Chen Ling was currently using his Mind Reading.
All of Xuan Ming's thoughts naturally appeared before him:
[This person, did I see him in the restaurant before?]
Since Chen Ling had been looking at her, she had naturally noticed him.
However, she didn't react much, as her long white hair made her conspicuous wherever she went.
"You... why..."
Xuan Ming was startled by Chen Ling's kick.
He actually dared to attack a Xing Shou?
[Who is this person? Could he be the most powerful person among the Dark Curse Masters?]
The strength of Dark Curse Masters could theoretically surpass that of Forbidden Curse Masters.
However, in all these years, no one had succeeded, not a single one.
Xuan Ming subconsciously thought the person in front of her was the only one, the God of Dark Curse Masters who had surpassed Forbidden Curse Masters.
Chen Ling, however, smiled and said softly:
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you. I'm a good friend of the Dark Curse Masters."
With that, he extended his hand:
"Let me help you up."
Chu Jian, hidden in the shadows, felt her heart sink when she heard Chen Ling say that.
Chen Ling is a friend of the Dark Curse Masters?
Then he is an enemy of this World?
An enemy with such powerful strength... is someone she doesn't want to face!
All Twelve Star Leaders combined wouldn't be enough for him to beat.
No one in this World could stop him.
Xuan Ming, upon hearing this, frowned and showed a look of disgust:
"Don't touch me!"
Chen Ling: ???
Chu Jian: ???
Chen Ling suddenly laughed.
"I'm here to save you..."
"I don't need you to save me! Don't touch me!"
"Cough!"
Xuan Ming suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, glaring fiercely at Chen Ling.
The smile on Chen Ling's face also disappeared.
"You don't appreciate my kindness, huh? Then you can just die."
"Cough..."
Xuan Ming coughed up another mouthful of blood, her eyes cold, a crazy smile on her face:
"If you don't kill me, I will kill you someday."
Chen Ling: ???
This person seems to have some mental issues.
But he still found it strange, so he probed her memories.
He immediately understood what was wrong with her.
Twelve years ago, in a remote town in the Fire Element Country.
The originally peaceful town became a bloodbath due to the arrival of a few Dark Curse Masters.
Corpses lay everywhere, with no survivors among the scattered limbs and broken bodies.
Six-year-old Xuan Ming was a child then, sitting in front of her parents' corpses, weeping bitterly.
Her body was stained with the blood of her closest relatives.
"Mama... Papa... wake up..."
She cried out loudly.
A Dark Curse Master in front of her, however, showed a twisted smile.
He suddenly kicked her aside and picked up her Mother.
"Ah! No! Mama!"
Crying painfully while lying on the ground, the little girl's sharp voice was very unsettling.
But the louder she screamed, the happier the Dark Curse Master became.
He punched through her Mother's corpse and greedily sucked her blood.
At the same time, he absorbed the energy of the Star Sea within her Mother's body.
Xuan Ming wanted to rush up and save her Mother, but she was powerless.
Every time she tried to get up, that Dark Curse Master would kick her away, leaving her covered in injuries.
Eventually, she could only lie on the ground, unable to move.
Watching this Dark Curse Master eat her Mother piece by piece.
"Tsk tsk, what's with that look?"
The Dark Curse Master burst into laughter, his face covered in blood, her Mother's blood.
"You want to eat too?"
With that, he directly tore off a piece of meat from her Mother's body, walked to Xuan Ming's side with a wild laugh, and grabbed her head.
Xuan Ming trembled all over, her eyes wide, muttering in a low voice:
"No... no..."
The Dark Curse Master, however, let out a wild laugh and directly stuffed it into her mouth, while using his Curse Power to wrap the remaining energy in her Mother's dantian and send it directly into her body.
"Hahaha! Now you've eaten human flesh too."
With that, he directly slammed her head onto the ground and burped:
"Woohoo~ Full, full~ It's really good."
He then turned back to look at Xuan Ming:
"I'll leave the rest for you to eat. Hahaha!"
"Ough..."
Xuan Ming vomited non-stop until she lost consciousness, lying beside her Mother's corpse.
