Chapter 360: Entering the Dream Again
Because Bloodred Warlord gave up too smoothly, the moment Lucifer left, Jia Na habitually summoned a Qimeng Butterfly to perform a divination for herself.
Jia Na's divination question was: Can she safely get through today?
And the divination result feedback from the Qimeng Butterfly was: No.
It was at this moment that Jia Na's Danger Perception talent instantly reacted, but she also found that her body seemed to be nailed directly to the ground, completely unable to move.
“Crack!”
Just as everyone in White Coral Academy was cheering loudly for having safely weathered this crisis, an untimely sound of a spatial rift shattering once again broke the current peace.
As the sound grew louder, in just an instant, a narrow spatial rift once again appeared out of thin air before everyone's eyes. However, this time, the spatial rift did not appear above the academy, but rather—directly above Jia Na's head.
“Jia Na!”
Seeing the sudden anomaly, Vivian, who was closest to Jia Na, was the first to react.
However, because everything happened too suddenly, it was as if a ball of cotton had been stuffed into Vivian's throat, making her voice extremely hoarse.
“So it was coming for me—”
Looking at the pale hand that was within a ruler's reach, at a certain moment, Jia Na only felt her heart suddenly become unusually calm. “Clang!”
Just as the pale hand was about to grab Jia Na, suddenly, a golden glowing shield appeared out of thin air around Jia Na.
Immediately after, a huge sound, like metal clashing, erupted from the shield, and along with Jia Na's body, she was sent flying backward amidst the collision of the pale hand and the golden shield.
“Jia Na!!”
“Jia Na—”
Seeing the slender figure flying backward like a kite with a broken string, Vivian, Bell-Moonshadow, Hugh-Stone, Malo-Haige, and several other figures rushed forward without hesitation, trying to catch Jia Na.
However, apart from Vivian, who was close enough to barely provide a cushioning effect, the others, due to their distance, were unable to catch Jia Na in time—
“Thud!”
Because the impact was too strong, Vivian, who tried to catch Jia Na, also flew backward.
However, just as Vivian was preparing to act as a human cushion for Jia Na, the imagined hard sensation from the ground did not appear—instead, there was an indescribable soft feeling.
“Ouch~ that hurts so much!”
Vivian's first reaction after stopping was to check if Jia Na was injured. After seeing that Jia Na was fine, Vivian finally relaxed and looked towards the source of the continuous wailing sounds behind her.
“You guys—”
“Is Miss Jia Na not injured?”
Before Vivian could speak, a flurry of concerned voices instantly surrounded her.
However, these concerned voices were not directed at Vivian, but at Jia Na, whom she was protecting in her arms.
“Are you guys okay?”
Looking at the thick human wall behind her, Vivian finally understood why it didn't hurt when she fell just now.
“Hiss~ My right rib seems to be broken!”
“My thigh—is also broken!”
Even with Vivian's cushioning, the huge impact still caused more than a dozen people at the very front to either break their arms or legs, and some even fainted directly.
“Good thing—as long as no one died.”
After confirming that everyone behind her only had superficial injuries, Vivian's hanging heart finally settled down.
However, looking at Jia Na, who was also in a coma in her arms, and Lucifer and Cain - Blood Red, who were constantly emitting violent energy fluctuations in the void, a deep sense of powerlessness made Vivian unable to help but sigh.
“Is this what a legendary battle is like—”
“Whoosh—”
The wind rustled, and the forest sea surged.
Looking at the boundless green sea of trees, Jia Na knew that she had entered a dream once again.
“This is—Nature Forest?”
Looking at the Green Elf sprites flying and playing among the trees, and the beautiful Green Elf sitting under a giant tree, constantly flipping through ancient texts, Jia Na realized that this dream should still be Evefresia's memory from her time studying in Florence.
“Evefresia, the Elf High Court's ennoblement ceremony is about to begin, why are you still here?”
The Green Elf, who was originally sitting under the tree, put down the ancient text in her hand and softly said when she saw Evefresia walking towards her.
“Teacher, I'm here to take you back.”
The voice was ethereal, like smoke and illusion.
Unlike the clear words of the Green Elf's voice, Evefresia's voice seemed to come from a distant void, making it extremely unclear for Jia Na in the dream.
“Take me back?”
Hearing Evefresia's words, the Green Elf merely smiled softly.
“This is my home. Where else can you take me besides here?”
“Take you home—”
Bang! As soon as the words fell, the lush green forest, which was full of vitality a second ago, transformed into an endless sea of fire the next second, engulfing everything around it.
And the Green Elf in the center of the sea of fire, at this moment, had completely changed into another appearance.
Red hair, blood-red eyes, fangs, a demonic face. Unlike her beauty and elegance just now, the Green Elf at this moment had completely transformed into a demon-like appearance that would only appear in purgatory.
“This is my home! No one can take me away from here!”
Hoo—
Accompanied by a faint sigh, the scene in Jia Na's eyes also switched.
When she opened her eyes again, the raging sea of fire had all disappeared, replaced by a scorched forest and an ancient staff half-inserted into the scorched earth, emitting a powerful Life force. “Jia Na, are you alright?”
“Vivian…”
Gently opening her eyes and looking at Vivian's anxious face, Jia Na was slightly dazed, and her eyes gradually regained clarity.
“How long was I unconscious?”
“You were unconscious for about three minutes just now—”
Rumble—Just as Vivian was replying to Jia Na, suddenly, a thunderous sound that made Jia Na's eardrums ache roared from the sky. Looking up, she saw that the originally gloomy sky was already enveloped by golden lightning and blood-red dark clouds. Not only that, but the Magic Tower that originally stood in the academy was directly cut in half, turning into a pile of ruins.
“What is that?”
Jia Na, who re-shifted her gaze from the collapsed Magic Tower ruins to the sky, was surprised to find that a emerald green light was floating, enveloped by gold and blood-red.
