Chapter 1122: The Ten Thousand Curses Array

The sudden change in Lu Ming and the other two made Li Luo's expression turn extremely grim; obviously, their bizarre transformation at this moment was likely caused by the earlier curse.

"Damn it!"

Li Luo cursed inwardly, then channeled the power of the Wood Phase, which transformed into emerald vines that rapidly extended from his fingertips, wrapping around the "human skin lanterns" that Lu Ming and the others had become, preventing them from floating away.

Li Luo shouted several more times, but Lu Ming and the other three showed no reaction; although their pupils were open, they were filled with black whirlpools, clearly indicating their own consciousness had been obscured and they had fallen into a deep slumber.

"If we pierce the meat ball lantern formed by this skin, can it restore them?" Li Luo's gaze flickered, and then sharp thorns appeared on the vines, preparing to try breaking the skin to save them.

However, just as Li Luo intended to do so, a voice suddenly came from behind: "Li Luo, wait!"

The sudden voice made Li Luo jump in alarm; he quickly turned his head, looking with a guarded expression.

He saw a graceful figure walking out from the street behind them; her crimson long hair was extremely conspicuous, and her cold, beautiful face was also eye-catching.

It was actually Li Hongyou!

"Senior Sister Hongyou?" Looking at the appearing Li Hongyou, Li Luo did not relax immediately; instead, he tightened his grip on the Dragon-Elephant Blade in his hand.

In this bizarre water city, everything that suddenly appeared was worth guarding against, after all, the Demon King of All Beings was most skilled at playing tricks with skins.

Li Hongyou also sensed Li Luo's wariness, so she did not approach, stopping instead at a distance of over ten zhang; her red lips parted slightly as she said, "Do not pierce the skin, otherwise the evil intent gas within will spread and instead erode their flesh and blood; when the curse invades the flesh and blood then, it will be even more troublesome."

Li Luo frowned and asked, "How do you know they were cursed?"

Li Hongyou extended her slender jade finger, pointing toward the distant half-sky: "Look."

Li Luo glanced with the corner of his eye in the direction she pointed, and then his expression froze for an instant, because he saw that above the city not far away, huge round lanterns were actually floating, and atop each of these round lanterns grew a human head.

Exactly the same situation as Lu Ming and the others!

Moreover, Li Luo seemed to even see some familiar faces among them, precisely the students from the team before.

Judging by this appearance, it seemed that during this period, not only Lu Ming and the other three had been cursed!

Many round human skin lanterns floated above the city; this scene was truly somewhat chilling.

"They were also hit?" Li Luo's face twitched slightly as he asked.

Li Hongyou nodded and said, "The moment we stepped onto the bridge, we entered a 'Huan Jing Array' that had been set up inside the city long ago; everyone encountered different things, but the result was the same: many were cursed and then transformed into that form."

She lightly flicked her crimson long hair with her jade hand, emitting a strange, faint fragrance; this fragrance entered Li Luo's nose, gradually calming the impatience in his heart that had arisen due to the curse on Lu Ming and the others.

"An alien cannot cast my 'Red Heart Incense'; you must not be anxious. In this place permeated with evil intent, you must try to suppress negative emotions within your heart, otherwise they will take advantage of the opening."

After smelling that familiar faint fragrance, Li Luo's hand, which had been tightly gripping the blade handle, slowly relaxed; after all, just as Li Hongyou said, an alien could mimic her skin, but could not cast this strange fragrance containing the power to calm the mind.

Seeing this, Li Hongyou finally approached, staring at Li Luo with some surprise and saying, "However, judging by your appearance, it seems you were not cursed. I saw some unlucky True Seal-level students along the way I came; none of them escaped."

Li Luo sighed and said, "If it weren't for Lu Ming and the others helping me, I'm afraid I would have been hit as well."

If Lu Ming and the other three hadn't drunk three bowls of cursed water first, he probably would have found it difficult to discover the old woman as the array-breaking point at that final critical moment.

