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Frightened by the towering tree turning into a living creature, the villagers scattered clean away. Jiu Ming still stood where he was, unmoving, letting the treefolk drive those villagers off. The dream's backlash was coming!
Though it was not like Youji's dream, where the backlash had arisen directly, Jiu Ming could sense the surging undercurrents rising beneath the calm surface. The intense hostility emanating from every object around them was enough to make anyone with extraordinary senses tense up!
What would come next? Natural disasters were possible—they definitely would... well, perhaps both would come together.
Jiu Ming raised his head and looked at the tranquil sky. Mm-hm, the sky stretched ten thousand miles without a cloud, moonless and wind-black—truly perfect weather!
Feeling someone tug at the collar behind him, the absentminded Jiu Ming instinctively turned around for a look.
"...Forget it." Seeing the slight surprise on Ai Enma's face, Jiu Ming shrugged. Since the dream had already flashed him a red light, whether his face was exposed or not no longer mattered. The name Ai Enma did not quite suit her in this dream. In the village, she had no surname, and her name was simply "Ai."
"Waaah, it's over. Cousin saw you too."
Ai said with a hint of tears in her voice. So that was what she cared about. Jiu Ming shot Sentaro a glance, and the other immediately warily snatched up a rock from the ground that looked rather hefty.
"It's fine. You saw me first anyway." Jiu Ming waved a hand, entirely unconcerned. The dream had already flashed him a red light, after all. All that remained was to take the dream's backlash head-on and steamroll all the way through!
Everything he had said before was just nonsense~
In any case, the dream's progression had