Chapter 657

Luo En and Taiyirang quickly retreated, striking at each other as they fell back, but it was clear the opponent had now stabilized their state and sealed off the carriage completely.

Now it was nearly impossible for them to break in, Luo En muttered in frustration.

"I never expected the curses they sent would be this powerful."

Taiyirang also looked astonished; when they had gathered intelligence before, the curses' strength had seemed negligible. Back then, they believed that with their own strength, they could easily eliminate those curses.

But they never imagined the ones actually transporting the supplies were an entirely new group—Luo En frowned slightly. Could that guy already know we're secretly observing them?

Taiyirang nodded. They all knew the girl's true strength was terrifying; even now, they had no idea how far her power had reached, so they knew almost nothing about her.

Aside from their initial few encounters, Luo En had never seen the girl again.

Although they had secretly observed her for a long time, Luo En realized his observations had yielded no useful results.

Thinking of this, Luo En's heart sank to the bottom of his chest. As Taiyirang had said, the girl had known their plan all along and deliberately arranged this to welcome them.

Luo En clenched his fists, stunned that his carefully planned operation had been so easily uncovered.

"Forget it. Even if they know, we still must find out what this place truly is."

Saying this, Luo En suddenly charged forward, unleashing his power once more—the terrifying cursed energy instantly blasted one of the curses away.

The curse crashed heavily to the ground; as he moved to advance, his foot stepped on the earth and became utterly rooted in place.

The other curses surged forward to surround Luo En, but were repelled by the cursed energy radiating from his body.

Luo En had intended to end this swiftly, eliminating these curses at the fastest speed possible to uncover the carriage's secret.

But he never expected the battle to turn into a stalemate—clearly, both Luo En and Taiyirang were now pinned down by these curses; breaking through quickly was impossible.

Luo En could sense these curses possessed terrifying strength, so fighting them demanded his full attention and utmost effort.

Even so, he could not move freely here, while the enemy did so effortlessly.

"Bad—we've been tricked."

Luo En whispered low. It was clear the girl had arranged this specifically to force him: if they defeated these curses, the enemy would surely await them elsewhere with even stronger curses to block them.

Taiyirang nodded. He had felt it too—during earlier combat, he had easily dodged between the curses, but now he sensed their power had grown immensely.

He had been repelled by the curse's force on first contact and swiftly retreated.

"Secure the high ground—do not let them surround us."

Luo En shouted loudly.

He immediately retreated backward, Taiyirang following close behind, both swiftly retreating to a high slope.

There, they could use the terrain behind them, ensuring Luo En would not be attacked from the rear by the curses.

Watching Luo En and Taiyirang, they laughed.

"We never expected our master's guess to be right—you two really did attack here. But sadly, opposing us is like a mantis trying to stop a cart—utterly foolish. I'll send you both to your graves now."

Before the words had fully faded, the curses transformed into countless afterimages, surging wildly toward Luo En and Taiyirang.