Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 960

Nightmare hasn't really been born yet.

As a symbolic power emanating from the mystical Sandman, it requires certain factors to manifest as anthropomorphic will.

This is a process of pursuing "freedom".

It symbolizes that nightmares become independent from dreams.

Because the nightmare itself is part of the Sandman, no matter how powerful the Sandman is, he cannot deal with himself.

So in endless time, every time the nightmare appears, the Sandman will choose his own warrior.

Mysterious beings depend on others to break the nightmare and bring it back into the dream dimension.

This is an endless war.

As long as the Sandman is around, it can never end.

This time, before the Nightmare became independent, the Sandman chose his champions as before.

Zatana Zatara, a stage magician with mysterious blood flowing in her body, and also a caster of mysticism.

And Merlin Riley.

A person who has died.

After Merlin left, Zatanna, who was forced to face the nightmare attack alone, made a dangerous decision.

She used the ritual of the Gate of Dreams to transfer the power of nightmares to the land of Asgard, trying to seal the birth of nightmares with the hands of the people of God's Realm.

The first half of the plan went well.

But something went wrong in the second half.

When Zatanna was about to sever the Dream Gate from her own dream world, she ran into a problem.

Nightmare hadn't been born yet.

But its personified will has been formed in advance.

Zatanna was trapped in the infinite nightmare of the nightmare, and was constantly being killed and resurrected to experience one nightmare after another.

Nightmare wants to break her mind and take over her body to take control of Zatanna's small dream world.

That is the "safe house" that Sandman created for Zatanna and Merlin with dream sand.

As long as it controls there, Nightmare will have a springboard to jump to infinite real worlds.

Every dimension Zatanna can go to becomes a hunting ground for nightmares.

Of course, trapping Zatanna with infinite nightmares wasn't just for that purpose.

Nightmare has absorbed enough living fears in Niflheim to manipulate nightmares, and it needs time to use these fears to shape itself into a body that can descend into the world.

spirit...

Meat...

Only when the two become one, can Nightmare really get rid of the Sandman and become an independent and free individual.

The border forest of Niflheim has been completely pulled into the world of nightmares, the walls between reality and dreams have been pierced, and those twisted monsters that only appear in dreams occupy this intersecting land.

That was the first legion formed by Nightmare, guarding the Nightmare Tree on the side of Hades.

That is the "brood" that breeds nightmares.

It will be born from the tree imbibed with nightmares and fears.

Pale light shines in this dark forest, but it doesn't dispel the darkness, instead it makes the darkness look more gloomy and dangerous.

And those staggered halos in the sky are shining, sometimes like a bloody setting sun, and sometimes like a cold winter day.

It's all things that don't make people feel good.

That is the nature of nightmares.

An evil spirit born in "evil".

"Shh!"

At the edge of this nightmare world, Loki waved the spear in his hand, and he used the spear of eternity as a staff.

In the waving of the green light, a nightmare hound that jumped at him was beheaded.

The evil thing dissipated into black fragments in mid-air, as if it had never appeared before.

"boom"

The rune guards behind Loki formed a circle, their robes fluttered, and the golden rune power swayed around like a storm shining with golden light.

Under the control of a host, amidst his roar, golden flames formed a ring of fire and rolled out in all directions.

Any nightmare monsters that come into contact with the golden flames are incinerated.

Under the bombardment of these Asgardian rune guards, forests the size of two football fields were burned to nothingness.

"The source of the nightmare is there!"

Loki jumped on a rock and looked out into the depths of the forest, where there was a beating red light like a beating heart.

"Something terrible is brewing, and we must destroy it!"

"We are not strong enough! Your Highness."

The rune guard who presided over the purification circle yelled at Loki:

"There are too many of these monsters, we must wait for reinforcements!"

"I have an idea."

Loki was silent for a moment, and he said to the rune guards behind him:

"You come to attract these monsters, and I can traverse this ghostly creature from the shadows."

"But you lack the power to destroy evil, Your Highness!"

The old man shouted sharply:

"We cannot allow you to take risks, you are not Thor, you..."

"enough!"

A trace of irritability flashed in Loki's heart, he raised the spear in his hand, and amidst the flashing light, a golden thunder shot out from Loki's hand, burning a roaring monster into ashes.

"clang"

The golden spear of eternity hit the rock, and the beating brilliance spread out in all directions like vibrating sound waves.

Under the reflection of that light, a trace of determination flashed across Loki's face.

