A Curse of Misfortune? I'll Smash Them All!

"Father!!!"

A hoarse, grief-stricken roar filled with endless regret echoed through the deathly silent cavern.

Xiao Yang dropped heavily to his knees, his fists clenched tight, his fingernails digging deep into the flesh of his palms. He did not seem to notice.

His eyes were fixed on the man on the stone wall, the man pierced through by nine chains of sin and covered from head to toe in ominous red hair.

That was his father!

The man who, in Xiao Yang's heart, was like a god—an indomitable man who could hold up the heavens and earth and Fight Heaven and Earth!

The man who, to protect his family and Great Xia, had faced the pursuit of the entire Eastern Profound Region alone!

Yet now, he had been pinned here in such an utterly humiliating manner!

His life was fading away.

His body was being eroded by the ominous power.

His heroic spirit had been completely worn away by time and torment!

Xiao Yang's heart felt as though an invisible hand had violently torn it into pieces!

The pain cut straight to his soul!

He hated it!

He hated himself for not coming sooner!

He hated himself for leaving his father here alone to endure such prolonged and agonizing torment!

"Father... Your son... Your son has failed you... I came too late..."

Xiao Yang sobbed, his voice trembling. The man who had never bowed his head no matter how formidable the enemy was now wept like a child.

Hearing that anguished call.

The figure on the stone wall, who had kept his head lowered as though he were already dead, suddenly shuddered.

Beneath his disheveled black hair, which was likewise mixed with red strands, a pair of eyes that should have been cloudy and lifeless slowly opened.

When he saw