The King of Curses

Chapter 286 Encounter with the Nether King

Cen Dongsheng and others boarded the shuttle boat together.

With the roar of the engines, they headed towards the depths of the sea in the night.

The sky is vast and the sea is boundless.

Even in the darkness, one could still see tiny silver lines cut by the bow of the ship on the dark blue sea surface, and the sidelights cast swaying beams of light among the waves.

Cen Dongsheng reached out to hold the cold iron railing, looked into the distance, and felt the cold dampness on his palms.

The surging white waves lifted the tender up and down, and the white light on the mast tip drew intermittent arcs against the inky sky.

silence.

At this moment, the sea is quiet, with only the sound of waves as background sound.

The boat was also very quiet. Cen Dongsheng and his companions were enjoying the scenery, and the people sent by King Ji Le did not have the courage to disturb the guests without permission.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Yunmei suddenly said softly:
"About to arrive."

The clairvoyant saw the "Mirage" early on.

"How does it feel?"

Cen Dongsheng was a little curious. He had only seen King Jile's "Sea Palace", this famous luxury cruise ship, on web pages before.

"Don't worry, you'll see it soon."

Jiang Yunmei laughed.

The Mirage had not yet appeared, but at this time, the people on the shuttle boat could already hear the sound -

The loud rumbling sound of the huge monster coming from far away was particularly prominent in the quiet sea.

The roar startled a group of seabirds roosting at night, and everyone on the boat unconsciously turned their eyes to the distant horizon.

A few minutes later, they saw the top of the Iron Mountain Range slowly rising, and then the entire mountain range suddenly collapsed into the sea level.

The dark satin-like water surface was slowly pierced by the sharp golden triangle, the sound of the whistle lingered in the air, and the bow of the ship crushed the surging waves, creating a piece of broken silver.

The eighteenth deck is like a towering building. It is much more imposing when viewed from the sea than from land of the same height, and it is also long and wide. The portholes on each floor are brightly lit, casting the entire cruise ship into an inverted pyramid. When sailing on the sea late at night, it is like a huge burning torch, and the scene is spectacular.

That is……

"Mirage".

……

The tender approached the Mirage, and compared to this behemoth, it looked like an insignificant ant.

Passing through the dark sea, the ship is about to dock, and from afar we can see that the entrance to the passage is slowly opening.

At the same time, Cen Dongsheng also noticed that more than one shuttle boat was approaching from another direction.

"……interesting."

I didn't expect to meet someone "worthy of attention" so soon, he thought.

The fact that he could board the ship ahead of time meant that he, like An Zhizhen and him, was someone worthy of Meng Huafan's attention and someone he specially sent someone to receive.

It could only be a spellcaster, a sufficiently powerful spellcaster.

He had to find a way to gather intelligence. This was not a problem for Cen Dongsheng, because No Barriers was right beside him.

"Yunmei, help me check the people on that boat."

"it is good."

Jiang Yunmei nodded obediently, her pupils quietly turning into the azure blue of the sky, crossing the dark night.

After just one glance in that direction, the girl's expression turned serious, and her voice rang in Cen Dongsheng's ears:

"He is a powerful character. The scale of the 'chi' he radiates is astonishingly huge."

"Yeah."

Cen Dongsheng used his spiritual sense, but he could only feel a vague outline and even the direction was difficult to determine.

It is difficult for ordinary spell-breaking masters to detect traces of higher levels, but it is different with Jiang Yunmei around. Even a special-class spell-breaking master finds it difficult to maintain disguise in Jiang Yunmei's perception.

"How big is it?"

"I feel..." Yun Mei hesitated, "Maybe she is on the same level as Miss An."

Oops.

Cen Dongsheng thought, that's really amazing, it can be confirmed that the visitor is a special-class spell-binding master.

Before Cen Dongsheng's rebirth, there were a total of twenty special-class spell masters recorded in the Chinese region, but this was after the six ancestors were born in succession and the third wave of spiritual energy revival occurred.

In this era, even if he estimated it in a high way, Cen Dongsheng felt that the total number would not exceed ten...

The people on this ship might be one of our future ancestors.

