My wife is a magical girl, how can I be the villain?

Tang Ming jumped down the stairs and landed in front of Wei Cheng after transforming. Before transforming, Tang Ming and Wei Cheng were only the same height, but after being covered by the crystal armor, Tang Ming was two heads taller than Wei Cheng.

Wei Cheng struggled against the foreign substance binding him, tearing at his flesh but unable to break free. He looked up, staring at Tang Ming with despair, a hint of hatred in his eyes, but he still managed to say, "Don't kill me... I can help you find out all sorts of things in the city, and I can keep it a secret! I won't tell anyone!"

The humanoid beast in front of him lowered its head, seemed to think for a moment, walked up to him, reached out and grabbed Wei Cheng's neck, slowly applying force.

"I know a lot of powerful people! I've already launched the magic beacon; if you kill me, you're finished too!"

Wei Cheng's mind began to feel empty, and his harsh words became incoherent. Tang Ming sighed, shook his head, and looked at him with a conflicted expression.

With you saying that, how could I possibly let you off the hook...?

Tang Ming hadn't initially planned to let the other party leave safely. His face had already been seen, and letting Wei Cheng escape would have endless consequences. He just wanted to gather more information and then deprive the other party of the ability to inform on him.

He knew it was just a ridiculous self-pity, mainly to put his mind at ease. He had only mastered the heterogeneous substance for less than a month, and to arbitrarily sentence the residents of the same city to "death" made him feel uneasy.

However, this bit of sentimentality was insignificant in the face of potentially serious consequences, so he loosened his grip and let the binding net tighten.

The magic hidden within Wei Cheng exploded, scattering brilliant sparks. As the smoke cleared, the amethyst tentacles remained unharmed. Wei Cheng screamed in despair before the tentacles twisted his life force, severing his life.

Tang Ming had already reached the sword formation set up by Wei Cheng. He turned around but did not see Wei Cheng's corpse. In order to destroy the traces, Tang Ming had the alien substance shred his body and devour it clean.

However, the ever-greedy and active alien substance showed great resistance when it devoured Wei Cheng, and he could even feel the discomfort of the alien substance through his body.

Tang Ming was completely baffled. In the illusion, didn't the alien substance love to absorb the energy of others? But it showed no interest in Wei Cheng and was eventually completely annihilated, without evolving as before.

Tang Ming couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it for the time being. He curiously looked up and observed the magic circle, then tentatively stepped into it.

Even if Wei Cheng dies, the array will continue to operate as long as the magic power at the core is not exhausted. Tang Ming didn't know how to shut it down, so he could only use the method of the virtual beast to violently interrupt it.

Dozens of blades flew out, imbued with the scorching aura of magic, piercing towards the invading enemy. Magic is often a powerful weapon against void beasts; as the enchanted blades struck, Tang Ming and the foreign substance within his body involuntarily tensed, and certain inconvenient parts simultaneously contracted…

After Tang Ming subconsciously opened his arms to enlarge the crystal armor and block the blade attack, he looked at the smooth and clean amethyst and was speechless.

It can no longer cause me any harm... The magic that I used to find dangerous and terrifying is now powerless against me after my transformation and further evolution.

Although he still didn't understand the four evolutionary paths of the Void Anomaly that Hua Lingyou had mentioned, he estimated that he should have made some progress in the physical body stage...

Tang Ming strolled under the magic circle, and more blades emerged from it. The blades, formed from condensed magic power, struck Tang Ming like water spraying from a showerhead—loud noises, but no effect.

Tang Ming leaped up, his force so great that it shattered the ceiling. He also pulled out the enchanted blade at the core of the array, but managed to crush it with a little force.

Somewhat surprised, he stopped trying to destroy the items and instead collected them together with the other mediums scattered in the stairwell—all of which were very useful treasures.

As the supply of magic power was cut off, the magic circle vanished. The alien substance in Tang Ming's hands extended into a "vacuum cleaner," constantly devouring or crushing the residual magic power from the battle, and even packing up and consuming the broken media along the way.

After meticulously cleaning upstairs and downstairs, Tang Ming finally felt relieved enough to retract the alien substance and deactivate the transformation.

Unlike the alien matter parasitized by the [New Humans], which could be absorbed and evolved by Tang Ming, he didn't know where these magical remnants would be thrown after they were completely crushed. The storage and origin of the alien matter were very peculiar, and he guessed that the devoured magical matter was probably thrown into the void.

Tang Ming took out a bag, threw in the unused magic stone and the "captured" enchanted dagger, and slowly returned to the roller shutter door at the end of the underground street.

He pushed open the door, went inside, looked around, and tapped the switch next to the table. The large light hanging on the wall instantly turned on, illuminating the entire room.

Tang Ming threw the bag aside, slumped onto the sofa, looked up at the ceiling where the steel bars were already showing, and felt utterly exhausted.

"We can't stay here... Whether he's exaggerating or not, this place will be discovered sooner or later."

Tang Ming looked around at the secret base he had painstakingly built, constantly adding tools and making repairs, and couldn't help but feel regretful that he was about to give it up.

"Forget it, things are different now. There's no need to hide these things secretly. If you're afraid of this, you won't be afraid of being targeted."

Tang Ming patted the metal box beside him and smiled slightly.

……

Previously, Tang Ming had no magic power whatsoever. He longed to become a wizard and even went out of his way to inquire about and learn some magical spells.

However, since his body is not compatible with magic, he cannot sense the flow of magic within spells, and therefore cannot become a wizard.

He truly envied those who could become wizards, rising from ordinary people to become sought-after wizards by various factions because of their magic.

On one hand, there's an increasingly unstable career and a future where death could come at any moment; on the other hand, there's a wizarding career that can protect one's mastery of magic.

Tang Ming could hardly help but crave the latter.

For a long time... to be precise, before this year, Tang Ming was unable to sense magic. Even with the defective medium he bought from the black market, he couldn't sense the aura of magic.

He continued his research on his own, using his position to access and collect various mediums that wizards didn't want. These magical items couldn't be kept at home, as they would inevitably be discovered by the wizarding patrols of the Anti-Magic Department.

Ordinary people who cannot control their magic are not allowed to possess magical items. The official explanation is that magical items can go out of control at any time, and ordinary people do not have the ability to judge and deal with such situations.

For security reasons, only wizards registered with the Department of Magic may possess all magical items.

Tang Ming could only find a place where no one would visit, build a simple laboratory, and bury himself in research on how to master magic whenever he had free time after get off work.

But things changed that year. Tang Ming would have dreams from time to time, and he didn't know if it was because there was a stranger next to him on his pillow. He didn't sleep well.

In my dreams from time to time, many places flashed by, all locations within the city where magical mediums were hidden, accompanied by dizzying setups and dismantling scenes.

Those places are real. Although Tang Ming was skeptical about the things in the dream, he still went to one of the addresses that appeared in the dream.

And he finally confirmed that what was in his dream was not just a dream—

Magic stones, magical mediums, and operating magic circles all truly exist.