Chapter 636

But in that instant she suddenly sensed danger, so she stopped her hand and thus escaped death.

But now, solely by her own strength, she could not possibly rescue Luo En and Yokota Long Yi.

She glared at the curse.

"Look at you, all alone—do you really think you can stand against us?"

"You've already seen the fate of those who oppose us."

"I think you're smart enough not to make such a foolish decision."

The curse smiled at Naizi, as if already certain she would give up.

Luo En was extremely anxious; he knew Naizi's power was nowhere near matching these curses—once they clashed, defeat was inevitable.

He shouted loudly.

"Run away, don't stay here."

Naizi clenched her fists—how could she flee alone at such a critical moment?

She looked at the curses and spoke word by word.

"If that's how it is, then I'll face you all."

With that, she flipped her hands and two sharp daggers appeared in them; then she became a blur as she lunged at one of the curses.

The curse never expected Naizi would charge at him first.

But soon he smirked.

"How presumptuous—do you really think your power can challenge me?"

Before he finished speaking, Naizi's blade had already slashed across his body.

Yet the curse remained unmoved, while Naizi felt a numb ache in her arm—the tremendous recoil sent her stumbling backward several steps.

"Is this your power? Humans are truly pitiful.

You had only the faintest spark of strength, yet now you dare to think you can block a cart with your arms."

Naizi shouted loudly.

"Even if our power is weak, we are never ones to compromise easily."

The curse laughed coldly.

"Is that so? I'll make you compromise eventually."

Before he finished speaking, the curse vanished.

Naizi was stunned; she carefully scanned all around but found no trace of the curse.

Moments later, she suddenly felt a chill at her back.

She spun around swiftly and slashed downward.

But the next second she realized her arm had been caught—she shouted.

"Let go of me!"

With that, she kicked out hard, but the opponent was as slippery as an eel.

Her kick missed entirely, and the opponent's hand slid effortlessly onto her shoulder.

Naizi's heart sank—she realized with dread that she might be overpowered.

She quickly bent low, trying to use the opponent's force to escape.

But she hadn't anticipated the opponent's moves would always catch her off guard.

The next instant, she felt searing pain in her waist.

Then her entire body flew upward and crashed heavily to the ground.

Naizi felt as if she had fallen from great height—her mind spun, and she could no longer think.

The scene before her blurred; that single blow had nearly killed her.

The curse walked up to Naizi and smiled.

"You dare challenge us with such power? How presumptuous. Now it seems you'll join them."

Luo En shouted loudly.

"You're after us—she has nothing to do with this. Let her go; we'll submit to you."

The curse smiled at Luo En.

"Do you think your current state gives you any right to bargain? You're fish on a chopping block."

With that, he kicked Luo En hard.

228, Technique

Luo En felt as if his internal organs had shifted out of place.

"Damn it—I won't let you off so easily."

Luo En clenched his fists.

But he knew they were buried under the earth now—getting out wouldn't be easy.

Even Naizi had been subdued—who else could they rely on?

Yokota Long Yi sighed helplessly.

"I never imagined things would turn out like this—I thought the team I assembled could quickly break through these curses."

"But I never expected their strength exceeded our wildest imagination."

Luo En shook his head gently.

"The curses we've encountered this time are no ordinary ones.

Clearly, he's far stronger than typical curses—defeating them may require greater power."

With that, Luo En tried to pull himself out.

But no matter how hard he tried, he could only feel boundless agony.

Yoko Ryuichi shook his head.

"It's useless—I just tried to rise on my own strength."

But in the end, I failed completely; I don't know what these soils are made of."

"They seem to absorb a person's strength, making it impossible to climb out."

At that moment, Nai Zi had slowly regained consciousness; she lifted her head and looked around, taking a long while to come to her senses.

"Damn it, I never expected to be buried in this soil too."

Luo En said.

"Now all three of us are buried in the soil—what should we do?"

Yoko Ryuichi said.

"Perhaps we can try relying on each other's strength."

Luo En knew this was impossible; just moments ago, with all his strength, he had been unable to pull Yoko Ryuichi out of the soil.

Now they were all trapped in the soil with no leverage—how could they possibly escape?

The darkness before them had grown extremely thick.

Clearly, as time passed, the darkness would grow even denser.

Soon, this place would be consumed by the power of darkness, and they too would be infected by it.

Luo En gritted his teeth and said.

"I will not die here—I will get out."

After saying this, he strained with all his might again, feeling as if he were being split in half.

But even so, he felt his lower body utterly motionless.

For a very long time, they slept and woke, woke and slept, unaware of how much time had passed.

Yoko Ryuichi suddenly said.

"It feels like something is slowly crawling beneath our feet—could it be a snake?"

Luo En said.

"How could there be a snake in such deep soil? Perhaps it's another kind of creature."

But no matter what it is, if it can move down there, it can also burrow up."

"Perhaps we can rely on its strength."

Yoko Ryuichi stared at Luo En in surprise.

"Rely on its strength? How would we do that?"

Luo En said.