Chapter 40: Blood Curse

  As I looked at Li Hongjun's pale face, my heart skipped a beat. I didn't dare to look at the wound that was bleeding profusely, but hesitated and reached out to grab the hilt of the dagger. However, it wouldn't budge because Li Hongjun still had a tight grip on the blade. His mouth opened and closed as if he wanted to say something to me. My heart softened, and I leaned in close to listen, but unfortunately, I didn't hear anything. Instead, I felt a sudden pain in my left leg, like being stung by a bee. The pain was accompanied by a tingling sensation. Instinctively, I shuddered and reached down to press on the painful spot with one hand while lowering my head to look. But what I saw made me jump in fright - my pant leg was already soaked with fresh blood, and it had spread halfway up.

  Because the occasion today is relatively formal, I also wore a pair of long pants and a short-sleeved shirt, and rarely put on leather shoes, which can make me look more dignified. However, at this moment, I couldn't see the wound inside with one glance. It was only when I lowered my head for an instant that I saw Li Hongjun's hand retracting. When I raised my head to look at Li Hongjun again, there was a hint of a strange smile on his mouth, and his face seemed to have an inexplicable mockery, which made me feel a chill from the bottom of my heart.

  I didn't think much about Li Hongjun's sly smile, I just instinctively lifted my pant leg to check the wound. I couldn't understand how I got hurt when my pant leg wasn't torn at all, but one thing was certain - my injury was caused by Li Hongjun. However, when I saw the wound, I still gasped in shock and subconsciously struggled to move backward, falling onto the ground. Because on my leg, a hole had appeared out of nowhere, it was as thick as a thumb, and no matter how hard I pressed, fresh blood kept flowing. How could this be?

  "How could my pants be torn without being broken, and how could a hole be poked in them? Li Hongjun's outstretched hands didn't show any sharp objects either. How did you tear my leg? I'm not afraid because I saw blood, but this strange situation makes me feel cold all over. I suddenly raised my head and glared at Li Hongjun, my voice already hoarse: 'Li Hongjun, what have you done?'"

  Li Hongjun took a difficult breath, but still smiled, only the smile was so frightening that it made one's heart skip a beat. He replied to my words, despite having little strength left: "Young man, this is a blood curse I'm casting with the last of my life force. You must wait for my daughter to arrive and protect her safety. If my daughter dies, you will also die a bloody death. I know what you're thinking - you don't plan on calling my daughter, do you? You don't want her to know, right? You're still a bit too tender, haha..."

  This burst of laughter, however, was accompanied by a mouthful of froth and increasingly labored breathing. The voice grew fainter and fainter until the body stiffened, eyes wide open, and all movement ceased. He had died, his lips still curled into that detestable, eerie smile. I didn't even have it in me to hate him; I just stood there, stunned, clutching my wound.

  "Little Hai, what's wrong?" Yang Xiufeng saw that I was not feeling well and rushed towards me. As soon as she walked in, she saw the fresh blood on my leg and couldn't help but jump in fright, her heart becoming even more anxious: "Little Hai, you're injured——"

  She squatted down beside me, just lifting up her pant leg to take a look, and took out a handkerchief from her pocket, using it to press against the wound. In my panic, I didn't know what to do, but I couldn't care about being afraid of blood anymore. The girl was like this, when she got anxious, she easily burst into tears. Luckily, Yang Xiufeng's shouting also woke me up.

  I let out a breath, I've calmed down from the panic, my face was pale with anger, and I couldn't help but glare at Li Hongjun's corpse and curse: "Bastard!"

  But there's no need to argue with a dead person, and it's not even necessary to hate him. I just lowered my head to examine my wound, took Yang Xiufeng's hand away, and prepared to stop the bleeding first. However, as soon as I took out the handkerchief, I was stunned again. Because the wound that was still bleeding non-stop earlier had suddenly stopped bleeding on its own. When I wiped it with a handkerchief, the wound appeared, except for a hole, but there was no trace of blood.

  What the hell is going on? I stared blankly at my leg, and for a moment, my mind was completely messed up. Even Yang Xiufeng was staring foolishly at my wound, everything was so bizarre, even Zhao Yan and others looked over, not knowing what had happened.

  I swallowed hard, moved my legs a bit, but already felt nothing. If it weren't for the blood-soaked pants and that hole, it would be as if nothing had happened. But I didn't dare doubt Li Hongjun's words - after all, everything had already exceeded my understanding. If not for these past few days' experiences, I might have collapsed by now. Yet at this moment, I was still able to keep a level head.

  At some point, the eerie winds around us stopped, and all three sisters appeared beside me, staring at the blood hole together, also seemingly at a loss. After a long while, my eldest sister asked with a hint of concern, "Liu Hai, what's going on with your injury?"

