Chapter 287

Chapter 287: A Mouse Crossing the Street

“Ding, damn the Nine Heavens, stinky Nine Heavens, annoying Nine Heavens!”

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow.

“What’s the deal with cursing the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens for no reason?” Lu Ye asked.

“Ding, he won’t let me watch the show!”

Lu Ye…

Fine, you go ahead and curse!

Lu Ye was currently setting up a formation, not your usual deadly array, but a witchcraft formation.

It was called the Hundred Thousand Curse Return Great Formation.

The main function of this formation was to enhance the power of curses.

Just like the Mountain Sea Sect and Invincible Sword Sect were thinking about blending into the crowd, Lu Ye indeed had no particularly good way to deal with them.

But that didn’t mean Lu Ye was going to back down.

He was hesitant to take action, but someone else was.

Curses unleashed.

This curse was called the Mist Lock Curse!

Before him lay the remains of items from the Invincible Sword Sect and the Mountain Sea Sect, including blue bricks from the ground, stones from the training arena, and a variety of objects that everyone from these two sects might have come into contact with.

Through these items.

Soon, threads of causation began to appear, way too many—hundreds, thousands, countless.

Lu Ye was using the two sects as cursed objects, cursing all of their members directly.

The Mist Lock Curse, through the Hundred Thousand Curse Return Great Formation, instantly fused into these threads of causation.

In a split second, the curse took shape.

…

Inside an inn, people were chatting away, recounting the tales of Lu Ye’s battles against the various sects, marveling at his prowess.

They directly criticized the treacherous behaviors of the six major sects.

Everyone cheered, as the once-mighty six sects were now in shambles; many were quite pleased with this turn of events—the more powerful the fall, the more exhilarating it felt.

“Fellow Daoist Liu, now that the Invincible Sword Sect and Mountain Sea Sect are hiding among the masses, trying to turn everyone into shields, what are your thoughts?”

Liu Cheng smiled at this.

“What you all choose to do is your business, but I’m afraid I can’t comment on this matter.”

Suddenly, black mist began to swirl around him.

Liu Cheng’s face changed, and he hurriedly pushed True Essence, trying to dispel the black mist.

But the black mist clung to him like a stubborn leech, no matter what methods he used, he couldn’t get rid of it.

“A curse? Fellow Daoist Liu, who did you offend? Why would you be cursed?”

“This curse doesn’t seem harmful. This black mist looks more like a mark?”

Liu Cheng kept trying to dispel it but failed.

Amidst the astonished gazes of everyone, he hurriedly took his leave!

In a valley, a powerful figure was being besieged.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, today you have nowhere to escape, why struggle any further? We’re not here to take your life; you only need to hand over the Mountain Sea Sect’s various secret techniques and skills, and we will naturally let you go!”

“If you’re smart, just surrender quickly, or you’ll definitely regret it!”

“The Mountain Sea Sect has betrayed its principles, trying to use us all as cannon fodder. This sect is finished; you might as well defect directly and find a way to survive!”

Suddenly, large amounts of black mist surged from Chen Xing.

Everyone froze—was that a curse?

In a secret chamber.

A figure, covered in wounds, had his white clothes stained red with blood.

“Fellow Daoist, why endure such pain? Just hand over the secret methods and techniques of the Invincible Sword Sect, and I can guarantee you will leave safely!”

A whip struck fiercely at this person.

Each strike was enough to make him neither live nor die.

Suddenly, black mist appeared on him.

The previously numb disciple of the Invincible Sword Sect looked at the black mist rising from his body with terror in his eyes.

He believed he had no enemies.

No, there was only one enemy.

That was Lu Ye.

But he had never seen Lu Ye before.

And now, if black mist was appearing on him, didn’t that mean everyone from the Invincible Sword Sect was also marked with black mist?

The people surrounding these disciples were all eyeing them hungrily.

And yet the disciples were completely marked with this iconic black mist…

Despair!

Truly deep despair flooded his heart.

As one figure after another was marked with black mist, curiosity began to rise about the cause behind this phenomenon.

It turned out, just a few casual inquiries revealed that anyone with black mist on them was either from the Mountain Sea Sect or the Invincible Sword Sect???

No exceptions?

Not only the disciples from these two sects were marked. Elders, and even titans from the Heaven and Earth Realm, also found themselves affected by this unending black mist. No matter how hard they tried to dispel it, fresh black mist kept coming through the threads of causation.

Some wanted to sever the threads of causation to cut off the curse’s source.

That’s fine.

But within their sects, the items connected to causation were simply too many.

If they had to put in great efforts to sever one, another would easily be linked back.

“Get out of the city!”

“Damn the people from the Invincible Sword Sect, leave the city immediately. Sang City doesn’t welcome you!”

“Get out of our town; you think you can drag the whole town down with you? What a wicked heart!”

“Catch him, don’t let him escape! The ‘Invincible Sword Classic’, I’ve coveted it for far too long.”

The people from the Invincible Sword Sect and Mountain Sea Sect had completely become mice crossing the street.

Not just any mice, but mice radiating golden light, with treasure hidden in their bellies.

This was Lu Ye’s strategy.

He possessed the Aroma of Achievement in Dao, and he could not enter the city.

Now, you all have black mist on you, think you can hide? As if hiding would do any good!

The entire Fourth Heaven was shouting death threats at the members of the Mountain Sea Sect and Invincible Sword Sect.

There was no need for Lu Ye to lift a finger; legions of disciples were either being killed, expelled, or imprisoned.

Though the strong ones from the two sects were safe, their locations had been exposed. Wherever they showed up, other strong individuals either chased them away or fled outright.

There was no other choice. The strong ones from the two sects were like two super powerful time bombs.

Who knew when Lu Ye would appear nearby and bewilder the crowd with the Aroma of Achievement in Dao, burying them in his great formation?

At that moment, the people from the two sects were in utter despair.

“Ding ding ding…”

The System in Lu Ye’s mind made some shocking but excited noises.

“Ding, host, something’s off, very off.”

Lu Ye raised an eyebrow. “What’s wrong?”

“Ding, Bai Qiulan and Yue Hongling are both acting very strangely. My informant, through my continuous efforts, finally met with the two and wanted to eat their gossip.”

“Ding, although it didn’t succeed, she detected an unusual scent.”

Lu Ye frowned.

“What’s unusual?”