The King of Curses

Chapter 16 "Get back here!"

The figure that broke through the door was about the same height as a human, with severe burns all over his body, not a single piece of good flesh visible. His body was burned to the point of being hunched like a skeleton, with only one eyeball that was cloudy white.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a charred corpse, but "it"'s" movements seem to have never been affected. It is extremely flexible and runs in the corridor with a vigorous pace.

That is the core ghost in Xiaokang Building.

Cen Dongsheng was not afraid. He was ready for a head-on confrontation with the other party.

But the charred evil spirit did not look at him who was getting closer, but ran straight to the other end of the corridor.

"Oooooooo-"

The evil spirit let out a shrill roar that was not like a human, and the carbonized remains on its body continued to peel off, leaving a series of charred footprints on the concrete floor.

Beneath its skin, there was flowing flames splashing out, like a moving volcano about to erupt.

When it was about to reach the end of the corridor, the raging fire in the body of the charred corpse evil spirit seemed to have finally broken free from its restraints, and fierce tongues of fire spit out and licked towards the shadow in the corner.

A figure emerged from the shadows, flipped over and jumped over the railing.

When the target of the charred corpse, the female spell-binding master named Kong Yinlian, shouted in panic, Cen Dongsheng quickly understood the reason.

"Yu Wentao! You are really dead...! The thing is on you, right?... Damn it, you have lost your mind... You are still causing trouble even after you are dead, what a bastard!"

Beetles and flying centipedes appeared at the same time, trying to entangle the charred corpse.

A stream of blazing flames burst out from the surface of the corpse, and the two "poisonous insects" were sprayed directly, and their outlines suddenly became illusory.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Kong Yinlian turned over and jumped to the second floor, hiding in the shadows again.

The charred corpse evil spirit looked around in a daze, as if realizing that it had missed its target, and then it focused its attention on Cen Dongsheng.

……I see.

It seems that "it" was someone Kong Yinlian knew before his death, that is, the culprit who turned Xiaokang Building into a haunted house, the mysteriously missing Yu Wentao.

Most people would not recognize the charred corpse. Even his former companions probably guessed its appearance based on its ability to manipulate fire...

It seems that Yu Wentao is really dead, and the forbidden objects he carries with him have become the core of the haunted house.

"What happened to this guy? Was there another curse master passing by who killed him? No, maybe he died at the hands of an ordinary person, or in an accident..."

While Cen Dongsheng was thinking, the charred corpse evil spirit had already pounced in front of him. Its steps were staggering, and it ran like a wild beast, but its movements were extremely fast.

"Ah ah ah..."

The charred corpse that was so close had its mouth wide open, letting out a creepy roar of pain, and its entire body exuded a burning smell.

Cen Dongsheng noticed with his sharp eyes that underneath the evil spirit's charred black skin, new pink flesh was growing like sprouts. At the same time, the carbonized body was constantly shaking off, and the flames that came out were crackling... The flesh tissue on its body was constantly being regenerated and being burned by high temperatures. It was hard to imagine how much pain it was enduring.

"...!"

Cen Dongsheng turned his head to avoid the fire spewing from the evil spirit's mouth, and at the same time nimbly grabbed one of its hands.

"drink!"

The true Qi expands and the palms exert force!
He easily broke one of the charred corpse's arms, then raised his foot and kicked it hard. His hands and feet exerted force at the same time again, using two opposing forces to pull -

"boom!"

Cen Dongsheng directly pulled off one of the charred corpse's arms.

What burst out from the wound on the opponent's arm was not blood, but flames mixed with charcoal ash.

The charred corpse with one arm torn off shook twice. It seemed that it could not feel any pain at all and pounced on him again without hesitation.

Cen Dongsheng threw the charred arm that began to burn out of thin air aside and quickly retreated backwards.

He dodged the attacks of the evil spirits while checking his palms.

Cen Dongsheng saw that his palm, where he had pulled the evil spirit's arm, also had a burnt mark. Under the carbonized skin was bright red muscle, and the pain of burning could be felt.

Some residual negative energy is quietly burning.

He looked down and found that his right shoe had been burnt and there was a foul smell of rubber heated at high temperature.

Sure enough... although he only kicked the other person, even if it was just a touch for a moment, the force had already spread to his body.

If an ordinary person dared to touch the body of the charred evil spirit, he would probably burst into flames and suffer the same pain as the evil spirit. However, as a curse master, he could use his true Qi to resolve the pain...

But it takes time.

If the power of the ban masters comes from "curses", then the power of ghosts and monsters is naked "curse", which is extremely evil in nature and naturally stands on the opposite side of living beings.

Cen Dongsheng clenched his palms slightly and then loosened them.

