My Beautiful Duchess Wife

The clash of weapons and the sparks that flew instantly intensified the battle inside. However, Serabil still showed no sign of making a move.

As if silently chanting an incantation, waves of flames emanated from it. At the same time, the zombies seemed to have encountered something powerful, and dared not approach even a step closer.

Lin Peng frowned as well. Judging from the situation, the necromancer might lose. However, these two had to stay here.

After all, he had come here looking for trouble. However, dying here now would likely cause a major uproar. After all, as the heir to the second-largest family in the Shadow Empire, he was about to die right here within the Dark Empire itself.

A dilemma immediately arose in his mind: should he ruin their plans and save the necromancer's life, or should he just kill the two of them?

Just as Lin Peng was struggling with his decision, destructive flames erupted from Serabil's body. Instantly, it surged towards the green cloud like a giant serpent.

The butler's cooperation was, to say the least, almost excessively good. In an instant, he directly moved his true form onto his shadow clones.

Instantly, after overpowering the fire serpent, the undead assassin blocked its path. The fire serpent, several meters long, instantly reduced the undead assassin to ashes.

Galein instantly floated into the sky, and the huge wisps of green clouds then transformed into something like will-o'-the-wisps, hurtling towards Serabil.

However, at this moment, the butler unleashed his shadow power once more. It instantly transformed into streaks of black shadow, effectively using clones to directly block the will-o'-the-wisps.

Then, countless dark daggers shot towards Garen in the sky. Mages, while possessing a levitation spell, haven't mastered true flight until they reach the Demon Emperor level. Moreover, even if they did master flight, they wouldn't have enough magic power to maintain their flight.

Therefore, Gerald struggled to dodge the daggers. After all, in such a sky, while it was possible to avoid being instantly engulfed by the flames, it was also difficult to avoid being hit by them.

However, he clearly became the butler's target. Immediately, Serabil below prepared countless rockets. Rockets shot into the sky, making Garen somewhat flustered. Bone shields appeared and began to descend towards the ground.

At the same time, the zombies seemed to have truly gone mad, attacking the two. Now, it was a true test of numbers. Simultaneously, Garen's body vanished into the green cloud in an instant.

The flames created a stalemate with the green clouds. However, it was only a matter of time before the green clouds were defeated. Fire was a powerful weapon against such necromancy.

Lin Peng frowned, his anger rising upon seeing the zombies. He snorted coldly, and the fire elements in the space instantly swirled towards him.

Below, even the flames on Serabil's body posed a danger of surging towards the mountaintop. Meanwhile, a massive fireball slowly gathered atop the peak.

Suddenly, the enormous fireball roared and transformed into eight fiery dragons resembling divine dragons. With a resounding roar, they charged towards Serabir and his companion.

This sudden turn of events caused both of their faces to twitch. Could it be that Garen's reinforcements had arrived? But it seemed this guy shouldn't have any help!

The two reacted quite quickly, instantly shaking off the zombies and attempting to retreat. However, the fire dragons seemed to have real eyes, relentlessly pursuing them.

After chasing for about a minute, and seeing that they were about to catch up, the butler gritted his teeth and said, "Young Master, open the scroll and escape! I'll hold them off!"

Gellabil was taken aback, then shouted, "Don't worry, I'll take care of the children at home for you!" With that, he opened a scroll and channeled a surge of demonic flame power directly into it.

Suddenly, two bursts of fire appeared. One was like a real explosion, and eight fiery dragons, spinning around and carrying the butler, were burned to ashes before even reaching mid-air.

The small flame was emitted by Galabil. The demonic flame seemed to instantly ignite the scroll, and space itself began to spin in an instant.

After a series of contortions, Gerabil vanished from the land. Lin Peng had never intended to kill Gerabil, so he simply watched him escape.

The green clouds began to dissipate slowly, and finally, Garen's body gradually appeared. Looking towards the mountain peak, he called out loudly, "Thank you, senior!"

That Eight Dragons Soaring to the Heavens move just now was something he definitely couldn't withstand. Therefore, I'll respectfully address him as "senior" here. Of course, I still have some doubts.

In the demon realm, necromancers are basically always being hunted down. If this powerful expert were to suddenly attack them, there would be no point in even trying to escape.

After all, he didn't have an escape scroll like Seraphim's!

Lin Peng's feet transformed into flames, and he leaped high into the air, heading directly towards Garen's location. Just as he was about to land, a massive fire giant erupted from the ground and caught him.

This single move was meant to scare Garen. Then, Lin Peng slowly stepped down from the fire giant. At the same time, the fire giant vanished into thin air.

Those dark eyes, as black as the night, made Gerald momentarily stunned. A slight smile played on his lips, then faded: "Why did you massacre this village!"

