Published: November 30, -0001
Qin Chen knew that with Qin Batian's return, the entire royal capital would certainly be stirred up with chaos.
But he was too lazy to get involved in such matters.
Returning to his room, Qin Chen sat cross-legged and began to introspect his body.
The power of the Hundred Ghosts Curse, although it seemed not to have affected his body on the surface, was actually lurking within him, never dissipating.
If this continued, it would definitely lead to some issues.
“Let me take a look.”
Buzz!
As he slightly stirred the true energy within his body, Qin Chen immediately felt a chilling force wrapping around him, seeping into his soul.
That sensation was as if a person, in the midst of a hot summer, suddenly found themselves in a cold and damp ice cellar, feeling an overwhelming aura of coldness.
As he delved deeper, Qin Chen's powerful soul force instantly discerned that within his body, there seemed to be strands of formless black aura permeating every cell, even eroding at the soul level.
These strands of formless black aura, filled with a ghostly chill, were a type of vastly different power, unlike spiritual force, distinct from soul force, and certainly not true energy; rather, it was a form of power that was indescribable.
“This should be a type of curse power, the Hundred Ghosts Curse, and it might have incorporated some unique ghostly energy, making this power distinct from ordinary levels of power.”
Qin Chen frowned.
He had heard of curse power, a particularly special type of force in the Tianwu Continent.
This power was elusive and unclear in origin; some said it was a mutation of soul force, while others claimed it belonged to a force from the third realm. In short, it shared commonalities with bloodline power, true energy, spiritual force, and soul force, yet was not similar.
“First, let's use true energy to disperse it.”
Calming his mind, Qin Chen fully operated the Nine Star Divine Emperor Art, beginning to expel that black curse power.
Buzz!
The powerful true energy from the Nine Star Divine Emperor Art circulated swiftly within him, making contact with the black curse power.
To Qin Chen's surprise, his Nine Star Divine Emperor Art's true energy was indeed effective against the black curse power, starting to wear down its strength.
However, before Qin Chen could revel in this surprise for long, he discovered that this curse power seemed to possess a consciousness of its own and actively avoided him.
Moreover, after being worn down to a certain extent, the true energy of the Nine Star Divine Emperor Art only managed to suppress the curse power but could no longer continue to erode it.
“It seems my Nine Star Divine Emperor Art's true energy is not pure enough.”
Qin Chen shook his head.
The fact that true energy could erode curse power had already surprised Qin Chen, but after all, his true energy was still at the Human Level. Even if its purity was high, without enough quantity, it wouldn't suffice.
Next, Qin Chen tried using spiritual force, soul force, and bloodline power to eliminate this curse power.
Unfortunately, he had already attempted with spiritual force before, and it had no effect at all.
As for soul force, although it was the strongest, reaching the level of gathering souls into forms, it too had little impact on the curse power, just like spiritual force.
However, the thunder bloodline power surprised Qin Chen; as arcs of lightning surged, that curse power continuously dissolved.
But much like the previous true energy of the Nine Star Divine Emperor Art, once the curse power had been dissolved to a certain extent, the thunder bloodline power also lost its efficacy.
Although the curse power could be dissolved, it soon regained strength, creating a balance between the two sides.
“It seems both the thunder bloodline power and the true energy of the Nine Star Divine Emperor Art are effective, but unfortunately, their strengths are too low.”
As of now, Qin Chen's true energy was at the Human Level, and after such a long period of self-cultivation and improvement, his bloodline power had barely reached the second tier.