He has fought against ghosts of this level more than once or twice, so he naturally has sufficient experience.

Unless one possesses some kind of detection ability, there is no universal rule in the battles between forbidden masters and forbidden masters, or between ghosts and ghosts to "know the strength level at a glance". It often requires personal experience and knowledge reserves to make judgments.

For example, a ghost that can use "spatial manipulation" inside a haunted house is of Grade A; for another example, the length of time it takes to "resolve the curse with true Qi" can be used to roughly determine a ghost's grade.

So at this moment, he had understood: the charred evil spirit in front of him was a Class B, that is, a "fierce ghost", and did not have the spatial manipulation capabilities of the owner of the house;

The special thing is that the opponent is a "ghost transformed from a curse master after his death". This type of guy often inherits some of his power during his lifetime, and the curse on his body is most likely a variant of some kind of curse. It is indeed more difficult to deal with than the ghost of an ordinary person after his death.

And what about Cen Dongsheng? Although he possesses the power of the tiger demon, only those who have fully mastered the triple supernatural power are qualified to call themselves a first-class spell master.

Therefore, as he had not yet awakened any superpowers, his strength level could only be considered B-level according to the definition of later generations. He just had an overwhelming advantage in close combat, so he could easily suppress Deng Rong, who was theoretically at the same level, as soon as they started fighting.

...If we can find an opportunity to engage in close combat with this evil spirit, it seems that we can still deal with it.

You have to fight to find out.

Cen Dongsheng kicked away the charred evil spirit that was rushing towards him again, and jumped out of the building nimbly.

Since this guy went in Kong Yinlian's direction from the beginning, this can be fully utilized. He won't be stupid enough to be someone else's pawn.

*
In this way, the two people and the ghost played hide-and-seek in the U-shaped corridor of Xiaokang Building.

The charred corpse ran wildly all the way, and he followed behind the charred corpse, waiting for it to find Kong Yinlian; and once Kong Yinlian was forced to show up, he would let go and beat both the man and the ghost together.

Since this ghost was of the irrational type and was only following its instincts to chase living people, and Kong Yinlian was no match for him and could only hide everywhere in frustration, Cen Dongsheng quickly used this strategy to gain the upper hand.

In the last close combat, the evil spirit of the scorched corpse swallowed the centipede. Kong Yinlian's face turned pale immediately, and it was obvious that she had suffered serious internal injuries. It took her some time to hide again. The scorched corpse himself had one of his arms pulled off by him like pulling a carrot.

Now, the armless charred corpse was running in front, and Cen Dongsheng was following it at a leisurely pace.

It seems that Yu Wentao and Deng Rong are both at level B. Kong Yinlian is not sure, but she is obviously the type who is not good at frontal combat.

It should be said that this folk group is quite capable. Even in the future, the basic exorcism team that Cen Dongsheng is in will be at this level - above that will be an elite team led by a top-class curse master who is capable of independently conquering a haunted house.

But it was obvious at first glance that they lacked basic trust. They were just a group of people with common interests who came together reluctantly and could fall out with their companions at any time because of their interests. For such a team, it was good enough if the members did not hold each other back, and they did not even have to think about cooperation.

Cen Dongsheng hated this kind of cooperative relationship. The reason why he was so eager for a partnership was because he didn't want to be wary of the knife from behind while fighting ghosts.

Therefore, he is now very glad that he was able to develop feelings with Sister Zhizhen first... He has a vague understanding in his heart that this emotion itself may be more important than ability.

While he was thinking, the charred corpse in front of him suddenly stopped.

It looked around blankly, no longer moving forward, but exhaled a puff of burnt smoke.

Seeing this situation, Cen Dongsheng immediately became alert and prepared for battle.

Don’t think that the ghost had its two arms torn off easily by him. That’s because the two sides haven’t come to the point of serious fighting yet. He felt that he could “barely cope with it”, which was really a bit of a stretch.

Ghosts are not human and have no flesh and blood, which is their biggest weakness. They cannot be solved by simply breaking their limbs or causing serious injuries. They must be completely eliminated into nothingness using true Qi.

In addition, the haunted house is a place where Yin Qi gathers, and the scale of energy that ghosts can mobilize often exceeds that of the forbidden master; over the past six days, he has been steadily refining the Yin Qi in this space in order to weaken its ability to the greatest extent.

But he could see that the real source of the ghost's power was still hidden in that charred corpse...

"boom!"

The charred corpse standing in the corridor suddenly burst into flames like a torch, and the blazing flames illuminated the entire lightless darkness.

The blazing flames were still spreading, and the originally cold buildings were illuminated by a glowing red light, like a crumbling house in a fire.

