In that moment, it thought of many things, of the promises that person had made to it.
Yet none of that could stop it from fading away.
In that moment, resentment suddenly rose within the Formation Spirit. It resented these people for refusing to obediently follow its rules, and resented that person for deceiving it.
It would make all of them pay!
The Formation Spirit dissipated.
But the three rings of light did not disappear. Not only did they remain, the gold and red formations even began faintly emanating waves of resentment.
The Elder Gu Family Head sighed. "The Formation Spirit died with resentment in its heart. I fear its resentful qi has tainted the formations as well."
Huang Kuo felt as though he had experienced more in these past few days than in his entire life. "What does that mean...?"
Gu Ningyun bit her lip. "Since these formations are still here, does that mean we still have to follow its rules?"
Wouldn't that mean everything they had done was for nothing? That Su Jiu had suffered her injuries for nothing? Gu Ningyun could not accept it.
The Elder Gu Family Head sighed. "Its previous rules should have disappeared. What I fear is... that it laid a curse."
Su Jiu understood. "You mean the Formation Spirit used a curse to sustain these three formations?"
The Elder Gu Family Head nodded.
Su Jiu leaned weakly against the wall, her thoughts churning.
Curses had been among the most unusual things in existence since ancient times. They could attach themselves to anything, and were exceedingly difficult to detect.
She still remembered that the last time she had dealt with something involving a curse had been at Goddess Mountain.
The Fortune-Transferring Pearl had used a curse to siphon people's fortune for its owner's use.