The King of Curses

Chapter 197 The Value of a Betrayer

Five minutes ago, in the garden next to the banquet hall, Jiang Qi was chatting with his friend Shi Zhishang when he suddenly received a text message.

He opened his phone and saw that it was a message from his cousin Jiang Yunmei.

"You and your friends, leave the mansion immediately. I'm not kidding, act quickly."

Jiang Qi was stunned for a moment, totally confused as to what was going on.

But he knew his cousin's character very well. She was a calm and reliable woman, not the type to joke about big things.

and so……

Jiang Qi felt nervous. He put away his phone seriously, stood up and said to his friend.

"Jisang, let's go."

"Wha...what?!"

Shi Zhishang held the wine glass with a confused look on his face.

"Don't worry about it, just follow me."

I'm afraid something big is about to happen.

Five minutes later, when he and Shi Zhishang arrived outside the manor and were about to drive away, they heard a roar like an explosion coming from the banquet hall and saw the guests fleeing in panic. The silent night suddenly became boiling... He couldn't help but feel fortunate.

Thanks to my cousin's reminder, and fortunately I was willing to listen.

*
The young man who came from the Super Working Committee and now joined the Jiang family - or to be more precise, a member of a certain sorcerer group, walked hurriedly into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and washed his face with the stimulating cold liquid.

He looked up at himself in the mirror, his face was solemn, his eyes were stern, and his eyebrows were always furrowed, like lines carved on rock, solidified on his forehead.

He tried hard to hide his fear. Betraying the Super Working Committee and choosing to join a group of unreliable guys was a completely helpless move...

This is a temporary resting place, because if we go anywhere else, we will be noticed by the Super Working Committee's spies, or handed over by other spell-forbidden masters who are trying to curry favor with the authorities;
As for his final destination, he had other ideas.

Next, the young man will leave Tianhai City and go to places ruled by other large-scale curse-master forces, such as the northeastern region ruled by the "Ten Thousand Immortals Meeting", and even consider leaving the country.

He works within the Super Working Committee, and the scale and authenticity of the intelligence he understands far exceeds that of ordinary curse masters. He has a better understanding of emerging forces on all sides and has a broader vision.

With his experience in the Super Working Committee and the intelligence he had accumulated… the young man believed that there would be someone willing to accept him.

At this moment, footsteps sounded behind him. The young man raised his head and saw the figure appearing in the mirror.

Zhang Yuanlu, the chairman of Dadi Holding Group, dressed in a suit and with a big belly.

"Haha, so you are here."

Zhang Yuanlu was smiling and had a very friendly attitude.

"What's up?"

The young man asked in a low voice. He had a cold temperament, so it was difficult for ordinary people to judge his thoughts; but his mentality was no different from that of an ordinary spell-binding master.

Possessing superhuman powers, he looks down on ordinary people. Even if they are high-ranking officials, in his eyes they are just targets whose lives can be taken away at any time.

"Something's wrong, something's wrong. If it wasn't wrong, I wouldn't come to see you."

"…Are the two guests here? Wait a moment, I'll be right there."

As a partner of the Jiang family, Zhang Yuanlu, like him, had known about the sorcerer for a long time.

Only a top-class spell-binding master is qualified to take the lead in a behemoth like the Super Working Committee.

"no no."

Zhang Yuanlu shook his head and moved closer to him with a gentle smile on his face, and soon walked behind him.

The distance between the two was shortened to a point within reach. The young man frowned, sensing something odd, but still failed to raise his guard completely. In his subconscious, he did not regard an ordinary person as a threat.

"what you up to……"

The young man stopped talking midway and let out a painful gasp. The man in the mirror had a look of disbelief on his face and blood kept flowing from the corners of his mouth.

A cold blade silently pierced into the chest from the back and pierced through the heart.

The muscles and true Qi protection that were strong enough to resist bullets were of no effect, and the whole body collapsed.

"Haha, it's not a big deal. It's just taking your life."

Zhang Yuanlu's smile remained unchanged. He slowly twisted his wrist and turned the handle of the knife in his hand. Blood gushed out from the young man's chest, and a hole was torn open where flesh was squirming. Most of his heart had been crushed into meat paste.

"Traitor, Counselor An sends his regards to you."

Zhang Yuanlu whispered beside the young man.

