Chapter 626

The man shook his head helplessly.

"It seems he never suppressed those energies—they're beginning to backlash."

"If he can't calm these energies, he'll be consumed by them."

Luo En's body suddenly erupted again in a powerful energy storm, raging outward in all directions.

Naizi stepped forward, reached out, and pressed her hand onto Luo En's shoulder, intending to use her own energy to aid him.

But the man stopped Naizi.

"Don't do that—you'll only harm him."

Naizi's face was filled with worry.

"But we can't just watch him suffer like this."

Luo En desperately controlled the energy, having already released all of his consciousness.

Even so, the energies continued to rage wildly.

Luo En felt as if he were about to be swallowed by the energy, but he knew it was merely an illusion.

Just hold on a little longer—it'll work.

Luo En suddenly exerted all his strength, once again gathering the energies completely.

Though the energies remained wildly turbulent, Luo En finally managed to concentrate them with sheer willpower.

Slowly, the energies began to calm.

Luo En's heart leapt with hope—he might make it. The next second, he suddenly sensed a curse's aura approaching from all directions.

This aura was so powerful it instantly enveloped him.

Luo En froze, suddenly realizing something was wrong—he quickly exited his cultivation state.

He opened his eyes to see Naizi and the man staring at him with deep concern.

Luo En said, surprised.

"Did you sense the curse's aura?"

Both shook their heads.

Luo En could now feel the curse's aura drawing nearer, as if right before his eyes.

Yet Naizi and the others sensed nothing at all.

Luo En said solemnly.

"The curse is right before me—be careful."

After saying that, he suddenly reached out and grabbed at the empty air.

Naizi was startled.

Luo En had just exited cultivation and claimed a curse was present, yet they had detected nothing.

Suddenly Luo En retracted his hand—his palm was covered in black mist.

It must be the power of the curse.

Naizi was utterly astonished.

They hadn't expected Luo En to actually catch the curse.

Yet this curse seemed so weak.

How could it hide so well, evading all of them?

It appeared to be the embryonic form of a curse, writhing desperately in his hand.

But Luo En applied slight pressure and crushed the curse into fragments.

"What's going on?"

Naizi asked in surprise.

Why had this embryonic curse form appeared here?

The man suddenly spoke.

"It seems this place may be the curse's nest—we're nearing their stronghold."

Naizi's brow furrowed deeper as she said.

"Curses have no stronghold—they've always operated alone, never interfering with one another."

"Perhaps this is merely one of their hiding spots."

Luo En nodded, glancing at the shards on the ground.

"We can set a trap to lure the curses here."

The man's expression changed—he said, incredulous.

"You want to lure the curses? Why? We can barely escape them."

"If we draw them here, we might be in danger."

Luo En said.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"Only their power can break your prison."

"Otherwise, how could the two of us possibly rescue you?"

The man froze, staring at Luo En in surprise, then his eyes filled with gratitude.

"I never expected you'd be willing to save me."

Luo En said.

"More people, more strength—no more talk, let's move."

After saying that, they tossed the dead embryonic curse onto the ground and silently vanished.

Luo En and Nai Zi both concealed their qi, and ordinary curses could not detect them.

But the death of a curse's embryonic form would unleash a massive surge of qi, and those curses would surely know.

Moments later, a thick mass of black mist suddenly coalesced here, then a humanoid creature descended.

When he saw the corpse on the ground, he let out a deafening roar that made the surroundings tremble.

It was a curse of immense power.

Both Nai Zi and Luo En could sense the strength of its physical form.

So they now had to proceed with extreme caution, daring not to make the slightest move.

"Who did this?"

The curse suddenly turned toward the prisoner in the cage.

The prisoner waved his hands helplessly and said.

"It couldn't possibly be me—I've been inside this cage."

The curse suddenly reached out and seized the prisoner's throat.

"He died right before your eyes—tell me who did it, or I'll kill you right now."

The prisoner deliberately put on a look of terror, feigning fear as he said.

"I don't know—I was asleep just now."

When I woke up, I saw he had already turned into a corpse."

I was about to report it to you, but I didn't expect you to return so soon."

As he spoke, he began to shiver uncontrollably.

The curse glanced at him with contempt and hurled him down.

"You're a coward. Keeping you here was clearly a mistake."

Once our plan is complete, I'll kill you immediately."

The prisoner helplessly begged for mercy.

"Please don't kill me—I'm terrified."

The curse crouched down and embraced his child's corpse.

His eyes were filled with the aura of slaughter.

And at this moment, he had revealed his greatest weakness.

That was at his waist.

Luo En had spotted his weakness—he suddenly gave Nai Zi a signal.

Both of them charged forward.

Luo En pushed his speed to its limit, and in that instant, he became a blur of afterimage.