When exchanging important information, Jiang Yunmei was always in a state of "mind communication", so An Zhizhen could hear it clearly.

At this time, the elder sister patted his hands.

Cen Dongsheng nodded, and he silently felt the blood medium in his body. If the situation was not good and a conflict occurred, he would immediately activate this forbidden item.

The Blood Contract Medium was a rare but not powerful forbidden item. However, because the person on the other side of it was connected to a certain high school girl by blood, it suddenly became the most terrifying weapon in the world.

Unless Cen Dongsheng was killed instantly without warning, this was impossible with his elder sister by his side, and he also had his own "immortality" to rely on.

The man exhaled and calmed down.

That's right, even if the other party is one of the world's top strong men, he has no reason to feel nervous.

Why do people pursue power? In the past, Cen Dongsheng would have said: It is to pursue a sense of security, so that they can firmly grasp their destiny at any time and not just go with the flow.

Now he finally has the qualification.

Cen Dongsheng asked again:

"Can you tell the nature of the other party's ability?"

"Let me try."

Jiang Yunmei observed for a while and frowned.

"I originally thought I had seen it wrong, or that the other party was disguising himself, but now it seems..."

"what happened?"

"I feel that this person's aura is closer to a 'ghost' than a living person."

"……Yeah."

After hearing this, Cen Dongsheng already had some guesses.

Although this is the only similar feature, if it is really that person...

……

At this time, the crew representative who had welcomed them at the beginning came over. He first bowed deeply to express his apology, and then whispered:

"Sorry, because the two guests chose their places at similar times, so the order is..."

The crew member looked embarrassed and lowered his head.

The people at the "Cave of Ecstasy" have the ability to prepare separate docks for the guests and enjoy VIP-only access, but they cannot interfere with the time the guests have agreed upon.

They departed from different ports, but their boarding times still coincided. It can only be said to be a destined coincidence. "It doesn't matter."

Cen Dongsheng saw the other person wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, looking trembling. He could understand what he was thinking.

This was naturally a trivial matter for him; but for the middle-level managers and lower-level executors, it was a big deal, because some high-level spell masters really cared about face issues.

Taking into account that different leaders have different styles, once the curse masters under their command make a mistake, it is not enough to simply lose their job. Depending on the severity of the situation, they may even lose their lives. On the other hand, the people they deal with are powerful outsiders. If they accidentally anger the people they are hosting, the end will be equally miserable.

Cen Dongsheng is an experienced person and has no habit of bullying the weak, so he naturally won't deliberately make things difficult for the other party.

"I don't care about the order, let that side go first."

"Yes... yes! Thank you for your magnanimity."

The crew member nodded and bowed to thank him, and was about to leave when he was stopped by Cen Dongsheng again.

"By the way, since that person is Meng Huafan's distinguished guest, he must be someone of some importance. I'm very curious, can you introduce him to me later?"

"...Understood. Please wait a moment."

……

Above the dark and boundless sea.

On another shuttle boat a few hundred meters away, there stood a group of people wearing black robes, shrouded in a mysterious and strange atmosphere.

They were tall and short, male and female, and everyone's face was unclear.

This was not because of the night, but because from the very beginning, where the human face should have been, there was only a ball of swirling black fog.

The most amazing thing is that the number of people in this group is indistinguishable. In the eyes of the crew, this group of "distinguished guests" is sometimes eight, sometimes five, and sometimes seven.

At first, some people thought that someone had fallen behind or left along the way, and they panicked for a while; but after they realized that something was wrong with this group of people, they didn't dare to look at them any more.

"It turns out there are people who are 'just like' us."

A bright and brisk female voice came from under one of the hoods. As she spoke, the speed of the black mist on "her" face increased slightly.

If the word "same" in her mouth had a deeper meaning, it obviously did not simply mean that they were also distinguished guests who were personally invited by Meng Huafan and arrived late.

"Sorry, my guests!"

The supervisor of this ship came over. Compared with their colleagues on the other ship, their treatment was obviously much worse.

The supervisor himself was the highest level spellcaster among the crew. As soon as he got close to them, he could feel the deathly aura that was corroding the guests' flesh and bones. He shivered with cold, but at this time he had no choice but to come forward and explain.

