Chapter 253 Secret History, Above Special

The long and narrow alley separated the dim light emitted from the stalactites on the dome. In the dark corner, a hunched and embarrassed figure was curled up.

The place was deserted, and the sound of the fight between the man and the demon was earth-shaking. Any spell-binding master with sharp ears would either have to be brave enough to join in the fun, or choose to evacuate early.

From the underground river flowing nearby, there was the sound of quiet gurgling water; from afar, a loud “boom” sound came, and the ground underfoot was shaking unsteadily.

The battle between humans and demons has just begun, but the scale of destruction is enormous. It is hard to imagine that this phenomenon can be caused by a curse-master who mainly fights in close combat.

There was another series of explosions. The streets of the ghost market were collapsing, and the buildings were slowly falling like dominoes. This was a battlefield between supermen. If ordinary curse masters were caught up in it, they would be dead, just like the “Leatherworker” member who was crushed into pieces by the shock wave released by the young man’s fist…

This is probably the most serious destruction that Shanyin Ghost Market has experienced since its establishment.

The dragon vein riot that was said to destroy the entire dungeon was just a rumor so far; the encirclement and suppression of the “leatherworker” lineage mainly occurred outside the city and did not affect the streets.

But this is only natural—

Every corner of this city is built with ordinary bricks, tiles and cement, which is like a fragile toy castle in the hands of a child to the people who possess supernatural powers walking and living in it.

Curse masters are essentially incompatible with modern civilized society. The San’in Ghost Market, which is mainly composed of folk curse masters and has maintained a stable order for a long time, was born not by a miracle, nor by self-awareness and morality, but by the overwhelming strength of the person in power.

As the Dragon Slayer gradually disappears behind the scenes, once this deterrent force decreases, chaos and destruction will follow. Today’s battle is just the beginning.

Even if the combined strength of the four major “operating” forces is not weak, as long as they are not strong enough to intimidate people, they will not be able to prevent the disaster from coming.

——All this was within his expectations.

In order to realize his personal revenge ambition, it would not be a pity if the city was destroyed, but…

In this process, things still happen that are beyond imagination.

The old man covered his mouth, coughed violently twice, spat out a pool of blood, and showed a relieved expression.

…actually managed to dodge it.

The guy was obviously so powerful, and he preferred head-on combat, but no one knew what method he used to sneak up to them silently and then suddenly attack.

The attack was so powerful that he didn’t even have time to escape and almost died before he could accomplish his goal.

He activated the magic circle on the leatherworkers, concentrating their power on Scar Boss alone, and he became possessed.

Although this was a backup plan he had prepared a long time ago, he did not have high expectations for its effectiveness.

Because the young man had clearly set his sights on him, and with his speed, it would be easy for him to catch up and kill him; and he couldn’t control the transformed human-demon, so he couldn’t expect that crazy being to protect him…

But for unknown reasons, after seeing the birth of the human-demon, Cen Dongsheng let him go as if he was happy to see his prey.

He escaped, but the price was that his partner, the leatherworker lineage, became extinct, and he lost a useful chess piece.

Lame Old Seven knew that with the strength of Scar Boss and his group, they were not strong enough to challenge the Ghost Market. The operator was able to drive them away ten years ago, and they can still suppress their invasion today.

Besides, the old man’s target of revenge has always been “that one person”. After such a long period of preparation, Lame Old Seven has made one thing clear –

Only the best can fight against the best.

Therefore, he was in contact with the power that could truly fight against the Dragon Slayer.

“Zhang is the way…”

The old man muttered to himself.

During this period, the people he met were all people who attended the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, and he had not yet met the real person.

To be honest, he didn’t want to meet that person before he died, because once he met him, the power over life and death would probably fall into the hands of others.

“If I’m not mistaken, the reason why Senior Brother has retreated behind the scenes in the past few years is to refine the ‘thing’ that he believes can help him reach a higher level.”

“As long as this message is passed on, Zhang Shidao will definitely come…”

This was a plan he had made, but Lame Old Seven did not expect that the Super Working Committee and another special-class curse master would interfere, so he almost died at the hands of Cen Dongsheng.

