10,000 Ways to Clear Players.
Chapter 384 A Weak Yet Powerful God
Chapter 384 A Weak Yet Powerful God
"The god of the curse? Is this the god of the Western Continent? It feels completely different from the world of Xianxia! This guy's attack method is too different."
"Even Lin Bai was hit by an attack that is impossible to defend against. Suddenly, I feel that the game in the Gods and Demons Continent is more interesting."
"It's hard to defend against. It's not a weak match. It's interesting to be caught by Lin Bai."
"Shouldn't we be thinking about the invasion of reality by the gods of God and Demon Continent? How did this guy pass through two magpie bridges? He entered reality, developed believers, and cast this so-called curse. Can we fight it? A god passed through Without Magpie Bridge, other gods may have already invaded the real world."
"Lin Bai's control over Queqiao is too loose. Zhou Zu sneaked into the real world and turned himself into a woman. Those gods from other worlds sneaked in. Maybe they will do something!"
"This is unavoidable, unless Lin Bai personally guards the bridge. Otherwise, the guardians of the magpie bridge are all mortals, whether they are monks or gods, and some have tricks to hide them. It is estimated that our world has long been penetrated like a sieve. The so-called The Lord of the Three Realms is simply a joke, Lin Bai is simply unable to control so many worlds, he is the chief culprit in the entire world."
"Yeah, without him, without his magpie bridge, no one will enter our world to make trouble, we can play the game safely, without any loss, and we won't get involved in this right and wrong. You have to worry about your own safety in your own world..."
"Does our world deserve to be harmed by you?"
"Fuck! Capture an intruder alive."
"Sure enough, we were infiltrated. It's only been a few days, and we have learned to surf the Internet."
"I'm just not familiar with your civilization, and I'm not a fool."
……
On the barrage of the live broadcast, the audience enthusiastically discussed the newly emerged God of Cursing, and by the way felt the risk that Magpie Bridge brought to the world.
But they are just feeling, but the high-level people in various countries are really worried.
Especially the countries in the Western Continent, they have actually launched an invasion of another world. If the gods of the Western Continent decapitate them, no bodyguard will be able to prevent them.
Just like Lin Bai's raid back then, when the top bodyguards encountered these non-human beings, they were just decorations, even if they hired players, the level of the players was too low.
The officials of the United States regretted their decision to ask Lin Bai to build a magpie bridge.
The game of the gods has completely exceeded their capabilities.
But once the magpie bridge is opened, it is not up to them to close it again. Lin Bai is not ordered by them at will.
Even if they imprison the guardian of the magpie bridge, Lin Bai has already connected the magpie bridge directly from the land of gods and demons to the world of immortals, which means that he has left a back door for himself, and he can build the magpie bridge at any time.
Facing the complicated situation, the officials and plutocrats of the United States feel that the country is like a flat boat in a stormy sea, which may capsize at any time, and each of them feels powerless deep in their hearts.
Perhaps all the people entering the game cabin and gaining immortality are the ultimate solution to the problem.
But that means that power will also leave them.
After all, who the game company sends the lucky account to is also out of their control.
Let a group of pampered guys go to the game world to slowly level up, it is better to kill them.After all the calculations, it is in their best interest for Lin Bai to win this game.
……
"What I hate the most in my life is when others threaten me." Lin Bai raised his knife and chopped off the arm of the God of Cursing. The knife chopped off quickly, and the whole arm was split into soul and flesh in an instant.
The soul body is different from the real body. Even if it is separated, it is still connected with his consciousness. North kept screaming: "You demon, I curse you, your soul will be with mine. Bind together, all the pain you caused to me will be back on you ten times, unless you serve me as Lord and obey my orders, otherwise the curse will never be eliminated."
The voice fell.
Lin Bai felt a tearing pain coming from his arm, as if someone was cutting his flesh.
hiss!
Lin Bai stopped subconsciously.
"Don't be afraid. I am the weakest god, but I am also the most powerful god. No one can really hurt me." North smiled triumphantly, "If I were you, let me go immediately, and then serve I am the master, follow my orders to remove this curse that will haunt you forever."
