More and more cursed spirits fell under Zheng Dong's attacks.
The Blade of the Past mercilessly reaped the cursed spirits, drawing their power to confront the epochal monster.
The monster, agitated, let out a fiercer roar.
The sound spread outwards like a tide, like rings of black halos rapidly expanding.
Soon, more cursed spirits gathered.
Zheng Dong was stunned.
Damn, how many cursed spirits did the Undying Dragon God seal here?
If this continued, he would be exhausted to death before he could kill them all.
What to do?
The situation was far from over. As more cursed spirits converged, another monster appeared.
Compared to the previous one, this one looked more normal, resembling a winged elk.
However, instead of antlers, its head was adorned with tentacles like pythons.
With both monsters attacking in tandem, Zheng Dong was even more on the defensive.
Fortunately, his speed was extreme, allowing him to evade their attacks.
Otherwise, he would have been trapped in their encirclement.
Zheng Dong looked at Xiao Qing, who was following him, and asked,
"Ask the senior, how many cursed spirits are sealed here?"
Xiao Qing nodded.
Immediately, it communicated with the Undying Dragon God in the Endless Sea.
The Undying Dragon God floated lazily on the Endless Sea, seemingly resting with its eyes closed, hands behind its head, showing no fear of sinking to the seabed.
"Probably a lot, I can't remember clearly. Tell Zheng Dong that since he took the Blade of the Past, he has to be responsible for clearing out all these cursed spirits.
Otherwise, if they mutate and all become monsters, they'll be even harder to deal with!" the Undying Dragon God said.
Xiao Qing pouted, feeling that Zheng Dong had been tricked by the Undying Dragon God.
It had no choice but to faithfully relay the Undying Dragon God's words to Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong frowned, realizing that nothing came for free.
Never mind! For a top-tier divine artifact, it was worth it.
Zheng Dong continued to wield the Blade of the Past, reaping the surrounding spirits.
Xiao Qing followed behind Zheng Dong, constantly using Absolute Purification to clear the negative effects brought by the Blade of the Past.
Fortunately, Zheng Dong had cultivated the Bloodline Divine Body, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to withstand such intense and continuous combat.
Like a phantom, he continuously used spatial teleportation, charging towards the gathering cursed spirits.
With every swing of the Blade of the Past, large numbers of cursed spirits vanished completely.
Concurrently, Ling'er used the energy elements from the Elemental Dimensional Sea to continuously replenish Zheng Dong's consumption.
This allowed Zheng Dong to remain in his optimal state.
As more cursed spirits fell, the two monsters couldn't keep up with Zheng Dong and became thoroughly enraged.
They summoned more cursed spirits and gathered seven mutated cursed spirits.
This resulted in nine powerful mutated cursed spirits ganging up to attack Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong soon found himself in a tough battle.
Even with the advantage of spatial teleportation, he couldn't completely evade the nine mutated cursed spirits, always finding himself surrounded and pursued.
What to do?
The Blade of the Past in Zheng Dong's hand had accumulated enough power from killing numerous cursed spirits to unleash one burst.
Zheng Dong planned to use it to kill one or two mutated cursed spirits to test its might.
He raised the Blade of the Past.
The Blade of the Past emitted an eerie crimson glow, enveloping the surrounding cursed spirits.
Immediately, it unleashed Cursed Heaven and Earth.
This was a killing move powered by cursed energy.
The cursed spirits enveloped by the crimson glow annihilated and vanished, turning into nothingness.
The surrounding mutated cursed spirits also suffered heavy damage, with three of them being instantly killed.
To Zheng Dong's surprise, as the three mutated cursed spirits vanished, an egg covered in strange cursed script appeared in their place.
The shell of this egg was filled with bizarre talismans, as lifelike as tadpoles.
Zheng Dong used his perception-based skills and could even feel a heart beating within the egg.
Would this egg hatch into an even more powerful monster?
Zheng Dong frowned.
He raised the Blade of the Past and fiercely slashed at the egg.
Bang!
The Blade of the Past struck the eggshell and was violently repelled.
The eggshell was incredibly hard and difficult to destroy.
At this moment, the injured monsters also lunged forward, launching frenzied attacks on Zheng Dong.
Although heavily damaged, they still held the numerical advantage, with six remaining.
They surrounded Zheng Dong, attacking him relentlessly.
They not only utilized the laws of this epoch but also employed talismans from the previous epoch, forming cursed energy.
Streams of bizarre talismans, like terrifying insects, formed a sea of insects, a sea of talismans. This strange power caused Zheng Dong's body to rapidly decay.
It was as if he were rotten wood of many years, shattering at the slightest touch and annihilating him from existence.