After waking up, she remained motionless, her eyes despairingly looking at the clear blue sky.
Why do Dark Curse Masters exist in this World?
Her jet-black hair turned white overnight, beautiful like snow, but also eerie like white bones.
A few days later, the Dark Curse Masters were gone, and the energy of everyone in the village had been completely absorbed.
Only she was left; this was their twisted pleasure.
In every village they visited, they would do this, leaving behind a "lucky one" to be trained as a Dark Curse Master.
And Xuan Ming was the lucky one in this village.
The human flesh of Curse Masters in this World contains a special energy. If eaten while simultaneously absorbing the energy from the human body's dantian,
the human flesh, the Master's energy, and one's own energy, when mixed together, would cause the Curse Power in the dantian to mutate.
Even though she vomited in time, she still absorbed some energy, enough to cause her dantian to mutate and become a Dark Curse Master.
After becoming a Dark Curse Master, she didn't go around eating people and absorbing energy like those others.
She still considered herself an ordinary person, just barely surviving.
Until one day, she learned about her Curse through a type of Curse Technique machine.
[Parents died tragically, Curse took effect: 6 years old]
Her worldview collapsed again.
Papa, Mama... I killed you.
If it weren't for me, those Dark Curse Masters might not have come, and Papa and Mama wouldn't have died.
Ultimately, why did I descend into this World...
She even suspected that she had angered a God in her previous life, which was why this happened in this life.
Later, she embarked on the path of eating Dark Curse Masters to atone for her sins.
After reading her memories, Chen Ling sighed softly:
"Forget it, I can't bind this person..."
Although this Xuan Ming is a Dark Curse Master and not quite normal, her personality made Chen Ling feel that if he bound her, it would definitely add points to him.
When she ate Dark Curse Masters, she would definitely feel a sense of redemption.
Chen Ling could even imagine the voice prompt from his idiotic system:
"Ding~ Xuan Ming's soul has received temporary redemption, points +1 billion~"
It would definitely be like this, and that would be too much.
"Do you want to die? If you do, I can kindly send you on your way. I'm actually not a Dark Curse Master, nor am I a good friend of any Dark Curse Master."
Xuan Ming was stunned:
"You're not a Dark Curse Master?! Then you..."
But before she finished speaking, she closed her eyes, and two tears flowed out:
"Kill me, I am... a Dark Curse Master."
After saying that, her tears became even more torrential, and her parents' corpses reappeared in her mind.
She couldn't help but bite her lip tightly.
Inner thoughts:
[Papa, Mama, I have to repay my sins. Will you receive me in that World? In the next life, I still want to be your child... I really do.]
Chen Ling could see all her inner thoughts, and several Curse Techniques floated around him.
This was the first time he used a Curse Technique to attack someone.
He was deliberately showing it to Xuan Ming.
He knew that Xuan Ming longed for release.
She had lived too tiring a life all these years.
But she absolutely did not want to die at the hands of a Dark Curse Master, but rather at the hands of a proper Curse Master.
Only by having her life ended by a Curse Master could she repay all her sins.
So today, he would do a good deed and send her to be reborn.
Chu Jian next to him couldn't understand the development of this plot at all.
Because she didn't know what Xuan Ming had gone through.
Just then, Xuan Ming suddenly spoke:
"Thank you..."
Chen Ling nodded and said indifferently:
"You've eaten so many Dark Curse Masters. Because of your existence, you may have saved countless families. You can continue to save them."
"I'll ask you one last time, do you really want to end it?"
Xuan Ming opened her eyes and looked at the golden runes floating around Chen Ling, smiled lightly, nodded, and then closed her eyes:
"Come on, I don't deserve to live."
Chu Jian: ???
What were these two talking about?
Before she could react.
A terrifying flash of fire suddenly erupted in front of her.
Through the firelight, Chu Jian seemed to see Chen Ling saying something to the Xuan Ming in front of him.
But she couldn't hear what he said, as if she were deaf.
And Xuan Ming clearly heard it, because she showed a shocked expression.