Spellcasting Gods

“Hmph! A child? Sorry, dear senator, you seem to have forgotten that I was a child too, yet you still chose to banish me to the desolate South American rainforest, didn’t you? Let me tell you clearly, today I will make you feel unparalleled pain before you die, and then die in endless regret and resentment. Nothing can stop my revenge.” With that, Patty drew a bone knife exuding an ominous aura from her inner thigh and lightly traced it against the girl’s slender neck.

“A sacrificial knife from an Inca ritual!” Francis recognized the bone knife immediately and tensed up.

“That’s right! Since you know it, you must know what the consequences would be if someone were stabbed or killed by it, right?” Patty pursed her lips and revealed a mocking smile.

"Anyone or animal stabbed by the sacrificial knife will bleed incessantly until they die. Moreover, their souls will be devoured after death, transforming into a terrible curse. As far as I know, there are very few such weapons left in the world since the Inca civilization was destroyed. Where did you get this from?" Francis asked with a solemn expression.

"Hahaha! This is all thanks to our councilor! If he hadn't sent me to the rainforest, I wouldn't have been able to find that ancient Inca city hidden deep in the jungle, nor would I have been able to learn the knowledge and power of divine rituals. Now, are you ready to watch your beloved granddaughter die tragically in front of you? Don't worry, I will proceed slowly to ensure you experience enough pain."

The words had barely left his mouth!

Patty used the bone knife in her hand to cut a gash about half a hand's width on the girl's fair neck.

Bright red blood immediately flowed from the small opening, staining the white skirt red in the blink of an eye...

Chapter 0277 The Power of Alchemy

As blood continued to drain, the girl's face grew paler and paler, her body temperature dropped rapidly, and her eyes revealed a fear of death.

The eerie energy emanating from the small wound not only prevented platelets from gathering and coagulating, but also deprived her of the transmission of empathic nerve signals. She could do nothing but wait silently.

Patty bent down, dipped her index finger in the blood plasma, and put it in her mouth. She said meaningfully, “Did you know? In the Inca faith, blood was the best offering to appease the gods, and also an important source of power for the priests. By sacrificing lives, especially pure and beautiful young girls, the priests could gain a powerful and mysterious ability, which they called soul resonance…”

Miles seemed to realize something, staring intently at his granddaughter who was curled up in a ball.

next second...

The little girl, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly stood up, a strange smile on her face. Then she opened her mouth and let out a terrifying voice: "Hi! Dear councilor, what do you think of me now?"

Without a doubt, the one controlling this young body at this moment is none other than the "sperm-sucking banshee" Patty.

"What did you do to Elfrieda?" Miles demanded sharply, barely suppressing the intense discomfort of his dying body.

As an alchemist, he could sense that his granddaughter's soul had not disappeared, but was merely hidden by an unknown force.

"Ah, you mean that poor little thing? She's right here, coexisting with my consciousness. Now, if you try to kill me, she will take all the damage in my place. Inca priests used this method to inflict unimaginable losses on the council during wars. I'm sure you, as a councilor, are familiar with it, aren't you?"

Patty, like a mischievous child, took a few steps forward and spread her arms, exposing her vulnerable body to the enemy without any defense.

Sensing the girl's body and soul growing weaker and weaker, Miles painfully closed his eyes. "You've won! Tell me! What do you want from me!"

“It’s very simple! I don’t expect to get power, wealth or knowledge from you. I just hope that you can watch your loved one die slowly and go through the last part of your life in pain, regret and despair.”

There was no compromise, no negotiation, and no retreat!

Patty expressed the sole purpose behind all the crazy behavior in an unwavering tone.

“Excellent! Very good! You have successfully awakened the demon that has been sealed within my heart for many years. Perhaps in many people's eyes, I have always been a weakling who could only rise to power through manipulation, and no one knows that back in the War Game, I slaughtered all my opponents with near-invincibility. Today, you will be fortunate enough to become the first person in all these years to witness my true power firsthand…”

After saying that, Miles slowly opened his eyes.

This time, his gaze no longer held any negative emotions such as anger or pain; it was filled only with a chilling indifference and rationality.

He shakily raised his bony arm and suddenly grabbed the statue that Zhang Cheng had once stood and observed not far away.

moment!

A blinding purple light illuminated the entire room!

When the light faded, Miles was no longer the old man teetering on the brink of death, but a giant stone man covered in strange magical patterns.

