Chapter 88: Black Flash, Mastering Cursed Energy (3k Second Update)

Bai Cangshu pushed open the door, and the stench of corpses rushed to his nose.

These corpses, who knew how long they had been dead, were all hidden in this warehouse. The warehouse had been imbued with a Cursed Technique by Kenjaku, so no one would notice anything unusual; all curses and negative energy were trapped within.

Kenjaku was naturally not doing this to protect the people nearby; he had let Itadori Yuji collect these corpses to cultivate Cursed Spirits.

After Bai Cangshu entered the warehouse, his eyes quickly adapted to the environment inside. Cursed Spirits were not afraid of light, and the skylight on the roof of the warehouse had not been sealed.

The corpses lay on the ground, but several Cursed Spirits with long hair completely covering their faces were crouching in the corners.

"Woo... woo-woo..."

These Cursed Spirits turned around, not speaking, only emitting whimpering sounds, and then lunged toward Bai Cangshu.

Kenjaku had actually miscalculated one thing: the instinct of ordinary people to feel fear when facing Cursed Spirits, especially those extremely close to ghosts.

Fear is also a negative emotion, an emotion that can serve as a catalyst for Cursed Energy.

But Bai Cangshu would not feel fear.

Bai Cangshu's eyelids drooped, he walked toward the Cursed Spirits, and then reached out his hand.

Boom!

He threw a punch, and a visible transparent shockwave flew out through the air.

Bang!

The Cursed Spirit was instantly knocked flying, crashing into the wall.

Cursed Spirits are actually different from "ghosts" in the usual sense; Cursed Spirits are special life forms with physical bodies. They can touch and kill humans, and can also be touched by humans in return.

It is just that attacks without Cursed Energy cannot cause effective damage to Cursed Spirits.

Bai Cangshu frowned. This punch had no effect; in other words, he had not grasped that so-called flow of Cursed Energy.

He had not mastered that power which allowed his own negative emotions to surge.

Bai Cangshu clicked his tongue in annoyance and continued walking toward the Cursed Spirits on foot.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The terrifying sounds of impact rang out continuously, but Bai Cangshu was still unable to find the feeling of so-called Cursed Energy.

This was not an infusion of ability obtained through the form of space recognition; this was Bai Cangshu's insistence on trying to touch Cursed Energy himself.

It is worth mentioning that contacting the Cursed Spirits did not allow Bai Cangshu to complete the 【Spirit Touch】 achievement. Clearly, in the judgment of the space, Cursed Spirits and Spirit Bodies are two different existences.

Bai Cangshu kept bombarding the bodies of the Cursed Spirits. These newly born Cursed Spirits were incredibly weak, and their attacks were not strange either. For Bai Cangshu, dodging their physical attacks was very simple.

Thus, the scene turned into Bai Cangshu unilaterally beating up several Cursed Spirits.

Bai Cangshu's heart suddenly stirred; there are many negative emotions, not just fear, hatred, and resentment.

A look of fanaticism appeared on his face, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

"To be honest, the feel of you guys is not bad."

"And... you won't be broken."

Bai Cangshu suddenly became interested. He usually trained his limbs and martial arts expertise against sandbags, which lacked a sense of interaction.

Now, facing these living sandbags that wouldn't be broken, the desire for destruction in his heart grew rapidly.

It was an irrepressible impulse for someone accustomed to fighting and accustomed to physical violence.

Just like when you possess the power to shatter a wall with one punch, seeing a fragile body sometimes makes you uncontrollably produce the urge to punch it.

This was not because Bai Cangshu himself was perverted or anything; this is the innate desire for destruction and aggression in humans.

When children see things, they like to smash them; when they see flowers, they want to trample them.

There is no other reason; destruction itself is an instinct rooted in the bones of humanity.

Bai Cangshu's right palm twisted, and he suddenly struck out with a palm.

【Fox Shadow Style: Rakshasa Palm】!

Boom!

The Cursed Spirit's body instantly curled up, and it flew backward as if it were about to be shattered.

Bai Cangshu no longer cared about how to explore the manifestation of Cursed Energy; he began to treat this attack as a form of cultivation.

He kept unleashing terrifying physical violence.

In the Itadori family residence, Itadori Yuji was cleaning the house, while Kenjaku, sitting by the window, felt the constant booming sounds coming from the warehouse and frowned.

Could it be that he had misjudged? This "Tao Baibai" was, after all, just a monkey unable to master Cursed Energy.

Relying entirely on brute force to defeat these low-level Cursed Spirits was naturally not impossible, but this so-called victory was a boring style that only monkeys would show off.

Kenjaku shifted his focus and began to think about what other arrangements he could make if this chess piece was not useful.

The identity of that red-robed person had always puzzled Kenjaku; for a thousand years, he had never heard of the existence of such a Sorcerer.

Could it be from the magic families circulating in that ancient empire nearby?

Although Japan's Yin-Yang Arts and Cursed Arts originated very early, no one could guarantee that in that ancient empire with a long history, there did not exist a more ancient and systematic Cursed Technique system.

As for Xia Youjie, who was currently raising the power of the Cursed world on the surface in Kyoto.

Kenjaku did not care; he wanted that Cursed Technique of Xia Youjie's, but it was not yet time...

There must be someone like Xia Youjie standing in the light so that someone like him could continue to hide in the shadows.

