Devil's Bible

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As for White, he carefully examined Kru, a strange look in his eyes.

"Your numbers seem to have changed; they're much higher than I expected," White asked, his eyes filled with barely concealed doubt.

At first, the person in front of me had a value of only around 20, which was the case for someone who had just been promoted to the Steel type a few years ago.

However, at the moment of taking action, Kru's stats suddenly surged to over forty, almost doubling.

If you rely on ordinary protection and underestimate the enemy, you could very well end up crashing and dying here.

However, White's question remained unanswered.

He frowned slightly, waved his hand, and an invisible wave emanated, scattering Klu, who was not far away, into a cloud of black mist that dissipated.

"A demonic aura?" White raised an eyebrow, then sensed a hint of danger.

The next moment, a black aura flickered in mid-air, then flashed in front of Bai Te, and reappeared, landing on Bai Te.

As White's body vanished in a flash, the black aura lost its target and swirled in mid-air.

Then, sensing something again, it flashed and flew towards another point.

Bai Te, who had reappeared, drew his sword and swung it, sending out a burst of sword energy that dispersed the black mist.

His expression gradually turned serious. One side of his clothes was already tattered, as the attack had almost touched his body.

"Your spatial shield is bottle-shaped, so it must have an opening, right?" Kru said definitively.

He barely managed to break through White's protective move.

And that is indeed the case.

White cannot create space; he can only bend it. In this distortion, once space is bent into a complete sphere, it will break away from the current plane, so an opening must be left.

Chapter 206 Report

"So what if I know?" Bai Te didn't seem to care too much about it.

Most abilities are not perfect; ultimately, it depends on how well the person uses them.

For example, his spatial shield has two flaws, one of which is the one that Kru discovered.

The shield must have a bottle opening the size of a fist, and it cannot move quickly, otherwise the space curvature will not be able to keep up and it will block itself.

This is why White didn't use the shield when he discovered and chased after Leah in the emergency.

Despite its flaws, White can compensate for them by using his control.

For example, the openings in his shield are constantly changing, in order to avoid having his defenses exposed.

however……

“I already know how you broke through my defenses…” Bai Te stretched out his hand, and a twisted point appeared around him, followed by wisps of heat that were then expelled.

"A curse spell, not bad!" White exclaimed.

The black flame that Kru released earlier was merely a medium for casting the curse.

What Kru truly unleashed was the curse spell, Heat.

This spell is not very lethal, and the person under its spell is basically unaware that they have been cursed.

The effect of this curse is simply to make people feel slightly hot, thus causing them to feel a little anxious.

However, it was precisely this curse that enabled the breaking of White's abilities.

Because of its transmission method, it only needs to sense the temperature change brought about by the medium, black fire.

Subsequently, Kru used the curse as a medium to cast another curse: Decay!

Compared to Curse of Heat, Curse of Decay is far more lethal.

It is an attack specifically targeting practitioners of the life-oriented path.

"However, you seem to know something about me." White raised his sword and casually swung it, sending a sword aura flying towards Kru.

If Kru didn't have prior knowledge of his own situation, then his actions just now were quite illogical.

White doesn't believe that anyone could achieve the optimal solution on their first attempt without any intelligence.

Furthermore, the words "space shield" that Kru blurted out earlier already revealed some information.

My current ability manifests as an invisible shield, making it difficult for people without spatial awareness to recognize that it is a spatial ability.

Spatial perception is itself an extremely rare perceptual ability.

White didn't believe that Kru might actually have it, so he spoke up to probe.

"Don't think about it too much. We were the ones who did what happened with the White Chamber of Commerce." After being exposed, Kru knew that it was basically impossible to hide the truth.

As he spoke, a large number of bubbles appeared all over Kru's body.

Curse: Drowning!

It can make people feel the pain of drowning and near death.

However, this curse also has another effect: after being cursed, the body will undergo a strange change and become watery.

The sword energy pierced through Kru's body, causing him to tremble, but it did not cause any substantial damage.

Besides bringing pain, a curse can also change the cursed person to some extent.

The most famous of these is the Bloodlust Curse, which even created a superhuman race—vampires.

Curses are power in themselves. Skilled curse sorcerers will never unleash curses on their targets indiscriminately. They will carefully prepare various curses and then use the power of the curses to gain other abilities.

However, this method of casting spells is extremely risky and can easily backfire, potentially leading to one's own demise.

But Kru was not afraid of that.

His twin nature grants him a soul with two bodies. Furthermore, every point increase in their stats is equivalent to an increase of two points, because he possesses two bodies, each capable of bearing a portion of spiritual power.

Of course, Kru still needs to raise his actual value to over ninety to reach the extreme value before he can be promoted.

Besides, the most useful aspect of the Gemini trait is sharing the risk of spellcasting.

This is also why Kru chose the Curse Warlock as his other profession.

"The value is still too low. I wasted a lot of time!" Kru was completely unaffected by the pain of drowning and calmly thought things through.

Previously, in order to hide himself, he lived aimlessly in the church and dared not show his talent at all.

