The Strongest Curse Master: Start by refining the Seven Arrows Book

After Ling Jie and the others left, Fang Che hurriedly departed from the Azure Sky Squad's residence, digging up a pile of dirt along the way before returning to the academy's inn.

Fang Che took out the wooden table previously stained with blood, then used the dirt to sculpt a mud figure, affixed Zhou Duan's name to it, and used the Nailhead Seven Arrows book to condense long nails and pierce the mud figure's head, before beginning to prostrate himself in worship.

After the first prostration, the seven long nails easily pierced into the fixed depth.

Fang Che instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Being able to pierce through without resistance meant that Zhou Duan had not yet completed his advancement, and didn't even have much protection.

Thus, Fang Che continued to prostrate himself.

At this moment, in a certain mountain cave, Zhou Duan was counting the resources obtained after killing people.

Suddenly, Zhou Duan's hand counting resources paused.

Immediately afterward, a faint light emanated from the center of Zhou Duan's brow.

When the light disappeared, Zhou Duan's eyes were dazed, and he muttered to himself:

"Strange, I'm clearly nervous, but how come I can't find any traces of anyone harming me after carefully searching?"

Zhou Duan's brow emitted a faint light again.

After the light disappeared, Zhou Duan thoughtfully muttered to himself in a low voice: "Am I just afraid of failing the advancement? No, I can't take the risk."

Zhou Duan quickly activated various defensive items on his body, and under the protection of these items, Zhou Duan's tense emotions slowly calmed down.

At this moment, after completing a new round of prostrations, Fang Che suddenly discovered that the seven long nails could not be pierced any deeper.

Seeing this, Fang Che quickly injected curse energy into the Nailhead Seven Arrows book.

The Nailhead Seven Arrows book, empowered by the curse energy, condensed seven fingers and pressed down on the long nails.

The long nails slowly pierced into the mud figure.

At this time, Fang Che confirmed that Zhou Duan must have used some defensive items and had not completed his advancement.

As long as Zhou Duan hadn't completed his advancement, Fang Che was confident he could deal with him.

Then, Fang Che continued to prostrate himself before the mud figure.

Before long, sixty-three prostrations were completed.

Fang Che picked up the simple wooden bow, nocked a sharpened wooden stick, aimed at the mud figure, and shot!

The wooden stick silently pierced through the mud figure and landed on the ground. Immediately afterward, blood flowed from the hole in the mud figure.

The blood flowed down the mud figure onto the table, quickly spreading out.

In the mountain cave, Zhou Duan suddenly felt a pain in his chest.

Looking down, he discovered a hole in his chest, with blood flowing continuously.

Zhou Duan looked in disbelief at the defensive items that had not been damaged in any way, then reached out to grab a healing pill.

But Zhou Duan only felt the strength in his body draining away from the wound. His raised arm quickly fell, and he couldn't lift it again.

Before long, Zhou Duan, in bewilderment, entered death. The defensive items on his body lost their energy supply and were no longer effective.

"Bang."

In the academy inn room, the mud figure suddenly fell to the ground, and the seven long nails turned back into text, returning to the Nailhead Seven Arrows book.

Fang Che understood that Zhou Duan was dead.

Fang Che took out the Corpse Seeking Compass and affixed Zhou Duan's portrait to it.

The next second, a red dot appeared on the edge of the Corpse Seeking Compass.

Fang Che held the Corpse Seeking Compass and turned around in place. The red dot also changed position as Fang Che turned.

However, the red dot kept turning at the edge, and always pointed north.

Fang Che put away the Corpse Seeking Compass, cleaned up the traces of the curse in the room, put on his cloak and mask, left the room, and headed north.

Every time he advanced a certain distance, Fang Che would go to a deserted place, take out the Corpse Seeking Compass, and determine the target's location.

As he continued north, the red dot on the edge of the Corpse Seeking Compass gradually moved toward the center.

When Fang Che arrived outside a mountain cave, the red dot had infinitely approached the center of the Corpse Seeking Compass.

Fang Che put away the Corpse Seeking Compass, picked up a few stones from the side and threw them into the mountain cave, listened intently for a moment, and only after confirming that there were no unusual sounds inside did he enter.

Entering the mountain cave, after walking a few steps, Fang Che saw Zhou Duan sitting cross-legged on the ground.

At this time, Zhou Duan's face was pale, and there was a hole in his chest. Blood had dyed the clothes below his chest blood red.

