The King of Curses

Chapter 248 Imagination

"boom!"

The explosion from the side attracted the attention of the staff who were struggling and resisting backstage, causing the situation to get further out of control.

The attackers knew this was going to happen, so their actions were not affected at all. Their methods were brutal and aggressive, and they showed no regard for their own lives.

Although they were not at an advantage in numbers, they relied on their ferocity and the suddenness of their attack, killing more than a dozen Tianbao Pavilion employees in one breath and gradually gained the upper hand.

"What a big commotion it caused."

Cen Dongsheng thought.

"Now I don't have to think about whether I should notify others."

His original plan was to get the things back and then tell the people in Tianbao Pavilion that there were attackers invading, so as not to alert the enemy and avoid any accidents with the protective forbidden item that he had obtained with great difficulty.

This was a self-serving plan, and the process was inevitably slow, resulting in the attacker turning against the attacker before the attack.

But in Cen Dongsheng's eyes, it was more meaningful to choose to stand aside and watch. He really wanted to see what the attackers were going to do next, maybe he could find the mastermind behind it.

"Are you sure now that these guys are the leatherworkers' men?"

Jiang Yunmei was trying to communicate with the "Lianshan Liuyaojian" she had just acquired. Upon hearing this, she tried to manipulate this forbidden object a little.

But the girl's movement was a little too big, and the sharp jade thread flying in the air was like a sharp weapon, piercing straight into the head of the attacker who was knocked unconscious by Song Yutang, and blood and brain matter splattered everywhere.

"Shh... sorry."

Jiang Yunmei muttered without any apology, trying to control Yu Yao to bring back the freshly-carved corpse.

After cutting the hair and scalp, they saw rough suture marks on the man's back.

It's like one person has put on another person's skin, and the skin color is clearly different.

"Looking at this handwriting, it is indeed true. So, this incident is indeed related to the traitor of the Geomancer Association?"

"Does Teacher Cen care about that lame old man?" Jiang Yunmei was a little curious. "I have observed him and I feel that he is only at the B level."

"It's just a feeling. I think that person is not simple."

While Cen Dongsheng was speaking, he did not forget to defeat an attacker who rushed towards them.

With just one punch, the man was sent flying with all his bones and muscles broken, like a mosquito that was slapped to death on the wall, covered in blood and with his body twisted and embedded in the wall.

The backstage was in complete chaos; similarly, after the earth-shaking explosion coming from the banquet hall, the degree of chaos increased exponentially, and all kinds of forces stimulated by the true Qi were running around in the air, causing ripples in the agitated waves.

There were hundreds of spell-binding masters gathered there, and the commotion was of extraordinary proportions.

But they were still chatting leisurely in the corner.

"Reconnaissance, combat... We still lack a means to conceal the enemy's perception."

After thinking about it, Cen Dongsheng realized that his previous idea was difficult to realize and felt a little regretful.

The attackers currently have the upper hand. If they want to control the situation, they will definitely beat up all the curse-masters in front of them, so they have to fight.

He certainly didn't think he would lose. This group of people were as weak as flying insects in front of him... But once the fight started, the mastermind he wanted to find would most likely not show up.

"You mean, we need to add more people to our team in the future?"

Jiang Yunmei secretly glanced at the schoolmate Song next to her and saw that her face was calm - or in other words, "expressionless", which was a bit scary.

With just this one team, the psychological endurance of the players is not very good. If there is another one...

"How about we make do with it and let me give it a try?"

The captain is a willful man who wants all the good things; his teammates are sensitive and have been persecuted too much in recent times due to official and personal matters. Jiang Yunmei thought, if this team wants to stay together, it depends on me.

"You can?"

"I haven't tried it yet, but I think it's just a reverse application. Since you're a candidate for the title of 'Special Curse Master', you should be able to do it."

"This isn't a matter of 'I can think of it', right?"

Having said that, Cen Dongsheng thought about himself. Weren’t all the abilities he had acquired the result of a flash of inspiration when he “thought”?

"There has been a precedent before. The 'Heavenly Ear Channel' we are using now is the result. I just need to grasp the feeling similar to that time."

