The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 835 Your poison is my treasure

Richard smiled as he watched Beelzebub, who had been arrogant at first but became obsequious later.

"It was a misunderstanding. If it was a misunderstanding, then it's easy to handle."

Richard took a contract of fate out of his pocket.

“Since it’s a misunderstanding, then Beelzebub, I think you should have no problem signing this contract.”

Beelzebub glanced at the contract. The contract was simple: the Abyss would join the Wizard Alliance to fight against the Devourers of Civilization.

Alliance members are prohibited from waging war or engaging in hostile acts until the Civilization Devourers are eliminated.

After reading the contract, Beelzebub's mind raced, and he smiled broadly, "Hahaha, signing this contract is naturally no problem. But Lord Richard, you also know that this Abyss is not my domain."

Without Samael, I alone cannot rule the Abyss.

“There’s no rush,” Richard said with a smile, looking at Beelzebub, but the look in his eyes was not as friendly as his expression.

"I believe that Overlord Samael will agree to this contract."

Seeing that he couldn't fool them, Beelzebub had no choice but to take the contract into his hands and leave his mark on it.

He knew that if he dared not cooperate, Richard had plenty of ways to torment him.

After the contract was signed, Richard put it away again.

As Beelzebub said, he alone could not be the master of the entire Abyss civilization. His mark alone was not enough to fulfill the conditions for the contract to be completed.

This contract will only truly take effect if Samael also leaves his mark.

After the contract was signed, the atmosphere on the platform eased a little.

Taral Peak stayed in a corner, slowly eliminating the virus from his body—the same virus Beelzebub had used against Samael.

Richard was curious about the virus and put some into his body.

Beelzebub did not stop him; as a defeated man, what right did he have to prevent the victor from enjoying the spoils of war?

Moreover, Beelzebub also harbored the idea of ​​seeing Richard make a fool of himself.

"A ruler who rose to power by piling up resources dares to toy with my life virus?" He chuckled evilly to himself.

But soon, his laughter subsided.

After Richard absorbed the virus, his body underwent a slight mutation, but the degree of mutation was extremely minor.

Furthermore, after the distortion, an energy fluctuation emanated from Richard's body. Accompanying these energy fluctuations, Richard's life radiation began to slowly increase.

"What is he doing? Why didn't his body mutate after he swallowed my virus? Instead, his physical condition has even improved!"

Beelzebub's eyes, the size of soybeans, widened in shock. For a moment, he wondered if he was hallucinating because his soul had been damaged.

When did his life virus gain the effect of increasing physical fitness?

On the other side, Taral Peak was also shocked as he watched Richard's physique improve.

This life-giving virus is a troublesome matter even for him. He can only suppress it during battle and will only have the energy to eliminate it after the battle is over.

How come the virus has become a tonic for Richard?
But soon, he found a perfect explanation for himself.

"As expected of the new Titan King, his strength and foundation are indeed extraordinary."

Soon after, Richard opened his eyes, and all the deformities on his body had disappeared.

Beelzebub is indeed a powerful virus; once it enters the body, it spreads along the energy cycle.

Energy circulation is not as slow as blood circulation; the dominant energy circulation can run thousands of times in an instant.

After spreading, the virus will drill into cells like a drill, invade the cell's life core, and change the structure of the life core.

Then, the distortion began.

However, this virus's success and failure both stemmed from its mutation.

The irregular changes in the core information of life are called aberrations, but if the changes are governed by rules, then the changes are called evolution.

Thanks to the Abyss Evolution Field, the changes in the life core caused by these viruses actually became Richard's evolutionary aid.

They loosened the core of life, and the scattered fragments of the core began to combine under the influence of the field. The speed was comparable to the replication of a virus.

As the field's intensity increased, the virus even shattered within it, becoming nourishment for Richard's evolution.

In a short period of time, his physical condition improved by fifty points.

With a look of surprise on his face, he smiled at Beelzebub and said, "Beelzebub, your biotechnology is quite extraordinary. If I'm not mistaken, this aberration virus might even be effective against Limit Breakers."

Looking at Richard, who was all smiles and seemed perfectly fine, Beelzebub felt for the first time that something was stuck in his throat, unable to take a breath. He could only manage a forced smile:
“Richard, you’re right. This virus can indeed be effective against Limit Breakers.”

Do you still have this kind of virus?

"……Um?"

Beelzebub stared at Richard in astonishment.

Are they really using his virus as a tonic?

Richard's smile remained unchanged. This life virus was good, but it could only be used as a disposable tool.

After evolving once, he developed immunity to these viruses.

Seeing that Richard had not changed his tune at all, Beelzebub also felt a little curious.

Although he was not a wizard, all creatures that follow the path of spiritual evolution possess a curiosity to explore the unknown.

He was very curious about how Richard had managed to do all this. "Yes, of course," Beelzebub laughed, "but cultivating this virus is extremely troublesome, we..."

