Curse Returns: Eight Extraordinary Skills? I lack nothing.

The wall on the left side of the tunnel was covered with a dense array of things.

Handprint.

Countless handprints are densely imprinted on the wall, stretching from the floor to the ceiling.

Some of the handprints are still moving, with the fingers slightly bent, as if they are trying to peel off the wall.

[Level 3 Spell Spirit - Hand Seal]

At the same time, a faint rubbing sound came from above.

Yu looked up and saw several ropes hanging from the ceiling, each ending in a twisted corpse. The outlines of the corpses were indistinct, as if they were formed from condensed gray-black mist, swaying slowly with the ropes.

[Level 3 Cursed Spirit - The Hanger]

Chapter 11 The bloody woman

More than a dozen handprint-shaped spirits detached from the wall almost simultaneously and pounced on the two of them.

The numerous hanged men, suspended by ropes, suddenly opened their eyes and simultaneously plummeted downwards, aiming at the two men.

"I'm leaving the rest to you!" Yu Ren shouted in a low voice upon seeing this, and then rushed forward.

Nishimiya Momo didn't reply, but her movements were anything but slow.

"Fusang Exercise - Sandstorm".

In an instant, a gust of wind mixed with sand and dust struck some of the falling corpses, blowing them off course and even causing numerous wounds.

As Yu Ren's sword flashed, a surge of blue light erupted from its blade.

The sixth handprint that lunged at him was severed, while the four that attacked from the side were pierced by Yuuto's sword and pinned to the wall. His cursed power transformed into lightning and flowed into the blade, blasting them into fragments.

The hanged man, who had been blown away by Nishimiya Momo's technique, somehow changed direction due to the rope and fell straight towards Yuuto.

She opened her arms as if to hug him.

Yuuto sidestepped, raising his left hand at the same time.

【Five Thunder Orthodox Method - Palm Thunder】

The compressed lightning bolt struck out with a deafening roar, hitting the hanged man squarely in the chest, first piercing through his body, and then turning him to ashes.

"There are three more behind you!" Nishimiya Momo's voice came from above.

Upon hearing the warning, Yuuto did not turn around. Instead, he swept his sword horizontally and severed the heads of the three hanged men at the same time.

Minutes later, the ground was covered with a large number of disappearing cursed spirits. Yuuto walked ahead to clear the way, while Nishimiya Momo followed behind him.

After going further in, the atmosphere inside the tunnel changed noticeably.

Yuuto stopped, gripped the hilt of his sword, carefully observed his surroundings, and turned to look at Nishimiya Momo.

Momo Nishimiya's perception was much stronger than Yuuto's, so she noticed more. Perched on her broomstick, hovering in the air, she said with a serious expression:

"Our main objective should be just ahead, so be careful."

Before he finished speaking, a huge manhole cover appeared on the ceiling in the middle of the tunnel.

It is about two meters in diameter and its edges are covered with rust, as if it has not been opened for many years.

Directly below the manhole cover, a woman covered in blood was hanging upside down from the ceiling.

Her long hair hung down, almost dragging on the ground; her eyes were wide open, her pupils were unfocused, and bloody tears kept dripping from the corners of her eyes.

[Level 2 Cursed Spirit - Hanging Blood Woman]

Yuuto gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, activating the Golden Light Mantra to its fullest extent, causing the pale golden light on his body to brighten slightly.

"As planned, you will hold them back while I will launch the main attack," Yuuto instructed Nishimiya Momo.

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman with the hanging blood slowly turned her head, her unfocused pupils focusing on the two of them.

Its mouth slowly split open, all the way to its ears, revealing a twisted smile.

Then his body fell straight down, and his entire body's curse power condensed into a blood-red shockwave, which crashed into Yuuto on the ground.

Yuuto shifted two meters to the left to barely dodge the attack.

The spot where he had just been standing was instantly smashed into a huge crater.

The woman with the hanging blood missed her attack and immediately floated back to the ceiling. Then, her long hair suddenly grew longer and swept towards Yuuto.

Yuuto swung his sword horizontally, the lightning on the blade striking the hair and exploding into a string of blue and white sparks, instantly annihilating a large amount of hair.

However, the hair of the woman who hangs herself is made of cursed power, and as long as the cursed power continues, it will grow continuously.

Yuuto had been letting the cursed spirit take the initiative, so after creating enough opportunities to draw out most of the Bloodstained Woman's hair, he shouted:

"West Palace!"

"coming!"

