This was … a curse!
Irin's expression froze. The apostle panel that he had closed not long ago quickly opened again.
"Indeed … no."
On the apostle panel, apart from the 4 stacks of HP, there were no other strange buffs.
Suddenly.
Irin heard Calypso's mournful roar before she completely disappeared.
"Outsider, I curse you."
"No matter where you go, no matter where you are, no matter what time and space you are in, I, Calypso, will use my life to curse you."
"I curse your body to wither like a corpse, to rot like a sea monster. I, Calypso, curse your soul to be haunted by nightmares every day and night. You will meet with the most tragic misfortune. You will not be able to escape, you will not be able to escape, you will not be able to escape —"
This was Calypso's final curse.
Calypso was the embodiment of the scariest curse in the Caribbean Sea. The curse she uttered before she died was actually this terrifying.
Crossing time and space, crossing the world, crossing the limits of the physical body, the curse directly landed on Irin's soul … or rather, on his body.
A woman's hatred … was terrifying!
Irin's HP quickly decreased, but it quickly increased again.
The [Dionysus Factor] was taking effect.
Irin's arms, just like Calypso's curse, quickly decayed. However, from the depths of his pores, new flesh and blood wriggled and healed the parts that were decaying, forming a strange cycle. This allowed Irin's HP to maintain around 80% and did not rapidly decrease.
It seemed fine, but in reality, when the [Dionysus Factor] healed his body, it consumed a large amount of stamina. If this continued, in the end, Irin would faint from exhaustion, and the curse would completely erupt and devour his body.
Irin silently took out his phone from his pocket.
The phone could not be brought into the Inner World. After exiting the trial, the phone magically returned to Irin's pocket.
Irin was hesitating and thinking.
He was thinking if asking for help from the Anomaly Group was the right choice.
Irin could still barely hold on, but she couldn't rely on the [Dionysus Factor] to hold on forever.
Calypso's resentment was too strong, and Irin had no effective means to deal with the curse.
Between apostles, there were many different types of abilities. No one was able to cover everything. There would always be the existence of mutual augmentation and suppression.
Irin vaguely remembered that there seemed to be someone who specialized in this field in the Special Case Group, but she did not know if this expert had become a member of the Special Case Group at this point in time.
"Fine."
Just as Irin was about to dial Zhao Yulong's number, a voice suddenly rang out.
Suddenly.
A cold and gloomy sensation came from his forehead. It was as if a basin of ice water had been splashed onto his head, drenching his entire body.
However, that cold current made Irin's cursed and rotted arms feel much more comfortable. It was a pleasant feeling as if a long drought had finally met with rain.
Yi Lin's movements instantly froze.
"Forehead?"
If it wasn't for this sudden feeling, Irin would have forgotten that there was a mysterious' dead skin 'from Hundred-mist Mountain on his forehead.
He could still remember that Hundred-mist Mountain was like a breeding ground. The source of everything was this mysterious dead skin.
In the description of the tower, the dead skin was classified as a 'growing parasitic equipment'.
However, this so-called growing parasitic equipment had always been on Irin's forehead. Apart from not being able to be removed, there was nothing special about it.
Now that he thought about it, Hundred-mist Mountain's trial was like a different type of curse.
All paths lead to the same destination.
He quickly extended his finger and removed the piece of skin on his forehead.
In this short period of time, his hands were filled with black cracks. Smelly black blood seeped out from the cracks. The scene was horrifying.
Within the black blood, new flesh and blood were constantly growing out, repairing Irin's damaged body.
Calypso's curse was so terrifying. If he didn't have the recovery ability of the Dionysus Factor, perhaps within five minutes after returning to the real world, his body would have been turned into a pool of blood.
The moment Irin's finger touched [Resentment] on his forehead, the cold feeling from [Resentment] flowed along Irin's fingertips and surged through Irin's body like a raging river.
The mysterious cold current flowed from the tip of his finger to the back of his palm, wrist, forearm, chest, heart … Then, it went back up and returned to his head, forming a strange cycle.
Irin had never cultivated martial arts before, nor had he come into contact with martial arts strengthening. However, this feeling gave Irin the illusion that he was refining his inner strength.
A few minutes later.
The black lines on Irin's hands faded away, and new flesh grew on his hands. Everything that happened just now seemed to be an illusion.
"Phew —"
Finally.
Irin let out a long sigh of relief.
Only now did he realize that in just a few minutes of experience, his entire body was drenched in sweat. Sweat flowed down from his hair and covered his face.
Irin wiped the sweat off his face. His entire face was moist. Only that piece of dead skin still had a strange feeling to it. It was dry and smooth, and tightly stuck to Irin's forehead. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it off. It was as if it was really just a piece of dead skin.