If not for the milky white light of Absolute Purification released by Xiao Qing enveloping Zheng Dong, his Bloodline Divine Body would have likely collapsed.
Zheng Dong used spatial teleportation to quickly evade the monsters' attacks.
Many skills were unusable against cursed spirits.
They couldn't be killed by normal means.
Zheng Dong could only evade using spatial teleportation or create numerous clones to distract the cursed spirits.
The clones, lacking the Blade of the Past, could only evade the cursed spirits.
The Blade of the Past had already unleashed Cursed Heaven and Earth once, and it needed to accumulate power again to unleash it.
Zheng Dong had no choice but to find openings in the monsters' defenses while continuing to reap cursed spirits.
Soon, Zheng Dong noticed that one monster was severely injured, and it had mutated not long ago, not having a firm grasp of this epoch's laws.
Zheng Dong decided to finish it off while it was isolated.
Thus, Zheng Dong unleashed the skill Bloodline Reincarnation.
The Candle Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and other divine beasts appeared and surged towards the monster.
Although they couldn't kill these monsters, they could distract the monsters' attacks and draw their attention away.
Soon, the monsters scattered, and Zheng Dong seized the opportunity to use spatial teleportation, arriving before the heavily injured monster.
Part of this monster's body was still in a shadowy state.
Zheng Dong swung the Blade of the Past, slashing at it.
The monster, resembling a deep-sea squid, let out a roar and fiercely attacked Zheng Dong.
One of its tentacles whipped towards Zheng Dong, and its strange cursed energy formed a black halo around the tentacle.
Anything touched by the tentacle would rapidly corrode, decay, and vanish.
A cold glint flashed in Zheng Dong's eyes as he brought down the Blade of the Past, severing its tentacle.
Then, he charged forward, continuously swinging the Blade of the Past, completely severing all of the monster's tentacles, preparing to kill it.
At this moment, the monster became fearful.
It frantically cried out to the surrounding cursed spirits and other monsters for help.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
The other monsters were distracted by the divine beasts and were quite far from it.
By the time they arrived, Zheng Dong had used the Blade of the Past to stab fiercely into its body, killing it.
Having dealt with another monster, Zheng Dong did not let down his guard.
There were still five remaining, and he didn't know if there were more elsewhere.
Moreover, after these monsters died, their bodies turned into countless talismans and merged into the previous egg.
This made Zheng Dong uneasy.
He wondered if the egg would hatch into an even more powerful monster.
He swung the Blade of the Past, clearing out the converging cursed spirits, and then used spatial teleportation to evade the other monsters.
By now, the Dragon Palace had long since turned into ruins. Under the influence of countless cursed spirits, not a trace remained; every brick and tile had been thoroughly corroded.
Under the influence of the power of the previous epoch, no life or object could exist; all would annihilate and vanish.
Of course, Zheng Dong didn't care about the Dragon Palace.
He was more concerned about what kind of space he was in.
How large was this place, and how many cursed spirits were sealed here?
The Undying Dragon God offered no explanation, so he would explore it himself later.
He wanted Ling'er to use a clone to scout the surroundings.
Unfortunately, the clone couldn't withstand the strange power released by the countless cursed spirits in the vicinity and would soon be corroded and submerged.
Ultimately, he could only rely on himself to explore.
It was not the time to do so now; he could only continue to wield the Blade of the Past and clear out the cursed spirits.
Until enough power was accumulated again to unleash Cursed Heaven and Earth.
This time, the remaining monsters were also killed.
A large area of cursed spirits also fell around them.
The power unleashed by Cursed Heaven and Earth was like a red orb, continuously expanding and rapidly spreading outwards.
Any cursed spirit it touched would annihilate and vanish.
The remaining few heavily injured monsters were not spared; after coming into contact with the orb, their bodies rapidly collapsed, turning into countless talismans that merged into the previous egg.
As the strange egg absorbed enough talismans, Zheng Dong felt its life fluctuations growing stronger.
It seemed to be on the verge of hatching.
Zheng Dong dared not be careless and flew into the distance.
He maintained a sufficient distance from the strange egg.
This distance allowed him to react quickly and evade attacks.
If the strange egg hatched into an even more terrifying monster, he would choose to evade it immediately.
If he couldn't win, he could only prioritize his survival.
However, things turned out better than Zheng Dong had anticipated.
The once incredibly hard eggshell cracked with lines, and a series of cracking sounds echoed.
Soon, a piece of eggshell fell off.
The inside of the eggshell was pitch black, and nothing could be seen.
However, after the first piece of eggshell fell off, more pieces followed.
As more eggshells detached, it was still impossible to see what was inside.
