Chapter 5: Choice, Breakthrough
After Leila turned into flames and left, looking at the light outside the window, Zhu Peng sat at the small round table in the reception room, and he drank a cup of tea before getting up to leave. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
When passing by the maids and stepmothers who stood like dolls and wax figures outside the door, they raised their hands and snapped their fingers gently, and after a soft "snap", about two minutes after Zhu Peng left here, these women suddenly came back to their senses, and wondered why they were standing outside the door, wondering where the guest just now...... The gap between wizards and mortals is so great that there are many extreme wizards who believe that wizards are beings above the human species.
That night, the sky outside was cloudy and pouring rain, and the pedestrians on the streets were rushing to the ground, as if they were under a waterfall, and they could barely lift their heads under the rain.
Standing in front of the window, looking at the thunder rolling like a dragon in the black clouds in the sky, Zhu Peng had to make the final choice...... Shadow Masquerade!
No matter how strong it is and how much trouble it represents, the power and level of this meditation method are beyond doubt, and Zhu Peng, who is about to join the dark wizard camp of the Black Castle world, urgently needs the strength to make up for his shortcomings, this is not the Zen Alien Plane, but the wizard's world, and the wizard is the possessor and master of the most powerful power in this universe community.
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Immersed in the strange meditation world again, when he opened his eyes, he only felt that all the colors around him had become blurred and dim, and only the ghosts lurking in the shadows seemed to have discovered Zhu Peng, an alien who suddenly sank into the dark world.
"It seems to be able to see us. β
"Oh my God, what kind of monster is that...... It's so ugly. β
"Shhhhh β
"It should have just sunk into this world, let's go eat it, tear its muscles, I drink blood, you eat meat, divide its bones equally, and let its soul wail and scream here for 10,000 years!"
There were whispers in the shadows around him, and Zhu Peng felt that in the state of the verdict running the shadow mask, his soul became more and more dark and clear, and he became closer and closer to the dark energy particles.
οΌ...... Such a sophisticated meditation method could not have been created out of grass, someone must have cultivated it back then, someone could successfully cultivate, I could succeed, a ghost-shaped person could successfully cultivate, I could succeed in cultivating, even if no one had ever succeeded before...... I will definitely succeed too. I have the realm of Dan Dao human immortals, I have the support of pure yang immortal hearts, and I have the physical vitality far beyond ordinary wizards, I will never lose!)
Swish!
With his thoughts, Zhu Peng, who was originally sitting in front of the desk, teleported to the center of the study with his body or his spirit body.
Originally, it was just a thought in my heart, but at this moment, it roared out of my mouth and around. When Zhu Peng reacted, the noisy whispers in the shadows around him were first paused, and the next moment, a large number of whispers poured over like a tidal wave.
Zhu Peng instantly reacted that he had done an extremely stupid thing, but before he could make amends, the wall in front of him exploded.
In the large gray and black mist, a skeleton with only its upper body stared at the black-red one-eyed, and it pounced on Zhu Peng.
However, at the moment when it was about to succeed, a cloud of white light suddenly exploded on Zhu Peng's side.
The next moment, a big black dog that made Zhu Peng feel strange and familiar pounced out, knocking down the skeleton with only the upper body floating.
The black dog was biting and barking in all directions!
β...... Are you a dog?" The dog Zhu Peng refers to is, of course, the abyssal jackal with the worst congenital qualifications among the three, but in this dark world, it seems to be a simple image of a Chinese pastoral dog.
While Zhu Peng was hesitating, countless jet-black hairs pierced the study door through the gaps, and then pushed the door open, and out of the outside came a girl with gray-white skin, covered in wounds, and constantly growing long jet-black hair from the wounds...... Corpse.
"I advise Dad to hurry up and run...... In this spirit world, even you are only a slightly stronger mortal, in case you do get caught by them...... I'm going to die. When Zhu Peng was stunned, a voice suddenly came from his ears.
Zhu Peng looked sideways, but saw that he was holding a little girl with a green face in one hand at some point, her black hair, thin and delicate, just because of the blue green skin and translucent body, which made people feel a little scary.
β...... You...... Are you a dark god?"
After all, Zhu Peng has been cultivating meditation for some years, and his mind has been spinning faster and faster in recent years, and he instantly thinks of the dark god in front of him from the black Chinese pastoral dog.
"Daddy is amazing...... But you'd better run away now. β
While speaking, the female corpse with hair all over her body had already walked towards Zhu Peng step by step, the hair on her body was growing more and more and longer, seeing this scene Zhu Peng just wanted to carry the little girl next to him to run for his life, but was dodged by the dark god.
"Don't turn my back...... I'm afraid I'll be able to bite you again. You don't have to worry about me, as long as you don't die, they can't help us, because our soul is in your hands. β
Suddenly, a ball of hair pierced like a spear.
The dark god said that Zhu Peng was just a strong ordinary person in this world, but even so, some instincts that had been practiced to the bone were still there, Zhu Peng instantly judged the assassination trajectory of this "spear", and flew diagonally with footwork under his feet, and then after rolling on the lazy donkey one after another, he jumped up violently and slammed into the large window in the study.
