Chapter 121: This World Will Eventually Know Nuclear Peace
Capital City, Dream Crossing Tower.
At the top floor,
The office of the Grandmaster.
A man with a head full of gray hair, draped in a blood-red cloak and wearing red-framed glasses, sat upright in his chair, holding a cup of hot tea. Sunflower seeds were scattered across the desk before him.
His eyes emitted a faint white glow, as if two rings of light were constantly rotating and contracting within them.
“Hiss! That punch was brutal!”
“Ling Yin is so unfortunate, she got beaten up!”
“Tsk tsk tsk, she’s so shameless, getting angry and even unsealing half a domain! Even among peers, only a few unseal half domains. I don’t have any disciples like you!”
“Damn!”
“Ling Yin really had it rough! Even unsealing half a domain didn’t help; she still got beaten!”
“This Du Fang… his strength is absurd! He actually caught Ling Yin, who was under a time-stop domain, and delivered a full-force strike!”
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Inside the office,
The Grandmaster, who claimed to dislike gossip, kept cracking sunflower seeds, showing no sign of sorrow over his disciple’s defeat.
Not only was there no sadness, but he even seemed on the verge of laughter.
Beside him,
Lisa, his secretary with flowing blonde hair and a strong build, looked at the Grandmaster speechlessly.
“Grandmaster, what are you spying on again?” Lisa asked, exasperated.
“Bah! How can you, a fierce and brainless woman, speak like that? I never spy!” the Grandmaster retorted, pushing up his round glasses.
Lisa rolled her eyes, tugged at her short skirt, and asked, “What color is it today?”
“Pink!” the Grandmaster answered without lifting his gaze, the two white circles in his eyes still pulsating.
Having just answered, he immediately realized his mistake.
He tapped his lips lightly—an old habit.
Lisa smiled at him, slammed her folder hard on the desk, and stormed out in a huff.
The Grandmaster dispelled the glowing rings from his eyes, glanced at the irritated Lisa leaving, and chuckled. This big Lisa really couldn’t take a joke.
However, he wasn’t worried about her truly being angry.
After all, they had shared such banter for many years.
He lifted the tea cup for a sip, and the lenses of his round glasses flickered with a light.
“Unexpectedly, this Du Fang is even stronger than anticipated.”
“At the last moment, his method of breaking through Ling Yin’s time-stop domain must have relied on the power of the Fallen God.”
“The Fallen God within him is formidable.”
The Grandmaster sipped his tea again, a slight smirk curling at the corner of his mouth.
“Yet, the power of the Fallen God has its pros and cons — it depends on how one wields it.”
“If one can fully develop the usable strength of the Fallen God, they could become a top-tier human, a ceiling-level powerhouse.”
“This Du Fang has great potential.”
“Although he lacks a domain, his future achievements should not be inferior to Ling Yin’s.”
“This year’s national champion race for new Dream Walkers in the Dream Crossing Masters Invitational should have no suspense if judged by normal competitions.”
“It’s the same every year; it’s boring.”
“Perhaps, it’s time to change the approach.”
The Grandmaster chuckled softly.
Then he stood and looked toward Lisa, who was still sulking outside.
“Big Lisa! Notify everyone, prepare for a meeting!”
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Jiangling City.
Suddenly, it shifted into a state of full alert.
After Li Ang and his wife detected abnormalities, Chairman Tang Nai immediately issued orders, and many Dream Crossing squads were mobilized, ready to respond at a moment’s notice.
Chairman Tang Nai’s expression was extremely grave.
Because before Li Ang and his wife left the Dream Crossing Tower, they had said one chilling sentence:
A White Jade Masked Priest from the Divine Core Organization had appeared outside Jiangling City.
This tightened Tang Nai’s nerves completely.
Tang Nai was somewhat familiar with the Divine Core Organization.
The White Masked Priests were country-toppling level powerhouses, high-ranking within the organization!
Each was shrouded in mystery, yet all were on the National Dream Walker Association’s wanted list, classified as deserters.
Now, with such a country-toppling powerhouse appearing outside Jiangling City, how could Tang Nai not worry or be tense?
However, his anxiety was of no use.
At this moment, Tang Nai was immensely relieved that he had reported to the National Dream Walker Association and that the headquarters had dispatched national-level experts to reinforce the city.
Otherwise…
If the White Masked Priest from the Divine Core Organization really intended to do something to Jiangling City,
Tang Nai wouldn’t even be sure that giving his life would suffice to stop him.
In the chairman’s office, Tang Nai paced back and forth with a stern expression.
Wen Ji stood silently and coldly beside him, wanting to offer words of comfort but unsure how to begin.
After all, being targeted by a country-toppling villain—
Anyone would be restless.
“Chairman, why don’t you go to the front lines and have a look?” Wen Ji suggested.
“The rear is under my command. If there are any orders, contact me, and I will issue them,” Tang Nai said sharply, looking up at Wen Ji.
“Alright, I’ll leave everything to you.”
After speaking, Tang Nai hurriedly left the Dream Crossing Tower.
He was, after all, a Dream Crossing Master of the city-level rank. Sitting idly in the office was not his style.
Even though he was old,
When crisis struck, retreat was not an option.
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The entire Jiangling City resembled a massive war machine, mobilizing.
Various strategic weapons moved toward the city’s borders and took positions.
In the sky, warplanes began to patrol and roar.
Residents were notified to stay inside their homes and avoid venturing outside temporarily.
On the streets, armed vehicles kept driving back and forth, and police officers patrolled the alleys.
