As his voice fell, the 【Earthen Curse Coffin】 began to tremble. From within ca the sound of Thump! Thump! Thump!—slow and heavy, like the pounding of stone, or the beat of a war drum.
With each sound, nurous cracks spread across the Earthen Curse Coffin. A weird aura seeped out, causing dark clouds to gather in the sky, and the light to grow dim and gloomy.
It was as if the world itself sensed that an ancient Evil Entity was about to break its final seal!
"The Disaster Beast Curse God General, could he really have survived until now?"
Wang Jing found this scene sowhat hard to believe.
One must understand that the Curse Binding System had only existed for a little over two hundred years.
It was essentially a desperate choice made by humanity for survival, a forced turn away from a Technological Civilization without any Transcendent System to use as a reference. Thus, it was inherently flawed and chaotic.
A Curse Binder could obtain imnse transcendent power by binding a Curse Beast, but their own lifespan would not increase by much. In fact, after binding so of the weirder Curse Beasts, every use of their power would even consu their own lifespan.
A Curse was not a Boon!
Therefore, even a Curse God General could mostly only live to be a little over 120 years old. The longest-lived one reached 149 and was the Second Generation Pope of the White Orthodox Church, the Son of the First Generation.
Relying on his lofty status, he controlled a powerful Curse Beast with minimal side effects. The first half of his life could be described as that of a perfect hero.
He led The Kingdom's Curse Binders to repel the Black Tide multiple tis, preserving humanity's effective strength.
But after passing the age of one hundred, this once Dragon Slaying Warrior beca a wicked dragon.
He began to fear death, unwilling to relinquish the power in his hands. He frequently persecuted bishops who disagreed with him, turning the church into his Dictatorial Empire.
He dispatched the Curse Binders under the church's command to begin collecting special materials born from the power of strong Curse Beasts. He secretly conducted multiple clandestine experints, causing quite a few major disasters in the process, but he did indeed manage to concoct a Life-Extending Potion, allowing him to live for an extra twenty years.
Although the church's evaluation of him was mixed, it showed from another angle that such an important figure, even with so many resources at his disposal, still couldn't break the 150-year-old human limit!
And Wang Jing's own 【Path of Seeking Emptiness】, which he used to negate the White Orthodox Church, was not like the ordinary Curse Binding System that fused with and assimilated Curse Beasts. Instead, it directly involved the Sacrifice of organs, using them as a dium to imprison and enslave the beasts.
At the sa ti, it allowed him to, step by step, shed his weak human body and beco a higher-level Spiritual Lifeform.
Since humanity had a limit, then he would stop being human!
He chose to forge a new path!
As long as he could eventually beco the King of Curses, he could use his power to create a World of Eternal Peace!
The reason for his shock was that the Disaster Beast Curse God General was born in the First Year of the Black Tide.
He ca into contact with the earliest Curse Binding System in his twenties, beca a Curse God General in his forties, and entered the depths of the Black Tide with the other Curse God Generals. In the end, because he was tainted, he could only seal himself, like a teor that lit up the night sky, gone in a flash.
Calculating from the ti of his burial, almost two hundred years had already passed!
Adding the years he lived before his death, it was equivalent to living through the entire Black Tide Era?
How was that possible?
Unless he had beco the King of Curses!
"No! It can't be the Disaster Beast Curse God General. This must be a trap set by The Kingdom!"
Wang Jing's expression was crazed, his face contorted hideously.
He would rather believe he had fallen into a trap than believe the White Orthodox Church's "Path of Addition" was correct.
Thinking of this, he angrily turned his head to look at the white-haired old man at his side, only to discover…
This guy was even more dumbfounded than he was!
The old man's face held not much joy, but more confusion.
He didn't know his own ancestor was still alive either, did he?
If the Curse God General had truly returned, they would be saved. They could make the 【Negative King Society】 pay the price, and even reach a new peak!
Being the Descendants of a Curse God General and being a family that has a Curse God General were two completely different concepts!
But he wasn't swept away by joy.
