I Can Copy Curses

"Orion, do you want to test your strength?" Emily asked.

"Yes, Big Sis," Orion replied.

Emily nodded and turned to Orion's friends. "I'll train you after I'm done with Orion."

They nodded and stepped aside.

"Alright, attack me with your full strength," Emily said.

Orion smiled and didn't hold back. He activated the Curse of Overlord Body in Curse Transformation mode.

With this curse, he would know if his strength had truly reached the platinum rank.

As he activated the curse, Orion felt a surge of power unlike anything he had experienced before.

'All my curses again received upgrade!'

Although he had expected his curses to grow stronger, the increase in strength surpassed his expectations. He felt a level of power he had never experienced in the iron rank.

'Good.'

Satisfied, he turned to his sister. "Big Sis, let's test only my raw strength," he suggested.

Emily nodded. "Come on then."

Orion sprinted towards her and punched with immense force, channeling almost infinite energy into his fist. This was his strongest physical attack without any other curses boosting him. His fist tore through the air but slowed down and stopped as it neared Emily.

Orion was shocked and experienced a sense of déjà vu.

'She is strong!'

He had expected her to stop his fist easily, given she was a peak platinum rank expert, but the effortless way she did it was astounding.

"Continue," Emily said.

Orion nodded and attacked from all sides, but none of his strikes reached her. Every attack halted just before making contact, leaving him speechless. It reminded him of using absolute defense with the Curse of Electrostatic Disruption. He realized how his enemies must have felt facing his impenetrable defense.

The two siblings exchanged blows, the sound of their combat echoing through the chamber.

Orion found himself on the defensive, Emily's experience and skill keeping him on his toes. Yet, he held his ground, using his new strength and abilities to adapt to her attacks.

They trained for an hour before stopping.

"Your strength has indeed increased, but you are no match for platinum rank experts," Emily said after enduring his attacks for an hour.

Orion felt a pang of disappointment. Despite knowing this would be the result, he had hoped the upgrade of Overlord Body would push his strength to the platinum rank.

Emily patted his shoulder. "Don't be sad. You are one of the strongest geniuses I have ever seen, even stronger than Astral Voidwalker. I believe it won't be long before you reach that level."

Emily continued, "Let me explain the difference between gold rank and platinum rank. If bronze rank power lies between 1-10, iron rank between 11-20, silver rank between 21-30, and gold rank between 31-40, then the power of platinum rank lies between 51-60. There's a gap of almost ten levels that can't be bridged by just raw strength.

This is why there's such a significant difference in power between gold and platinum ranks."

Orion nodded thoughtfully, absorbing the information. The disparity between ranks was even more substantial than he had realized.

'I guess I can only wait until I reach the peak of the silver rank.'

He was in a hurry because of the Archons, otherwise, he would be content with his current strength.

"What is a curse treasure?" Orion asked, curious since learning about its existence.

"Where did you hear that?" Emily frowned.

"In the dungeon, some people were talking about it," he said, making up a reason.

Emily nodded. "Curse treasures are forbidden in all three domains. Those who use them are considered criminals of the highest order by the Celestial Court."

Orion nodded, recalling the conversation between Carl and his friends.

"A curse treasure is made from the curse of someone who died within 24 hours. The curse is extracted using various methods and implanted onto a treasure, resulting in a cursed treasure. Since this process involves killing and is not a conventional way of forging treasures, the Celestial Court forbids their use and creation."

Orion understood. He had suspected that cursed treasures required curses from other humans, but he hadn't realized that curses could be extracted from bodies, dead or alive.

This raised more questions in his mind. "Why don't humans use the extracted curses on themselves for more power instead of using a treasure?" he asked.

Emily shrugged. "I don't know the details, but many people must have tried it. However, there have been no reports of success, so the attempt must have failed."

'A failure?' Orion pondered. 'Curses use chaos energy, which doesn't affect treasures, but since humans already have their own curses, adding another wouldn't be beneficial.'

He theorized this based on his understanding of curses.

Having learned what he wanted, it was time to leave. "Big Sis, I'll train in another chamber while you train them here," Orion said, pointing to his friends.

Emily raised her brows but nodded. "Alright, train well."

Orion nodded and turned to his friends. "See you guys at dinner," he said and left the chamber.

In his room, he entered the training chamber to focus on his lightning element. The sight of the lightning wolves using their lightning for quick movements had fascinated him, especially after fully consuming all the stormleaf from the tree.

He extended his hand, and tendrils of golden lightning shot out in all directions.

"This!" he exclaimed.

He had only released a small amount of lightning, but the quantity was astonishing.

Previously, he could control the lightning to avoid chaos, but now, the tendrils were destroying the training chamber itself.

"It has become much stronger than before!" Orion was excited to train his lightning element and make it one of his strongest abilities.

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