Chapter 587 - The Evil God’s Destruction (Part 2)

"It's finally over," Lu Ran said in a daze.

Although this was his first time failing an ascension mission, it was all part of the plan. He would have missed out on more opportunities to farm resources if he hadn't.

𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

This ascension mission was actually quite dangerous. If Six-Path Flower hadn't left behind the Demonic Space God to monitor the Undead Cult and collect resources from the six major sects, then his trip might have really ended in failure.

The cult leader was planning to disband the Undead Cult! If Limitless City counted that as the cult meeting its demise, then it would’ve been a disaster. Thankfully, Lu Ran and Six-Path Flower were there to stop him.

“Your Majesty, we're ready to proceed! Your Majesty?"

"Huh? Oh."

Lu Ran turned his attention away from the ascension mission prompt.

"We only have a few days left, so let's focus on hunting the Evil God. Use your spiritual power to sniff it out."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Dark Crow replied.

“Letting the Evil God escape once is enough. We've already eliminated all of its Legendary followers, leaving behind only a few sub-Legendaries. Use your Legion form and Spiritual Speech to kill off every Evil God creature except your own. No matter how many followers the Evil God has, they will all perish from your current power.

"A few days is definitely enough time to wipe out all of the Evil God's followers. If any of them successfully resist your Spiritual Speech, then that means the Evil God has already reincarnated. If it comes to that, we'll pinpoint the coordinates and hunt it down again.”

Lu Ran rubbed his chin. Dark Crow's Spiritual Speech attribute was too overpowered. With the Evil God's hiding abilities, Captain Doofus and Sudden Death King could spend their entire lives looking and never find it, while Dark Crow could corner it without breaking a sweat.

"Minions!"

Dark Crow issued its own orders to gather its war soldiers and enter its Legion form. With a single word from its mouth, countless Evil God creatures across the Stellar Moon World perished, regardless of where they were.

***

"The Evil God lineage is rapidly declining."

A massacre on such a scale naturally drew the attention of Ghost Mother and its followers. They had been meticulously hunting Evil God creatures for over half a month. The Evil God creatures obviously didn’t sit around waiting to get killed, so they went into hiding.

The Evil God lineage was at the peak of its power, and there were billions of Evil God creatures across the various races of the continent. Ghost Mother had a hard time taking care of them in a short period of time due to their unique abilities.

The commotion made many Evil God creatures realize that the end was nigh. The Divine Dragon Envoy had finally recuperated and started going all out. He was using an extreme method that didn’t leave any room for survival. He didn’t seem afraid of the Evil God in the slightest.

In a cavern beneath a rainforest, a row of toads was concealing themselves by feigning death. They were naturally weak, as they were only Transcendent-rank creatures. They were at the bottom of the food chain, even amongst other Evil God creatures. Under normal circumstances, Legendary creatures would hardly notice them, but they were wiped out by the sudden wave of Curse energy.

Some Evil God creatures hid themselves by contracting with humans and taking refuge in their contractor’s beastmaster spaces. They would often use their Curse energy to mentally manipulate their beastmasters to further conceal their existence.

This became the modus operandi for Evil God creatures living amongst humans, as it was more covert than directly transforming humans into Evil God creatures.

That day, to the shock of many beastmasters, countless familiars died within their beastmaster spaces, causing the beastmasters to suffer severe backlashes and become plagued by a strange Cursed energy.

“A Spiritual Speech Curse was cast over the entire Evil God lineage and wiped them all out.”

Dark Crow's relentless persecution of the Evil God lineage made Ghost Mother and the others nervous. They feared that the Evil God would eventually retaliate against the myriad races. With its power, it could transform up to half of the entire continent's population into Evil God creatures.

Even if Lu Ran could slay the Evil God, it could still cause irreversible damage to the Stellar Moon World’s ecology.

"The Divine Dragon Envoy must have thought it through already. He's even cultivated an Evil God creature himself. Perhaps there's a way to purify them."

