Realm of the Night God - Chapter 119: Demonic Curse

Master Zhou was cleaved by Xu Meijing with a single stroke, not because Master Zhou was too weak, but because Xu Meijing at this moment was simply too strong.

Leaving aside Master Zhou’s various means for now, just talking about the fluctuations of power in his body, it was clear that they far exceeded those of the powerful corpse fiend. Thus, even without employing any of his techniques, solely relying on the power within him, his strength was absolutely unmatched by the corpse fiend.

Initially, Master Zhou was full of confidence. He wasn’t foolish nor arrogant. Judging from his actions in Yangjia Bay and his various methods after encountering Yang Haoran, he was a person who placed heavy emphasis on strategy, showing no trace of arrogance.

In other words, his confidence stemmed entirely from his strength. He had confidence in his own power and methods, so when both Yang Haoran and Xu Meijing appeared simultaneously, he didn’t even bother to think much about the fact that Xu Meijing might be stronger than Yang Haoran.

Because at that moment, he simply didn’t anticipate that Xu Meijing would be able to unlock her soul!

It was precisely because he didn’t anticipate this, that he ultimately failed. After Xu Meijing unlocked her heavenly soul, her strength multiplied exponentially, far beyond what he could handle. Faced with such an existence, even if he had other means, they would be futile and utterly ineffective.

An ant might be outstanding among its kind, but when faced with a human, it’s destined to perish. A human only needs to lightly pinch, and the ant will be crushed to pieces. After Xu Meijing unlocked her soul, although the gap in strength between her and Master Zhou wasn’t as great as between a human and an ant, it was almost there.

Of course, if Xu Meijing hadn’t come with Yang Haoran today, and instead, a Night Watch slightly stronger than Yang Haoran had come, then Yang Haoran’s side would be in trouble today. Leaving aside Master Zhou’s other methods, just the lock yin talisman targeting the Underworld Envoy, once it took effect, would completely seal off the Yin spirit power within the body, coupled with the bloody, violent, and highly poisonous corpse fiend, Master Zhou wouldn’t need to use any other means to take down Yang Haoran’s people.

“I’ve killed the person, but I’ll leave the soul for you. How you handle it later is up to you.”

Xu Meijing said, without making any movements. Suddenly, a thick Yin Qi emerged from Master Zhou’s two halves of the body. Within the rolling Yin Qi, a huge ghostly hand condensed.

The ghostly hand formed claws, and with a special suction force, it enveloped Master Zhou’s body below. Strands of white smoke were forcefully drawn out from Master Zhou’s severed body, slowly condensing and forming a spirit body.

The spirit body floated in the air, eyes tightly closed. It was Master Zhou’s soul.

After a person dies, it takes seven days to condense the soul. Yet, at this moment, Xu Meijing, relying on her formidable strength, forcibly extracted Master Zhou’s soul from his body.

“My power can only forcibly extract his soul. I can’t make him regain consciousness immediately. You should take care of his soul first. After seven days, his consciousness will awaken,” Xu Meijing turned to Yang Haoran and said.

“Thank you!” Yang Haoran said with a word of thanks. His gaze fell on Master Zhou’s soul, which had not yet awakened, bursting with intense resentment.

The clan members were wiped out, his parents were killed. All of this was done by this seemingly decent Master Zhou. Yang Haoran’s hatred for this person had reached an indescribable level. Although he was dead now, Yang Haoran had no intention of letting him off!

Master Zhou had caused his parents to end up as wandering souls. Yang Haoran was determined to make Master Zhou taste the same bitterness!

No, he would make Master Zhou taste it twice as much!

The lock yin talisman floating above his head dissipated into spiritual light. Although the lock yin talisman was powerful, it had its shortcomings. Its duration was short. Once the time was up, the talisman’s extraordinary power would fade, and the sealed Underworld Envoy would regain their strength.

Of course, the premise was that they could survive until the end of the lock yin talisman’s power. If they couldn’t survive until then, death would be real, and they wouldn’t be resurrected just because the lock yin talisman’s power had passed.

With the seal of the lock yin talisman gone, Yang Haoran could finally control the Yin spirit power within him again. Without hesitation, he aimed his soul gathering bead at Master Zhou’s soul, directly collecting it into the bead.