  "It's a blood curse——" I don't know how to explain it, and I don't even know what this "blood curse" is all about.

  "Blood curse?" The older sister muttered to herself, feeling a bit bewildered for a moment. This should be some kind of curse, but she didn't really understand curses either.

  She fell silent for a moment, but unexpectedly, Second Sister suddenly said in a low voice, "The Blood Curse is a type of witchcraft, the strongest kind of curse. When I was alive, when I performed opera in Dian Nan, I saw this kind of witchcraft before, it's almost impossible to break."

  Second sister's words were like a heavy hammer hitting my heart, thinking of Li Hongjun's words was a sinking feeling. I didn't expect that Li Hongjun not only excelled in using poison and martial arts, but also knew witchcraft. It's really unexpected, if I had known earlier, I would never have approached him. However, now it's too late to say anything, even knowing it's witchcraft can't solve the problem.

  In the room, except for Yang Xiufeng's sobbing, almost no one spoke. San Guniang didn't know what to say either. No one could have expected this to happen. Saying some comforting words seemed useless. Even Sanmei looked at me with worry in her eyes, and the hatred in her heart was gone.

  After a while, I slowly calmed down in my heart. This person has one advantage: when there's no way out, just wait for an opportunity and never go to extremes for one thing. Since there's nothing that can be done now, I might as well not think about it for the time being and focus on dealing with things at hand first. I got up from the ground, moved my legs, and didn't feel anything. I couldn't help but let out a wry smile: "Never mind, I remember Li Hongjun telling me to protect his daughter. As long as his daughter doesn't die, I won't die either. It's not like he said I had to go with her to get things. Hmm, I wonder if she'll have an episode if I don't give her any news. Maybe it's nothing. Alright, let's deal with Li Hongjun's body first."

  As he spoke, he picked up the gasoline can and walked towards Li Hongjun's body. Li Hongjun had died with his eyes open, looking like he was still staring at something. When he was alive, the poison hadn't spread yet, but after he died, it started spreading rapidly, faster than I could have imagined. At this moment, the original red rash on his skin had already begun to fade, but I knew that Li Hongjun's poison was starting to dissipate. Once the poison dissipated, the corpse toxin would take effect. From what I know, when the corpse toxin takes effect, it first turns into a zombie - it doesn't matter whether it's day or night, it will change at any time. Therefore, we must deal with it as soon as possible.

  I was just about to pour the gasoline when I suddenly heard the captain behind me shout, "Halt! The bodies must be handled by us. Otherwise, you won't be able to explain yourself."

  If it were usual, I would have hesitated for a moment, at least I would have responded to him, but at this time, after the big change, there was no mood to care about so much, and silently poured gasoline on Li Hongjun's body. Fortunately, when Li Hongjun died, he chose a good place, which was a pit, and the gasoline accumulated in it without flowing around. The police were going to rush over, but they were blocked by San Guniang. After I finished all this, I just lit a cigarette and took a hard drag. As the smoke spread, I also seemed to have spit out the depression in my heart. Suddenly, I threw the lit cigarette into the gasoline, and after a brief moment, a big fire burst up, as high as a person, and the scorching flames forced people to retreat backward.

  As the big fire rose, San Guniang also returned to my side, but for a while, neither of us had the mood to speak. I was the one who handled the most in this matter, and I was also the most unlucky. Even San Guniang didn't know how to comfort me, and Yang Xiufeng could only hold my hand silently to give me some consolation.

  "What you're doing is against the law, and it's also making things difficult for us to explain. Liu Hai, why don't you come with me instead?" Just then, someone grabbed my shoulder from behind, and I turned around to see that it was the squad leader.

  I feel exhausted, I really don't want to get entangled with them. Looking at the captain's serious face, I sighed and said in a low voice: "You guys have no idea what's going on, take a look at my leg..."

  The captain hesitated for a moment, only to look down and see that he couldn't help but be stunned. Earlier, they were far away and hadn't completely seen what was going on. Although they knew my leg was injured, at the time, they didn't pay much attention to it. The assassin took one look and saw that half of my pant leg was soaked in blood, which had already started to dry. When I lifted up my pant leg, the captain's eyes widened in shock, and he was momentarily stunned. I looked at him mockingly and couldn't help but let out a snort: "Don't you get it yet? Li Hongjun's matter isn't normal at all. It involves all sorts of supernatural things. Look at this wound of mine, how do you think I got it?"

  The captain didn't say a word, but his face was full of surprise and uncertainty. As an experienced policeman, he could tell at a glance that the wound was somewhat unusual. Before he could figure it out, I let out a sigh: "I didn't have this wound when I came, but now I do. At least when I fell down, there wasn't any blood, right? No matter how this wound came about, such a deep wound shouldn't be able to stop bleeding, should it?"