12. Nightmare Servant
12. Nightmare Servant
In fact, Ji Yuan cannot unleash the full power of Ultraman when he is not transformed into Ultraman, but that is not a problem. The physical strength he can exert in human form is enough to beat many superheroes, not to mention that he can also use telekinesis and the power of light.
Ultraman's stats can only be used as a reference most of the time, because due to subjective factors, the actual power he exerts often far exceeds the stats shown on the character.
Just like how Tiga was resurrected because of humanity's faith and transformed into Shining Form to defeat Gatanothor, or how Nexus continued to fight even after all the lights went out, for Ultraman, the heart is the most powerful force.
At this moment, Ji Yuan was using telekinesis to become invisible and fly through the air towards the Kamar-Taj Sanctuary in New York. Driving would require taking a detour, but flying would take a straight line. How wonderful!
Sure enough, after flying for a short while, we arrived in front of an ordinary, even somewhat dilapidated, house. This was the New York Sanctuary, which looked quite unremarkable.
This was Ji Yuan's first time visiting the New York Sanctum. The sanctum was surrounded by a magical barrier to prevent ordinary people from entering.
However, this naturally couldn't stop Ji Yuan; with a thought, he entered it.
The interior of the sanctuary is much larger than what can be seen from the outside due to the magic. Upon entering, one sees a suspended corridor with staggered staircases, and the Kamar-Taj sorcerer king reading a book.
"Hey, mage, you..."
At this moment, Wang suddenly realized that someone had broken into the sanctuary. In an instant, an energy shield appeared in his left hand and a long whip of energy appeared in his right hand, as if he were facing a great enemy.
After he recognized who it was, he breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew his magic. It turned out to be this being.
Seeing Wang use and then immediately retract his magic, Ji Yuan was completely bewildered and asked, "Mage, what are you doing?"
Wang smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ji Yuan, I didn't realize it was you. I thought the sanctuary had been invaded."
Ji Yuan smiled. It turned out that he had startled the other person by not greeting him. He said, "I have urgent business with Gu Yi. Could you please open a portal for me to the Himalayas?"
"Okay." Wang's expression tightened, and he couldn't help but think of something bad. For this being to say it was urgent, could it be a dimensional invasion? He quickly opened a portal to the Himalayas and said, "Mr. Ji Yuan, my name is Wang. If you need any help from the Sanctuary, I will do my best."
"Okay, thank you," Ji Yuan said. He felt that Wang seemed to be showing him a little too much respect, but now was not the time to think about that. The urgent matter was to find out what was invading Steve's dream from the Ancient One.
Watching Ji Yuan disappear through the portal, Wang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The pressure of facing a god was immense, but he was also excited. In just a few minutes, he felt the magical energy within him become much more active. He now completely agreed with the Ancient One's statement; coming to the New York Sanctum was the right decision.
Ji Yuan had no idea how he appeared in the King's eyes. At this moment, he had arrived at the Himalayas, Kamar-Taj, where the Ancient One was waiting for him at the teleportation gate.
"Gu Yi, come and see what this is." After saying that, Ji Yuan prepared to take out the thing from another dimension that he had grabbed from the dream.
Gu Yi raised her hand to stop Ji Yuan, saying, "This is not the place to talk. Come with me."
Ji Yuan followed Gu Yi, turning left and right, and encountered many mages along the way. Each mage looked at him with a kind of inexplicable reverence.
Ji Yuan asked Gu Yi in confusion, "What's going on with these mages? Why are they looking at me so strangely?"
Gu Yi smiled and said, "Perhaps you possess some kind of quality that ordinary people cannot see?"
Ji Yuan glanced at Gu Yi speechlessly. She'd been acting all mysterious all day, a real riddle-maker. He couldn't be bothered to criticize her.
Once they arrived at the Ancient One's meditation room, she said, "Now you can tell me what you've discovered."
Ji Yuan took out the black sun from Steve's dream. As soon as it appeared, it started screaming again, but neither of the two people in the cultivation room could be affected by it.
"These are servants of Nightmare, the Lord of the Dream Dimension, who feed on the fear they experience during nightmares," the Ancient One-Eyed God Game said solemnly.
"Dream dimension?"
Ji Yuan remembered. This was one of the more famous dimensions in Marvel. The lord Nightmare had the ability to control dreams and fear, and was also one of the dimensions that the Ancient One mainly resisted. Nightmare was keen to pull the real world into dreams, but he never succeeded.
But this shouldn't be the case. Ji Yuan asked, "The three holy sites are all fine, how could Nightmare have the opportunity to send servants into Earth?"
It is important to know that the three holy sites jointly constructed a magic circle that covers the entire Earth. With the magic circle in place, those dimensional demons cannot invade Earth unless someone acts as a guide or a traitor.
The reason why the nightmare could possess the servant is self-evident.
Gu Yi narrowed his eyes and said with some disappointment, "There is a traitor among us."
Earth is a very strange place. Many dimensional demons yearn for this sweet cake, but due to the existence of the magic circle, they find it difficult to invade.
This also provides protection for those who use dark magic. Dormammu can't do anything about it if they just use it without giving it back, but this is just the absorption of power, which is very different from the Nightmare Servant in the Ancient One's hands now.
This is a physical entity within the dream dimension, indicating that the dream dimension has somehow infiltrated reality, the reason being that the three holy sites have encountered problems.
Ji Yuan had a few guesses in mind, but he didn't say them. Instead, he asked Gu Yi, "Do you have someone in mind?"
Gu nodded and said, "Do you want to go take a look?"
"Sure." Ji Yuan loved watching the fun.
Back in front of the portal, Gu Yi handed Ji Yuan a spherical object.
"What is this?" Ji Yuan fiddled with the thumb-sized spherical object in his hand, feeling a force within it that distorted his perception.
The Ancient One smiled and said, "This contains magic that distorts perception and conceals one's aura. Don't you need it?"
"Oh." Ji Yuan glanced at Gu Yi. "Are you being so kind?" He had a feeling that this old hag Gu Yi was plotting something again.
Gu Yi said, "If I can't defeat the traitor, consider this my payment for asking you to help."
Ji Yuan curled his lip. What was the Supreme Mage who had resisted the invasion of Earth by demons from many dimensions doing here? He couldn't even defeat a traitor. He wasn't Strange, so easily fooled.
"Alright, let's go. I want to see which scoundrel likes to play the villain," Ji Yuan urged.
Gu nodded and activated the magic circle. Their destination this time was the London Sanctuary, one of the three great sanctuaries.
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