Spellcasting Gods

When Zhang Cheng arrived, the city was a scene of devastation, littered with the corpses of slaves, with only the lone Mastermind clinging to life.

"Master! Please be careful! The mainframe possesses immense power! Many people lose consciousness and are controlled by it as soon as they get close," Valindra warned from the perimeter.

"Don't worry, Klaus will handle this." Zhang Cheng ignored his subordinate's warning and strode directly into the room where the mainframe was located.

The moment he stepped across the threshold, he immediately felt an overwhelming mental invasion.

"Obey! Obey!"

"I am your supreme master! Submit to me! You lowly creature!"

In less than a minute, he was immersed in a world of illusion, surrounded by hundreds of beautiful women of different races, with a table full of delicious food and drinks.

Unfortunately, the mastermind clearly underestimated Zhang Cheng's deepest desires.

In the blink of an eye, he shattered the mental illusion constructed by his psychic abilities through self-questioning and returned to reality.

Looking at the Mind Flayer's main brain, which was furious to the extreme, Zhang Cheng's lips curled up slightly. He took out a small bottle of prepared potion and poured it into the brain pool. Then he instructed his two subordinates, "What are we waiting for? Let's begin."

The words had barely left his mouth!

He stretched out his claws and cut a gash in his mouth, letting divine blood flow into it. He then chanted a spell loudly, guiding the primal magical energy that had broken free from the control of the magic network.

Although it has been almost two months since the fall of the goddess of magic, the magic network has not completely collapsed.

Because the first chosen one of the goddess of magic, the great sage of Shadow Valley, Elminster, risked his life to seal the goddess's power within himself, preventing the disaster from spreading further.

Therefore, in places where the magic network is relatively stable, mages, warlocks, and bards can still cast spells normally.

Accompanied by the awkward incantation, intense energy fluctuations quickly appeared in the surrounding air. Then, as if stimulated by something, the mainframe began to frantically unleash mental blasts, seemingly making a final stand.

Unfortunately, two of the three dragons in the room possess the characteristics of undead creatures and are completely unafraid of any form of mental attack.

As for Zhang Cheng, he activated his divinity and divine power, temporarily blocking the opponent's attack at a distance of twenty centimeters from his body.

After about ten minutes, the main brain's resistance suddenly stopped, and then the brain pool seemed to boil, slowly splitting into small pieces of red and white cells.

Realizing the time was ripe, Zhang Cheng immediately shouted at the silver dragon, "Now!"

"Understood!" Without hesitation, Madeleine pulled the shattered magic crystal from Klaus's skull and threw it into the steaming brain pool.

The moment the pulsating crystal fell in, the categorized cells rushed towards it, and in the blink of an eye, they formed an organ shaped like a brain.

Although its size was far smaller than the main brain from before, its fusion with the shattered magic crystal generated a certain amplitude, which in turn emitted a more powerful mental fluctuation.

Without any hesitation, Zhang Cheng used his sharp claws to pry open his skull, picked up the shattered magic crystal that shimmered with an unusual luster, and stabbed it down hard.

puff!

The lens pierced the central nervous system on the spot and connected to the spine!

"ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The intense pain caused him to let out a agonizing roar, the terrifying noise even shattering the surrounding walls and ceiling.

At the same time, the cells attached to the shattered magic crystals rapidly divided and seeped down along the grooves of the dragon's brain, not only repairing the damaged parts, but also organizing and optimizing the entire brain region in less than a few minutes.

But Zhang Cheng obviously couldn't see any of this, because he had already fainted from the pain, his huge body lying on the ground, not even knowing when his skull closed up...

Chapter 0501 The Power of the Mind

He didn't know how much time had passed, but when Zhang Cheng regained consciousness, he found himself floating in mid-air in soul form.

Not far ahead, there stood a clone that looked exactly like him.

Before he could even react to what was going on, the clone suddenly spoke up and demanded, "Who are you?"

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Cheng frowned slightly, completely baffled by this inexplicable question.

"who am I?"

The clone seemed unconcerned about whether anyone answered and went on to ask a second question.

Noticing the almost blank look in the other person's eyes, Zhang Cheng seemed to suddenly understand something, squinted and muttered to himself, "Psychic abilities, it must be the self-doubt and self-affirmation caused by psychic abilities."

He had read some books about psychic abilities and also received various questions from Iolem about the fusion with the mainframe.

The most important point is that after fusion, a secondary personality will be born, that is, a second personality.

Normally, this personality will not compete with the main personality for control of the body, nor will it exhibit any strong rebellious emotions.

Its main function is to allow the main personality to continuously evolve through questioning and debate, making its mental power purer and purer, and ultimately achieving the goal of influencing energy and matter with intention.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the resulting alternate personalities are without danger.

On the contrary, in the world of the mind, its dangers are beyond imagination.

Especially when the primary personality begins to question and deny itself, the secondary personality will begin to switch places with the primary personality. When this reaches a certain point, the positions of the two will be reversed.

In short, every psychic who possesses supernatural abilities must undergo rigorous trials, and the danger involved is no less than that of a sorcerer.

Although both the primary personality and the secondary personality are essentially two sides of the same coin in human nature, no one likes to be replaced by another version of themselves.

Even more frightening is that, often, those who control psychic abilities subconsciously transfer all the darker aspects of their personality and negative emotions into their alternate personality, causing it to become increasingly insane and radical.

Zhang Cheng was unsure whether the alternate personality that had separated from him was also influenced by that mad and destructive desire.

