Chapter 9087: Methods (1)

Zhao Hai stood on the back of the Black Tortoise Island, quietly watching the battle. Although the battle was very intense, it had no effect on Zhao Hai at all. All the energy ripples from the battle disappeared automatically when they reached him, just like the waves hitting the reef.

However, Zhao Hai just stood there with a calm expression on his face. He was actually testing how strong his curse was. He really didn't take the shadow Emperor seriously. As soon as the shadow Emperor's real body appeared, Zhao Hai immediately discovered it. The shadow Emperor's real cultivation technique was actually an imitation. It was a cultivation technique created by imitating the body of the giant race. However, this cultivation technique was not perfect, so it was useless.

What Zhao Hai had told the shadow Emperor before was not a lie. This set of cultivation techniques did indeed have many flaws. The biggest flaw was that the shadow Emperor did not have the bloodline of Giants. It could be said that this set of cultivation techniques was prepared for people with the bloodline of Giants. If people without the bloodline of Giants cultivated this set of cultivation techniques, they would not be able to escape death in the end. Therefore, this set of cultivation techniques was actually a bloodline cultivation technique, and not everyone could cultivate it.

However, it was obvious that the shadow Emperor did not know about this, so he cultivated according to this cultivation technique. His strength had indeed become stronger, and his lifespan had indeed extended. If Zhao Hai had not dealt with him, his lifespan might have been even longer. This was because he had only absorbed some low-level bloodlines, and these bloodlines might only be able to support his life for a few decades or a few centuries. Therefore, he had been constantly attacking other cultivation realms. It wasn't just to complete the shadow race's mission, but also for himself.

If he didn't attack other realms, he would be replenished by the old bloodline. In that case, he would still age slowly and eventually die. Therefore, he kept attacking other realms and absorbing fresh bloodlines to extend his life. However, although the old bloodlines in his body were slowly aging, they weren't completely dead. On the contrary, they were still in his body. He didn't have the giant bloodline to regulate and absorb these bloodlines. The final result was that his bloodlines would conflict and eventually collapse.

The collapse of the bloodline was actually another form of Qi deviation. It was just that the shadow Emperor had not experienced such a situation yet. However, he was now facing Zhao Hai. His strength could not be compared with Zhao Hai's, so he could not be Zhao Hai's opponent. Just like what Zhao Hai had said, with his cultivation method, the conflict between the power of the bloodline would intensify when he encountered someone who was on par with or stronger than him. At that time, it was likely that he would not be able to survive. He would die without a doubt.

Zhao Hai could use this opportunity to test out his curse Arts. He had already discovered that there was no difference in strength between curses. Even if it looked like an ordinary curse art, if used well, it could take the life of an expert.

Currently, Zhao Hai had only divided curses into single-target curses and infectious curses. Single-target curses were like the cultivation technique that Zhao Hai was using. They were specifically used against one person and were directly used on one's soul. No matter how one changed their identity, it would be useless. Even if one changed their identity and possessed another person, it would be useless. This curse would continue to be used on one's soul and eventually take one's life.

However, this kind of curse was not contagious and could not be inherited. It was only used on one person and would not affect others. Therefore, this kind of curse was most suitable for one-on-one battles. This kind of curse was the most suitable for one-on-one battles. This was only a matter between the two of you and would not affect others.

The other infectious curse was even more vicious. This curse would not only be used on one person. Everyone related to one or in contact with one would be infected. Even one's descendants would be infected. It could be passed on. Zhao Hai named it the family ending curse.

Zhao Hai rarely used this kind of curse because it was difficult to control. Not only was it difficult to remove the curse from the person, but it was also difficult to control the person who had placed the curse. This was because the curse was too contagious. In the process of infection, it might change due to the different physical conditions of the person. Even the person who had placed the curse would have a hard time removing the curse in a short time. Therefore, this kind of curse was extremely difficult.

Of course, Zhao Hai could also use a limited infectious curse. He could control the number of curses he could infect. For example, if the curse only infected ten people, the curse would lose its effect, or it could only infect people with blood relations. These were all within his control. However, the problem was the variant curses. If a variant curse appeared during the process and they were not restricted, it would be troublesome. This was what Zhao Hai was most worried about.