The initial use of the clairaudience ability was simply to keenly capture information about the surroundings, with a wide range and for a long time.
It was not until later when she had to watch Cen Dongsheng fight but was unable to help that Jiang Yunmei worked hard to discover a new attribute that could allow her voice to be transmitted to other people's ears.

This was the first reverse application. Now, she began to try a new strategy: controlling her own voice so that it would not be heard.

"Ever since Teacher Cen said I was a candidate for the Special Class Curse Master, I have been full of confidence."

As she spoke, Jiang Yunmei closed her eyes.

The fighting was going on all around, and the girl in front of him was trying hard to make a breakthrough. This scene seemed a bit ridiculous;

What was even more ridiculous was that only three minutes later, she suddenly opened her eyes and said:
——'I know.'

Do you know it? Do you know it now?
Cen Dongsheng found that he did not hear the sentence, but figured it out from the other party's lip shape.

"Huh? I really can't seem to hear our own voices anymore."

Song Yutang's lips moved up and down, and only the movements could be seen until her voice appeared in the "Clairvoyance" channel.

"For now, we can only make our voices leak out, and it's still very crude. Fortunately, 'Clairvoyance' can make up for this gap."

Isn't this speed of comprehension a bit too exaggerated...

"You really are talented."

Cen Dongsheng exclaimed in admiration.

It seems that for a special-class spell-binding master, "I'm thinking" is really useful.

In addition, Jiang Yunmei is naturally talented. She may have been limited by her cognition in the past, but now she has been completely liberated. With her flexible and unbridled thinking, she can do things that were unimaginable in the past.

Jiang Yunmei's mouth unconsciously curled up in delight when she was praised, until she caught a glimpse of the silent Song Yutang out of the corner of her eye, and then she tried to restrain herself.

"Wait, let me try 'Clairvoyance' again."

The girl continued her efforts and followed suit to implement the second superpower in reverse.

This time she was even faster and had mastered all the tricks in less than two minutes.

Cen Dongsheng and Song Yutang both noticed that at a certain moment, the surrounding environment suddenly darkened.

It's not that vision is deprived, but that the optical signals that the eyes can capture are obscured by some invisible force, as if the light is blocked by a layer of gauze; after a moment, this sense of obstruction is quickly "reversed".

Cen Dongsheng had a subtle experience in his heart, realizing that from this moment on, people outside could no longer observe their existence with the naked eye.

To be honest, he was a little surprised by the efficiency. "Well... the range is very limited, but it's more than enough to cover the three of us."

Jiang Yunmei even still felt dissatisfied.

"okay."

Cen Dongsheng sighed.

"Perception and Concealment are two opposing abilities, but you can use the same ability in two different ways. That's impressive enough."

The key is that as a special-grade curse, its priority is incredibly high, so there is no need to worry about being seen through.

The talents that were targeted by the "ancestors" in the previous life are indeed extraordinary.

"Let's get started now."

……

"Boom!"

The wall connecting the backstage and the main hall was blown apart, revealing a large hole. Another group of curse masters wearing human skin rushed into the backstage, slaughtering the staff mercilessly until they took control of all the auction items that had not yet been taken away.

The invasion of this group of thugs just happened to pass by Cen Dongsheng and his men.
Under the dual cover of "clairvoyance" and "clairaudience", the three of them left the backstage leisurely.

What came into view were ruins. The once luxurious and complete auction hall was now in a mess, almost in ruins.

The dark marks left by wind and fire, the marks left by swords or fists, and the fierce fight between "supermen" with various special powers demolished most of the building in just a few minutes.

The starry sky glass on the dome was shattered, the gilded dragon pillar was broken in half, and the dragon head rolled to the ground;
The host on the stage who had winked at Cen Dongsheng and the others had his body torn apart. His head fell to the ground, and his torso was nailed to the wall behind him by a spear. A jade ruler was smashed to pieces at his feet.

The VIP room on the second floor, where Cen Dongsheng and others had stayed, was also not spared. The window screens were splattered with fan-shaped bloodstains, and several people died in the room.

The bodies of the curse masters could be seen everywhere, beside the seats and in the corners.

Most of them were guards of Tianbao Pavilion, but there were also guests who came to participate. This showed that the attackers did not deliberately distinguish them, but killed all those who dared to stop them.

