While I was chanting a curse, the system said I was Xiao Yan?

"Buzz~"

The sound of the wooden peg hitting the ground was not loud, it could even be described as very light, like someone dropping a chopstick into soft soil.

But the sound was amplified countless times in Tianyan's ears, as if someone had struck a bell in his head, the echo reverberating back and forth in his skull.

A strong, almost tangible floral fragrance filled the air.

Tianyan's steps suddenly stopped.

It wasn't that he wanted to stop; rather, his body stopped on its own. The feeling was strange, as if something in his brain had gently flipped a switch, turning off the 'forward' command.

He felt his body become very light, like the relaxed state after a long rest.

My heartbeat slowed, my breathing slowed, my muscles relaxed, and even the flow of my incantation began to become peaceful.

His eyes were fixed on the sea of ​​flowers that was growing wildly.

Those flowers are beautiful.

Colorful, unnamed wildflowers sprouted from every inch of bare soil, squeezed out from every crack in the pebbles, and grew from every broken tree root. They were white, pink, yellow, and purple, with dewdrops clinging to their petals.

They swayed gently in the wind.

Their colors were so vibrant, almost unnaturally so, as if they had been deliberately painted on, and each one emitted a faint, almost imperceptible fluorescent glow.

Looking at them, he suddenly felt there was no need to chase after them anymore.

Let Lu Suo run away, it's just an old coin. Let Hua Yu run away, it's just one of the Four Great Calamities, not much of a loss, and it's not an important matter anyway.

What good would it do to chase after them? What good would it do to kill them?

no need.

There's really no need for that.

Why not take a look at these pretty little flowers?

He stood there, his hands hanging at his sides, his bony wings folded behind his back, his eyes changing from sharp to an indescribable, unfocused look, like a cat that had just woken up, lazy and unwilling to do anything.

Then......

At the center of the cyclone, the ball of pink fire that had merged into the cyclone suddenly throbbed!

It was like someone had struck a bell in his head.

"Buzz~"

Tianyan's pupils suddenly contracted, and the thoughts of "never mind," "no need," and "take a rest" in his mind were instantly ignited, burned away, and turned to ashes by the pink flames.

His eyes regained their clarity.

"Was that...mental interference?"

Tianyan frowned and looked down at the swaying flowers on the ground. Their colors were deeper than before, and the edges of the petals were covered with a faint, almost invisible white halo.

"It can even strip away the will to fight; that's quite a troublesome feature."

Without hesitation, he tapped the ground with his toes, took a burst of speed, and a shockwave rippled across the small area. He shot towards Hua Yu and Lu Suo like an arrow.

Hua Yu turned her head towards him, her eyeless face seemingly showing a hint of surprise.

It had already determined that Tianyan was affected, and should have been stunned for at least ten seconds, but from the time he was hit to his recovery, it was only three seconds.

three seconds.

What method did this human use to dispel the effect of the 'flower'?

Hua Yu had no time to think. It stomped its right foot on the ground, and several thick tree roots burst out from the ground, weaving a thick wall between it and Tian Yan. At the same time, the ground rippled like water, and its figure and Lu Suo's figure were slowly sinking into the ground.

"Trying to run away?"

Tianyan took out the Xuanzhong Ruler from his storage ring.

The ruler was entirely black, as tall as a person, and incredibly heavy, but Tianyan could no longer care about the suppressing curse power. He frantically poured his curse power into the Xuanzhong Ruler, and the surface of the ruler began to glow with a dark red luster.

That wasn't the color of flames, but rather the temperature of the ruler itself rising rapidly, from room temperature to several hundred degrees Celsius in an instant.

The purple-gold spell power flowed across the ruler, intertwining with the dark red ruler to form a dazzling light pattern.

Flames divide and devour waves!

Tianyan's body twisted in the air as the Xuanzhong Ruler slashed down from above, unleashing a massive burst of purplish-gold blade energy.

