The King of Curses

Chapter 171: Chasing the Wind and Hunting Demons at Night

The storm formed by the condensation and compression of the dark Yin Qi spread out, blowing up a layer of mud within a range of tens of meters, and dust filled the sky.

Song Yutang jumped back suddenly, but found that she was unable to jump away from the area affected by the Yin Qi tornado as expected; both of her shoes were deeply stuck in the mud, and it was difficult to break free for a while.

Song Yutang frowned and raised her head, staring at the monster that was stretching its whole body.

A huge suction force came from that direction, causing her feet to move slowly and uncontrollably towards Ke Junchen.

"I didn't expect there was such a trick..."

Song Yutang bent down, almost lying on the ground, trying to slow down the speed at which her body was being attracted. However, the vortex-like gravity and the mud under her feet made it impossible for her to escape from the encirclement for the time being.

She could see that the other party had used up all his Yin Qi the moment he used this move, without any hesitation. As long as he survived this wave, Ke Juncheng's ability to build a defense would completely disappear... In other words, except for the head, the rest of his body was just a pile of empty shells with fat on it.

It should have been easy for Song Yutang to win, but this unexpected counterattack dragged both sides into a quagmire:
The Yin Qi bursting out from the giant human-worm's body was overwhelming, not only blocking spiritual perception and vision, but also quickly corroding people's skin, flesh and bones.

The moment the Yin Qi storm touched her skin, indigo lightning burned on the young spell-binding master's body as if instinctively, and the hair ring on her ponytail broke; then, the girl's long black hair began to flutter upwards automatically without wind.

She successfully blocked the invasion by igniting her whole body of true Qi, but she also temporarily lost the strength to fight back.

The storm was as heavy as lead and iron, and it was like a flock of black crows with full wings. Countless wings spread out and covered the sky. It was so dark that it almost swallowed Song Yutang. For a moment, the situation reversed, and it seemed that it was her turn to be in danger...

But Song Yutang did not give up.

The girl's eyes were still sharp, with blue-green electric light flashing in her pupils, and she kept her eyes fixed on Ke Junchen, who was at the center of the storm.

The master did not ask her to challenge an enemy that was "completely impossible to defeat"; so no matter what, both of them are at the same level (Grade B).

Although the opponent had a clear advantage in terms of Yin Qi, the amount of energy consumed to maintain this storm was far greater than that of Song Yutang, who only needed to protect himself. As a result, this advantage naturally disappeared.

"How long can you last? Ten minutes? Five minutes?"

Being dragged into a tug-of-war situation is not what I want, but I have no choice but to accept it now.

A test of perseverance? She gritted her teeth, squeezed out the inner energy with all her strength, and slowly took a step back, resisting the attraction of the center of the storm.

I won't lose.

……

distance.

After Jiang Yunmei escaped, she did not really leave. She first returned to where she had parked her car before, then drove the Santana over, waiting for the moment when "it might be useful."

The girl also took out a telescope from the car - which she had prepared in advance - and began to watch the battle between the curse master and the ghosts from afar.

On one side, the wind and clouds suddenly changed, with dark clouds covering the sky; on the other side, there were flashes of lightning, dazzling in the night.

The two were clearly separated and fighting each other, causing Jiang Yunmei, a bystander, to marvel in her heart, feeling as if she was watching some big-budget fantasy movie.

At the same time, she couldn't help feeling worried.

Anyone can see that the current situation is overwhelmingly disadvantageous to Song Yutang——

The dark mist, like miasma, almost enveloped Song Xuemei's entire body. The light was blocked and became even dimmer.

But worrying or being anxious is meaningless at the moment. Apart from waiting and believing, it seems that all Jiang Yunmei can do is to watch until the last moment...

Just then, she suddenly noticed a strange sound.

That was the sound coming from the other side of the mountain. At first it was very hazy and seemed far away, but soon it got closer. "Boom, boom, boom," "boom, boom"...

The source of the sound caught up with the echo in the valley, like overlapping waves.

"Something is coming this way—"

Jiang Yunmei opened her eyes wide in astonishment, and she quickly picked up the telescope and looked in that direction.

