Chapter 1735 - Hiding (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The void froze. A dream-like figure hovered in midair, surrounded by what looked like nightmares. The person had a graceful figure but was also emanating an air that could fill one’s heart with terror.

She flicked her finger, and a stream of black energy fell, crashed into the ground, and reduced a large area in District B to ruins. Suddenly, a wretched figure shot out of the ruins at great speed.

“Although the relationship between Void City and the Soul Demon Universe is not very good, we have been going our own way without interfering with the other. Your behavior has seriously affected our relationship, and it will lead to war,” the nightmarish woman said coldly.

She was the third duke of District A, Duchess Nightmare. She was cultivating in seclusion when the Queen’s order reached her. A marquis was killed. Not daring to take the order lightly, she came here as fast as she could.

It turned out that her target was a Soul Demon. Duchess Nightmare’s hatred for Soul Demons went bone-deep. To her, such beings were simply the parasites of the universes. Unfortunately, the Soul Demon Universe was very powerful, and even Void City did not dare to go to war with it.

But this time, a Soul Demon had devoured a wounded marquis. This had infuriated the Queen of Curses, so she had ordered Duchess Nightmare to capture and kill the Soul Demon.

Among the exiles in Void City, few were Soul Demons. However, since the Queen of Curses opened the city to all universes, Soul Demons could still be found here.

Holding his arm, Ezra ran as fast as he could. His eyes were filled with a savage look. He kept running wildly through District B. He had devoured a marquis, and even though he had not yet fully digested her, she was enough to restore his strength to the level of a Chaotic Saint. All he had to do now was to escape the pursuit of this duchess!

He had unleashed almost all the potential of this fleshly body. Coupled with the sinful power, he managed to escape the duchess’s capture for a moment.

Ezra knew very well that once he fell into the duchess’s hand, he was as good as dead. Her strength was more than enough to kill him, not to mention the Queen of Curses behind her.

He ran desperately.

Duchess Nightmare was not in a hurry. She floated behind Ezra like a cloud of black fog, chasing her prey playfully. A stream of energy fell from her hand and struck Ezra, stripping him some of his scales. In Void City, Ezra could not escape, so she was not in a hurry to kill him.

Soon, they approached the rushing black River of Curses. The power of curses tumbled in the river, filling the air with a rumbling sound that shook one’s mind and soul.

Running through the entire city and encircling District D, some said the river was the source of the power of Void City, and some claimed that it was the incarnation of the Queen of Curses.

Whatever it was, one thing that everyone knew for sure was that it was a forbidden zone of life. Anyone who fell into it would die. Even the dukes would not dare to jump into the river.

Now, Ezra was forced to the edge of the River of Curses in District B. He had come to a dead end.

Duchess Nightmare hovered in midair. Her dream-like face kept emerging. She was very beautiful, but she only had a face. The rest of her, including her hair, was just a cloud of roiling black fog.

“Surrender now,” she said indifferently.

Suddenly, Ezra roared, turned, and jumped into the River of Curses with a splash. In the blink of an eye, he sank into the water.

“You’re heading for your doom.” Duchess Nightmare shook her head.

Suddenly, she paused. To her surprise, she found that Ezra, now bobbing in the River of Curses, was not turned into bones by the corrosive power of the water. One of his arms was emanating strange energy that wrapped up his body, protecting him from the corrosion.

The water splashed as Ezra swam as fast as he could in the River of Curses, rushing away in a flash like a speedboat. Moving down along the river, he soon left Void City.

“How dare you!” Duchess Nightmare narrowed her eyes as a menacing aura surged around her. The next moment, she stomped her feet, turned into a cloud of black fog, flew past District B, District C, District D, and out of the city.

Outside District D, the huge River of Curses turned into a magnificent waterfall that rumbled down into the starry sky. The sound was deafening.

Hovering in midair, Duchess Nightmare squinted around. Suddenly, she saw a crocodile-like figure leap out from the rumbling waterfall. “Found you.” With a cold smile on her face, she flew toward Ezra, who was rushing out of the Waterfall of Curses.

Corroded by the water, Ezra was covered in blood and looked miserable. The arm did offer him protection, but it was said that the River of Curses contained the Queen’s power. The fact that he managed to survive this power proved that he was extraordinary.

Standing in midair, he swung his crocodile tail and was about to flee. However, just as he was about to fly away, he felt a chilly aura close in on him.

“Dammit! Why doesn’t this woman just give up?!” Ezra growled, turned into a beam of black light, and sped through the void. Some bone warships approached him, but they were all crushed by him with the arm.

As he fled, he kept digesting the marquis’s power. Soon, however, he was despairing. Links of cold, black chains fell and blocked all the possible paths he could take, while a menacing aura was closing in on him. On top of that, powerful Chaotic Energy weighed down on him, making it difficult for him to breathe.

In Void City, the dukes were the supreme experts second only to the Queen of Curses. How could he run away when one of such mighty existences was pursuing him? Ezra was hopeless.

Duchess Nightmare was cold, indifferent. She lifted her hand, and energy was gathering and surging on her finger. With a flick of the finger, the nightmarish power shot out to pierce Ezra’s soul and kill him on the spot. Although the energy beam was only as wide as a finger, the power unleashed from it was enough to destroy heaven and earth!

Ezra raised his arm, roaring.