Chapter 261: The Luoming Curse

This monster is more humanoid, its entire body covered in red fur, its torso slightly hunched, arms hanging down, standing there quietly as if it were a statue of dead silence.

The bewitching woman stands in the distance, her expression revealing wariness.

"Fellow Daoist, that is the monster I spoke of."

Li Heng nods.

"Then what about the method you mentioned to deal with this monster?"

"For that, I ask that you undo a portion of the seal, otherwise I cannot impart the secret technique to you," the bewitching woman replies.

Contrary to her expectations, Li Heng smiles slightly and speaks.

"Fine."

He taps his finger lightly, undoing a portion of the bewitching woman's seal.

The bewitching woman is very surprised.

So straightforward—could it be that this person has some trump card?

With many thoughts flashing through her mind, she waves her delicate hand, and a Rune appears before them both. "Fellow Daoist, this is the Rune containing the secret technique. Let us contemplate it together and kill this monster!"

Li Heng senses it slightly with a wisp of his mind, lost in thought.

This secret technique is called the Luoming Curse; according to the information recorded within, it is specifically designed to restrain spirits of the dead, corpses, and dead bodies, casting them completely into the Underworld so they cannot plague the world.

However, this thing requires two people working together to execute.

As for the reason, it is quite simple.

This is a curse of the Heavenly Human level.

If one does not possess the power of a Heavenly Human, one can only bypass the restriction through the cooperation of multiple people to trigger this curse.

He gazes at the monster standing quietly at the end of the path.

Since this type of curse can restrain and counter it, it stands to reason that this monster is also something similar to a spirit of the dead or a corpse.

From this perspective, this bewitching woman truly did not lie to him.

His gaze passes over the monster and looks further ahead, where he can see a layer of gray mist behind it, unable to see what is hidden within that mist.

He exerts his Heavenly Eye to the fullest, burning some Source Power.

Li Heng's gaze finally pierces the obstruction of the mist, vaguely allowing him to see some ruined building complexes within it. If the bewitching woman's words are true, then this complex of buildings is very likely the so-called Underworld Ruins.

However, Li Heng always feels that things will not be that simple.

If this really is the so-called Underworld Ruins.

Then the Underworld would be far too lacking in mystery.

"Fellow Daoist, will you not contemplate it together with me? This technique requires our cooperation and a sense of rapport to be executed; otherwise, our powers will only collide and create conflict."

The bewitching woman withdraws her mind from contemplation and, seeing that Li Heng has not focused his attention on the Rune containing the Luoming Curse, she cannot help but knit her brows and ask in confusion.

"What, are you in a hurry?"

Li Heng asks with a light laugh.

"Fellow Daoist, do you still not trust me? If we want to obtain the opportunity behind this monster, we must work together; neither of us can deal with this monster alone."

"This is something transformed from a Heavenly Human Corpse!"

Seeing that Li Heng remains unmoved.

The bewitching woman helplessly throws out this bombshell of information.

Oh? Transformed from a Heavenly Human? Interesting.

Li Heng's eyes light up; no wonder even with his current level he could not see through this monster—it turns out it was transformed from a Heavenly Human Corpse, its value has greatly increased.

"This Broken Road suppresses cultivation; do not delay."

The bewitching woman reminds him again.

"Rest assured, just focus on your own contemplation."

Li Heng nonchalantly extends his palm, and a Rune suddenly appears upon it, very similar to the Rune containing the Luoming Curse; it seems to be exactly one half of that Rune.

The bewitching woman's pupils shrink—so fast!

That makes no sense!

Even a peerless genius could not master it this quickly.

"You must not delay time; contemplate it as quickly as possible."

Li Heng throws the sentence directly back at the bewitching woman.

Now it is she who is delaying time.

The bewitching woman suppresses the shock in her heart, refocuses her gaze on the Rune in the air, closes her eyes, and concentrates on contemplating it.

No matter what method this person used to learn the Tongming Curse so quickly, as long as he learns the Luoming Curse, he has fallen into her scheme and played right into her hands.

Heh.

Does he really think the Tongming Curse is something the human race can master!

The bewitching woman sneers in her heart.

The Luoming Curse was created by her master, so she does not believe this person had mastered it beforehand; there is no need to worry about him knowing the hidden dangers of the Luoming Curse.

Soon, the bewitching woman finishes her contemplation.

The other half of the Luoming Curse Rune appears on her palm as well.

The two attempt to combine them and discover that there is no phenomenon of rejection or mutual opposition; both can merge into a complete Luoming Curse Rune.

The bewitching woman is even more surprised in her heart.

What is going on? Does she have such rapport with this person?

The first attempt at fusion was unexpectedly so harmonious.

Thinking it over, she can only conclude that it is due to this person's excessive natural talent. After all, she can guarantee that she definitely does not know this person and that this is their first meeting.

At this moment, the murderous intent in her heart lightened by a few points.

Such heaven-defying natural talent, such a handsome appearance.

If this person were a bit more tactful later, perhaps she could really let him join the organization and become a male pet under her feet.

Moreover, this person seems to be cultivating the Great Sun Path, right? Perhaps she could use this person as a medium to extend their power onto that damned Great Sun; perhaps she could demonize the Great Sun?

For a moment, her expression softened slightly.

"Fellow Daoist, your natural talent is abundant; this concubine admires you."

The bewitching woman gave a coquettish smile.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense. If we delay any longer, our cultivation will be completely suppressed by this Broken Road."

The bewitching woman cast a flirtatious glance at the "blind man."

He ignored the bewitching woman's frustration.

