Time passed bit by bit, and Mo Di clearly felt the curses around him growing restless.
Their agitation reflected the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s emotions gradually spiraling out of control; clearly, she had sensed some danger.
But as a cult god who had not experienced the baptism of modern thermal weapons, she didn’t know why that strange object on the offering table gave her such a feeling.
Even if she knew, it wouldn't matter; her curses couldn't interfere with inanimate objects, and there were no living beings nearby for her to influence.
“Counting the time, it’s almost ready.”
Mo Di kept track of the time in his mind, silently counting: “Three, two, one, blast.”
The unrest of the curses reached its peak, contrasted by the excitement swelling in Mo Di’s heart.
He even heard the cry of the Corvus, and the strengthening death energy proved it wasn't a hallucination.
The bloodthirsty audience had tipped him again.
“Boom—”
Under the gaze of Mo Di and several Frostblood Abominations, the small hill sealing the Black Sky Buddha Mother collapsed in an explosion.
The shockwave arrived first, kicking up large amounts of earth, stone, and sand, followed by the sound of the explosion.
The commotion was so great that even the Earth God Shrine, far from the altar, could see and hear it.
“What kind of magical treasure is this?” The Earth God looked horrified; in his memory, only top-tier cultivators could create such a spectacle.
Long Yutian twitched his lips, “Modern technology. I just don’t know if it will work on her.”
The Earth God narrowed his eyes, a trace of incense wish power gathering within them. A moment later, he wiped away a tear and declared:
“From this old man’s discerning eye, such terrifying supreme Yang fire, even if it cannot eliminate her, whose essence is a curse, it is enough to severely wound her.”
Thinking of this, a hint of fear arose in his heart.
‘I didn’t expect the human race of other worlds to master such terrifying magical treasures. Fortunately, the mist is not connected to the Great Xuan Dynasty.
Otherwise, if the three dukes and nine ministers in the imperial court knew about it, who knows what kind of waves it would cause.’
The dust and sand stirred up by the shockwave expanded outwards.
As it reached Mo Di’s face, the constant spells 【Mana Protection】 and 【Bloodflame Barrier】 instantly activated, blocking all the dust and sand.
Without waiting for the dust to clear, Mo Di moved, personally leading the Frostblood Abominations towards the center of the explosion.
After the explosion, he keenly noticed that the surrounding curses first calmed for an instant, then erupted in fury.
All the curses in Lianxin Village were drawn by something, surging towards the center of the explosion.
The closer he got, the louder and more piercing the cries of babies became, as if warning him not to go any further.
“It seems I still underestimated you. With such a display, your strength must have been close to an Eternal before the blast.”
But the past is the past. Now, after taking a big explosion, the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s strength has probably dropped significantly again.
Mo Di continued to advance, exhaling cold wind with the Frostblood Abominations, dispersing the dust that obscured their vision.
The scene ahead became clear. In the center of the explosion, which had become a large pit, a massive amount of curses gathered, forming a gigantic black-purple humanoid figure.
Its appearance was similar to the previous sculpture, but without the red cloth covering its head, the disgusting mouth-like appendage that replaced its skull was visible.
Even Mo Di, who had seen much, was still startled by her freely abstract appearance.
“Offer your name, offer your name…”
A faint murmur sounded in his ears, and an inexplicable fear grew in his heart. He immediately realized this was the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s curse affecting him.
After a moment of hesitation, a name blurted out: “The Fierce Tiger of Ritang, Pure-hearted Ding Yilang.”
The murmur in his ear paused for a moment, then the sound grew much louder. It was clear that the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s anger was rising.
But he didn’t give the Black Sky Buddha Mother a chance to think, rattling off a string of names like a menu:
“Eastern Snow Lotus.”
“Cthulhu · Giving Candy.”
“Tadokoro Kouji.”
“…”
Finally realizing her murmuring was useless, the Black Sky Buddha Mother simply closed her mouth, fully concentrating on cultivating fear in Mo Di’s heart.
But that was also useless.
He had already experienced similar sensations when dealing with the Wendigo. Now, having fused with the Wendigo Bloodline and cultivated martial arts, his mental resistance was immeasurably higher than before.
Even his unenhanced self might not have been induced into fear, let alone now.
“You seem to have quite a few little tricks. Why don’t you just attack directly?”
Mo Di calmed the fear in his heart, equipped the Page of Devian, and with a slight raise of his hand, a large volley of Ice Arrows shot towards the Black Sky Buddha Mother.
The Page of Devian enhanced his spellcasting ability; even basic ice spells like Ice Arrows were wielded by him like Ice Bombs, exploding wherever they hit.
Facing this overwhelming rain of arrows, the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s massive body was too slow to dodge, and she could only shake the strange tools in her hands, forming a curse barrier to protect herself.
On one of her left hands, a bleeding human head opened its eyes, its lips moving as it chanted obscure scriptures, bolstering the barrier.
In the bowl held by her other hand, blood boiled and flew out, transforming into a scarlet cloth that wrapped around her body, forming a second line of defense.
The arrow rain and the curse barrier collided, erupting in a large cloud of ice mist, further lowering the temperature on the field.
The low-temperature environment made Mo Di feel comfortable. He took a deep breath of concentrated Aether, waved his hand again, and released another dense volley of Ice Arrows.
White mist permeated the area, and the Frostblood Abominations merged into the fog, silently circling behind to approach the Black Sky Buddha Mother.
She was busy dealing with the continuous rain of arrows and didn't notice the Frostblood Abominations suddenly raising their ice blades, attacking from the side and rear.
