Chapter 610: Chapter 0605: Curse and Blessing

“Fang Yan Yu?”

The Sky Passage Sect Master’s gloomy green eyes stared at Chen Yu, exerting a tremendous oppressive force.

Despite being seriously injured, with his strength greatly lessened, he remained a force to reckon with in the Sky Sea Realm, resonating with the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, his might was formidable.

“Fang Yan Yu failed to kill me and, having already obtained the Blood Star Holy Pill, he has probably already left the Blood Star Realm by now.”

Chen Yu replied quite calmly.

“You’re right, he probably has returned.”

The Sky Passage Sect Master nodded, his eyes suddenly shooting out a fierce gleam, “But the first part of your statement, I don’t believe a word of it!”

The Sky Passage Sect Master was very clear on how strong Fang Yan Yu was.

For him to fail in killing a junior at the late Guiyuan Realm? That sounded far-fetched.

Moreover, seeing how Chen Yu, the one pursued, appeared unscathed, made it even more puzzling.

Boom!

Extending his hand, the Sky Passage Sectmaster conjured an enormous amount of Evil Corpse Qi, shaping it into a dark green palm that brutally attempted to capture Chen Yu.

He wanted to interrogate Chen Yu personally.

Naturally, Chen Yu had no intention of being captured without a fight. He immediately drew the Demon Flood Dragon Sword, accumulating power in his heart, and his strength surged as he unleashed a tyrannical black Sword Qi.

Pop and splatter!

The dark green palm enveloped the black Sword Qi in an instant. Chen Yu was blasted back dozens of feet, his blood churning and nearly injured, a chill running through his heart.

And this… was just a casual strike from the weakened state of the Sky Passage Sect Master, aimed at capturing Chen Yu alive, not killing him.

“Hmph! This brat… surely has some tricks up his sleeve!”

The Sky Passage Sect Master’s gaze flickered.

“Retreat!”

By now, Chen Yu had already executed the Demon Dragon Shadow Control, taking out the black remnant wings to amplify his speed, and swiftly making his escape.

Having obtained the Blood Star Holy Pill, he had no need to entangle himself with the Sky Passage Sect Master of the Sky Sea Realm, nor did he wish to reveal his Golden Red Phoenix bloodline.

“Where do you think you’re going!”

The Sky Passage Sect Master immediately gave chase. Chen Yu was his only clue, and he couldn’t let him get away.

As a Sky Sea Realm Evil Corpse, the Sky Passage Sect Master burst forth with incredible speed, rapidly closing the distance to Chen Yu.

Thump thump! Thump thump thump!

Chen Yu’s heart pulsed explosively, doubling his usual speed, turning him into a streak of black light. Dragging a long trail of black wind, resembling a dragon’s tail, he vanished in an instant.

“If the Sky Passage Sect Master learns of my true strength, he will definitely suspect that I killed Fang Yan Yu and obtained the Blood Star Holy Pill!”

Chen Yu thought to himself.

He wasn’t afraid of the Sect Master’s suspicions, but of the possibility that the latter would deliberately spread such rumors, making him the enemy of powerful beings across the Three Realms.

“What secret technique did this child use? And those wings… his speed is unprecedented!”

A heavy feeling descended upon the heart of the Sky Passage Sect Master.

With the heart’s explosion and the black remnant wings, Chen Yu’s flight speed was at least equal to a half-step Sky Sea, and exceptionally agile.

The Corpse Dao body of the Sky Passage Sect Master was not known for its speed. Combined with his successive injuries, his current speed was only on par with a half-step Sky Sea.

In this complex and restrictive area, with poor visibility, Chen Yu was about to disappear from sight as time passed, frustrating the Sky Passage Sect Master to the point of grinding his teeth.

“Corpse Bone Curse!”

The Sky Passage Sect Master suddenly clenched his teeth, letting out a growl, a sinister dark green Qi rose from his body, exuding a cold and forbidding aura that made people wary to approach.

“You won’t escape…”

With grievous determination in his green eyes, the Sky Passage Sect Master tracked Chen Yu. The eerie power that began to swirl around him condensed into a wisp of gray-green thread and shot forth instantly.

Chen Yu, in the midst of his escape, felt an unusual sensation. He saw a gray-green thread nearing him like a disgusting, elongated worm, which coiled around him over a dozen times before suddenly tightening.

