Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1366 - 969: The Only Curse Spirit Singer_2
So, the last corner of the strong ones within the Xiantai Barrier has awakened.
After awakening, Black Mushi Death is finally able to act on his deepest desires.
Namely, to devour everyone completely.
...
"Squeak squeak——"
"Squeak squeak squeak——"
"Squeak——"
Amidst the piercing and discomforting noise, a black tide appeared within the Xiantai Barrier.
A tide composed of countless black cockroaches, like water released from a sluice, inundating every corner within the Xiantai Barrier at an astonishing speed.
These countless cockroaches formed the black tide, some flying in the sky, others crawling on the ground, devouring everything like a plague of locusts.
"Wh-what is this...?!"
"Cockroaches?"
"Ah! No!"
"Help!"
"Damn things!"
"Aaaah!"
At this moment, everyone in the Xiantai Barrier was overwhelmed by the cockroach army, akin to a natural disaster.
Without exception, those engulfed by the cockroach army were devoured in an instant, reduced to skeletons.
After being enhanced by curse power, the biting force of each cockroach here was terrifyingly amplified. In a swarm attack, even an elephant would be stripped of all flesh and blood within a second or two, leaving only a skeleton.
If this is not a natural disaster, what is?
In any case, even the Poets lingering in the Xiantai Barrier, if not powerful enough, would be immediately overwhelmed by the cockroach army and eventually devoured.
Even those powerful Poets found it difficult to stop the advance of the cockroach army, at most hindering them for a moment, before either fleeing or ending up as lifeless skeletons like the unfortunate victims.
Faced with this devouring black tide, even Hinoko Usu and Long Shiliu, the strong ones of the Xiantai Barrier, chose to retreat without hesitation.
"That guy, Black Mushi Death, has indeed awakened."
Long Shiliu leaped between buildings, evading wave after wave of cockroach armies surging in like a black tide, retreating while muttering to himself.
"Disgusting things...!"
Hinoko Usu tried to seize space and transform it into a curtain to block the cockroach swarm, but the relentless tide quickly filled the distorted space, allowing the cockroach army to continue advancing, flying towards Hinoko Usu, who had to flee in embarrassment and couldn’t help cursing aloud.
Compared to the composed Long Shiliu, it was clear that Hinoko Usu was struggling to cope with Black Mushi Death’s cockroaches.
This is not to say Hinoko Usu is weaker than Long Shiliu, but purely a matter of compatibility.
Just as if Black Mushi Death encountered Druf, his cockroach army would be endlessly slain by the field formed by Druf’s controlled familiars, thus Druf’s technique counteracts Black Mushi Death, forcing him to retreat. In a similar manner, Black Mushi Death’s technique also counteracts Hinoko Usu to some extent.
No matter how Hinoko Usu twists space, as long as countless swarming cockroaches fill these spaces, the overflowing portion would climb onto Hinoko Usu, devouring her flesh.
Moreover, in terms of attributes, Black Mushi Death’s power also counteracts Hinoko Usu, making her odds of victory very small once faced with Black Mushi Death.
Thus, the Xiantai Barrier remained in a stalemate.
Druf counteracts Black Mushi Death.
Black Mushi Death counteracts Hinoko Usu.
Hinoko Usu’s technique can also easily reflect Long Shiliu’s Curse Power Shock Wave, nullifying his attacks.
And if Long Shiliu wishes, he can keep shooting down Druf’s familiars from a distance, preventing them from approaching.
The strong ones of the Xiantai Barrier exist in a mutual counteraction, leading to a situation where no side dares to act rashly, resulting in a stalemate.
But, the appearance of Reiger broke this stalemate.
"Squeak squeak——"
"Squeak squeak squeak——"
"Squeak——"
Amidst the piercing sound, countless cockroaches flew in like a tide from mid-air, surging toward Reiger.
Faced with the swarming cockroach army, Reiger, like Long Shiliu, was retreating by continuously leaping on buildings, maintaining a certain distance from the cockroach army.
"Boom!"
Occasionally, Reiger would suddenly punch out, releasing a formidable curse power, forming a shockwave that obliterated the approaching cockroaches.
Watching one cockroach after another being blasted apart by the curse power shock wave, Reiger frowned.
"Cockroaches reinforced by curse power?"
Whose technique is this?
"Truly disgusting."
Reiger resolutely abandoned the thought of learning such a technique.
This disgusting technique, there’s no need to even remember it.
Because Reiger would never use such a technique.
"Gold, bring up the list of poets whose game points changed after these disgusting cockroaches appeared."
Reiger, retreating swiftly, spoke to the golden insect shikigami close by.
"No problem!"
Gold’s abdomen immediately transformed into a screen, and there was only one name displayed.
"Black Mukshi, points: 073, change: 00 times, barrier stay: Xiantai"
Black Mukshi, who previously had only 54 points, suddenly had more than Uruo Hengko, second only to Shiliulong in game points.
Moreover, these points continued to change.
074...
075...
080...
Just like that, Black Mukshi’s game points swiftly broke through 80, surpassing Shiliulong, becoming the poet with the most game points in the Xiantai Barrier.
This indicates that at this very moment, Black Mukshi is continuously slaughtering, constantly harvesting the lives of spellcasters and even non-spellcasters.
Thus, no need to think hard about who controls these cockroaches.
"So, where is the main offender?"
Reiger’s eyes glimmered with a transparent brilliance, scanning the surroundings.
Under the gaze of the translucent world, Reiger quickly discovered an entity whose curse power was clearly different from ordinary poets.
"There?"
Confirming the direction, Reiger did not hesitate, stomping his foot and shooting toward that direction.
It appeared to be at the center of the cockroach army.
Therefore, as Reiger rushed to that location, his figure directly leaped into the swarm formed by the black cockroaches, skimming over the top.
"Screech screech screech...!"
On the way, numerous cockroaches flew in, attempting to hinder Reiger.
If he could freely use his powers now, they would surely fail.
Not only these cockroaches trying to stop him, but even the sea of cockroaches below, Reiger could easily burn them all with a single magic.
However, without using magic or curse techniques, relying solely on physical strength to fight, Reiger hardly had any effective means to deal with such a sea of bugs, or almost none.
Fortunately, lots of curse power was still stored in the lotus glory.
"Boom!"
As Reiger liberated the curse power in the lotus glory, massive amounts of curse power instantly surged from his brilliantly shining gauntlet, forming a shockwave that shattered all incoming cockroaches.
This was just simple external curse power release.
Yet, no matter how simple, when quantity changes form quality changes, the instantaneous explosion of massive amounts of curse power can still create sufficient destructive force.
In the past, in the juvenile detention center, that special-grade hypothetical Curse Spirit also used this external curse power release method to launch attacks on Reiger.
Now, Reiger also used this method to widen the destructive range, the drawback being that it consumes a lot of curse power.
Of course, no matter how much curse power is consumed, Reiger would remain indifferent.
After dealing with this impediment, he finally saw that silhouette in the center of the cockroach sea.
It stood atop the cockroach sea, as if riding a wave of darkness.
Seemingly noticing Reiger’s arrival, it raised its head, looked at Reiger, its reptilian eyes fixating on him as if staring at a delicious meal.
Upon seeing the figure, Reiger was quite surprised.
"Curse Spirit?"
The only Curse Spirit Singer in the Xiantai Barrier, has arrived.