"There must be a way to undo all your curses, right?" Lin Bai asked.
"There can't be unsolvable curses in the world." North said. After finishing speaking, he was stunned for a moment, "What did you do to me? Isn't this what I want to say?"
"No one can tell lies in front of me." Lin Bai stabbed him again while speaking. When handling ingredients, he could move slowly, but he couldn't stop.
He didn't want to let this guy go.
Moreover, Lin Bai's soul is powerful, and he is constantly repairing himself. It is only ten times the pain, which he can completely bear.
The God of Cursing is really annoying. Although it has no attack power, it is the only one that has really hurt him since he crossed over.
Damn the curse!
Lin Bai's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about the solution to him,
The task required to subdue him, or kill him, but now, this guy has put a curse on himself, if he kills him, maybe he will die himself, then there is only one way left, to subdue him.
"Master, let me do it." Takumi took out a kitchen knife from the storage ring, and walked to the side of the cursed body, "His curse is only aimed at you, not at me."
"You idiot, I curse you. Once you hurt me, you will die with a thousand arrows. Unless you dig out the magma from the ground with your hands, the curse will never be lifted." North smiled mockingly at Takumi Said.
Takumi froze immediately, holding up the kitchen knife, not knowing whether he should make a move or not. From all aspects, this God of Cursing is indeed evil...
"Hahaha, as I said a long time ago, no one can kill me. I am the weakest god, and I am also the strongest god." North endured the pain and smiled.
The wedding scene gradually became quiet, and everyone was paying attention to Lin Bai to see how he could solve the cursed god.
after all,
This so-called God of Curses is also similar to what he says, and every curse he says will come true.
……
"Continue to play music, continue to dance, just a clown, my wedding will not stop because of him." Lin Bai looked in the direction of the stage, his voice was still steady and calm, as if he had not been disturbed by the cursed god.
The music sounded again,
But the stars and hosts on the stage were all trembling, not daring to look in the direction of the God of Cursing, for fear that their small actions would attract his curse...
"North, you can't repeat your curse!" Lin Bai continued to scrape North with a kitchen knife.
"..." North raised his eyelids and remained silent.
"If it can be repeated, you can become the king of the gods with a single curse." Lin Bai laughed.
"My curse doesn't need to be repeated, it can make me invincible." North said.
"You can't curse the same person twice." Lin Bai continued.
"Nonsense, as long as the curse is lifted once, I can use it on him for the second time. As long as I want, my enemies will live under my curse for life and death." North retorted hysterically.
call!
Lin Bai breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, this guy has flaws, worthy of being the weakest god, he turned to Xu Longyun: "Xiaoyun, come here and kill him, I will give you absolute suppression."
Xu Longyun took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. She took out a kitchen knife from the storage ring and flew to the side of the cursed god.
There was a gleam of hatred on her old face, and she stretched out her hand to press North's body, launching absolute suppression.
After succeeding Lin Bai, Xu Longyun cut off his other arm without hesitation, to vent the anger in his heart.
North let out a horrific scream.
Lin Bai didn't feel any pain on his body.
North screamed hoarsely: "You stupid crazy woman, even if you cut me to pieces, I will still be resurrected, I am immortal. I curse everyone over the age of 30 here, if this crazy woman continues to hurt me, you will all die!" Will bear the pain of thunder...ah!"
A scream.
The head of the cursed god was chopped off.
But his voice didn't stop, "Unless there..."
After only saying four words, Lin Bai used the skill - Silence.
The voice of the cursed god disappeared.
But his mouth was still moving up and down, and he didn't stop because of the silence, his eyes glanced at Lin Bai with a hint of surprise, but also a hint of ecstasy.
Lin Bai was taken aback for a moment, and quickly broke the silence.
The voice of the cursed god resumed: "...women become men, otherwise, this curse will never be lifted..."
Wait for him to finish.
The kitchen knife in the angry Xu Longyun's hand continued to cut down.
"Xiaoyun, stop." Lin Bai hurriedly said.
Xu Longyun's kitchen knife barely stopped on the heart of the cursed god, her eyes were full of sadness: "Lin Lang!"
