Chapter 1511: Book of Curse

Chapter 1511: Chapter 1511: Book of Curse

"Blood poison? Divine Artifact?" At this moment, Long Jin still couldn’t understand the intricacies, and Jin He Xuan explained to her: "Normally, Lanloste shouldn’t have died this easily because the Bright Church has long been an enemy of the Dark Council. Being a Round Table Knight, Lanloste had participated in numerous battles to annihilate the Blood Race. He was naturally well informed about, and resistant to, Blood Race spells. Blood poison alone might have left him flustered, but it shouldn’t have rendered him motionless, incapable of dodging lethal moves like earlier."

After finishing, Jin He Xuan looked at Samikina, waiting for the latter’s explanation. Samikina nodded after hearing him: "You’re right, Pei Yan didn’t only use blood poison but also his body’s Divine Artifact fusion. You all should know when he surprisingly fused with seven Divine Artifacts during his time in the Holy City—I was present at the scene, so I understand the origins of these seven Divine Artifacts. Among them was the Shadow Race Divine Artifact Moonshadow Bottle, which Pei Yan used to immobilize Lanloste. As for the loss of control over his body, if I’m not mistaken, the effect should have come from the Book of Curse divine artifact."

"Book of Curse? What’s its effect?" At this point, everyone was intrigued and curious.

"Curse and death are part of the Power of Origin from our Hell Plane. The Book of Curse is a Divine Artifact composed of this power. It merely requires the cursed person’s hair, blood, or their most frequently used item from when they were alive to be placed inside it. For cultivators below the mid-level Demon Race—those you call ordinary cultivators without special abilities—this artifact can cause death just through curses. For masters of the Heavenly Dao, especially at the pinnacle level, this artifact won’t have such lethal effects. However, it can temporarily envelop one in dead energy, immobilizing them. Utilizing this Divine Artifact alongside blood poison to erode mental consciousness, the dual approach easily caught Lanloste off guard."

Samikina expressed his apprehension: "In a typical duel among pinnacle Heavenly Dao masters, such a minor mistake might cause serious injury, but rarely death. I believe Lanloste had other survival techniques, but Pei Yan excels in wielding annihilation power that can erase and make everything vanish. He seized this fleeting error to trap Lanloste in a dire situation. If you unfortunately have to be enemies with Pei Yan, you must be ten times more cautious and vigilant—not to win but just to survive."

The crowd fell silent upon hearing this—ten times caution and vigilance for mere survival, not victory. Lin Daozi sighed: "If he only had kill shots, we might get a chance to trade blows. But this guy possesses incredibly strong defense and regenerative powers. Just now, he actually withstood the joined attack of fifteen pinnacle-level cultivators relying solely on his defense! Although they had to divert some power to counter external assaults by the Investigation Hall, the unleashed forbidden techniques weren’t the most powerful. But such an attack, which veteran can withstand? His immense defense and regeneration are one thing, but completely mitigating damage and instantly restoring previous conditions is obviously damage transfer or Substitute Technique! I don’t remember Pei Yan having such abilities before!"

"No accident should happen; this is likely a new Divine Artifact Pei Yan acquired from annihilating the Vlad family, killing Delacuri, leaving troublesome legacies. Delacuri made Pei Yan even scarier!" Liu Xuanji shook her head in lamentation and then asked, "Has anyone counted the number of Divine Artifacts Pei Yan owns?"

"If excluding his mechanical left eye comparable to a Divine Artifact and only counting fused ones, he possesses seven fused artifacts, plus two specially tailored for him and more acquired from Delacuri’s hands. At least ten are carried with him, assuming he gained only one from the Vlad family, with no extras granted by the Master of Origin." Feng Tianhe suddenly remembered something and added, "Oh, wait! I nearly forgot, he privately kept a Divine Artifact Glove during the White Deer Institute’s destruction—that’s eleven artifacts."

Feng Tianhe’s words rendered everyone speechless again—eleven Divine Artifacts! This exceeds what many super sects accumulate over years, yet such gear has concentrated on Pei Yan alone. They couldn’t imagine the kind of power eleven Divine Artifacts combined with Pei Yan’s abilities would unleash.

Pei Yan’s action not only shocked the three Plane Envoys witnessing but also terrified members of the three councils he battled against. Eliminating a Round Table Knight in one fell swoop, could Pei Yan truly have reached the realm of the Master of Origin?

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of explosions pulled everyone’s attention from the scene. As Pei Yan and Lanloste crossed swords, others in the Investigation Hall weren’t idle. At Pei Yan’s appearance, Investigation Hall members received his secret message, informing them he was fine and had a way to change fate—the current state was an illusion, urging them to find an opportunity to counterattack and expand their gains.

Upon receiving such news, team members showed full trust in Pei Yan. Hu Jiu and Gu Shenghui separately obstructed Round Table Knights accompanying Lanloste, preventing them from creating obstacles for Pei Yan’s kill, while the other three under Pei Jin’s lead launched a surprise attack on the nearest Saint Violet Witch.

Annie, Vice President of the Witch Public Assistance Association, was the chosen participant besides Hecate and Audess. She hadn’t recovered from Pei Yan’s joint attacks, when faced a fierce offensive from Pei Jin’s trio.

Leading the front was Zheng Jia Ru whose physical qualities continually breached human limits. A streak of red light saw him charge towards Annie. Remembering Zheng Jia Ru’s past fights against Round Table Knights, Annie was well aware of the consequences from his flaming iron fist.

Boom!

The iron fist mercilessly pierced through Annie, but what Zheng Jia Ru shattered was merely a humanoid shell made of plants. The next second, having released a substitute, Annie escaped Zheng Jia Ru’s attack range. But having barely escaped, just as Annie was catching her breath, a massive force drew her back to where she was.

Waiting there for her wasn’t only Zheng Jia Ru in pursuit, but also Xia Yu’s iron sword, crackling with lightning release.