My Wife Turns Out to be an Empress of the Dynasty-Chapter 517: Curse Techniques

"Mr. Gu, it's been a long time!"

The man, having thought through his strategies, quickly regained his composure and returned to his original appearance. It was the face Gu Lan was quite familiar with—the Thunder Clan elder who led the team during the Great Competition of All Clans.

"I didn't expect your true self to have secretly returned to the Earthly Realm. Such boldness from a young person!"

"Building a new sect in a place like the Snow Clan ruins and only leaving a clone behind is something even old-timers like us wouldn't consider."

The Thunder Clan elder knew that such illusions wouldn't fool Gu Lan, so he stopped pretending. He also planned to shift the blame.

"A few days ago, I sent my clan's Holy Son to the Earthly Realm to negotiate with Lanyan Royal School. Unexpectedly, shortly after descending, his soul lamp went out."

"Since Mr. Gu is here in the Lower Realm, you must be aware of this matter, right?"

Hearing the elder's somewhat threatening inquiry, Gu Lan smiled. The man in front of him was merely a clone, yet he was acting as if he held all the cards.

Gu Lan extended his arm, revealing the still-visible curse mark. Such curse marks, known in the Six Realms as curse techniques, were typically embedded within disciples when setting up their soul lamps. When they die, the last bit of their soul activates the curse, cursing the one who killed them.

Seeing Gu Lan reveal the curse mark, the Thunder Clan elder's clone immediately pretended to be enraged.

"How dare you injure our Thunder Clan Holy Son! Are you trying to start a war with us?"

The Thunder Clan elder's clone's hair stood on end, surrounded by lightning, appearing as though he was ready to fight Gu Lan fiercely.

"Today, I will see what Lanyan Royal School is capable of to dare kill our Thunder Clan Holy Son!"

"Mr. Gu, if you don't give me an explanation, Thunder Clan will certainly send our army into the Snow Clan ruins and leave no stone unturned at Lanyan Royal School!"

With his voice falling, the clone summoned the domain of thunder, ready to attack Gu Lan with all his might.

Gu Lan watched the Thunder Clan elder's performance calmly. Once the elder finished, Gu Lan spoke slowly, "If Thunder Clan truly wants to go to war with Lanyan Royal School, as one of the seven great Houses of Immortal Realm, surely you don't need such excuses."

"As a Thunder Clan Divine Realm elder, you personally instructed your disciples to invade our Earthly Realm with Realm Breaker Talismans and attempt to harm our Lanyan Royal School disciples. The outcome is partly due to their own wrongdoing and partly your responsibility."

"At this point, you needn't delay any further. You're merely an Imperial Realm clone. Do you really think you can escape from me?"

With that, Gu Lan began to use the Space Rule Power to erase the curse mark in his hand. Recently, he had visited Tianji Ancestry Land and learned some curse-related techniques from Zhongren. Erasing this curse mark was not a problem.

Although Gu Lan could have removed the curse mark by sheer strength, given that a small Saint Stage cultivator's curse mark was trivial, he chose to keep it as a part of a small experiment.

The appearance of the Thunder Clan elder's clone in the Lower Realm provided a perfect opportunity for this experiment.

"Ha!"

"Truly, you're a rare top talent in the Six Realms, so arrogantly self-assured!"

"You made me fully activate the Realm Breaker Talisman and use secret techniques to find the weak points in the formation here. Do you really think you can still stop me?"

The Thunder Clan elder sneered, showing no anger but rather a cold smile. At the moment he spoke, he activated the Realm Breaker Talisman.

In an instant, a massive amount of spatial power was released from the Realm Breaker Talisman. Despite the formation barriers, the space around the Thunder Clan elder became extremely unstable, with spatial rifts slowly appearing.

This was the function of the Realm Breaker Talisman: to forcibly break through space with a huge amount of spatial power, enabling spatial transmission.

Even though the Thunder Clan elder was just a clone, his soul and memories were those of a Divine Realm expert who had dominated the Immortal Realm for thousands of years. In such chaotic space, he still accurately found the space node of Immortal Realm.

Just as he was filled with joy, he saw Gu Lan, who was erasing the curse mark, smile at him.

The next moment, the curse mark in Gu Lan's hand slowly dissipated, turning into wisps of black gas in the air, with a faint hint of resentment from the Thunder Clan Holy Son's last moments.

This situation was familiar to the Thunder Clan elder's clone. In Immortal Realm, many experts skilled in curses could use this method to remove curses, though not as quickly as Gu Lan.

What happened next completely overturned the Thunder Clan elder's understanding. The dissipating black gas began to twist and reassemble, transforming into a black skull mark that crossed the chaotic space and landed on his soul.

"What is this curse technique!"

The Thunder Clan elder was stunned. Before he could comprehend what was happening, he was just one step away from returning to the Immortal Realm.

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But at this crucial moment, the curse caused his soul sea to suddenly pain, preventing him from physically escaping.

A streak of sword energy struck his physical body.

"Ah!"

The Thunder Clan Divine Realm elder's clone could only let out a scream as his body was split in two by the sword energy.

His soul, being merely a clone, was quickly covered and devoured by the mysterious curse technique. Despite being able to resist the peak of Heaven Emperor realm soul power, the enigmatic curse overwhelmed him in less than a breath.

In the blink of an eye, he vanished into the void.

Simultaneously, in a cave paradise within Thunder Clan's territory in Immortal Realm, the Thunder Clan elder in seclusion suddenly opened his eyes wide, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

"Gu Lan!"

He roared in fury, his voice echoing for miles.

After spitting blood, a black skull-shaped curse mark immediately appeared on his right cheek.

"What is this curse technique that can affect my true body through my clone's soul power?"

The Thunder Clan elder was horrified. He had no idea how Gu Lan had killed his clone or what kind of curse technique was used.

"How could someone from lower realm employ such complex and mysterious techniques?"