Seeing Yang Haoran retrieving Master Zhou’s soul, Xu Meijing initially wanted to taunt Yang Haoran, saying something about his weak strength, embarrassing the Yin Division, and so on. But considering Yang Haoran’s experiences today, she ultimately refrained from saying these words.

“Since we’re here, let’s see what’s behind that mysterious stone gate.”

As Xu Meijing spoke, she put one hand in her pocket and dragged her sword with the other hand, heading towards the huge stone gate. The blade scraped against the ground, emitting a sound.

Yang Haoran waved his hand, and the soul gathering bead shrank and re-embedded itself in the ring, then he also walked towards the closed stone gate.

However, unlike Xu Meijing, he was not heading towards the stone gate out of curiosity; he was going towards the grey-white liquid in front of the stone gate.

A considerable amount of the grey liquid in front of the stone gate had already seeped into the ground, leaving only a portion visible. They emitted a foul corpse odor, but Yang Haoran seemed oblivious to this stench, staring blankly at the grey-white liquid.

These grey-white liquids were the remains of his clan members’ bodies, with his parents among them. However, at this moment, he didn’t have the ability to distinguish which droplet belonged to his father and which belonged to his mother.

He stood there staring blankly, and in his eyes, there was nothing but the grey-white liquid in front of him.

Xu Meijing arrived at the stone gate and saw that Yang Haoran hadn’t followed. A hint of puzzlement appeared on her face as she turned around, only to see Yang Haoran standing still, gazing at the foul-smelling grey-white liquid on the ground.

Her curiosity faded away, and Xu Meijing sighed softly, shaking her head. She didn’t disturb Yang Haoran; perhaps it was good to let him have some time alone.

Turning around, Xu Meijing once again focused her gaze on the stone gate in front of her, carefully examining it.

To open this stone gate, Master Zhou had schemed to turn the entire population of Yangjia Bay, including livestock, into corpse puppets, committing such heinous acts just to open this perpetually closed stone gate!

What exactly lay behind this stone gate that warranted such actions?

Xu Meijing was obviously intrigued by this stone gate; otherwise, she wouldn’t have shifted her attention to it.

Standing before the stone gate, Xu Meijing looked at the huge inscription still retaining some of its power, furrowing her brows slightly.

Before, when Master Zhou was still alive, she had also seen this massive inscription on the stone gate. However, she hadn’t observed it as closely as she was doing now, so there was nothing particularly remarkable that she had discovered back then.

But now, upon closer inspection, she seemed to have made some discoveries.

“This inscription seems to be a demonic curse,” Xu Meijing frowned, observing the inscription on the stone gate while muttering to herself, her tone tinged with uncertainty.

The so-called demonic curse referred to various magical spells or inscriptions possessed by monster clans, which were essentially equivalent to spells in the human world.

In this world of wonders, where there were ghosts and zombies, having another type of monster wasn’t surprising at all.

Xu Meijing didn’t know much about demonic curses, so she seemed unsure whether the inscription on the stone gate was indeed a demonic curse.

However, she didn’t dwell too much on this question. Compared to whether the inscription on the stone gate was a demonic curse, she was more concerned about what lay behind the stone gate.

Most of the inscription’s power had been consumed by Master Zhou, and the remaining power might pose some trouble for Master Zhou, but for Xu Meijing at this moment, it was just a piece of cake.

Without further examination of the stone gate and the inscription, Xu Meijing took a few steps back and swung her sword towards the stone gate in front of her.

With a flash of black light, the enormous stone gate, along with the inscription on it, was split in half by her single stroke.

The inscription, which had been emitting spiritual light, instantly lost its glow, and the residual power dispersed along with the vanishing spiritual light.

If Master Zhou were still alive to witness this scene, his expression would surely be priceless. The stone gate he had painstakingly tried to open was effortlessly dealt with by Xu Meijing with a single stroke.

Of course, one reason why Xu Meijing could easily split the stone gate along with the inscription in half was her formidable strength, and another reason was that there wasn’t much power left in the inscription on the stone gate.

As the split stone gate collapsed with a rumble, the cave trembled, revealing what lay behind the stone gate to Xu Meijing’s sight.

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