Li Hongyou nodded slightly and comforted him: "Do not worry too much; they were only cursed, they have not lost their lives."

"How is this curse broken? Can purification with Light Phase power work?" Li Luo asked.

"Ordinary purification is useless, because the source of this curse is the strange array covering this water city; this is a strange array emitting a curse aura, likely the work of the Demon King of All Beings."

"It wants to use this curse array to block us from approaching the 'Ten Thousand Skins Evil Heart Pillar'."

"Therefore, destroying the curse array is the most urgent task; only by destroying it can we enter the core of the water city, and at the same time, those people infected by the curse can recover," Li Hongyou said.

Li Luo paused for a moment and asked, "How do we destroy it?"

Li Hongyou pointed to her hand back: "Look at your Ancient Spirit Leaf."

Hearing this, Li Luo shifted his mind, sensing the "Ancient Spirit Leaf" on his hand back, and then he perceived numerous pieces of information flowing into his heart.

"The Ten Thousand Curses Array is born with the projection of the Demon King of All Beings' ghost skin; it contains extremely strong curses. The Demon King of All Beings wishes to use this array to protect the Evil Heart Pillar."

"To break this array, one must destroy the four Soul-Calling Altars in the four directions."

"When the array is broken, the curse will naturally dissolve."

Light lines woven by the Ancient Spirit Leaf on Li Luo's hand back formed a map of the water city; in the outer area of this water city, four scarlet light points appeared glaringly, which were presumably the so-called "four Soul-Calling Altars."

"Truly late intelligence," Li Luo said somewhat helplessly. If they had known of the existence of this "Ten Thousand Curses Array" before entering the city, they certainly would not have stepped in lightly; as a result, a wave of teammates was now wasted in vain, fortunately they were only eroded by the curse and had not yet lost their lives.

"There is no way; the Ancient Spirit Leaf also needs us as a medium to constantly probe the surroundings; only after this information is fed back can effective intelligence be formed and transmitted to us," Li Hongyou said.

Ultimately, the Ancient Spirit Leaf needs them to explore information with their physical bodies.

Li Luo pondered slightly and said, "I think the students of the Star Court from those two Ancient Academies should be able to break free from the Huan Jing for the most part; after receiving this intelligence, they will surely head to the nearest altar to destroy it. If we go in this direction, we can rendezvous with the others."

"What does Senior Sister Hongyou think?"

Li Hongyou looked at him with her cold, beautiful eyes and said, "Of course, you take the lead; after all, I rely on you in the future, not on the academy. Task failure is not important; the key is that you do not get into trouble. So, I will try my best to follow you next; if the situation becomes wrong later, I will also take you to escape."

Her Bai Xi face showed little expression, but her gaze was exceptionally serious, not like she was joking with Li Luo.

Li Luo was also rendered somewhat speechless by her so straightforward words.

"Then let's go; we will head directly to the nearest 'Soul-Calling Altar'." Li Luo identified the map on the Ancient Spirit Leaf, then directed his gaze toward the right side of the street and walked ahead first.

At the same time, Li Luo glanced at the human skin lanterns that Lu Ming and the others had become in the half-sky and whispered in his heart: "Rest assured, I will definitely help you resolve the curse."

Li Luo and Li Hongyou sped along the street; the street was pale and smooth, and when their feet landed on it, it felt like stepping on cold, dead skin.

Suddenly, Li Hongyou reached out and grabbed Li Luo's arm, and the two figures stopped immediately.

"Senior Sister Hongyou?"

Li Luo was slightly startled, then saw Li Hongyou's gaze looking forward; he saw that thick white fog was emitting from the shops and houses on both sides of the street ahead.

Afterwards, the tightly closed shop doors made the sound of opening, and inside, some red shadows slowly crawled out, occupying the road ahead in a twisted posture.

Li Luo narrowed his eyes slightly; those twisted figures had no facial features, and the position of their faces was merely engraved with a chilling "Evil" character.

It was precisely those "Evil Demon Multitudes" encountered before!

They had finally appeared.