“What is this?”

Chen Yu was startled internally, feeling repulsed by the mere sight of the thread.

“Ha ha, struck by the ‘Corpse Bone Curse,’ you won’t be able to go anywhere, and your death is inevitable!”

A sinister smile twisted the pale face of the Sky Passage Sect Master.

The Corpse Bone Curse was a curse he had stumbled upon by accident. When the Sky-reaching Sect was still in power, this technique was deemed too sinister and was classified as a Forbidden Technique, not to be used.

It was his first time performing it, and as an Evil Corpse, it came to him as if by instinct.

This curse was not easily removed by ordinary means and would ensnare the victim for a lifetime until the curse completed its course.

Those afflicted with the Corpse Bone Curse would emit a corpse Qi, attracting all zombies within a thousand miles.

Furthermore, this corpse Qi would steadily erode the infected person until they turned into a zombie, at which point the curse would naturally dissipate.

“With the Corpse Bone Curse, you won’t escape from the palm of my hand.”

The Sky Passage Sect Master sneered calmly, unfazed.

However, the next moment, the Sect Master’s expression froze, his gaze became dull, and his mind blanked.

Hum!

As the thread coiled around Chen Yu tightened and touched his body, a burst of pure white light erupted from within him.

In an instant, the gray-green thread melted away as quickly as the snow under the blazing sun.

Chen Yu’s body radiated a holy light, growing brighter and brighter until it formed the apparition of a dignified woman who protected Chen Yu in front of her with her pure white jade hands.

“What is this?”

Even Chen Yu was stunned as he gazed at the unclear apparition in the void, his mind momentarily recalling the woman who had bestowed the “Blessing of the Departed” in his dream.

Hum and whoosh!

The sacred pure light shone forth, dispelling the gray-green thread like darkness before the light, vanishing without a trace.

In the next moment, the pure light also dissipated into the air, as if it had never appeared.

Chen Yu couldn’t figure it out and didn’t think much about it, immediately departing.

“The Corpse Bone Curse… actually ineffective! It was broken in an instant!”

A torrent of shock churned in the heart of the Sky Passage Sect Master.

He was very clear about how powerful the Corpse Bone Curse, which the Sky Passage Sect had listed as a Forbidden Technique, was. Even those who were slightly above his own cultivation level in the Sky Sea Realm would find it almost impossible to resolve.

Yet, when he used it against a junior at the late stage of the Guiyuan Realm, it had failed!

There were only two explanations for this situation.

First, the person on whom the technique was used had a strength far surpassing the Sky Passage Sect Master. He immediately dismissed this thought.

Second, the person on whom the technique was used had a powerful force that countered curses.

The Sky Passage Sect Master knew from an ancient text that the other force corresponding to a curse was a blessing, known in some places as prayer.

This power was completely opposite to that of curses and belonged to two forces as incompatible as water and fire!

“The Corpse Bone Curse was actually dispelled in an instant. The person who bestowed the blessing power on this youth has truly astonishing strength, beyond imagination!”

The Sky Passage Sect Master drew in a cold breath, his expression showing wariness.

After using the Corpse Bone Curse, he had damaged his foundation and could not chase after Chen Yu.

Currently, the people of the Three Realms had the strongest position here due to their numbers. As long as Chen Yu joined up with them, the Sky Passage Sect Master could do nothing to them.

“With this speed… it’s completely possible that he avoided Fang Yan Yu’s pursuit.”

The Sky Passage Sect Master muttered, basically believing Chen Yu’s explanation.

However.

What he could never have imagined was that Fang Yan Yu had already been killed by Chen Yu, and the Blood Star Holy Pill had also fallen into the latter’s hands.

…

After shaking off the Sky Passage Sect Master, Chen Yu stopped.

After returning to the Kunyun Sacred Land, he would likely still face interrogation, and he must dispose of Fang Yan Yu’s corpse.

Chen Yu took everything from Fang Yan Yu’s storage bag, including Fang Yan Yu’s spiritual artifacts, the inner armor on his body, and that “Devouring Ghost Pearl.”

Then, he used the “Blood Crystal Flame” to burn Fang Yan Yu’s corpse, leaving nothing behind, not even ashes.

“Such rich spoils, I wonder if it will raise suspicion!”