Instead, he realized a grim problem…
"The Ancestral Teaching said that it's not just our ancestor in there, but sothing else as well…"
The white-haired old man rembered that his ancestor had used his own body as the price to seal an evil existence brought out from the Black Moon.
Especially the voice just now—the language used seed to be neither the Kingdom Common Tongue nor the Ancient Noble Language, but a strange language that spread with a special soul fluctuation.
Although it was affected by the remnants of the 【Earthen Curse Coffin】, he could still hear so scattered bits of information.
【Break the seal】【Co】【You】
The white-haired old man pieced them together, polished it a bit, and added so embellishnts.
It should an sothing like this:
"You have broken the seal, awakening from the ancient ages. In return, I grant you death and doom!"
This was definitely an evil entity that, after being sealed for over two hundred years, had been awakened by them and was about to break the seal to take revenge!
Thinking of this, the white-haired old man said anxiously:
"This is bad, the evil entity sealed by our ancestor is about to break free! Quick, while the final seal is still there, let's sink the 【Earthen Curse Coffin】 back into the ground…"
"An evil entity? I rember now.
Legend says the Disaster Beast brought sothing out of the Black Tide. I thought it was so kind of manifestation of curse power, but I never expected it to be alive!"
Hearing this, the boiling killing intent in Wang Jing's heart receded like the tide.
He wasn't in a hurry to seal it, but instead said thoughtfully:
"Sothing from the source of the Black Tide… Could it be an even more powerful Curse Beast?"
A being that forced even a Curse God General to resort to self-sealing… could it be a direct descendant of the Kings of Curses?
Or even a nascent King of Curses?
Thinking about it, the current seven Kings of Curses had already made The Kingdom's life miserable, barely surviving. If another King of Curses were to appear, it would indeed lead to the complete extermination of the human race.
In that case, it was understandable that the Disaster Beast would risk his life to seal it. As for not leaking the news, it was highly likely that he was afraid soone would covet the power of a King of Curses and co to destroy the tomb.
So, he announced to the world that it was a curse, deceiving everyone.
The more Wang Jing thought, the more reasonable it seed.
The greedy desire in his heart soared!
Although he didn't have the 【Disaster Beast】, controlling an even more powerful Curse Beast seed even better!
The white-haired old man, realizing his words received no response, turned his head and saw Wang Jing's expression. He saw through the man's thoughts and berated him angrily:
"Lunatic! Once it breaks free, you and I will both die, and the entire Kingdom will be in danger! How many people will die then? Do you want to beco the sinner of the entire Human Race, sob, sob, sob…"
However, before he could finish, he was entangled and bound by black water, hung in the air, his mouth gagged by the black water, unable to make a sound.
"How could a Frog in a Well know the aspirations of a soaring bird? If I can beco the King of Curses, I can save the entire world. What does it matter if tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people are sacrificed?
They still cannot stop my steps.
Only ti will prove right!"
Wang Jing's ambition was laid bare at this mont. The mbers of the 【Negative King Society】 behind him all stepped forward, taking out a box made of pure gold.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
After opening the lid, eight special Curse Beasts appeared inside: a cicada with human hands, a toad with blue eyeballs, a snake with a woman's face, and so on…
Their appearances were evil and twisted, exuding a weird curse aura. If an ordinary person were to rashly co into contact with them, they would be corroded to death.
However, at this mont, these terrifying Curse Beasts all had their eyes tightly shut, the reason being a halo of light on their bodies that bound them firmly.
"These are special Curse Beasts that I had the 【Negative King Society】 collect over many years.
Through Flesh and Blood Subtraction, pious sect mbers sacrificed themselves, using their organs as a dium to bind them and turn them into an External Tool. Even an ordinary person can use them once or twice without worrying about backlash.
In this way, humans no longer need to assimilate Curse Beasts, but can directly use them as tools. This is the correct path to mastering curse arts.
The only thing lost is just so weak flesh and blood organs.
Using the power of the Curse Beast that possesses the 【Sacrificial Curse】 as the core, I created the forbidden curse-level 【Chains of the Mundane World】.
By sacrificing the other Curse Beasts, I can possess the power to easily suppress a Curse God General-level entity and bind it!"