Just as he remembered, there was a decorative shrub below the outside of this window, and Zhu Peng smashed into these bushes from the second floor to slow down the impact of the jump, and at this time, the little girl with the blue and white aura was already squatting in the corner waiting for him.
β...... What about the mutated green clay, the wild bull, and the poisonous spider king?"
"The mutant green clay will come out when you need it, but the bull didn't come, and as for the poisonous spider king, I'm not sure if you really want to see this now, Dad...... It's there. With the finger of the dark god's little hand, Zhu Peng looked over, only to see that between the thunder and the heavy rain, a huge elephant-like black golden spider was lying on the roof, it roared at Zhu Peng, and its greedy saliva flowed downward, Zhu Peng didn't think this was a symbol of what he wanted to do.
"Spider Girl says she's so hungry, she's going crazy......"
"When I got back, I shoved it into the freezer and let it eat enough. Seeing that the black-veined golden spider had already swung its limbs and pounced quickly, Zhu Peng jumped up and ran into the distance.
Indeed, as the dark god said, Zhu Peng found that his body at this moment was very different from his original body, and it was really only a little stronger than an ordinary person.
Zhu Peng's original body, Dandao immortal physique, one-legged jumping is faster than the 100-meter sprint champion of the 21st Century Olympic Games, and at this moment, any provincial team practicing long-distance running is probably faster than Zhu Peng.
"Daddy, don't run outside. β
"Why?"
"Usually stay at home and rarely go out, are you really familiar with the situation around the Zhu family's mansion?" The dark god who turned into a little girl floated beside Zhu Peng, she spoke unhurriedly, and when she asked the last question, Zhu Peng had already run to the edge of the courtyard, and he broke through the bush wall and crashed out.
However, behind the bush fence was an abyss, and it was too late to close down and plunge into the air...... Zhu Peng looked back in mid-air and saw that the Zhu family's mansion here was actually a building built on a cliff, and all around it were cliffs.
"You don't know what's around you...... So in your consciousness it means the unknown, and the unknown is the greatest fear...... You've been in this world long enough that it's time to go back. In the process of falling, the quiet and childish words of the dark gods are still drilling into the ears.
The next moment, Zhu Peng opened his eyes on the wooden table in the study.
He scrambled to his feet, glancing around in some panic, but there were no broken walls, no scarred black-haired girl with black hair growing from the wound, and no window that he had broken through.
"Nightmare? Did I have a nightmare......
Sitting down a little dazedly, Zhu Peng inadvertently saw four cards on the desk in front of him: Mutant Green Clay, Abyss Gnoll, Parasitic Heart and Poisonous Spider King.
Looking at the four summoning cards in front of him, Zhu Peng suddenly recalled the last part of the nightmare, at the moment when he fell into the endless abyss, he suddenly had an iron hook in his hand, he waved the iron hook, barely hung it, and then hung on the cliff and waited...... Wait until the night has passed, and the red sun rises between the sea of clouds in the distance of the sky, and the first rays of sunlight shine on your body.
(If...... It's not like I meditated, meditated, and then somehow fell asleep. οΌ
Zhu Peng slowly stretched out his palm in front of him, and with the condensation of spiritual power, a dark black and pure dark magic that was almost perfect enveloped his palm...... Spiritual power is substantial, which is one of the typical characteristics of formal shamans.
...... Life, just like strong x, if you really can't resist, then save some physical strength and enjoy it; maybe the other party is bored, but you feel that you are not happy enough, turn around and push back to push the other party to the ground strong x......
Although he knew that his mysterious former mentor must be using himself in some way, being used by others always means that there is still value in being used, and who is used by the ghost-shaped people is really the capital, not to mention the negative effect, the power of the Shadow Mask This set of meditation methods is really top-notch.
Originally, in that weird and terrifying nightmare world, Zhu Peng didn't have time to conceive of the defense force field model in the process of solidifying the promotion, but when he woke up the next day, under the test, he found that he was wrapped in a layer of magic shield that he had never seen or heard of, but the performance was extremely powerful.
"Necro Pactγ»Mana Shield"
Finally, Zhu Peng named himself the innate defense force field that shrouded his body at this moment, which is different from the absolute defense effect of the normal talent defense force field, Zhu Peng's talent defense force field is a relative defense effect.
Unless the owner has a conscious absolute defense against attacks from all around, it only slows down and weakens the attack...... For example, if a warrior of the same level slashes with a sword, the natural defense force field of a normal wizard is directly blocked like a steel fortress.
And Zhu Peng's innate defense force field, unless the master consciously condenses the defensive power, will only greatly weaken the attack strength of this sword, and in the end, there will still be one or two layers of power on Zhu Peng's body, such a mode is stronger than the 24-hour flawless absolute defense, and the continuous combat and comprehensive defense effect is stronger.
Ordinary wizards are similar to eggs, the hardest is the outermost layer of hard defense, if it is not broken, it will be done, once the innate defense field is broken by the enemy, the wizard inside must run away even if he does not die, because he has fallen into an extremely dangerous state of near death.
