The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle

It had unconsciously... its fur had puffed up, and it stared intently at Su Qi.

Su Qi took in all its reactions.

It seemed that even the Divine, when faced with entities like the God of Anxiety, would harbor such dread and fear.

"I told you, did I not, I rescued your kind. And the place where they were trapped happens to be where the God of Anxiety resides. And I..."

Su Qi extended his arm, revealing the blood-red Curse markings: "was thus cursed by the God of Anxiety."

This was the first time Su Qi had voluntarily exposed the curse, mainly because... previously, he had only encountered Abyss Power, and none of the powers in the Present World could deal with it.

Moreover,

this curse was not because Su Qi had saved Brother Cat and its kind, freeing them from their Sealing.

It was merely because… Su Qi had brutally beaten the God of Anxiety, sealed him back into the coffin, and even left a mosquito to accompany him, causing the God of Anxiety to rage madly and exhaust a great deal of vitality, leaving behind this curse.

Anyhow.

Not only was the power of the Evil God in the Spiritual Eyes acting up, but this curse, much like a bone-devouring worm, was also Su Qi's... greatest lethal threat.

Because once the Blood Fury Value was full, the God of Anxiety would reappear. Although there was still some distance to reach that point, Su Qi had to consider how to deal with it.

He certainly did not want to confront two Gods from the Abyss then.

"The Curse of the God of Anxiety, huh..." Black Cat eyed Su Qi's arm, squinting: "Indeed, such terrifying entities are generally taboo, not to mention the God of Anxiety. Its very power is like that, even a slight touch can spread the curse."

Su Qi also responded with a smile: "Indeed, in this Dark Zone, one also inadvertently comes across various curses."

He did not care much about explaining, as the true situation was indeed too horrifying.

However,

Su Qi had misjudged the sensitivity of the Elder of the Elemental Devouring Beast.

"But... something's not right."

Suddenly, Black Cat leaped onto Su Qi's shoulder and thrust its paw forward, even though just a moment ago there had been only a wisp of blood essence escaping.

Next instant,

as if scared, a mass of blood-red apparitions emerged.

At that moment,

centered around Su Qi, the entire room's floor and walls crazily peeled off, and massive amounts of blood-red fire blazed wildly!

All sorts of demons and apparitions appeared behind and below Su Qi, attempting to drag him into this torturous, anxious hell!

And Black Cat was already shivering all over, its eyes filled with shock and suspicion at this scene!

"I already said… it was a minor curse." Su Qi, entwined by countless blood-red demonic apparitions, still maintained a smile and said: "Yet you insisted on unleashing it."

Black Cat's fur bristled as it jumped back to the table, it being a God, an Elder of a powerful race, was now somewhat dazed!

"Minor my ass! This curse carries the refined blood of the God of Anxiety! It's a horrific curse made out of its extreme anger and madness!"

"What exactly did you do!"

Su Qi, unbothered, pulled down his sleeve to cover it up, while the surrounding demons and anxious hell slowly dissipated. These were merely... strange effects caused by the curse, which to Su Qi were not much of a big deal.

"Didn't I say? I saved them, and it seems I disrupted the plan of the God of Anxiety. And then it turned out like this." Su Qi shrugged.

At this moment, Black Cat, having heard the word 'plan,' seemed to have some memories stirred, it said gravely: "Plan… what plan."

"I don't know," Su Qi pondered: "When I found Brother Cat and the rest, they seemed to be imprisoned in an object that contained a great deal of energy…"

What Su Qi said was entirely factual, but taken out of context and pieced together, it was virtually inscrutable.

The main reason for saying it this way was that Su Qi had realized that Black Cat seemed to have had an… encounter with the God of Anxiety and seemed to have experienced something unpleasant.

Black Cat said solemnly: "The Elemental Devouring Beast… in addition to its spatial ability, it also has the ability to devour and accommodate a large amount of dangerously mottled power, which is why we are named after 'Elemental Devouring.'"

"And furthermore,"

It looked toward Su Qi, "The power we devour can also be mixed together, to burst forth with even greater might."

"But the God of Anxiety... it wants this all-devouring power of our Elemental Devouring Beasts for its... 'Anxious Moon Plan.'"

Su Qi, narrowing his eyes, said, "The 'Anxious Moon Plan'??"

"Simply put, it involves feeding its anxiety and curse into a large number of Elemental Devouring Beasts, then using spatial abilities to leave numerous interconnected space wormholes throughout the Present World."

"And then… burst forth!"

Black Cat brought up an unpleasant memory, saying solemnly, "At that time, even the strong might resist, but countless weaker life forms... will all fall into extinction."

Su Qi paused, "But I've only seen less than a hundred Elemental Devouring Beasts, this number…"

Black Cat's paw slowly tore a crack on the table surface, "That's because all the other Elemental Devouring Beasts have already died..."

Su Qi said nothing, listening silently to Black Cat's hoarse voice.

"I was always an outlier, had separated from my race early on, becoming a Demigod on my own. Afterward, when the great war erupted, I just went to stir up some excitement."

"At that time, relying on my own ability, fearing neither heaven nor earth, I actively provoked the Abyss Power, continuously killing many Demon Demigods, and then… I was targeted by the God of Anxiety."

"This terrifying existence inexplicably pursued me, and with great difficulty and all my methods, I just barely escaped," Black Cat said calmly. "But that also marked the beginning of the disaster for the whole race of Elemental Devouring Beasts."

Su Qi softly said, "The strong spatial abilities and traits of the Elemental Devouring Beasts you demonstrated seem to have caught its attention… and then…"

"That's right."

Black Cat's paws slowly rested down, and its tail also drooped, "After I became a God and went back to look, the race of Elemental Devouring Beasts had been annihilated, only a few, less than a thousand, seemed to have survived, but their whereabouts were unknown."

Elemental Devouring Beasts, though rare, were a powerful race originally numbering in the millions but were exceedingly scarce in this dimension of the Present World.

"Then, I joined as an Outer God in the confrontation with Abyss Power, allied with the occupants of the Gods Palace, and in the final battle… also perished and ended up here."

Black Cat's pupils, deep and profound, looked around here, entirely different from its previous demeanor of playing games.

"So that's how it is."

A sudden recollection came to Su Qi, "That seems to imply Brother Cat's identity is not so simple either, perhaps it is even a Divine Son."

He remembered, Brother Cat… traveling around with Patrick everywhere, seemingly on some mission looking for something.

And entering the Anxious Land was certainly no mere coincidence but because it was actively searching for its fellow tribe imprisoned by the God of Anxiety.

Even more so… Su Qi could guess that behind Brother Cat, there were likely numerous survivors among the Elemental Devouring Beasts hiding in seclusion.

Everything seemed to be connected.

The incident of Brother Cat appearing on Nancy's "Love, Death, Superplayer" wasn't really about being caught, after all, its ability could easily facilitate escape.

It was merely deliberately exposing itself on the program, searching for its fellow kin.

"Anyway," Black Cat said softly, "thank you, anyway, for saving them."

"So, no matter how powerful the curse is, I will do everything I can to help you resolve it!"

It declared solemnly.

Being an Outer God and seeing its whole race of Elemental Devouring Beasts annihilated by the Abyss naturally induced an irreconcilable hatred.

And now Su Buxian had also saved its few remaining kin, this favor was undoubtedly of utmost importance!

Facing the God's promise, Su Qi was not overwhelmed but calmly revealed a smile:

"Are you sure?"

Black Cat: "?"

How come, in the middle of the day with the heating on, it felt a strange chill?