In the Forest of Death, after an initial surge of impulse, Curse Lord Tianjun gradually calmed down.
He suddenly sensed that the curse he had placed on Long Yu had inexplicably appeared on Ji Ning.
"Something's not right..."
Curse Lord Tianjun realized something was amiss and immediately stopped, asking Ji Ning, "Ji Ning, how did the curse within your body come to be?"
"Curse?"
Upon hearing Curse Lord Tianjun's words, Ji Ning was startled. She immediately looked inward and discovered that her bones were suddenly covered with many of Curse Lord Tianjun's curses!
"These curses... Damn Ye Ling!"
Ji Ning's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing the curses on her body, instantly understanding that Ye Ling had transferred them to her through the One-Life, One-Body contract!
She had been tricked by Ye Ling again!
"Curse Lord Tianjun, you and I have both been deceived, you've been used!" Ji Ning reacted, immediately explaining to Curse Lord Tianjun while expelling the World-Ending Spirit Fire from her body.
"This thing is not a Primal Spirit Fire at all. The power it possesses now is entirely due to it absorbing Jian Shisan's primal inheritance!"
"Hahaha! Just a little joke, don't mind it!" Exposed by Ji Ning, the World-Ending Spirit Fire laughed heartily. Then, while Curse Lord Tianjun and Ji Ning were not paying attention, it rolled up Qing Zhu beside it and fled the Forest of Death.
"This..." Curse Lord Tianjun looked at the receding World-Ending Spirit Fire with disbelief, then turned to Ji Ning, momentarily confused.
It was all a scam?
Ji Ning did not pursue the World-Ending Spirit Fire. She continued to tell Curse Lord Tianjun, "That ball of fire just now was called the World-Ending Spirit Fire, and the person who tricked you was not called Wang Liren, his real name is Ye Ling!"
"Curse Lord Tianjun, not only were you deceived, but Long Di and I were also tricked by him! That Ye Ling is a shameless liar!"
"Is that so..." With Ji Ning revealing everything, Curse Lord Tianjun's expression shifted, and he fell silent.
"Curse Lord Tianjun, help me remove the curses. If you and I join forces, along with Long Di, we can definitely kill that liar!"
After exposing everything, Ji Ning began to extend an olive branch to Curse Lord Tianjun, attempting to get him to join her revenge alliance.
However, Curse Lord Tianjun smiled strangely at this moment, saying to Ji Ning, "Whether the deceiver is called Wang Liren or Ye Ling, he has nothing to do with me. I don't care if he lives or dies."
"But, Ji Ning... you now bear my curse. Why should I remove the curse from you just because you say a few words?"
Hearing Curse Lord Tianjun's words, Ji Ning's expression changed slightly, and she asked him, "What, what do you mean?"
Curse Lord Tianjun sneered, "I mean nothing... I just want to say that you now carry my curse, and your fate is in my hands."
"If you don't want to die, hand over your primal inheritance!"
Ji Ning's expression drastically changed, and she then said coldly to Curse Lord Tianjun, "You want my primal inheritance? Wishful thinking!"
"You don't want to give it?"
Curse Lord Tianjun smiled playfully and immediately activated the curse within Ji Ning's body. Ji Ning felt an unbearable itch all over her body, and her cultivation was continuously disappearing!
"This, this is..." Ji Ning felt the curses absorbing her power, her expression changing drastically as she tried to forcibly remove them.
But the curses seemed to grow from her soul; she couldn't get rid of them at all!
"Stop struggling, Ji Ning! This curse needs to be planted before a person is born, and it will merge with the soul. It cannot be removed by external force."
"Although I don't know how these curses appeared on you, since they are on you, you are my slave, to be manipulated by me at will!"
Curse Lord Tianjun said with a cold laugh, his joy growing.
"Losing the Primal Spirit Fire and gaining a supreme slave, this is a profit no matter how you look at it!"
"It seems that Daozhou will also be within the grasp of the Witch Palace from now on! Hahahaha!"
"This damned fellow!" Ji Ning's face grew increasingly grim upon hearing Curse Lord Tianjun's laughter.
Then, she suddenly thought of something and tried to transfer the curses within her body back to Long Yu. But before she could act, she discovered that Ye Ling had proactively severed her contract with Long Yu!
Curse Lord Tianjun's curse was permanently on her!
"Ye Ling, I..."
Ji Ning, with Ye Ling severing her One-Life, One-Body contract at this moment, felt a surge of blood, a sweetness in her throat, and she spat out another mouthful of blood!
"Hahaha! Ji Ning, you are now in my palm. Either hand over your primal inheritance, and I'll spare your life, or be tortured to death by me!"
Curse Lord Tianjun laughed, brazenly threatening Ji Ning!
"Don't even think about taking my primal inheritance!" Ji Ning stared coldly at Curse Lord Tianjun, "Even if I die, I won't let you, you scoundrel, benefit!"
"You have quite a backbone! I'd like to see how long you can last?" Curse Lord Tianjun sneered and continued to activate the runes to torment Ji Ning.
To him, the whereabouts of the World-Ending Spirit Fire were irrelevant. He had initially been tempted by greed and intended to seize Ye Ling's treasures.
Having not obtained them, he suffered no loss.
Now that Ji Ning had fallen into his hands, this was his greatest unexpected joy!
Even if he could no longer absorb a second primal inheritance, he could create a second supreme being!
In this way, Wuzhou, Daozhou... and the future Shouchou would all become territories of his Witch Palace!
At this moment, Ji Ning had completely lost her ability to resist, and could only struggle to suppress Curse Lord Tianjun's curses.
However, her resistance was futile. Her conquest by Curse Lord Tianjun was only a matter of time.
Finally, Ji Ning could no longer resist and shouted sternly, "Zhou Wen, how long are you going to watch the show? I'm dying!"
"Haha! Boss Ji, you have such a pathetic moment too!"
At this moment, a hearty laugh echoed from high above, followed by a powerful pressure descending from the sky.
Curse Lord Tianjun's eyes shifted slightly. He looked up and saw a red light rushing towards him.
"This is!"
Curse Lord Tianjun's expression changed slightly, and he quickly condensed a barrier in front of him with his curses to block the red light!
*Bang!!!*
Curse Lord Tianjun was heavily struck and sent flying.
Zhou Wen, with red hair, appeared in the Forest of Death. He looked at the weakened Ji Ning and smiled, "Boss Ji, I thought my first business after leaving the Heavenly Nether Ancient Realm would be to kill Ye Ling!"
Ji Ning gritted her teeth, "Forget Ye Ling, deal with Curse Lord Tianjun first. I've been cursed by him!"
"You're the boss, you call the shots!"
Zhou Wen shrugged, smiled at Ji Ning, then looked at the distant Curse Lord Tianjun and said with a light smile, "Curse Lord Tianjun, you heard that, Boss Ji has spoken."
"Therefore, your life, I shall take."