Under the moonlight, the woods were as dark as the sea, swaying in the wind.

However, this silent ocean was soon stirred up by a storm, with smoke and dust rising up, waking up countless birds.

Amid the flapping of wings, a huge shadow with pale outlines flashed through the dense forest.

Jiang Yunmei didn’t see the whole picture, she just felt that something was approaching this direction, something very, very huge, as if she was being chased by someone and was running away desperately...!
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"It runs really fast."

Cen Dongsheng exerted force with his feet and ran wildly in the dark forest, following closely behind his target, while baring his teeth in dissatisfaction.

This monster called "Human Master" is indeed a Class A ghost that has developed high intelligence and can form a sect to seduce humans. After realizing that a hole was punched in his indestructible body by the Curse Master, he immediately chose to escape.

With the intelligence of the Master, he should have done some research on modern society before going out. Its body is tough and round, and it will not be injured even if it faces the firepower of ordinary heavy weapons, and it will not even leave scars; and it did not appear in the city with a big fanfare, but chose to hide in the forest and remotely control humans to increase its food, which makes it less likely to attract encirclement and suppression...

This approach can be described as cautious.

But it must be said that the ghost's vision was still a little bit poor, and his luck was also a little bit bad. It didn't know that the existence of the group of curse masters was born to restrain ghosts, and it didn't know whose territory Tianhai City was now. As a result, it happened to hit a wall and could only flee in panic.

But just as Cen Dongsheng had expected at the beginning, if it chose to escape... he really wouldn't have any good way to deal with it for the time being.

When he found that he had cut off the man's tail, he had already realized that something was wrong. Sure enough, the master took this opportunity to escape, ran for his life, and rushed several kilometers away in the blink of an eye.

With Cen Dongsheng's current extraordinary physical fitness, if it comes to running speed, it is naturally far beyond the limit of human athletes and can race with cars on the highway; but his opponent is a ghost with supernatural powers, and he has no advantage in this regard.

Especially the round head and the seven or eight slender limbs like those of a spider, which make it huge in size but good at running away, like a high-speed train that has derailed, rushing through the forest.

Cen Dongsheng didn't intend to give up. He couldn't let the delicious bun that could help him upgrade escape.

"Where are you planning to run to? Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I won't let you go..."

The curse master was more lingering than a ghost, and kept chasing after the human master without giving up.

Several times, the human teacher slowed down as if he was looking for something, but the fish eye immediately saw a man running after him, and he was so scared that he could only continue rolling forward.

Even if he had to run all over the mountain and all night to chase after the Master, he didn't care. Cen Dongsheng was equally confident in his endurance and would definitely catch up in the end.

It's just that the process is a bit unpleasant.

Cen Dongsheng thought, next time... no, this time, with the supernatural power I got after defeating the Master, I can get one that can speed up my movements, or at least give me some long-range means!

With this anger, he picked up the broken trees while running, and threw them at the monster in front of him with a shake of his arm.

The tree trunk weighing several tons was as light as a branch in Cen Dongsheng's hand, and it hit the human teacher in front of him like a boomerang; and the tree trunk that was big enough to crush a human body into a meat paste was bounced off lightly after hitting the monster's body, and the dent left behind quickly recovered.

Cen Dongsheng's legs had become a shadow as he ran at lightning speed, passing low over the woods; and the master did not dare to look back, but only increased his rolling speed.

At this time, Cen Dongsheng suddenly noticed something——

"Does this guy already have a goal?"

He narrowed his eyes, a little suspicious. Could it be heading for the city?

...No, not really.

With the speed of one man and one ghost, if they ran in a straight line, they would have already run out of the Baijingshan Scenic Area by now. From the beginning, the human master had been taking him around in circles in this deep mountain forest.

At first, Cen Dongsheng thought that the other party was just trying to lead him around in circles and get rid of him, but now it seems... there seems to be another purpose?
It seemed that it stopped several times along the way, as if it was looking for something nearby, but when it saw me running at full speed from behind, it was scared and ran away quickly.

Judging from the current situation, this guy is surprisingly stamina-rich, and he doesn't look tired when he stops...

Thinking of this, an idea suddenly came to Cen Dongsheng's mind.

