Supreme Sword Exalt

In the War God Hall’s forbidden zone, Gu Han flew without stopping. As his divine sense swept backward, his scalp immediately went numb. He didn’t know what kind of creature that little green dragon was, but judging solely by its aura, it was definitely a Saint realm existence.

The demoness’ face grew paler and paler. “Quick! That thing seems to be the power of a nether clan curse!”

Gu Han’s heart sank. “Curse? It must be that humanoid figure from before!”

She murmured, “According to rumors, after a nether clan member dies, their residual power will transform into a curse mark. It will instinctively seek out the person they hated most in life. If you so much as touch a trace of it, it will bring unimaginable calamity...”

Gu Han’s heart dropped. Most hated? The person the nether clan member hated most is definitely that little green dragon. Second would be Chi Yao, who blocked its departure. Third is probably me!

Now that the little green dragon was dead, Chi Yao had likely met with misfortune as well. Then... fuck! Only I’m left!

Right at that moment, the cold aura reappeared. His divine sense swept backward again. The extremely dim mark was rapidly chasing him at an incredible speed! The moment he touched that aura, even his supreme divine sense was affected, his mind growing groggy.

He didn’t dare look further. “This is bad!”

Gu Han gritted his teeth and sped up even more. The mark was simply too bizarre and inexplicable. With just a slight vibration, it crossed the distance and caught up. The cold aura scattered everywhere, about to imprint itself on him.

At that moment, a faint dark light flashed in the demoness’ eyes. She let go of Gu Han and crashed straight into the mark.

Gu Han’s heart ached. “What are you doing?!”

He grabbed her tightly and spun around. Condensing a sword light, he slashed down at the mark. The sword light flashed, passing straight through the mark, but it had no effect whatsoever.

In just a moment, the mark had passed through the sword and imprinted itself onto Gu Han.

He stalled, emanating a sense of decay. When he opened his mouth to speak, all that came out was a mouthful of foul-smelling, black blood. His vision went black, and he plummeted straight toward the ground.

Before he hit the ground, the demoness caught him. Her aura was much weaker than before.

She stared blankly at Gu Han, feeling her heart twisting in pain. “How can you be so foolish? I’m almost dead, why are you still protecting me...?”

A marvelously cold aura slowly rose from her, then gathered entirely in her eyes, faintly forming a mist of water. The mist condensed, then transformed into a single teardrop. Unlike the coldness of the mark, it seemed to hide countless mysteries and creations. It was the profound yin qi—Heavenly Demon Tear.

In the next moment, she instantly became hazy.

Watching Gu Han decay and even beginning to fester, she murmured to herself, “Why are you so good to me? I don’t want you to die...”

When her teardrop was about to fall, Gu Han raised his hand with difficulty. “I w-won’t die! I have the Poison Immunity Physique!”

The Poison Immunity Physique was just a joke. What truly saved his life was still the incredibly divine meridians.

Indeed, the curse power only showed its might for an instant. As soon as it entered, many tiny sword intents turned into swirling vortexes and absorbed it, annihilating it completely. Then, it was refined into strands of pure, cold yin qi.

He sat up with difficulty, then stuffed a few pills into his mouth. Although it was only for a moment, he had suffered severe damage, so he had to heal properly.

While healing, he made a silent comparison in his heart. The divine clan and the nether clan both seemed to be holy clans. However, the powers of the two were polar opposite.

Divine power was domineering and fierce, overwhelming opponents with absolute prowess. They would die if they didn't submit or be assimilated.

On the other hand, curse power was bizarre and inexplicable, silently destroying everything about a person. Compared to divine power, it was even more terrifying!

Beside him, the demoness’ weak voice came over. “Are you alright?”

Gu Han shook his head. “I’m fine. I just feel like something’s wrong...”

Although the curse power was eliminated, he always felt as if he had gained some inexplicable things. It was very uncomfortable, but he couldn’t quite say what.

As he was thinking, he noticed the demoness’ abnormality and couldn’t help but feel concerned. “What’s wrong with you?”

She was somewhat hazy, as if she would dissipate at any moment. Not to mention, her teardrop gave him a marvelously wonderful feeling. It felt that as long as he obtained it, he could break free from all shackles, soaring to an unimaginable level.

Upon seeing him recover, the demoness chuckled softly. “It’s nothing.”

Her teardrop scattered, and her figure solidified again. Nevertheless, she was much weaker than before. At this moment, forget the Transcendent realm, she probably couldn’t even defeat a Heavenly Tribulation realm cultivator anymore.

Seemingly not caring at all, she gently embraced him again, full of weariness. “Silly you. Still saying you don’t care about me...”

Gu Han didn’t speak as he felt that lying was very bad. Perhaps accustomed to being held by the demoness, he surrendered himself to her. With a sweep of his gaze, he took in the nearby scene entirely. Between layer upon layer of mountains, a stretch of tall, rugged buildings faintly appeared in the far distance.

He fell into thought. “The War God Hall?”

As the hall master, Yun Ao probably lived there, as it was their most sacred ground.

He didn’t dare linger any longer. “Let’s go!”

Although he couldn’t see a single barbarian here, he was still in their domain. If Yun Ao returns...

Thinking of this, he instantly soared into the air. With the pill, he recovered very quickly, and then flew far away.

Right at that moment, a few barbarians flew over from a distance, and coincidentally discovered him.

“Quick!”

“I think he’s over there!”

“The hall master has ordered to kill him on sight!”

Gu Han’s heart sank. This is bad! Why am I so unlucky? Just as I’m about to escape, I get discovered...

Suddenly, he seemed to think of something, and his expression drastically changed. “No!”

Unlucky? Curse? He finally understood what that faint feeling of something wrong was.

Instructor Mei! This feeling was similar to back when he was beside Mei Yun. This curse power was not nearly as simple as he had thought. Although the aspect that affected him was neutralized by those meridians, the aspect that affected his luck still remained.

Before he could think further, four or five strands of powerful qi arrived nearby. A few barbarians stood in black armor, ranging between the Heavenly Tribulation and Earthly Tribulation realms. They were the War God Hall guards.

Gu Han roared before they could say anything, “Kill!”

He relentlessly compressed his sword qi, then pointed his sword straight ahead, leaving behind afterimages. A dazzling, brilliant sword light lit up.

These barbarians were not his match at all. In just a moment, he had slaughtered them. However, he showed no trace of joy. This feeling of being cursed was ten times stronger than when he had been beside Mei Yun.

Then, a few more angry shouts came from different directions.

“There’s movement over there!”

“Let’s go take a look!”

“If you see him, don’t waste your breath, and just kill without mercy!”

Although the battle had begun on the front lines, quite a few guards remained within the War God Hall.

The demoness instinctively clutched Gu Han’s clothes after seeing his gloomy expression. “What’s wrong?”

Gu Han sighed. “It’s over. We’re probably about to run into some serious bad luck.”

Thinking of the time when Mei Yun was chased and blocked by demonic beasts, Gu Han could already see himself surrounded by countless barbarians. No, perhaps even worse than that!