Curse Returns: Eight Extraordinary Skills? I lack nothing.

Yuuto stood still, the golden light of the spell remaining steady. His breathing was slightly more rapid than before, but his eyes remained calm.

The five golden warriors in the distance were still locked in combat with the ten top-tier curse spirits.

Frostbone was pinned to the ground and pounded by a strongman. Abyss's venom was almost exhausted, Mountain Bone's rock armor was mostly shattered, and the swarm of insects in the nest was reduced to half its original size.

The situation is tilting.

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"Shall we continue?" Yuuto asked, his voice calm.

Louhu did not answer. He simply stood there, the flame in his single eye flickering, as if deep in thought.

There was a few seconds of silence.

Then Louhu raised his head.

"You killed Hua Yu."

His voice was hoarse and deep, yet carried an undeniable firmness.

"I won't let you leave here alive."

The surrounding temperature soared once again. This time, the ground beneath Louhu's feet completely melted, turning into a churning lake of lava. His body began to swell and deform, and dark red light surged from within him, enveloping him in a thick layer of fiery armor.

That was his ultimate form.

"The ultimate fate, the fall!"

The earth trembled violently. The ground beneath Yuuto's feet suddenly bulged, and countless cracks spread out in all directions.

A blazing red light surged from the depths of the fissure, as magma frantically gathered, compressed, and expanded underground. The ground in the entire area was cracking, collapsing, and melting.

Yuuto leaped into the air.

The ground beneath his feet had turned into a sea of ​​lava, with black rocks melting, churning, and boiling in the intense heat.

He flipped his body in mid-air, and Kikuichimonji Norimune was drawn again.

"Separation, Heaven-Burning, Slash".

A golden blade of light descended from the sky, slashing towards Louhu's head.

Lou Hu stood still, clenched his right fist, and punched towards the golden blade of light.

Fist and blade collide head-on.

"boom!!!"

The sound of explosions echoed through the sky once again.

Golden light and dark red flames intertwined, illuminating the entire night sky in two colors.

Yuuto landed on a stone pillar that was not yet fully melted and looked down at the lava lake below.

Louhu stood in the center of the lava lake, his body covered in dark red flame armor, and his single eye burning with a light more dazzling than the sun.

"You can't escape my territory."

Yuuto didn't speak. He just stood there, looking at the churning lava below, and at the louvered creature standing in the center of the lava.

Then he sheathed his sword.

"I have no intention of running away."

He raised his right hand, palm up.

A golden light condensed in his palm. It was not a talisman, nor a spell, but something purer and more essential.

"Dual-wielding hands".

A crimson light emanated from his palm, enveloping his entire body.

The light carried a warm and healing aura, rapidly repairing every wound and every inch of fatigue on his body.

Louhu's single eye suddenly contracted.

"You are............."

“Heal myself.” Yuuto’s voice was calm. “In your field, I need to be at my best.”

He moved his shoulders, and his bones made a slight cracking sound.

"Are you ready?"

A raging fire burned in Louhu's single eye. He suddenly raised his hands, and the entire lava lake surged, boiled, and swelled simultaneously.

"Pillar of Fire!"

Dozens of thick columns of lava shot up from the lake and headed straight for Yu Ren's location.

Yu Ren did not dodge.

He just stood there, watching the columns of lava coming towards him.

"Feng Hou Qi Men: Luan Jin Tuo".

The golden array patterns spun rapidly beneath his feet. Time seemed to stretch out at that moment—the speed of the lava pillars suddenly slowed down, from lightning fast to snail slow.

Yuuto calmly took a step and passed through the gap between the two magma pillars.

"The character 'Zhen' signifies thunderous power and the scattering of splendor."

Dozens of thin, blue-white electric bolts shot from his fingertips, striking precisely at the base of the magma pillars.

The struck magma pillar exploded with a deafening roar, shattering into countless tiny magma fragments that scattered into the air.

An attack was neutralized without a trace.

Louhu's single eye stared intently at Youren.

He saw that this human had altered the flow of time in that instant.

“Feng Hou Qi Men.” You Ren landed on another stone pillar. “In my system, I decide the time.”

Louhu remained silent.

