On the reverse-color stairs, Freya and the others stared blankly at the Ruby Mountain in the distance, deeply shocked.

Without relying on Ash or even having any information, they actually stumbled upon the shortcut to the legend! ?

Even Shivlin didn't know what to say. If it wasn't for the Veela's insistence, she wouldn't have participated in such a dangerous adventure. Now it seems that if it weren't for the Veela's infatuation, she might have missed this shortcut to heaven forever.

Although it has a taste of result-oriented theory, Shivlin couldn't help but wonder - is it easier for couples to gain points in this version? Does the virtual world prefer love-brains? Should she also find someone to like?

But she was already a Saint Realm magician, and she might soon become a legendary magician. There were only a few people in the entire Blood Moon Kingdom who were qualified to like her, and the only one who was worthy of her love was...

A figure appeared in her mind, and Shiffrin was instantly shocked. She quickly shook her head to get rid of the terrible thought. It was torture enough to be a teammate with a veela, and Shiffrin was not interested in deepening her relationship with her.

"Be careful," Tamashi warned.

In order to prevent the occurrence of supernatural stories such as "one person is missing suddenly", the four of them climbed together holding hands. In Ash's words, "even if we die, at least there will be someone to cover our bodies."

However, the journey was very peaceful. There were no monsters blocking the way, nor were there any insurmountable obstacles.

After walking for a while, Freya suddenly asked, "Tamasi, Shivlin, are you...fading?"

It's not just the black crow and the little bat, the veela and the purple moth have varying degrees of color fading, but the former two are more serious, with the color of their lower bodies almost completely fading; while the latter two only have their legs fading, so it's not very noticeable.

"take it easy."

An Nan squeezed everyone's hands and said, "Discoloration must be a test mechanism of the anti-color ladder, but since our degree of discoloration is different, it means that there are ways to alleviate the discoloration, and it is even possible to supplement the color. This is definitely not an unsolvable mechanism."

Annan, the Purple Moth, who used to be the director of a funeral agency and now controls the entire political system of Gospel, has impeccable insight, speaking skills, and courage. When the team encounters unknown dangers, she can often calm everyone down quickly.

After checking for a while, Tamashi quickly discovered the clue: "Look at our inverted mirror image!"

Because Freya and the others climbed the anti-color stairs in a straight line, their mirror images would naturally go straight up the dream stairs. When the mirror images passed through the illusion fog, the fog would wrap around the mirror images, but their real bodies were in the anti-color world, so they were not pulled into the foggy illusion.

Among the four people's mirror images, Freya and Annan were surrounded by the most fog, and their color fading was also the least. It was obvious that there was some kind of causal relationship.

Shivlin pondered and said, "The correct strategy for this smuggling shortcut should be to let the mirror image be entangled with as much fog as possible, so that we can go further on the anti-color ladder."

Then they took a short detour, trying to let the mirror image hit more fog, and sure enough, the color loss of the body was not only curbed, but even began to recover. However, compared with the original, the new color they added was brighter, more dazzling, and more dreamy.

When the new colors accounted for more than 50%, Freya suddenly said, "Did you hear him calling me?"

"Isn't that cheering..." An Nan said softly.

"I saw him, he is right in front, right in front!" Tamashi suddenly broke free from their hands, spread his virtual wings, flew over the stairs, and flew forward anxiously.

Before Shiffrin could catch Black Crow, Veela and Purple Moth rushed out one after another. The little bat lowered his head and saw that their mirror images were flying, entangled in more fog on the Stairs of Dreams, and finally realized that something was wrong.

"Stop, come back quickly, these colors will... seduce us..."

Shifflin tried her best to catch up. Perhaps because of the incomplete soul of the Blood Saint, the color of the fog had less impact on her. She could barely use miracles to suppress the auditory hallucinations and light and shadows that tried to emerge.