He had heard of this man’s name. Some people said that Cen Dongsheng was the “strongest fighter” in the Super Working Committee. The reason why this saying spread was probably because a considerable number of the Curse Masters had no chance to witness the earth-shattering scene when the special Curse Master exerted his full strength.

From what the old man saw, although the young man was as strong as a monster, there was still a clear gap between him and his senior brother;

But if we add An Zhizhen, who is most likely a genuine special-class curse master, to the mix, the weight of the force becomes even greater than Zhang Shidao or his senior brother alone, and they can be said to be the strongest of the three forces.

Lame Old Seven didn’t know why the Ghost Market was targeted by the Super Working Committee at this time. He only knew that he didn’t have the heart to care about others anymore.

The arrow was on the string and had to be shot. As for whether the arrival of the Super Working Committee would ruin his plan or trigger other unexpected events, all he could do was leave it to fate.

“It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter…”

The old man caught his breath, slowly crawled up from the corner, and laughed hoarsely.

Wanting to kill a special-class spell-binding master would trigger a fight between two special-class spell-binding masters, and one would have to walk a tightrope between them. The hope of successfully carrying out the plan was already slim.

Lame Old Seven has put life and death, success and failure aside. People who have this awareness will not be discouraged and will just go for it until the end of their lives.

*
Cen Dongsheng raised his head and looked at the light in the sky, which was completely different from the light on the ground. It fell on the street that was once lined with shops but was now a pile of ruins.

He lowered his head again and looked at the human-demon that he had defeated with his fists. His head was gone, leaving only half of his huge body, lying quietly in the empty ruins.

After refining the power obtained from his prey, Cen Dongsheng closed his eyes, feeling the power dormant in his body piece together another fragment, while thinking about the causes and consequences of what had just happened.

After getting over the excitement of the fierce battle, he thought about more.

“The mutation just now was man-made.”

The demons that Cen Dongsheng has encountered so far are: the dead “Tiger Demon” and the “Ape Demon” whose true form is a mandrill, an ancient god of adultery;

As for the third one, although it is essentially a monster whose will is dominated by a bull demon, in principle, it should be more like a human demon born after a curse master went astray.

The corruption of the spell-binding master and the fictional creatures born out of people’s worship and belief are the two main sources of “demons”. “The formation on Scar Boss’s body is the reason why he went astray. How could someone do such a thing?”

At that time, the third demon he encountered was right in front of Cen Dongsheng, and he didn’t want to miss this opportunity, so he focused on killing the demon;

Having said that, he had developed a strong interest in the old man who had escaped.

“The real Scar Boss doesn’t have the capital to compete with me. This human demon has gone further on the road to becoming a ‘fierce evil’ than the ancestor of the Jiang family.”

During the fight just now, the blood-colored mist that was wrapped around the demon was undoubtedly a kind of evil spirit.

It can’t cause any trouble in front of Cen Dongsheng, but if other spell-control masters encounter it before they have mastered the “supernatural power”, it would be like a piercing pain to the heart and bones, and death would befall them if they are touched. The true Qi that is lethal to ghosts and monsters would in turn be dissolved by higher-level energy.

Just as he expected, this ferocious beast that could be called the killer of the curse master was most likely stacked up.

Scar Boss himself, the skin covering his body, his group of leatherworker subordinates, and the human skins they stripped off… at least nearly a hundred kinds of powers belonging to the living or the dead were all poured into his body, causing him to go crazy.

The principle seems simple and crude, but the more likely consequence of this approach is that the incompatible forces will collide violently and completely destroy each other. It is not a simple method to create a human demon in a balanced way.

In addition, Cen Dongsheng still remembered that when Lame Old Seven took his fist, the light emitted from his feet formed a simple formation that could mobilize all the energy from the nearby earth veins. There was also a lot to it here.

People who are good at spells and bans in the field of formations often choose to rely on large forces because they lack the ability to protect themselves. In order to solve this dilemma, spell ban masters have come up with various strategies…

Although Cen Dongsheng knew about this, he did not expect that someone could invent this technology in this era.

With the knowledge and skills that this old man has currently demonstrated, he will be able to occupy a place among the ranks of researchers even eight years later.

