The Vacuum Flower was, of course, favoring the trio.
In fact, by now, reality had favored them so much that Ess's body had already begun to undergo the change she feared.
Her already beautiful, voluptuous body had truly become a flower on the verge of blooming.
Smooth cracks, curving in eerie ways, were splitting her body into three petals.
And the three holy vestments were indeed at its core.
In the original plan, this scene was supposed to unfold in the darkness. Once the flower truly split into three and bloomed, it would cling to three fresh bodies.
Of course, the timing had to be just right. Otherwise, she might end up like Sophia, unable to maintain a human shape even with the power of a weapon.
It was certainly a bold gamble for survival, but it wasn't enough.
With reality and the dream out of sync, they could push themselves to even greater limits, burn their will to survive as fiercely as possible, and see more.
For example, right now.
"The Vacuum Flower..."
At Fu Qian's suggestion, the trio fell into a synchronized stupor.
Their relief at escaping certain death was so overwhelming that even when two more bone spikes shot toward them, they didn't dodge. The spikes struck the two extra faces squarely, drawing different screams from each.
"Is this really its influence?"
The noise finally brought Ess back to her senses. As her right arm automatically reached to pull out the bone spike, she instinctively sought confirmation.
"Very likely."
Fu Qian readily confirmed it.
What he'd said before was, of course, true. The changes in reality couldn't help but affect the dream.
Even he, as the Dream Master, couldn't keep someone whose body had collapsed existing for long in a dream he controlled.
That kind of splitting