"Pfft!"
A jet of blood instantly burst out from underground, spraying up like a fountain.
The mud slime beneath the ground let out a miserable shriek, then hurriedly pulled back the few remaining heads that were itching to move.
["It's very simple. You drip the cursed person's blood onto a powerful life form, and then, at the same time, place the cursed object together with that life form. At the exact moment all three make contact."]
The scarecrow explained vividly.
BOOM!
["The cursed object will be deceived by the cursed person's blood and immediately activate, killing the designated life form."]
["But this method has several specific requirements. First, the life form must be stronger than the cursed person. Otherwise, part of the curse won't be consumed and will still end up harming the cursed person."]
["Second, the cursed object, the life form, and the cursed person's blood must all make contact at the same time for it to work."]
["If the cursed object touches the cursed person's blood first, the curse will quickly recognize that this isn't the cursed person's main body. A mere drop of blood contains too little energy, so it naturally can't trigger the curse effect of the cursed object."]
["But if the cursed object touches the life form first, then the curse will also quickly realize that this life form isn't the cursed person either, and naturally it won't activate the curse."]
"So much nonsense."
Ethan mocked the scarecrow, "In the end, it's just that the cursed object can identify the cursed person, so you use a drop of blood as bait to trick it into attacking another life form and transfer the curse. That's it. Did you really need to say so much?"
["Heh! Heh! Wasn't I just trying to explain it clearly?"]
"Explaining it too clearly is just padding, okay," After listening, Ethan jumped out of the pit, "You stay here and keep watch. I'll go get the cursed object and deal with this thing."
["Huh? Where are you going?"]
"I'm going to bring your bride over so you two can consummate the marriage."
Ethan threw out that jab, then immediately mounted the bone horse that had just returned, flicked the reins, and rode off.
The scarecrow just stood there with its eyes wide open, its face full of disbelief.
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Then, it roared in rage.
["Lord, how can you treat me like this!"]
"Why not?", Ethan replied with a laugh inside his mind, "After all, 520¹ is coming up soon. You should find yourself a girlfriend and leave the single-dog ranks."
"Otherwise, when you look at everyone else's Moments full of hand-holding and kissing photos, how miserable would that be!"
"I actually think you and the doll are a perfect match. Anyway, neither of you is human."
["Lord!"], the scarecrow roared, ["I think you're even less human than the two of us!"]
"Aiya! Too far away… far… far… bad signal. I'm not talking to you anymore."
Ethan cut off the scarecrow's nonstop swearing in his head.
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In the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the spot where the puppet doll had been shot down.
Thankfully, the doll was still there. The split arrow had nailed it firmly to the ground. The doll, which had originally been lying still, suddenly struggled violently the moment it saw Ethan arrive.
At that moment, Ethan noticed, Beside the doll's fingers was a piece of paper burned into ashes, and on the ashes were three red exclamation marks.
'What was going on here?'
Usually, one exclamation mark meant there was a hint.
Three exclamation marks meant an important hint.
As for overwhelming red exclamation marks everywhere, that represented extreme danger.
The only time Ethan had ever encountered overwhelming red exclamation marks was during the battle with the magma octopus. He had to admit, this exclamation mark grading system was pretty thoughtful.
But this piece of paper that had been burned to ashes was actually classified as important. That alone made Ethan not dare to take it lightly.
Ethan immediately focused on those three red exclamation marks!
[Message Scroll: This is a message scroll that has already been burned to ashes. It seems to have sent a location to someone. There are several numbers on it (✧3·A·007·888). Aside from that, the rest of the content can no longer be identified.]
"Message scroll?"
Ethan stared at the numbers shown in the prompt.
'What is ✧3?'
'Playing cards?'
He didn't understand the first number.
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But the second one happened to be the A region he was currently in. 007 was the sub-area it was located in, and 888 was his ID number.
Then this message scroll, without a doubt, had sent information about Ethan to someone.
"Damn it!"
Ethan was furious.
He really hadn't expected this trash doll to be so scheming.
He'd only left for a short while, and this thing had already messaged someone, telling them his location?
But the doll had no idea that Ethan had already deciphered the contents of the message scroll.
It just let out a dumbbell-like laugh, ["Heh! Heh! Heh! You still can't bear to part with me, can you?"]
"Yeah, I really can't bear to part with you."
Ethan pulled out the Dragon Slaying Saber and pointed it straight at the doll's eyeball, "Who exactly did you message, and what do A007888 and those numbers mean?"
["Huh?"]
The doll looked shocked, ["You can actually see the numbers on it? Impressive.]
["But it doesn't matter if I tell you. Anyway, today you're definitely going to die!"]
["These numbers represent coordinates."]
["I've already sent your coordinates to my master's older sister. Since I can't kill you myself, she'll have to personally come and avenge my master."]
"Isn't 888 my ID?", Ethan frowned, "Why is it a coordinate?"
["888 is the coordinate number of your villa. You can't run away,"] After saying that, the doll once again let out that dumbbell-like laugh, ["Heh! Heh! Heh!"]
"Fuck!"
Hearing this news, Ethan felt as sick as if he'd eaten shit.
But what was done was done. No amount of regret would change anything.
He might as well deal with the immediate problem first.
["Heh! Heh! Heh!"]
The doll laughed wildly again, ["Today you will definitely die! Today you will definitely die! Hahahaha!"]
"Whether I die today or not, I don't know. But right now, I'm going to send you to die first."
As Ethan spoke, he raised the Dragon Slaying Saber high and pointed it at the doll.
["Come on! I can't wait!"]
Not only was the doll not angry, it even wore an extremely smug expression.
It was trying to provoke Ethan into attacking it, so it could release the sure-death curse on this human.
["Trash human, don't spare me just because you pity flowers. Please whip me hard, strike me hard! I like it when you treat me like this!"]
["Because only if you hate me so much that you eat me will I be able to turn into nourishment inside your body, and eventually become a part of you!"]
["Come on! Ravage me hard!"]
["Heh! Heh! Heh…"]
[1] 520: In Chinese slang, 520 means "I love you" because its pronunciation sounds similar to it in Mandarin. It's widely used online, especially on May 20th (5/20), which is celebrated as an unofficial "Internet Valentine's Day" for confessing love, often through texts or gifts, and even the number combination 5201314 means "I love you forever"]
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