Spellcasting Gods

Accompanied by a deep blast of the ship's horn, the luxury cruise ship, belonging to the Supreme Council, slowly entered New York Harbor, completing its important annual mission.

Once the ship had come to a complete stop, the lords and legislators from all over North America embraced and said goodbye, preparing to embark on their journey home.

Some wealthy individuals even have their subordinates pick them up in simple propeller planes or helicopters.

For a moment, the loud noise from the engine was deafening.

Zhang Cheng did not rush to disembark, but stood at the bow of the boat and silently observed the surrounding movements.

According to the information he obtained from the mind of the woman named Zoe, the other party's accomplices were lying in ambush near the docks, preparing to attack a buyer who had purchased the dragon egg, and then escape using New York's complex underworld system.

It has to be said that if it were someone else who was unaware of the situation, these guys would have had a very high chance of succeeding.

Because the New York sewers are no ordinary place; after hundreds of years of repeated modifications, reconstructions, and additions, they have become the most complex maze on Earth.

If someone escapes inside, even if the pursuers have a complete and detailed map, they might still get lost.

In particular, several abandoned subway lines are home to homeless people whose identities and names are not even on the U.S. government's census list.

Trying to find a few attackers in such a chaotic place is nothing short of wishful thinking.

Just as Zhang Cheng was expanding the range of his psychic abilities to their limit while patiently waiting for the opponent to launch an attack, a black limousine in the distance suddenly took off after a bright flash of light, flying directly into the air, followed by a deafening explosion that echoed over the dock.

boom!

"Who's in that car?" he asked without turning his head.

“Virgil! The current head of the Marcus family!” Cosmo answered without hesitation.

As the chairman of the highest council in North America, he has a list of all the important families and personnel under his command in his mind, and he can recognize who is sitting in which car at a glance.

"Oh? Marcus? They didn't leave?" Zhang Cheng raised his eyebrows in slight surprise.

You have to understand that he extorted a huge sum of money from the other party. Normally, even if a guy who claims to have noble blood doesn't retaliate, he would never buy anything that he provided to the auction house again.

"Leave? Hahahaha! No, my young friend, you underestimate the magnanimity of these ancient families. Virgil not only didn't leave, but he also spent a fortune to buy a dragon egg. It's just that he didn't ask you to help hatch it out of politeness. How about we wait a little while before making a move?" Cosmo was clearly no saint either, offering a suggestion with a half-smile.

Even a blind man could see that the bandits who launched the attack had prepared not only a powerful magical item like the golden sundial, but also a large amount of weaponry in order to succeed in one strike.

Putting everything else aside, that attack just now was definitely the kind of power only an RPG rocket launcher could have.

Fortunately, the black sedan was a specially customized high-strength bulletproof and blast-resistant version; otherwise, the people inside would have been severely injured, if not killed.

Besides, after the explosion, they didn't immediately approach the car. Instead, they set up a 20mm Vulcan cannon and opened fire without saying a word, just like a scene from a Hollywood crime movie.

It's estimated that in a little while, the car and its passengers will be torn to shreds by the metal storm.

Don't assume that the inhabitants of the underground world have superpowers and therefore aren't particularly afraid of firearms.

In fact, they are not very afraid of small-caliber handguns or civilian weapons.

Against real military anti-materiel sniper rifles, large-caliber machine guns, large-caliber artillery, cruise missiles, high explosives, and the like, most people, except for a very few at the very top, cannot even last a few seconds.

Even with Zhang Cheng's current strength, if he were to be directly hit by a nuclear warhead of sufficient yield, he would be burned to ashes by the intense heat of the core, which exceeds hundreds of millions of degrees.

Of course, he wouldn't be foolish enough to eat a nuclear warhead. If he discovers such a dangerous object approaching him, he will immediately choose to use magic to teleport away, or tear open a passage and throw the nuclear warhead into a crevice where time does not flow.

Watching the spectacular explosions and Vulcan cannon fire in the distance, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but shake his head with a smile: "Forget it, I'm afraid if we wait any longer, the robbers will escape with the dragon egg."

