Here, the Lord said this is a good thing

A pale white "tear" flowed out of Yongen's right eye and dripped onto the ground.

When these tears fell, the light green light on the ground of the terrifying town actually spread out in the surroundings, as if it was extremely afraid of this substance.

"Oh, you're the white one? That's great, you can actually condense the curse to this level, your willpower... isn't right!"

Ye He saw Yongen's condition and discovered a problem.

This man, who, like his brother, had the dual identities of a townsman and a demon shadow and was doubly cursed, actually condensed the curse that erupted from the white beam of light into the eyeball of his right eye!
Judging from Miriam’s condition, these light beams of different colors are different from the original light green curse of the horror town, and they should be curses of the same level.

Since Yongen can limit the white curse to one eyeball, it stands to reason that the curse of the horror town should not be able to do anything to him.

In other words, the Shadow Curse, which is even worse than the Horror Town Curse... is even less likely to affect this man.

"Did you find it?"

Yongen finally spoke. Facing Yehe's fearful gaze, he moved to the side, exposing a ball of black light that was approaching from a distance.

“My stupid brother…can’t control these powers.

If I defeat him, the curse on him will be absorbed by me, and only you, a living person who is not affected by the curse, can restore him to his original state."

According to Yongen, the cursed entity in the dark light should be Yasuo.

His goal is to have Ye He defeat Yasuo for him and restore the horror town to its original state.

But according to this statement...

Ye He walked towards the black light and stepped forward.

When passing by Yongen, he couldn't help but turn his head and ask the cowboy-dressed double-blade swordsman:

"Do I have to defeat you one more time?"

"You don't have confidence?"

Yongen's reply was full of provocation, confirming Ye He's question with implicit words, but he did not look directly at Ye He with his closed eyes.

Ye He smiled and pointed at Yongen's hands which had been placed on the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"Who has no confidence? Haha... Mr. Savior of the West."

This sentence made Yongen grasp the hilt of the sword immediately, but he did not draw the sword, because Ye He had continued to move forward to meet Yasuo who was about to emerge from the black light.

He turned his back to Yongen and seemed not to take him seriously.

Yongen also doesn't have the habit of drawing his sword from behind someone, as this is inconsistent with his swordsmanship.

Even if this was a supervillain who definitely deserved an exception from him.

"Om..."

Silver ripples spread out behind Ye He. Considering that he would have to deal with Yongen later, Ye He first took out a hat from the silver ripples, put it on, and held it down with his hand.

Many gun barrels extending from the silver ripples were all pointing towards the darkness in front of Ye He, and when Ye He put his fingers on his hat, they fired without hesitation, emitting flames.

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The deafening roar of artillery fire completely destroyed the silence of the terrifying town. The artillery fire, enough to drown the town, filled the entire street, making the residents who were secretly spying on Yehe swallow their saliva hard.

Fortunately, they held back and did not vent the pain of the curse outbreak on Ye He, otherwise they would have suffered the horrific torture of having their bodies shattered by artillery fire again and again.

"what!"

As the artillery roared, a man's low growl was heard in the darkness.

All the darkness condensed with the sword light that flashed across the ground, forming an indestructible dark barrier.

Countless shells were poured up, but they could only explode helplessly in front of this barrier.

Even though the aftermath of the explosion that poured down on both sides shook and shattered the houses on the street, it still could not shake the barrier in the slightest.

"Oh?"

Ye He blinked and stopped the artillery fire, letting them return to the silver ripples.

He continued to hold down his hat with one hand and waved his other hand toward the dark barrier.

Two black cards flew out from Ye He's fingers, one horizontally and one vertically shooting towards the dark barrier.

Before touching the barrier, the two hidden cutters were triggered according to Ye He's wishes, causing a large cross-shaped space rift to spread towards the dark barrier!
Although Yasuo's move can block any flying object and becomes indestructible after being integrated with the black curse, it is still not enough to face space rifts.

But Yasuo also has the intuition of a top swordsman, and he had already leaped diagonally upwards before Ye He raised his hand.

