Chapter 299: Blood Curse

"Hmph! As a senior, you don't need to humiliate us like this. If you have any methods, just use them!" The second of the Meng Mountain Five Friends, a tall and thin man, suddenly shouted at Han Li, not caring at all about his life hanging by a thread in Han Li's hands.

This left the other three stunned! Because in their minds, this second brother had always been one to think before acting; he was truly not such an impulsive person!

The thirty-something-year-old youth who felt Han Li looked familiar turned his brain, and suddenly thinking of something, he immediately shouted at the tall, thin man in shock and anger:

"Second Brother, what do you mean by this? Are you deliberately trying to enrage this senior so he will kill us all in a fit of anger!"

As soon as these words were spoken, not to mention the black-faced old man and the young woman, even Han Li was slightly stunned, not knowing why the youth would say such a thing.

And that second brother's face turned pale as a sheet, not offering a single word of defense.

"Fourth Brother, you're crazy! Why would Second Brother want us to die for no reason?" The young woman, after recovering, said angrily, defending the tall, thin man.

Then the woman turned her head, wanting to say something to the black-faced old man, but who would have thought that what met her eyes was an extremely gloomy face.

Instantly, her heart skipped a beat, and she became at a loss.

"Second Brother, is it because Third Sister is still in their hands that you want everyone to die so Third Sister can live alone!" The black-faced old man asked coldly.

"I'm sorry, Big Brother. You should also know their methods. If the wind leaked, Third Sister, who is still in their hands, would definitely suffer torture and be worse off than dead. It would be better to let her soul fly away and scatter!" The tall, thin second brother finally said with a look of shame.

The young woman turned pale as a sheet upon hearing this, her lips moving several times, but she couldn't say anything.

"Hmph, even if Third Sister is your Dao companion, you have the heart to trade our three lives for Third Sister's one?" The thirty-something-year-old youth roared at the second brother in extreme anger.

"That's right, I wanted to harm everyone. But what choice do I have? Third Sister just conceived my own flesh and blood in her belly; I can't let our Li family line end! Otherwise, who would want to seek death voluntarily?"

The tall, thin man was flushed red and white by the two, and couldn't help but roar with clenched fists.

These words immediately left the old man and the youth stunned, revealing looks of shock, and they didn't know what to say for a moment.

And the woman opened her mouth wide, her face full of shock.

"Are you few done talking? If you're done, it's my turn to speak!" Han Li, who had been watching coldly from the front, suddenly said icily.

This voice startled the three. Only then did they remember that the person who truly decided their life and death was actually this Foundation Establishment cultivator in front of them.

Instantly, their indignation disappeared without a trace, and they looked at each other again.

"I don't care if you few are truly seeking death or just putting on a show for me! I only want to know all the information about the people behind the scenes. Even if you have to die, you must tell me the news before you can die. At this point, do you still think your life and death are up to you?" Han Li's words were full of cold ruthlessness, causing the three men and one woman's expressions to change drastically.

"What do you want to know? We don't know much, and we have a restriction called the Blood Curse placed on us by them. We cannot leak important matters to outsiders, or the restriction will immediately activate, causing our hearts to burst and killing us." The black-faced old man gritted his teeth and said, looking like he had already surrendered.

"Blood Curse? Interesting, let me examine it!" Han Li's curiosity was piqued, and he said with great interest.

Upon hearing this, the black-faced old man's spirit lifted slightly. After a moment of hesitation, he held onto a glimmer of hope and took the initiative to step forward and extend his arm.

He also longed for Han Li to remove this heart-trouble, but he felt the hope was truly not very high.

Because the person who placed the curse was extremely confident; after being placed under the Blood Curse, no cultivator had ever leaked their secrets. Those who intended to report the news or deliberately leak secrets had all died on the spot.

At this moment, Han Li grabbed the other party's wrist, and spiritual power flowed slowly into the old man's body. His expression changed, becoming extremely solemn.

