The World Tree in his mind seemed to love absorbing divinity and divine curses.
Of course, it was also possible that the demigod's divinity was too powerful for it to contain and absorb, so it could only take in the scraps around the edges.
Behind every god stood countless believers. Their boundless faith, accumulated day after day, could turn an ordinary mortal into a god, step by step. And when a god fell, a curse would be born to exact revenge on the God Slayer.
Back when Chen Shouyi was still only a Great Martial Artist, he had nearly been doomed for good because of one.
But as his will and soul grew ever stronger, the curse no longer affected him much. Even without the World Tree absorbing it, at most he would be dazed for a few days and suffer nightmares for a few nights.
The demigod-level vicious bird he had killed last time, for instance, had still been able to move freely despite being unable to focus. It had been barely affected, and had even run across half the city while the God of Hunting pursued it.
Now, however, he had entered the legendary realm, and his will had reached 17.1—an increase of a full 0.3 from before.
By rights, he should have been even less affected!
"If there's a difference..."
Chen Shouyi suddenly looked thoughtful.
"Then it's that this is another world, not Earth!"
Primal Force on Earth was weak, so even the strongest curse could not fully manifest. Besides, most of the demigod's believers were in the other world. With an entire world between them, the curse had been weakened until almost nothing remained.
But here in this other world,
on these islands!
It was in its full, unadulterated form!
Chen Shouyi slapped his cheeks, forcing