While Jiangling City prepared meticulously for war,
Outside the city,
Hovering in the air, the White Jade Masked Priest’s eyes shimmered with a mix of deep dread and excitement as he turned to look toward the city.
Beneath him, the grass and trees howled and swayed violently in the wind.
“I’ve been discovered!”
“Jiangling City… has a national-level Dream Walker stationed?”
A grave expression flashed across the White Jade Masked Priest’s eyes.
National-level Dream Walkers were all formidable and troublesome.
Moreover, Jiangling City shouldn’t have a national-level Dream Walker stationed, meaning this presence was likely reinforcements dispatched from the Capital City.
And the Capital City’s national-level Dream Walkers were even stronger!
“Have I been exposed?”
“It must be that my Dream Spirit perception was detected just now… The arriving national-level Dream Walker specializes in perception and detection.”
“Besides the Grandmaster Ye Zong’s double pupils of spying, the only other national-level Dream Walker skilled in perception is Li Ang’s Gray Mist Eye.”
“This minor matter—Ye Zong, the famous Grandmaster, certainly wouldn’t come personally—so it must be Li Ang and his wife.”
The Seventh Priest laughed coldly.
“Luckily, I was cautious enough not to enter the city immediately.”
“Once inside the city, surrounded and besieged, restricted by various armed forces, it would be troublesome.”
“Mutual destruction is not my goal.”
“Now that you’ve come out, I’ll step in and draw the tiger away from its mountain.”
The White Masked Priest’s lips curled into a sly smile.
“First, enter Jiangling City and capture Suzaku, extracting the miniature Divine Core within her.”
“Then, complete the capture of the Fallen God. That will make this mission a success.”
“As for waiting for organizational reinforcements, it’s probably too late.”
“The organization just sent news that the Dream Walker Association’s Grandmaster Ye Zong has dispatched the super-star Dream Crossing squad ‘Heavenly Sword’ to besiege the organization’s headquarters… reinforcements won’t be coming for now.”
The Seventh Priest’s eyes gleamed with a sinister coldness beneath the mask.
“That guy Ye Zong really covers for his own.”
“But Li Ang and his wife may not be able to stop me…”
“Jiangling City holds too many secrets—the special dream disasters that move, which I sensed just now, and the powerful Fallen God inside the city that slaughtered the Azure Dragon…”
“Here, I may be able to reach a higher level!”
Madness filled the White Jade Masked Priest’s eyes behind the mask.
Yet, he forced himself to relax, lifted his hand, and pressed the wireless earpiece in his ear, intending to contact Man Niu.
He needed to know Suzaku’s location.
However, the White Jade Masked Priest’s eyes soon darkened.
Because all that came through the earpiece was endless static.
The connection…
Had been severed!
“Man Niu!”
He pulled out the earpiece and crushed it fiercely.
Anger and the shame of betrayal filled the Seventh Priest’s eyes.
He had come personally—and Man Niu dared to betray him!
Man Niu had fled!
“You worthless coward! Not fit to be one of the twelve zodiac guardians of the Divine Core Organization!”
“Worthless! Worthless!”
The White Jade Priest roared.
After roaring for a while, he gradually calmed.
Through his Dream Spirit perception, he sensed a figure breaking through the air, swiftly flying across the city from within.
It was Li Ang and his wife.
The power of national-level Dream Walkers shone brilliantly like the blazing sun!
The White Jade Masked Priest understood: he had to leave now.
“Without you, Man Niu, how could I not find Suzaku?”
“How laughable and foolish.”
“The miniature Divine Core… is the most conspicuous marker.”
The White Jade Priest smiled faintly.
In the next moment, the white crystal stone he held beneath his white robe was revealed.
The crystal was semi-transparent, containing white mist like a dream, seemingly holding the phantom of a blue human-dragon within.
“It was originally meant for capturing the Fallen God, but now… I’ll give Li Ang and his wife a grand gift.”
The White Jade Priest chuckled lightly.
Then he crouched down,
And slammed the white crystal hard onto the ground.
With a soft ‘poof’,
The white jade crystal seemed to come alive and burrowed into the earth.
“In recent years, the Divine Core Organization’s strength has been unstoppable… now, it’s time to let the world feel the might of the Divine Core Organization.”
“No one can stop the Divine Core’s rise!”
“This world… will ultimately face nuclear equilibrium!”
A deep laugh echoed from the White Jade Priest’s mouth.
His figure seemed to weather away like wind erosion,
Turning into countless grains of white sand that scattered and vanished.
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…
Li Ang and his wife soared through the air above Jiangling City.
Their Dream Spirit perception expanded, forming a unique magnetic field that lifted their bodies free from earthly gravity, enabling flight.
This was a technique unique to national-level Dream Walkers.
A national-level Dream Walker’s Dream Spirit perception intensity was at least one hundred thousand energy units—boundless as the vast ocean.
When quantitative changes reached a critical mass, a qualitative transformation occurred.
National-level Dream Walkers were such a transformation.
They could achieve brief moments of hovering flight.
Li Ang and his wife flew together, like two butterflies dancing gracefully among flowers.
Li Ang most enjoyed flying alongside his wife, Jing Xiang.
However…
This time, Li Ang was far less at ease.
He turned to look beside him, where Du Fang sat cross-legged midair, seemingly stable and steady as if riding the wind currents.
A question arose in his mind.
Why…
Can you fly too?!
More importantly,
You can fly, that’s one thing,
But couldn’t you fly off to the side by yourself?
Must you insert yourself right between me and my wife as we fly?
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