Freya and the others landed quickly and stood on the stairs in a daze. Although their expressions varied, it was obvious that they were all happy from the bottom of their hearts and were obviously trapped in a fantasy.

When she caught up with her teammates, the mist color on Shiffrin's body exceeded 90%. She gritted her teeth and activated the miracle "Bleeding Like a Flow" on herself. The intense pain made her want to faint, but she barely suppressed the desire of the illusion.

Contrary to stereotypes, the Blood Saints are a race that is very afraid of pain. It is only because their physiological mechanisms have lost the sense of pain that people think they are not afraid of pain. But precisely because they cannot feel pain normally, when they are really pricked, it is even more unbearable.

There is no one in this world who is not afraid of pain, only people who are accustomed to pain.

"Wake up, there are still some mechanisms in the anti-color ladder that we can't solve..." Shivlin said weakly: "We will retreat this time and come back next time..."

She reached out her arms and hugged the three of them, trying to perform the miracle of "Heart Blood Returning".

This is a secret miracle of the four major research institutes. Only blood magic at the Holy Domain level can perform it, and it has only one effect: at the cost of severe injury to the soul, the magician is forced to return from the virtual world to reality, ignoring all regional restrictions!

This is also the reason why they dare to explore the dream ladder. Even if they are trapped in the fog, they can force their way out of the virtual world!

This move is most effective against the Blood Saints, but it can also be effective against other races, but at a higher cost. There is a famous saying in the blood magic faction: "Blood is the currency of the soul." Blood magic can only be effective on flesh and blood at the beginning, but after the magic level is high, even stones will bleed in front of the blood magician!

Freya and the others did not react at all, allowing themselves to be embraced by Shiffrin. But when Shiffrin activated the "Heart Blood Flow", she inevitably touched their souls and was pulled into their misty illusion!

…

Blood Moon Kingdom, Kaimon Station.

In the waiting hall, Freya paced back and forth nervously in front of the train information board. She couldn't help but open the address book on the screen, but she didn't dare to dial the name after seeing it.

Suddenly, a call request appeared in the upper left corner of the light screen. The veela panicked when she saw the call message. She quickly checked her appearance in the mirror next to her, held her hands on her chest, and nervously answered the call: "Ash?"

"Hey." Ash's face appeared in the box in the upper left corner. He was sitting on the train seat. "I'll be there in half an hour. You can pick me up at the station now."

"Yeah." Freya nodded vigorously: "I'm ready to go out now!"

"You're lying. I can see the station entrance behind you." Ash said helplessly, "Even if you arrive earlier, I won't appear in front of you a moment earlier."

"I'm worried about traffic jams... your shift might arrive earlier... I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway." The Veela looked down at her toes, pouted and muttered, "Ash, you don't understand the feeling of waiting..."

"I understand."

Ash said gently, "I also want to hug Freya soon, but I have no choice but to video chat with you first. Seeing that you are already waiting for me at the station, I feel... actually quite happy."

"That way I can see you right away when I get off the bus, that's great."

The Veela bit her lower lip, her eyes became tearful, but her skin turned a beautiful pink. She leaned against the wall, her thighs rubbing against each other involuntarily, and she replied in a very low voice: "Me too."

"See you in half an hour."

After the communication was interrupted, Freya still stood by the pillar, the pink color never faded. After a while, she opened the light screen to search for nearby shops, her face a little shy and embarrassed:

"There's no lingerie store around here..."

…

Gospel, Issu Palace.

The consuls in charge of one side, the bosses of the family groups, and the powerful kings of the six countries knelt in the hall, submitting to the most benevolent, kind, supreme and powerful king.

"Greetings to the Holy Emperor, and greetings to the Purple Concubine!"

In the skylight curtain that the king's minister could not see clearly even if he tried to raise his head, Ash lay lazily on his side on the supreme throne, looking down at a magician's manual. An Nan, wearing a lilac shining dress, lay in his arms. When her head turned, her two purple crystal earrings swayed slightly, reflecting an elegant brilliance under the light. She looked down at the people below and opened her red lips softly: "No need to be polite."