The two had already slowly advanced to the range of the end of the Ancient Path; the bewitching woman was in the lead, and as she took a step, she seemed to have walked into the attack detection range of this monster, and a strange change occurred.

The monster was hunched, its half-bent posture suddenly straightened, a flash of fierce, baleful light flickered in its eyes, and it looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, roaring in anger, as it flew toward the two of them.

"Fellow Daoist, strike!"

"This is transformed from a Heavenly Human Corpse; all attacks below the Heavenly Human level are useless against this monster!" The bewitching woman gave a low shout, channeled her Secret Technique, and condensed half of the Rune for the Luoming Curse.

Li Heng also summoned the other Rune and tossed it out casually; it merged with the bewitching woman's Rune, condensing into a complete Rune that spun continuously in the air, and a mysterious power was born from it.

This power felt very strange to Li Heng.

It was like pure death.

It could make the dead who were already dead die completely.

The bewitching woman was very pleased to see this.

Once the Luoming Curse was unleashed, everything was a foregone conclusion.

Damn monster, you should die forever!

Thinking of the scene she had encountered before, the bewitching woman could not help but feel angry. Even though she had already offered three sacrifices, this monster was still not satisfied and even wanted to eat her.

Did it really think she was easy to bully, or that the Sunset Organization was easy to bully!

A mere Heavenly Human Corpse, and it dared to be arrogant?!

The monster's speed was very fast, and almost in an instant, it had pounced in front of the two, but the speed at which the Luoming Curse was activated was faster than it, shooting out a beam of light that collided with the monster.

There was no great momentum to it all.

The moment they collided, the beam of light dissipated instantly.

That monster was just like an ordinary person who had been shot; it first froze in place, as if stunned, and then its body went limp, and with a thud, it collapsed onto the ground, with no more sound.

Li Heng was slightly surprised; it was that easy?

Seeing this, the bewitching woman could not help but explain triumphantly.

"The Luoming Curse is a Secret Technique that allows people of the world to return to death. The monster was just relying on the obsession of a Heavenly Human to cause trouble, and it only had such fierce might because its corpse was spiritually connected and immortal; it just needs to be made to die one more time and it's finished."

Li Heng nodded upon hearing this, suddenly enlightened.

The bewitching woman spoke again.

"Are you very curious why I told you these things?"

Li Heng shook his head; he was not curious.

Seeing this, the bewitching woman's expression stalled; Li Heng's reaction was unexpected, and she felt a bit annoyed in her heart. Shouldn't a normal person be a bit curious when encountering this kind of situation?

However, she quickly put this matter aside.

She could not dwell on these things with a dying person; it was beneath her.

"Fellow Daoist, I invite you to join the Sunset Organization, how about it?"

The bewitching woman smiled.

"You are asking me, someone who cultivates the Great Sun Path, to join your Sunset Organization—then are you still 'setting the sun' or not?"

Li Heng gave a playful smile.

"It doesn't matter; the Sunset is just to achieve a certain goal. If the goal can be achieved by other means, then whether the sun sets or not is irrelevant. I presume the Master will understand."

The bewitching woman smiled.

"So that's how it is, but I don't want to join."

Hearing Li Heng's refusal, the bewitching woman was still not annoyed.

"I guessed that Fellow Daoist would say that. But do you know that you are going to die very soon now?" She was very smug.

Li Heng acted very surprised, playing along perfectly.

"Why do you say that?"

The bewitching woman puffed out her chest and spoke proudly.

"Fellow Daoist, why pretend? You should have already guessed it. The Luoming Curse can make the dead return to death again; where is the fundamental knowledge of death involved in that something that humans, especially living people, can master? Once mastered, one is not far from death."

"However, our Sunset Organization can save you."

"The premise is that you join the Sunset Organization. Hmm, and by the way, become a dog under my feet."

At this time, she was already high and mighty.

Li Heng smiled upon hearing this and was about to speak.

But the bewitching woman triumphantly spoke up suddenly again.

"Fellow Daoist, I know very well what you are thinking. Are you wanting to say that you had already anticipated this kind of thing and have long since had various contingencies to counter it?"

The bewitching woman's expression was somewhat contemptuous when she mentioned this.

"If you think that way, then you are underestimating the death caused by the Luoming Curse. The death caused by the Luoming Curse is the purest death; no means of substituting for death will have any effect!"

"Even if you are only an avatar here, the death caused by the Luoming Curse can still follow the connection of Causality to make your true self die along with it. I can now even use a Secret Technique to directly trigger the death effect of the Luoming Curse and make you die immediately."

"So, now, you can start to panic."

The bewitching woman was already smug to the heavens.

She liked these idiots who thought they could act recklessly just because they had a trump card the most. Because these idiots had no idea that trump cards also had levels; a weak trump card could not protect one's own Life and Death!

Li Heng's expression remained calm.

Seeing this, the bewitching woman was displeased and suddenly changed her face.

"You don't believe me, right? Fine! I will make you suffer a little now, to let you understand what the feeling of being on the verge of death is."

With a thought, she used a certain method to trigger the Luoming Curse.

"Now you should be feeling the pain of impending death! If it is too late now, unless you immediately kneel on the ground and bark like a dog, once I am displeased, you will die completely."

She brushed back her long hair and said indifferently.

"It's a pity, why couldn't you just hold back for a bit? The Reincarnation Ruins are clearly right ahead, yet you strike so soon; this makes it very difficult for me, as I don't know how to spare your life."

The bewitching woman was stunned and looked at Li Heng.

She discovered Li Heng was looking at her with some distress and helplessness.

She was dumbfounded; what was going on, did it not have an effect?