"Give me an explanation, or you're dead!"

Chapter Seventeen: New Abilities

Once upon a time, there was a very talented and skilled pharmacist. Within his family, he had already become a master before the age of twenty. However, because he was not a direct descendant, he was constantly suppressed. And this family, however, was a very ambitious one.

They even wanted to directly seize the first family that led them to become the second family, but a woman was killed because she discovered this.

That woman was the apothecary's beloved. For her sake, the apothecary betrayed his family and informed the first family of the matter, then fled in all directions. Unfortunately, the second family had now grown powerful enough that even the first family found it difficult to find a suitable target.

However, the apothecary was constantly being hunted down. Until one day, because he was about to die, he had no choice but to transform himself into a necromancer.

Moreover, he was a lich-type necromancer.

It's a very simple, very old-fashioned story. After listening, Lin Peng frowned and turned to look at the village: "Why, why destroy this village?"

Even though Lin Peng sympathized with the necromancer's plight, he still disliked seeing zombies made of blood. Unless, of course, this was an extremely dangerous bandit village.

Of course, there are many such beings in the demon realm. For example, the forest trolls are excellent raiding gangs that operate around villages.

Or, those scythe demons are said to be bandits operating in villages.

Galein gave a wry smile, watching the zombies stagger back towards him, and then said, "This is a stronghold of the Brad family. There are at least three such strongholds in the Dark Empire!"

"The Brad family's stronghold?"

Lin Peng was taken aback, and his brows furrowed deeply. He now felt a sense of unease. He hadn't expected that a single family from the Shadow Empire would have so many strongholds within the Dark Empire.

So, what would it be like to be part of the number one family, or even the more powerful royal family? For a moment, Lin Peng couldn't even imagine!

It seemed that Gerald also noticed Lin Peng's expression, his eyes widening slightly. This guy was definitely someone from a powerful organization. Otherwise, he wouldn't have reacted like that upon hearing such news!

"Actually, these strongholds weren't that great. This one was only of average strength. However, there wasn't a single powerful expert at the level of a Demon King. So, I wiped them all out! It's just that I didn't have time to create any Death Knights!" Garen seemed somewhat helpless.

Lin Peng nodded slightly and smiled, "That's right. Since you're not from the Brad family, and you've helped us with something important, then... what do you want to do next?"

Staying behind is also a threat. What if a zombie rampage suddenly breaks out in some part of the Dark Empire? The necromancer... Lin Peng really couldn't believe it.

After all, this is a group of people who take an extreme approach. They basically deal with corpses and death. They truly lack a sense of belonging.

Guy Ryan gave a bitter smile, seemingly understanding Lin Peng's meaning. Now, if they surrendered, there was still hope for survival. Otherwise, death might be their only fate.

Actually, Garen never said it. At the time, he was fleeing into the abyss. However, at the most crucial moment, an extremely powerful lich appeared.

He asked himself directly: Do you want to live or die? Then, choosing life over death, Garen became the lich he is in now. He also jumped from the Demon Lord level to the Grand Demon Lord level in an instant.

This also reveals that the lich's potions are unimaginably powerful.

However, he didn't stay long before being kicked out. In the end, he became a wanderer.

Even now, having never felt a sense of belonging, finding a master seems like a pretty good thing. Lin Peng, noticing the sudden silence in Garen's eyes, took out a bottle of death potion from his ring.

This is an extremely powerful necromancy potion that can enhance the strength of demons that have already become undead. And now, judging from Garen's pale face and blood-red eyes, he might have already become a lich.

However, his level is still very low. At most, he's only at the level of a lich.

When Gerald saw the black potion, which exuded an aura of death, his eyes trembled slightly. He then looked at Lin Peng with a nervous expression.

"A contract! I'm not giving it to you for free. You should understand how precious this potion is. Ordinary people simply can't concoct it!"

Lin Peng's words carried a hint of coldness. Galein was taken aback at first, then, as if making a tremendous decision, said, "Please tell me, are you a pharmacist? A pharmacist powerful enough to surpass the Grandmaster level!"

If there's a Grandmaster who's even more powerful than a Grandmaster, then I can simply submit to him. If I learn from him, I might even be able to break through and become a Grandmaster of Alchemy right away.

Of course, the current situation is a bit too optimistic. He's just a lich, not worthy of being an apprentice of a grandmaster at all.

Lin Peng was taken aback, then looked at the somewhat excited Garen and chuckled: "I'm not some kind of grandmaster of potions, but if you really want to find a teacher like that, I can help you!"

"You know such a person?" Gerald suddenly became excited. His whole body trembled, and his originally pale face and corpse-like body even emitted a little warmth.