"Wait, wait a minute..."

The young man answered tremblingly with blood oozing from the corners of his mouth.

Despite suffering such a severe blow, the cursed young man still did not die. He soon noticed the abnormality in the facial features of the middle-aged man behind him: on one side of his cheek, the translucent skin tissue was slightly curled up, like a plastic film that had not been completely peeled off.

The weapon that can penetrate his body can only be used by a curse master... The other party has used some method to disguise himself as Zhang Yuanlu!
"I still have... still have..."

His face gradually turned a pale color of despair, but he still tried hard to prove his worth to the man behind him.

To be precise, it was the person behind him——

He knew that this was his only chance to survive.

"What else do you have? Intelligence?"

"Zhang Yuanlu" laughed.

"Everything you know is what she wants you to know. Otherwise, do you think you can get away so easily?"

The young man's pupils began to dilate.

He remembered that the reason he decided to betray was because he vaguely sensed the nature of that woman's abilities.

"Mind interference".

After realizing that he was being manipulated as a puppet, the first thing that came to his mind was to run away, to the ends of the earth, to a place where he would not be caught up by that monstrous woman.

He never thought of revenge and didn't even dare to mention it to anyone.

He thought it was due to Consultant An's negligence that the power exerted on him failed, which allowed him to gain temporary freedom and get rid of the heavy mental shackles.

But think about it carefully...

Is that really an oversight?
Why on earth did he feel that... he had escaped from An Zhizhen's clutches?
The young man's pupils were eventually swallowed up by the gray color, like a glass ball covered with dust, and all life was gone.

"Mission accomplished."

"Zhang Yuanlu" stretched out his hand and tore off the skin on his face, and his entire body shape was changing drastically.

The effect of the face-changing ability was lifted and he returned to his original form.

After confirming that the target was dead, Bo Tong showed a look of joy. He quickly cleaned up the body and breathed a sigh of relief.

For that adult, dealing with the traitor was just a matter of convenience. In fact, whether he was alive or dead, it had no effect on the plan. His significance ended the moment he spread the news after his defection; but for the actual executor like Botong, it was a good opportunity to show his value, so he had to do his best to show it.

"How stupid! If you recognize your position, you won't think of running away. What's wrong with being used as a bargaining chip and a pawn? Obviously, as long as Lord An's wish can be realized, our ideals can also be realized..."

Botong was very clear that he was being controlled by the mind.

But he was willing to do it. It was precisely in order to realize his dream that he chose to follow the Super Working Committee.

He might even feel fortunate that Consultant An used mental interference on him, which showed that she believed that her abilities needed to be supervised, which was an affirmation of the value of his abilities.

When Bo Tong was about to leave, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound coming faintly from the direction of the banquet room.

"That is……"

An Zhizhen's subordinates all knew the name Cen Dongsheng and were aware of his core position in the plan. They could even vaguely guess the relationship between this man and Consultant An.

how to say……

It was as if everyone saw a man who could fall in love with Godzilla, and everyone was filled with awe.

The rumbling sound was approaching rapidly, and Bo Tong's face suddenly changed when he heard the echo that the building structure was on the verge of collapse.

"No, I can't get dragged into this!"

He quickly put on a new face, and all the bones in his body trembled. He seemed like a different person, and ran towards the distance with oil on his feet.

Shortly after he left, the cracks on the bathroom wall spread rapidly, climbed up, and finally collapsed, with smoke and dust rising. A tall young man crashed into the roof beams like a Tyrannosaurus Rex, rushed out of the wall, grabbed the middle-aged man's neck with one hand, and threw him to the ground. The ground under their feet shook like a raging storm, and broken bricks and stones flew into the air.

*
Jiang Yunmei leaned against the side of the off-road vehicle. Behind her came a fierce sound like a volcanic eruption, proving that the battle had entered a white-hot stage in a very short time.

"As expected of Teacher Cen, he is really efficient in fighting," she thought.

At this time, the girl saw Jiang Qi and his friend's car passing by on the opposite side of the road not far away. The other party also noticed her and stepped on the brakes.

"Sister Yunmei, aren't you leaving? Do you want to come with us?"

Jiang Qi shouted at her.

"No need."

Jiang Yunmei folded her hands and shook her head.

