novelraw Chapter 581: 99: Dark Tidis
Chapter 581: 99: Dark Tidis
Chapter 581: Chapter 99: Dark Tidis
Anvis’s target for this trip was Dark Tidis among the Four Nightmares.
The actual power of the Four Nightmares was not ranked; they all controlled more than ninety percent of the power, but their favored traits were different.
As the name suggests, Tidis’s trait is ‘darkness’.
In Anvis’s view, Tidis’s ‘darkness’ was the most suitable trait for the identity he was to replace. The other three nightmares, whether it was despair, madness, or lust, were not as fitting as darkness.
As Anvis’s thoughts moved, the surface of the mirror before him began to rapidly transform, and when the image in the mirror finally settled, the environment outside had turned into the interior of a pitch-black palace.
The surrounding area had no light whatsoever, the only light source came from the ceiling of the main hall; countless faint and cold dim points of light as if from the depths of a dark starry sky.
A tall figure sat upright on a rock throne in the center of the main hall. The figure wore a pitch-black hooded robe, with a completely black face hidden beneath.
When the void-like mirror appeared in the main hall, the figure’s hood slightly moved as if casting a gaze toward it.
Tidis felt something peculiar; his palace was enveloped in his own Dark Domain, and normally, dream transports could not reach here. The appearance of this mirror here must have its uniqueness.
He could sense Anvis’s presence on the mirror, a Nightmare Spirit who had just recently broken through to the Seventh Rank. Perhaps he was testing skills acquired after the breakthrough, but inadvertently ended up in his palace.
Unfortunately, having just broken through, he was destined to return to the eternal darkness.
With Tidis’s thought, the darkness in the hall seemed to materialize suddenly, like a dense blob of ink, wrapping around the mirror formed by Anvis.
But at this step, the darkness could advance no further.
It soaked the glass, stained the pure gold frame and the mithril coating on the back, but that was as far as it could go.
Facing Anvis in the Mirror World, the darkness returned without success.
“Is this your ability?”
Sensing all this, Dark Tidis slowly stood up from the throne.
His own darkness had not forced the enemy from the unknown region, which indicated that the enemy was not an ordinary newly advanced High Rank Nightmare Spirit, arousing Tidis’s interest.
Staring at Anvis within the mirror, Tidis raised one hand, gathering a profound darkness in his palm.
This was the special power he controlled as a Nightmare Spirit, the physical embodiment of the Dream World’s Dark Rule Power, allowing him to exert effects similar to the real Ninth Rank Rule Power in the Dream World.
The fairytale’s Inheritance Land separated its own dark side and discarded it, but this dark side never disappeared, it just sank down, sinking into darkness beyond the reach of any light.
But what Tidis hadn’t anticipated was, just as he was about to devour the mirror with the Rule, Anvis within the mirror suddenly moved.
And, Anvis’s target was not him, but his reflection in the mirror.
“?!”
Tidis only felt a daze for a moment, and the surrounding environment suddenly underwent a change.
He seemed to still be inside his palace, but the essence was completely different.
Anvis’s physical body, which had just been in the mirror, was now standing in front of the mirror with his back towards him, unbeknownst when it had changed.
The most important thing was that the Dark Rule Power, constantly surging within him, suddenly became silent at this moment. No matter how he tried to summon it, he could not reconnect with it.
“What have you done?”
Tidis’s words carried a rare emotional fluctuation. For countless years, since he became one of the Four Nightmares and gained control of the darkness in the Dream Realm, his emotions had completely sunk into the darkness, remaining indifferent like a divine being.
But now, he was experiencing emotions once again, as well as an unfamiliar surprise.
“Nothing much, just planning to invite you over for a chat in the Mirror World.”
In front of the mirror, Anvis slowly turned around. On his gloomy suit, a black rose blossomed wildly as night itself. Simultaneously, his momentum suddenly began to rise step by step, becoming deep and terrifying.
“You… aren’t Seventh Rank?”
Watching the sudden change in Anvis’s aura, Tidis’s heart gradually sank.
Clearly, this was not some novice Nightmare Spirit who mistakenly entered his palace, but a well-prepared dangerous opponent.
The environment here was clearly unfavorable to him, the authority power granted by the Inheritance Land was completely concealed. At the same time, his own strength was also somewhat suppressed; he could only exert about seventy percent of his power.
In just a moment, the opponent’s aura was already no weaker than his. Without understanding the environment here, the situation was considerably disadvantageous to him.
The best course of action now was to immediately flee this area or find a way to delay time, waiting for the opponent’s spell duration to end.
According to the principle of equivalent exchange in magic, this astonishing method that shields the Dream World’s rules would also have an astonishing cost and could not possibly last long.
He also noticed the mirror behind Anvis. If this was the Mirror World, then was that mirror the exit from this place?
“Embrace the darkness!”
Having realized the key point, Tidis decisively made his move, spreading his Dark Domain that bore powerful eroding and assimilative properties, directly enveloping Anvis.
During the attack, Tidis intentionally or unintentionally allowed his darkness to form a weak area towards the direction of the mirror.
If Anvis chose to dodge, he would have to leave the direction of the mirror, otherwise, he could only face the attack head-on. But if that indeed was the exit, Anvis would certainly not give it up easily.
Just as he had expected, Anvis did not move a step but instead conjured a shield emitting a pale white light, enveloping both himself and the mirror within it.
Simultaneously, a domain bearing strong Holy Light Power directly spread out from the shield as its center, dispersing the surrounding darkness and even sweeping back towards Tidis.
“Disgusting creature, how could there be a Nightmare Spirit like you?!”
This kind of holy power instinctively made Tidis feel extremely disgusted. For a Nightmare Spirit, which fundamentally is a conglomerate of negative forces, Anvis’s Holy Light Domain was like splashing boiling dog feces onto someone.
With an irritated roar, Tidis seemed to explode, with rich darkness rushing like a tide continually against the central Holy Light Domain, causing its light to flicker uncertainly.
However, Anvis’s strength was also formidable, and the Holy Light Domain quickly regained stability. It clashed intensely with the surging Dark Power, as both forces tugged and strained against each other.
Watching the tense battle, Tidis increased his investment, seemingly trying to directly obliterate Anvis within the endless darkness.
But secretly, he was already preparing his long-unused Talent Ability, [Call of the Dark Star Cluster].
In times of weakness, it was this ability that allowed him to slay unprepared opponents repeatedly, eventually helping him ascend to his position among the Four Nightmares.