Chapter 186
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Chapter 186: Curse, A Minor Trick
People rarely reflect on their own flaws.
Huameng loved mischief and took cruel pleasure in toying with others, yet she hated becoming the target herself.
Mu Lin’s retaliation left her annoyed.
Still, she hadn’t yet grasped how dire things would become.
“A curse? Clever… but futile against me.”
Just as curse techniques exist, so do ways to counter them.
Protections, purifications, substitutions, redirections—countless methods rendered curses solvable. Worse, curses disrupted natural harmony and couldn’t grant immortality, relegating them to despised, unorthodox paths.
Many scorned such arts, Huameng included.
Now cursed, she activated Phasing again, diminishing her presence to evade the curse’s effects.
“Curses need targets. If I vanish, how will yours strike?”
This worked—if she stayed phased, Mu Lin’s curse might fail.
But earlier, his coffin nail had pierced her heart and Corpse Dog soul, forging a link. Her Phasing and invisibility no longer hid her from him, rendering the tactic useless.
Huameng soon noticed but remained unworried.
“Heh, stubborn curse? Then… *split!*”
*Hum!*
A spectral clone split from her body, carrying her Information Marks like Mu Lin’s Substitute Paper Figure.
Had Mu Lin seen this, he’d understand why Nail the Seven Spirits—though slow and nonlethal—earned its master-level status.
Ordinary curses failed against skilled Qi Practitioners. Clones diverted attacks, purges cleansed marks, guardian spirits shielded bodies… Cultivators had endless defenses.
With a normal curse, Huameng’s clone would’ve absorbed the curse Mark, letting her trace Mu Lin’s location. Most curse-wielding villains died this way.
But Nail the Seven Spirits wasn’t ordinary. Though not instantly fatal, it targeted the Three Souls and Seven Spirits—the core of one’s being. No ordinary defense could block it.
Now, Huameng paled.
“Useless? Impossible!”
As panic gripped her, her twin brother Hua Yingguang saw her distress and roared:
“Who dares?!”
Enraged, he released dozens of clones to scour the area for traces of evil spirits. Like Chu Hongxuan and the rest, this noble-born youth refused to believe Mu Lin could’ve secretly attacked Huameng without anyone noticing.
As expected, his search yielded nothing. Furious, he roared, "Cowardly ghost, show yourself—"
An irritated Huameng cut him off. "Quiet! No evil spirit attacked me. This was Mu Lin’s curse technique."
Eyebrows rose among the group. Just like Huameng earlier, they all scorned curse techniques.
Yuance chuckled. "Getting hurt by a curse? How shameful, Huameng. My Pure Yang Body grants me Immunity to All Methods." His physique naturally countered most dark arts.
Chu Hongxuan snorted. "Curses? My vitality dwarfs any ordinary person’s. What stains others would dilute to nothing in me."
Yan Zhanpeng didn’t boast outright but offered help. "I’ve studied curses. Allow me to remove yours, Miss Huameng." His casual tone implied equal disdain for both the curse and its victim.
Huameng seethed internally but smiled sweetly. "How generous! Since proper conduct forbids physical contact, I’ll simply transfer this curse to you all. Surely my honorable brothers won’t object?"
Yuance and Chu Hongxuan exchanged smirks. They knew Huameng’s tricks—and that none present were true gentlemen. But with observers watching, maintaining reputation mattered. Pretending magnanimity, they agreed.
Through secret techniques, Huameng copied her curse onto them. Instantly, each felt stabbing heart pain.
Yuance laughed. "Not bad—breaking my defenses! But no matter. Pure Yang Flame, cleanse!" White fire erupted around him, famed for purging evil and healing wounds. The heart injury vanished… yet discomfort lingered.
"My Pure Yang Body repels all corruption!" Yuance stared at his hands. "Why isn’t it working?!"
Chu Hongxuan frowned as his own vitality failed to neutralize the curse. Murmurs spread—this was no ordinary technique.
