The King of Curses

Chapter 264 Shocking Battle
God really exists in this world. For Zhang Shidao, this is a fact, not a belief.

His eyes were able to see the shadows lingering behind everything very early on, and to peek into the extraordinary world adjacent to reality.

Spirits and gods, that is, all transcendent entities with extraordinary powers, influenced by human thinking and worship, were regarded by ancient people as the embodiment of various inexplicable natural phenomena.

But among "them", there is no systematic and large-scale organization like in mainstream religions. "They" are everywhere yet illusory and ethereal.

Zhang Shidao believes that the reason why narratives such as heaven and hell, heaven and hell, are so popular all over the world is that they reflect the human tendency to understand the extraordinary from their own perspective and to draw inspiration from the organizational methods in reality. The creation of mythological narratives has the same origin as poetry and drama.

The essence of the gods he met was natural spirits, manifestations of the flowing energy of nature. Some of them had reason and emotions, but they could not change the situation that humans dominated the world.

According to the definition of people in this era of curse-binding masters, the so-called "gods" are actually just one of the "demons and monsters" (non-human supernatural entities).

Zhang Shidao's insights are not new.

The so-called animism and pantheism, which believe that everything in the world has a soul or spirit, has ancient ideological roots dating back to ancient times, and has emerged as a new theory in modern times.

However, as a curse-master, he can really observe the existence of "God" with his naked eyes, and can even use his authority - the power of "Divine Vision" to create new gods.

So, does there exist in this world a true God in the religious sense, an absolute God who created all things and the world and is eternal and great?
Zhang Shidao had never seen it with his own eyes. He would not deny that such gods might really exist, but in this chaotic world of strife, they have never appeared, which is enough to show that this world is ultimately a human world.

It may not have existed in the past, but it may not necessarily not exist in the future.

In Zhang Shidao's view, the so-called "personified" God is a fictional existence created by people through mythological drama after they have seen tyrants and dictators and witnessed how people pursue power and rule over their fellow men.

The real "God" is a symbol of nature; the non-existent God is a symbol of the will of power dominating society.

Those humans who are qualified will wear the crown of God on themselves.

The so-called "special-class spell-forbidden master" is this kind of existence—

……

The dragon slayer had a thought, and his powerful consciousness swept away the new consciousness that was emerging in the body of the mountain and river giant from top to bottom.

"What a joke, just relying on such a small trick?"

The giant face in the clouds grinned with an exaggerated arc.

As a curse-master of the same level, I certainly don't think I can defeat my opponent by just this method.

But once a new soul is born, even a dragon slayer can only choose to temporarily suppress it. If you want to kill or destroy it, you have to destroy its current body from head to toe.

"Don't be afraid, newborn gods, dance and resist as hard as you can on the giants. I will help you."

The clouds suddenly released brilliant light; at the same time, the azure blue sky continued to expand and extend.

……

There are now more than 10,000 migrant workers gathered in the ghost market, including spell-casters from all over the country, and everyone is looking up at the sky.

The color above his head changed, the air currents in the sky solidified, and the cloud shadows stopped moving. A blue picture scroll unfolded, clearly reflecting the scene of the two special-class spell-binding masters confronting each other.

This was obviously what Zhang Shidao did on purpose. He used the sky as a projection screen to broadcast live so that everyone could see it.

The city, which was in chaos before the war, now seemed extremely quiet; because most people felt difficulty breathing and were unable to express their feelings, and could only stare blankly.

The giant face in the sky was shrouded in light, becoming increasingly scorching, like the sun hanging high in the sky; the giant on the ground raised his hands, and hundreds of millions of cubic meters of lake water turned into ribbons lingering around his body, and a conflict was about to break out.

This day will be unforgettable for those who experienced it firsthand.

The shocking war that allowed the entire world of curse masters to truly realize the power of the "Special Curse" for the first time finally began.

The next moment, countless dazzling golden lights burst out from the clouds and shot towards the ground; the giant did not give in, and lake blue ribbons shot out.

"boom!"

"Boom!"

Every time a ray of golden light fell on the ground, it could shake the surrounding ground and create shock waves several feet high; sharp arrows made of thousands of rays of light bombarded the ground like a rain of missiles. Although they were not directly aimed at the Ghost Market, they still pushed the entire underground city to the edge of the cliff, and sandstorm-like smoke engulfed the streets.