The "clairaudience" can remain operational 24 hours a day. If there is unexpected danger approaching, she will naturally step on the accelerator and escape as soon as possible.

so now--

"My companion is still fighting. I will wait nearby for him to return."

The girl said softly.

Although she had confidence in Cen Dongsheng's ability, and he himself also looked confident, but...

In the distance, the soul-stirring echo became clearer in her ears.

The architectural structure of the banquet hall slowly collapsed. Occasionally, human figures were caught in the shock wave, passing through the walls and ceiling and being blown into the night sky, and then quickly jumped back.

From the conversation between Cen Dongsheng and the sorcerer to their fistfights, the tables and chairs in the banquet hall were either broken in the air waves or flew into the air; flesh was pierced and bones were crushed...

I heard it all clearly.

A superhuman battle that can only be seen in fantasy works.

She also heard Cen Dongsheng's breathing. It was still steady, and she could feel the vigorous blood flowing from it; she could imagine how strong that body was, like meteorite iron that had been tempered a thousand times...

But even so, Jiang Yunmei still felt worried.

This is a partner. Compared with a friend who talks with you, it has the additional meaning of "fighting side by side".

Thinking of this, the girl's desire to stay became stronger.

This was the first time that Jiang Yunmei officially set foot on this battlefield. She wasn't sure what else she could do for him, so she felt that she should at least watch over this battlefield until the last moment.

"Oh~"

Jiang Qi nodded suddenly.

He was not clear about the relationship between Jiang Yunmei and Cen Dongsheng, but the fact that Sister Yunmei took the initiative to invite him to a family gathering showed how close their relationship was.

"I understand. Sister Yunmei, you have to work hard too."

*
In the first encounter with the vampire man, Cen Dongsheng's fist hit the opponent's face, and the force bursting out from the contact point penetrated the head. If it was someone else with a weak spot, this punch would be enough to blow the entire head like a watermelon.

But the vampire was only dizzy for a moment, then he immediately reacted, roaring and rushing forward again.

Seeing the other party moving at superhuman speed, Cen Dongsheng realized that -

The enemy has the foundation of the human-immortal system.

He doesn't hate enemies of the same type as himself, because he will be the only one who wins.

Even though the difference in physical strength was not that big, Cen Dongsheng was still able to capture the opponent's movements through overwhelming skills.

Even though the other party is older, he is definitely better in terms of combat experience.

……

The vampire apparently noticed this as well, because when he tried to fight back, the young man's fist was like a stinging bee, blocking his fist with a clever trajectory, and the other hand hit his throat hard, just in time for him to attack, causing a blockage in his chest. He was unable to control himself and repeatedly retreated, smashing a hole in the thick wall behind him, and was very depressed.

“Damn it…! This kid…”

This punch was enough to smash through an alloy plate several dozen centimeters thick, but it could not destroy his mutated body; but the heavy force and fierce true Qi still caused him harm.

The vampire was secretly shocked.

As for human martial arts, he has lived for so long that he must have come into contact with them.

But as his side as a "Curse Master" becomes more and more powerful, the skills of mortals have become increasingly meaningless, and the gap between the two is like that between an ant and an elephant.

The vampire also discovered that so-called martial arts were a summary of experience based on human limits and were not suitable for him to learn at all.

For example, the powerful joint techniques of various major schools, or the killing punches that focus on vital points, are completely ineffective against the curse-master who possesses a superhuman body.

But the opponent is different. What this young man uses is exactly the "superman" fighting skills. It seems simple and unpretentious, but it can weaken the true energy in his body bit by bit.

"I don't know where he learned this skill from... Is there really such a thing as a natural genius in this world?"

The vampire was feeling annoyed and wanted to break the passive situation of being beaten. It seemed that he could only use his "superpowers".

But the timing of use is crucial -

He was hit hard on the face several times again, and bruises appeared at the corners of his eyes, but his gaze glanced intentionally or unintentionally at a distance not far away.

While he was fighting the young man, the man in black was not idle. He released a swarm of dark insects whose number far exceeded his body size, flooding the entire ground.

At some point, the Jiang family mansion began to crumble. Only a small part of the reason was the hand-to-hand combat between the two top-class spell-forbidden masters, but more of it was because the foundation of the building structure was being devoured by a sea of ​​ant-like insects...

(End of this chapter)