Naming Technique of the Night

Chapter 1794: Chapter 940: Leaving Now Is So That We Can Return Someday_2

The Arbiters ignored all this, each sitting cross-legged on the apartment floor, taking out the dark magic materials they needed from the box.

The Storm City’s fleet deployment was nothing but a facade; they had long prepared a way to get to the Eastern Continent, planning to strike the Parent Association members sharply when they were completely unprepared!

Just as the world thought they still needed five days to reach the Eastern Continent, they arrived ahead of schedule, giving no opportunity for the Parent Association to evacuate or retreat!

This time, even the Duke of Storm City personally came to City 18, to cast the curse himself.

In the spacious Upper Third District Apartment, a group of Arbiters quickly re-cast spells on the previous list of Parent Association members.

They were noticeably more skilled when reciting names now, as dark magic materials turned to ashes one by one, and the Curse of Life and Death immediately took effect one after another.

The Duke of Storm City watched this scene, his face finally calming down.

He took out his dark magic materials, and the first curse wasn’t aimed at Qing Chen, but the Black Spider.

The Duke of Storm City always knew the Black Spider’s real name and birthday, which was his reliable leverage over the Black Spider.

It succeeded.

He watched as the dark magic material turned to ashes before him, dissipating in front of him into the form of a black skull face and then completely disappearing.

This was the sign of the Curse of Life and Death succeeding.

Yet, the Duke of Storm City couldn’t be happy, as it indicated the Black Spider was indeed beside Joker.

”Despicable woman,” the Duke of Storm City said coldly.

He once again took out a set of dark magic materials: dried skin of a black-spotted frog, dew from a tea tree, tears of a giant, shed skin of a moray python, placenta of a premature woman, umbilical cord of a child born on Christmas.

These were all highest-grade dark magic materials; he would use them to curse the powerful Joker.

Finally, he placed a milk tooth in the center of the hexagram.

An Arbiter’s Curse of Life and Death can only curse targets weaker than themselves with just the real name and birthday, but once blood, hair, or other bodily tissues are involved, the curse can be used on targets of the same level.

The Duke of Storm City recited the name 22 times and failed; on the 23rd time, he succeeded.

The dark magic materials turned to ashes in the air, coalesced.

Meanwhile, Qing Chen was in the Garrison Office, writing a new program and guidelines for the Parent Association.

Suddenly, he turned to look at the string of Buddha Beads on his left wrist, beyond the three realms.

Qing Chen felt a cold wind winding around him, clinging like bone-chilling maggots.

In the next moment, Qing Chen felt something extracting a portion of the thunder slurry from his body beyond the three realms...

”Dark magic?” he frowned.

This time, Qing Chen didn’t wait passively for the thunder slurry extraction; instead, he actively tried to channel the thunder slurry into the Buddha Beads before it could stop!

Beyond the three realms, it absorbed like a whale, accepting all that Qing Chen gave.

In an instant, golden symbols lit up on the Buddha Beads beyond the three realms.

Qing Chen was momentarily stunned; it was his first time seeing such a change beyond the three realms!

It was widely known that many Taboo items could unlock a second level of effects, such as Taboo ACE-005 Da Fu, or the forbidden item ACE-066 Violent Crane in Da Yu’s hands that could control paper Yu Yan.

If beyond the three realms was truly the distillation of Chen Wudi, then as one of the demigods’ highest figures, it should have a second stage unlock form.

But... what is its purpose?

With the Buddha Beads sucking half of Qing Chen’s thunder slurry, suddenly behind the Duke of Storm City, a golden light burst forth in the apartment of City 18!

The Duke of Storm City sneered as if prepared; he slightly sidestepped, dodging the golden Martial Monk’s strike from behind.

However, just as he was about to relax, he saw, with his peripheral vision, another Martial Monk appeared on his right side, and another appeared on the left, and yet another from above...

The Eighteen Arhats.