On the other side, hundreds of millions of cubic meters of lake water were condensed into a high-pressure jet by the huge force, easily splitting the sky, breaking down the stalactite dome, extending all the way to the surface hundreds of meters above, spraying out like a waterfall...

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The San'in City on the ground was shaking again. The shadows of the clouds on the glass windows stopped moving, like cotton wool nailed to a blue canvas. The people in the building were surprised to find that the drinks in their cups were rippling and the tables and chairs were shaking. The pedestrians on the road were staggering from side to side, at a loss, and the whole city was trembling under the pressure.

Spider-web-like cracks appeared on the originally smooth road, naturally broken water supply pipes caused the ground to sink, and the rails in the tunnel twisted with harsh squeaks. The coming of disaster was inevitable.

The curse masters who survived in the ghost market were the "frontline reporters" who witnessed this shocking battle with their own eyes. Some were shocked and speechless, while others, after coming to their senses, immediately recorded everything and spread it all over the country later...

……

The surface of the Mountain and River Giant's body was full of pits and craters, and the light on the Cloud Giant's face suddenly dimmed;
But they all recovered in the blink of an eye——

The giant body built by nature had no concept of being injured, and the scars on its body were quickly filled by the surrounding forests and land. The face in the cloud regained its luster, showing a regretful expression, and said:

"You have committed a great crime."

Before receiving the notice from Lame Old Seven, Zhang Shidao relied on his own ability to get the answer:

As the name suggests, the Dragon Slayer "slaughtered" the dragon veins just for his own desires.

The drying up of the Dragon Court would affect the environment within a radius of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. He had a premonition that not only Shanyin City, but the entire province, and even several neighboring provinces, would frequently experience natural disasters such as floods and droughts in the next few years.

As for this underground city, even if it is not destroyed by the battle between the two of them today, it will sooner or later meet its doom in an unprecedented earthquake.

"War and plague will kill countless people, but in nature it is just the natural cycle; but what you are doing is damaging the 'roots' of the earth."

The ecology of this land has been greatly affected, and it may take decades or even hundreds of years to recover. All this is irreversible, and even killing the culprit will not help.

Just as he expected, a special spell-master could not only become a god, but also a demon that wreaked havoc on the world.

Zhang Shidao became more determined. When one method failed, he quickly changed to another.

The face that emerged from the clouds changed its expression at this moment: from a bright smile in the spring to a terrifying face full of gloomy anger. The light dissipated, replaced by lightning and thunder before the storm.

"Come--"

The face in the cloud opened his mouth slowly, and his voice was like millions of ice crystals rubbing against each other.

The face formed by cumulonimbus clouds was as big as half the city area, and purple lightning flashed across the rolling clouds from time to time.

What answered him was a muffled sound that penetrated the core of the earth.

The dome collapsed with a loud bang and turned into countless pieces. Before it fell into the abyss, it was held up by an invisible force and suspended around the giant, like an asteroid belt.

"--die."

The mountain and river giant roared roughly, with the vibration of the friction of the rock strata. He raised his hand and clenched it. The nearby hills were uprooted one by one. The broken earth spiraled upward and turned into stone spears, shooting into the clouds.

The right eye of the face in the clouds collapsed into a vortex of storm, and the raging lightning tore the incoming stone spears into pieces, making them explode one by one; the left eye sprayed out countless crystal hail fragments, which floated in the air and refracted thousands of distorted reflections.

Lightning roared, rocks and dirt flew everywhere... At this point, the battle between the two special curse masters entered a stalemate and attrition war.

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The Dragon Slayer suppressed the riot in his body while thinking about his next strategy.

Their current battle, although seemingly grand, is still in the stage of mutual probing which is not enough to harm the main body.

In essence, it is actually a contest between the simplest and most brutal "true qi energy".

After reaching the stage of special-class spell-binding masters, the true Qi in their bodies is as deep as the ocean, and its recovery speed is extremely amazing, and the amount of Qi consumed in ordinary battles is almost zero.

Moreover, with just a thought, one can destroy the enemy and the entire city, so there is no need to consider the issue of "quantity".