Wang Jing enthusiastically explained his ideals and plan, but his eyes were constantly scanning the periphery of the valley, trying to sense if anyone from The Kingdom or the White Orthodox Church was hiding there.
He wanted to bait them into making a move!
However, after he finished explaining his plan, no one ca out to disrupt it.
He could confirm that there was no ambush, so he waved his hand.
Whoosh!
The Blue-eyed Toad Curse Beast that possessed the Sacrificial Curse flew from the hands of the 【Negative King Society】 mber and into the giant, bloody hole in his abdon, instantly filling it and even suppressing the Drowning Curse Beast wandering in the black water beside it.
"Gwa!"
Along with a deep croak, Wang Jing's body began to swell, becoming huge and bloated. His body hunched over, the robe on his back was instantly torn apart, and his skin beca rough and wrinkled.
His flesh and blood squird like modeling clay, rapidly transforming into a small Toad Altar, which was worshiping the likeness of a Blue-eyed Toad.
At this mont, his form was twisted and chaotic, no different from an Aberrant Body!
Crack!
A fissure suddenly split open in the center of this small altar.
A ghastly white spine appeared inside, covered with countless sharp teeth. It began to devour the Curse Beasts from the other gold boxes, one by one, making a hair-raising chewing sound.
Yet, Wang Jing's gaze remained calm, without the slightest fluctuation.
Because these Curse Beasts, including the sacrificial toad, were all just disposable items.
The original purpose was to control the 【Disaster Beast】 Curse God General's Curse Beast.
But now, Wang Jing's target had beco controlling that "King Beast" inside!
"Bearing the curse, I am immortal!"
Wang Jing roared.
The Toad Altar that had devoured the last Curse Beast let out a roar. Its curse power swelled, and the aura alone stirred up a fierce wind that swept in all directions, kicking up a sky full of dust and smoke.
"Curses… Pain… Resentnt… even Failure… they are all just steps for to beco stronger!"
He slowly raised his head. Although his body was aberrated by the Curse Beast, his gaze was still pure and crazed, his mind incomparably firm.
To him, the so-called physical body was just a raft on the Sea of the Mundane World, a dium in the material world. Only the spirit was eternal!
Boom!
Wang Jing's body slowly floated up.
The fissure on the Toad Altar opened, and the spine transford into eight dark chains that continuously extended outwards, like eight life-devouring demonic snakes. The curse's secret text shone, emitting the corrupt and filthy power of the mundane world, filling the sky and shaking the entire valley.
Bang!
Having lost the support of the earth, the 【Earthen Curse Coffin】 could no longer hold on under the continuous vibrations and shattered with a boom.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At this mont, all the 【Chains of the Mundane World】 swooped down, catching it completely off guard.
The 【Chains of the Mundane World】 instantly enveloped the figure that appeared, rapidly weaving and locking, transforming into a Dark Cage made of chains in a flash.
Suppression… successful!
"It's over!"
Seeing this, the white-haired old man's heart filled with despair.
Why was a guy with such peerless wisdom actually a lunatic?
And he had succeeded!
Next, whether he controlled this mysterious evil entity, or the evil entity killed him in return, it would be a disaster for the entire Kingdom!
"The heavens are unjust!"
The other clan mbers also wailed, especially the children who had lost their parents. They ceaselessly cursed this guy to die directly from the backlash of a Curse Beast.
"Just as I predicted, everything went smoothly!"
A smile appeared on Wang Jing's twisted face. As expected, not a single Curse Beast could resist the mundane contamination born from the checks and balances of so many of its kind.
It would fall into a special state of slumber!
And this was his chance!
He slowly approached the edge of the cage. Next, he would use one of his eyes as the price to control the being inside!
Clink, clink, clink!
The 【Chains of the Mundane World】 trembled slowly, colliding with a clinking sound like wind chis.
The chains shifted continuously, gradually revealing a small hole.
And from Wang Jing's right eye, blood began to overflow continuously.
The eyeball gradually lted and rged with it. The mont it left his eye socket, it transford into nurous blood-colored incantations that gathered together to form a strange Crimson Poisonous Snake.