For now, Ghost Mother could only hope for the best, but in reality, Lu Ran didn’t care about any of it. He wouldn’t have gone to war with the Evil God lineage in the real world, but this was an ascension realm, so nothing he did was of consequence.

"Your Majesty, that fella is really good at hiding."

The Evil God's influence was truly expansive. Dark Crow's curse couldn’t wipe out all of its vestiges even after two days.

"We should be done soon," Lu Ran said, looking at the Lucky Flower pinned in Dark Crow's feathers.

"With Sis-Flower's luck buff, we'll definitely find the Evil God before the ascension realm ends. It's probably sweating bullets by now anyhow."

***

"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!"

Just as Lu Ran had predicted, the Evil God sensed an increasing number of its followers falling, and—coupled with the fact that its power was only a fraction of its former peak—it grew increasingly anxious.

It reincarnated and was hiding in a distant dimension as an octopus, but it didn’t dare to reveal itself. Everyone was hunting it, and it had no confidence in winning. Its only hope was to hide until it all blew over. It cast a curse on the dimension it was hiding in to make everyone in the Stellar Moon World forget that it existed.

As long as its enemies couldn't find it, then it could hold out for millennials. Even if it ended up as the sole inheritor of its entire lineage, it would have a chance to rise again.

This naive hope was a clear indication that it underestimated Dark Crow’s ability. Admittedly, Dark Crow might not have been able to do anything on its own. However, it currently had Six-Path Flower’s Lucky Flower, and by this point, Baby Cloud had also returned.

Baby Cloud devoured the seven Elemental Gods all over again and was noticeably stronger than before. It was strong enough to fight the Evil God in a 1v1 and not be at a disadvantage.

Dark Crow used the Eliminating the Scourge for Heaven skill to sacrifice a piece of Baby Cloud’s body to make itself more in tune with the world’s laws.

With its various buffs, there was nowhere for the Evil God to hide.

"Damn it!"

In the Cursed Dimension, the Evil God, who was still hibernating, suddenly opened its eyes. It saw a dark-gold "Death" character appear in the air in front of it. It quickly countered with its Undying Curse.

Unfortunately, this act of resistance only made an evil grin creep onto Lu Ran’s face. With a flash, the group instantly vanished from the Evil God Sea. Simultaneously, the spatial barrier of the Cursed Dimension shattered like glass as if it were struck by a tremendous force from outside.

"Hello? Have you heard the word of our lord and savior? Please, open up."

A dreadful voice sounded, making the Evil God shudder. It didn't expect Lu Ran to find it so quickly.

"Am I really going to die here today? No."

The Evil God carefully analyzed what Lu Ran previously said.

In the future, the Evil God commits countless atrocities and has even cast an Undying Curse upon itself that is imbued with the laws of space and time. It must be completely eradicated from the root across all historical timelines to truly die.

Although it hadn’t used the curse yet, what Lu Ran said was likely true. Its future self must have mastered such a terrifying ability that Lu Ran could only slay it by travelling back in time. That meant it was fated to achieve divinity!

Perhaps I should change my strategy.

With the Undying Curse, if it died but another version of itself existed in a different spacetime, then it could still come back to life. Therefore, death wasn’t a real threat. It could simply abandon this timeline and force Lu Ran to hunt it across the infinite timelines.

Once it reached this conclusion, the Evil God calmed down and calmly watched Lu Ran trying to break into its dimension.

"Human, you have angered me."

Lu Ran didn't reply. Instead, the newly improved Baby Cloud fired off a beam of elemental energy. To Lu Ran's surprise, the Evil God seemed quite resolute this time. It didn't resist and allowed the attack to hit, as if accepting its fate.

"Curse, amplify! So long, human!"

Its body emitted countless rays of light. Dark Crow swooped in to snatch up the Evil God's Curse Core, which was akin to its heart, but it was too late. The Evil God sacrificed its life to strengthen the curse on Lu Ran to drag him down.

"What was it thinking?"

Lu Ran frowned as he felt himself age in reverse.

"I can't stop it," Six-Path Flower said to him. “That was its dying struggle. It gave up its life for the sole purpose of strengthening your curse. At this rate, you’ll turn into a fetus in less than a month."

