"Hmm... no, right? They don't seem to react at all. Why would you suddenly ask that?" Qi Yu said, unconsciously shifting his gaze to avoid direct eye contact with Si Qing.
Hearing Qi Yu's words, Si Qing felt a mix of doubt and belief.
But at that moment, a monstrous roar suddenly erupted from the cursed village.
The roar was earth-shattering, causing the very trees at the foot of the mountain to rustle violently.
Qi Yu swallowed his unfinished words and abruptly turned his head towards the direction of the sound. Just as he was about to join the others to investigate, he heard the sound of a barrier shattering.
Immediately after, a towering shadow, crushing the thatched huts and wells of the village, strode towards them.
From a distance, Qi Yu initially thought it was a giant nine feet tall.
But upon closer inspection, he realized it was no giant at all. It was merely a composite of the cursed humans, transformed into a false giant.
Feng Yun Zui retreated three steps, and Feng Si Qian's face contorted in horror, "What kind of monster is this? It's so disgusting. Is this their plan to break through the barrier?"
Weren't they told that these cursed people no longer ate or drank, and couldn't function like normal humans?
How could they still have the intelligence to combine themselves to break through the barrier?
"I was still debating whether or not to enter the barrier, but now, there's no need to hesitate. They've come out themselves," Chen Xi grumbled as he removed his magic robe.
He chanted an incantation and tossed the robe into the air.
The azure outer robe automatically expanded, eventually transforming into a blue-green barrier that once again enveloped the uncursed villages.
Chen Xi continued his incantations, continuously strengthening the barrier's resilience.
However, with a series of deafening roars, the giant formed by the combined cursed villagers had already reached Chen Xi, raising its massive fist and pounding forcefully against the barrier protecting the village.
With each blow the giant landed, the barrier vibrated. The nearby hills also trembled slightly, and landslides cascaded down the slopes, leveling the cursed villages.
Chen Xi remained unaffected, but facing the immense, unending monster before him, he felt a pang of fear and instinctively hid behind Yan Hua, "Yan Hua, what should we do? Should we kill this monster or not?"
Slaying these cursed humans would be easy. Even if they had combined to form a colossal nine-foot-tall giant monster, all it would take was to sever its head with a sword. These combined individuals would then die from excessive blood loss, and their composite colossal body would vanish as its hosts disappeared.
Therefore, dealing with the giant before them was by no means a simple matter.
Yan Hua was also in a quandary.
Having lived for so long, his age rivaling that of heaven and earth, this was truly the first time he had ever heard of humans being able to combine.
"I have a feeling we should summon the Judge," Si Qing said, looking at the giant frantically pounding the barrier not far away, and proposed:
"Let the Judge check the Book of Life and Death for the destinies of these cursed individuals. If they are there, and their time hasn't come, we'll think of another way. If they aren't, and their time has come, then we don't need to linger here. We can just cut them down!"
Shao Feng nodded, "Then the question is, who will go to the Underworld?"