It made a hiss, hiss sound, twisting its body, preparing to drill into the hole and bind the existence inside.
"Be of use to !"
Wang Jing said with a crazed laugh.
Just as he was about to reap the fruits of his labor, a Civilization Cane suddenly appeared from the hole. Like a spear, it instantly pierced his right eye socket, directly penetrating his brain, bringing his smile to an abrupt halt.
This sudden change stunned everyone.
Especially the child who had been cursing him in his heart.
His eyes widened, thinking he had mastered so special curse power.
"How is that possible…"
Wang Jing said in disbelief.
However, the reply he received was an indifferent voice:
"If you were going to break the seal, couldn't you have been a little quicker and co earlier? Do you have any idea what I've been through for the past day and a half?"
The instant the voice fell, the 【Chains of the Mundane World】 began to tremble, as if it had imprisoned so kind of taboo. It instantly shattered and disintegrated, turning into fine powder that scattered with the wind.
Without the obstruction of the 【Chains of the Mundane World】, a mysterious Pasture Phantom was reflected. It was surrounded by a fence of burning silver flas.
As the ancient Chaos Egg breathed, it stirred a gentle breeze, causing the grass to sway slightly, herding all creation.
In the sky, four Curse Ravens flew, their gazes overlooking the earth, clustered around the pasture's master… a man in a formal suit and felt hat, held up by a giant hand condensed from Thousand-Faced Soul Tree Rootlets.
He elegantly and calmly thrust the Civilization Cane in his hand into Wang Jing's head, helping to open his mind for free.
"The power of curses… This world's system is quite interesting!"
The one who acted was naturally Lu Yu.
He was smirking coldly at the ugly, Aberrant Body-like man before him, rage spreading in his heart.
It had been a long ti since he had been this angry!
No matter who it was, after painstakingly digging for a day and a half, moving a large amount of rubble, and being half-dead from exhaustion, finally just a little bit away from digging through the seal, and just when you're feeling a sense of accomplishnt…
Suddenly so scoundrel runs over and breaks the seal for you.
Do you know how much psychological trauma that can cause?
For example, it's like you stayed up for days and nights to grind through a long detective novel, and just when you're about to finish, full of curiosity about the ending, soone walks by, glances at the cover, and tells you the killer is so-and-so.
You'd feel like tearing them to shreds!
And this guy even tried to enslave him with so kind of ritual, repeatedly courting death and provoking him, dancing on a minefield.
But the angrier Lu Yu got, the calr he beca!
Because even beating soone up required a sense of ritual!
So he had Little Mouse slow down the pace of shattering the 【Earthen Curse Coffin】, took so ti to take a bath, changed into a new set of clothes—choosing The Disciple's attire directly—and prepared to properly deal with this little runt.
However, just at the mont of their clash, Lu Yu was disappointed!
These 【Chains of the Mundane World】, ford from the curse power of many Curse Beasts, although powerful enough to suppress a Top-tier Spirituality Transformation, were only troubleso for Aberrant Bodies and creatures of this small world.
Before Lu Yu, who possessed the Eye of Truth, a single glance revealed seven or eight fatal loopholes. Even without relying on his pet beasts, he could poke it apart with a casual move.
And… when it ca to the power of curses, what could compare to the super-tier skill 【Spirit King Curse Threads】 that Little Spider possessed?
This was a superior skill to most curse-type abilities!
Therefore, upholding the principle of not wasting anything, Lu Yu had Little Spider make a move. With just a little bit of force, she sucked the 【Chains of the Mundane World】 dry, turning it into a pile of fine powder.
Lu Yu said in disappointnt, "Your all-out attack… was just this?"
Although they didn't speak the sa language, Wang Jing could still understand the aning through the soul fluctuation. His expression was one of shock.
He could see that this fellow possessed wisdom!
However, before he could speak, a sharp, tearing pain ca from his eye socket. His remaining left eye saw his vision shift as his body gradually floated up.
It turned out he was being slowly lifted into the air by Lu Yu. Paired with his bloated body, he looked like a skewered, near-death frog.
The next mont…
Boom!
The Civilization Cane swung down forcefully. Accompanied by a loud bang, countless rock fragnts flew.
