Puppet Curse

"Help... help... him!"

The voice came in fits and starts, like colossal thunder formed by two clouds grinding together, or the harsh collision of two mountain ranges. It was only a voice, yet every word triggered earthquake-like tremors in the Spirit World.

It was awkward and tongue-twisting, nothing like the traditional common tongue.

"Me?" Li Ziran asked skeptically. He could hardly believe that the Giant's soul was speaking directly to him at a time like this, and he was not even sure this colossal being could hear him.

The other side was simply too enormous. Before the Giant, he was like an Elemental Bug in his own eyes, just as he could never hear Elemental Bugs communicating.

But now he was certain that this Giant was actively lowering its consciousness into his Spirit World, and there was even a trace of pleading in it.

It had noticed him.

Realizing this, Li Ziran inexplicably felt a little smug. Being noticed by a colossus of this level perhaps counted as an achievement.

But he quickly calmed down. The sizzling sound of the Embryo tearing through the uterus continued to echo in his ears. The crack was growing wider and wider, with only a thin, mucous-like layer of stone keeping the cloudy liquid in the middle, like coconut milk, from spilling out.

Through that thin stone layer, he could clearly see the brain and heart. The spores were still dividing desperately, forming new internal organs.

"Save him! Thank... you... I'll give you..."

The voice came in broken fragments, as though it were stuck. The other soul was too powerful, and some complex words simply could not take shape. Yet Li Ziran could vaguely sense that it wanted to give him something.

A deal!

At that moment, Li Ziran, so accustomed to transactions, was