The Blood Infant Spirit's power instantly surged with the mere consumption of a small part of the resentment and hatred, causing the Peach Blossom Curse to retreat step by step. Both the Golden Dragon Curse and the Red Dragon Curse joined forces to barely resist.

Li Cunxu cheered on the three curses.

"Come on! Hang in there! Keep going."

The consequence of the three curses not being able to balance the Blood Infant Spirit was that Li Cunxu had to bear the Blood Infant.

He certainly didn't want to bear the Blood Infant.

Li Cunxu frowned deeply, the chain reaction from the destruction of the Blood Infant Pool was unforeseen. The Blood Infant Spirit still harbored a vast amount of resentment and hatred. Once it completely absorbed this, its power would surge several levels.

"Come on, pal, put in some effort!"

For the moment, unable to acquire other powerful curses, Li Cunxu could only pin his hopes on the Curse Master who cast the Peach Blossom Curse on him.

On the other side, Chu Zhousheng was immensely frustrated. Just a few more days and the Peach Blossom Curse could explode, cursing Li Cunxu to death. But then, another force surged within Li Cunxu (the entry of the Blood Infant Curse), initially just mildly suppressing the Peach Blossom Tribulation, but eventually completely suppressing it, chilling his heart continuously.

"Damn, can't you just obediently die? Why do you have to mess with things?"

In his rage, Chu Zhousheng smashed a legendry-grade defensive Steel Rail Golem with his bare hands to vent his anger. Once calm, he calculated that through curse connection, enhancing the Peach Blossom Curse by consuming life and lifespan, it would take thirty days for the Peach Blossom Curse to suppress that force again.

Chu Zhousheng could no longer sit still.

Thirty days meant he had to consume three-tenths of his life force and lifespan.

How much life and lifespan does a person have in total?

Moreover, he had already consumed over a tenth of his life force and lifespan.

And three-tenths was only to enable the Peach Blossom Curse to suppress that force; to then curse Li Cunxu to death would require even more life and lifespan.

The most crucial point was that such a hefty cost was merely to curse an ordinary black iron-level boy.

"No, if this continues, even if I break through to the King level by relying on the Curse Demon Body, I would still be the King with the shortest lifespan."

"Looks like I'll have to use that treasure."

Chu Zhousheng mumbled to himself, a trace of reluctance flashing in his eyes.

"Well, you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing the child."

From inside the Space Ring, he took out a small box forged from Sealed Divine Gold, containing an opportunity that was only a notch below the ancient ritual of the Curse Demon Body for him.

This was the second greatest opportunity in his life.

A blank Curse Spirit lay within, quietly sleeping.

Curses Spirits are common, but blank Curse Spirits are rare. To be precise, blank Curse Spirits are even rarer than forty-nine Imperial Tools, with perhaps only one or two existing worldwide.

What does a blank Curse Spirit mean?

It means it is a blank canvas, one on which anything could be painted.

Apply the Peach Blossom Curse on it, and it becomes the Curse Spirit of the Peach Blossom Tribulation, the 'Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit'. Apply the Evil Dragon Curse, and it becomes the 'Evil Dragon Spirit'.

More impressively, a blank Curse Spirit can be repainted multiple times.

It can become the Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit, clear away the curse, and then become the Evil Dragon Spirit.

Chu Zhousheng hesitated briefly before instantly firming his resolve.

"It's only an aid when used; otherwise, it's just for display. Besides, the blank Curse Spirit can be retrieved. There's nothing to be reluctant about."

Chu Zhousheng imbued an ancient Peach Blossom Curse into the blank Curse Spirit, colouring it into the form of a Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit, and through curse connection, transmitted the Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit remotely into Li Cunxu's body.

At this time, Li Cunxu was filled with excitement.

Destroying the Blood Infant Pool had brought him 3214 drops of Tier One Holy Blood.

This immense surprise nearly knocked him unconscious.

3214 drops of Holy Blood could make 3214 low-quality Holy Meals.

Of course, he wouldn't waste the Holy Blood on low-quality Holy Meals that wouldn't significantly enhance his beast companion.

For now, he wouldn't need to worry about running out of Holy Blood.

When Li Cunxu regained his composure, he found a Peach Blossom Curse missing from his body, replaced by a Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit.

"What's this? Has it evolved?"

Did the curse evolve into a Curse Spirit?

Although this is possible, it requires endless resentment and hatred, and also time for the curse to transform into a Curse Spirit.

This didn't take long at all, clearly not the case.

"It must be that Curse Master playing tricks. Quite flattering really, to place a Curse Spirit on me. This is a treatment usually reserved for cursing Kings to death."

With the Peach Blossom Curse turning into the Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit, the situation within his body changed once more.

The Blood Infant Spirit and Peach Blossom Tribulation Spirit were nearly equal in strength, engaged in a stalemate.

Meanwhile, as the two Curse Spirits were stuck, the Golden Dragon Curse devoured the Red Dragon Curse in big gulps.

Golden Dragon: See? If I don't eat you, I won't even have the power to resist the two of them.

Red Dragon: I don't want to hear it! Just go away!

Perhaps pressured by the two Curse Spirits, the Golden Dragon Curse felt an urgency to grow stronger and eagerly devoured the Red Dragon Curse.

Li Cunxu stopped concerning himself with the curses inside him, as long as none became overwhelmingly dominant, those curses would never take effect within him.

"The finals of the Strongest Rookie Cup are approaching soon, should I participate?"

"If I participate and win, it would inevitably draw too much attention to Xiaoruan."

A Water Slime winning a tournament to become district champion was already remarkable, but winning the overall championship needed more than just the words 'remarkable' to explain.

A step ahead is a genius, a hundred steps ahead is a prodigy.

Geniuses are common, but prodigies are rare. People will naturally be curious as to why a prodigy is so exceptional, even more so for some with hidden motives.

Xiaoruan's god-given talent, [Slime's Soul Kingdom], must never be exposed, or it would bring calamity.

If he didn't participate, nothing would happen naturally, but Li Cunxu wanted rapid growth and would have to showcase Xiaoruan's strength eventually.

Striving for stability is good; Li Cunxu indeed preferred avoiding trouble and lying low. If possible, he'd choose stability, but these times won't allow it. An age of grand competition is about to come: the strong thrive while the weak perish.

In the game, players assisted, and the Human Race contended with the Four Divine Beasts. But now, no players exist, leaving the Human Race's future uncertain in this world.

"I must devise a way to make Xiaoruan's strengthening seem reasonable."

The most plausible way is to reveal the Blood Lotus Eye, without fearing the Blood God Sect's retaliation, as the Saint Lotus Li Family would protect him.

Yet, Li Cunxu didn't wish to return to the Saint Lotus Li Family, not just because of his swindling grandfather, Li Shiji, but also because he had already passed the most arduous startup phase, not needing much of the Saint Lotus Li Family's help.

Moreover, the assistance from the Saint Lotus Li Family wasn't free and had to be repaid.

Take one gold from the family, and you owe the family a hundred gold in return.

After all, a family isn't a charity, and contributions are expected.

Why do many family geniuses stall in growth later on? Because they are repaying the family's help, entangled in various family-arranged matters.

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