Smoke of War II

"Forget it. It's getting late. Better deal with this trouble quickly." Lu Sheng glanced at the sun, then swept his gaze around.

To his surprise, he discovered that the underground cave where this Godspawn had hidden was precisely the core node of the earth veins throughout this entire Land of Curses.

It was the very center of the whole Land of Curses.

"Legend says that Godspawn are born from the hatred and despair of fallen gods. Others say they are undead monsters bred from the corpses of fallen gods." Lu Sheng carried Aini and jumped back down into the deep hole.

With a bang.

He landed steadily at the bottom of the pit.

Beneath his feet lay an entirely stone underground palace, and the spot where he stood was directly above its roof.

Only, when Aini had burst out earlier, he had forcibly smashed a huge hole through that roof.

Lu Sheng carried Aini and jumped into the underground palace.

"Ah!! Sun! Your radiance has robbed me of brightness! You bestowed warmth and light upon all things, yet forgot me alone."

The moment he entered the underground palace, Lu Sheng saw a huge, round monster made of countless human faces and arms piled and entwined together, rolling swiftly toward him.

"Another Godspawn?" Lu Sheng immediately sensed an aura similar to that of the thing in his hand.

"My name is Du Ma. I was born to take revenge upon the light!" The monster's countless faces spoke at once, producing a terrifying, trembling voice that made one's skin crawl.

That voice alone would make any mortal instantly lose control of their body and become its slave.

The enormous sphere, over ten meters tall, quickly stopped before Lu Sheng. Its body opened from within like layer upon layer of flower buds unfurling