It was only after following Nems that Kru began to diligently meditate, using Nems' resources to break through to the Steel type.

However, although the numbers are low, he is definitely not weak.

His Gemini trait allows him to have a numerical performance of over forty.

His ability to bear curses also allows him to cast curses with higher costs.

With double the burden and double the cost, in general, the power of one of his curses can reach around eighty.

Some special curses are so powerful that they can approach the extreme value of the Iron-type curse.

If his actual stats weren't only in the twenties, and if operating at too high a multiplier could easily cause problems, he would even dare to challenge a curse of the Gold Rank.

"That's all for today. We'll meet again someday." Kru's body gradually faded, then quickly turned into a wisp of black smoke and flew away into the distance.

"..." White had just raised his sword, and before the sword energy could even emerge, Kru had already gone far away.

The other person's escape speed far exceeded his expectations; this was not like a normal human being at all.

"Could it be some kind of special demon?" Bai Te recalled the demonic aura that had appeared on Kru earlier.

At this moment, he increasingly felt that the demon warlock was likely just a figurehead, and there might be many more demon-related entities behind him.

"I can't just go there rashly; I might not be able to escape unscathed." Bai Te recalled that night, the person with amazing stealth abilities, and the carriage whose mass suddenly changed.

Given the potential for hidden forces behind all these events, Bai Te dared not be too careless.

Although his spatial abilities are strong, they are limited, just like the shields he creates; he is by no means invincible.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to hide in Baiwei Town for so many years.

"Besides Rhine, this city also has such powerful individuals with unknown identities. I wonder if this will affect my plans." White squinted, pondering the potential problems he might encounter in the future.

His identity is unusual and not exactly clean.

Making a big fuss about this would not be good for me either.

"In that case, let the professionals do it." With that thought, Bai Te smiled slightly.

That evening, while Nems was resting, he suddenly sensed something moving.

Then an arrow suddenly flew in, shattering Nems' window and embedding itself in the table inside Nems' house.

A piece of paper was also wrapped around the arrow.

"The demon warlock has accomplices." Nemus smiled slightly strangely as he read the contents.

Chapter 207 Multiple Curse Enhancement Method

This is the benefit of holding an official position.

Everything you do has the backing of official authority.

Throughout history, collusion between officials and their cronies has been the best way to conceal problems.

If Bai Te's secret report had occurred under other circumstances, it would have been effective. However, unfortunately, he ran right into his own hands.

“Kru!” Nems said. Kru, who had sensed the commotion, walked over and saw the letter of complaint in Nems’ hand.

"Let's have our own people make a show of it, a secret search, but don't find anything."

"As long as we lower White's guard, that's fine." Under these circumstances, it's normal for the church to investigate secretly and not make a big deal out of it.

Otherwise, such a big problem would have occurred last month, resulting in the death of the demon warlock.

This month, another problem has arisen: the demon warlock has accomplices. Is the church even going to survive?

In the case of a covert search, it is normal not to find any problems.

"At the same time, let the church openly investigate the origin of this arrow and letter." Nems decided to give White a little trouble to keep him from making any moves.

“Yes, I understand.” Kru nodded.

"Also, are you sure?" Nemes asked Kru after assigning the task.

“I have confirmed that my current strength is still too weak. The battles ahead will definitely escalate to a certain level. If I want to participate, I need to improve my stats as soon as possible.” Having followed Nemus for so long, Kru has also started to use the term “stats”.

“With multiple curses weighing on you, although your capacity to bear them is twice that of others, it is still an extremely risky situation.” Nemus did not try to dissuade Kru; he simply made Kru see the risks once again.

Kru shook his head, his expression resolute.

In this world, any shortcut carries the risk of failure.

The method for curse sorcerers to take a shortcut is also very simple: cast multiple curses on themselves and use the power of the curses to quickly develop their own potential.

This method is equivalent to constantly putting oneself in a life-or-death crisis.

Crisis is the best way to stimulate potential. Many geniuses have experienced their stats skyrocket during life-or-death crises, jumping by several or even more than ten points at once.

While Kru's multiple curses technique may not provide an immediate burst of growth, with prolonged stimulation, the numerical values ​​will increase rapidly.

"I must improve my stats as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult for me to keep up with Lord Nemus," Kru stated his will.

His potential betrayal of Nems for greater personal gain in the future does not contradict his current firm support for Nems.

"Isn't Lord Nemus's stats about to take off as well?"

Nems nodded in response, raised his hand, and looked at the lines on his palm.

The palm lines, which were originally complex and devoid of any particular meaning, are now gradually changing, forming some characters that seem to carry mysterious significance.

A month ago, Naim's value had just reached sixty-six.

However, his score has now reached sixty-nine, and he is about to break through the seventy mark.

This is also the reason for the changes in his body.

As the values ​​increase, the body becomes more and more extraordinary, thus giving rise to special characteristics.

Palm lines are often believed to be closely related to one's destiny and life.

Nems estimated that the new trait he had developed was most likely of the fate type.