He perfectly avoided this cross-shaped space crack that was invisible to the naked eye and whose trace could only be determined from the traces cut by the dark barrier.

"Qiang!"

"when!"

The sound of swords being drawn and bullets hitting swords rang out in the air almost simultaneously.

After throwing out the Hidden Cutter, Ye He used the same hand to grab the Roar that appeared out of thin air.

Under Caesar's surveillance, he captured Yasuo's figure perfectly, so the Howler's bullet almost made Yasuo unable to react.

Even though Yasuo relied on the combat instincts of a top swordsman to draw his sword and block the bullet, the power of the Roarer was still completely infused into the sword, pushing Yasuo backwards and back onto the street.

Yasuo, whose left half of the body had been completely corroded by the black curse, was pushed back ten meters on the ground by the residual power of the Roarer before he could barely swing his sword and sweep away the bullet.

He looked up at the gunman who had fired the incredibly powerful bullet, Ye He, who was at the other end of the street.

But Ye He's figure had disappeared from the spot, and Yasuo only looked at his real target, Yongen with his arms crossed.

"Yong...Yongen...stop me!"

Unable to control his murderous intent, Yasuo raised his sword again, and it seemed that he might pounce on Yongen at any time.

But Yongen just lowered his head in shame, and used the brim of his hat to cover the corners of his mouth that were twitching with anger.

This stupid brother, has he forgotten Ye He?
He is someone you can just pretend has left if you can't see him anymore?
"Hello."

Ye He kindly reminded Yasuo.

His voice came into Yasuo's ears from behind, which made Yasuo turn around in surprise and sweep the sword.

A streak of sword energy swept across the empty street, shredding a small building at the end of the street into ruins.

What about people?

Yasuo was stunned for a moment.

Although Ye He was a reminder, he was not stupid. As a shooter, how could he really expose his position to Yasuo? "Swoosh!"

A rocket fired from an angle and flew towards Yasuo, but a thunderous sound exploded in the sky, and a faster and more deadly bullet fell from the sky!

“Ding! Swish!”

With just one swing of his sword, Yasuo chopped the thunderous bullets into fireworks, and at the same time, he swept out his sword energy to shatter the rockets into scrap metal.

But these two attacks were just bait to attract Yasuo to swing his sword.

Ye He’s real killer move came from the person strolling nearby...himself!

Yes, he, a gunner, actually spent so much effort to get close to Yasuo, a swordsman.

Yasuo quickly caught up with him, but it would take at least half a second for him to swing his sword down to deal with the two decoy shots and to hit back at Ye He.

And what Ye He wants is this half a second!

"Hehehehe..."

Although he was still one or two meters away from Yasuo, Ye He, who waved his hands back and forth suddenly, had already completed the final kill on Yasuo.

Ye He didn't look at Yasuo again, but nodded to Yongen in the distance, and walked towards the town horse farm where the red light column appeared before.

It was Ye He's decision to deal with Yongen last, with Yongen's tacit approval.

He looked at the man who was gradually walking away, and finally loosened his hands that were tightly grasping the hilt of the sword.

This man... is so cunning! His fighting style is varied, his guns are powerful, and he even has the ability to cut through space...

Oh, and the iceberg that froze when he killed his old lover, and the tear marks that are still left on the ground in front of Miriam's former residence...

Well, Yongen is very confident that Yehe can suppress this outbreak of the curse.

but……

As a swordsman, as a swordsman who pursues the path of redemption...

Yongen really doesn't want to lose to a villain like Ye He, who is not fighting for redemption but only for personal interest.

"Shhhhh!"

The noise of countless space cracks healing appeared on the motionless Yasuo, causing him to be shattered to the ground with his sword.

The black curse that had chosen Yasuo burst because the body it was inflicted in suffered excessive damage, and was quickly engulfed by the surrounding light green light.

……

"House?"

Ye He called out to a figure wearing a white coat and surrounded by a red glow.

He had never been to the stables, so he didn't know that House was not only the owner of the stables, but also the only doctor and veterinarian in town.