"His curse has taken shape." Lin Bai shook his head at her.
"Hahaha, you idiot, you actually silenced my voice, so everyone will not know how to touch the curse. You are finished. I actually created an unsolvable curse, hahaha!" North's soul head Suspended independently, he laughed loudly, "I told you a long time ago, no one can really kill a god."
"Leader, I can lip-speak. He said that unless the men present become women and the women become men, the curse cannot be removed." A player from Lin Bai's fan group stood up and shouted to Lin Bai loudly.
This statement came out.
All the guests present panicked.
"Leader, think of another way! This won't work, the price will be too high." A diplomat from the Eastern Continent picked up the microphone and shouted at Lin Bai.
"That's right, leader, let him continue to curse, and we will suffer more and more restrictions." Some players said.
The player's role is constant, and the gender cannot be changed unless the account is deleted and restarted. Even if the account is deleted, the game company does not allow them to choose a female account.
There are not only players at the wedding scene, but also many celebrities and politicians in real life, and they are even less willing to change their gender.
Once Xu Longyun continued to attack the god of curse and let the thunder fall, no one could bear it.
after all.
Everyone present has seen the 81-day thunder disaster before, who knows what serious consequences this cursed thunder will cause?
What if it attracts thunder disaster?
Nobody wants to bet on that.
……
in the crowd.
The bishop looked at the god of curse, his eyes were full of disgust, and the curse affected him as well.
"I advise you to let me go, otherwise, the scope of my curse will become wider and wider, and the method of lifting the curse will become easier..." North's voice stopped abruptly, and he cursed angrily, " Damn Power Words."
The bigger the curse, the smaller the price to pay?
Lin Bai glanced at the God of Cursing and fell silent.
This guy's skills are disgusting and have various restrictions, but I have to say that they are really practical. At this time, Lin Bai wanted to get rid of the skills from this guy.
"Lin Bai, let me go. You can't hurt me, and you can't kill me. What you should do now is to prove your true love to the world and lift the curse on your lover." North said proudly.
Xu Longyun looked at Lin Bai expectantly, opened her mouth, but said nothing.
"Remove the curse on them, and then let you continue to cast the second curse?" Lin Bai looked at North and said coldly.
"You have proved to me that you are powerful, and I will not force you too much." North said, "This is my way of survival."
"curse?"
Lin Bai snorted, looked at Mrs. Huaxi, suddenly took her back in the card, and released her again.
Mrs. Huaxi, who was still like a skeleton just now, was restored by the card, and she was instantly intact.
"This is impossible." North exclaimed, "There is no other way to lift the curse. How did you do it?"
Lin Bai took Hu Qing into the card and released it again, restoring him as well.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Lin Bai broke his curse lightly, and North's soul fluctuated, "It is impossible for someone to break the curse in another way..."
"Nothing is impossible. My divine power is beyond your imagination, and I have countless ways to kill you." Lin Bai chuckled lightly, and took the curse that had suffered a huge impact from Xu Longyun's hand. The God of God flashed to the depths of the mountain, and his voice came from afar, "Xiaoyun, Qingqin, let the wedding continue. I will come back to complete the wedding with you after I get rid of the wedding episode of the God of Cursing."
……
Farther and farther away from the crowd, North's expression became more and more flustered: "Lin Bai, are you really going to kill me?"
"Yes, I will kill you." Lin Bai said affirmatively, "No one can leave safely after humiliating me, it's about my dignity."
"But you will also die, and you will die ten times more painfully than me." North said in panic.
"I have countless lives. It's nothing to die once, and I will be reborn soon." Lin Bai used three heads and six arms in front of North, then flew two heads out, and then used three heads and six arms again, and then separated. After cutting two heads, in a short while, dozens of heads gathered around him, "It only takes a certain amount of time, and each of these heads will grow into a new me."
Looking at the heads around him, North became more and more flustered: "Lin Bai, I was wrong, you are a real god, I should not have provoked your majesty, please allow me to extend my sincerest apologies to you. We can cooperate, you Possesses the magical ability to make my curse unable to make a sound. I use the curse, and you silence my curse. Together, we will sweep away all the gods and gods in the God and Demon Continent..."
