Chapter Thirty-Four: The Death Devil's Curse

  "Drip! Drip drop!"

  That suddenly appearing gigantic blood-colored skull floated above the base of the Tianhui camp, its big mouth opened and spewed out a large amount of bloody rain, pouring onto Su Hong and others' bodies. The thick, pungent smell of blood filled the air, making people feel like vomiting.

  Although the blood rain that poured onto the earth was quickly purified by the life energy emanating from the World Tree, a small, blood-colored skull mark appeared on the heads of Su Hong and others without exception, looking like some kind of mysterious blood-colored glyph.

  "What is this thing?" Su Hong's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and a bad premonition rose in his heart. He felt that the suddenly appearing blood-colored skull was probably something that Nightmares had come up with, and the North Sea Pirate's next words also confirmed his conjecture.

  The Northern European pirate's face turned pale, and he exclaimed in a trembling voice: "This is the Death Devil's Curse! Once activated, it will be a fight to the death, unless one side's base is completely destroyed. No one can surrender or retreat midway. We're in big trouble now!"

  Li Dairen's face also looked very unsightly, and he said in a low voice: "This Death Devil Curse is indeed an auxiliary item, but it's even rarer than the team's token. The fact that the opponent was able to get their hands on this shows that they're definitely not weak, and may have a deep background. Most importantly, since the opponent dared to activate the Death Devil Curse, it means they're determined to win this battle and have confidence in their victory."

  "It's really an unlucky year, we three people from a small black shop encountered five people from a big black shop, and the other side looks like they're coming with great momentum, much more ruthless than us......" Chu Ge looked at the blood-colored skull mark on his forehead and said with great depression.

  Su Hong was also speechless, thinking that with the three of them in the small black shop, plus the two seasoned veterans from Northern Europe and the Snake Stabber, this battle would be a sure win. But who knew that unexpected events would occur one after another? First, their own side almost started infighting due to issues with command, and then the opposing side's Nightmares pulled off something like this, pushing them into a desperate situation. Just as Chu Ge had said earlier, they were indeed extremely unlucky.

  But Su Hong quickly adjusted his mentality, took a deep breath, and threw the death demon curse on his head to the back of his mind, no longer worrying about it.

  All or nothing? Bring it on!

  Just as Li Dairen and others were worried, Su Hong found himself somewhat excited, full of longing for the upcoming battle.

  "Alright! Let's discuss the lineup distribution issue!" Su Hong broke the silence, speaking to the Northern European pirate in a tone that brooked no argument: "I'll be in charge of outputting heroes later on, do you have any objections?"

  "No." Meeting Su Hong's somewhat chilly gaze, the Northern European pirate ghost nodded in response, although he quickly reacted and felt quite annoyed in his heart. However, thinking of Su Hong's military achievements and the astonishing results of six blood energy enhancements, he also sincerely acknowledged it, without any reason to refute.

  "Li Ge, the plan we discussed before has changed. Choose a hero who can withstand pressure on the disadvantaged road. Just don't die in the laning phase. I suggest you choose Dark Seer DS." Su Hong said, turning his head.

  "Alright, no problem!" Li Dairei replied crisply.

  "Chu Ge, you'd better keep using the devil wizard, go mid and solo lane with others, rely on you to bring rhythm in the early stage."

  "Alright!" Chu Ge nodded in response.

  "As for you two, since the command of battle is in my hands, you must listen to orders. Now I give you four heroes to choose from: Sand King, Twin-Headed Dragon, Great Magician Rabie and Wind Walker. Choose the one that suits you best, then follow me down the road." Su Hong ordered bluntly.

  "Then I'll go with Shāwáng, this hero is used more often by me, and still has some experience." said the snake after thinking for a moment.

  "Then I'll be the Windrunner, an additional ranged hero, and if I use my binding strike skill well, I can also help control their heroes." The Nordic pirate responded somewhat gloomily under Su Hong's dominance.

  "It's settled then! Time is of the essence, quickly choose your heroes and buy your equipment, let's prepare for battle!" Su Hong said with a wave of his hand.

