Curse

"Damn! He started with a curse right off the bat!"

When the chilling notification from the secret realm appeared, Xiao Fan cursed and tried to run away.

The instant he turned his head, a sharp, tingling sensation suddenly surged from the depths of Xiao Fan's limbs and bones, like countless tiny, cold insects crawling and wriggling wildly along his flesh and muscles.

On his exposed skin, dark red, blood-like lines were spreading and climbing rapidly at a visible speed, following the bulging veins like venomous snakes, relentlessly eroding towards his heart.

Xiao Fan's movement of running away suddenly froze in mid-air. It was as if all his strength was being drained away little by little by an invisible hand. He staggered and almost fell to the ground.

A dull, stabbing pain emanated from deep within my bones, as if I were being forcibly burned and torn apart by something.

"Ah!"

Xiao Fan clenched his teeth uncontrollably, and a fine layer of cold sweat instantly seeped from his forehead, slowly sliding down his chin. Even raising his hand became extremely difficult for him.

A sudden, piercing sense of crisis surged from the depths of my heart, and a chill ran down my spine straight to the top of my head.

Xiao Fan's mind was still relatively clear, and he was still able to calmly think of countermeasures, but his physical body had begun to be beyond his control.

This body is slowly slipping out of my control!

A sense of panic quietly grew in Xiao Fan's heart. He clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, using the slight pain to forcefully steady his shaky mind.

"No, the curse must be lifted immediately!"

He roared inwardly.

Although the curse in this room could not take his life instantly, it was like a persistent, insidious disease, silently and relentlessly eroding the vitality of his physical body.

If this isn't stopped, he'll die sooner or later!

"But... how can we break this curse?"

Xiao Fan frowned deeply, his gaze quickly sweeping across every corner of the room.

"Is the way to lift the curse in this room?"

Xiao Fan nervously swallowed.

The dark red lines continued to writhe and spread beneath his skin, and the aching, numb, and burning pain tormented his body in turn. He kept scanning for the cursed hairpin, but couldn't find a single clue about how to break the curse.

To make matters worse, in his current condition, he is completely unable to move his body.

His heart pounded with each beat as the curse eroded it, and the shadow of death slowly loomed over him.

"No!"

Xiao Fan's expression changed.

Within a few dozen seconds, Xiao Fan felt that his body was completely unable to move.

There's no other way!

Now that things have come to this, Xiao Fan has no choice but to open the Points redemption shop.

He had previously seen items in the Points Mall that could remove curses.

Soon, Xiao Fan found the item that could lift the curse.

The item isn't high-end; it only costs 3000 Points.

Xiao Fan exchanged the money without hesitation.

"Use the Curse-Dispelling Umbrella item?"

Yes! Yes! Yes!

Xiao Fan quickly confirmed.

Sizzle!

The moment the item was used, the red curse patterns continuously melted and dissipated, and the pale red smoke was completely burned away by the power of the bloodline.

A few minutes later, the curse on Xiao Fan was completely removed.

Whew~

Xiao Fan took a deep breath and finally felt that he had regained control of his body.

"Get out of here immediately!"

Xiao Fan left the Curse Room.

Damn it! He died before he even got started!

Xiao Fan didn't expect that he would lose 3,000 Points as soon as he opened the door without doing anything.

"This is fucking..."