However, for a contest like the Dragon Slayer and Zhang Shidao, who wantonly vented their destructive power and could not distinguish the winner from the opponents of the same level, once it became a protracted war, the key to determining the outcome would return to the common principles among ordinary curse masters...

As for pure "quantity", it is hard to say who is higher and who is lower; but the dragon slayer is actually at a disadvantage because he has to control the power of nature to fight against the giant face in the clouds, while at the same time suppressing the new life that keeps emerging from the giant's body.

……

"I still can't stand it."

The dragon slayer thought.

A person with a natural destiny will reach success in one step.

When he thought he had finally reached the top, he discovered that unprecedented geniuses were emerging one after another in this era.

He went through untold hardships and researched a method to merge with the world. When the spiritual energy revived, he was finally promoted to the special-grade spell-binding master. However, some people are born with this great power and happen to live in the best era.

After hearing about the existence of the "Special Life Ban", even someone as cold-hearted as the Dragon Slayer couldn't help but have some thoughts in his mind.

"But it doesn't matter, as long as we start from the same line, no one will run faster than me."

Precisely because he has the power in his hands step by step, he has an extremely strong obsession and self-confidence in his own talents.

——The Dragon Slayer is actually the first person in the world to become a true "Special Class Curse Master" from a "Special Class Curse Master Candidate".

If Cen Dongsheng could hear his inner voice, he might feel deeply moved, thinking that the "jade from another mountain" he wanted to find was right here.

……

The "expression" on Yun Zhong's face changed again, from a gloomy and angry look to one of sorrow and weeping.

The giant face of the cumulonimbus cloud spewed out an astonishing cold wave. Wherever its breath reached, the ground was instantly covered with thick frost. At the same time, gusts of howling wind poured down from the cloud vortex, instantly turning the battle area into a snow and wind hell with temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero Celsius.

The dragon slayer was not willing to be outdone. He controlled the mountain and river giant and slapped the ground fiercely, shattering the surface and sending shock waves deep into the ground. Cracks expanded in all directions.

Half a minute later, countless boiling magmas gushed out from the cracks in the ground, and were also held in the giant's palm as weapons. The red chains, which were condensed to more than a thousand degrees Celsius, were swung around, and wherever they passed, even the air was burned and almost distorted.

The rolling hot current collided head-on with the biting cold wave, making a shocking noise, and steaming white mist enveloped the valley.

……

When the face in the clouds saw this scene, the clouds hanging from the corners of its mouth condensed into icy spikes and fell down one after another.

"'Water versus fire'? Oh, if you think that our fighting methods are only at the level of our ancestors, then you are behind the times."

At the moment when ice and fire intertwined, a bolt of thunder struck in the sky.

"What ultra-low temperature can do..."

——That was not the common branch-like lightning, but a spherical lightning with a diameter of tens of meters. This ball of light wrapped in plasma fell into the lake water streamer used for defense beside the giant.

But the water flow was not enough to block the light of the plasma, and it evaporated the moment it touched. The light ball continued to smash into the giant's chest, easily burning a large charred hole.

The rock armor on the chest of the Mountain and River Giant was cracking layer by layer, and emerald-colored earth spiritual energy oozed out from the cracks. Countless tree roots broke out from the ground, intertwining and entwining with the vines to fill the gap.

This was just the beginning. Deep in the clouds, a faint blue aurora lit up, and in the cracks in the ionosphere, one "meteorite" after another was wrapped in blue flames and burned, like loaded shells, aiming at the giant on the ground, ready to fall at any time.

……

The battle between the two special curse masters in just a few minutes had overwhelmed half of the city. The curse masters either huddled in corners to survive or tried every means to escape. At the same time, the city on the ground also sounded shrill alarms, and panicked people hid in their homes.

The two warring parties that caused all this fell into silence for a moment.

In the eye sockets of the face in the clouds were spinning stars like the Milky Way, and a violent roar came from the giant's chest.

They also realized that this confrontation was about to reach a critical point.

Thousands of meters long magma chains were swung around, shooting down the plasma balls that were emitting dazzling light.

The red light, like the falling corona, collided with the blazing white light ball falling from the sky. All sounds disappeared at this moment. The sky and the earth were vast, and all the horses were silent.

(End of this chapter)