In the fog of corpses, Li Muyang continuously launched fierce attacks.
The Princess of the Defunct Country, now leveled up to LV91, faced the last nightmare ghost and was repeatedly thwarted.
Even with the suppression of the Colorful Glazed Staff, the Princess of the Defunct Country also struggled to kill this last nightmare ghost.
Thus, Li Muyang directly switched his mode of attack, charging forward first with the Puppet Master’s body of Jie Zijiu.
This body, although not as high-leveled as the LV91 Princess of the Defunct Country, bore Li Muyang’s array of BUFFs as the game’s lead character.
Together with the numerous divine light skills of the Colorful Glazed Staff, he heavily pressed the nightmare ghost in combat.
In the mountain of corpses and fog, this final battle lasted a whole day and night.
It was the toughest battle so far.
When night fell and the blood moon rose, the nightmare ghost saw Li Muyang moving freely under the moonlight and was suddenly struck with fear.
“You are from the Nightwalker clan! Damn it!”
It seemed to understand Li Muyang’s relentless pursuit.
“I never imagined there would still be blood of the Nightwalker clan in this world! Hatred! We should have exterminated all of you back then!”
The nightmare ghost roared continuously, and finally, as the night faded and the morning sun rose, after battling for a day and a night, it could no longer sustain itself and collapsed with injuries all over.
Li Muyang swung the Colorful Glazed Staff, smashing the monster’s head directly.
The long-awaiting Princess of the Defunct Country instantly entered berserk mode, roaring and rushing forward to bite and tear at the corpse of the nightmare ghost.
In the moment it fell, the monster, with its head smashed and only half remaining, wailed in exasperation.
“We are undying!”
“Nightwalkers, we will come back! Killing us will bring you no good fate!”
“You are destined to suffer the same fate as your ancestors, dying in despair!”
The nightmare ghost was ultimately devoured by the Princess of the Defunct Country.
But Li Muyang, having defeated the formidable enemy, acquired a special BUFF.
[You have been cursed]
[Acquire special BUFF: Curse of the Nightmare Ghost]
[Curse of the Nightmare Ghost (Passive): All attributes +180%, Puppet attribute +200%, Luck -98%]
[Warning: You have been cursed by the nightmare ghost, under special scrutiny by Heavenly Eye Earth Monarch]
The system notification appeared in an instant, causing a sudden stiffness in Li Muyang’s body.
A terrifying sensation of being watched descended upon him suddenly.
Subconsciously, he raised his head; the sky appeared normal, showing no signs of anything unusual.
But the pressure of being watched by a terrifying presence made his body stiff and somewhat breathless.
In a trance, as he gazed at the sky, he seemed to see a huge eyeball behind the firmament coldly watching him.
“…Heavenly Eye Earth Monarch?”
Li Muyang frowned.
Could these nightmare ghosts have been raised by the Heavenly Eye Earth Monarch?
However, the Heavenly Eye Earth Monarch supposedly does not possess individual consciousness.
From the records of the Evil Vein Clan, this terrifying entity seems more like an aggregation of the evil spirits of Ancient Evil Gods within the Ancient Resentment Well, a manifestation of certain rules.
But one thing is for sure, killing the nightmare ghost did indeed attract some trouble.
Although no terrifying Divine Spirit descended, this weird curse is extremely sinister and dreadful.
It greatly enhanced Li Muyang’s power but reduced his luck by 98%.
Isn’t this just pure misfortune?
Li Muyang, holding the staff and carrying the old man’s clay pot, walked out of the mountain of corpses, vigilantly observing his surroundings.
But all along the way, the continual streak of bad luck that was anticipated did not occur.
The road did not collapse, no rocks rolled down the mountain to hit him, and even the carriage he rode was unobstructed—it had safely crossed mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and reached the human world.
This so-called fortune of -98% seemed unchanged.
“…This isn’t right,” Li Muyang felt puzzled.
With a fortune of -98%, this already surpasses the level of star-crossed doom.
Theoretically, even drinking cool water would get stuck between his teeth. Why was there no effect at all?
Looking at the human town ahead, Li Muyang said, “Let’s go to Great Zhou.”
Although the Jiang Family did not reveal the true identity of the Princess of the Defunct Country when they were in Red Leaf Valley.
But having read through the history of a few countries in this world, Li Muyang had roughly guessed the origin of the Princess of the Defunct Country.
The princess of the once most powerful and most mysterious Great Zhou.
But thirty years ago, this mighty and mysterious Great Zhou suddenly experienced an upheaval. The royal bloodline kept dying out, until the country was finally divided by three powerful ministers.
Today’s Great Zhou only has its former capital remaining, still flying the flag of Great Zhou.
The reason only one capital city remains is not because those three ministers were kind, but because of the mysterious power of the Great Zhou royal bloodline, they needed to keep at least one capital city to entitle themselves as kings.
Now, Li Muyang was about to go to the last territory where the Great Zhou royal family is located.
The driver Ding Liang was surprised and said, “Eh? Are we going there? It’s said that after Great Zhou’s decline, that capital has been cursed. Ordinary people who get close would encounter disaster, it’s terribly frightening.”
Although Ding Liang said this, his action of driving did not stop at all.
Having followed Li Muyang all this way, this lad had become quite experienced.
He had already entered and exited the mysterious and terrifying blood-sea and corpse-mountain twice.
In his view, there was no danger in going to a fallen Great Zhou capital.
Under the enhancement of the colorful glass staff, their carriage sped through the wilderness at a speed far exceeding that of regular carriages.
And to hasten their travel, Li Muyang did not stop even at night; when the driver Ding Liang fell asleep, he personally drove the carriage and spurred the tired horses on.
Occasionally in the wilderness, they would encounter wandering evil spirits, and even some fearsome Evil Gods.
But at this point, Li Muyang was no longer the newbie who had just started playing the game.
The LV99 Princess of the Defunct Country was strong enough to crush ordinary evil beings.
Even if they encountered a real Ancient Evil God, as long as it wasn’t a True Immortal Level existence, with Li Muyang’s understanding of these Evil Gods, the Princess of the Defunct Country could fight a few rounds against those Evil Gods.
If they encountered a terrifying True Immortal Level Evil God, Li Muyang would rely on the Save-File Divine Skill to avoid them beforehand, avoiding any battle.
In this manner, Li Muyang and his group’s extended run of attacks continued, one battle after another happening in the darkness.
The recklessly charging carriage equally knocked away all evil beings.
Unfortunately, until they got near the Great Zhou Imperial City, the Ancient Evil Gods devoured by the Princess of the Defunct Country were only three.
These Ancient Evil Gods were all extremely slippery.
Once they realized they were outmatched, they would use various strange methods to flee, never lingering for a fight.
This made Li Muyang somewhat discouraged.
He had been hoping to use the powerful combat abilities of the Princess of the Defunct Country to kill a few more Ancient Evil Gods, alleviating some pressure for the Human World.
Only when actually fighting these Ancient Evil Gods did Li Muyang understand why these beings had survived till now; even the peak-era Evil Vein Clan could only seal them, not eliminate them.
The ability to fear death and escape is an innate skill for Evil Gods.
However, as they approached the Great Zhou Imperial City, Li Muyang noticed that the occurrences of evil spirits and Evil Gods in the wilderness became increasingly rare.
Eventually, there were absolutely no evil spirits, and he could even race under the night sky without restraint.
Such an anomaly made Li Muyang frown, unsure of the reason.
In place of the spirits, what appeared were rays of bright light.
