As the scene within the Nightmare began to erode toward Swan Hall,
Everyone with keen senses caught the lips of the hanging 'Yi Chen' moving as he whispered softly. Through further analysis, they could make out the Old World language he was speaking.
§Nightmare Manifestation§
It was after those words that the Nightmare began invading reality, even staining the surrounding constellations black and claiming them as its own.
Tick-tock, tick-tock~
Ink seeped out from the top of the hall and between the walls,
The Tentacles spreading out from the Nightmare Room rapidly expanded and split apart, quickly occupying every part of the hall and preparing to attack everyone present.
The Prophets present also switched forms,
The old man at the door changed his flute back into a staff,
The Two-faced Prophet turned back to his normal face, and his entire aura instantly became ferocious,
The Reader also pulled out a completely different book that radiated an aura of devouring,
The black Prophet on the second floor clenched all six palms into fists, while the eyes in his palms all moved to his forehead, preparing to perform bodily Disease Removal.
Yuri the Sealed made no move at all. Only the maid behind him changed into a combat stance,
Yi Chen pressed one hand against his face, ready to activate Dead Person Makeup at any moment.
Just as everyone was preparing to act,
Particles resembling cosmic dust scattered throughout the hall. Joining with the Star River Barrier innate to the campus, they connected with one another and formed a geometric surface that fit against the inner walls of the hall.
Just as the Nightmare Tentacles were about to attack everyone, the geometric surface began compressing inward, affecting only the Nightmare elements without harming anyone present.
As the geometric body continued to contract,