Chapter 479: Curse of the Evil God

When the people in the building walked out one after another, Li Yi found that there were quite a few people hiding here, a full several hundred, and most of them were adventurers with some strength, but they were very embarrassed now, and they all had injuries on them.

Obviously, they had gone through a cruel slaughter before.

Li Yi also saw Ning Wu's cousin Yu Chuan from the crowd.

The last time they met was in Tianchang City. At that time, he and Yu Chuan had cooperated to deal with the walking corpse incident. Now, a year had passed, and Yu Chuan's progress in strength was not fast, also only at the Soul Realm, but his state was truly miserable. Half of his body was gone. If it weren't for the fact that the evolver's vitality was very vigorous, he would already be a dead person now.

But even so, Yu Chuan's state wouldn't last long. If he wasn't treated in a short time, he would also die from serious injuries.

"Li Yi, long time no see."

Yu Chuan was carried on the back of a strong man at this moment. His face was pale and his blood-Qi was weak, but when he saw Li Yi, he still propped up his body and greeted him.

"You are seriously injured, not just your body, but your soul has also suffered heavy damage." Li Yi sized him up seriously and said: "With your soul power now, I guess it's very difficult to leave the body. Even if your body is healed, it's very difficult for your strength to return to its peak, unless you can heal your soul."

"It's not bad to be able to survive."

Yu Chuan smiled bitterly: "What about you? You are still making rapid progress. When I saw you last time, you weren't even at the Spirit Perception Realm. I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, you have already reached the Spirit Power Realm. This cultivation speed is truly terrifying."

"That's because you were trapped in the dark world and missed many opportunities on Earth. After the second Heaven-Tilting event, everyone who stepped into cultivation directly practiced dual cultivation of three methods: evolution, genes, and immortal cultivation. I think you should have missed the injection of gene medicine and the acquisition of immortal cultivation methods, otherwise, you should also be a master of the Spirit Power Realm." Li Yi said.

Yu Chuan was very surprised: "There is such a thing?"

He and Ning Wu had been trapped in the dark world for a long time, and their strength had progressed slowly. He didn't expect that the outside world had already undergone such earth-shaking changes.

Li Yi said: "The Golden Academy didn't spare any cost. How could it attract cross-world people to return? Alright, let's not talk about this. Go and heal your injuries."

He was very disgusted with Ning Wu, but he didn't hate this Yu Chuan. After all, he had indeed contributed a lot in the mission in Tianchang City. Even if the two didn't have too much intersection, they could be considered to have worked together.

"Thank you this time." Yu Chuan nodded, expressing gratitude.

However, there were a bit too many injured people this time, and one life repair cabin was not enough. It required everyone to line up in turn, and those with more serious injuries were lined up in front, while those with lighter injuries waited for a while.

Although there were many people.

Fortunately, the order was not chaotic.

"You are the helper Ah Wei invited? Hello, my name is Haili, and I am an adventurer."

Suddenly, just at this moment, a strong man walked over wearing slightly worn-out armor and carrying a big sword that was almost equal in height. Although he was slightly embarrassed and stained with blood, he was not injured.

"Thank you for coming to support us at this critical moment."

Li Yi looked at this man named Haili. He could feel the powerful strength dormant in this man's body. His strength definitely exceeded an evolver of the Soul Realm and had mostly reached the level of the Spirit Power Realm.

In this dark world, an adventurer with such strength could already be considered a top expert.

"Hello, my name is Li Yi."

Li Yi also greeted him and said: "I am also entrusted to come here, hoping to have a place to help you. If you really want to thank someone, thank Ah Wei."

"Ah Wei has indeed helped us a lot. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to survive this dark disaster. And he saved many people. Unfortunately, we were finally trapped in this dark place and had no strength to kill our way out." Haili said with some regret at this moment.

Li Yi said: "I am very curious, where did the corpse protecting this building go? If that corpse were there, the situation shouldn't be so bad."

Haili's gaze sank and said: "The corpse was eaten... An extraordinary evil object was born in the darkness, feeding on the corpse of the holy corpse. Many holy corpses in the buildings have been destroyed. Without the protection of the holy corpse, all the monsters in the darkness were attracted, and they destroyed one building after another, killing many people."

"Now that the monsters have gathered, wanting to eliminate them is no longer a simple matter."

Afterward, he looked at the passage outside the building.

There were monster figures shaking in the darkness, and various strange sounds came continuously. Obviously, even now, those monsters still wanted to attack this building and eliminate everyone inside.