The blade aura was over ten meters long, shaped like a curved blade magnified countless times, leaving a scorching afterimage in the air. Wherever the blade aura passed, the air was torn apart, emitting a sharp shriek.

That wall, woven from tree roots, was as fragile as paper in the face of the blade's energy!

"Snap!"

The sound of tree roots snapping was as dense as firecrackers. The thick rootstocks were split in the middle by the blade's energy, the cross-sections were charred black, and they emitted the smell of burnt plants.

The blade energy didn't stop; it continued forward, cleaving through the second wall, the third wall, and penetrating deep underground!

Soil, gravel, tree roots—everything that stood in the way of the blade's energy was cleaved in two.

The blade energy traveled more than ten meters underground, successfully breaking through the vines and reaching the two people!

However, most of its strength had been used up along the way, leaving it only one meter long!

Hua Yu turned around and stretched out his right hand to block!

"laugh!"

A purplish-black liquid gushed from the wound on his palm, instantly evaporating under the high temperature of the blade energy, turning into a cloud of dark purple mist, but the blade energy also dissipated.

The weakened Flame Devouring Wave Ruler only managed to cleave a small opening in Hana's palm, but the pink flames remained on Hana's hand.

As if finding fuel, the pink flames burned fiercely at the wound on Hua Yu's right hand, spreading inward along the muscle lines, and Hua Yu's right hand began to spasm in the pink flames!

Hua Yu screamed in agony as he watched helplessly as most of his right hand was burned away almost instantly!

Its prized skin defenses were completely ineffective against the pink flames, instead accelerating their burning efficiency.

Its right hand transformed into a fiercely burning torch, illuminating the entire underground tunnel it had dug with the control of the vines!

As the pink flames rapidly spread upwards, Hua Yu hurriedly extended several slender vines from her body. These vines wrapped around her right arm like living things, tightening suddenly from the shoulder joint!

"Snap!"

The vine twisted off its own right arm.

The severed arm lay on the ground, still burning. The pink flames burned on the severed arm for a few more seconds before slowly going out.

The new right arm began to grow from the break in the shoulder, first white bone, then red muscle, and finally white skin, all in just a few seconds.

The new right arm is exactly the same as the original, but the excruciating pain still haunts it.

Hua Yu glanced in fear at Tian Yan, who was standing on the ground looking down, and quickly burrowed into the deeper darkness along with Lu Suo.

The ground returned to its original state, with soil, gravel, and fallen leaves—everything was exactly the same as before, as if nothing had ever happened.

Tianyan landed on the ground, Xuanzhong Ruler beside him. He looked down at the patch of ground with a gap, remained silent for a moment, and then closed his eyes to sense it.

No, I can't sense anything.

The aura of Hua Yu completely disappeared, as did the aura of Lu Suo, as if they had never existed.

However, the broken tree roots left behind still tell everyone how fierce the battle was.

"...They ran away."

Tianyan opened his eyes, his tone flat, revealing no emotion.

"It seems they've escaped; I can't sense their presence at all."

Shen Er walked up behind him, his flip-flops making a 'pat-pat' sound on the gravel. He twirled the Tian Ni Hao in his hand and then put it back on his waist.

He stood next to Tianyan, looked down at the still-burning severed arm in the cave, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"As expected of a cursed spirit, cutting off an arm to survive was swift and decisive."

Shen Er put the Heavenly Reverse Blade into his arms and patted the dust off his clothes: "I'm done here, I'm leaving now."

After taking two steps, he stopped again and glanced at Tianyan.

"That... one hundred million."

His voice carried an air of self-righteousness: "I've already accepted it, no refunds."

"I made my move, and I pierced her heart. I also took action against the cursed spirits afterward."

Tianyan's lips twitched slightly, and he nodded: "I didn't say you had to return it."

"That's good."

Shen Er put his hands back in his pockets, turned and walked out of the woods, waving his hand without looking back: "You can come to me again if you need this kind of work next time, the price is negotiable."