657 Grass Knot Puppet! (1/2)

Sikong stood at the edge of the battlefield. He had been injured too badly previously, and the power of the Curse within him was incredibly difficult to deal with. Right then, his whole body was filled with a large amount of rotting black patches.

His hate towards Su Ming was already running so deep that it reached the depths of his soul, but after he saw his battle against Di Tian, and especially after he saw the pillar of fog that descended from the sky, his breathing quickened and his heart trembled.

Su Ming's strength made Sikong completely hide away his thoughts for revenge. He did not dare reveal even a single hint of it. At the same time, he felt a strong sense of danger rise within him, making him look swiftly towards the black patches on his body.

The intensity of that sense of danger was like a flood that almost drowned him. Sikong had a clear hunch that if he did not manage to get rid of these black patches within a short period of time… then his body and soul would be destroyed!

This feeling was too strong, causing him to no longer hesitate, and he brought out an incredibly valuable medicinal core his sect had given him before.

The core's name was Sacred Half Step!

It was a medicinal core that was rare even in Evil Sect, and only prodigies like him would be given one of these things. This core had no use towards training. Its greatest effect was to heal injuries.

Sikong had always been reluctant to use this, but now… he brought it out without hesitation. With gritted teeth, he placed it in his mouth.

Shen Dong's eyes went wide and he sucked in a sharp breath. There was no one else who was more familiar with this Verdant Abyssal Seal than him in this place, but at that moment, Shen Dong looked as if he was seeing it for the first time. His heart trembled, his mind rang, and he suddenly understood the true method to use this Verdant Abyssal Seal. It was unlike what he had previously done. Su Ming's method was the true way of bringing out its might!

The Verdant Abyssal Seal he cast could let him fight against powerful warriors at the same stage as he was, but in Su Ming's hands, it had managed to gain such power that it could threaten Di Tian's clone.

The golden-robed Di Tian's face turned livid with rage as he stood in the sky. He glared at Su Ming, who was standing beneath him, and took a sudden step forward. Right at the moment he was about to charge down though, his footsteps came to a sudden halt. Then, right before his eyes, Ji An walked out from the air in front of him.

”He could manipulate the power of Yin Death in this place and make it descend… That child down there… must be that Destiny, no…? But by the looks of it, you seem to want to kill him?” Ji An asked with a smile.

Di Tian's expression grew dark, but before he could say a single word, the gigantic pillar of fog beneath gradually disappeared to reveal a pit of about thousands of feet deep on the ground, as well as Di Tian, who was sitting within a ball of dull, purple light.

That Di Tian's expression was pale. When he lifted his head, the purple light around him instantly shattered, and the Emperor's robe on his body swiftly turned dull. Not a single hint of color remained.

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and it spilled on the ground before him. At that moment, the purple-robed Di Tian's face was incredibly pale, but killing intent rose like surging waves in his eyes. He slowly stood up and glared at Su Ming.

There was also blood at the corners of Su Ming's mouth. When he wiped it away, he lifted his left hand and pressed it swiftly on his right arm, all while keeping his gaze fixed on Di Tian. With those actions, his right arm instantly grew taut. His flesh and blood on that arm changed and looked as if it had become like that of a golden statue.

Su Ming cut open a gash on his right arm with his left index finger. Multiple bloody gashes could be seen under his skin. This bizarre act instantly caught the attention of all those around him.

Even the purple-robed Di Tian also found his pupils shrinking at that sight.

With a calm expression on his face, Su Ming pushed two fingers into the wound on his right arm, and slowly, right before everyone's eyes, he brought out something from within the flesh and blood of that limb!

That was a blood-red ring!

Su Ming had obtained it many years ago from Madam Ji. It was something Ji Yun Hai had obtained by coincidence, and it was the source of the Curse.

Su Ming had hidden this ring in his right arm, which was why his Curse had become stronger and gained more depth as his power increased. It was also the true reason why he had been able to gather the Curse on his right hand.

Almost at the instant Su Ming brought out that red ring, the presence of the Curse swiftly surrounded the wound, and the gash closed up in an instant. Su Ming placed the ring… right where he had lost his right index finger.

That finger had shattered into pieces, but when Su Ming placed the ring on that appendage, the presence of the Curse instantly exploded. It gathered together into a finger, which was the Curse's finger!

At the instant the ring was on the Curse's finger, the power of the Curse spread out from Su Ming's entire right hand. It caused the weather to change, and the hearts of all the people watching trembled.

Even Ji An narrowed his eyes, and a brilliant light shone briefly within them.

At the same time, a strong sense of danger rose within the purple-robed Di Tian's heart. He could not let Su Ming continue. The feeling of danger from his right hand was actually much stronger than that from his left hand!

But what truly shocked Di Tian was how his cultivation base had become chaotic when Su Ming had used that Verdant Abyssal Seal earlier. That chaos and that stab of pain he'd felt had come incredibly suddenly, causing him to be completely incapable of predicting and reacting to them. This strange occurrence made Di Tian have a strong feeling that there was a distinct difference between his current self and his past self.

'I have to destroy him in this battle, or else… if he has more time, then it'll be even more difficult to suppress him.'