Seeing all eighteen Martial Monks firmly blocking all the Duke of Storm City’s retreats, each landed a series of hits on him!

Even though the Duke of Storm City had reached the peak of demigod status, even though these golden Arhats were only A-Class... the Duke of Storm City still took seven or eight hits, spitting out a mouthful of blood!

The sudden appearance of eighteen A-Class, caught even a demigod off guard!

Then the eighteen golden figures gathered around one of them, who smiled in the light, pressed his hands together: ”Are you happy?”

A nearby Arbiter who knew Chinese quickly translated: ”Are. you. happy?”

Duke of Storm City: ”?”

Is this a legitimate monk?!

Would a legitimate monk ask if you were happy after beating you up?!

The Martial Monk faded into the light, disappeared without a trace.

The Duke of Storm City rose and instructed: ”Joker is in an uncurseable state, don’t try again. Kill the others first! Even if you can’t kill them, force them to hide in Kuroharara, never daring to come out.”

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In City 10, Qing Chen sat behind the desk watching the light beyond the three realms dimming, knowing that the Martial Monk may have already ventured out again.

He suddenly stood up, went outside the office, and said loudly: ”Xiao Qi! Lao Luo!”

In the silent midnight, all the offices were lit, and upon hearing Qing Chen’s call, everyone came starting to the corridor.

”What’s wrong, boss?” Luo Wanya asked.

Qing Chen said, ”Evacuate! All core members of the Parent Association must evacuate quickly!”

”Where to evacuate?” Luo Wanya asked.

”Kuroharara! Follow our previously established plan, evacuate by region, in batches!” Qing Chen said gravely, ”I’ve just been cursed by dark magic, indicating Arbiters are within a 1200-kilometer range of us! While evacuating, let the newly joined non-core members search every corner of City 10 for any signs of Arbiters!”

Qing Chen frowned, if the opposition was in City 10 it would be manageable, but if they were in the Li Family’s City 18, it would be difficult.

He looked at Luo Wanya: ”You have to leave too.”

”If all of us core members leave, what about City 10?” Xiao Qi said anxiously, ”I’ve just received intel; Chen Corporation’s army began advancing an hour ago and will arrive outside the city in no more than seven days. I won’t leave; I want to fight.”

Qing Chen shook his head: ”The Arbiters must be prepared; leaving keeps our forces, staying leaves us with nothing. Go quickly, that’s an order, don’t worry, I’m here.”

Just then, exclamations from downstairs resounded; everyone leaned over the corridor railing to look below, only to see a family member lying in a pool of blood, heartbeat already stopped.

Qing Chen asked: ”What happened?”

”Don’t know, didn’t notice anything at all!” said a person downstairs.

But at this moment, a flowerpot upstairs suddenly fell, precisely hitting the person who spoke.

Qing Chen casually plucked a strand of hair to shatter the flowerpot, but the person below, in panic and retreating, happened to stumble on a brick gap, losing balance and falling backward, with the back of his head directly striking the sharp edge of the flower bed.

Qing Chen disappeared, darted to the family member’s side like an arrow, supporting the person’s neck.

Such a curse was akin to death arriving, unpredictable and unavoidable; if unsuccessful once, it would take effect again, failing a second time, the third time it would take effect.

Each occurrence more accidental, each time more thrilling.

The Parent Association would be cursed, causing thousands of deaths; Qing Chen could save one, but couldn’t save everyone.

Xiao Qi witnessing this didn’t speak again; they had to leave, or they would die meaninglessly in accidents.

He lowered his head: ”Just because the Puppet Master and Arbiters joined forces, we’re forced to abandon this painstakingly managed city?”

Everyone had worked hard for so long, yet still had to leave.

Qing Chen looked at Xiao Qi: ”Don’t waste time; the curse is gradually taking effect, probably hundreds of Parent Association members have already perished, delaying even a minute means dozens more members will die in succession. Leave now, to return one day.”