Ye He had never had any contact with House before, but now...

House turned around after hearing the voice and behaved more rationally than Yongen!
There were two strange pocket watches hanging on his chest, one emitting light green and the other emitting red.

These two pocket watches actually helped him withstand these two powerful curses of completely different natures, allowing him to enjoy the power contained in the curses without affecting his sanity.

His body didn't even undergo any changes, and he didn't have any aura. His physical strength was actually the same as that of an ordinary person... ordinary?
"Oh, you are Mr. Ye He, right? I've heard of you, the one who took the initiative to join this hell... um, I'm sorry I can't think of any nice name to use."

House knew Ye He well enough that he took off the pocket watch that was flashing red light around his neck as he finished speaking.

At the same time, the red light surrounding him was completely absorbed into the pocket watch, causing a light green light to gradually emerge from his body.

"You are here for this curse, right? I can sense that you have solved the other two curses. Oh, these pocket watches are my invention. They can bear the cost of the curse on my behalf!"

House introduced it to Ye He enthusiastically. He pointed to the red pocket watch in his hand and explained to Ye He:

"I feel like this curse is similar to the one on Mr. Vladimir. Both are curses that stimulate hunger and turn people into bloodthirsty monsters. Oh, you may not know Mr. Vladimir. He is..."

"No, I know him. I've met him. You mean, the four-color curse that just broke out in the town... is related to those "demons" circulating in the western region?"

Ye He interrupted House's long speech. He was not interested in listening, but he was very interested in House's inventions and discoveries.

“Uh, yes!
Scarlet, demonic shadow, terror, and howling!

Red, black, white, and purple!
It turns out that we were all wrong. The curse in the horror town is not "horror" in essence, but a kind of vitality that can save people.

However, this vitality was corrupted and affected by these curses, especially the "terror".

I guess it was dark green at first, and it became what it is now after being diluted by the white "terror."

Looking at House who was pointing at the light green pocket watch on his chest, Ye He nodded to him thoughtfully.

Indeed, the original light green curse of the horror town is called "The Curse of Eternal Horror", and the identity of the residents in the town is "The Horror Aggregate".

Since it is an "aggregate", everyone is definitely not affected by just a single force.

That is what House said, "horror" plus "vitality".

Then... when this curse was not diluted by "terror" at the beginning, it was very likely the same as what House said:
It is just a kind of "vitality force" that can make people live forever!
"Ancient Empire...Ritual..."

Combining the discoveries in Mamalati's memory with the murals she described, Ye He suddenly realized that perhaps the ruins were originally just a place for rituals that could allow the subjects of the ancient empire to gain long-lasting vitality.

Vitality...Pope of the Fiery Sun!
Ye He's eyes widened.

He finally understood!

It turns out that this is the kind of vitality that Pope Lieyang wants!
He is dying of old age!
But he couldn't let go of the Fiery Sun Church, and what was worse was that the condition of the God of the Fiery Sun was still very bad.

The Fiery Sun Church, which is in a period of decline, has forced the old Pope to seek a way to survive, so as to gain more time to save the Fiery Sun Church and even the Fiery Sun God!
The Church of the Fiery Sun's plan to establish a nation was essentially just Pope Barbato's preparation to complete this ceremony.

He may not have really thought about successfully establishing the country from the beginning. For the sake of ceremony, as long as the "country" formally exists for a while, even for one day, he will be satisfied!
Including the saints who inherited the power of the elemental knights from ancient relics, they are just "ritual props" to complete the ceremony.

Oh! That's why William IV generously sent all his children here.

He wanted children like Catalina to feel the efforts of the Pope of the Fiery Sun and witness how an empire rose and then quickly collapsed due to personal greed.

From the perspective of "royal family members", these children should be able to gain more insights from this incident, learn to introspect, and learn how to be emperors who are not self-centered.

What a good father and emperor he is...his intentions are so good.

But everyone, except Ye He, ignored the existence of one person.

The existence of the person whose king name is "Immortality", the Immortal King Borodin!
(End of this chapter)