"The guests over there chose a time to board the ship that is very close to yours, so in terms of order..."

"can."

A cold voice came from the leading figure, and under the cloak, there seemed to be a tall man.

"I'm not interested in such trivial matters as who comes first and who comes last."

"I'm sorry, thank you very much!"

The crew member left and came back shortly after.

"The boarding procedures have been arranged for you. Um..."

He rubbed his hands and asked awkwardly and carefully:

"The guest over there wants to meet you and get to know you. What do you think?"

……

The two tenders came together and sailed into the anchorage.

Cen Dongsheng stood at the bow. At this distance, even ordinary people could observe each other with the naked eye.

Standing opposite, the leader was a tall figure dressed in black, with no visible face.

At this moment, the eyes of both sides met in the air.

After a moment of silence, Cen Dongsheng took the initiative to talk to the other party:

"Hello, I didn't expect there would be guests arriving as late as us."

The special guests invited by Meng Huafan himself had received the invitation a week in advance and could have boarded the ship at that time; but these two teams chose to arrive the day before the opening of the banquet.

"If it's just for fun, there's no need for us to come to a place like this."

The other party's tone was flat and stiff.

……

Cen Dongsheng's eyes flickered slightly
He was now eighty percent certain that the other party was the "King of the Underworld".

One of the Six Patriarchs, he is nomadic and has no fixed base like King Pingdeng; the difference is that he still has a huge force as a foundation. The curse-master organizations associated with him are spread all over the world, including many groups of sorcerers. He is the uncrowned king of the underworld.

The difference between him and the King of Bliss is that the former has already "landed", while the latter, for some unknown reason, has never divided the area - for an ancestor, this should be an easy task.

But the Hades is also a rather active monster. Perhaps it is precisely because he is not bound by his status as a ruler that he can fan the flames everywhere.

What impressed Cen Dongsheng deeply was that some of the chaos and destruction that occurred in other ancestral territories in later generations, and several well-known large-scale vicious incidents, often found clues related to him after in-depth investigation.

This is understandable. After all, other people don't dare to stroke the ancestors' tiger whiskers. Only the Nether King, who is a "kind" of them, has the capital and courage to do so. But in the end, no one can understand his real intention. Is it just to spread chaos?

In short, the Nether King could be called the number one terrorist in the world of Curse Masters, and the hatred he attracted everywhere was no less than that of the Equality King.

But compared to the solitary King Pingdeng, this man is obviously more cunning and it is difficult to find his trace; as for the intricate network of forces under him, they are often active in the dark side of the underground world. Even if they have suffered heavy losses in several encirclement and suppression operations, as long as the snake head is not destroyed, they can make a comeback after a while.

Also, the impression that ordinary curse-binding masters have of him, apart from his bizarre and terrifying image, may also include gossip such as he had sex with the Nine-Child Ghost Mother and gave birth to a child.

But for Cen Dongsheng, the name means only one thing;

The event that changed his fate would happen three months later - one of the "eight great disasters", "the passage of the underworld soldiers". In his previous life, he knew that the Nether King played a key role in it, and was even likely the mastermind behind it.

At this point, Cen Dongsheng couldn't say that he hated him, but it was impossible for him not to have hostility.

An Zhizhen noticed the subtle ups and downs in the man's emotions.

"Do you recognize who it is?"

"...I guess it's the King of Hell."

"possible."

An Zhizhen basically knew the information that the reborn had. She nodded slightly and said:

"——So, are you going to kill him now?"

Cen Dongsheng was still hesitating whether to speak, but the woman said it lightly.

"……May I?"

"What's wrong with this?"

The elder sister smiled softly.

"I only consider your opinion. If you say it's okay, I'll do it right away. Sister Qingyan and I are two against one, so we still have a chance of winning."

Finally, she added:

"From your description of the Nether King, I felt that he was a man who wanted nothing but chaos in the world and had great ambitions. He is a powerful opponent for both my ideals and your path. It might be a good thing to deal with him decisively now."

……

Cen Dongsheng was touched by Sister Zhizhen's trust, but before actually taking action, he decided to ask another person for his opinion.

(End of this chapter)