In the world of spell-breakers, strength is certainly respected, but if one can demonstrate groundbreaking achievements in terms of intelligence like those outstanding scientists and spell-breaker researchers, even if one is an ordinary person, he will be respected. At least under the rule of the Philosopher King, this is common sense.

Lame Old Seven…

Cen Dongsheng had never heard of this name and didn’t remember any big shot who looked like him.

He possessed such talent, enough to lead the times and qualified to engrave his own name in the history of curse-masters, but he was unknown before his rebirth. What happened in between?
He also thought of how the Dragon Slayer was once one of the most famous special-class curse masters in the Chinese region, and was unrivaled in his glory. Moreover, with the mountain-moving skills he had demonstrated in the future “Battle for Dragon Veins”, he proved to the entire world of curse masters the tremendous power of special-class curses that was enough to subvert society.

Such a great man died long before the second wave arrived, without making any noise.

Cen Dongsheng seemed to have some feelings.

“Is there some connection between the two?”

But no matter how skilled Lame Old Seven was, it was a bit unrealistic for him to want to kill a top-notch spell-binding master. The old man could only choose to flee in embarrassment in front of him.

“……interesting.”

He decided to share the news and speculation with Sister Zhizhen.

Cen Dongsheng believes that this trip to the ghost market may not end so easily. There are things more valuable than the “Battle for Dragon Veins” that are worth exploring.

——Is that what elder sister intuited, “the secret that the dragon slayer wants to pursue to a higher level”?

*
“Teacher Cen.”

“Master.”

After he lifted his invisibility, two teammates appeared in front of him. Cen Dongsheng smiled and greeted the girl.

“It’s been resolved.”

Jiang Yunmei’s eyes fell on the miserable corpse, and then he looked around. What came into his sight was a huge ruin. He sighed:
“But the whole street was badly damaged.”

“Not many people died.”

“Haha, after all, we are all curse masters, so we should be more sensitive than ordinary people. We should run away as soon as we realize that the situation is not good.”

Jiang Yunmei used her “clairvoyance” to confirm the scale of damage caused by the battle that lasted only a few minutes. She couldn’t help but say to Cen Dongsheng:

“I took a look and found that Teacher Cen had turned almost one-third of the ghost market upside down. Will the cost of repairing it be…?”

“No matter how high the price is, if they have any self-awareness, they won’t mention it to me.”

Cen Dongsheng shrugged.

There is no Ultraman fighting monsters in this world. In order to protect humans in battle, we have to consider the principle of crushing fewer buildings.

In this regard, the ruling bureau encourages curse masters to let loose in their battles with demons and monsters. Even if some of them do seem to enjoy wreaking havoc to vent their emotions, it is at least better than letting monsters eat people.

“Besides, they should be the ones to pay me. If we want to deal with that traitor and the leatherworker, especially that human demon, it is estimated that our forces will suffer heavy losses.”

Talent is always the most valuable resource. Before the operators of Shanyin Ghost Market came over, Cen Dongsheng was already thinking about how to ask for a reward.

……

Things developed just as Cen Dongsheng expected. After the dust settled, the person who came from the ghost market was their representative, Yue Sihan, the head of Tianbao Pavilion.

He was quite perceptive. Before Cen Dongsheng spoke, Yue Sihan took the initiative to express his gratitude, saying that all the damage had nothing to do with Mr. Cen, and that subsequent negotiations and communication with the curse masters whose interests were damaged would be the responsibility of others, and that Tianbao Pavilion would, on behalf of the ghost market operator, provide him with rewards for defeating the demon.

“That guy is a ‘fierce demon’ whose strength surpasses that of ordinary A-class ghosts. The evil spirit wrapped around him is a great threat to the curse master, just like poison and strong acid to ordinary people. He is not easy to deal with. Any of your men who go up against him will die.”

Cen Dongsheng warned seriously.

“I understand, I understand…”

Yue Sihan smiled apologetically with a respectful look on his face.

Although I don’t quite understand the principles of evil spirits and evil energy, but in this situation, of course I just have to do whatever my big brother says.

No one would question it if they had witnessed the mighty battle between this man and the demon.

Those who are capable should have done it themselves long ago, but unfortunately, except for the elusive big boss, no one among them has the courage to do so.

(End of this chapter)