I picked up skill fragments in the demon world

Zhang Chen's pupils shrank upon hearing this, a look of astonishment appearing in his eyes. He never imagined there would be such secrets, that the Emperor's dominance over the world back then had such hidden aspects.

"Regardless, the main tomb chamber is right before us. We must go and see it," Zhang Chen said, putting away the Great自在天魔. He turned to look at the main tomb chamber door that the rat spirit had dug open. Now that the main tomb chamber was open, there was no reason for him not to enter.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look." Zhang Chen was thinking about skills and points. Even if he couldn't get any treasures, if there were skills and points, picking up some would mean he hadn't come for nothing.

"What's recorded on that stone tablet?" Zhong Xiang asked, his voice full of curiosity.

"Can't understand it!" Zhang Chen retorted, giving Zhong Xiang the back of his head.

"Bah, you can't even fool people properly. Was that 'can't understand' look you just gave me?"

Zhong Xiang said in annoyance.

"You, a great noble, can't understand it, how dare a commoner like me understand it?" Zhang Chen said sarcastically.

Hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhong Xiang didn't bother to argue with him, silently following Zhang Chen inside.

After walking another three or four kilometers, white light burst forth from the darkness ahead, piercing the silent darkness. Zhong Xiang's eyes lit up when he saw the white light: "There's treasure!"

Then, without another word, he rushed forward, afraid that Zhang Chen would snatch the treasure away. However, when he saw Zhang Chen still standing there motionless, with no intention of going forward, Zhong Xiang paused and looked at Zhang Chen suspiciously.

Based on his understanding of this kid, if there were any benefits, how could he not rush forward?

"Why aren't you going to compete for the treasure?" Zhong Xiang asked.

Zhang Chen ignored him, simply walking forward, his eyes flashing with golden light, as if he were examining something.

Zhong Xiang knew that Zhang Chen was extraordinary. At this time, he followed closely behind Zhang Chen with a serious expression. In his heart, Zhang Chen was someone who would never allow himself to suffer losses. Now that he was being so cautious, there must be something terrible lurking.

The two came to the entrance of the light source and looked towards the light. They saw that the stone chamber was about 240 square meters in size. In the center of the stone chamber was a stone platform, surrounded by pools of water. The pools were black, as black as ink, constantly churning. In the churning waves, there seemed to be faces roaring and struggling under the stone platform, but they couldn't make a sound.

And on that stone platform was a coffin. This coffin was different from ordinary coffins, because this coffin was half a tree trunk. The tree was about two meters thick and three meters high, split in half, with a woman lying inside.

Branches still hung from the tree, the branches lush and vibrant, the foliage covering the woman's figure, only allowing a vague outline of the woman to be seen through the gaps in the leaves.

"That is… Longevity Willow Tree, with the effect of extending lifespan!"

"Ancient Demon God! There's actually a surviving physical body of an ancient demon god!"

When Zhong Xiang saw the tree trunk in the center of the pool, and the woman lying quietly in the tree trunk, like a sleeping beauty, his face was filled with ecstasy. Without another word, he rushed over.

As for the mere pool water, although it looked very strange, he didn't take it to heart.

He was the Child of Destiny, the one destined by fate, and he had the Heart of the Qilin accompanying him, with an immortal body following him. What difficulties and dangers in this world could scare him away?

Most importantly, he was determined to get that Longevity Willow!

The old ancestor in his family was nearing the end of his lifespan. If he could obtain that half of the Longevity Willow, then not only could the old ancestor's lifespan be extended, but there would also be a chance for it to increase. Therefore, he had to obtain the Longevity Willow in front of him.

Zhang Chen didn't stop Zhong Xiang's actions, because he also wanted to see what exactly the Emperor was suppressing, and whether he had a chance to use the Soul Hooking Chain to suppress the other party.

"Boom!"

Just as Zhong Xiang rose into the air and stepped onto the black water flow, a strange cry suddenly came from the black pool water. Then, three black figures shot out from the pool, each holding a black long knife, directly slashing towards Zhong Xiang.

"Not good!" The Heart of the Qilin in Zhong Xiang's heart beat wildly, and a fatal crisis came. The next moment, flames erupted around him, and the two figures that rushed closest were directly shattered by Zhong Xiang. However, after the two black figures were shattered, they turned into two wisps of black smoke, directly pouncing towards Zhong Xiang.