"Hm? It's done? "
Irin opened the apostle panel and saw that his HP that was around 80% had finally returned to full. Irin stared at the HP column for a moment. After seeing that there were no other changes, he finally relaxed and closed the apostle panel in front of him.
Although it was a false alarm, Irin was certain that without [Resentment], today's matter wouldn't have been resolved so easily.
Yi Lin subconsciously touched her chest. She didn't know if the "insurance" she had left in her body would work in today's situation.
After a moment of silence, Irin picked at the dead skin on his forehead again.
"Hm?"
Suddenly.
Irin realized that after [Resentment] mysteriously took effect, the area of dead skin on his forehead seemed to have expanded a little.
After noticing that something was wrong, Irin didn't dare to be careless. For safety's sake, he circled around three times to the left and three times to the right to completely remove the dead skin on his forehead.
Irin was very familiar with the position of this piece of dead skin. After all, it was stuck to his forehead. Irin would touch it whenever he had nothing to do. It had almost become a habit. Therefore, once there was something wrong with the touch, Irin instantly noticed it.
As expected … the area of dead skin had expanded.
"Could it be that 'Resentment' … which is this piece of dead skin, absorbed the power of Calypso's curse?"
The current situation was somewhat similar to the situation at Haunted-mist Mountain.
At the end of Haunted-mist Mountain, [Resentment] was also like a gangrene attached to the bone. It chased after Wen Manni, who had become the Ghost King, relentlessly. It seemed that in [Resentment]'s eyes, Wen Manni was a gluttonous delicacy.
"Feed on the curse? Grow? "
Irin was expressionless as he checked the attributes of [Resentment].
…
[Resentment]
[Grade] Unknown
[Growth] 36%
[Effect] Unknown
[Description] Just pretend it doesn't exist. Maybe it's just a piece of dead skin that can't be removed.
…
At first glance, Irin quickly scanned through it. He didn't find anything special.
Oh, wait.
Irin quickly took a second glance.
He found that something was wrong.
Under [Grade], there was a new entry called [Growth]. There was also an additional number.
Irin silently picked at the dead skin.
The kind that couldn't be removed.
At the same time, he was thinking about life.
The origin of [Resentment] seemed to be far more mysterious than he had imagined.
"Perhaps this is the most valuable reward of Haunted-mist Mountain's SSS rating?"
Irin's heart skipped a beat. Haunted-mist Mountain was a closed trial, and [Resentment] was the source of the entire trial. Even with Irin's rich experience, he still couldn't figure out the correct way to activate [Resentment]. It was indescribably mysterious.
After solving Calypso's curse, [Resentment] had something similar to an upgrade progress bar. For Irin, it was a good thing.
At the very least, there was a change.
As long as there was a change, there was value in studying it.
It was much better than not changing at all.
Irin also seemed to have found a way to upgrade [Resentment].
It seemed that in the future, he would have to take the initiative to provoke this kind of existence that seemed very stingy and would curse him at any time.
This ridiculous thought made Irin laugh involuntarily.
"Forget it, let's leave it at that for now. If I continue to think about it, I won't be able to figure out anything."
Irin decisively put this matter aside.
"Oh right, the other gains in the trial …"
In the Caribbean trial, Irin had gained a lot.
In addition to successfully upgrading his skill into a module skill, Irin had also obtained a lot of items.
In the last random reward, Irin had drawn two items.
[Scene Card: Shipwreck] x1.
Irin's expression was calm as he looked at the attributes.
"Scene card …"
Irin pondered for a moment and then smiled, "Although it's not something too high-end, it might come in handy at a critical moment."
There was one more —
[Rotten Tentacle of the Sea Monster] x3.
Irin quickly glanced at it, then the corner of his mouth twitched slightly as he put away the card with a look of disgust.
Whatever.
Luck could not be forced.
It was another day where he did not draw a skill. He would get used to it.
Irin sighed. If this continued, he really could not have any more expectations for the "random reward". It was such a happy moment.
"Next is …"
Irin's expression was calm, but his heart was very happy. He rubbed his palms together and took out a card from the most conspicuous place in the storage space.
The picture on the front of the card was a mysterious diamond-shaped crystal. It was covered with complicated patterns, like a fragment that was taken from a complete object. Behind the diamond-shaped fragment was the background of a vast universe. The universe was decorated with stars, the sun, and the moon … It was a very domineering SR card.
This was the "Demon King Breathing Lamp" that Irin dug out from the pile of sea monster's mucus in the demon king's body in the end.
Although Irin now had less and less expectations for random rewards, he still had to look forward to this kind of item that came from the final boss of the trial.
…
[Tainted Fragment of the Tinder]
[Grade] Epic
[Effect] It can turn any mechanical equipment into a new silicon-based life form. It can be plugged in and used, convenient and fast.
[Description] Click to view details.
…
Irin: "?"
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