"An evil object that feeds on holy corpses?" Li Yi's expression changed slightly: "If that's the case, then this disaster will become more and more serious."

"Yes, we tried to find it, but unfortunately we all failed. The buildings are constantly falling, and more and more people are dying. If this momentum is not stopped, then this world might head toward destruction." Haili's firm face showed a trace of worry.

Li Yi turned to ask: "This building also has no holy corpse, so why don't the monsters dare to enter here?"

"It's the Evil God Contract."

Afterward, a woman wearing a long robe with golden hair and blue eyes walked over slowly: "Ah Wei signed an Evil God Contract. The effective time of the contract is seventy-two hours. Within these seventy-two hours, the power of the Evil God Contract will protect this building from being infringed. Those evil objects dare not enter here, otherwise, they will be eliminated by the power of the Evil God. However, as a price, the Evil God will deprive the contractor of their soul after the contract expires and occupy the contractor's body."

"Hello Li Yi, my name is Meiling."

Afterward, this woman also greeted enthusiastically.

Li Yi nodded and then said: "Then how much time is left for the contract now?"

"It should be less than three hours." Meiling said.

Li Yi then looked at Yang Wei not far away: "In this way, will he die in three hours?"

"No, Ah Wei is special. He can evade the price of the Evil God Contract. This is already the second Evil God Contract he has used. He had already used one once before. After the Evil God's power descended, it didn't take away his soul, but was repelled by him instead." Haili said seriously.

"So that's how it is." Although Li Yi didn't understand, he guessed some things.

It should be because of spiritual power.

"What are your plans next?" Li Yi said afterward: "Three hours is not long. If you rest, it will pass immediately. By then, without the protection of the Evil God Contract, this building will soon be occupied by evil objects, and it will be another crisis."

"Ah Wei said you would have a way, so we want to ask you for advice." Meiling looked at Li Yi with light blue eyes, carrying a trace of

Li Yi was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, Xuan Yuezi, who was beside him, said, "The Purple Gold Gourd contains its own cave-heaven; it is no problem to house several hundred people. You can put all the injured people inside, then fight your way out of this darkness, and let them out once it is safe."

"Good idea. I used the Purple Gold Gourd to hold the injured Shanyi before; I imagine it will be the same for people."

Li Yi nodded, then took out the Purple Gold Gourd and briefly explained the situation to Haili and Meiling.

Their eyes lit up when they saw the Purple Gold Gourd, and they immediately revealed expressions of excitement.

"With such a treasure, we will definitely have no problem escaping this darkness. I will go tell the others this good news right now." Meiling and Haili then left happily. They were in urgent need of hope right now; otherwise, before the monsters even attacked, the mere emotion of pessimism and despair would be enough to crush them.

As the method for survival spread, the crowd, which had been lifeless, suddenly became excited and active. Coupled with the life repair pods working non-stop to restore their injuries, everyone was soon filled with confidence in their survival.

During this time, Li Yi studied the Purple Gold Gourd.

Although this Dao treasure was no longer at its peak after its spiritual energy had dried up, and the cave-heaven was not particularly large, it was no problem to accommodate three thousand people. Any more than that would exceed the cave-heaven's limit, making it impossible to sustain everyone's survival.

Because a cave-heaven Dao treasure is different from a storage Dao treasure—a storage Dao treasure only needs to have a large space, which is easy to achieve—a cave-heaven is equivalent to a small world, and it is very troublesome to maintain. Sunlight, air, water, and so on are all indispensable, so it is very difficult to expand a cave-heaven.

Under the circumstances where the Purple Gold Gourd was no longer at its peak, being able to maintain the cave-heaven and accommodate three thousand people was already considered quite good. In the cultivation world, it was already enough to hold the disciples of an entire sect.

After about two hours of rest, everyone's injuries had recovered.

"Little Li, I have organized a temporary team. You put the others into the Purple Gold Gourd, and in half an hour, we will leave this building and charge out of this darkness." At this moment, Yang Wei walked over, followed by quite a few powerful people.

Yu Chuan, Ning Wu, Haili, Meiling, and others were among them, and besides them, there were several powerful, unfamiliar adventurers.

Li Yi glanced at them and said, "Waiting for the next train to arrive is the safest option. The creatures in the darkness are not as simple as you imagine. Although they are not weak, it is still difficult to fight our way out."

"Man proposes, God disposes; how will we know the result if we don't try? Besides, there is no time to wait for the next train. This building is reaching its limit; if we don't leave, we will only be trapped here to die," Yang Wei said.

