Thump thump!

The golden hall kept shaking, crystalline fragments continuously falling down.

Ash looked at the virtual Godhood in front of him. It suddenly appeared like a giant building block about five meters high, or like a god statue waiting to be cleaned, now 40% filled inside.

But it's only 40%.

Conservatively estimating, to complete the virtual Godhood would take at least 24 hours, and that's on the premise of Ash continuously burning his soul limit to sustain everyone. The mages outside, who are fiercely attacking the ghost legacy, probably won't give them this time.

"You need to go outside to confront the invaders and buy some time," the Nightmare suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, Ash and the other three weren't surprised at all. They had long known they were cannon fodder. To create the Nightmare God Spirits, the Nightmare Angel would certainly prioritize sacrificing the cannon fodder to increase the success rate.

"But we are just ordinary Holy Domain; at most, we can only block one or two mages of the same level." Ash said, "Does it really make sense?"

"Of course, it's not about using your own strength to confront the invaders," the Nightmare said. "The main body has long left behind a legacy plan."

Ash and Weiser exchanged glances, their eyes showing some surprise—did the Nightmare Angel even calculate this? And there is also a fail-safe plan? Could it be some kind of miracle, directly dumping the invaders into the recycle bin with a single key?

"The legacy plan of the main body is the legacy left by other demigods," the Nightmare said. "Although the main body cannot predict the future, with his example of failure, any demigod leaving a legacy in Dream Heaven would surely consider how to repel invaders. You only need to utilize the arrangements of the Ghost Prophet to effectively intercept the invaders."

The fact that this Nightmare ridicules the main body without mercy...

However, Ash's heart grew colder and colder. Nothing is harder to accept than admitting failure. The Nightmare Angel could even anticipate the impact of his own failure. This clarity and calmness don't resemble a reclusive failure setting a legacy before dying!

"When mages reach the 90th level of the ghost legacy, once Dream Heaven is invaded, the mages closest to the main legacy can manipulate the levels to attack the invaders," the Nightmare said. "The Truth Mage must stay to create the virtual Godhood. Two of you three must go to confront, leaving one behind to replenish the Truth Mage's soul limit."

Once the Nightmare said this, the obvious choice to confront the invaders was the Sword Maiden and the Witch.

Ash glanced at them, then opened Aurora's Mage Manual to check the operators' information:

"Death Mad Sword Maiden"

"Human Race · Female · 18 years old"

"Bonds Level: 4 (75% experience sharing)"

"Bonds Resonance · Insatiable Greed: When traveling with you, there's a chance to obtain better spoils."

"Bonds Resonance · Unswerving: When traveling with you, the Sword Maiden gains Experience Treasure Orbs more easily."

"Profession: Ghost Swordsman/Mad Dancer/Death Cultist"

"Professional characteristics: ① Any soul sword strike you perform, damage +15%;

② Attacking the same target increases attack speed by 2%, up to a maximum of 5 stacks; switching targets immediately invalidates this effect;

③ There is a 5% chance to inflict true damage on the target's soul."

"Silver Blessing · Festivity/Brutality: For each enemy defeated, increase critical rate and critical damage. Different characteristics can be triggered based on the operator's training strategy."

"Golden Blessing · Shining Star/Moon Star: Each battle increases insight, willpower, and charm. Different characteristics can be triggered based on the operator's training strategy."

"Void Wings: Rainbow Full Wings/Golden Full Wings/Silver Full Wings"

"Controlled Spirit: Four-winged Heart Sword Technique Spirit, Four-winged Flower Technique Spirit, Three-winged Wave Motion Sword Technique Spirit, Three-winged Seamless Technique Spirit..."

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"Black and White Witch"

"Human Race · Female · 19 years old"

"Bonds Level: 4 (75% experience sharing)"

"Bonds Resonance · Play with People's Hearts: Even without related mental Technique Spirits, you and the Witch possess supernatural abilities to influence people's hearts."

"Bonds Resonance · Promised Future: Even without related fate Technique Spirits, you and the Witch possess supernatural abilities to influence fate through agreements."

"Profession: Ghost Warrior/Witch"

"Professional characteristics: ① Any soul boxing you perform, damage +18%;

② You have a 5% chance to inflict a special status on your attack target, lasting 5 seconds (affection, infatuation, cherishment, adoration)."

"Silver Blessing: Witch's Taboo: Secrecy grants you power, concealment is your weapon. The fewer people in reality know your true self, the stronger you become in the Void Realm. Currently, the concealment level of the Black and White Witch is 80% (little known), gaining an 80% bonus to magic power recovery speed. (Observer's observation not included)"

"Golden Blessing: Witch's Rebellion: Rebellion grants you power, desire is your weapon. The more you wish to rebel against those who love you, even harbor ill intentions towards them, the stronger you become in the Void Realm. Currently, the rebellion level of the Black and White Witch is 96% (filial piety degraded), gaining 96% extra magic power."

