Chapter 600

Taiyiro nodded and said.

"Of course, eliminating this curse has been my lifelong wish.

This time, I believe I have an 80 percent chance of killing him."

Luo En shook his head and said.

"No, the information we currently possess is still too scarce.

We have no idea where his weakness truly lies.

The weaknesses you've listed cannot be considered real until tested in practice."

Taiyiro said.

"When we fought him before, we were always inside his body.

Once, I managed to reach outside, and I was tracking you to save you.

At that moment, I sensed your aura, which allowed me to pull you out.

Although we missed that chance, I realized then that my longsword could harm him.

It could cut through the passages he created."

Luo En nodded; it had indeed been that way.

When he was falling endlessly through that dark passage,

he had indeed felt Taiyiro's aura and the sword techniques Taiyiro wielded.

But at the time, he believed that passage did not belong to the curse at all.

Inside that passage, he heard no words from the curse.

Taiyiro stared at the diagram he had drawn, his eyes filled with determination.

"I believe this time it will work. Please believe me, but I need your help.

I cannot defeat him alone."

Luo En looked troubled; though he had no objection to accompanying Taiyiro,

no matter what danger lay ahead, if it meant slaying the curse, Luo En was willing to risk it.

But this time, he understood their preparations were still insufficient.

To eliminate the curse, mere speculation was not enough.

Luo En said.

"I think it's too risky to go after him now. Let's deliberate further and choose the best plan."

Taiyiro frowned.

"Deliberate further? No, I cannot wait that long.

I must act now. I am certain my judgment is correct."

I must put it into practice now; I believe my judgment is certainly correct.

"I believe you will help me."

I believe you can certainly help me.

"But all we have now is based on assumptions—we've never truly harmed him.

Even when you cut through that passage with your longsword, we still felt no injury to the curse.

He still effortlessly pulled us back into his body."

Taiyiro let out a long sigh.

Taiyiro let out a long sigh.

"I've spent years studying this curse.

Though I never truly fought him before,

this encounter taught me one thing: my earlier guesses were likely correct."

He placed the diagram again before Luo En.

"Every breakthrough requires practice.

Only practice lets you know whether your conclusions were right.

Only then can you progress.

Believe me. Help me."

Seeing Taiyiro's pleading gaze, Luo En immediately softened.

Though he knew this was reckless, he nodded reluctantly.

In their previous battle, he and Taiyiro had forged a deep friendship.

This bond transcended life and death—they had walked out together through shared suffering.

Seeing Luo En nod, Taiyiro immediately smiled.

"Excellent. I trust you won't let me down."

He put away the diagram and fetched two longswords again.

He handed one to Luo En.

"Let's go. We head for the mountain now."

Luo En, still recovering from severe injuries, felt his strength was still insufficient.

Though he had slept for three days and nights, wound healing required more time.

He lacked Taiyiro's extraordinary self-healing ability.

Thus, he felt extremely weary.

So he now felt extremely tired.

But Taiyichiro's urgency was irresistible.

He knew that Taiyichiro now desperately wanted to kill the curse.

When he could confirm that his earlier conclusion was correct, he would certainly not wish to wait any longer.

Luo En followed behind Taiyichiro, and the two climbed the mountain again.

Though the sun blazed high, they could feel waves of yin energy rising from the mountain.

The nearby slope still emitted a powerful stench of curse.

When he sensed that odor, Taiyichiro slightly furrowed his brow.

Presumably, it had left a shadow in his own heart.

The battle three days ago had nearly taken his life.

He had barely escaped, and now he was thinking of walking straight into the trap.

Taiyichiro gritted his teeth and spoke.

"No matter what we face, only unwavering conviction can cut them all down.

These curses uphold the mortal realm, and we, as its defenders,

must never shirk our duty."

After saying that, he had already drawn his long blade and rushed madly toward the small wooden hut.

Luo En followed closely behind Taiyichiro.

194. The Curse Appears

He could sense that Taiyichiro had indeed made great progress over the past three days.

The aura he emitted was utterly different from three days ago.

Now, when he gripped the long blade, he himself seemed to become the blade, fused with it as one.

With his movements, Luo En felt the figure sprinting ahead was less like a man and more like a speeding long blade.

With a heavy boom, Taiyichiro swung his long blade down with all his might.

He intended to shatter the small wooden hut.

Luo En could even see the long blade in Taiyichiro's hand extending forward several meters.

It was blade qi, spreading out in an instant and striking the wooden hut.

Yet to Luo En's surprise, the wooden hut remained utterly unmoved.

Taiyichiro flew backward like a kite with its string cut and crashed heavily to the ground.

He staggered to his feet, astonished that his full-power strike had failed to break the hut.

"What's going on?" Luo En asked.

He could also sense the powerful aura emanating from within the wooden hut.