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Chapter 857 - 514 Curse

Chapter 857: Chapter 514 Curse

General Li Ba’s awakening brought immense joy to the warriors.

They had been fighting a tough battle against the Terror Devils, all to protect the unconscious General Li Ba.

And with the awakening of the only player here, they were about to receive support from the outside world.

So emotional were they that they didn’t even notice the flames seemed to be suppressed by something. Instead, they each brought their cooked food and water over to him.

Old Zhao was the sharp one to notice that Li Changhe had moved his fingers, after all, three years as desk-mates, they had some silent understandings.

Therefore, he persuaded the warriors to leave.

In the resting room, when Li Changhe took off his hood,

Old Zhao’s face changed.

For Li Changhe revealed a face soaked with blood and tears.

His originally handsome and refined features now resembled a terrifying ghoul.

His complexion was unnaturally pale, the blood and tears had dyed his eyes crimson, and his pitch-black pupils lacked any luster, as if to devour everything.

"Brother Ting, how long... have I been unconscious?" he asked while wiping the blood off his face, his voice incredibly hoarse and deep, "What’s the situation now?"

"You were out for two days and two nights. Just now, the blizzard stopped. It must be Xiao Nan’s doing, and if nothing goes wrong, humanity should be launching their final assault." Yun Ting sensed Li Changhe’s emotions were extremely unstable and asked, "Are you okay?"

Li Changhe fell silent for a moment before replying, "...No, not good."

Unconscious for two days and two nights... but for Li Changhe, it felt as though he had lived through two centuries.

The moment he touched the Black Mud, he saw an endless void where a pitch-black path appeared. At the end of that path was a massive black throne.

Then, the vast amounts of Black Mud completely buried him.

With every minute, every second, he endured unbearable pain.

That’s right, unbearable! This was certainly not pain that any creature could withstand.

Evil Black Mud, the repulsive Divinity discovered among the mysteries by the Ninth King during the Seven Kings War.

It was the physical embodiment of all human malice. Theoretically, it was something that could not be used, something that could not be controlled.

Any creature in contact with the Black Mud would be completely devoured by the malice it contained.

However, the Ninth King, with his iron will and a century of obsession, converted it into his weapon.

Even though he had turned into a different person, he still relentlessly pursued vengeance against the evil spirits.

He was the first generation Black Mud Sufferer.

But he couldn’t ascend to a higher being, because even he, the discoverer, could not understand the Black Mud on a deeper level.

After a century of research, he calculated that Mark of the King’s compelling magic could temporarily bind the sufferer’s rationality. The cost was that the grasp of Divinity would weaken.

Thus, the Berserker Rank player in the [Battle of the Seven Kings] became the second Black Mud Sufferer.

And the third Black Mud Sufferer was Li Changhe.

Unlike the previous two sufferers, he resisted the negative effects of the Black Mud with the Will of Desperation.

Though this also failed to progress his understanding of the Black Mud Divinity, it was safe and controllable.

Under the Will of Desperation, his consciousness and life were preserved.

But once the Will of Desperation was lifted, a higher existence pulled him closer to the Sea of Black Mud.

At that moment, Li Changhe experienced the terrible malice of humanity. That endless malice almost obliterated his soul.

Rage, desire, greed... every emotion was forcibly infused into his brain.

Living became excruciating, and death became the most anticipated ending for all sufferers.

In each and every second, Li Changhe experienced despair and pain.

During the Seven Kings War, those magicians from Carmen Heavy Industries, frustrating even for the players, all committed suicide because they couldn’t withstand the despair brought by the Black Mud.

But Li Changhe could not die; his life couldn’t be wasted here!

Of course, he also couldn’t die... he wished to die but couldn’t...

Every time his consciousness was about to be obliterated by sheer malice, that soft plea would resound from the depths of his soul.

’Don’t die’

The girl’s voice was full of sorrow, yet it ignited Li Changhe’s consciousness to explode with its greatest potential, his fragmented consciousness devoured a massive amount of malice and reforged itself.

Then, it was torn into pieces by malice once again.

Devouring malice once more to recover, only to be destroyed again...

Over and over again, time and time again.

Li Changhe didn’t know how many cycles of rebirth he had undergone during these two days and nights.

He also didn’t know how many steps he had taken on that pitch-black path.

But he... saw himself getting closer and closer to that black throne.

Until at last, the Evil God upon the black throne cast him out of the Sea of Black Mud.

"Is this all you’ve been through?" Li Changhe looked down at the blood tears on his arm and whispered, "It really is... impossible to die, isn’t it..."

If there was a Will of Desperation, his Black Mud Divinity could not advance further.

Because this was Divinity that should not be mastered!

Black Mud Divinity differed from other Divinity.

Yun Ting’s and Hailing Mountain’s Divinity originated from the inheritance of the Demon Armor. Although risky, they were stable, and the Holder could safely master their strength.

The Divinity of the Divine Tree of the elf within the box came from that supreme Elf Divine Tree.

Although, as a human, the box had little chance of mastering this Divinity.

He guessed it would be gone after one use, but at least there was no great risk.

However, Li Changhe’s Black Mud Divinity was theoretically unmanageable.

Because no one could bear the malice contained in the Black Mud.

Even if some methods were used to forcibly stabilize one’s rationality, one could only become something like Li Changhe’s previous form—a Black Mud Sufferer.

And because of the vow he made with the girl, his soul was cast into the Sea of Black Mud, reforged time and time again, advancing time and time again.

In the end, it made him... become that impossible divine creature!

That’s right, at this moment Li Changhe had completely become a divine creature.

This was the plan of the Crying Hero, or rather, one of his plans.

He said he wouldn’t kill Li Changhe... because he knew that would only make Li Changhe experience sufferings worse than death.

He had endured pain far longer than Li Changhe, being pulled back from the brink of death over and over by the ’vow,’ achieving the current status of a Black Mud Demigod. Becoming a monster that couldn’t die no matter what.

"The vow I made to her... has ultimately become a terrible curse," Li Changhe sighed deeply.

The Effect of the Divine Gifted Grass made the vow he made with Yun Ting like a curse, putting him through the cycle of life and death, time and time again.

’Don’t die’

This was the most terrifying curse of all.

"Will you hate her?" Yun Ting asked with a complex look in her eyes.

She could not imagine what Li Changhe had gone through, but the deadness in his eyes was chilling.

Time and time again, on the verge of death, time and time again, unable to relieve... the unimaginable pain.

"Of course not... what did she do wrong?" Li Changhe said somberly.

Then, he looked at the message sent by Yun Ting in [Friends].

[Li Changhe, you promised me, don’t die]

Honestly, Li Changhe now felt terror at these three words.

So, sniffing, he replied, "Silly girl. You scared me again. That’s why, next time, I will definitely make you cry. No mercy."

In [Friends], sending words that would make ears red with embarrassment, Li Changhe donned the Mountain Pattern Armor and reforged the bronze spear into a faceplate to wear over his face.

So then...

"General Li Ba, at your service!"

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