他 说:

"Father gave me the right to use the Eternal Gun just to let me protect his country for him!"

"I may not be as brave or as powerful as my brother, but with Gungnir in hand, I'm just an unborn evil spirit..."

There was a fire burning inside Loki.

He's had enough of being compared to Thor every time he tries to do something.

He no longer wanted to live as Thor's shadow.

"I've made a decision!"

Loki held the Spear of Eternity, and with a deadpan expression, he shouted to the rune guards behind him in an indifferent and unquestionable voice:

"In the name of Odin, I command you to do as I say!"

Rune Guardians, look at me, and I look at you.

In the end, the leading old man gritted his teeth and nodded.

A group of golden flames soared into the sky the next moment.

Brilliant light scattered towards the ground like light feathers falling from the sky.

That scene was extremely grand, but it wasn't the best way to fight in this situation.

This is to lure the enemy!

The entire Nightmare Forest was attracted by the flames, the monsters born from the Nightmare roared and rushed towards the guards from all directions, while Loki jumped into the shadows.

As the god of mischief, his ability to hide himself is extremely powerful.

He looked back in the direction the light was waving.

He knows very well that leaving those rune guards there to lure the enemy is to let them die...

If it was Thor, he would never do that.

If it was his brother...

"enough!"

Loki slapped himself hard to calm himself down.

Now is not the time to learn from Thor.

Holding the Spear of Eternity, he walked through the forest at an extremely fast speed. In just a few minutes, Loki came to the border of Niflheim.

He once risked jumping into the hell dimension from here with Thor, and Thor was excommunicated by Odin here.

The two brothers really have a predestined relationship with this ghost place.

"Hey, why is there a woman there?"

Loki hides beneath the swaying branches of the Nightmare Tree, like hiding from a predatory octopus in the depths of the ocean.

He looked up, and in front of the nightmare tree, there was a woman wearing a black and white tuxedo, fishnet stockings and high boots.

She is being bound by vines, as if about to be dragged into a nightmare tree.

It seems that it will become the nourishment of that damned evil tree in the next moment.

That should be an earthling...

How could she be here?

This question flashed through Loki's mind.

Quickly tossed to the back of my mind.

Loki doesn't care who this woman is or what she's up to.

The young prince stared at the indescribable dark red nightmare tree in front of him. He could see a light beating like a heart on the trunk of the low nightmare tree.

The dark red one is like a mother's womb, filled with a strange sacredness amidst the evil.

Between the jumps of light, a thin human figure can be vaguely seen.

Evil spirits are personifying!

As one of the strongest spellcasters in Asgard, Loki knew what to do now when he saw this scene.

"Brother, watch!"

Loki stood up from his hiding place and raised the golden battle spear in his hand. At the tip of Gungnir's spear, there were buzzing golden lightning bolts gathering.

"I can be a hero too, like you..."

"I can save the kingdom too, surpassing you..."

"I am entitled to inherit it all..."

"Witness me!"

"Brother, witness me!"

"boom"

Amidst Loki's roar, the golden thunder light turned into a leaping thunder arrow, shot out from Gungnir's spear tip, and hit the dark red light cluster in the center of the nightmare tree the moment it shot out.

The divine power belonging to Odin exploded violently, like the roar of a god king.

In the flash of golden sparks, Nightmare let out a shrill scream.

It has not yet been fully conceived. Facing this group of golden thunder with extremely positive energy and destructive power, it feels as if it has been thrown into the furnace of all things and burned wantonly.

But to be honest, Loki can't exert the power of the Eternal Spear that surpasses all worlds...

If you have to compare.

Compared with the lightning that Odin threw at Merlin, the light he threw in front of him is like the difference between a spark and a sun.

If Odin was here, this blow could wipe out the nightmare tree completely.

Erase from the earth together with this polluted forest.

This golden streamer is not even as good as the thunder and lightning thrown by Thor...

But this cannot be blamed on Loki, he is not a real Asgardian, and it is difficult for him to condense a real godhead.

What's more, it is true that not everyone can use a weapon of Gungnir's level.

But even so, this blow would also truly injure Nightmare.

The formed consciousness roared and gathered the power of nightmares, and blasted towards Loki who was attacking it, and Loki held a golden spear, and transformed into a dozen lifelike figures in constant flashes.

Much like the shape of Aikon.

But unfortunately, this is just pure illusion.

"Snapped"

Facing the threat of being smashed to pieces, Nightmare draws all its strength to resist Gungnir's bombardment, which gives the trapped Zatanna a chance.

