Chapter 342
**Game Completion Conditions: You need to select a robot, invest no less than 500 gems into it, and help it make a profit five times within 30 minutes.**
**If the task is not completed by the end of the time, the investment will fail.**
**For each failed investment, you will randomly lose one S-level skill.**
**For each successful investment, you will gain 10 kinds of universal languages and receive a share of the profits.**
**The more successful investments you make, the more precious the blessings you will receive when leaving the trading area.**
**The highest rule of this special trading area: Robots will not lie to you.**
**Friendly Reminder: Beware of thieves.**
**Current player count in this safe zone: 503.**
Another special trading area.
Yu Xunge felt that this divine game was filled with malice.
But the worst was yet to come.
She was about to look for a robot when she turned around and spotted Donghai Shaleng, who had just rounded the corner.
And he happened to look over at her too.
Tu Lan: "I feel like screaming."
In the next moment, Donghai Shaleng teleported right in front of Yu Xunge and Tu Lan.
Yu Xunge showed no sign of retreat; with a slight flutter of her wings, she soared higher to meet the towering Donghai Shaleng at eye level.
She couldn't lose her momentum!!
**[Shaleng, Level 15, 100%┃89%┃Resentment·Restraint·Cautious┃Taboo: Zai Jiu Xun Ge (Carrying Wine to Seek Song)┃Weakness: Hair]**
After taking a deep breath to suppress his anger and hatred, Donghai Shaleng summoned the Thorns of Resentment: "I come to return the Dragon Blood."
Yu Xunge held Tu Lan in front of her, preparing for the Dragon Blood transfer, and warned, "Don't pull any tricks, or I'll keep cursing you."
Donghai Shaleng scoffed, "If I don't pull tricks, you won't keep cursing me?"
Yu Xunge fell silent.
Donghai Shaleng: "…Can’t we just say some polite words?"
Yu Xunge, visibly frustrated and helpless, replied, "Can you stop being unreasonable?" She was pressed for time to complete her task.
She could say they could reconcile and that she wouldn’t curse him anymore, but would Donghai Shaleng believe her?
Donghai Shaleng: "…"
It was a calm statement, yet for some reason, after hearing it, the anger that had been simmering inside him flared up…
**[Chapter 444: Divine Game: Gem Miner 12]**
The impact of her words was enough to cut through most petty banter, filled with disdain and impatience.
And if Donghai Shaleng truly got angry at that moment, it would only confirm that he was being unreasonable…
After taking a few deep breaths, he kicked the Thorns of Resentment that lay at his feet.
It had been a long time since they last met, and the Thorns of Resentment had completely transformed.
When they first encountered it, it had been a dense and massive cluster of thorns, sprawling out like a small forest.
Back then, it had trapped her and Tu Lan in the desert, and Yu Xunge believed that was not even the Thorns of Resentment's full potential.
Now, the Thorns of Resentment had not become worse; on the contrary, it seemed to have improved!
The thorns gleamed more brilliantly, their beauty shining like art, with a metallic luster that, even though it had shrunk to the size of an adult cat for ease of movement, could not hide its imposing presence.
It looked more dangerous now.
Tu Lan had already excitedly jumped out of Yu Xunge's arms and flew in front of the Thorns of Resentment: "Give it to me."
The Thorns of Resentment remained silent, merely extending a thorn to rest on Tu Lan's dragon claw. How they communicated was unclear, but soon, a large amount of Dragon Blood surged from the thorn's tip and quickly merged into Tu Lan's body.
Although lifting this curse would cost a significant amount of Dragon Blood—both from what she and Donghai Shaleng had taken from Tu Lan and what had been traded from Ze Lan Song Gui—if she didn’t lift it, every time she came into contact with the blood of other beings, she would feel the agonizing pain of cramping and boiling blood, making it impossible for the Thorns of Resentment to participate in battle.
The two masters stood by patiently waiting.
Suddenly, Donghai Shaleng said, "One Star Sea year without cursing me or the Thorns of Resentment, name your price."
Yu Xunge was taken aback; the timing was quite delicate.
She looked up at Donghai Shaleng and noticed a mix of anger and madness in his eyes.
This was an unspoken understanding between intelligent individuals.
Yes, I am confident I can reclaim my talents within one Star Sea year.
This was also Donghai Shaleng's declaration of war, a provocation.
Do you dare? Do you dare to go without cursing for one Star Sea year, to abandon your self-serving ways, and use the chips I give you to find a way to reclaim my talents?