With just a slight wave of its arm, the entire reinforced concrete wall was smashed open with a loud bang, creating a large hole.

Upon seeing this, Francis immediately began casting a spell, enveloping the entire room in a layer of gray, semi-transparent membrane. Several nurses who rushed over to check on the situation looked around in confusion before quickly turning away, completely ignoring the hole in the wall.

Clearly, the barrier caused them to hallucinate, completely unaware of what was happening inside the room.

Miles ignored the ordinary people, raised his fist the size of a sandbag, and muttered to himself, "Many people mistakenly believe that alchemy is about concocting potions and creating powerful magical items and tools, but few understand that its true essence is actually the free transformation of matter and energy, thereby changing, or even creating, matter and life out of thin air. If applied to combat, it's like this..."

The words had barely left his mouth!

He suddenly rushed out, swinging his fist and smashing it hard at the enemy who was controlling his granddaughter's body, without the slightest hesitation.

Damn it!

Sensing the overwhelming killing intent, Patty realized that this was definitely not just for show. She quickly relinquished control over the girl, returned her consciousness to her body, and then tried to draw energy from the stone golem.

Unfortunately, before he could even get close, Miles transformed his hard rock body into scorching magma.

The terrifyingly high temperature of the flames and the heatwave immediately burned her left hand; if she hadn't reacted quickly, her entire arm might have been crippled.

"Earth, fire, water, air! All the basic elements that make up the material world are under my control. That's right! This is the true power of alchemy! An idiot like you can't possibly understand its greatness!" Miles roared as he continuously transformed his body structure.

It can transform into water or ice one moment, lava or flame the next, a miniature tornado spinning at high speed one moment, and then into hard granite the next…

Under the almost frenzied attack, Patty could only retreat repeatedly, barely managing to defend herself by wielding her bone knife, her face filled with horror.

She couldn't believe that the senator she had always regarded as weak and easily bullied actually possessed such terrifying fighting power.

Francis, who was standing to the side, did not join in. He simply picked up the girl who was in a deep coma and poured an unknown potion into her mouth.

In the blink of an eye, a sliver of color returned to the girl's pale face. Although the bleeding had not yet stopped, her vital signs had stabilized, and she was no longer as close to death as before.

Just as the fierce battle inside the room reached its climax, a gloomy voice suddenly echoed in everyone's ears: "Good evening, Mr. Councilor. I apologize for being late. However, I believe you will be satisfied after seeing the people I brought."

"It's you!" Patty was slightly surprised.

The visitor was none other than Zhang Cheng, who had spent several hours wandering around New York City without sleeping in the middle of the night.

“Yes, it’s me, ma’am. Thanks to you, I have to give up my precious rest time to fulfill my promise. Oh, by the way, let me first introduce my guests; they must be very important to you.” With that, Zhang Cheng turned around and gently waved.

Soon, several women, ranging in age from fifty or sixty to twelve or thirteen, slowly entered the room.

Their eyes were filled with terror, and several of them had thick bandages wrapped around their hands, as if a section of their finger had been cut off...

Chapter 0278 An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

Gazing at those incredibly familiar faces, Patty's expression froze, her eyes revealing intense anger and murderous intent.

However, she did not act rashly. Instead, she took a deep breath and asked through gritted teeth, "Young wizard, do you understand what you are doing?"

“Of course! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. If you fire the first shot, don’t blame others for firing the second.” With that, Zhang Cheng raised his arm and pointed it at the trembling women behind him.

After he finished all this, he turned to Miles and asked, "Your Excellency Congressman, how many relatives did you lose tonight?"

“Five names! I lost two sons and their wives, and a daughter,” the old man, still in the form of a stone statue, answered without hesitation.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Cheng nodded slightly: "In that case, as agreed, I will kill fifty people who have close relationships with the murderer as revenge. Today is the first batch, and I will make up the rest later."

As the last word fell, he unleashed the Ice Spike spell he had been preparing for a long time without hesitation.

moment!

The rapidly spinning ice shards easily tore apart more than a dozen women who had no idea what was happening. Their limbs and internal organs turned into blood and flesh splattering everywhere, leaving only a chilling pile of white bones.

Because everything happened so suddenly, no one had time to stop it, not even Kane, who was right next to them.

Seeing such a cruel and bloody scene, he couldn't help but frown and take several steps back, seemingly unable to believe what he was seeing.

To be precise, he originally thought that Zhang Cheng would at most use these hostages to threaten Patty, but he never expected it to develop to this point, it was simply a fight to the death.