The pale-faced Miss Magician swung a dagger from her hand, cut off the vines that entangled her, and then ran forward a few steps.

The entangled vines roared out of the nightmare tree like a poisonous snake, wrapped around Zatanna's ankle, and smashed Miss Magician to the ground.

His knees were covered with blood, and his pretty face was wiped with several bloodstains.

But the young lady gritted her teeth and threw out the old seal in her palm.

The dream eater was summoned, and those spirit bodies like twisted bee swarms roared and lay on the vines, devouring the power of the nightmare hungrily.

The gate of dreams is being weakened.

The talismans throbbed and dimmed.

Zatanna screamed like a she-wolf, she had never used magic so rudely.

In the waving of the magic blade that gathered and scattered, the vines around her were cut off.

She was free again.

She ran towards the dream gate that was about to collapse.

She wanted to escape back to her dream world before the nightmare was born.

That Asgardian with the golden spear in his hand is too weak...

He can't exert the power of the weapon in his hand at all, he can't stop the nightmare...

"boom"

At the moment Zatana rushed towards the gate of dreams, the nightmare tree, which was constantly bombarded by the golden thunder, swayed and let out a roar.

Under Loki's horrified gaze, the roots of the nightmare tree tore through the ground, rising up just like a real treant.

It roared and swung the vines flying all over the sky, hitting Loki like a heavy hammer.

The vines split in the air, one turned into two, two turned into four, completely sealing off all the directions Loki dodged in an instant.

Amid Nightmare's sharp laughter, the vines mixed with ominous force smashed down on the head.

If this is a hit...

"boom"

Loki raised his head in despair, raised the Eternal Spear in his hand, and the thunder and lightning flying all over the sky bombarded the terrifying trees, creating a grand scene.

Unfortunately, the lightning he swung...

no soul.

It's just fluff.

Facing an evil god who was about to conceive, those lightning bolts could only make it feel pain, but they couldn't kill it.

"Your world, all worlds!"

"It's mine!"

Nightmare's sharp hiss echoed in this ghostly place. On the torso of the Nightmare Tree, Nightmare's fingers had torn off the light. Perhaps in the next moment, it would appear on the land of Asgard.

"No!"

Loki's face twisted, and he waved his spear frantically, trying to stop this scene.

"It's not like that! It's not!"

His Royal Highness roared, this is not the ending he imagined.

"Snapped"

Right at this moment.

A warm hand was placed on Loki's shoulder, and there was that familiar, slightly disgusting voice.

"my son..."

"Weapons, that's not how they are used!"

Odin's finger was on the Spear of Eternity, and the beating thunder light on the top of the legendary weapon swelled dozens of times at this moment, and the nightmare also screamed.

It manipulated the nightmare tree to turn and run.

God King is here...

Odin is here!

run!

otherwise...

die...

"You broke into my house, you wounded my people, you threatened my son..."

Surrounded by golden light, God King Odin raised the Eternal Spear.

He pulled his body apart like an open war bow.

The flames were blazing, but the power of Gungnir being thrown had already made Nightmare feel the oppression of ten deaths and no life.

this world...

Not the place to let it run wild.

"Crappie!"

"Eat me a shot!"

"boom"

The golden thunder light drowned everything in Odin's roar.

light...

Endless light enveloped everything.

Not even Nightmare's screams could be heard.

The voice of evil broken cannot be heard.

Enveloped in light, embarrassed, and covered in blood, Zatanna closed her eyes in despair.

She thought about how her life would end.

But she never expected that she would die under the wrath of the God King just like Merlin...

Is this an honor?

A smile appeared on the corner of the young lady's mouth, she was about to welcome the arrival of death.

But at the moment when she was about to be shattered by Gungnir, a hand suddenly poked out from the shattered dream door.

At the moment before the thunder light annihilated, Zatanna was dragged back to the dream of the other side.

"boom"

The little sister, who still had her eyes closed, was pulled back into a not-so-warm embrace.

maybe hallucinations...

She smelled that familiar smell again.

"Silly girl..."

A voice sounded in her ears, as if from the other side.

Then...

It was a cold kiss.

Just kiss her bloody face.

Wake her up from her bewilderment.

"As soon as I came back, I saw you were dying... That's not what we said before."

The voice echoed.

Another finger flicked on her nose, as if to punish her.

"You, you are really naughty..."

(End of this chapter)