Divine Flame Crystal

Chapter 442 Cursed Object: The Mark of Freedom

The Dark Shield is extremely shocking when released. It is like a dark vortex that attracts and devours the surrounding light, making the caster invisible on the battlefield. Any attack that attempts to penetrate this layer of defense will be weakened by the power of darkness, or even counterattacked. At the same time, this shield can also interfere with the enemy's perception, causing them to lose their target in the dark fog and fall into chaos.

However, the Dark Shield is not invincible. Continuous casting requires a huge consumption of magic power, and too strong light or specific means may affect it. But even so, the Dark Shield is still regarded as a reliable guarantee for spellcasters in critical moments. With its unique defense mechanism, it provides a safe haven for users, allowing them to plan a counterattack under the cover of darkness.

The Shield of Darkness is both a defensive barrier and a tactical weapon. It reveals the duality of the power of darkness, which can both protect and destroy.

After Xingluo finished experimenting with three intermediate dark magics, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was still too weak, he already had a certain combat capability and no longer had to rely on the angel puppet to barely protect himself. He was no longer an ordinary intermediate magician. He could fight against the great magician without using the divine flame crystal. Both his mental strength and understanding of magic were far superior to magicians of the same level. He also mastered curses and poisonous fog, which could allow him to fight against opponents of higher levels. In addition, the inn where he was staying was impregnable. As long as he was in the inn, it would be extremely difficult to defeat him. If he was determined to escape, he could use space-time magic. He did not wander around the city these days, but left a lot of coordinates, so he could teleport away at any time. It was very difficult to kill a space-time magician.

However, Xingluo was not too careless. After all, he was only a mid-level magician. If he really got angry and confronted others head-on, it would be difficult for him to get anything good. Xingluo sighed. This was the world of the abyss. It was a world of the jungle. It was bound to be more dangerous and he might be eaten up at any time. In the four empires, there was no need to worry too much. After all, any duke hoped that his territory could develop stably instead of fighting and killing everywhere. But it was different in the abyss. Killing and mutual devouring were encouraged here. Only the strong were needed here, and the weak could only become the objects of others' venting or even food.

After Xingluo finished the experiment, he sensed the position of the angel puppet from afar. Now he could use the space equipment freely, and there was no need for the angel puppet to stay outside. Before, he thought that the magic power would be sealed continuously, so he let the angel puppet leave him. Now he found that as long as he repaired the starry sky energy, the seal would not work, so he didn't need to do so. After taking back the angel puppet, Xingluo returned to the inn. He didn't plan to sell the Hope crystal bottle directly, and there were still a few materials that had not been used. He planned to make another cursed object before leaving.

Xingluo started to make cursed objects again. He now felt that there was not much difference between making cursed objects and alchemy. The only difference was that cursed objects used more dark power and had strange functions that could not be seen in the light.

Xingluo took out a stone. It was said that it was taken from a former prison in this plane, the Bastille, where criminals who were too evil for the Abyss were imprisoned. If they were not caught, the entire plane would be plunged into an endless war. The Abyss encourages killing, but it does not mean that you can slaughter them wantonly. There are only a few creatures left in the Abyss, so how can you talk about collecting the power of faith? There are even those mentally abnormal people in the prison, demons who only know how to kill. These demons can only stay in prison, otherwise this plane will be destroyed. This mysterious stone, which is not common in the Abyss, carries a bloody and turbulent history of this plane. According to legend, it is not an ordinary rock, but the essence extracted from the broken walls of the Bastille, condensed with the blood of prisoners. Whenever night falls and the moonlight shines on it, the stone will emit a dark light, as if telling those forgotten stories.

The cursed object created by Xingluo this time is called "The Seal of Freedom" and has the power to change fate. Anyone who touches it will be entangled by the burden of history, as if bound by invisible shackles. It can awaken the fear and madness in one's heart, causing people to fall into endless hallucinations and see those souls struggling in the flames. The holder will hear the screams of pain in the nightmare, feel the urge to break out of the cage, until the mind collapses.

The cursed object made of this stone will also cause social unrest around the holder, disrupting peaceful life into chaos. Friends turn against each other, relatives separate, and all harmonious relationships become fragile and brittle under its influence. However, this curse is not impossible to remove. Only when the holder truly understands and accepts the lessons of history and lets go of the obsession with hatred and revenge can he free himself and others from this heavy curse. Therefore, any cursed object has its own way to break it, and the maker will sell it together with the way to break it. Of course, if someone accidentally gets a cursed object, they are not so lucky. If there is no way to break it and they are accidentally infected with the curse, they will most likely die directly, or even drag down the entire family, causing the bloodline to be entangled by the curse for generations.

The imprint of freedom, with a deep iron-grey appearance, seems to carry the sedimentation of years and the vicissitudes of history. The surface of the stone is covered with irregular cracks and dents, like a map depicting countless stories. These marks are not only the result of natural weathering, they also seem to contain some kind of cursed power, as if each mark represents a soul that once suffered in the Bastille.

The stone is irregular in shape, like a miniature castle ruin, with sharp edges and corners symbolizing past conflicts and struggles. In the sun, some parts of it gleam with a cold, hard metallic luster, as if hiding the shadows of chains and shackles. At night, when the moonlight shines on it, the stone emits a faint blue-gray fluorescence, like a ghostly phosphorescence, which is chilling.

The most striking thing is that there is a clear mark in the center of the stone, which looks like a broken lock, symbolizing the liberation of the Bastille and the symbol of freedom. This mark is deeply engraved into the stone, as if it is a mark of history that will never be erased. This is the mark of freedom, a curse full of power and contradictions, which is both a painful memory and a symbol of hope.

The brand of freedom made by Xingluo with the stone of Bastille is not only a witness to history, but also a warning to the future. It reminds people not to forget the past and cherish peace, so as not to repeat the same mistakes and fall into endless disputes and pain.