Published: February 10, 2025
The Holy Maiden wiped the corner of her mouth and remained silent.
In truth, she didn't know what to say.
Ye Zhongming's situation was quite dire; she could tell that among the strikes of the staff of glory, the falling star was not the strongest, but rather the moonrise. That was her personal strongest attack before she obtained Yangos as her mount. If Ye Zhongming was hit by it, he would undoubtedly fall into a tormenting situation.
However, the current circumstances made her feel extremely troubled.
From the moment the first raindrop-like explosions began, she sensed something unusual, but she didn't pay much attention to it. The remarkable defensive capabilities of the Robe of Faith lowered her sensitivity to these anomalies.
But as time went on, she began to feel the effects, and it was significant.
The impact started after the attack from the crown of breaking illusions. Even after the attack, the Holy Maiden was able to stand there due to her extraordinary willpower.
At that moment, she had already felt the pain of her body being torn apart.
She didn't know why, but she was indeed injured, and it was the most troublesome kind of internal injury.
At her level, being just one step away from the highest realm, her body's defenses were already exceptionally strong. A regular knife couldn't even pierce her skin, and if she were injured, her healing ability was terrifyingly powerful.
But internal injuries were different; even for strong individuals like her, they were very troublesome because the internal organs represented their source of power. Once harmed, the impact was considerable.
However, at that moment, she was in a strong offensive phase; the dawn holy maiden couldn't afford to stop, and she could only continue.
Then the moonrise appeared, and she wanted to resolve the battle quickly.
What she didn't expect was that the bizarre injuries she had suffered earlier not only did not stop but intensified, as if an immense pressure was pushing her down toward the ground.
At that moment, the dawn holy maiden roughly understood why.
She was under a curse—a curse that made her bear a certain proportion of her own attacks!
And the one who cast this curse upon her was undoubtedly the young man smiling at her now.
For the first time, the Holy Maiden felt a hint of hatred towards someone. If it weren't for this man's curse afflicting her, how could she have been suppressed and attacked by King Ling Kun, leading to successive ambushes by the Guardian of the Sacred Pool and King Hongxiang?!
"Truly sinister!"
The Holy Maiden plunged the staff of glory into the ground, her hands glowing as she began to heal her wounds. She had to do this because the battle was far from over.
Ye Zhongming certainly did not cast a curse on this Holy Maiden; instead, he activated the golden-level book he obtained from the Step Micro Disk.
The Book of Honor Inscription!
Although the Step Micro Disk could no longer perform the exclusion technique, the remaining punishment items left Ye Zhongming hesitant, yet he could not resist the allure of a golden piece of equipment. He opened the book and learned of its abilities.
The abilities of the Book of Honor Inscription were quite simple—there was only one, but its effect was incredibly appealing.
The owner could write one of their non-equipment abilities in the Book of Honor, to increase its power by twenty percent. The time required to replace the written skill must be at least one thousand hours after the last written skill.
Twenty percent may not seem like much, but don't forget, this is merely an additional enhancement, not counting the ability itself.
Without the protection of a second life, the 'fear of death' Ye Zhongming chose to write the black halo shield in the Book of Honor Inscription.
The primary ability of the black halo shield was to reflect ten percent of incoming attacks. After killing the iron lock prisoner and prior to entering the secret realm, Ye Zhongming had purchased a skill-level enhancement scroll to raise this defensive skill to the intermediate level, increasing the reflected damage to thirty percent.