The other three of the Meng Mountain Five Friends also stared intently at the two, hoping that this expert Han Li truly had a way to lift the Blood Curse.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Han Li let go of the old man's arm and lowered his head in thought.

A moment later, he raised his head and asked the old man with an unchanged expression:

"What was the cultivation level of the person who placed the curse on you, and did they chant any strange incantations or say any strange words when placing the curse?"

As soon as Han Li asked this, the four people opposite revealed looks of surprise, mixed with a glimmer of joy.

"They did, they said some strange words we couldn't understand. It seemed like an incantation, but also like a dialect from somewhere. We all confirmed that none of us could understand these words. And the person who placed the curse was a Foundation Establishment cultivator." The youth didn't wait for the black-faced old man to respond and answered excitedly first.

"And after saying those words, they took a bowl of black blood—I don't know what it was—and drew a strange symbol on each of our arms. No matter how we wash it, this ghost thing won't come off." The old man added hurriedly, then exposed his entire arm, revealing a pitch-black, strange symbol at the end.

After Han Li stepped forward and looked carefully for a few moments, he nodded, then lowered his head again to think about something.

Han Li stepped forward and examined it carefully for a few moments, then nodded his head, before lowering his head again to ponder something.

Not long after, Han Li suddenly looked up, gave them a mysterious smile, and said:

"That's it! It seems I have figured out what this blood curse is all about!"

"Senior, is what you say true?" the black-faced old man asked, trembling slightly, while the other three also revealed expressions of disbelief.

One must know that this blood curse was like a sharp blade held against their necks, forcing them to obey the orders of those people. If the Han Li before them could truly remove this thorn in their side, wouldn't they regain their freedom and no longer be at the mercy of others?

"This so-called blood curse is actually just a type of verbal curse! The restrictions that take effect on you rely entirely on those strange incantations. It has absolutely nothing to do with the black blood or the symbols drawn on your arms later on; that person was just putting on a show," Han Li explained indifferently, appearing as if he had everything under control.

However, in his heart, he was secretly sighing in relief.

Fortunately, he had come across this technique of verbal curses in a very obscure book when he was researching the Great Transference Token that day; otherwise, he truly would not have had a single clue.

"Senior, can you remove this curse?" This time, it was the young woman who couldn't help but speak up.

"I don't know."

Han Li's cold sentence made the hearts of these few people skip a beat, and the expressions of wild joy they had originally shown could not help but fade away.

"Senior, what do you mean by that?" the black-faced old man hurriedly asked cautiously, wearing a fawning smile.

Now that the key to removing the curse was in Han Li's hands, he dared not offend Han Li in the slightest.

"There are two methods to remove a verbal curse. One is to know the incantation for removing the curse; I only need to get my hands on it and recite it over you using spiritual power, and it can be safely removed. The other is for me to use my spiritual sense to invade your sea of spiritual sense and forcibly erase the traces of the verbal curse. This method requires the spiritual sense of the person removing the curse to be far greater than that of the person who cast it, so that this mark can be erased in one go. But likewise, if it fails, it will immediately trigger the verbal curse to take effect. You should know very well what the outcome will be," Han Li said with a frown and a displeased tone.

"What, it will take effect immediately!" the young woman couldn't help but exclaim.

As for the bloody scene after the blood curse took effect, the person who cast the curse had originally used a living person to demonstrate it to them on the spot.

The miserable appearance of the victim spitting out several pieces of their shattered heart was still fresh in their memories, which was why the few of them were so terrified and horrified by the blood curse.

The expressions of the other three were equally unsightly; didn't this mean they had to gamble with their lives?

Han Li glanced at them and gave a cold laugh, and just as he was about to say something, the tall and thin second brother suddenly raised his head and said:

"Senior, please just go ahead and forcibly remove it for us. We were all cursed by the same person; if I can have this curse removed, the other brothers surely can too!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the other three opened their eyes wide in astonishment, staring blankly at this person.

"Second brother, what are you doing? This is too dangerous." After the woman regained her composure, she hurriedly and anxiously tried to persuade him.

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