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He was far behind the staggering figure, and every now and then he fired a shot. Although he still couldn't break the magical defenses of the Dark Dean, Gardin clearly had no intention of entangling with him anymore, the venom of the short-tailed pit viper was spreading so fast that he now felt his internal organs burning as if they were on fire, and his heart was about to jump out of his throat. He began to feel a little dizzy, his limbs were weak, and everything in front of him was blurry and ghostly.

As a mage, he shouldn't have been so weak, because he has been immersed in magical power for many years, and most of the mages' bodies have produced some degree of mutation and strengthening, and they have a strong resistance to spells or toxins. However, if you don't die, you won't die, and a plan that the Dean of Darkness is secretly working on has put himself in danger.

Historically, the conversion of the Lich Ritual has required enormous resources, and even in the Scourge Legion, only the most powerful and loyal necromancers to the Lich King will be rewarded with the privilege of being transformed into a Lich. But Gardin, who has been confined to teaching and educating people in the Dark Academy, is obviously not among them, and perhaps in the eyes of the Lich King, he does not need to lead troops to fight. But Gardin himself did not think so, since the Legion did not give him this right, then he himself prepared all this. In fact, he had been secretly preparing for a long time, and most of the things had already been prepared, except for the two most important things.

Transforming from a living person to a lich is a complex process that cannot be achieved casually. First of all, the transformation of the Lich requires a huge source of energy to support, although most mages themselves have enough mana to support until the end of the transformation ceremony, but people are always greedy, the more power they draw when transforming, the more power they have after transforming into a Lich, it is said that the powerful Lich Kel'thugad even absorbed the power of the entire Well of the Sun when he was resurrected.

Second, he also needs an artifact to hold his soul, which the lich commonly calls a life box. This is the treasure that the lich values the most, because without the lich body, they can still be resurrected through the life box, but once the life box is destroyed, the lich will completely scatter and disappear into this world, with no possibility of rebirth. Generally speaking, the artifact must be strong enough that the lich will usually hide it in a hidden place that only they know as a last resort.

The truth is, after most things are ready, the Dark Dean, who can't wait to have an immortal body, begins the prelude to the transformation ritual - poisoning himself to death. He drank the elaborate voodoo potion several times, gradually putting his body into a near-death state, so that when he found the source of energy and the container to make the life box, he could immediately drink the last bottle of poison, and then perform a ritual to complete the transformation.

However, what he didn't expect was that a pit viper's bite pushed him into the abyss of no return, and the fragile balance maintained by his body, which was originally in a near-death state, was suddenly broken. This time, he was really going to die.

Although the necromancer has never been afraid of death, on the contrary, since it is the only way to transform into a lich, they are all quite looking forward to this day, however, being bitten by a poisonous snake is not what he wants, and he is not ready for it! But the situation is not the worst, he still has a choice, at least, he can choose to die on his own initiative and carry out the transformation ritual.

He pulled out a small vial carved from a single arcane crystal, the face of which was intricately engraved with dark talismans. The bottle contained a green poison made from a mixture of necromantic essence, undead rot, and countless rare materials, this poison was inflicted with a powerful evil spell, this was the last bottle, and if he drank it, he would instantly lose his life and become a walking corpse. This state of the living dead wouldn't last long, but it would be enough to last until he returned to the Psychic Academy and completed the ritual in the Transformation Circle. Without an additional source of energy, the transformed Lich Body might not be as powerful as expected, but how could he ask for more now? As for the items used to make the life box, let's find something to replace it with a random one.

He lifted the vial with some trembling, then gritted his teeth and poured it down.

It was as if a cold, slippery octopus had slid down his throat, and the next moment, the octopus stretched out countless tentacles and spread towards every corner of his body. Endless pain from every inch of his flesh. The body comes, no, not just from the meat. Body, he felt his soul spasm too, unimaginable mental pain almost destroyed his will in the blink of an eye, and he collapsed to the ground, screaming and rolling silently, hoping in vain that he would faint. However, the evil spell contained in this poison kept him awake coldly, ensuring that he could savor every pain and transformation that his body had endured. This pain is a must for the Lich Transformation Ritual, and it helps to squeeze every drop of potential out of his body.

If Diego had arrived, he would have easily taken out the defenseless mages and reaped the fruits of a luscious victory, but cautiously he only watched from a distance, and if it weren't for the dense trees blocking his view, he would have fired a shot to find out. Diego didn't think a viper trap would kill the Dark Dean, the necromancer must be hiding somewhere, waiting for him to jump out.

The torment didn't last long—but it was almost a century for the sufferers—and after a few minutes, the Dark Dean rose from the ground again. He lifted his trousers and looked at his dead blue-gray calves with emotion, the original swelling had completely subsided, and the two small holes bitten by the poisonous snake were no longer blood, but pale yellow pus. Gardin knew that he had crossed the line between life and death and had fully stepped into the realm of the dead!

However, his current state is unstable and cannot last long, and his immediate priority now is to return to the Psychic Academy, perform a transformation ceremony, and completely transform himself into a solid lich form.

He raised his hand and mobilized the mana in his body. Fortunately, the mana obediently followed the trajectory of his life, converging at his fingertips and condensing into an ice arrow.

He strode out of the woods, now, what hunting for hunters, encirclement and suppression of adventurers, it didn't matter, the only thing he wanted to do was to end it all as soon as possible and return to the psychic academy.

"Come on, be bold enough to stop me!" He roared inwardly. The anger of the carefully planned failure burned in his heart, and he urgently wanted to devour everything and destroy everything.