After a slight hesitation, he calmly replied, "I am Zhang Cheng! You are me, and I am you; we are actually one person."

How do you prove that?

For some reason, the second personality's eyes suddenly became vivid, and the corners of its mouth lifted, revealing a half-smile.

"No proof needed! We both know perfectly well that this is the truth. Besides, if you want to shake my resolve, you'd better try something else. Self-doubt and self-denial are not my style." Zhang Cheng coldly exposed the other party's sinister intentions.

The second personality nodded nonchalantly: "That's right! Unwavering belief in ourselves, even if we realize we're on the wrong path, we'll still persevere. That's our character. But I'm a little curious, what prompted you to do those crazy things, even planning to usher in Ragnarok in this world?"

"Of course, it's to acquire valuable knowledge and experimental data! Don't you think that from the very beginning, we were shrouded in mystery, completely unaware of the true purpose of the owner behind that parchment? But now, we have a tiny bit of clues and speculation. Without a doubt, he is nurturing us, using various methods to make us stronger and stronger until we surpass a certain limit."

"So you think he needs us to carry out an extremely dangerous mission?"

"Yes! Although I'm not entirely clear on what this mission is, I can assure you we're not the first, nor will we be the last. So I want to take this opportunity to test just how important we are to him."

After saying that, Zhang Cheng's eyes immediately became deep, and the madness he had shown in the previous months completely disappeared, replaced by extreme calmness and rationality.

"Hahaha! Fantastic! You're still the same as before! All that madness! All that destruction! It's all just a facade! Deep down, you're still methodically carrying out your carefully laid plans. Go, go and bring fear to the gods of this world. I eagerly await your next move. But don't forget, danger still lurks around us..."

With a burst of maniacal laughter, the alternate personality shattered and transformed into countless stars.

At the same time, Zhang Cheng's main personality suddenly went black and regained control of his body.

The moment he slowly opened his eyes, an indescribable power emanated from him and rapidly spread outwards.

Anything that comes into contact with it will instantly disperse like dust in the wind.

There was no sound!

Just a few seconds later, the entire Mind Flayer City vanished completely, leaving only dust swirling in the air!

Feeling the surging power emanating from his mind, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but grin and exclaim, "Is this psychic ability? It's unbelievable!"

In addition, he realized that the whispers of the Old Gods that had previously echoed in his mind, as well as the strong emotions lingering from the Tears of Neltharion, could no longer have the slightest effect on him.

The reason is simple: the core of psychic abilities is idealism, which is absolute self-affirmation and the belief that one is always right.

Faced with such a powerful mind, even the Dark Titan Sargeras himself would not waver in the slightest.

As the saying goes, true strength lies in inner strength. Otherwise, no matter how powerful you are, you will only be a weakling in the end. If you encounter a little setback or are lectured by others, you will give up your original intentions.

Now, Zhang Cheng has used the unique properties of the Shattered Magic Crystal to devour the souls of Klaus and the Mind Flayer's main brain, completely patching up the loopholes in his mind.

In addition to the divinity and power he gained from hunting gods, as well as endless magical knowledge, it can be said that there are few people in the entire material world who can rival him.

Seeing his own hideous and terrifying reflection in the pool, he finally took a deep breath, spread his wings and soared into the air. He returned to the surface exit at top speed, completely ignoring his panicked subordinates. With the glittering shards of magic crystal on his head, he headed straight for Tantry Port.

Because he sensed that in that port, the tyrannical god Bane and the loyal god of courage, Tom, were engaged in a fierce battle.

The fluctuations emanating from the clash of divine powers were as dazzling as a lighthouse in the darkness for a divine being like him.

This time, Zhang Cheng is not only going to kill two gods at the same time, but also to let the mortals of the world announce that he will kill every god that appears over the course of a whole year!

Whether good or evil, order or chaos...

Chapter 0502 Provoking War

Tantres Port is one of the largest port cities in the world.

Located in Dragon Bay, northwest of Falling Star Sea, it is a trading hub controlled by hereditary merchants and a famous producer of imitations and parchment.

Generally speaking, the city has no inherent good or evil tendencies. As long as it brings prosperous trade and generous taxes, the rulers don't care about factions or races.

But today, they finally paid the price for their recklessness.

To be precise, on this magical land of Faerûn, factions are always a major conflict that cannot be ignored.

Whether it's an individual or a city, everyone must clearly choose their side, otherwise, it could easily lead to a terrible disaster.

For example, right now, the saint of Bane, the god of tyranny, and the saint of Tom, the body of loyalty and courage, are engaged in a fierce battle in the suburbs not far from the city walls.

It goes without saying that they were all trying to defeat their rivals and reshape the city according to their own will.

In an instant, surging divine power surged through the air, and the aftershocks alone caused the port of Tantrys to tremble violently. Many houses and walls could not withstand the shaking and began to collapse in large swathes.

The number of dead and injured is countless!

But what about the two gods?

They showed absolutely no intention of stopping!

Even Tom, who claimed to be on the side of good, continued to wield his weapon with all his might, as if he had no idea of ​​the wounded man’s painful groans.

boom!

boom!

boom!

The saint of Tom had transformed into a lion-headed giant clad in golden armor, and was locked in battle with another handsome, black-haired man, who was none other than the saint of Bane, the god of tyranny.

Although they were followed by many pastors and fanatical believers, none of them tried to help their gods; they simply stood by and watched from afar.

Clearly, this was a duel between two gods, and from the beginning, they had no intention of letting outsiders interfere.