Fang Che walked forward and directly put the corpse into his storage ring, then searched the surroundings, took away all the valuable things, and left the place.

Some time later, Fang Che returned to the academy inn, took out Zhou Duan's various items, carefully counted them, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

Zhou Duan had several storage rings, of which the Emotion Master's profession-specific pills and props accounted for one-fifth.

The props and pills of other professions were varied, accounting for two-fifths. This should be what Zhou Duan had accumulated from killing people.

These two types of items had professional requirements, and Fang Che could only use some of the Cursemaster's things. He could only find opportunities to sell the other things.

The remaining two-fifths were some general items, or unprocessed basic materials.

Among them were some materials that could be used to improve the Nailhead Seven Arrows book.

Fang Che directly took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows book, unfolded it and placed it on the table, then picked up these materials, placed them one by one on the Nailhead Seven Arrows book, and used the Spiritual Flash skill to let the Nailhead Seven Arrows book absorb the materials.

The Nailhead Seven Arrows book absorbed these materials, and the text information changed rapidly, quickly completing the improvement.

At this time, the text on the Nailhead Seven Arrows book was different from before:

[Write the enemy's name on any item to replace the target's body;

Then, using the power of the curse, condense the text in the bamboo slip prop into seven long nails and pierce the replacement item;

Bow and prostrate before the Nailhead Seven Arrows book and the replacement item, and recall the target's appearance. After prostrating seven times in a row, smash the replacement item, and the enemy will die on the spot without any external injuries]

After the improvement, the Nailhead Seven Arrows book could draw materials from anywhere, shorten the prostration time, and more easily curse the enemy.

Moreover, the enemy would not have obvious wounds, which could confuse the direction of investigation and allow Fang Che to hide better.

The only pity was that the defect of needing the target's name for the curse had not changed, and Fang Che still needed to continue searching for materials.

After that, Fang Che put away the Nailhead Seven Arrows book, put the items he needed into a separate storage ring, and came to the Azure Sky Squad's residence.

At this time, the gate of the residence was open, and Fang Che walked directly in, entered the common room facing the gate, and saw Yun Tian.

Fang Che walked up to Yun Tian and said, "The person is dead, you can go and turn in the quest."

"What person?" Yun Tian was slightly stunned, and then, thinking of something, asked in shock, "Are you talking about Zhou Duan?"

Fang Che nodded and said, "It's him. I brought back Zhou Duan's treasures."

Saying this, Fang Che poured out items from various professions from his storage ring and said, "I want to exchange these items for what I need."

Yun Tian looked at the items on the table and said with slight excitement, "If you can bring back these items, you should have also brought back Zhou Duan's corpse, right? Can you let me see the corpse?"

Fang Che shook his head and said, "The corpse has been destroyed. After submitting the quest, let the quest hall use special items to confirm Zhou Duan's death."

Fang Che didn't dare to take out Zhou Duan's corpse now.

If Zhou Duan's corpse was exposed, the Fierce Tiger Squad would lock onto Fang Che.

The Fierce Tiger Squad wouldn't look for any evidence. If they suspected Fang Che, they would definitely strike a fatal blow directly.

This was also why Fang Che had to bring back Zhou Duan's corpse.

Yun Tian, upon learning that Zhou Duan's corpse had been destroyed, looked at Fang Che with some suspicion, and then said:

"I will inform Squad Leader Ling Jie. Please wait a moment."

Then, Yun Tian took out a jade stone for communication, injected energy, and reported:

"Squad Leader, Fang Che has brought back a pile of resources, saying that he has successfully killed Zhou Duan. However, Zhou Duan's corpse was destroyed, and Fang Che didn't bring it back. Fang Che hopes you can submit the quest as soon as possible."

After saying these words, Yun Tian stopped outputting energy.

Yun Tian waited quietly for a while. When the jade stone flashed, Yun Tian injected energy again.

Immediately afterward, Ling Jie's excited voice came from the jade stone: "The quest has been successfully submitted. Zhou Duan is really dead. I'll be back right away. Don't let Fang Che leave."

Yun Tian received the message, looked at Fang Che, and asked curiously, "Where did you meet a Tier 2 professional?"

Seeing that Yun Tian didn't believe in his strength, Fang Che didn't refute it, just smiled slightly, and fooled him, "Anyway, the person is dead, why bother caring how they died?"