The words had barely left his mouth!

He raised his hand and snapped his fingers lightly!

Snapped!

next second...

He was transported directly from the deck several kilometers away to the center of the battlefield.

Through the smoke in the air, he could clearly see two trucks blocking the Marcus family's car from the front and back. In the back of one of the trucks, there was a 20mm Gatling gun that should have been mounted on an airplane. The bullet was about the size of an adult's palm and the cartridge case was as thick as a chubby little guy.

Generally speaking, bullets of this specification would riddle even a light tank with holes at close range, let alone armored cars.

Interestingly, despite being riddled with holes, the black car kept flashing a deep blue light, deflecting the high-speed bullets.

Clearly, the car's defenses don't just rely on the materials and structure themselves, but also on some kind of protective magic.

"Help me! Help us!" Virgil had clearly noticed Zhang Cheng's arrival and immediately cried out for help.

His current condition is very bad; not only is he bleeding from his forehead, but one of his legs seems to be pinned down by something, and he can't move at all.

"Give me a reason to save you!" Zhang Cheng casually cast a stun spell into the truck, temporarily stopping the Vulcan cannon that was firing wildly.

Virgil took a deep breath and said in a rapid-fire voice, "I swear! If you save me, I will give you a satisfactory explanation for the mistakes Anthony made before! I will also allow you to enter the family treasury and choose two items as your reward."

“Excellent! Now I understand a little better why the Marcus family has been able to establish itself in North America for centuries.”

Having received the promise he wanted, Zhang Cheng turned around and waved lightly.

The powerful Vulcan cannon instantly turned into a ball of molten iron, engulfing the two unfortunate men who had been immobilized by the spell, and burning them alive into charred corpses.

The other attackers, realizing the situation was dire, immediately jumped out of the car and ran towards the pre-planned sewers.

One of them seemed to possess some kind of illusion magic, capable of creating hundreds of identical images in just a few seconds, making it impossible for anyone to tell which one was real and which one was fake.

Unfortunately for them, Zhang Cheng already knew their plan. After glancing around at the entrances to the sewers, a mocking smile appeared on his face...

Chapter 0569 The Mastermind

"Hami! Did you get the stuff?" A man around fifty years old shouted at his companion as he ran.

Because he knew that what he had done today was essentially the same as provoking the council's most sensitive nerve, and what he would face next was endless bounties and pursuit.

If we fail to complete the mission after paying such a heavy price, then we will have really lost out.

"Hahahaha! Don't worry! It's in the bag!" Another guy not far away raised the safe in his hand, grinning wildly.

"Great! Quick! Get to the nearest sewer! Once we've done this, our souls will be saved! By the way, what about those hired veterans? You didn't tell them the whole plan, did you?"

"No, they had no idea what we were stealing. They were happily carrying a full box of gold dinars, planning to shake us off and keep all the gold coins for themselves."

"Good heavens! You're so mean! But I love it!"

……

Just as the two were excitedly venting their emotions, they suddenly discovered that the sewer cover that had been pried open for escape was now impossible to open no matter how hard they tried.

"Fuck! What's going on?" the old man asked through gritted teeth.

"Shit! How was I supposed to know! Just two hours ago, when I came to check it myself, it was perfectly fine!" The middle-aged man couldn't help but mutter a curse under his breath.

After all, they had already designed the entire escape route. If they couldn't open this lid and had to try another one, they would most likely get lost in the maze-like New York sewers.

Staring at the motionless, round manhole cover, the old man's face quickly showed a tense expression: "What do we do now?"

“I don’t know! Anyway, it’s definitely not safe to walk on the street. I believe you know best how terrifying the Council’s control over the ordinary world is. I estimate that within half an hour, our photos will be on the 24-hour news.” The middle-aged man clenched his fists tightly, sweat pouring from his forehead.

He simply couldn't imagine how many terrible tortures he would endure if he were captured by the council, to the point that even death would be a luxury.

