Chapter 619

Saying this, the corpse had already walked toward Luo En and Naizi.

"Don't come closer."

Luo En pointed at the corpse; he realized the corpse seemed unaware it was already dead.

It appeared to retain memories from its life—so far, it showed no malice whatsoever.

Instead, it warmly invited Luo En to eat their family's cured pork.

This left Luo En deeply puzzled; he glanced at Naizi.

"Let's get out first—I'll explain later."

With that, he and Naizi pushed open the door and stepped outside; the sight before them made Luo En's scalp crawl.

Every single corpse scattered across the ground was utterly decayed.

Some even exposed white bones, yet they seemed oblivious, shuffling forward slowly as ever.

The two quickly fled the village.

Luo En spoke to Naizi.

"Everyone here has been dead a long time—someone must have secretly manipulated this place, turning it into a City of Death."

"Regardless, we must find out what's really going on here?"

After speaking, Luo En looked again toward the City of Death.

215. Lure the curse to appear

Naizi gazed ahead; she sensed the entire small village shrouded in an odd, thin mist.

At that moment, Luo En felt two clusters of energy appear beside him.

Though he was now highly sensitive to energy, these two clusters had appeared without a sound.

Luo En asked coldly.

"Who are you?"

The figures did not answer Luo En; instead, they swiftly entered the small village.

"Those two are definitely suspicious."

Luo En finished speaking and followed after them; Naizi stayed behind him, her voice tinged with worry.

"What did you just see?"

Luo En said.

"Two clusters of energy—they've entered the village. Everything here may be connected to them."

The two clusters vanished the moment they entered the village.

But Luo En knew they hadn't truly disappeared—they were merely hiding somewhere.

He began searching everywhere.

Though the villagers had all become corpses, they themselves did not know it.

It was clear they continued their former daily activities and paid no mind to Luo En's arrival.

Soon, Luo En sensed the two energy clusters again in this stretch of wasteland.

Luo En frowned slightly, then suddenly charged forward and thrust out his hand.

A flood of cursed energy surged from his palm, instantly seizing the two energy clusters.

The two clusters had not yet reacted—they suddenly realized they were bound by energy and emitted waves of fear.

"What exactly are you? Did you cause all of this?"

Luo En shouted; he believed the two energy clusters could understand him.

Suddenly, one of the energy clusters transmitted a voice to Luo En.

"No, none of this is our doing."

"We sensed something strange here, so we came to observe."

The two energy clusters resembled a curse; Luo En was certain they were curses.

Yet compared to ordinary curses, they were far weaker.

Composed purely of energy, they were extremely sensitive to energy.

The energy Luo En released could subdue them in an instant.

"Then what did you observe?"

Luo En asked.

Both energy clusters shook their heads vigorously—they had seen nothing.

"If that's the case, then you're useless to me."

With that, Luo En tightened his grip slightly.

The two energy clusters immediately cried out in pleading.

Luo En said.

"It's easy to spare your lives—give me meaningful information, and I'll let you go immediately."

Watching how stealthy and purposeful the two energy clusters were, Luo En knew they must know much.

At first, the two energy clusters remained defiant, refusing to admit they knew anything about this.

But under Luo En's death threat, they eventually relented.

One of the energy clusters spoke.

"We believe this place is tied to a curse—the one responsible for creating all of this."

"It drained the life essence of these people, turning them into walking corpses."

"And this energy only manifests at night—that's why we only see them here after dark."

"Curse? Do you know where he is?"

Luo En furrowed his brow tightly, never expecting such a sinister curse existed.

Both clusters of energy shook their heads.

"We are merely extremely humble energy entities, with no right whatsoever to know anything about those curses."

Luo En pressed again with his hands, and the intense pressure made the two clusters of energy feel the threat of death.

They quickly begged for mercy again in low voices.

Luo En spoke coldly.

"Do you always need to suffer before you tell the truth? Look at this now.

You are in my hands—if you keep acting like this, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"We truly are just very humble energy. We have no idea where they are."

One of the energy clusters cried out in agony.

Luo En shook his head slightly.

"No, you're lying. You must know where he is.

Otherwise, how would you know that everything here was caused by him?"

Under Luo En's relentless pressure, that energy cluster could no longer hold out. He said:

"We heard that curse resides permanently in East Mountain.

It's very far from here—we don't understand why he came here and caused such a commotion."

Luo En slightly furrowed his brow; East Mountain was indeed very far from here.

Even walking nonstop, it might take three days and three nights.

If this man truly came from East Mountain, he certainly won't return so easily now—he's probably still nearby.

The two clusters of energy said:

"That's all we know.

Even if you kill us, we don't know anything else."

Luo En said indifferently.

"If that's the case, then die."

Both clusters of energy showed expressions of terror.

"You said you'd spare our lives!"

Luo En nodded and said:

"Yes, I did say that—but there's a precondition."

The two clusters of energy seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly asked: