinary humans crazy if they hear it.
"Taler, what are you doing there? Come and help me move the goods!"
You Huan could naturally understand the content of the words, which were filled with urging and dissatisfaction.
He turned around and saw a dream toad that was much larger than his temporary body leaping out from the bushes.
A colorful rope was tied to it, and the other end was connected to a huge bubble floating in the low sky.
There were a lot of black block-like objects piled up in the bubble, which looked like parts of some kind of tree.
The Dream Toad spoke again: "Hurry up, let's move these 'charred wood heartwood' back to the city. There are many nobles in the city waiting for our goods!"
Scorched wood heartwood? Is it a unique natural resource in this world?
You Huan leaped over, and part of the rope naturally wrapped around his body.
He and the dream toad pulled the bubbles filled with charred tree heartwood and rushed out of the forest like pulling a cart.
On the way, You Huan wanted to ask some questions, so he took the initiative to say, "Today's cargo seems to be heavier than before."
"Nonsense!" The fat Dream Toad beside him said impatiently, "We ventured deep into the forest today to find this batch of high-quality charred wood heartwood."
"The smell produced by burning the heartwood of a normal charred tree is enough to increase the illusory power of ordinary little toads like us by 10 to 20 percent."
"A tree heart of this quality is heavier and can enhance the Great Toad's control over the changes of reality and illusion, with excellent results."
"Once we ship this batch of goods back, we will definitely be able to exchange for a lot of Dream Tongues."
As it spoke, it became a little excited, and the bubbles on its head rolled around.
A bunch of sticky, tongue-like little things piled together rolled out from the depths of the bubble.
Twisting inside the bubble.
This kind of "Dream Tongue" seems to be the currency circulating among the Dream Toads.
It sounds like the pile of wood behind him is good stuff.
You Huan deliberately showed a little eager expression, and then said: "Will we have a chance to enjoy this kind of good stuff after we return to the city?"
Meng Chan, who was standing next to him, was furious when he heard this: "How dare you! This kind of high-quality food should naturally be provided to those noble lords. How dare you covet it?"
Then he quickly calmed down and said angrily in a low voice:
"That guy Tuertan is getting more and more strict. If it weren't for that hateful agent watching our every move..."
It can be heard that the fat toad actually wants to secretly hide some of the goods behind him.
But some people don't allow it.
You Huan stopped talking and thought as he pulled the goods. What should he do next?
Should he go into Mengchan King City to see what's going on, or try out the effect of this "charred wood heart"?
The effect of the tree core sounds like it works for him too.
Although he only realized it, it was worth a try.
The problem is finding an opportunity...
While he was thinking, the opportunity came to him.
"Hula——"
There was a sound of breaking air overhead.
The moment he heard the sound, the Dream Toad beside him was startled, and without even reminding him, his stomach suddenly shrank.
The foam on his head multiplied rapidly, instantly covering his entire body, and he disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.
At this time, You Huan was still observing what was happening, when suddenly he was the only toad left on the forest path.
A huge black shadow fell from the sky and completely enveloped him.
Activating this body's senses, several eyeballs emerged from the bubble on his head and he looked up.
What he saw flying above him was probably a kind of "bird" native to the Dream Subspace.
Just as the dream toad doesn't look anything like a toad, this "bird" doesn't look anything like a bird.
Its large wings spread out to both sides are in an extremely twisted state.
Countless terrifying patterns are spread all over it, just like the state that occurs when a large amount of paint is mixed together and stirred.
The whole body is wrapped in tight gelatinous skin, with a total of three faces composed of holes from the head to the chest to the abdomen.
Its pair of strong hind legs, combined with its long tail, formed a triangle posture and descended from the sky, intending to grab the dream toad lying on the ground.
Just like an owl catching a frog.
Silently, a deadly threat has arrived.
Just as the "bird" watches its prey rapidly closing in on itself.
The claws are about to touch the pink skin of the prey.
A large black object suddenly appeared in front of its eyes.
It seems to be liquid, and it seems to be a living thing.
The back of the "prey" below suddenly cracked, and black tentacles rose from the ground and danced wildly in its field of vision!
In the blink of an eye, it completely covered its field of vision.
Then, strands of black liquid glowing with colorful luster flowed into its body through the holes on its three faces.
It was completely destroyed from the inside in an instant.
"Bang!" It exploded in the air, and fragments of its organs emitting a dreamy luster flew everywhere.
You Huan below slowly retracted the black water growing from his back.
In the blink of an eye, it turned back into an ordinary dream toad, the lowest resident in the royal city.
Although he only came here consciously, he found that the abilities from the shadows of various monsters could still be used.
However, it feels like there is a thick film in between when using it, which makes it a bit sluggish and the effect is weaker.
Moreover, his black water will also be tainted by the dreamy aura here.
After killing this dream-like creature that was suspected to be the natural enemy of the Dream Toad, he looked around.
His "companion" was still nowhere to be seen and seemed to have run away.
It ran so fast that before he could react, it disappeared without a trace.
There is no camaraderie at all.
Just ignore it once it runs away.
You Huan turned to Bubble behind him.
The charred wood heartwood is still piled here.
This once again shows how hastily Mengchan ran away, without even having time to pick up the high-value goods.
It also indirectly reflects the threat posed by the "big bird" just now to the low-level dream toad like it.
I don't know what this bird is called.
If he meets Joshua again, or has other opportunities, he must learn the basic knowledge of the Fenyu world.
At this moment, his mind moved.
The bubbles dissipated, and the piled-up charred wood cores clattered to the ground.
The smell of burning is effective...
He recalled what his companions had said before and took out a flint from the package on the body.
"Pah—"
What was shot out was not an ordinary flame, but a ball of colorful things that twisted continuously like a living thing.
Pour this stuff onto the charred heartwood and the cut pieces of heartwood instantly burst into sparks.
Wisps of green smoke floated out from the burning place, constantly twisting and entwining in the air, forming all kinds of strange shapes.
You Huan took a deep puff of the cigarette.
This feeling...
(End of this chapter)