  "Hey, I didn't think you had this side to you, so decisive and efficient! I'm impressed, bro!" The demon wizard that Chu Ge transformed into smiled and patted Su Hong's shoulder before leaving the base, his face full of admiration.

  At this time, Li Dairen, who had transformed into the Dark Sage, happened to be walking over and, upon hearing Chu Ge's words, looked at Su Hong with a rather complex expression. Without saying anything, he quietly walked away in the direction of the inferior road by himself.

  Li Dairen was very ambitious, determined to build his own trial team. To achieve this goal, he first found Chu Ge, and later pulled in Li Qiang. After noticing Su Hong's growth potential, and considering that Li Qiang was too selfish, he decisively abandoned Li Qiang and pulled Su Hong into his small team.

  But just as he was full of confidence and ready to take action, he didn't expect to encounter such an unexpected situation today. What made him even more embarrassed was that he found himself unable to calm the scene at all. If it weren't for Su Hong, the Nordic pirates and the venomous snake might have rebelled long ago. And when the person opposite activated the Death Devil's Curse, he suddenly became flustered and lost his composure. On the other hand, Su Hong was calm and composed, thinking of a countermeasure in a short period of time, and gathering everyone's panicked thoughts together.

  It was also because of this that Li Dairen discovered that Su Hong, the little brother in his eyes, was not so easy to tame, and had already begun to show his edge, quietly pulling away from him.

  "Brother Li, I..." Seeing Li Dairen's somewhat disheartened departing back, Su Hong opened his mouth, wanting to explain something, but couldn't find the words. To be honest, he didn't want to show off or replace Li Dairen, but if he hadn't spoken up today, things would have definitely gone awry and they would have lost the battle for sure. He was thinking of victory too, that's why he stood out.

  "Alright, no need to explain anything. Old Li is just a bit depressed, but he's not a narrow-minded person. He'll figure it out himself soon." Chu Ge said, pausing for a moment before adding another sentence with deep meaning: "The Shangyue space is originally an infinitely terrifying cycle. Here, including you and me, everyone is struggling hard to survive, for power, wealth, and superpowers. Everyone is fighting, and the only thing that decides everything is strength! Without strength, everything else is just a reflection in the mirror or a ripple on the water, just an illusion."

  After finishing speaking, Chu Ge swung her hand elegantly, humming a little tune, and rushed towards the central battlefield.

  "Is this Huang Jiaqiang's killing field? This song is quite fitting." Listening to the melody hummed by Chu Ge, Su Hong couldn't help but smile and stop worrying about these trivial matters, striding towards the Hero Tavern beside the Life Spring Water Base.

  "Bat Knight, Queen of Pain, Ice Maiden, Shadow Demon and Sword Saint?" Su Hong's eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty light as he made a sudden decision, choosing an unexpected hero that caught everyone off guard.

  Divine Warrior!

  Huskar, the Sacred Warrior, is a fierce and powerful fighter from the Dark Spear tribe. His people have long been considered the most savage of all races, and their warriors the most brutal. They will stop at nothing to incinerate their enemies, even if it means sacrificing their own lives. Huskar is the strongest warrior of his tribe, feared by his foes as a demon and revered by his allies as an angel. He embodies contradiction - a fierce warrior blessed and cursed by the gods.

  In the mind, recalling the heroic background of the divine warrior, under the colorful light of the Tree of Life, Su Hong has transformed into a divine warrior with giant demon blood.

  The divine warrior's appearance is extremely cool, with bright fiery red hair, a majestic and domineering Mohawk hairstyle, exposed fangs, each hand holding a short spear covered in blood-colored patterns, and on his shoulder, he has a bamboo tube slung across, with a spare short spear inserted at an angle, shining with cold light.

  "Roar!"

  Su Hong, transformed into a divine warrior, raised his arm and let out a defiant battle cry. Perhaps it was the influence of the giant demon's bloodline or perhaps it was his own innermost desire for bloody combat, but at this moment, Su Hong clearly felt his entire body's blood boiling up, surging with a thirst for slaughter.

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