Chapter 158 The Second Battle in the Dream: The Empress's "Bathhouse Attendant"
As consciousness receded like a tide, Jiang Chen felt his Divine Soul traversing through a sea of purple stars, eventually descending into a palace that was pitch-black yet breathtakingly magnificent.
This was the core of the abyss, the Abyssal Empress's palace.
"Yo, Boss, working overtime?"
Jiang Chen's consciousness condensed within a swirl of mist; he was still wearing his loose pajamas, holding that inseparable black jade pillow in his hand.
He looked around and discovered that the originally cold palace now held a thick, intense aura of Evil Qi.
That was... the scent of cultivation.
In the center of the great hall, on the thousand-foot-wide sparring ground, a stunning yet cold figure held a dark red magic sword, her body moving like lightning as she shattered the surrounding illusory star shadows one by one.
With every sword strike, space itself let out an unbearable wail.
The Abyssal Empress, Empress.
She seemed to sense Jiang Chen's arrival; the magic sword in her hand traced a perfect arc, and the resulting Sword Qi grazed the tip of Jiang Chen's nose, slicing a section off the bone pillar behind him.
"Jiang Chen, your boldness is growing."
Empress turned slowly, dangerous flames dancing in her purple eyes.
She wore form-fitting purple-black armor that outlined her breathtaking curves, with fine beads of sweat seeping from her forehead, adding a hint of alluring wildness to her unattainable majesty.
"Last time you dared to tease me in a dream, and even stole a fragment of my Origin. Do you really think I can't kill you in this dream?"
Jiang Chen wasn't afraid; instead, he swaggered forward and sat down directly on a collapsed stone pillar.
"Boss, such a fiery temper will give you wrinkles."
Jiang Chen yawned, his gaze sweeping over Empress's tense waist. Not only was he unafraid, but he even offered a critique: "This sword technique is beautiful, but your power output method is wrong. You should lower your center of gravity... hmm, just like how I do when I sleep."
"Insolent!"
Empress teleported, her magic sword pressing directly against Jiang Chen's throat.
The terrifying killing intent caused Jiang Chen's consciousness to ripple.
"Your Mental Energy has actually reached the War God Realm?" Empress's tone held a hint of surprise, but mostly annoyance. "Taking the benefits I gave you, you've been living quite well outside. Speak! What are you here for this time?"
"Well... the bed at home collapsed."
Jiang Chen spread his hands with an innocent face. "I heard the beast race's successive Saintesses possess Nine-Tailed Fox fur, which is a top-tier Material for upgrading a Divine-Grade bed. I've come this time to ask for your guidance, Boss: where is the softest fox fur?"
Empress trembled with rage.
A dignified top scholar of the Great Xia, with War God Realm Mental Energy, entering a dream to find her just to ask which kind of fox fur is suitable for a mattress?!
"I think you're looking to die!"
Empress pressed the magic sword down sharply.
However, the next second, a scene occurred that she had not anticipated.
The Void Realm behind Jiang Chen suddenly twisted, and that massive, pajama-wearing Nightmare Dharma Manifestation appeared with a boom.
Jiang Chen's current Mental Energy was on par with hers (though only a projection), and in the application of dream rules, he was faintly on equal footing.
Jiang Chen grabbed the blade of the magic sword with a backhand grip and yanked hard.
"Oh, Boss, don't be so fierce. I've been fighting for a whole day, I'm exhausted."
Jiang Chen pulled her in like a hooligan. Empress hadn't expected him to dare to act directly, and she lost her balance, falling straight into Jiang Chen's arms.
"You..."
"Don't speak, Boss, you're so hot."
Jiang Chen closed his eyes, his nose filled with the cold, faint fragrance of the Empress.
He not only didn't let go, but instead very naturally wrapped his arms around the Empress's slender, willow-like waist, and took the opportunity to give it a squeeze.
"These muscle lines... trained too tightly, it doesn't help with sleep. Come, let me help you loosen up."
Jiang Chen's Mental Energy transformed into countless tiny tentacles, and he actually materialized a set of... professional bathing equipment in the great hall?
Steaming vapor rose from thin air, and a massive purple-gold bath appeared in the center of the arena.
"Jiang Chen! How dare you blaspheme me!" Empress completely broke down, struggling as she tried to unleash the Abyssal Demonic Fire.
"This is called labor compensation."
Jiang Chen pressed Empress onto the white jade bench by the pool with a serious face, a "bath towel" emitting divine light appearing in his hand out of nowhere.
"As the price for waking me up, tonight, I am your exclusive bath attendant. Don't worry, I'm a professional; I guarantee that after I'm done, you'll be able to sleep well in this dream."
"Get lost! Let me go! Ah... mmm..."
Empress's originally angry cursing, under Jiang Chen's micro-level special technique supplemented with War God Realm Mental massage, gradually turned into an irrepressible moan.
That night, there were no clashes of swords or blades in the Abyssal palace.
There was only steaming mist, and a certain shameless man, yawning as he scrubbed the back of the most noble woman in the heavens and myriad worlds...
【System Prompt: Due to the host successfully "subduing" a high-level target in the dream, you have obtained the Empress's passive favorability (Tsundere version).】
【Unlocked Divine-Grade bed upgrade clue: Northern Fox Clan Holy Land, the Old Ancestor's underarm hair.】
Jiang Chen muttered while scrubbing: "Underarm hair? System, your taste is getting more and more perverted..."