It directly smashed the lower half of his body into the ground, as if planting a bloated radish. In an instant, he was a mangled, bloody ss.
After doing all this, Lu Yu leisurely pulled the Civilization Cane from his eye socket, knocked it on his head, and warned:
"Not to be Taken as a Precedent… Forget it, be more careful in your next life!"
With that, he slowly raised the Civilization Cane, preparing to deliver the final blow!
"This is bad, quick, save the President!"
The group from the 【Negative King Society】 saw this and snapped out of their shock, becoming completely frantic.
However, just as a few of the Curse Binders were about to make a move, they suddenly heard a sharp cry!
The Curse Ravens soaring in the sky of the mysterious pasture suddenly swooped down, like the Four Horsen of the Apocalypse, bringing death.
With their arrival, all the 【Negative King Society】 mbers either suddenly developed cracks all over their bodies from which large amounts of blood seeped out, instantly turning them into blood-soaked figures, or their bodies rapidly decayed, turning into pools of rotten flesh amidst agonizing screams!
Bleeding Curse!
Corruption Curse!
"These ravens are actually Curse Beasts!?"
Several Curse Binders were shocked. Just as they were about to act, they saw a grayish-white Curse Raven appear in the distant sky.
It was flying in the air, looking down at them with an indifferent gaze.
Just by eting its eyes, everyone felt the aura of death and subconsciously wanted to take a few steps back.
However, they found that they couldn't move. Looking down, their expressions were horrified:
"This is…"
They discovered that more than half of their bodies had been petrified without them noticing.
Their terrified expressions were preserved as they turned into stone sculptures, which then shattered with a boom, turning into a pile of rubble.
Petrification Curse!
The so-called Curse Binders were nothing but ants before it.
Several Curse Beasts, having lost the suppression of their binders, broke free. One of them, a Human-faced Grass with a Woodification Curse, was about to laugh maniacally when it was pierced by sharp claws, fiercely grabbed and suppressed, then snatched into the air.
After devouring the curse power contained within the 【Chains of the Mundane World】, the Curse Ravens' strength had also increased. They had all reached the peak Gold rank.
Coupled with their own Spirit King Trait, they were even superior to higher-level Curse Beasts, more like a natural enemy.
"So… so strong!"
Such a cruel scene made the white-haired old man, who had been freed from his bonds due to Wang Jing's heavy injuries, shiver.
These disastrous Curse Beasts, terrifying in the eyes of ordinary humans, were now being hunted like rabbits by the Curse Ravens in the sky.
Weak, pitiful, and helpless!
And all these seed to be just the servants of that mysterious figure.
Moreover, as a large number of 【Negative King Society】 mbers died, streaks of blue Light of the Soul were extracted and entered the pasture, turning into a patch of green grass.
Although it was lush and green, it sent a chill down everyone's spine, and their hearts filled with terror.
What kind of monster… had they released?
"It's ti to end this!"
Lu Yu didn't care about the others' gazes. He slowly raised his cane, preparing to send him on his final journey.
Whoosh!
The instant it fell, tearing through the air, Wang Jing's remaining left eye opened, and he roared:
"I am not resigned!"
The next mont, from the Toad Altar half-buried in the ground on his back, a deafening croak suddenly erupted.
Boom!
The sound wave contained a terrifying concussive force, spreading nurous cracks across the ground.
It then instantly shattered, allowing him to break free from underground, leap high, and hover in mid-air!
"Sacrifice!"
Wang Jing made a decisive choice. Strange sacrificial patterns appeared on the Toad Altar behind him, and he sacrificed the toad Curse Beast as well.
In exchange for a massive amount of life force, he obtained imnse curse power comparable to that of a Curse God General, which he then poured into the Drowning Curse Beast.
Boom!
The black water surged violently.
If it was like a stream before, now it was like a Black River, rushing and vast!
Splish! Splash!
A large amount of Drowning Curse power transford into a massive, dozens-of-ters-long Serpent of Black Water. It opened its terrifying mouth full of sharp fangs and bit down ferociously at Lu Yu!
"Flashy and Useless."