The lava lake behind him was churning, his fiery armor was burning, and his magical power was being unleashed at breakneck speed. But for the first time, a hint of wavering appeared in his eyes.

This human was much stronger than he had imagined.

"Shall we continue?" Yuuto asked again.

Louhu slowly raised his right hand.

The hand was covered in dark red flame armor, with scalding magma flowing between its fingers, dripping onto the magma lake at its feet and splashing up tiny sparks.

Yu Ren stood on the stone pillar, looking at Lou Hu, and then glanced at the ten special-grade curse spirits around him.

Frostbone had already gotten up from the ground, and the knife wound on his chest was still oozing icy blue liquid.

The Abyss's venom reserves are almost depleted, the rock armor of the mountain skeleton is mostly broken, and the number of insect swarms in the nest is only about half.

They were all injured, but none of them retreated.

"Can you still hold on?" Yuuto's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the senses of every cursed spirit.

Louhu did not answer.

But the frost skeleton moved.

It plunged its hands into the ground, and the power of the Frost Curse poured into the earth once more.

This time, it no longer pursued a large-scale ice crystal storm, but instead compressed all its magical power into a single point.

A thin, finger-like beam of ice-blue light shot out from the ground, heading straight for Youren's chest. It was incredibly fast, leaving no afterimage.

Yuuto sidestepped.

The icicle flew past his shoulder, freezing a thick layer of frost onto the rock behind him. The frost then spread rapidly, cracked, and shattered the entire rock into fragments.

But Frostbone's attack was just a signal.

The remaining nine top-tier cursed spirits moved at the same instant.

They no longer fight individually, but instead form a coordinated attack formation with the leaky coral as the core.

The mountain's fists slammed into the ground, and several massive rocks burst forth from the earth. These rocks, coated in the abyss's venom in mid-air, gleamed with a dark green, corrosive sheen. The venom combined with the rocks to form a composite projectile with dual lethality. A dozen or so venom-coated boulders hurtled towards Yuuto.

At the same time, black ink from the deep sea surged from the ground, transforming into dozens of thick tentacles, each as thick as an arm.

The tentacles no longer attacked directly, but instead wove together into a giant black net around Yuuto, blocking his movement.

Flame Soul's purple flames enveloped him from behind. Withered and flourishing wooden spikes pierced through from the side. Shadow Erosion's figure merged into the shadows of the ground, silently spreading towards Yuuto's feet.

Boiling Blood then raised his hand and pointed at Youren, an invisible force attempting to seep into his veins and manipulate his blood temperature.

The illusory sound's mental attack rang out again, its sharp hiss piercing through the Golden Light Mantra's defenses and directly affecting Yuuto's consciousness.

The ten attacks covered five levels: physical, poison, mental, blood manipulation, and shadow infiltration. They were coordinated flawlessly.

Yu Ren stood still, the light of the Golden Light Mantra flowing across his body.

He glanced at the venomous rocks flying towards him, then at the intertwined web of black tentacles around him, and finally at the shadows spreading beneath his feet.

"Tongtianlu·Five Thunder Talisman·Superimposed".

His right hand made five consecutive strokes in the air. Five golden talisman patterns condensed and took shape in the air, each emitting a dazzling blue-white light. The five lightning talismans lit up simultaneously, and five thick lightning pillars shot out from the talismans, intertwining and merging in the air into a huge lightning pillar with a diameter of over one meter.

The lightning bolts blasted towards the venomous rocks.

"boom!!!"

The explosion resounded through the sky. The venomous rock shattered instantly upon being struck by lightning, the dark green venom evaporating into acrid smoke in the intense heat. The lightning bolt, undeterred, continued its advance, piercing through the black tentacle network of the deep sea and blasting the inky tentacles into fragments.

One strike broke through two layers of attack.

But Shadow Erosion had already reached his feet.

The black shadow suddenly sprang out from Yuuto's shadow, transforming into a sharp black spear that pierced his back from below.

"Golden Light Mantra - Transformation".

The golden light surrounding Yuuto suddenly surged, coalescing into a circular shield behind him. The black spear struck the shield, producing a sharp scraping sound and sending sparks flying. Shadow Erosion's attack was blocked, but the impact still caused Yuuto's body to sway slightly.

It was that slight sway.