Lin Peng nodded and smiled, "I have countless high-level potions here, most of which were given to me by him. But I can't take you with me now. At least, not at this time! It seems that you like potions more than your growing strength."

From the very beginning, the look in his eyes when he saw the potion wasn't one of immediate desire to increase his strength. Instead, it was an expression of longing, revealing that this Gerald really enjoyed learning how to concoct potions.

The person in the black mist, though its nature remains unknown, possesses a level of potion-making ability rarely seen even in the Demon Realm. However, as that gentle woman mentioned last time, it seems that once the Red Moon is activated, the Abyss will truly close.

Perhaps we won't find it. But let's fool one person at a time. At least, after drinking this death potion, perhaps the lich will immediately evolve into a lich.

Immediately, his understanding of the aura of death should reach a higher level. His strength will naturally increase significantly in a short period. It would be a waste not to use such a good fighter.

"That's alright. As long as I can really learn pharmacology from a teacher like this, I'm willing to do it." Garen seemed very excited and didn't seem to care much about anything else. Suddenly, his body turned a pale green, and then a finger-sized green flame-like object floated in front of Lin Peng.

“This is my soul flame. I can’t use blood to sign a contract with a lich. So, I can only use my soul to sign the contract!” Garen seemed to have suddenly become weak, and even his voice was soft.

Lin Peng nodded slightly, of course he knew about this soul contract. Immediately, his mental power concentrated in one place, wanting to directly take away this ball of soul flame.

In an instant, the soul flame seemed to be devoured, disappearing directly from Lin Peng's body. Even Lin Peng was startled.

He only used a small amount of his soul fire to sign the contract, but unexpectedly, it was devoured by himself. As for Gerald, after a moment of stunned silence, he thought it was Lin Peng's special secret technique.

The body didn't seem to feel anything special, and there was nothing said.

After a moment of stunned silence, Lin Peng finally reacted. He quickly suppressed his initial surprise and smiled, producing two bottles of black death potion: "These are two bottles. You can drink one directly. The other is for research. I believe you'll be very interested in this kind of research!"

Having suddenly benefited, Lin Peng became generous. Of course, he was always very generous to his own people. He chuckled, appearing extremely amiable.

Garen was overjoyed; he truly hadn't expected to encounter such a good thing. After accepting the two vials of potions, he became somewhat embarrassed: "Right now, it seems I have nowhere to go. I'll have to stay here for now!"

Lin Peng was taken aback; it really was true. However, it was clearly impossible for them to stay here any longer. After Serabil returned, he would definitely negotiate with the Dark Empire's officials. Then, they would send troops to wipe out this zombie-infested village. Obviously, they wouldn't allow Gerrein to stay here any longer.

"Well, you'll come with me to the capital first. I'll arrange a place for you then." After thinking it over, Lin Peng had no choice but to bring Garen along.

Both of them moved extremely fast, returning to their hotel in the capital in less than an hour. After telling Xiaolong Roland, they reappeared with Lei in the original zombie village.

Garen was merely a high-ranking necromancer, lacking the spatial depth to transport his "pets." Therefore, a considerable number of zombies remained behind.

Looking at these zombies who seemed like dazed fools, Lei felt a little guilty. It seemed he wanted to simply vanish into the void and disappear.

To be fair, Ray's talent is quite remarkable. He can completely conceal his body, but compared to myself, he's far inferior.

Originally, after receiving the Soul Flame, Lin Peng thought something had happened, as it had suddenly rushed into his body. However, the information in his mind indicated that he had gained other new abilities.

He entered the space containing a fireball like the sun, and his wisp of soul flame was directly absorbed by that sun. Moreover, he could also absorb the soul flames of enemies who were already dead or severely injured and had virtually no power to resist.

This talent seems even more amazing than invisibility. It's like truly teleporting into another dimension!

Chapter Eighteen: The Dark Emperor

Upon seeing the zombies, Lin Peng's lips curled into a smile, as if he had encountered countless flames of souls. Instantly, with a wave of his hands, the flames began to slowly gather towards him like drifting green clouds.

Faced with this situation, Lei was completely taken aback. When did Lin Peng become a necromancer? In his eyes, only a necromancer could truly control these soul flames.

Slowly, the tiny sparks of soul fire gathered into a single flame several meters in size. In an instant, Lin Peng absorbed it. This caused Lei to enter a state of utter dementia.

When did Lin Peng become such a powerful necromancer? It seemed like no one had ever heard of such a thing before. And as the soul flames devoured them, the zombies suddenly seemed to lose their purpose. Instantly, they turned into piles of ashes. It was as if all their power had been drained away in an instant.

Immediately, Lin Peng smiled and looked at Lei: "How about that? Pretty impressive, huh? Haha, from now on, I'll be absolutely invincible when dealing with necromancers!"