"If you really want to charge out, I suggest you all hide inside the Purple Gold Gourd, and it would be better for the Immortal Aunt and me to fight our way out from here," Li Yi said. "The more people there are, the greater the casualties will be."

"Do you think my strength is inferior to yours and I have no way to fight my way out?" Yang Wei said.

Li Yi said, "I'm just giving a suggestion; it's up to you how you choose. It's all the same to me anyway. Since I've come here, I'm destined to wade through this muddy water."

It wasn't that he thought Yang Wei's strength was insufficient; it was that there was no need to clash head-on with the monsters in the darkness outside. As long as they moved fast enough, they could completely shake off the monsters and escape directly.

But with more people, it would be different; they would definitely be targeted by the monsters.

No one could predict what would happen then.

Yang Wei fell into deep thought at this moment. He understood Li Yi's meaning: rather than everyone taking risks together, it would be better for a few powerful people to take the Purple Gold Gourd and escape.

However, Li Yi's method also had risks.

If he ran into trouble, everyone would have to be buried with him.

"I'll ask for the others' opinions." Yang Wei did not act arbitrarily but consulted the others' thoughts.

However, several people expressed that they were unwilling to enter the Purple Gold Gourd. Their reasoning was simple: they could not let Li Yi take the risk alone; they also wanted to contribute.

"It seems your suggestion has been rejected," Yang Wei said with a smile.

Li Yi said, "I hope your judgment is correct. Since the decision has been made, don't waste time. Everyone else, get into the Purple Gold Gourd."

He then threw out the Purple Gold Gourd. Under the control of his mind, the small gourd suddenly grew larger, and then the mouth of the gourd opened. A violent wind suddenly blew up in the surroundings, accompanied by a powerful suction force. Before the people in the building could even react to what was happening, they were sucked into the gourd.

The seemingly small gourd was like a bottomless pit; several hundred people were sucked in without even filling it.

"Truly amazing." The others were all very surprised to see this.

Because there was no such treasure in this world, this was the first time they had ever seen one.

However, just at this moment.

The evil things outside seemed to sense that the aura of living people here was disappearing in large numbers, thinking that they had already found a passage to escape. For a time, they became even more restless, with various strange cries and roars sounding non-stop, while at the same time, violent crashing sounds came from various places in the building.

The originally sturdy building now began to have a risk of collapsing, and large amounts of rubble fell down.

And inside the peeling walls, Li Yi saw that the scarlet flesh and blood inside had already withered and lost its vitality.

Clearly, without the protection of the Holy Corpse, the building had become a mere decoration and could not last long in the dark world.

"Ten more minutes." Yang Wei looked at the time calmly at this moment.

His Evil God contract could still last for ten minutes; during this period, the building should still be considered safe.

But just at this moment.

Suddenly.

A terrifying power appeared in the darkness. The appearance of this power instantly tore a hideous gash in the building, as if it wanted to cut the building in half, and the remaining force did not diminish; this power actually headed straight for the Purple Gold Gourd in mid-air.

Xuan Yuezi suddenly took action at this moment. Her Dragon-Tiger power erupted, and she simply flew up and intercepted this attack, protecting the Purple Gold Gourd.

"Who is making a move?" She then shouted suddenly, her face full of murderous intent.

However, the remaining people saw that at the gash where the building had split open, a huge, crimson vertical eye was revealed, evil and strange. At this moment, this eye was turning slightly, peering at everyone inside the building, and every person peered at by this eye felt a burning pain on the back of their hand.

Li Yi was no exception. He looked down and saw that a pattern similar to a five-pointed star had appeared on the back of his hand.

It was as if he had suffered some kind of curse.

But soon.

The divine bloodline within his body seemed to have been stimulated; a silver flame emerged, and at the same time, lightning was intertwined. This power gathered on the back of his hand on its own, as if it wanted to erase this five-pointed star pattern.

However, this action also attracted the attention of that huge crimson vertical eye at the gap in the wall.

The eye turned slightly and locked onto Li Yi.

Xuan Yuezi smelled danger. As she raised her hand, a magic power condensed into a precious sword, with Dragon-Tiger power attached to it. She then pointed her finger, and the flying sword, carrying the sound of a dragon's roar and a tiger's howl, headed straight for that red vertical eye.

The flying sword flashed past, its speed too fast to react to.

After one strike, the crimson vertical pupil seemed to feel intense pain and quickly retreated, disappearing into the darkness.

"What was that?" Li Yi looked at the brand on the back of his hand, feeling that it was not very good.

The divine bloodline ultimately did not wash away this brand, and it remained on the back of his hand.