Zhong Xiang was shocked when he saw the black smoke, knowing that it was not a good thing. He must not be hit by the black smoke. He quickly mobilized the flames in his body to burn it, but who knew that the black smoke would ignore the flames and directly plunged into Zhong Xiang's body. Then, Zhong Xiang was shocked, his figure flashed and turned into a rainbow light, quickly retreating from the black pool, directly retreating towards the outside of the cave, instantly passing Zhang Chen and retreating behind Zhang Chen.

At this time, the last figure in the pool chased after him. When passing Zhang Chen, the black long knife in his hand cut through the air and slashed directly at Zhang Chen.

"Damn it, what does this have to do with me? It wasn't me who broke in." Zhang Chen looked at the figure attacking him. He wanted to run, but how could his mortal body run faster than Zhong Xiang? He couldn't run faster than the ghost-like black shadow.

Fortunately, Zhang Chen's reaction was not slow. The water vapor in his hand gathered and turned into a long knife, directly parrying the black figure that was stabbing at him.

The result was surprisingly easy, as if he had slashed into the air. With Zhang Chen's parry, the long knife in the figure's hand was directly cut off. Then, Zhang Chen's ice knife's momentum was too old, and he couldn't retract the knife in time, slicing through the black knife mist and directly smashing the figure.

"Boom!"

The black figure exploded, directly turning into a mist and pouncing towards Zhang Chen's body.

Zhang Chen hurriedly retreated, and the Suppress Character Talisman was used, trying to suppress the black mist, but the black mist actually ignored the Suppress Character Talisman and passed through it.

Zhang Chen hurriedly urged the Light of the Righteous God to resist, but the black mist actually ignored the Light of the Righteous God, as if the Light of the Righteous God did not exist. The black mist directly passed through Zhang Chen's body and wrapped around Zhang Chen's soul.

The next moment, an ancient, dark, and obscure voice sounded in Zhang Chen's ears: "I curse you, every midnight, you will turn into a toad."

Then, the voice disappeared, only a wisp of obscure mist seemed to be connected to Zhang Chen's soul, turning into a gauze and covering Zhang Chen's soul.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Zhang Chen's face was full of bewilderment, his eyes full of innocence. He was just watching from the side, how could he inexplicably suffer such an unexpected disaster?

Zhang Chen hurriedly looked at Zhong Xiang, and saw Zhong Xiang standing there, his face even more ugly.

"How are you?" Zhang Chen asked. At this time, he was not angry, nor did he blame Zhong Xiang for dragging him in, because the two were one, both grasshoppers on the same rope, and there was no question of who dragged whom in.

Zhong Xiang was hit by two curses, so he should be much more serious than himself.

“I'm fucking cursed, and with two curses at that. The first curse is that I turn into a toad every night at midnight, and the second curse is that on the fifteenth of every month, I have to eat grass, or I'll turn into a donkey!” Zhong Xiang's face was green with fear as he stared at Zhang Chen. “What about you? What happened to you?”

Zhang Chen had been hit by a cloud of black smoke, so he should have at least one curse.

“Every night at midnight, I turn into a toad for an hour.” Zhang Chen's face was ashen.

The two men looked at each other in silence. Then, they both turned their gaze to the pool, and the air became eerily still.

“Is this curse real or fake? Could it be just a scare tactic? Something left behind by the ancients to frighten people?” Zhong Xiang still held a glimmer of hope, as he really didn't want to turn into a toad.

Zhang Chen retorted, annoyed, “What do you think?”

Hearing this, Zhong Xiang's face turned sour, and he stood there dejectedly, staring at the churning black pool.

“Can we use our power to suppress the curse?” Zhong Xiang suggested.

“In theory, it's possible, but…” Zhang Chen thought about the origin of the curse. It came from a being that even the capital couldn't kill, only suppress. What power could possibly suppress the power of such a curse?

Zhang Chen stopped mid-sentence, scanning the black pool, hoping to find a skill he could pick up, a way to break the curse. Unfortunately, he was disappointed, as no skills appeared.

“This is tough! What do we do now?” Zhang Chen's face was also etched with worry.

The two men stared at the pool, neither daring to approach rashly.

“Let's wait and see if we can suppress the curse on our first night.” Zhong Xiang plopped down on the ground, completely devoid of energy. He no longer cared about the Longevity Willow or the body of the Primordial God-Devil.

“Did you suspect something all along? Otherwise, why did you suddenly become so unenthusiastic? Did you want me to be the guinea pig, trying to trick me?” Zhong Xiang seemed to remember something, turning to look at Zhang Chen and questioning him.