(End of this chapter)
"The god of the curse? Is this the god of the Western Continent? It feels completely different from the world of Xianxia! This guy's attack method is too different."
"Even Lin Bai was hit by an attack that is impossible to defend against. Suddenly, I feel that the game in the Gods and Demons Continent is more interesting."
"It's hard to defend against. It's not a weak match. It's interesting to be caught by Lin Bai."
"Shouldn't we be thinking about the invasion of reality by the gods of God and Demon Continent? How did this guy pass through two magpie bridges? He entered reality, developed believers, and cast this so-called curse. Can we fight it? A god passed through Without Magpie Bridge, other gods may have already invaded the real world."
"Lin Bai's control over Queqiao is too loose. Zhou Zu sneaked into the real world and turned himself into a woman. Those gods from other worlds sneaked in. Maybe they will do something!"
"This is unavoidable, unless Lin Bai personally guards the bridge. Otherwise, the guardians of the magpie bridge are all mortals, whether they are monks or gods, and some have tricks to hide them. It is estimated that our world has long been penetrated like a sieve. The so-called The Lord of the Three Realms is simply a joke, Lin Bai is simply unable to control so many worlds, he is the chief culprit in the entire world."
"Yeah, without him, without his magpie bridge, no one will enter our world to make trouble, we can play the game safely, without any loss, and we won't get involved in this right and wrong. You have to worry about your own safety in your own world..."
"Does our world deserve to be harmed by you?"
"Fuck! Capture an intruder alive."
"Sure enough, we were infiltrated. It's only been a few days, and we have learned to surf the Internet."
"I'm just not familiar with your civilization, and I'm not a fool."
……
On the barrage of the live broadcast, the audience enthusiastically discussed the newly emerged God of Cursing, and by the way felt the risk that Magpie Bridge brought to the world.
But they are just feeling, but the high-level people in various countries are really worried.
Especially the countries in the Western Continent, they have actually launched an invasion of another world. If the gods of the Western Continent decapitate them, no bodyguard will be able to prevent them.
Just like Lin Bai's raid back then, when the top bodyguards encountered these non-human beings, they were just decorations, even if they hired players, the level of the players was too low.
The officials of the United States regretted their decision to ask Lin Bai to build a magpie bridge.
The game of the gods has completely exceeded their capabilities.
But once the magpie bridge is opened, it is not up to them to close it again. Lin Bai is not ordered by them at will.
Even if they imprison the guardian of the magpie bridge, Lin Bai has already connected the magpie bridge directly from the land of gods and demons to the world of immortals, which means that he has left a back door for himself, and he can build the magpie bridge at any time.
Facing the complicated situation, the officials and plutocrats of the United States feel that the country is like a flat boat in a stormy sea, which may capsize at any time, and each of them feels powerless deep in their hearts.
Perhaps all the people entering the game cabin and gaining immortality are the ultimate solution to the problem.
But that means that power will also leave them.
After all, who the game company sends the lucky account to is also out of their control.
Let a group of pampered guys go to the game world to slowly level up, it is better to kill them.After all the calculations, it is in their best interest for Lin Bai to win this game.
……
"What I hate the most in my life is when others threaten me." Lin Bai raised his knife and chopped off the arm of the God of Cursing. The knife chopped off quickly, and the whole arm was split into soul and flesh in an instant.
The soul body is different from the real body. Even if it is separated, it is still connected with his consciousness. North kept screaming: "You demon, I curse you, your soul will be with mine. Bind together, all the pain you caused to me will be back on you ten times, unless you serve me as Lord and obey my orders, otherwise the curse will never be eliminated."
The voice fell.
Lin Bai felt a tearing pain coming from his arm, as if someone was cutting his flesh.
hiss!
Lin Bai stopped subconsciously.
"Don't be afraid. I am the weakest god, but I am also the most powerful god. No one can really hurt me." North smiled triumphantly, "If I were you, let me go immediately, and then serve I am the master, follow my orders to remove this curse that will haunt you forever."
"There must be a way to undo all your curses, right?" Lin Bai asked.