The ministers of the king stood up one after another, but still did not dare to look up: "Your Majesty, the current emergency sequence of topics are the following projects: the wonder construction plan of the Kingdom of Heaven, the secret realm construction plan of the Kingdom of Heaven, and the welfare system reform plan of the Kingdom of Gospel..."

An Nan reached out and gently stroked Ash's face, as if asking for his opinion. Ash put his hands under her armpits, hugged her full breasts, and held her in his arms, but still looked at the magician's manual in his hand: "Aren't you managing it well? If you like, continue to be in charge."

An Nan snorted in disapproval, and adjusted to a more comfortable position in his arms. When she looked at the topics presented, her face no longer had the coquettishness of longing for favor, but only the calm and majestic dignity of a ruler. Even though there were many topics and a myriad of issues, she was full of fighting spirit, eager to face challenges, and confident and ambitious!

…

The Kingdom of a Thousand Wishes, next to the Trevi Fountain.

The two figures were fighting at a speed invisible to the naked eye. Every second there was a sonic boom and waves, and every moment there was a collision of steel and iron. The air seemed to have become a substance here, and it was crackling and wailing under their beating.

Suddenly, one of the figures got behind the other person, wrapped his legs around his waist like a chain, and used his hands to form a cross to lock his throat, pressing him to the ground!

"My joints are locked, you lose!" Tamashi said with ease.

Ash said nothing, but kept striking back with both hands, trying to get Tamashi to unlock the cross lock. Black Crow chuckled and changed his position, not only pinning Ash down, but also locking his hands together with a joint lock.

"You lose, admit defeat."

"Not... yet... yet!" Ash used all his strength and arched his waist to push Tamashi up, but Tamashi immediately changed his posture and pressed Ash to the ground head-on, leaving him no chance to turn the tables and completely controlling his limbs!

"Give up!" Tamashi was also a little angry: "You lose!"

Ash looked at her angrily, his face reddening but he didn't say anything. Tamashi twisted his elbow slightly and said, "Admit defeat and I'll let you go."

Ash was sweating on his forehead and shaking with pain, but he still stared at her and refused to admit defeat. Tamashi softened her heart immediately. Although she didn't want to hurt him, she had to defeat this man: "If you don't admit defeat, I will bite you."

"Oh."

Hearing this voice, Tamashi was so angry that her belly was burning. She lowered her head, opened her mouth and bit his neck. Because they had just finished fighting, both of them were sweating profusely. When Tamashi bit down, it felt salty, but the sweat was mixed with an indescribable smell. Even she seemed to have this smell coming out. The two combined to produce a strange reaction.

Tamashison spoke, leaving a clear tooth mark on Ash's neck, "Do you admit defeat?"

Ash glanced at her and didn't even bother to say anything.

Tamashi was so angry that she pressed her whole body on Ash, biting his earlobe gently and grinding it with her teeth. When the earlobe was bitten red, Tamashi let go of her mouth and looked down to find that Ash's face was flushed like a red cloud, his body was steaming, and sweat was running down his nose and cheeks, which made Black Crow stunned for a moment.

After a while she asked, "Do you admit defeat?"

"No."

For some reason, Tamashi felt a subtle tingling sensation in her body, but because she had to hold Ash with both her hands and feet, she could only rub against him like a snake, but the more she rubbed, the stronger the sensation became. Ash's shirt was rubbed open, revealing a clear collarbone. Tamashi opened her mouth and bit down, but her teeth didn't exert any force at all, and her breathing became shallow and rapid.

After a moment, she raised her head again. Even after hundreds of rounds of fighting, the Black Crow who could maintain his body in peak condition, now had a pounding heart and a blush on his face.

"Do you admit defeat?"

There was no threat in her voice, it was so soft that it sounded more like a spoiled child.

"No."