Chapter 426: The Curse Descends

In an open space within the military camp, a formation resembling a small hill appeared at some unknown time.

Under Lin Feng's control, the Calamity-Descending Evil Spirit had already ascended this formation; as the formation activated, the Calamity-Descending Evil Spirit officially began to unleash its own abilities.

As the Calamity-Descending Evil Spirit raised the three incense sticks in its hands—condensed from countless remnants of spiritual ignorance—the Ten Thousand Curses Formation immediately began to operate.

Across the entire formation, countless talisman seals and individual formation foundations began to exert their respective functions, and then a certain invisible ripple instantly spread to a radius of a thousand miles.

At this moment, Lin Feng could clearly sense every single person within this thousand-mile radius through the Calamity-Descending Evil Spirit; as long as he willed it, he could instantly act and bow directly toward the chosen target.

At that moment, the massive amount of spiritual ignorance remnants in its hands would instantly breach the barriers of space and time to descend upon the chosen target, destroying all of the opponent's consciousness in an instant with an unimaginably terrifying quantity.

Within the original sphere of influence of the Five Elders Mountain, in a secret underground cave dwelling—a location the Five Elders Mountain had intentionally left behind as an underground stronghold.

Inside this cave dwelling, several Divine Humans were currently sitting in meditation with their eyes closed; however, suddenly, the expression of one of the Divine Humans, originally relaxed and natural, instantly turned rigid, and then their body began to decay and rot rapidly as if undergoing an unimaginable mutation.

The entire process was extremely fast, occurring almost in a single instant.

Because the spiritual ignorance remnants the Divine Human faced in their mind at that instant were terrifying; even the firm will of a Divine Human was completely torn apart and crushed in an instant, and it continued to spread within their body, forming a horrific pollution.

By the time the other Divine Humans beside this Divine Human noticed the abnormality, it was already too late; they only saw their companion, who had been perfectly fine, suddenly turn gray-black, and then one after another, eerie patterns and seals spread across their entire body.

"What is going on!?"

"Wake up!"

"Something is wrong!"

The next moment, this Divine Human instantly opened their eyes, only now there was no divine light left in their pupils, leaving only a pure, deathly gray; then, like a zombie, they suddenly lunged forward, unleashing a terrifying attack on the Divine Humans beside them.

"Boom—!"

The other Divine Humans naturally would not sit and wait for death, and terrifying, eerie power immediately erupted within this underground cave dwelling.

However, immediately afterward, another Divine Human also suddenly went rigid, losing all ability to react, and then their body also began to be covered by a large number of gray seals, finally turning around to attack the other Divine Humans.

At this very moment, a kind of indescribable fear spread through the hearts of the others who were still alive; they could no longer hold on and immediately began to flee rapidly toward the outside of the cave dwelling.

Yet, the invisible curse quickly caught up to them, and soon all four Divine Humans in the cave dwelling had turned into puppets without any consciousness.

In the end, they did not even understand what had happened; there was no time to react, no chance to resist, and they did not even know where the enemy was.

The invisible curse seemed to have appeared out of thin air, and it pursued them relentlessly.

In the military camp, after Lin Feng controlled the Calamity-Descending Evil Spirit to complete the feat of obliterating four Divine Humans from a distance of over a thousand miles, he looked at the Ten Thousand Curses Formation before him with an indescribable sense of joy.

He had not expected the effect of this thing to be so powerful; originally, the Calamity-Descending Evil Spirit could at most force a Divine Human into a state of rigidity, and if the time dragged on, the opponent would still break free.

But now, not only could it completely destroy a Divine Human's consciousness, it could also use the method the Incense Master once used to control other Sages; combining the two was simply terrifying!

"Great Sage, how is the effect of this formation?"

The four Sages who had come to this place outside the Ten Thousand Curses Formation saw that the Calamity-Descending Evil Spirit had stopped its movements, so they asked Lin Feng with some nervousness.

After all, they could not see the scene a thousand miles away, and coupled with the fact that the entire process did not produce much special fluctuation, they could not help but feel a bit uneasy in their hearts.

"Not bad, very good!"

"Although there is still a gap from the goal of increasing the curse's power a hundredfold, fifty times is certainly there; such power is already enough to allow a Sage to obliterate a Divine Human from a thousand miles away!"

"However, every use requires consuming a large amount of Divine Human flesh and blood as a sacrifice for the formation, so one must be cautious; without a suitable target, using this formation is not cost-effective."

The power of the entire Ten Thousand Curses Formation naturally went without saying; the only drawback was that the consumption was also terrifying, and ordinary Sages would absolutely not be able to produce much Divine Human flesh and blood as a sacrifice.

"Overall, this formation is still extremely powerful; next, I plan to install it here for use, as this formation is worth tens of thousands of troops!"

Lin Feng did not stint on his praise to the four Sages before him; it had to be said that the effect of this thing indeed exceeded his expectations.

One must know that the Gluttonous Evil Spirit, which possessed the strongest curse ability in Lin Feng's hands, had not yet been deployed; if it were allowed to use this formation, not to mention strengthening it to the current fifty times, even if it only had ten times the effect, then even a True Monarch would not be able to withstand it!

"Good! Haha, good!"

"Hahaha, this old man's hundreds of years of hard work were not in vain after all!"

"Many thanks to the Great Sage for allowing me to complete such a formation!"

"..."

Hearing Lin Feng's words, the happiest person was none other than the Sage who had designed this formation; at this moment, he was grinning from ear to ear. For someone like him, no enjoyment in his life could compare to the immense satisfaction of succeeding in his wish at this moment.

"Next, I want you to complete the War Divine Statues for me; the craftsmanship of ordinary divine statues can no longer satisfy the current situation, and at the very least, we need divine statues that possess the combat power and effects of the Divine Human level to completely stabilize the current territory."

Finally, after Lin Feng waited for them to calm down, he spoke again to state his requirements.

If there was any obvious shortcoming in the system Lin Feng had designed now, it was that the divine statues themselves could not move, could not take the initiative to attack, and could only serve as nodes.

If this problem could be solved, then the strength of the entire grand formation would be improved once again, and the benefits would naturally be self-evident.

"Yes!"

"We will certainly not fail the Great Sage's expectations!"

"Please rest assured, Great Sage!"

"..."

Soon, the four of them agreed directly; since they had already come to the Underworld, they would naturally not say any more nonsense.

Moreover, creating these things was what they had wanted in the first place; now that someone was providing them with sufficient materials, supplies, and manpower to use, the four of them would naturally not refuse.

Soon after making these arrangements, Lin Feng began to have people specifically arrange living quarters and forging workshops for them; with the assistance of these four, he believed the manufacturing capability of the entire military camp would be greatly improved.

"Master, there are four Divine Humans flying in from afar; should I intercept them?"

Just at this moment, the Embroidery Evil Spirit appeared before Lin Feng and asked him this.

"No need, these are good people who have turned over a new leaf and are actively defecting; just let them come in directly!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng smiled slightly and said this to the Embroidery Evil Spirit, leaving her somewhat bewildered.