"There can't be unsolvable curses in the world." North said. After finishing speaking, he was stunned for a moment, "What did you do to me? Isn't this what I want to say?"
"No one can tell lies in front of me." Lin Bai stabbed him again while speaking. When handling ingredients, he could move slowly, but he couldn't stop.
He didn't want to let this guy go.
Moreover, Lin Bai's soul is powerful, and he is constantly repairing himself. It is only ten times the pain, which he can completely bear.
The God of Cursing is really annoying. Although it has no attack power, it is the only one that has really hurt him since he crossed over.
Damn the curse!
Lin Bai's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about the solution to him,
The task required to subdue him, or kill him, but now, this guy has put a curse on himself, if he kills him, maybe he will die himself, then there is only one way left, to subdue him.
"Master, let me do it." Takumi took out a kitchen knife from the storage ring, and walked to the side of the cursed body, "His curse is only aimed at you, not at me."
"You idiot, I curse you. Once you hurt me, you will die with a thousand arrows. Unless you dig out the magma from the ground with your hands, the curse will never be lifted." North smiled mockingly at Takumi Said.
Takumi froze immediately, holding up the kitchen knife, not knowing whether he should make a move or not. From all aspects, this God of Cursing is indeed evil...
"Hahaha, as I said a long time ago, no one can kill me. I am the weakest god, and I am also the strongest god." North endured the pain and smiled.
The wedding scene gradually became quiet, and everyone was paying attention to Lin Bai to see how he could solve the cursed god.
after all,
This so-called God of Curses is also similar to what he says, and every curse he says will come true.
……
"Continue to play music, continue to dance, just a clown, my wedding will not stop because of him." Lin Bai looked in the direction of the stage, his voice was still steady and calm, as if he had not been disturbed by the cursed god.
The music sounded again,
But the stars and hosts on the stage were all trembling, not daring to look in the direction of the God of Cursing, for fear that their small actions would attract his curse...
"North, you can't repeat your curse!" Lin Bai continued to scrape North with a kitchen knife.
"..." North raised his eyelids and remained silent.
"If it can be repeated, you can become the king of the gods with a single curse." Lin Bai laughed.
"My curse doesn't need to be repeated, it can make me invincible." North said.
"You can't curse the same person twice." Lin Bai continued.
"Nonsense, as long as the curse is lifted once, I can use it on him for the second time. As long as I want, my enemies will live under my curse for life and death." North retorted hysterically.
call!
Lin Bai breathed a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, this guy has flaws, worthy of being the weakest god, he turned to Xu Longyun: "Xiaoyun, come here and kill him, I will give you absolute suppression."
Xu Longyun took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. She took out a kitchen knife from the storage ring and flew to the side of the cursed god.
There was a gleam of hatred on her old face, and she stretched out her hand to press North's body, launching absolute suppression.
After succeeding Lin Bai, Xu Longyun cut off his other arm without hesitation, to vent the anger in his heart.
North let out a horrific scream.
Lin Bai didn't feel any pain on his body.
North screamed hoarsely: "You stupid crazy woman, even if you cut me to pieces, I will still be resurrected, I am immortal. I curse everyone over the age of 30 here, if this crazy woman continues to hurt me, you will all die!" Will bear the pain of thunder...ah!"
A scream.
The head of the cursed god was chopped off.
But his voice didn't stop, "Unless there..."
After only saying four words, Lin Bai used the skill - Silence.
The voice of the cursed god disappeared.
But his mouth was still moving up and down, and he didn't stop because of the silence, his eyes glanced at Lin Bai with a hint of surprise, but also a hint of ecstasy.
Lin Bai was taken aback for a moment, and quickly broke the silence.
The voice of the cursed god resumed: "...women become men, otherwise, this curse will never be lifted..."
Wait for him to finish.
The kitchen knife in the angry Xu Longyun's hand continued to cut down.
"Xiaoyun, stop." Lin Bai hurriedly said.
Xu Longyun's kitchen knife barely stopped on the heart of the cursed god, her eyes were full of sadness: "Lin Lang!"
"His curse has taken shape." Lin Bai shook his head at her.