This was Kenjaku's philosophy of life. Many connections and powers were actually deliberately arranged by him to be on Xia Youjie's side; there was no other reason than to provide a target that could make that red-robed person take action again.

Only when the other party took action again would Kenjaku have the opportunity to capture a trace.

By comparison, things like nuclear explosions were merely Xia Youjie's boring resistance.

If you want an incredibly terrifying Cursed Spirit born from a nuclear explosion, I will give it to you. As long as you can block the Cursed Spirit that the Six Eyes Sorcerer has become, what does it matter if I let you be the pinnacle of Cursed Users for a few years or even decades.

He wanted Xia Youjie, this genius Cursed User who fell from great good into great evil, to become the so-called Savior, to act as that target aimed at by others.

Kenjaku thought this, when suddenly, a terrifying boom erupted from the warehouse.

Boom!

A flash of black light instantly ignited, piercing through the Barrier outside the warehouse.

Kenjaku slowly turned his head, refocusing his gaze on the warehouse.

The corners of his mouth curled up, revealing a smile that nearly tore the skin of this decaying body.

"Truly... an undisguised desire for destruction."

"Tao Baibai, is this what you called... purity..."

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【You have completed the hidden faction quest: Trial of the Millennial Sorcerer】

【You have mastered the special energy: Cursed Energy】

【Using Cursed Energy will consume both Spirit and energy; when Spirit and energy are too low, Cursed Energy cannot be used】

Bai Cangshu looked at the Cursed Spirit, its head shattered, purple blood flowing all over the ground, unable to stand ever again.

He wore an expression of loss.

He clenched his fist, tangibly feeling that energy which was completely different from the 【Ripple Qigong】.

If the energy produced by 【Ripple Qigong】 was energy flowing within the blood vessels, flesh, and bones, then Cursed Energy was a type of energy flowing in a special interlayer between flesh and Soul; that cold, tingling sensation could not be controlled by your muscles.

Or rather, the control of Cursed Energy cannot be called "control."

It is the Sorcerer "wielding" Cursed Energy, the Sorcerer using their own will and emotions to generate a strong intention to achieve a certain goal.

Cursed Energy completes its circulation through this.

Ripple Qigong is a positive, perceptible, and tangible power that can be controlled by oneself;

Cursed Energy, however, is a negative, difficult-to-perceive, and entirely idealistic power.

【Milestone: Black Flash (Rare) progress updated, current: 1/3】

Bai Cangshu's fierce, unbridled punch, driven by the desire for destruction, mobilized the Cursed Energy within his body, perfectly matching the frequency of his thrown punch, creating an explosive attack.

The so-called 【Black Flash】 is a special phenomenon that occurs when using martial arts to strike Cursed Energy out of the body.

Because of the Tese that Cursed Energy itself cannot be completely "controlled," when a Sorcerer strikes with Cursed Energy, they cannot perfectly synchronize the impact of the Cursed Energy with the timing of the physical strike.

This leads to two special types of attack methods.

One is the 【Divergent Fist】, where physical strength is too high and punch speed is too fast, causing the Cursed Energy impact to lag behind by a beat, resulting in the punch hitting the target first, followed by the Cursed Energy impact causing more severe secondary damage.

The other is when the interval between the physical strike and the Cursed Energy impact is within 0.000001 seconds; at this moment, the intense Cursed Energy, because it is perfectly synchronized with the flesh, achieving unity of spirit and flesh, causes an extremely terrifying attack, slightly distorting space, and the Cursed Energy turns black.

The power of this instantaneous burst far exceeds the sum of the Sorcerer's physical strength and Cursed Energy, capable of reaching the power of 2.5.

It is one of the most high-level attack methods among the Sorcerer community.

And because the conditions are extremely harsh, there is almost no Sorcerer in the world who can actively use 【Black Flash】 (before Itadori Yuji).

Bai Cangshu savored the feeling and threw another punch, but there was no sign of a Black Flash.

But the power of that punch made Bai Cangshu incomparably satisfied.

He looked at the other Cursed Spirits in the warehouse, his eyes revealing Greed Sin.

Thump, thump, thump!

The warehouse door was knocked, and Itadori Yuji's voice sounded from outside.

"Mr. Tao Baibai, Grandpa says he has something to find you for."

Bang! Bang!

A series of striking sounds rang out, and Bai Cangshu then pushed the door open and walked out; his expression was as usual, but Itadori Yuji looked into the warehouse and saw that the patients he had saved were now lying helter-skelter.

"Ah, Mr. Tao Baibai, what on earth have you done?"

"Everyone don't be afraid, I'm coming to save you right away."

Hearing Itadori Yuji's voice, Bai Cangshu's Footwork paused; he looked back at this youth who should have been the Child of the World, yet was now being wielded like a fool.

The corners of his mouth curled up, and Bai Cangshu came before Kenjaku again; his temperament and expression had completely changed.

Bai Cangshu tilted his head back slightly, his expression wanton; this was not intentional, but rather Cursed Energy is just that kind of energy.

Intense emotions will give birth to intense Cursed Energy.

Conversely, intense Cursed Energy likewise gives birth to uncontrollable emotions.

That was Bai Cangshu's instinct at this moment signaling to Kenjaku—this is my true face, I will not be driven by you at will, and furthermore...

I am strong, and it is not impossible for me to finish you off.

"You have awakened, congratulations, Tao Baibai, you are no longer a monkey now."

(End of chapter)