Chen Yu said with a smile while organizing his gains.

The sword and inner armor possessed by Fang Yan Yu were all high-grade spiritual artifacts and would be coveted by some elders upon his return to the Holy Land.

And the “Devouring Ghost Pearl” was an even greater weapon, capable of turning the tide in a critical moment.

Chen Yu had seen Fang Yan Yu use the “Devouring Ghost Pearl” to launch Ghost Path spiritual attacks that would damage one’s own soul, practically a nefarious object that harms the user as much as the enemy.

If the opponent had strong soul defense measures, using this malevolent item would amount to self-mutilation.

Like Chen Yu’s “Four Jade Soul Bead,” for instance.

Mentioning this spiritual artifact, Chen Yu glanced at the string of beads in his hand.

Originally, there were three vibrantly lustrous jade stones. Now, only two remained, which meant this spiritual artifact could only sustain two more damages before being completely scrapped.

After sorting out the spoils of war, Chen Yu returned to the Medicine King Mansion.

As long as he disguised himself well and returned to the Kunyun Sacred Land with the others, he would be out of trouble.

Just after returning to the Medicine King Mansion, Chen Yu saw the previously unconscious Baili Feng being treated for his wounds, guarded by five people.

Baili Feng had an arm and even half a shoulder cut off by the carefree Sword Qi. His injuries were extremely severe, and he would have undoubtedly died if these individuals from the Sky Wolf Realm hadn’t arrived in time.

“You’re still alive?”

Yan Gao, the top Inner Sect Disciple from the Sky Wolf Realm, stared at Chen Yu with a somber gaze filled with doubt.

He knew that Chen Yu had followed Baili Feng, Lv Jingguang, and the others to vie for the Blood Star Holy Pill.

Of the six, besides Baili Feng who was severely injured but not dead, even the Half-step Sky Sea practitioner Lv Jingguang was cut into pieces, yet Chen Yu now appeared unharmed out of nowhere.

Not to mention Yan Gao, the rest were also extremely surprised. Baili Feng, the individual involved, was also astonished, but he didn’t know what had happened either.

“Young man, in whose hands is the Blood Star Holy Pill?”

An Elder from the group, Elder Wu, stared at Chen Yu, his Half-step Sky Sea pressure bearing down, causing the air to thicken.

At the Sky-reaching Peak, Elder Wu was ready to make a move on Chen Yu to force out the Space Palm Technique that Chen Yu had obtained but was interrupted by Fang Yanling.

To make matters worse, he was then badly beaten by Fang Yanling.

Later, Elder Wu heard that Chen Yu had not only obtained the Space Palm Technique but also the complete space inheritance, which made Elder Wu even more envious.

Faced with Elder Wu’s pressure, Chen Yu remained calm and unaffected.

He had killed the Golden Winged Phoenix, and compared to the Golden Winged Phoenix, Elder Wu’s pressure was like a sudden breeze.

“The Fang Brothers and Sisters joined forces and drove back the Sky Passage Sect Master. Fang Yan Yu is very likely to have obtained the Blood Star Holy Pill and has left the Blood Star Realm.”

Chen Yu shifted the blame onto Fang Yan Yu, who was already dead.

Upon hearing this, everyone looked down, resigned to having lost their chance at the Blood Star Holy Pill.

“Is that so? Then why was Fang Yanling still fighting with the Sky Passage Sect Master when I arrived, and where did you go? Why are you only getting back now?”

Elder Wu, experienced and meticulous, bombarded Chen Yu with questions, exuding an even more formidable aura.

If it were an ordinary person, confronted with such questioning from Elder Wu, they would certainly become flustered and show flaws.

But Chen Yu was not afraid of him and had no fear.

“Elder Wu, wait till I capture this man, then you can interrogate him.”

Yan Gao suddenly stepped forward.

“Chen Yu, you took my ‘Four Jade Soul Bead’ back then. Now it’s time to settle this!”

Yan Gao had always wanted to personally finish off Chen Yu but had never found the chance. Now that the Blood Star Holy Pill was in someone else’s hands and the expedition to the Blood Star Realm was coming to an end, he wanted to avenge his earlier humiliation.

“Just you?”

Chen Yu let out a light laugh, his tone carefree, which to Yan Gao, sounded arrogant and dismissive.