Except for the planner and executor Zhang Cheng, no one will be aware of the strange pattern that suddenly appeared in the middle of the city streets not long ago, let alone understand that this is the deadly noose hanging around their necks.

In fact, in order to complete this evil and complicated ritual, he had begun to secretly prepare more than a month ago, and asked Moroya to lead people to draw a large number of magical runes along the various corners of the old town, and these people did not know that they had dug their own tombs until they died.

Now, through the guidance of the spell, the originally inconspicuous runes began to work, and when they were connected together, the land within a radius of several kilometers began to rot, taking on a gray and sick appearance, and the plants were gradually distorted by the ubiquitous energy of death.

If the previous killing spree destroyed civilization, what is happening now is the death sentence for this land.

There is no way to reverse the destruction of the earth by evil energy and death energy, not even the druids, who claim to be the guardians of nature.

Once a piece of land is infiltrated by one of these two energies, it will fall into eternal suffering, whether it is the land itself, or the animals and plants that live in it, it will slowly become more and more violent and evil.

Of course, as a person who commits such a horrific act, he can reap unimaginable rewards from the erosion of the land.

For example, right now, Zhang Cheng could feel that the endless death energy began to gather around his body, so thick that even with the naked eye, he could still clearly see the flowing black fog.

If you become a necromancer or a warlock, as long as you absorb these energies, you can greatly increase your stored energy limit and magic affinity by 100%, and become a powerful spellcaster who is feared.

But as the saying goes, what you get comes at a price.

If he had absorbed a huge amount of death energy, he would probably never have been able to use arcane, frost, and fire spells in his life, and he would only be accompanied by death, shadow, and evil energy.

As a power seeker, he simply couldn't tolerate such a huge flaw, so instead of choosing to absorb it, he poured all the death energy into Eric's body that was constantly struggling.

"Ahh!!!!!!!!!h

You must know that this is an evil gift caused by the pollution of the land within a radius of tens of kilometers, and it is far from something that a mere half-dragon can bear.

As the surging energy entered the heart, the bright red scales on Eric's body quickly dimmed, and the red gradually turned gray and white for some reason, and the eyeballs in the eye sockets began to dry up, and after a while, they fell from the inside and fell to the ground, replaced by two points of white cold light.

Cold!

Death!

Hate!

What emanates from him is no longer a flame that symbolizes passion and life, but a collection of some kind of negative feelings.

On top of that, his originally strong heart had stopped beating, and the blood rushing in his veins had turned into a black, viscous unknown substance.

Anyone with a little knowledge of necromancy knows that Eric's current state is definitely a standard living dead, that is, between the living and the dead, although judging by the signs of life, he must be an undead, but the soul has not yet completed the transformation.

"Bastard! you...... What have you done to me!" Eric jerked up from the ground and asked loudly.

After experiencing great pain, he undoubtedly realized that something was wrong with his body, especially since what his eyes saw was no longer colorful, but rather a strange black and white scene, in which the living showed a bright white color, and the corpses and the dead were dark gray, and there was no third color.

Looking at the panicked expression on the other party's face, Zhang Cheng smiled and spread his hands and replied: "What did you do?" That's a good question, but I'm not sure how to answer, you can take it as a complete transformation from ** to soul, as if you accepted the transformation of that dragon." The only difference is that its transformation gives you life again, while my transformation will give you the power to die. Sounds hard to understand, doesn't it? That's okay, when I'm done with the last step, you'll see what a great experiment it is......"

As the last word fell, Zhang Cheng suddenly raised the Cataclysmic Stone in his palm that had been transformed by the ** masters.

As if sensing something, the dragon leapt and threw Eric to the ground, opening its mouth and letting out a piercing scream.

When tens of thousands of souls in the city heard this, they immediately passed through the obstacles at an extremely fast speed, and their brains rushed over.

Staring at the dense gray translucent soul like a tide, Zhang Cheng curled the corners of his mouth and sighed: "It's really magnificent! No wonder so many mages who study death and shadow energy end up trapped in it and can't extricate themselves, who doesn't want to have the power to control death and soul." ”

"But you resisted its temptation, didn't you?" the magic sword, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly interjected.

"Hehe, no, it's not that I resisted its temptation, it's that I set my sights higher. As the saying goes, there is loss to gain, and giving up now is for the sake of gaining later. I'm going to wait until I'm strong enough to start delving into these dangerous and forbidden magical knowledge. For now, a general understanding is sufficient. Zhang Chengyi explained with deep taste.

"Can you tell me what your goal is?" said the magic sword cautiously and tentatively.

Zhang Cheng didn't even think about answering directly: "Beyond!"

"Transcendence?" there was a hint of confusion in the Demon Sword's tone.

"Yes! transcend!" Zhang Cheng's eyes flashed with a terrifying light. "Transcend the self, surpass the enemy, transcend all beings who can transcend, whether it is a god or a demon! Some people think that if you control power, you can control everything, some people think that if you control money, you can control everything, and some people think that if you control power, you can control everything. But I believe that nothing is absolute in the vast universe, even if time and space have their own limitations. Only by constantly learning, evolving, and transcending can we become strong. I don't care about good or evil, I don't care about ethics, I don't care about anyone's opinion, as long as there is enough good, I don't mind killing tens of thousands of living beings, I don't mind destroying one world after another. Remember, today is just the beginning, and I'm going to keep going through all sorts of crazy experiments until I get the data, knowledge, and power I need......"