Zhao Hai was secretly rejoicing. He had used this kind of infectious curse before, but at that time, his strength was still too low, and his understanding of curses was still too little. Therefore, he did not know the depth of the curse, so he used it directly. Fortunately, there were no mutated curses at that time. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would be in trouble now, let alone others.

There were two main reasons why Zhao Hai had spent so much effort on researching the power of curses. The first reason was that the curse originated from the Shadow Realm or the person behind the shadow Realm. In other words, the person behind the shadow Realm was the best at using curses. Zhao Hai would have to face him sooner or later. Therefore, he had to study curses and understand them. Only then would he be able to defeat his opponent.

Another reason was that curses could change in a myriad of ways and could be used on anything in the world. This was very similar to Zhao Hai's understanding of runes. Runes alone were weak in attack, but curses were surprisingly strong in attack. That was why he studied curses so seriously. He also wanted to use curses against his enemies. In this aspect, curses were more useful than runes.

Zhao Hai had slowly figured out his future path of development. In the past, he had focused on his body and runes. The bloodline in his body was his Foundation, and runes were his method to deal with others. However, Zhao Hai later found out that there was a flaw in this method. He couldn't use the runes to their maximum potential. Runes were like a source of energy. He could use them to their full potential, but it was a waste to use them like this. It was like a bullet. If you threw it out to hit someone, it would only hurt the person at most. The damage would be limited, but if you loaded the bullet into the gun, it could kill.

That was why Zhao Hai needed a gun like this. The more he learned about curses, the more he realized that curses were the gun he needed. That was why Zhao Hai decided to study curses. He wanted to use them more in future battles.

Zhao Hai's understanding of his techniques could be summed up in three words: body, technique, use, body, which was his body and bloodline, which could also be said to be his Foundation. Technique was runes, which could explain all techniques. Use was the curse technique, which was specifically used to deal with enemies.

To put it simply, Zhao Hai was like a person holding a gun. The bullet was the rune, the gun was the curse, and the curse was the rune. It was used in a more threatening way to deal with the enemy. It could be said that body, technique, and use were all indispensable.

It was precisely because of this thought that Zhao Hai wanted to use the curse in actual combat. Since he could not ascend yet, he could only try it out on the shadow Emperor. As for the other people in the Shadow Realm, they were not even qualified to let Zhao Hai test his skills. This was because Zhao Hai would not be able to test the power of his curse on them.

There was another reason why Zhao Hai wanted to do this. He knew that he was about to ascend. After he ascended, he would have to face the attack of the Shadow Realm. Although he did not know what methods the people of the Shadow Realm would use to deal with him, he knew when he thought about what happened to the upper realm mighty people in the blood sea realm. In the past, there were many upper realm mighty people in the blood sea realm. However, when the Shadow Realm attacked them, none of them made a move. Why was that? He must have been taken care of by the people from the Shadow Realm. In other words, the Shadow Realm in the upper realm had the ability to deal with some of the mighty people in the upper realm. Therefore, he had to be prepared. He had to understand how great the threat of his curse technique was. When he arrived in the upper realm, he would be more confident in dealing with the people from the Shadow Realm.

Therefore, Zhao Hai was now experimenting. He wanted to better understand his own curse technique and know how strong it was. This way, he would be more confident when facing his enemies. In the lower realm, the only person who could compare with the shadow Emperor in the upper realm was probably him. That was why Zhao Hai wanted to use him as an experiment. Others were really not qualified. It was also because of this that Zhao Hai directly used his curse technique against the shadow Emperor.

Zhao Hai was very satisfied with the current outcome. The curse technique he had used to deal with the shadow Emperor this time was actually a yang attribute curse. This kind of curse was to create an opponent for the person who had been cursed. An opponent that he could not defeat, and would eventually take his life. Zhao Hai was very fond of this kind of curse.

As for the other Yin attribute curse, Zhao Hai did not intend to use it this time. This was because this Yin attribute curse would make the person who was cursed to continuously practice that kind of cultivation technique until he died of exhaustion. This method was actually a bit slow, at least in Zhao Hai's opinion. Of course, this did not mean that he would not use this method in the future. He would still use this method in the future. However, the shadow Emperor was the only person he was testing it on, and he had already been cursed by the Yang attribute. Naturally, he couldn't use the yin attribute curse anymore, so he could only wait for the future.