And after Zhu Peng covered a natural defense field, it was like a preserved egg, the outer layer of defense was relatively brittle, and the body inside the defense was relatively more vulnerable to damage, but it was also smashed on the ground, and eighty percent of the eggs were broken, and the preserved eggs were often nothing.
This is not to say that there is any mistake in the development model of the defensive force field in the wizarding world for thousands of years, the wizard calmly casts spells to protect himself from infringement in the defensive cover, which is a very terrifying thing in itself, but once the defense is breached, the damage and pain of the body are likely to interrupt the casting, so ordinary wizards need absolute defense.
And wizards like Gandalf and Zhu Peng who are strong in close combat are not so needed, in the battle of life and death, tear their robes, expose their strong and hairy pectoral muscles to fight with their opponents, and want to crush opponents of the same level, and even compete with their own stronger existences, so they naturally have to adjust their own "plus points".
My defense mode is more prone to injury and bleeding than yours, but I am not afraid of being hurt and bleeding, and when the two sides fight to the end, my flesh will completely collapse after sharing part of the defense field...... The rest of the time, wizards like Gandalf or Zhu Peng will let their opponents know what cruelty is!
If that's all there is to it, then it can only be said that Zhu Peng subconsciously succeeded in constructing the classic plastic energy talent field "Magic Shield" pioneered by Dean Gandalf Albus in the dark world of meditation, and there is no need to add the words "Soul Contract" as a distinction.
The real difference is that after testing, Zhu Peng found that his defensive force field was about fifty percent stronger than the normal magic shield defense field of the same level, and he could transfer ninety-five percent of this defensive power to the summoning demon.
Wizarding City, inside the underground Colosseum.
Under Zhu Peng's command, the increasingly powerful golden bull fiercely lifted a steel-armored tyrannosaurus rex, and then threw it to the ground so hard.
Dissatisfied, it jumped up and trampled until the tall and mighty tyrannosaurus could no longer move. Blood, spilling and dripping from the shattered steel armor, soaked large swaths of sand.
The female summoner on the opposite side rushed over to rescue her pet beast after the game, and it could be seen that she cherished this steel-armored tyrannosaurus very much, in the battle just now, this tyrannosaurus was indeed extremely brave in battle, but unfortunately, in the arena, defeat is defeat, and the will cannot reverse the gap in strength most of the time.
The surrounding spectators scolded and slammed the gambling tickets in their hands, and they complained with foul language as they left:
"It's impossible, it doesn't make sense. Tyrannosaurus, how could a tyrannosaurus be killed by a cow?"
"What's impossible, I've also seen the half-blood dragon beast being gnawed to death by a mutant giant ant, if the strength is not good, the strength is not good, it has nothing to do with what it is. β
"But that clown's brute bull doesn't seem to be very well cultivated, how can the defense be so strong, and the Tyrannosaurus is attacking head-on, and the Tyrannosaurus twice its size has been knocked down, and it is like nothing has happened. β
"That's it, that's it...... This one didn't make sense. β
Zhu Peng can hear the words of the gamblers around him more or less because of his sensitive ears and eyes, and he is tired of hearing words like this in the past two days of continuous gambling and victory.
Before the newcomers join the underground Colosseum for gambling matches, in order to prevent cheating, they must conduct a test for the participating demon pets, summoned beasts, and demons.
With the strength of the mutated green clay itself, coupled with the defensive force field transfer effect of the Dead Soul Contract, Zhu Peng was simply slaughtering all the way in the low-level competition, all kinds of hanging.
Although the ranking rose rapidly because of this, Zhu Peng himself had already made a small profit in the process and regained the feeling of controlling the summoning demon to fight.
With the resounding name, the number of onlookers participating in the gamble is increasing, and the value of the gambling fight is naturally getting bigger and bigger.
There are many white-robed and gray-robed wizards in the wizarding world who do not have the ability or conditions to participate in the Alien Plane Expeditionary Force, and they are not willing to go out and risk their lives to find excitement, so they like to come to this kind of arena to find a feeling, not to mention fighting beasts, there are also human gladiatorial fights.
This bloodthirsty desire seems to be engraved in the primitive instinct of human beings, and if it is subordinated to this desire, then indulging in bloody gambling is inevitable.
After this period of actual combat washing, Zhu Peng gradually deduced the composition of the "Dead Soul Contract and Magic Shield", I am afraid that when he was promoted to a formal wizard through the meditation method of "Shadow Mask", his crazy and active subconscious summarized and sorted out all the relevant knowledge he had, and finally completed this defense field that completely fits the Shadow Mask and his own talent.
Just as the brain of a normal human is very active when he or she has a nightmare, even areas that are not used by a normal state of thinking will reach their potential in this state.
This is similar to self-creation, but it is not, but the "welfare" obtained by cultivating "Shadow Mask" after bearing the consequences. Any wizard who cultivates this meditation method to become a full-fledged wizard will probably activate his subconscious due to extreme fear and negative emotions, and finally synthesize his own knowledge system to "create" his own innate defense force field...... Of course, there is also a high probability of dying in the process of breakthrough.