“Don't accuse me. I just thought the Primordial God-Devil's tomb wasn't that simple, so I was a bit more cautious.” Zhang Chen immediately denied Zhong Xiang's accusation, even criticizing him, “If you hadn't recklessly tried to steal the treasure and activated the curse in the pool, would I have been involved?”

Zhang Chen turned the tables, his words full of blame.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Zhong Xiang lowered his head and didn't refute Zhang Chen's words.

Time ticked by, and finally, when midnight arrived, black mist suddenly swirled around Zhang Chen. The light of the Righteous God within him erupted, trying to resist the power of the black mist. However, after resisting for seven or eight breaths, Zhang Chen's body twisted, and he transformed into an ugly toad.

Meanwhile, red light began to flicker around Zhong Xiang, resisting slightly longer than Zhang Chen, lasting a full seventy or eighty breaths. Eventually, the fiery red light was suppressed, and he also transformed into a toad.

“Ribbit! ~ ~ ~”

Zhong Xiang cried out in despair, but only a toad's croak came out, his voice filled with horror, his emotions on the verge of collapse.

Zhang Chen's expression was also unpleasant as he looked down at his toad hands, a trace of embarrassment in his eyes. “This curse is really troublesome!”

Zhong Xiang (in toad language): “What do we do?”

Zhang Chen (in toad language): “This is a big problem. We can't resist the power of this curse at all.”

Zhong Xiang: “I don't want to live anymore! How can I turn into a toad? Once I become a toad, I'll be vulnerable. If someone assassinates me now, I'm sure to die.”

Zhang Chen: “……”

Just as the two were croaking back and forth, Zhang Chen suddenly noticed something was wrong. “Why did you turn into a female toad? Hahaha, you actually turned into a female toad, even your gender changed. You can't shake your little pecker when you pee anymore.”

Zhong Xiang became angry and ashamed. “I can't control this damn curse. Shut your mouth.”

“Let me take a look.” Zhang Chen looked at Zhong Xiang, unable to resist teasing him, and hopped over, pouncing directly on Zhong Xiang and pinning him down.

“Ah…” Zhong Xiang was horrified. “What are you trying to do, you bastard!!!”

Zhong Xiang quickly scrambled out from under Zhang Chen, hopping and jumping to avoid Zhang Chen's grasp.

“Little brother, you've turned into a woman. With our relationship, it wouldn't be too much to ask for a little fun, right?” Zhang Chen chased after him, his voice full of jest and mockery.

“Get away! Get away from me!” Zhong Xiang cried out in despair, hopping and jumping to evade.

The two chased each other around the cave. Finally, after playing around for a while, Zhang Chen stopped chasing, his face full of worry. “What do we do now?”

“We have to find a way to break this curse. We can't just turn into toads every day at midnight, right? Sooner or later, we'll be exposed.” Zhong Xiang stopped moving, looking at Zhang Chen warily.

“Breaking this curse will be difficult.” Zhang Chen's toad eyes looked at the pool. “Perhaps the power to break the curse is under the water.”

“Dare you go? One wisp of black gas is one curse. If anyone gets trapped in there, they're probably done for.” Zhong Xiang grumbled, “The most important thing is that this curse is really disgusting. I would have accepted it if it just cursed me to die! But who knew it would curse me to become a toad? What kind of twisted sense of humor does the person who invented this curse have!”

This curse didn't do much damage, but it was extremely insulting.

Turning into a toad every day at midnight, what is that?

Is this a normal curse?

Of course, if the curser was still alive and knew that their opponent had turned into a toad, they could come and assassinate them in the middle of the night, which would be a great killing move.

The key is…

Zhang Chen was speechless. He finally understood why this Curse Demon God had been sealed by the Emperor. This guy had a really twisted sense of humor.

An hour passed extremely slowly. Zhang Chen and Zhong Xiang looked at each other, their toad eyes staring at each other. However, Zhang Chen looked at Zhong Xiang and felt a bit strange. For some reason, he felt that the female toad was becoming more and more cute, more and more beautiful.

“I'm probably sick! My mind is starting to become perverted.” Zhang Chen raised his toad foot and slapped himself hard, hoping to knock himself awake.

“What are you doing?” Zhong Xiang couldn't help but ask, curious about Zhang Chen's actions.

Zhang Chen ignored him, disgusted that he was actually interested in a female toad. He felt disgusted to the extreme, almost to the point of vomiting.

“It seems I've really turned into a toad! The power of this curse is too great.” A trace of helplessness appeared in Zhang Chen's eyes. He slowly closed his eyes, not looking at the female toad, a look of embarrassment in his eyes. “We have to break this damn curse.”