It found that it could not find Kong Yinlian's whereabouts, so it simply released the curse power in its body. The burning flames leaped seven or eight meters high, accompanied by billowing black smoke, as if it was going to set the entire Xiaokang Building on fire.

The expanding flames quickly expanded like a fiery snake; this huge fire snake quickly snaked through the corridor, from the third floor corridor, stairs to the second floor, lighting up the windows of the surrounding rooms.

The shadow had nowhere to hide, and Kong Yinlian, who had tried every means to hide, was eventually forced out by the sudden expansion of flames, smoke and high temperature.

Kong Yinlian rolled down from the second floor and fell into the patio area.

Cen Dongsheng jumped to a higher place in time to avoid the oncoming waves of flames and looked down from above. Even so, his clothes were still on fire, and there were scorch marks on his hands, feet and face. He could only speed up the circulation of his inner qi to offset it.

He saw the charred corpse's figure walking out from the huge flames, its hands had recovered and were intact.

Kong Yinlian, sitting on the ground in a mess, looked desperate.

She knew that she was no match for this ghost, but she didn't expect that the ghost, who was once an acquaintance in his previous life, would become her own death warrant.

If one had to ask whether there was any hatred between the two of them, she believed that there was none. Although their relationship was not close, there had been no betrayal or harm.

It was purely because this ghost was of the irrational type, and the few memories left from his previous life made his past companions the targets of his pursuit.

Generally speaking, the instinct of ghosts and monsters will drive them to hunt those forbidden masters with strong life breath, and then ordinary adults, children and the elderly with vigorous blood... There is a priority relationship, and the remaining memories before death will affect this order.

She had a way of hiding herself, so it was unlikely that she would be targeted in the first place. This time, she could only say that she was extremely unlucky.

The burning fire illuminated the woman's increasingly pale face.

……

On the third floor, Cen Dongsheng watched the dog-eat-dog scene and couldn't help but smile.

But he did not let his guard down. Instead, he squatted on the railing, ready to jump down at any time, and adjusted the strength in his body through deep breathing, ready to go.

The charred corpse had already reached the first floor, and the burning flames were approaching the temporary camp. An Zhizhen was still there, so he naturally couldn't just sit there and watch.

Fortunately, according to the priority of the ghost's actions, it will definitely target me after killing its companions, and the residents including Sister Zhizhen will be the last to come.

He would seize the opportunity and take action immediately after the charred corpse killed Kong Yinlian.

As long as we can defeat it in the end, this long night will come to an end...

"and many more."

Cen Dongsheng suddenly discovered that the movement trajectory of the charred corpse evil spirit seemed to have undergone some subtle changes.

An ominous premonition came over me.

It seemed to have found a target more worthy of hunting. When it was about to pounce on the female curse-master, it suddenly turned around and roared towards the sky.

"Roar--"

For the first time, the evil spirit showed human-like emotions, striding towards its target, the flames around it becoming increasingly fierce...

*
"Everyone, get out of the camp!"

When the Burnt Corpse Evil Spirit released the curse and the Xiaokang Building, which was originally hidden in the darkness, was set on fire, An Zhizhen saw this scene not far away and immediately realized:
This is a battle between the forbidden master and the ghosts, and it has entered the most tense stage!
In order to prevent ordinary people from being affected, she immediately called everyone in the camp and asked the residents to evacuate the camp collectively and retreat towards the door.

The flames were as vast as a field, spreading wildly between the buildings.

Everyone watched the fierce battle in silence. Children curled up in their parents' arms, lovers held hands, husbands and wives leaned on each other, and the old man sat down tremblingly.

Everyone felt a strong sense of uneasiness, confusion and fear, as if facing the impending doomsday.

Whoever survives will determine their fate; but no matter who wins or loses, they can do nothing but wait for the battle to end...

An Zhizhen stood at the front of the crowd.

She looked at the bright light that was like a bonfire, and subconsciously entwined her hands together.

She lowered her head, placed her hands on her chest, and murmured in a faint voice, praying:

"Dongsheng, I hope you are okay... Please win..."

Suddenly, she heard people behind her shouting in panic: "Run!" "Dr. An, be careful!";
She felt a burning heat coming towards her.

An Zhizhen subconsciously raised her head and widened her eyes.

……

Under the night sky, blazing flames illuminated the sky, spanning the east and west sides of Xiaokang Building, like a high wall, burning from one end to the other.

A pitch-black head that was burnt so badly that its face could not be seen emerged from the flames and looked at her indifferently.

The horrific charred corpse opened its mouth wide, with flames coming out of its eyes, mouth and ears.

She had no time to dodge, and in fact, there was nowhere to hide...

At this critical moment, another figure emerged from the flames.

A large hand firmly grasped the charred head from behind and slammed it back.

"Get back here!"

(End of this chapter)