Only when most of the eggshell had fallen off did Zheng Dong see a black creature within the egg.
It was entirely black; not only was its fur pitch black, but its eyes, nose, and mouth were also black.
It looked like a piece of charcoal.
Its appearance was somewhat similar to a hellish Asura wolf, possessing a long black tail.
It was more like a tentacle than a tail, with a three-lobed mouth like a rabbit's, capable of easily devouring food.
However, it looked much more normal than the previous monsters.
It opened its eyes and curiously looked at the surrounding cursed spirits and Zheng Dong in the distance.
Instead of attacking, it let out a cry.
Its voice was like that of a puppy that had just been born.
Zheng Dong raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. This creature, whatever it was, was no different from the extraordinary beings of this epoch; they were fundamentally the same.
What was going on?
"The senior said not to be surprised. In our epoch, anything has the possibility of giving birth to life.
Even the cursed spirits left from the previous epoch can be revived in this manner!" Xiao Qing said.
Revived?
That was understandable.
This lifeform, gathering countless cursed scripts, was also a continuation of the lives of countless cursed spirits.
Cursed spirits appeared due to epochal calamities and the fusion of time.
They were unwilling to be destroyed.
Their obsessions would drive them to mutate continuously, eventually adapting completely to this epoch and reviving within it.
Revival could only be considered a continuation of their life in a sense, without inheriting their memories.
However, this newly born lifeform could simultaneously wield the power of both the previous and current epochs.
It could use talismans to unleash cursed energy.
"The Undying Dragon God senior said that you can kill it, or you can contract it. But to get out, you must clear out all the cursed spirits sealed here.
The space we are currently in is within the Wuji Tower.
The Wuji Tower is a divine artifact refined by the Undying Dragon God senior, the Chaos Divine Phoenix, and the King Yama of the Netherworld, capable of sealing cursed spirits.
In the Undying Dragon God senior's era, as the Blade of the Past had just been refined and needed time to grow, it couldn't clear these cursed spirits.
Therefore, they were sealed, and means were used to come to the present to find a successor to use the Blade of the Past to clear the cursed spirits." Xiao Qing continued to explain.
Zheng Dong was somewhat surprised. Why would the Undying Dragon God suddenly explain so much to Xiao Qing?
He glanced at the Blade of the Past in his hand.
This top-tier divine artifact indeed required endless years to grow.
As for the Wuji Tower, being able to seal cursed spirits, it was likely not an ordinary divine artifact.
It was just that Zheng Dong couldn't understand why he had to clear out all the cursed spirits in the Wuji Tower.
In the future, cursed spirits would likely appear more and more frequently, and the world would become increasingly chaotic.
Zheng Dong even worried that one day a future version of himself might appear to cause trouble for him.
Did he have to kill all the cursed spirits here for the Wuji Tower to open?
Zheng Dong guessed, looking again at the lifeform that had just been born from the egg.
This little guy could probably be called a Cursed Beast.
Zheng Dong planned to take it as a pet.
After contracting it, he could imprint its mastered skills.
This way, he could also gain a better understanding of the power of the previous epoch.
Thus, Zheng Dong took out the Chalice of Faith.
Although the Chalice of Faith couldn't affect cursed spirits,
it could affect the Cursed Beast, which was an extraordinary being.
The Cursed Beast possessed the advantages of two epochs, so it would naturally be influenced by the rules of both epochs.
The Chalice of Faith could control even god-level extraordinary beings, so controlling the Cursed Beast was not difficult.
Under Zheng Dong's urging, the Chalice of Faith released a mysterious and eerie power, quickly controlling the Cursed Beast and converting it into Zheng Dong's follower.
Immediately after, Zheng Dong also signed a soul contract with the Cursed Beast.
This way, he didn't have to worry about the Cursed Beast betraying or retaliating.
Then, he signed a contract with the Cursed Beast and took it as a pet.
As the contract formation diagram appeared, the Cursed Beast completed the contract and was taken into Zheng Dong's beast-taming space.
Within the beast-taming space, the Cursed Beast cried out excitedly.
It seemed to be celebrating having found a home.
Afterward, Zheng Dong could check the skills mastered by the Cursed Beast.
But at this moment, more cursed spirits surged towards them.
A vast expanse of black, as if the apocalypse had arrived.
The countless cursed spirits also brought terrifying power, and the ground itself began to decay and annihilate at an accelerated rate.
Perhaps soon, nothing would be left in this space.
Even this space, along with the Wuji Tower, would be annihilated.
Zheng Dong did not confront them head-on but chose to use spatial teleportation to leave the area and fly into the distance.
He planned to imprint the Cursed Beast's skills and then return to deal with these cursed spirits.