Chapter 1098: Carrier Curse
Sam first created a medium that could fuse three normal direct curses. He merged three curses of pain. It didn't take much energy and Sam made three more fused curses just like that. But he didn't use the same curse of pain on it, instead, he used the curse of flesh corrosion, the curse of illusion, and the curse of slumber.
All of them are different curses and effects different parts of the body and mind.
After created four of these curses which are individually formed by merging three same curses, Sam once again created a different medium and merged four of these curses together.
He didn't stop after that, he called for Five elemental King.
"I want you to use your trump card. An attack that could use five elemental energies."
Five elemental king was curious on why Sam wanted to use that attack, but he just nodded and complied.
Sam instantly started curse generation and gestured the five elemental king to attack the dark energy ball.
When the five elemental energies fused together and gathered in Five elemental King's palm, he hit the dark energy ball.
But to his surprise, nothing happened. Only the energy and the momentum in his arm disappeared and dissolved into the dark energy ball.
Sam called for Paras next and asked him to do the same.
The large ax strike disappeared as it merged with another dark ball.
Then Vidyut came and gave his most powerful arrow strike.
The Saber Monarch, as for Kiran and twins, Sam didn't ask them.
Sam finally asked the night ghost to use his own attack. His attack would injure and strangle the soul which would make the body's reaction time completely sloppy.
After creating each curse with these attacks, Sam fused all of them together and fused the resultant curse along with the curse that he made with a fusion of basic direct curses.
The resultant thing was completely unbelievable. The sinister energy sent chills down everyone's spine.
But that didn't stop there.
Sam looked at Night Ghost who took the Cursed ghost out. It devoured the curse happily and digested within a few minutes. After that, Sam started building another curse.
"Use the curse you just absorbed on this one."
Night Ghost was puzzled, but he did as he was told and the attack merged with the curse.
Sam once again started constructing a different curse and fused both of them and finally, he attached everything to an arrow.
There is a reason why Sam used this roundabout way. If he let the cursed ghost absorb the curse, it would be able to use Night Ghost's energy and be able to utilize the curse multiple times. If it is not there, Sam would have simply merged it with the arrow direction.
But now that Night Ghost can use it repeatedly, even though it would take a lot of energy if they attached it to different weapons, things would be different and everyone among the team would have a trump card that could help them is perilous situations.
Sam looked at Vidyut and said.
"Can you shoot this at Leader 1 while he is fighting the shadow or do you need any more assistance to do that?"
Vidyut thought for a second and said.
"A little assistance would be good. If the other party's senses are distracted for a moment, it would be a lot better."
Sam nodded and turned to the remaining teammates, Night Ghost raised his hand and said.
"I will do it. It would be too dangerous for the rest of them."
Night Ghost immediately went out and his mere presence alerted Leader 1. After all, he is in a perilous situation and a Late-stage Transcendent cultivator of the Astral plane is a significant threat to him at the moment. He might even be killed.
Night ghost closed his eyes and sent a ghost out towards Leader 1.
Leader 1 who is actually expecting some straightforward physical attack, was surprised by the attack to the soul. His senses were blinded at little and his shadow managed to leave a wound on his body.
Vidyut took the opportunity when Leader 1's senses are blurry and shot the arrow right at the wound. He only used neutral spiritual energy and didn't use even a hint of lightning energy. Sam specifically asked to do so.
The arrow lodged itself and it just left a small stinging pain on his body.
The leader pulled the arrow and threw it away. Taking this situation to their advantage, Night Ghost and Vidyut went back to their hiding place.
Leader 1 wanted to pursue them, but he couldn't as he was still in the battle with shadow. When team members saw that the attack didn't do anything to Leader 1, they were surprised.
But there is no change in Sam's expression, even though they are tempted to ask what really happened, nobody did and they just stayed put.
Soon the battle with the shadow is over and Leader 1 immediately started running out of the city. He knew that Leader 3 might have neared the city, so he has to escape.
As soon as he came out of the city gate, he caught a glimpse of Leader 3 and his team who are approaching at an incredible speed.
Leader 3 also saw Leader 1 coming out of the city and he immediately started the pursuit.
Leader 1 is already exhausted and the charred feeling he is experiencing in his flesh because of the curse was not gone. He is still feeling the pain. As much as he tried to escape, he was simply not fast enough and was caught by Leader 3.
"Third, you cornered me. You leave me no other way. Even if I die, I will just drag you down with me."
Leader 1 spat coldly and started fighting. He didn't even bother defending himself anymore and straight-up used all his trump cards to attack Leader 3.
Leader 3's team members are all standing a bit away as they observed the battle. They are ready to swoop in and help the leader whenever it was needed. But from what they can see, Leader 1 is actually very weak. He is not even putting in any decent fight. He is fighting like a madman and that is the only reason he even managed to land any hits on Leader 3.
Leader 3 also frowned. He could observe Leader 1's condition and understood that the other party is indeed too weak for his cultivation. There are some injuries which he saw.
It seems like he was in a troubling fight. He was confused as to who posed such a problem to Leader 1. After all, he is sure that the branch in the city doesn't have that much power.
But he pushed those thoughts to the back of his head and continued with the battle.
Soon, Leader 1 collapsed with his reckless fighting and dropped down with no energy. Leader 3 is also panting as he sat on a rock nearby.
"First, why did you push it this far. You know I don't have any thoughts about taking over the Black Curtain, why did you start all this?"
Leader 1 took a deep breath and spoke in a painful and exhausted tone.
"What do you mean by that, you bastard? You are the one who started it and as for taking over Black Curtain. It is mine, and mine alone whether you want to or not, you don't have any right to take over it."
As he spoke, his final breath left his body while his eyes were still staring at Leader 3 with hate and envy.
Leader 3 leaned forward to close those eyes. But at this moment, he suddenly felt something is wrong as a small wisp of energy came from leader 1 and hit his chest.
But he didn't feel anything to his chest and closed his eyes to check his body. While he is doing so, he felt that something is wrong as a different kind of energy is being swelling up inside.
The curses are taking effect.
When Sam made Vidyut shoot the arrow, he didn't directly attack the curse so that the victim would be affected, the curse was modified a bit and it is a carrier type curse.
That means, the victim who got hit by the curse is not the one going to be affected, rather he would act as a carrier, and based on the construction of the curse, the curse will take effect.
For example, currently, Leader 1 is a carrier of the curse, and Leader 3 is the victim and the means of the curse transfer is the death of the carrier. The killer will be subjected to the curse.
And the means of transfer can be set according to the creator's requirements. They can set a specific amount of damage received by the carrier, a certain amount of spiritual energy level of the carrier, a certain level of pain experienced by the carrier, and so on and so forth. Many types of means can be employed and Sam used death as the means.
Now, Leader 3, the true victim is being targeted by the curse's true might.