Chapter 261: Purifying the Curse

Chapter 261 Purifying the Curse

Lancelot gazed at Levi, and he, usually stern, suddenly revealed a gentle smile.

"Is that so? It makes sense, I was overthinking it."

He had considered that Levi might have obtained the phylactery of a legendary lich.

However, this possibility was too slim.

The measures a legendary lich left on a phylactery could not be cracked by a third-order mage.

Levi would likely have died just by approaching the phylactery.

Levi did not wish to discuss this matter further.

The more he spoke, the more he would expose.

He hurriedly asked, "When will the Archbishop help me purify the curse?"

Lancelot looked at him and said, "After all, what you bear is an Evil God curse, I need some time to prepare."

"Once the purification ritual is ready, I will inform you."

"Until then, you may rest assured staying within the Temple of Light."

Levi said, "Then I beg the Archbishop to prepare soon, I feel the curse is about to erupt."

Lancelot looked at Levi, pondering for a moment.

"No need to rush, judging from the current situation, there is at least two months left."

Levi's heart stirred, was he perceiving the curse of the Ring of Greed?

The curses of the Ring of Sloth, Ring of Gluttony, and Ring of Pride persisted continuously.

There was no talk of eruption or not.

Could it be that Lancelot did not perceive it?

Suddenly, Levi became somewhat uncertain about whether he could purify the curse.

Lancelot looked at Levi, his eyes shifting slightly.

"What is this fellow thinking? Why suddenly doubt me?"

He did not know what Levi was thinking.

However, he could perceive a person's emotions.

This was an ability belonging to believers of the God of Light.

Seeing this, Lancelot comforted him, "At most three days, the ritual will be ready, no need to rush."

"Troubling the Archbishop."

Seeing Lancelot would help purify the curse in three days, Levi's anxious mood slowed considerably.

Lancelot then asked Levi about matters concerning the legendary lich.

Where did Levi pick up the phylactery?

How did he know the legendary lich was not dead?

These were the places of doubt in Lancelot's heart.

Levi answered Lancelot's questions with half truth and half falsehood.

Lancelot could not see any abnormality, he merely felt that Levi was concealing some things.

The answer he wanted to obtain was already in hand, he did not care much about what Levi concealed.

Ultimately, Lancelot still did not value Levi highly.

He did not believe what Levi concealed would have much impact on the current situation.

Although the news Levi brought was shocking, he was ultimately just a third-order mage.

The level he could access was not high.

Let alone the legendary realm.

After leaving the Hall of Holy Light, Levi returned to his residence.

During these few days in the Temple of Light, he had not entered the Dream World.

He feared entering a dream under the eyes of a god would be treated as a cultist.

All he did every day was stay in the room and read books.

It was also thanks to the curse being suppressed within the Temple of Light, weakened somewhat.

Otherwise, bearing the Ring of Sloth, the harder he tried to read, the worse the effect.

Although cultivation was still affected, at least reading books would not trigger the Ring of Sloth.

Three days later, Lancelot personally presided over the purification ritual for Levi within the Temple of Light.

Levi heard Lancelot say holding the ritual required three days of preparation.

He thought the ritual would be very complex, unexpectedly the process was exceptionally simple.

Levi stood before the statue of the God of Light, after Lancelot prayed to the God of Light for a moment, he drew power from the god to purify the curse.

"Holy Light Purification!"

Holy Light enveloped Levi's whole body, Levi felt his entire person bathed in an ocean of light.

His whole body was warm.

Suddenly, he felt his body become incredibly hot. Something inside was burning.

Opening his eyes to look, within the endless Holy Light, strands of gray curse aura turned to ash and smoke, dissipating in the Holy Light.

Ring of Pride, Ring of Greed, Ring of Sloth, Ring of Gluttony...

Levi also saw three strands of curse aura that had not yet been triggered.

Ring of Wrath, loss of control over power.

Ring of Lust, loss of control over desire.

Ring of Envy, fusion of all things.

The remaining three untriggered rings of the Seven Rings, the curse effects were all terrifying.

Triggering the Ring of Wrath, even if Levi possessed the supernatural characteristic of Mana Control, his own power would go berserk and out of control.

Triggering the Ring of Lust, Levi's emotions would lose control, unable to calm down, seeing any female would produce extreme lust and possessiveness.

Triggering the Ring of Envy, the curse would cause Levi to fuse the characteristics of all things, becoming an incomparably ugly, twisted form monster.

Levi felt extremely fortunate in his heart, luckily he had not triggered the remaining three curses.

Evil God curses were truly terrifying!

Waiting until the purifying Holy Light dispersed, the Evil God curse on Levi's body had been removed.

The Ring of Pride disappeared, Levi's power was no longer restricted.

Feeling the return of power, he breathed a massive sigh of relief in his heart.

With the Ring of Gluttony lifted, Li Wei no longer feared that eating would bring pain.

With the Ring of Sloth lifted, he no longer worried that diligent cultivation would lead to regression.

The only one Li Wei felt reluctant to part with was the Ring of Greed.

Li Wei mocked himself inwardly, "Does this count as greed?"

Banishing the Evil God's curse was one thing.

But still hoping to gain benefits from the Evil God's curse.

This must be the Ring of Greed stimulating his avarice.

Li Wei shook his head, thinking no more of it.

After the Evil God's curse was lifted.

He still faced a tremendous difficulty—the Legendary Lich.

The Dragon Heart was given to him voluntarily by the Legendary Lich.

The Legendary Lich would surely come to reclaim his phylactery.

Li Wei was also pondering how to cope with this predicament?

The simplest method was naturally—to hide within the Temple of Light.

If he hid here, surely the Legendary Lich wouldn't dare come to the Temple of Light to find him?

But the problem was, staying in the Temple of Light was also a restriction for Li Wei.

Staying here was safe, indeed.

However, his cultivation was restricted.

He dared not enter the Dream Realm, and his spell cultivation and study of magical knowledge were all constrained.

Li Wei wanted to return to the Element Tower.

He still had a seven-day cultivation card in hand.

He could use the seven-day cultivation secret realm, paired with vitality elixirs.

Seven days were enough to advance his cultivation by a large margin.

The question was, was the Element Tower safe?

After much deliberation, Li Wei reached a conclusion—safe.

His conclusion was not baseless or purely imaginary.

The Legendary Lich knew the phylactery was hidden within the Element Tower's secret realm.

Yet he did not break into the secret realm to reclaim the phylactery.

Obviously, he must harbor some dread regarding the Element Tower.

Daring not rashly launch a challenge against the Element Tower.

Thus leading to the conclusion that the power within the Element Tower exceeded that of the Legendary Lich.

But the problem was, while the Element Tower was strong, Li Wei himself was weak.

In the event the Legendary Lich could bypass the Element Tower's defenses and find Li Wei directly.

No matter how strong the Element Tower was, Li Wei would still meet his end.

However, this situation seemed to apply to the Temple of Light as well.

It was just that the Temple of Light had gods above it, appearing somewhat more reliable than the Element Tower.

Having thought it through, Li Wei made his decision and requested leave from Lancelot.

Lancelot did not try to detain him, nor did he intend to imprison him.

He had a cleric escort him out of Storm City.

(End of Chapter)