A whooshing sound came from above, and a slash formed from cursed power and sandstorm cleaved down from the sky, striking precisely the strands of hair that were entangled around Yuu-ren.

【Tsukumogami Technique - Scythe-like Divination】

The woman hanging from the ceiling looked up at Nishimiya Momo in the air, and upon seeing this, Yuuto immediately shouted:

"careful!"

Yuuto tried to get close to the Blood-Hanging Woman, but she appeared behind Nishimiya Momo almost instantly.

Her blood-stained hair grew wildly again, wrapping around Nishimiya Momo's neck.

Nishimiya Momo reacted extremely quickly, swooping down with her broom to avoid the strands of hair.

At the same time, a gust of wind swept out from in front of him, forcing back the pursuing hair.

The woman with the hanging blood didn't chase after them. She looked down at the two of them, her smile growing increasingly distorted.

After several more rounds of fighting, Nishimiya Momo, who had always had a better view from her higher vantage point, suddenly spoke up:

"She was hanging upside down from the ceiling, and the entire tunnel was her foothold, which gave her the ability to teleport."

Upon hearing this, Youren immediately had an idea. After getting close to Xigong Tao, he whispered his instructions to her.

Momo Nishimiya nodded slightly and manipulated the broom to rise to the top of the tunnel, almost touching the ceiling.

The woman with the hanging blood looked up at her, a grin spreading across her face, preparing to use her ability to teleport again.

"Fukumura Technique - Sandstorm Interference." But this time, Nishimiya Momo was even faster.

A large sandstorm swept out from in front of her, instantly obscuring the entire middle section of the tunnel.

The woman with the blood hanging was shrouded in sand and dust, which obstructed her vision and slowed her teleportation.

In that half-beat, Nishimiya Momo unleashed her full power.

"Scythe-like Severance - Double Strike".

Two sandstorm-slashing blades were unleashed one after the other, one aimed at the body of the hanging blood woman, and the other at the ceiling where she was hanging upside down.

The woman with the hanging blood dodged the first slash, but the second slash struck the edge of the manhole cover on the ceiling with precision.

The concrete crumbled, the manhole cover loosened, and the woman hanging from the ceiling lost her support, falling from the ceiling.

At the same time, Yuuto transformed into a streak of blue light and rushed toward the falling Bloodstained Woman.

The woman hanging from the ceiling turned her head in mid-air, her unfocused pupils staring at Yuuto.

Her long hair grew wildly again, trying to entangle Yuuto.

But Youren was faster, activating the Golden Light Mantra at full power to withstand the strands of hair that were wrapping around him.

At the same time, he gripped the knife in his right hand, condensing his lightning magic to its limit, and slashed horizontally, accurately hitting the hanging blood woman's neck.

The lightning flowed into her body along the blade, and blue-white electric light exploded inside her.

The woman hanging from the pool let out a shrill scream, her whole body trembling violently.

The long hair that had been entangled around Yuu instantly lost its strength and fell softly down.

It fell to the ground and struggled to get up.

Yuuto didn't give her a chance.

The second strike, delivered with full lightning magic, pierced through its chest.

Boom! The body of the woman hanging from the ceiling disintegrated into countless blood-red fragments.

[System Notification: Defeat 1 Level 2 Cursed Spirit, gain 200 points]

After dealing with the Blood-Sucking Woman, Yuuto stood still and rested for a while.

Nishimiya Momo descended from the sky, her broom hovering beside her.

The two turned around to leave the tunnel, but after walking for several minutes, something began to go wrong.

They did not see the scenery they had come from; instead, they were presented with a completely new view, and all traces of the battle they had left behind along the way had vanished without a trace.

Another 10 minutes or so passed, and we still hadn't reached the entrance.

By now, the two were completely certain that the matter was not over yet.

Chapter 12 Connecting with the Universiade

"Could it be some kind of special barrier?" Yuuto thought of this possibility.

Xi Gongtao frowned, then objected based on her past experience: "No, there's a tent outside, so there can't be a second layer of barrier here."

Yuuto frowned, then took out his phone and glanced at it.

Although there's only one bar, the signal is still there.

Seeing this, Yuuto's face lit up with joy, and he immediately dialed Ichichi's number.

At this point, we cannot afford to dawdle and lose all our initial advantage.

beep...beep...beep...

There was a burst of static on the other end of the phone, followed by Ijichi's clearly worried voice coming through the phone:

"Mr. Kasuga, what's the situation inside? Just now, the monitoring equipment suddenly emitted a large fluctuation of magical energy, and it's still rising..."