“...”

"That's only if you don't do anything about it. A Time-attribute creature can help you with the curse by slowing down its progression. You will have to stay a child for a while longer. You’ll only be able to lift the curse if Dark Crow, Manager Ying, or I reach Primary Divine." Six-Path Flower gave Lu Ran a sympathetic look.

"I think I understand what's going on. The Evil God probably believed the story you cooked and thought that it couldn’t die if it existed in other timelines. It did its best to tie you down in this timeline to give the other versions of itself a better chance. What a decisive individual."

"Damn it!"

"Don't worry. The curse will be lifted sooner or later. It’s not like you have a woman in your life, so you’re not missing out on anything," Six-Path Flower joked.

“My Lord, are you alright? This guy actually sacrificed himself to strengthen the curse. How despicable!"

[Name: Curse Core (Incomplete)]

[Description: A Legendary resource that was once the heart of the Evil God and contains the most powerful Curse energy in the world. Anyone exposed to its aura will be transformed into an Evil God creature. Digesting the core grants the user greater Curse power and the Curse attribute.]

"I’m fine. Too bad the core got damaged," Lu Ran lamented. "We’ll have to act fast when we deal with the Evil God in the real world. Otherwise, it will destroy its core again, and we’ll really lose out."

***

Soon, Lu Ran was back in the real world again. Due to the minor setback, he came back cursed like Shi Zhen did in the past. Luckily, it was an aging curse rather than a Sex Change Curse.

On the bright side, most people dreamed about getting younger. The only drawback was that he had to constantly put effort into resisting the curse. He didn’t want to end up as a tiny blob one day.

"

Hahahahaha!

Why do you look like that?"

Lu Ran decided to only meet with Manager Ying since he didn’t want anyone else to see him in his current state. He even decided to put off resurrecting his necromancer master until he fixed the curse situation.

"Keep laughing. You think this is funny? I got cursed by the Evil God, so I’m going to need you to donate some blood to stave off the curse."

Manager Ying's smile faded.

After Lu Ran left to check on the Evil God's seal, Manager Ying had to wake up in the middle of the night for several days.

"Fuck the Evil God!"

***

Stellar Moon World.

With the Stellar Moon Federation providing the resources, Ji Yuan quickly recovered to his peak condition. He also got caught up on the current state of the world over the past two weeks.

He felt that the current era should’ve been named the Limitless City Era instead of the Federation Era!

"Lu Ran is the strongest beastmaster from a different planet that partnered with the Divine Tree and contracted with the Superior-Legendary Six-Path Flower. With the assistance of Peanut, the Mythical plantmaster of the Plant Era, Lu Ran easily defeated the three Beast Gods as a Legendary beastmaster.

"This era is truly filled with powerful individuals."

Ji Yuan wasn’t concerned about the Chaos Dragon God, which was now restrained by the Divine Tree. In his opinion, even though the Evil God wasn't a Primary Divine yet, it was a much greater threat. Especially since no one in the current era could restrain it.

The Divine Tree and Chaos Dragon God have both fallen dormant, and the Divine Dragon's kins were powerless by themselves. Once the Evil God broke its seal, it would run rampant across the world.

"I want to see the God of the Abyss."

Once Ji Yuan had mostly recovered, he contacted the Federation to arrange a meeting with Ghost Mother. He needed to consult with it to check on the condition of the seal and find a way to break the Sex Change Curse.

Ji Yuan arrived before the Abyss Dimension entrance a short while later. As the leader of the human race that spearheaded the fight against the Evil God in ancient times, he was already familiar with Ghost Mother that was tasked with restraining it.

Before he could do anything else, Ji Yuan was surprised by another spatial fluctuation that rippled beside him. A little boy about seven or eight years old stepped out, dressed in a set of necromancer robes.

The cursed Lu Ran and the cursed Ji Yuan were both slightly startled by the sight of each other.

Huh? Who’s this woman? Why does she look like Ji Yuan if he had a sex change?

Who’s this kid? Why does he look like he’s from the Undead Cult?