Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2358: Chapter 2353: Filth

Sure enough, as long as there are ghosts in the heart, any bug can be found.

Sand grains fall at a uniform speed, and under exquisite control, even the total of free fall remains constant.

However, under such a stable system, the reflected colors are constantly changing, along with being so faint that it’s hard to grasp them.

Crimson Frenzy.

Fortunately, as a seasoned wrongdoer, he has always had a keen sense for some things.

Fu Qian almost immediately confirmed that it was the filthy power he had dealt with multiple times.

As a widely circulated curse, this thing is still quite well-known among the Transcendents in the Bookstore World.

Including the first time he saw it, it was when a fearless contender tried to use it for intimidation.

Although the final outcome was demise, it also let him witness what the Crimson Angel truly was.

Next level eye-opening was inside a giant company’s Undersea Prison.

That mass of body-bursting entities even contained plans for the return of a certain Holy Infant Star.

And not long after that, he seemed to witness the birth of this curse—a King Slayer stab in the Long Night.

On that night of assassination, using the concealment of the Dark Moon, "Mourning God" launched a sneak attack.

Besides the enhancement of Dragon King Dimensional Poison above, there was a special contamination.

And almost instantly, the Tyrant persona he was playing developed a curse similar to the one before him.

All things considered, a special power that has a deep connection with him and should be owned by the Tyrant for intellectual rights.

However, after formally transforming into a remake version, this thing did not return to the self like the Fire of Madness did.

Why?

This is indeed a question that’s easy to have.

And then it seemed that patience paid off as it finally appeared—although the question still remained, why?

...

Because this time, he brought an umbilical cord.

The answer to the second question was really too simple.

Just as was said before, he didn’t even need to loop it around his neck; as soon as he came in this time, the anomaly had already started happening.

Compared to the idea that the Abandoned Prison might have prepared a surprise for him after a few days, Fu Qian clearly leaned more towards the possibility that exploiting a bug worked.

As the Mechanical remake version of the Abandonment King, along with an additional ancient powers tag brought by the umbilical cord, it finally triggered a special reaction from the Abandoned Prison—although in theory, there shouldn’t be a special reaction.

Back when he donned the Divine Skin, the warehouse clearly said he was "Him."

And with the help of the Jade Soul Master, he further reached one hundred and twenty percent Tyrant form.

Therefore, the ancient powers attribute should be inherent no matter what?

We can only say that under these circumstances, a player with rationality might not do such tests.

But as one who self-promotes as an academic worker, naturally such bad habits shouldn’t exist, especially after just teaching Professor Lisa.

The umbilical cord, as a clearly conceptually related with ancient powers and especially easy to test item, was completely worth bringing along to take a look.

And surprise, it lived up to that point. After its appearance, given the previous "why," the situation suddenly became subtle.

When he didn’t see this thing before, if it was said that his current form was the pure version, with the Crimson Frenzy kind of damage-based contamination excluded automatically, it sounded like a rather rational explanation.

But now it suddenly popped up, what does it mean? Is it that he’s not pure because he brought the umbilical cord?

While the introduction by the warehouse at the time indeed said the umbilical cord wasn’t exactly clean, it was even strictly prohibited from being brought into missions.

But even if grudgingly accepting this explanation, then another question arises—how did the curse get here?

This is akin to places like the Abandonment King’s Divine Realm; can one just casually enter? And so swiftly at that.

Fu Qian firmly confirmed that the movements appeared right away, and by now were escalating further.

He grabbed another handful of sand from the ground, but this time, Fu Qian did not let it flow smoothly but scattered it straightaway.

As the sand grains fell, the crimson became even clearer, with even the remaining brilliance seeming to squirm.

...

Crimson Angel.

A thing he once saw and even tasted.

Though fleeting, Fu Qian still found familiar elements within it.

It was precisely the kind of "organism" cultivated in vessels of flesh, and finally extracted.

The curse seemed to be growing more active, like the way grabbing a handful of sand had an effect, omnipresent—so was it always in the Abandoned Prison? Just triggered by his actions this time?

At that moment, a conclusion naturally emerged, slightly lessening the bleakness before his eyes.

Have to say, it still makes some sense; don’t forget, even the Reminiscence Record mentioned the sand grains themselves contain elements of those Lost Wanderers scorched for millennia.

And after the fall of the Tyrant, not only did the Mad Fire get out of control, but the curse suffered was also dispersed and ultimately melted together... Such changes seem quite reasonable too.

Even outside, among the Transcendents, many left a mess of contamination after dying.

Moreover, the crimson that rose before his eyes was obviously centering around him—oh?

Pondering as he looked ahead, Fu Qian didn’t even go for more sand this time.

In a mere blink, something was swirling above the sand grains, extremely apparent in its embodiment.

Moreover, clearly, the closer proximity to him, the concentrate.

But if we really assume the Crimson Frenzy has always been here, then the previous question seems necessary to answer.

How dirty the umbilical cord really is to trigger this curse?

Or—isn’t it the umbilical cord that is dirty, but himself?

At a certain moment, Fu Qian looked down at himself, deducing another horrifying possibility without reservation.

If it’s simply impurity, it doesn’t necessarily mean it can induce curse activity.

Since it can always hide here, it indicates that the Crimson Frenzy still is accepted by the Abandoned Prison.

So the most stimulating reaction trigger should be his identity as the Abandonment King.

Then could it be that the core reason the umbilical cord triggered the reaction is still that "ancient powers" label?

Because of that label, the Crimson Frenzy was activated.

Why can it be activated—the reason it originally belonged to Ancient Tyrant.

So... is there ultimately a difference between ancient and modern?

Brow furrowed slightly, Fu Qian reached out, dispersing a cluster of the crimson that gathered over him.

Alongside this slightly brutal action, another savagery rose from the depths of his heart.

A killing intent that seemingly did not belong to him.