……

Except for the thugs who entered the backstage, the remaining leatherworkers all stayed in the venue and took control of the place. Each of them exuded a bloody and murderous aura.

The one guarding the group of attackers in human skins was their leader.

The two walked down the stairs side by side and headed towards the stage.

One of them was the Geomancer Society traitor that Cen Dongsheng had met, Lame Old Seven, who was wanted by the entire Ghost Market.

The other person was a burly man wearing a suit, looking like a gentleman; but no one would have such a misunderstanding just by looking at his face.

It was a hideous, freakish face.

A pitch-black suture line ran from the forehead to the chin like a scar; the colors of the several pieces of skin that made up the face were obviously different, and it looked like the covering human skin had tattoos on it; while the uncovered areas revealed bones and blood-red flesh, which were slightly twitching, and it was a horrible sight.

"Scar Boss, your brothers spent too much time controlling the backstage, which delayed our plan by nearly three minutes."

The hunchbacked old man walked slowly, and his bronze prosthesis knocked on the ground, making a "thump thump" sound.

"Maybe you were so overwhelmed by the selection and were so busy grabbing treasures that you forgot to tell me."

"My brothers have been wandering outside for ten years and finally came home. They are used to being poor and made a fool of themselves."

The tattooed leatherface man answered in a hoarse, unpleasant voice, the blood-red flesh on his chin trembling in the wind.

"This is part of our agreement, and it doesn't count as a violation of the rules... or does the old man want a piece of the action?"

"I am alone, so there is no need to keep any for me. All belongs to you and your brothers."

Lame Old Seven laughed.

"But you can rob things and kill people, but the premise is that you don't miss the important things. Every minute and every second of the plan cannot be wasted. The slightest deviation may lead to a complete failure."

The old man's voice gradually became lower.

"Don't blame the old man for his harsh words. I don't want something like this to happen again, or I'll be killed... I'll have to rely on you guys for what happens next."

The leader of the leatherworker lineage known as "Scar Boss" nodded slightly.

Although the other party was alone, during the period of cooperation, he never dared to underestimate or disdain this seemingly skinny and inconspicuous old man, and always maintained respect for him.

But there were still some things he didn't understand.

"Those insignificant spell-binding masters died or ran away, so it's impossible to break through from the inside out. Now with your 'Dragon Banning Method', unless a dragon slayer takes action personally, I don't think there's anyone in the entire ghost market who can break the barrier."

"It's hard to say. There are always people who are better than you. The ghost market has been very busy recently, with many customers coming in batches who don't know the details. Besides..."

Lame Old Seven finally walked onto the stage.

The starry sky embossed on the dome had mostly collapsed in the brief chaos just now, leaving only a few. That was the favorite depiction of the Geomancer Society.

He looked up at the pattern, a sneer suddenly appearing on the corner of his mouth, not knowing who he was mocking.

"The barrier I set up originally had a time limit. I had to let people know that I was waiting for 'him'."

……

Neither Lame Old Seven nor Scarred Boss noticed the three people hiding in the corner.

"Look over there."

Jiang Yunmei's eyes had automatically turned into a clear sky blue color, and she pointed the direction to her companions:

What was originally a gate leading to the outside world is now just a ball of blazing light.

If you look closely, you can see that the lines are crisscrossed like a fence, with complex patterns; the brilliant luster vaguely outlines the contours of the "gateway".

This is the reason why the attackers dared to attack the core area of ​​Shanyin Ghost City——

Someone set up a barrier to separate the entire auction hall from the ghost market.

……

At the same time, just outside the Gate of Light, the curse masters from the "San'in Ghost Market Operation" who had hurried over looked at the incredibly strong barrier that blocked their way and looked at each other, feeling at a loss as to what to do.

In addition to them, there were also the surviving spell-binding masters who had just escaped from the auction, and the reinforcements they called for, all gathered at the entrance of the auction.

For a moment, the place was bustling with noise and excitement.

The operators represented by the Geomancer Association and Tianbao Pavilion wanted to maintain order, but it was obvious that the brutal attack at the auction and the incompetence of this group of people who were blocked by the barrier at this moment had caused their credibility and authority to plummet to the bottom in one breath...

(End of this chapter)