"Hahaha, you idiot, you actually silenced my voice, so everyone will not know how to touch the curse. You are finished. I actually created an unsolvable curse, hahaha!" North's soul head Suspended independently, he laughed loudly, "I told you a long time ago, no one can really kill a god."
"Leader, I can lip-speak. He said that unless the men present become women and the women become men, the curse cannot be removed." A player from Lin Bai's fan group stood up and shouted to Lin Bai loudly.
This statement came out.
All the guests present panicked.
"Leader, think of another way! This won't work, the price will be too high." A diplomat from the Eastern Continent picked up the microphone and shouted at Lin Bai.
"That's right, leader, let him continue to curse, and we will suffer more and more restrictions." Some players said.
The player's role is constant, and the gender cannot be changed unless the account is deleted and restarted. Even if the account is deleted, the game company does not allow them to choose a female account.
There are not only players at the wedding scene, but also many celebrities and politicians in real life, and they are even less willing to change their gender.
Once Xu Longyun continued to attack the god of curse and let the thunder fall, no one could bear it.
after all.
Everyone present has seen the 81-day thunder disaster before, who knows what serious consequences this cursed thunder will cause?
What if it attracts thunder disaster?
Nobody wants to bet on that.
……
in the crowd.
The bishop looked at the god of curse, his eyes were full of disgust, and the curse affected him as well.
"I advise you to let me go, otherwise, the scope of my curse will become wider and wider, and the method of lifting the curse will become easier..." North's voice stopped abruptly, and he cursed angrily, " Damn Power Words."
The bigger the curse, the smaller the price to pay?
Lin Bai glanced at the God of Cursing and fell silent.
This guy's skills are disgusting and have various restrictions, but I have to say that they are really practical. At this time, Lin Bai wanted to get rid of the skills from this guy.
"Lin Bai, let me go. You can't hurt me, and you can't kill me. What you should do now is to prove your true love to the world and lift the curse on your lover." North said proudly.
Xu Longyun looked at Lin Bai expectantly, opened her mouth, but said nothing.
"Remove the curse on them, and then let you continue to cast the second curse?" Lin Bai looked at North and said coldly.
"You have proved to me that you are powerful, and I will not force you too much." North said, "This is my way of survival."
"curse?"
Lin Bai snorted, looked at Mrs. Huaxi, suddenly took her back in the card, and released her again.
Mrs. Huaxi, who was still like a skeleton just now, was restored by the card, and she was instantly intact.
"This is impossible." North exclaimed, "There is no other way to lift the curse. How did you do it?"
Lin Bai took Hu Qing into the card and released it again, restoring him as well.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." Lin Bai broke his curse lightly, and North's soul fluctuated, "It is impossible for someone to break the curse in another way..."
"Nothing is impossible. My divine power is beyond your imagination, and I have countless ways to kill you." Lin Bai chuckled lightly, and took the curse that had suffered a huge impact from Xu Longyun's hand. The God of God flashed to the depths of the mountain, and his voice came from afar, "Xiaoyun, Qingqin, let the wedding continue. I will come back to complete the wedding with you after I get rid of the wedding episode of the God of Cursing."
……
Farther and farther away from the crowd, North's expression became more and more flustered: "Lin Bai, are you really going to kill me?"
"Yes, I will kill you." Lin Bai said affirmatively, "No one can leave safely after humiliating me, it's about my dignity."
"But you will also die, and you will die ten times more painfully than me." North said in panic.
"I have countless lives. It's nothing to die once, and I will be reborn soon." Lin Bai used three heads and six arms in front of North, then flew two heads out, and then used three heads and six arms again, and then separated. After cutting two heads, in a short while, dozens of heads gathered around him, "It only takes a certain amount of time, and each of these heads will grow into a new me."
Looking at the heads around him, North became more and more flustered: "Lin Bai, I was wrong, you are a real god, I should not have provoked your majesty, please allow me to extend my sincerest apologies to you. We can cooperate, you Possesses the magical ability to make my curse unable to make a sound. I use the curse, and you silence my curse. Together, we will sweep away all the gods and gods in the God and Demon Continent..."
(End of this chapter)
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