Next, while chasing, he deliberately showed his lack of endurance and slowed down his pace intermittently.

The cunning monster did not take the bait immediately. It was not until Cen Dongsheng almost missed it several times and was about to fail to catch up that it slowly "took the bait".

"Sure enough, there is a purpose..."

Cen Dongsheng's attention became more and more focused. The distance between the two was close to one kilometer. He was currently relying on the movements in the forest to determine his location.

The teacher slowed down, searched along the way, stopped circling, and finally suddenly ran in a certain direction.

"The fish has been hooked" -

This thought emerged in Cen Dongsheng's mind.

What comes next is the key!

……

"call--"

Time flies by.

A man and a ghost are about to leave the deep mountains and forests and head towards the mountain road leading to the outside world.

The final gentle slope is ahead.

A giant white sphere with a diameter of more than 20 meters rolled down the mountain like a madman, with its fangs bared and claws bared, raising dust all the way, smashing countless bushes, and the blocking trees fell down like toothpicks. The bumpy road was easily flattened, revealing a wide downhill road.

After going down the mountain, there was a car where the "sphere" passed by, and next to the car was a female human who was trembling with fear and didn't know where to hide.

But the Human Master had no time to deal with mortals at the moment, and without hesitation he galloped past them, running towards his goal;

Ten seconds later, another figure appeared on the hillside.

Compared to the giant ball, his figure looked much smaller; however, his presence was no less than the former.

The scattered dust gathered behind him. The man ran in the most standard posture, swinging his arms and feet widely. His figure chased from up the slope to down the slope like a phantom, stirring up a gust of wind.

……

Cen Dongsheng saw the car and also saw the stunned young woman, who was about his age and holding a pair of binoculars in her hand.

He glanced at the human teacher not far away, thought for a moment, and suddenly "slammed on the brakes" - he stretched his feet straight forward, sparks began to fly from the toes due to friction, and he stopped only after plowing two grooves on the ground.

He jumped and landed directly in front of the woman, shocking her so much that she trembled all over.

"who are you?"

The young man's voice was very calm, so calm that you couldn't tell at all that he was the one who had chased the monster all the way here. He even had a kind of power that calmed people.

"Uh... that, I..."

The young woman stuttered a little, as if she couldn't react for a moment.

So he quickly asked the next question.

"You came here with Song Yutang?"

"...Yes! I am."

The other party nodded vigorously.

"So you are..."

Cen Dongsheng didn't listen to her. He didn't have time to introduce himself at the moment, so he continued to ask:
"Did Song Yutang encounter Ke Junchen and fight with him? Are there any other strange things here besides this?"

"The two of them have already started fighting! It's now in a stalemate, and Yutang is temporarily...temporarily at a disadvantage...strange things...Oh right! There's a big pit here, and it's full of monsters with human heads and worm bodies! They must have been transformed from villagers who used to live nearby!"

The young woman spoke a lot in one breath, almost choking herself, and finally gave her own guess:

"These monsters have no ability to resist. They are most likely food and sacrifices for the thing called 'Human Master' that they worship."

Cen Dongsheng nodded approvingly.

"Not bad, the response is pretty quick."

"Uh……"

Just as the other party was about to speak, he saw the young man patting his shoulder, as if to comfort him. He said "I'm leaving" and ran away without looking back.

……

"hiss……"

Jiang Yunmei rubbed her shoulders. The other party was too strong and almost knocked her to her knees.

However, she didn't have time to cry out in pain, as her mind was completely captured by the man's stunning appearance, and she stared straight at his receding back.

"So, this person is..."

……

"Does this count as a reunion with the apprentice?"

Cen Dongsheng thought. He ran all the way and soon saw Song Yutang's figure and the monster that was releasing a large amount of dark Yin Qi in an attempt to trap the girl.

But he did not step forward to help -

She has her goals, and he has his.

"You actually chose to go back and steal the sacrifice. Do you want to fight me after you grow up? You have the guts..."

While running, Cen Dongsheng had already started to gather strength. His eyes never left his teacher for even a second, and a grim smile unconsciously appeared at the corners of his mouth.

(End of this chapter)