"Void Wings: Rainbow Full Wings/Golden Full Wings/Silver Full Wings"

"Controlled Spirit: Four-Winged Sword Trace Technique Spirit, Four-Winged Snow Ruin Technique Spirit, Three-Winged Claw Technique Spirit, Three-Winged Mask Technique Spirit, Three-Winged Observer Technique Spirit..."

Since Ash no longer set training strategies for them, he just feeds them Physical Strength Potion, Career Potion, and Experience Potion to boost their status daily, so he hasn't been checking their training reports much lately. Only now did he notice that both the Sword Maiden and the Witch's professions have changed to Ghost Swordsman and Ghost Warrior—likely due to the influence of exploring Ghost Inheritances recently.

After completing the 'Death Cultist' and 'Witch' career tasks respectively, the Sword Maiden became a triple profession and the Witch became a dual profession, undoubtedly effectively enhancing their combat power. Combined with the recent high-density breakthroughs, allowing everyone's Void Wings to quickly coalesce and form, their strengths are undoubtedly that of Three-Winged Official Mages.

But Ash still wasn't reassured, and he spent two Source Crystals to use the Soul Burning Map on them, instantly boosting the Witch's soul quantity to four hundred human souls, and the Sword Maiden to three hundred human souls!

"Nightmare," Ash suddenly asked, "The ones going to intercept will come back later, right?"

"Of course, they need to return," Nightmare said, "You need to guard the Virtual Godhood until it's completed."

Ash felt relieved, turning around to suddenly feel a soft embrace, looking down it was the little head of the Witch, who was so nervous her hair color seemed a bit dirty. He gently hugged the Witch and rubbed her hair, looking up at the Sword Maiden standing quietly nearby.

"See you later."

"See you later."

After speaking, Sonia and Diya disappeared in the golden hall.

Ash continued Gathering Spirit, his expression serious, seemingly intending to complete the Virtual Godhood. After a while, Nightmare indicated for them to stop, "Your efficiency is starting to decline, it's time to replenish your buffs."

It's worth mentioning that this move by Nightmare, consuming one person to enhance everyone's Wonder, not only energizes others and boosts their spirits, but even Ash whose soul limit was reduced would be stimulated and have clear consciousness.

Because the essence of refreshment is not 'increase in soul limit', but the process of 'increase' and 'decrease'. In real life terms, both joy and anger can excite people, comfort and pain can also stimulate, Ash and the others whose souls were made fatigued and stiff from the monotonous Gathering Spirit, use change to make their souls active again.

Therefore, Ash's sudden soul boost from Burning Soul was of little use, routine work won't become less boring just because you feel energetic today, fatigue will still come, so reducing only his soul to benefit the whole team is the most cost-effective.

Ever since they discovered Dream Heaven was invaded, Nightmare's demand for their work efficiency was to maintain the highest levels, boosting them slightly when there's any decline, it could be said that yesterday's highest KPI score is today's lowest KPI requirement, boost intervals reduced to once an hour.

The familiar pain arrived as expected, Ash groaned and knelt down, instinctively reaching out to grasp something—until the next second, he remembered that the Sword Maiden and the Witch had gone out to intercept.

However, his hand was still caught by a pair of soft hands.

"They're not here," Weiser said softly, "Let me share in your pain."

"Thank you." Ash didn't refuse her kindness, his body tensed as he took a deep breath, smiling, "Speaking of which, this seems to be... our first time alone together? Um, if we don't count Nightmare's observation."

"Yes, before at least one of the Sword Maiden or the Witch was present, now it's just you and me."

"So strange," Ash said, his breath shallow and quick, "Even though you've been in the team for two months, I haven't had the chance to talk to you alone..."

"Now you have the chance," Weiser said, "What would you like to talk about?"

"Well, like..." Ash forcibly stopped his shoulders from trembling, asking lightly, "Do you have someone you like?"

"I do." Weiser replied calmly.

She could tell, even in the midst of the soul-ripping agony, Ash relaxed slightly on hearing this answer. She thought for a moment and understood Ash's thoughts, chuckling, "Are you afraid I like you? No, you're not afraid of me, you're afraid of her."

"But you, a Holy Sanctuary Mage, are actually afraid of a lover to such an extent..."

"You're talking as if you're not a Holy Sanctuary Mage too!" Ash felt embarrassed, quickly changing the topic, "Let's not talk about me, let's talk about you, about your matters, how are things between you and the one you like?"

"Nothing's happening," Weiser said, "We're not together."

"Why?" Ash was rather surprised, even forgetting the pain: "You, a Holy Sanctuary Mage, can't even win over someone you like?"

"There's no why, it just doesn't work." Weiser shrugged, "Sometimes it's just like that."

She looked down at their clasped hands and said softly, "Some people can't become lovers, yet you can't bear to let them belong to someone else either."

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