Lu Yu lightly tapped the bloodstained Civilization Cane on the ground.
The void behind him tore open, and a giant Void Eye appeared, indifferent and rciless, like the eye of an Ancient God looking down on all life.
Whoosh!
A Void Ray shot out and hit the black serpent.
A large number of crystals spread out, instantly freezing it in mid-air. With a bang, it exploded, scattering into beautiful and splendid crystal powder.
"This power… has already surpassed an ordinary Curse God General, infinitely close to a King of Curses…"
Wang Jing's expression was crazed, his worldview collapsing at this mont, because he discovered that the fellow before him actually seed to be a…
Human!
"I don't believe it…"
Wang Jing roared, but before he could finish, he was grabbed by the giant hand condensed from Thousand-Faced Soul Tree Rootlets, and with a sudden squeeze, he was turned into a mist of blood.
The Drowning Curse Beast tried to escape, but it was directly pierced and devoured by the Spirit King Curse Threads.
A Drowning Curse skill was added to the skill slot.
These Curse Beasts themselves were excellent provisions for Little Spider!
"To actually use the Cloning Curse on himself, using the characteristics of the curse to create multiple versions of himself.
Truly a hardcore person…"
Lu Yu's gaze was calm from beginning to end, because he had seen through the other party's essence with his Eye of Truth from the very start. It was just a product created by the Cloning Curse.
This was not so special avatar skill. The reason a curse was called a curse was because of its negative effects and uncontrollability.
The Wang Jings born from the curse had no primary or secondary distinction. Each one was the real him, an independent individual who inherited his lingering attachnt and madness.
Their purpose was only to chase their ultimate dream, to preserve a sliver of hope and a spark!
If the path to promotion required erasing the other avatars, they wouldn't hesitate in the slightest!
The small world only limited the upper limit of power, not wisdom. Therefore, so unexpected and formidable figures could also appear!
But Lu Yu didn't care either.
In any case, the "Wang Jing" that offended him had been killed, and that was enough. His purpose was just to harvest a large amount of resources.
Just now, by having Little Mouse use the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree to devour and read the mories of the 【Negative King Society】 mbers, he had already mastered the language of this world and a large amount of information.
He learned about the King of Curses, Curse Beasts, The Kingdom, the White Orthodox Church, and so on.
This world was of far greater value than he had expected.
Especially these special cursed creatures called Curse Beasts, which could be devoured by the 【Spirit King Curse Threads】.
This showed him the hope of Little Spider obtaining a legendary-tier skill, becoming the second mber of the team to possess one!
Perhaps it could even unlock a special Curse Arts Evolution!
He even knew the identity of the white-haired old man. He was the descendant of the original owner of this tomb, the 【Disaster Beast】 Curse God General, a group of…
The Weak, who had been corroded by a life of ease!
Thinking of this, Lu Yu's gaze turned towards them.
How should he deal with this group of people?
As Lu Yu was contemplating, the white-haired old man suddenly took a step forward and walked towards him.
"Clan…"
The clan mbers behind him saw this and opened their mouths, wanting to persuade him to turn back.
But when they saw the Curse Ravens that had effortlessly annihilated the 【Negative King Society】 staring at them, they were so scared they choked back their words, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
They were not only afraid of the Curse Ravens, but also worried about the white-haired old man's actions.
Could it be that the Clan Leader knew death was certain, so he was going to challenge this terrifying fellow to preserve the last shred of their family's dignity?
Thinking of this, they could almost see their own tragic fate of dying entangled in curses!
The so-called Family Honor had beco a restraint at this mont.
How was this not a curse in itself?
Just as everyone was feeling uneasy, the white-haired old man, under the gaze of the Curse Ravens, straightened his spine.
Under the other's playful, scrutinizing gaze, he walked forward step by step. With each step, his gaze grew more determined.
When he was only five ters away from Lu Yu, he stopped. Looking at the elegant figure before him, he made a decision in his heart.
His straight spine suddenly bent, and then he knelt on one knee. He lowered his head and said respectfully:
"The Descendant of Sinners respectfully welcos the great…"
"The Immortal King!"
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