The ice blades, infused with Cold Blood True Qi, annihilated the curses that made up her body. Each swing carried away a portion of the cursed black energy.
Caught off guard, a part of the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s attention was diverted, and her frontal defense line was also breached, completely torn apart by the arrow rain.
“Now this is what a mage should be like.”
Mo Di, guarded by several Frostblood Abominations, calmly cast spells and absorbed Aether, acting as a turret-style mage.
The mutual conversion of Cold Blood True Qi and magic power, concentrated Aether, death energy, along with the Wendigo's three-piece set and the blessings of De Wei An.
With various positive buffs stacked, he was now a human-shaped self-propelled turret with no spell cooldowns, large mana reserves, and high spell power.
Who would dare say he wasn't a legitimate Archmage now?
“You go too far…!”
In a fit of rage, the Black Sky Buddha Mother spoke for the first time with her own voice, rather than that murmuring sound.
She knew that if this continued, she wouldn't last long before being killed by the endless Ice Arrows.
Those zombie-like fellows behind her were easy to deal with, but if she was distracted, the continuous rain of arrows would exploit the opening.
The death energy on the Ice Arrows was too effective against her; even though her essence was a curse, she would be slowly worn down by the death energy.
‘How could I encounter such a freak? He summons an Upper Being at the slightest disagreement. Are people from other worlds all so ruthless?’
At this point, the Black Sky Buddha Mother disregarded the consumption of her own foundation. Vague figures appeared one by one, guarding her.
These figures were male and female, old and young, all people who had offered their true names to her.
Mo Di glanced at them, his brows slightly furrowed, a clear displeasure on his face.
Roughly counting the faces that were clearly infants, an exaggerated number appeared in his mind, and his right hand involuntarily rested on his sword hilt.
“…Evil cult god, you deserve to die.”
Blood mist dispersed, cold air condensed, and a layer of blood-colored ice armor wrapped around his body, beneath which were countless pale grey scales.
The Wendigo skull was also covered in frost, its empty eye sockets seeming to flash with bloody light, integrated with the gas mask below.
If people from the Eternity continent saw his appearance, they would very likely mistake him for a mutated Wendigo.
The power of death intertwined with the greatsword, and a pale spirit fire ignited on the blade.
He took down the greatsword, dragging it on the ground, and took a step forward.
His steps grew faster and faster, his strides wider and wider. In the end, wearing that armor, which clearly wasn’t light, and dragging a greatsword that could be considered a block of alloy, he charged directly towards the Black Sky Buddha Mother.
Like a heavily armored tank, his speed was astonishing.
A dull, dense sound of footsteps rang out. The Black Sky Buddha Mother, who had released her ghoul followers, hadn't even had time to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw a tall silhouette vaguely appear in the white mist.
‘What is that…?’
Just as she regained her senses, she saw a bloody figure wielding a greatsword, striking down at her head.
The blade, burning with spirit fire, tore through the curse barrier, and then, like cutting paper, easily ripped through the blood-cloth wrapped around her, which served as the second line of defense.
Although its momentum was not as grand as the Ice Arrow rain, its deadliness was superior.
The Black Sky Buddha Mother’s body made intimate contact with the sword, and the power of death instantly annihilated a large amount of curses.
Mo Di’s resolve, conveyed through the greatsword, no longer allowed an evil cult god like her to remain in this hopeful world.
Her body split open, even that mouth-like appendage was cleaved in two. The Black Sky Buddha Mother hurriedly summoned her ghoul followers for support, but then saw the greatsword sweep around.
Her painstakingly collected ghoul followers were instantly annihilated.
“Although I’m not a good person, occasionally I do have moments of great kindness.”
A sharp claw covered in blood-colored ice crystals grabbed one of the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s arms. The death energy entwined around it allowed it to touch the intangible curses.
Spirit fire ignited, and with a slight pull, Mo Di tore off that arm, turning it into fuel for the spirit fire.
“Don’t rush, you still have seven arms and two legs, don’t you?”
A voice like an ancient demon softly fell, and for the first time, despair appeared in the Black Sky Buddha Mother’s heart. Even when she was severely wounded and sealed, she had never experienced despair.
But today, she experienced it, because of a guy who might not even be human.
Tearing sounds and screams echoed in the ice mist, making people turn pale and shiver with fear.
The Frostblood Abominations stood in a circle, looking at each other, and still chose to observe the Black Sky Buddha Mother's miserable state from outside the ice mist.
The torment didn’t last long. The Black Sky Buddha Mother was completely reduced to a human torso. Her remaining curses were insufficient to repair her body, and after being tormented for so long, she no longer made futile struggles.
“Broken, aren’t you?” Mo Di leaned on his greatsword, pinning her to the ground, a disappointed expression on his face.
“In that case, accept your fated death.”
The Corvus let out a joyful cry, and the spirit fire burned even brighter.
Mo Di extended his ice crystal claws towards the Black Sky Buddha Mother, one pressing on her body, the other gripping her mouth-like appendage, and pulled hard.
The entire mouth-like appendage, along with the spine below the head, was pulled out, still oozing black-purple curses.
Spirit fire ignited, burning the Black Sky Buddha Mother until nothing remained. Before her death, she attempted to unleash her most terrifying curse on Mo Di.
But when he displayed the flesh puppets he carried with him, the Black Sky Buddha Mother was utterly speechless.
All the curses were absorbed and distributed by those flesh puppets, not a single one landing on him.