Before Beelzebub could finish speaking, the gaze of Taral Peak beside him sharpened.

It is an honor for you that the King has allowed you to obtain the virus, yet you still dare to make excuses?

Richard glanced at the Tarar peak, indicating that he didn't need to.

After all, he would need Beelzebub to fight wars in the future, so there was no need to exploit him like a slave.

A good beating followed by a sweet treat—that's the right way. Even slave owners wouldn't just give a beating without a treat.

He then turned to Beelzebub and smiled, "What do you want?"

What to want is a difficult question.

Beelzebub wanted many things, but even if Richard had them, he wouldn't give them to him.

After much thought, a sudden inspiration flashed through Beelzebub's mind.

Richard did indeed possess something that was worthless to him, but extremely useful to him.

“Lord Richard, I am truly grateful for your understanding of my difficulties,” Beelzebub said, feigning emotion. “I don’t ask for much; just a piece of your flesh will suffice.”

My virus is effective against the Overlord, yet you use it as a tonic; that truly intrigues me.

Upon hearing this request, Richard laughed and said, "That's easy. It's just a piece of flesh."

As he spoke, a piece of flesh bulged out of his palm, turning into a lump of flesh.

Without further ado, Beelzebub opened his belly-sized mouth, his enormous tongue wriggling inside for a moment before spitting out a glob of multicolored mucus.

Richard produced a contract of fate and made a pact with Beelzebub, stipulating that Beelzebub must not give this item to anyone else, nor use it as a medium for curses, nor reveal the secrets of flesh and blood to anyone else.

Throughout this process, Taral Peak hesitated to speak, but ultimately gave up.

The deal was done, and Beelzebub resigned, citing research reasons, and returned to his lair.

After he left, Taral Peak spoke up: "Your Majesty, why did you give him your flesh and blood? Do you have some kind of plan?"

Although Taral Peak had given Beelzebub a beating, he knew he had only benefited from Beelzebub's paralysis. Without the restrictions imposed by his authority, he would at best have been evenly matched with Beelzebub.

A Limit Breaker is still a Limit Breaker.

Therefore, he knew that with Beelzebub's abilities, he could definitely gain many benefits from Richard's flesh and blood, and even steal the bloodline of the Abyss Titan.

As a veteran Abyss Overlord, once he steals the bloodline of the Abyss Titans, Richard will have no chance to stop his Abyss magic.

Although Richard is the Titan King, this Titan King doesn't receive any special treatment within the Abyss Will.

If Beelzebub truly stole his bloodline, Richard would not only be unable to seal Beelzebub's Abyss Magic, but would also be subject to Beelzebub's restrictions.

“Of course, otherwise why would I give it to him?” Richard laughed.

"He simply wants to steal the bloodline."

Taral Peak bowed slightly: "I misspoke."

But after bowing, he asked with some curiosity, "Your Majesty, did you tamper with that bloodline?"

“No.” Richard shook his head slightly. “He would definitely be able to tell if I’m tampering with things. Although my knowledge is profound, it’s not enough to fool a Limit Breaking Overlord who is an expert in biological flesh and blood.”

Moreover, tampering with it would be useless. If he didn't gain access, he would definitely try to steal the bloodline of other Abyss Titans in the future.

"Then how do you plan to retaliate?" Taral Peak asked in astonishment.

Richard smiled but didn't answer Tarlar Peak's question. In his ear, the Titan King's voice carried a hint of cunning.

“I will keep an eye on him. As long as you cooperate, even if this little guy is the leader, he will have to obey.”

Although the Abyss Will is mechanical, there are people inside it.

If Beelzebub dared to steal blood, Richard could turn him into a puppet.

Richard takes the virus left behind by Beelzebub into his possession and begins to experience it one by one.

These viruses all mutated from living viruses, and although their effects differ, they all retained the characteristic of stimulating the core of life.

Even compared to life-sustaining viruses, these viruses are somewhat weaker in their ability to disrupt the core of life, but this is simply because their improvement is slower.

Richard contracted one infection after another, and with each infection, his physical condition improved to varying degrees.

Time passed day by day, and a year had gone by in the blink of an eye.

During that year, Richard tried out all the viruses left behind by Beelzebub and even used them to cultivate several kinds of viruses himself.

With the help of these viruses, his physical condition improved from 7,500 points to 9,000 points.

In terms of capabilities, it also has the added ability to infect viruses.

Compared to his previous self, Richard feels that he can easily handle two versions of himself from before.

But just as Richard was engrossed in his research, a terrifying pressure suddenly entered his senses.

Richard and Taral looked out of the World Tree and saw a huge vortex that had appeared in the sky at some unknown time.

A figure whose mere aura was enough to drive a world's ruler to madness slowly emerged from the vortex—

Samael, the Lord of the Abyss, has returned.

(End of this chapter)