Cursed Immortality

Chapter 1227: When Mighty Meets Mightier! (3)

“O’ Hellspawn…declare your True Name and submit to the Undead Skyfall!”

Jacob’s eyes flared coldly as he looked at the Undead Lich King’s demonic transformation, and a hint of realization dawned on him.

‘So, he was just a pawn of someone even more powerful, and with how he just used the Godly Faith Nectar, and then this new persona took over the Lich’s body, it should be some Lesser Faith God. No wonder, summoning Elia back with a wish cost so much; there was a God’s involvement.

‘Now the real question is, what is a Lesser Faith God doing in the Legendary Plains? However, despite him being a Lesser Faith God, he’s nowhere near Whiteness’s realm, and he’s probably some fallen God who’s probably hiding in the Undead Skyfall Canyons…the real hidden entity behind the tragedy of the Sagittarius Continent.

‘Nonetheless, even if this is just some kind of divine descent using the power of Godly Faith Nectar, I don’t know how much power he can use through a drop of Godly Faith Nectar. Most importantly, he probably has some kind of assumption about my identity…’

Jacob’s mind raced as he no longer looked down on the entity before him, but it didn’t mean he was scared out of his wits to the point of running away desperately.

Maybe if he hadn’t encountered Whiteness, he would’ve chosen to flee right away, but since he did, and had overcome that terrifying Void Mantis, the entity who was merely using a medium to descend, for some reason, didn’t seem that intimidating anymore.

Lastly, the Godly Faith Nectar has greatly raised Jacob’s interest in the Undead Skyfall Canyons since he needed it, and he knows how rare it was, so if this entity was just in a weakened state, he didn’t mind paying it a ‘visit’.

But to establish that, he needed to measure the strength of the transformed Undead Lich King in front of him, and he just happened to come prepared on this trip.

Jacob showed no sign of fear or apprehension as he impassively replied, “I don’t know about my name, but is your name Undead Skyfall? The master of the Undead Skyfall Canyons?”

The ‘Undead Lich King’ seemed to sense Jacob’s fearlessness, and a hint of surprise flickered in his flaming eyes. He silently stared at Jacob for several moments after hearing his question.

The pitch-black flames within his hollow sockets burned steadily while the abyssal eye upon his skull slowly rotated, and then the countless overlapping voices echoed again, cold and emotionless, yet carrying supreme arrogance.

“Undead Skyfall?” The heavens trembled faintly, as if even space feared to utter that name, “That insignificant title is merely the name of this prison.”

The black eye narrowed slightly as he continued, “As for me… mortals once addressed me as the God of Hollow Undead! But since I’m now one with the Undead Skyfall, and Undead Skyfall is with me, I’m the Undead Skyfall!”

The moment those words descended, the entire Death Grave-Sealing Dome quaked violently.

Countless undead below instantly prostrated themselves instinctively, even the Axe Bone Tyrant and Corpse Wyvern Lord, trembling uncontrollably beneath that pressure, instinctively, as they had no idea what was going on behind that dome.

The transformed Undead Lich King slowly raised the Staff of Sky Downfall while staring directly at Jacob.

“But you…” A strange glint surfaced within those abyss-like black flames, “You are different from these insects. Your origin… your existence… your darkness…you are not a mortal creature.”

At that moment, the Undead Skyfall’s voice became strangely profound, almost persuasive.

“Do you know how rare beings like us truly are? Existences abandoned by all life… beings standing beyond the natural order…” The black eye pulsed faintly, “I can free you from mortality. I can grant you eternal life. I can let you ascend beyond the cage of flesh, beyond fear, beyond death itself.”

The surrounding death aura surged violently as his countless voices overlapped like divine scripture.

“Serve beneath my darkness. Become my eternal servant. Once I shatter these chains binding this prison, I shall raise you beside me among the higher heavens. Together, we shall consume worlds.”

At that moment, the Undead Skyfall truly felt tempted by Jacob because, in his eyes, Jacob was clearly an existence similar to himself, a being touched by a higher origin. Such creatures were impossibly rare.

Furthermore, if he could truly make Jacob submit beneath him, then perhaps he could finally unravel the ancient chains sealing him within the Undead Skyfall Canyons or his eternal prison.

That was precisely why he had been willing to waste a precious drop of Godly Faith Nectar that he could no longer produce within this damned prison, and descended personally, as getting Jacob was worth it!

But unfortunately for him, Jacob merely listened quietly beneath his hood as his ghostly pale flames flickered faintly.

Although the Undead Skyfall sounded imposing, Jacob could already see through that former’s deceptions, and even wanted to sneer when he heard the offer of Eternal Life.

Moreover, the Undead Skyfall had personally confirmed Jacob’s conjecture about him being imprisoned here, and now the other party was clearly trying too hard, almost as if he desperately wanted Jacob alive.

‘This could only mean one thing…’ Jacob thought coldly, ‘Despite all this overwhelming divine pressure, this so-called God is nowhere near as untouchable as he pretended to be.’

Jacob’s cold voice finally sounded filled with jeering mockery, “You talk too much for someone claiming to be a God, and appeared even more desperate to have me than a lowly beggar wants wealth!”

The moment those words fell, silence descended, and then, a terrifying killing intent exploded.

The black flames within the Undead Skyfall’s eyes erupted violently as the surrounding death aura instantly transformed into an endless storm of screaming souls.

“Declivous! You dare reject divine mercy and spat profanity at this God!?” The countless voices became distorted with fury, “You dare refuse ascension and seek hellish misery?!”

The Staff of Sky Downfall suddenly released blinding black radiance as all the divine power within the drop Godly Faith Nectar surged outward at once.

At that instant, even Jacob’s expression grew grave, for this time the pressure was fundamentally different from before because it was no longer elemental law, but the power of the divine!