Chapter 1703 - Poison (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The wriggling cursed snake kept crawling up Bu Fang’s arm. He narrowed his eyes.

Many people in the surroundings were staring at him, as if they were looking at his arm. When they saw the wriggling cursed snake, they all breathed out a sigh of relief.

Bu Fang raised his eyebrows slightly. He could read the unspoken words from their faces: “This man is cursed as well… Now everyone is cursed… Good…”

He did not know where the curse had come from. Silently, it had crawled up his arm. It was worth noting that Bu Fang was a Heavengod now. Although he was not as strong as a Chaotic Saint, his mental force could sense the slightest noise and movement, let alone a cursed snake.

The divine power in Bu Fang began to surge. Controlled by him, it poured out to envelop the curse on his arm. He planned to force the curse power out of him.

However, under the perception of his mental force, the divine power was corroded and dissolved as soon as it approached the curse. ‘What is going on?’ Bu Fang was shocked. Apparently, this curse power was much stronger than that in Nethery.

“It’s useless… Hit by the curse of Void City, your energy will be slowly devoured… Unless you can obtain the food given out by the city.”

Suddenly, a hoarse voice rang out. Bu Fang paused and turned his head. It seemed that because he was also struck by the curse, the attitude of those around him had softened considerably. Perhaps they thought Bu Fang had also become one of them.

“This is the supreme curse of Void City. The curse in District D is the strongest. The further you go into the city, the weaker the curse power becomes…”

The speaker was a middle-aged man, all skin and bones. However, the bones in him were glowing brilliantly. He was looking at Bu Fang with a pair of rather blank eyes.

“The food given out by Void City?” Bu Fang did not understand. “There’s no chef in this city, right? Where did the food come from?” he asked.

“Who told you there are no chefs in Void City?” The man gave Bu Fang a suspicious look. Then, he moved, walking slowly toward the city. Every step he took was laborious, as if he would collapse at any time with fatigue.

“Void City is the land of exile for all the universes. The Queen of Curses doesn’t even care about the lives that have been banished here… She built the city, and only those who resisted the curses could survive.

“According to the Queen, this is the self-redemption of those who have been exiled. The curse power will keep devouring your divine power, and eventually, it will drain all your divine power…” The man looked at Bu Fang with pity in his eyes.

Bu Fang froze. He could not believe that he was pitied by others.

The man did not say too much to Bu Fang. Soon, he joined the stream of people and disappeared, as if he was numbly doing what he was supposed to do.

Bu Fang glanced at the curse power on his arm. It was indeed growing and corroding his divine power. It took him a lot of his divine power to resist and negate every corrosion. “This is interesting…” The corners of Bu Fang’s lips lifted slightly.

Foxy pulled at his hair, then raised a little paw and pointed at her short arm. Bu Fang glanced at it and saw a black mark emerge on it as well. Shrimpy twisted its buttock and exposed its tiny tail. There was a black curse on it, too.

Whitey’s mechanical eyes flashed, and it scratched its head. Perhaps it was the only one among them who was not hit by the curse. After all, Whitey was not a living being.

Bu Fang pressed on with Foxy and Shrimpy, stepping on the ground in District D. This was a dark and evil city. The surroundings were piled with corpses. People died at every moment because of curses, so dead bodies were a common sight in the city.

They came to a place where there was no one else. Bu Fang shook his hand. Immediately, an oyster pancake emerged. He gave it to Foxy and Shrimpy. Then, he ate one himself.

As soon as the oyster pancake entered his stomach, a stream of warm energy rose from his belly, roasting his insides like an oven. Bu Fang looked at the cursed snake on his wrist. It seemed to be in pain and was wriggling, but soon, it returned to normal.

It proved that the oyster pancake was useful. It could suppress the curse, but… the effect was not significant. Bu Fang nodded. He had at least some estimation of the strength of the curse power.

However, he was not in a hurry to get rid of it. Once he expelled the curse, he might appear out of place in this city, and it would only increase the difficulty of him finding Nethery.

After calming Shrimpy and Foxy, Bu Fang left the quiet corner.

Suddenly, a deep rumble rang through District D, sounding like the sound of a heavy horn. It excited those who walked numbly. Like waves, they rushed frantically toward the center of the district.

“What’s going on?” Bu Fang paused. He could sense the changes in the emotion of the people around him. It was as if the horn had roused the desire in them.

One figure after another ran past him at great speed. Those who were banished to Void City were not ordinary people. At least, their strength and cultivation base were extremely fearsome. There were even Saints of the Great Path among them.

Bu Fang followed the crowd and came to the center area of District D. People with blank faces queued up in lines as if waiting for something. Each of them took out a shabby bowl and was holding it as if holding the whole world.

Bu Fang squinted at them from across a distance. Foxy jumped, rolled, and stood atop his head, putting a paw over her eye and looking at the crowd as well.

“That’s…” Bu Fang paused when he saw the scene.

At the center of the district, the city gates flung open, and one figure fully clad in black armor after another walked quickly out of it. People with blank faces clustered around the gates, looking hopeful.

The clatter of wheels moving across the hard ground filled the air. Then, a huge, heavy wooden cart was pushed through the gates. Hot steam rose from the cart, and a strange scent wafted out of it.

Bu Fang was very sensitive to scent, and he smelled it in just a flash. “Weird… It doesn’t smell good, but it doesn’t stink either…” he said.