"Hahahaha! Well done! I'm starting to like you, young man. My dear Patty, how are you feeling now? Aren't you in great pain, despair, and regret? Don't worry, I won't kill you, at least not today. I'll make you watch as all the people you care about and love die, and then live in this world like a walking corpse." Miles laughed wildly as he seized the succubus's slender neck while his opponent was momentarily stunned.

Strangely, Patty did not respond at all, but simply stared intently at Zhang Cheng, her pupils flashing with a blinding silver light.

There is no doubt that her hatred has shifted away from Miles.

Among the people who just died were her aunt who raised her from childhood, her sisters who played with her and went through her turbulent adolescence together, and her friends who had given her tremendous help...

In short, almost all the people she cared about most were killed in the massacre just now.

Sensing the deep-seated hatred in the air, a cold smile suddenly appeared on Zhang Cheng's expressionless face. He calmly pulled out an A4 sheet of paper densely covered with names and addresses from his pocket and asked, "Madam, do you know what this is?"

"Whatever it is! I guarantee you're dead! I'll kill everyone around you!" Patty swore a vicious oath, enduring the pain of suffocation.

Zhang Cheng shrugged indifferently: "Oh, I see. Go ahead."

One more thing to note: this list is of all the people you've had a relatively close relationship with since you were ten years old. I plan to randomly select thirty-four people from this list to make up for today's missed list.

If you kill any more of Congressman Miles's family members or people close to me, for every person you kill, I will pick ten more people from my list to kill in retaliation.

Let's see who will give up first.

Please remember, I have no aversion to killing. If everyone on this list is dead, I can still kill strangers who greet you, convenience store clerks who sell you things, and your pets, whether they are innocent or not.

Soon you will find that in the end you are all alone, with no friends, no relatives, and maybe not even anyone to talk to.

Now tell me, are you still going to play this killing game with me?

Clearly, as a time traveler, one of Zhang Cheng's biggest problems is that he is all alone with no ties, and severely lacks a sense of belonging and security.

However, every coin has two sides: a bad one and a good one.

So far, he hasn't met anyone he'd be willing to pay a high price to protect, so threats like "harming his family" are completely useless to him.

"Are you serious?" Kane couldn't believe that someone could say such outrageous things.

“Why not? I know chaos is coming. Many want to use me, and some are still lurking in the shadows, observing silently. Perhaps it’s time to make my stance clear and let them understand what the price is for angering me. As the saying goes, the world is inherently cruel. Tolerance and concession are often mistaken for cowardice, while war, bloodshed, and death bring respect and fear.” Zhang Cheng stared meaningfully into Kane’s eyes.

The latter seemed to understand the implication in the words, and chuckled, sighing, "I must admit, many of us, including myself, underestimated you, but it's not too late to realize that now. Mr. Zhang, please allow me to apologize for my previous probing. From now on, I consider you a partner or competitor of equal standing. You've proven with your actions that you are a wizard who is even more insane and terrifying than the succubus Patty. I believe the councilor shares my view, doesn't he?"

"Hmph! Kane, I'm not even dead yet, don't you think you're going a bit too far with your underhanded tactics?" Miles sneered sarcastically.

"No, compared to Catherine, my little tricks are nothing. Besides, I never imagined that after so many years, I would actually see you fighting again. It's truly nostalgic. Well, since you've never really liked me, I'll take my leave now." With that, Kane bowed and jumped out of the broken window, disappearing into the darkness.

Staring at the torrential rain outside the window, Miles stood there hesitantly for a moment, seemingly lost in thought.

But when he came to his senses, the first thing he did was swing his thick arm and slam Patty hard against the wall and the ground!

boom!boom!boom……

Because of its elemental form, the succubus was completely unable to absorb any energy, and in the blink of an eye, she was severely injured, constantly spitting blood from her mouth, and her sexy legs were broken and bent forward at a ninety-degree angle.

When they finally stopped, Patty was barely clinging to life.

Only then did Miles release his grip, turn his head, and grin maliciously at Zhang Cheng, saying, "Young man, I'm very satisfied with your performance today. I plan to give you a little surprise before I die..."

Chapter 0279 News from the Fragmented World

Mortals are destined to die, and even a powerful alchemist like Miles is no exception.

As the sun rose above the horizon once more, he could no longer maintain his elemental form. His exhausted body slowly peeled away from the stone statue, and he breathed his last as an ordinary old man.