Even now, despite having suffered a significant setback at the hands of Zai Jiu Xun Ge, he still held a dismissive view of her.
A rookie, relying on petty theft and his momentary carelessness, had stolen his talents…
Without his talents, she would have likely perished long ago, too afraid to enter the world battlefield again.
He didn’t want to resort to such obvious provocation, but he truly couldn’t bear any more curses.
The curses from Zai Jiu Xun Ge had brought him and the Thorns of Resentment too much trouble—not just the hassle of dealing with and lifting curses, but the most troublesome part was the rift that had formed between him and the Thorns of Resentment…
—"Every seven days, he would be drained of blood by his own pet, and only by feeding his flesh and blood to a hundred different beasts could the curse be lifted!"
What a vicious curse.
Even with his ability to resurrect, he couldn’t use it frequently.
Feeding his flesh and blood to a hundred different beasts was an incredibly difficult task; these beasts had enormous appetites, and even the smallest of them would require him to bleed and cut himself dozens of times to satisfy them…
If it weren’t for his over a hundred healing skills, he would die once just to feed a single beast.
Even though Donghai Shaleng believed his willpower was exceptionally strong, this process was excruciating, making it impossible for him to use it frequently.
This made lifting the curse a long and arduous task.
In this situation, facing this curse, the most cost-effective approach was naturally… to kill the Thorns of Resentment before the curse took effect! Then, when he needed the Thorns of Resentment's help to enter the world battlefield, he could resurrect it.
Once or twice, the Thorns of Resentment could understand him.
Because even though it would become weak and lose some attributes after death, he would compensate it.
But after the seventh or eighth time…
Donghai Shaleng cast a glance at the Thorns of Resentment.
The Thorns of Resentment thrived on hatred; its source of power was resentment, and to evolve, it needed enough hatred.
He had once been troubled by the Thorns of Resentment's inability to evolve, but after dying at his hands time and again, even if the Thorns of Resentment didn’t show any signs of change, still joking with him, it had indeed begun to evolve.
This profound hatred that had driven it to evolve—was it connected to Zai Jiu Xun Ge, or to him, Donghai Shaleng?
He didn’t dare to think too deeply, nor did he want to…
In fact, when Zai Jiu Xun Ge had cursed the Thorns of Resentment for the second time, preventing its evolution, he had felt a sense of relief.
Seeing that Zai Jiu Xun Ge had not responded for a long time, Donghai Shaleng asked, "What do you want?"
Yu Xunge furrowed her brows, genuinely torn between converting resources into strength or continuing to drag Donghai Shaleng down.
Until Tu Lan and the Thorns of Resentment separated, turning to her and saying, "All done."
Yu Xunge: "Is everything okay?"
Tu Lan: "No problem."
At the same time, Yu Xunge felt that the **[Ancient Curse]** had been lifted once again, specifically the first curse placed on the Thorns of Resentment.
She tried to speak: "I curse Donghai Shaleng to be unable to reclaim his divine talents by any means until the world battlefield is permanently closed."
The attempt failed, and the magical runes in the air shattered.
Perhaps her curse-lifting formula was too far-fetched; she tried several different formulas, but none succeeded, not even triggering a correction.
So, Donghai Shaleng watched as Zai Jiu Xun Ge babbled on, with the unique magical runes of the **[Ancient Curse]** appearing in the air and continuously shattering.
He had a vague idea of what was happening and said, "Stop! If you don’t want me to go after you in the world battlefield, don’t curse me. Name your price, and we can temporarily reconcile!"
Yu Xunge shook her head; no resource or chip could compare to the nearly perfect **[Midnight Exile]** that Donghai Shaleng had painstakingly cultivated!!
Even if she were being hunted, it didn’t matter; she could disguise herself, and with **[Survive to the End]**, even without Donghai Shaleng, entering the world battlefield would be a life-or-death situation.
Besides, the loss of dying a hundred times was nothing compared to any single skill of **[Midnight Exile]**.
Who would want to negotiate a truce with you!!!
Yu Xunge changed her curse-lifting conditions to something less harsh; if it wasn’t too demanding, she could just re-curse him after he lifted it.
**[I curse Donghai Shaleng to be unable to reclaim his stolen divine talents by any means until he wins first place in the divine game three times in a row, at which point he may reclaim what no longer belongs to him.]**
**[Chapter 445: Divine Game: Gem Miner 13]**
When Donghai Shaleng saw the curse runes coalescing in front of Zai Jiu Xun Ge once more, with no sign of dissipating, he knew things were going south!
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