Tree Spirit thought for a moment: "The avatars consume the energy of my avatar. Currently, the limit of leaf avatars I can create at once is five. That means, at most, we can gain ten seconds of time."
"Ten seconds may not be long, but it should be enough to see the situation after entering the door. We might even find the source of the Nightmare Light..."
After muttering for a while, Tree Spirit nodded towards Angel: "I think we can give it a try. Anyway, even if the energy is depleted, it can be quickly replenished after returning to the main body."
Currently, there are no other plans, only this pure exhaustion method can be used.
Tree Spirit acted upon his words, quickly crafting five leaf avatars and threading them into a leaf necklace, which he put around his neck.
Angel, meanwhile, set up a force field outside the red glow range, so that once Tree Spirit came out from the door, he would be rapidly pulled out from the glow range by the force field.
Once everything was set up, Tree Spirit nodded towards Angel, and with a hint of excitement, walked forward.
As Tree Spirit stepped into the glow range, his steps halted immediately, obviously pulled into the nightmare once more. However, as the five leaves on the necklace turned into four, Tree Spirit regained his senses.
Without any hesitation, Tree Spirit quickly dashed into the door.
Soon, Tree Spirit’s figure disappeared into the red glow behind the door...
From afar, Angel watched the corridor’s end silently counting down from 10, awaiting Tree Spirit’s return.
"Ten, nine... six, five..."
When Angel counted down to 2, according to previous deduction, Tree Spirit should have returned. But to Angel’s surprise,
Tree Spirit’s figure did not appear at the doorway.
"Two, one..."
When the countdown reached 1, the doorway remained empty.
"Zero." Ten seconds had passed, and Tree Spirit did not return as planned.
Angel closed his eyes and exhaled deeply, undoubtedly, an unexpected event occurred in the room involving Tree Spirit. Otherwise, there would not be complete silence.
Angel waited another five minutes, yet still did not see Tree Spirit return.
At this moment, Angel glanced again at the door at the end of the crimson corridor, which appeared like the gaping maw of a monstrous creature, silently mocking him.
Angel, wearing a grim expression, turned around and returned to the initial position of the corridor.
He planned to wait there for Tree Spirit’s return.
It was certain that Tree Spirit’s avatar had encountered an accident. It would not be long before Tree Spirit would send another avatar over.
By then, he should know what happened to Tree Spirit in the room and why he did not make it out in time.
While waiting for Tree Spirit’s return, Angel also quietly pondered. It seemed that relying on Tree Spirit’s avatar consumption had encountered some issues, and Angel wanted to find other methods to solve the Nightmare Light.
Currently, the Nightmare Light was acting incredibly strong, nearly unsolvable.
This was no exaggeration; Reeves had also mentioned that there was no possible way to conquer the Nightmare Light.
However, Angel was certain the Nightmare Light was not unsolvable. Because the Nightmare Realm creatures beneath the Star Pond Ruins had already started to utilize the Nightmare Light.
According to his understanding, Minister Nuka chose the Star Pond Ruins for Xinai’s descent precisely because of the Nightmare Light there. Later, Angel also learned from the Boiling Gentleman that the main ingredient for refining the Power Furnace was the Nightmare Light.
This showed that, for the Nightmare Realm creatures, the Nightmare Light was not a threat, but rather a beneficial resource.
Moreover, they surely mastered the methods to utilize and control the Nightmare Light.
Angel never thought he would face the Nightmare Light directly in the Star Pond Ruins, and thus never asked how to handle the Nightmare Light. Now, he felt powerless.