Even more terrifying is that, because he had signed that horrible contract, once he died, his soul would be dragged into hell and become a plaything in the hands of the demon lord.

"Damn it! Get out of my way!"

Realizing the urgency of the situation, the old man disregarded whether ordinary people would witness his supernatural power. He took a deep breath, and the muscles in his right arm suddenly swelled up, forming an exaggerated proportion that was completely out of sync with his body, attracting passersby to stop and watch.

However, he ignored these ordinary passersby and directly raised his arm and slammed it down.

boom!

With a loud bang, the heavy, sturdy metal cover deformed dramatically and flew more than ten meters along the road.

“Oh my God! Darling! Tell me this isn’t my imagination!” a young woman exclaimed in astonishment.

The young white man standing next to her couldn't help but shudder and quickly replied, "No! This is definitely not a hallucination! You can pinch me if you don't believe me... Ah! Fuck! That hurts!"

Before he could finish speaking, the young woman reached out and pinched his thigh hard.

"Who are they? Super soldiers secretly developed by the military?"

"I knew those bastards in the US government had been secretly developing biological weapons behind the taxpayers' backs!"

"That's right! Those bastards even conducted radiation experiments on pregnant women and children back then!"

……

Immediately, many passersby began to discuss what this scene meant and whether it involved some secrets that the Washington government was trying to cover up.

After all, this isn't the first time the US government has done something like this.

Leaving aside the infamous radioactive, bacteriological, and cancer experiments conducted on its own citizens between 1945 and 1960, the scandal that occurred more than a decade ago in a public welfare institution, where sick poor people were used to test various drugs, is enough to terrify many people.

Noticing the growing number of ordinary people around them, the old man immediately grabbed his companion and quickly jumped through the entrance.

In his haste, he didn't notice that a nearly transparent wisp of gas was following closely behind.

run!

Run as fast as you can!

In order to escape this place of trouble as soon as possible, the two dared not stop for even a moment. They ran for at least four or five kilometers before stopping, panting, to catch their breath.

A full minute passed. The middle-aged man seemed to feel that he was temporarily out of danger. He raised his hand and shot out a scorching flame, burning off the electronic lock on the safe and taking out a black dragon egg from inside.

Looking at the small, uneven, scale-covered creature, he immediately looked up at his companion and said, "The longer we wait, the more things might go wrong! Let's settle that contract now. That way, even if we're caught by the council or the Marcus family later, at worst we'll die, which is much better than our souls falling into hell."

“Sure! But if you’re going to summon a demon, you’d better act fast. I don’t think the North American Supreme Council will give us much time.” The old man reminded him without hesitation.

"Don't worry, I thought of that beforehand and prepared everything necessary for the summoning."

As he spoke, the middle-aged man quickly pulled out from his backpack a candle made of human oil, a small bottle of black goat's blood, two pieces of parchment covered with mysterious symbols, and several pieces of skull the size of an infant.

After placing everything in its proper place, he immediately raised his hands and chanted in a low, hoarse voice: "Great Lord of Hell! Ruler of Lust and Desire! Supreme Nissa! Your humble servant here calls upon your name and offers you the highest offering..."

The speech became faster and faster, more and more urgent!

The candle on the ground, made of human fat, suddenly began to flicker violently.

After a few seconds, the black goat's blood jumped out of the container on its own, as if it had come to life, and drew a strange six-pointed star pattern on the ground. Then, the baby-sized skull turned into bone powder on the spot, and slowly condensed into the image of a demon under the guidance of an unknown force.

She was clearly a woman, about two meters tall, with two sharp horns on her forehead and a long, thin tail behind her. Although she was not as imposing as a male demon, she exuded an allure that was indescribable.

Especially her exquisitely beautiful face, which seems to captivate anyone who looks at it, and coupled with her perfectly proportioned body, even a guy who has lost his "combat" ability would be unable to resist "regaining his prowess".

However, after the female demon appeared, she ignored the person who summoned her and instead turned her gaze to the shadows not far away. She licked her red lips and teased in a seductive voice, "Interesting wizard, now that you're here, why are you hiding?"