Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 73: Chapter 73 The Terrifying Ability

During the hundred years when the Mysterious Side “disappeared,” most people in the Federation embraced a more scientific and convenient life, yet there were still many who chose a different way of living.

For example, the first stall owner Tang Qi encountered in Blue Bear Park, the mountain dweller Thorne, as well as the elderly practitioner of Spiritual Cultivation, not to mention the Soul Comforters still engaged in “superstitious work.” These people fled the cities to embark on different journeys of life in the wilderness or within tribes.

Unlike the city dwellers, their acceptance of the Mysterious Side was evidently stronger, and sometimes they would even take the initiative to make contact and collect relevant materials.

Eventually, they brought these materials to the night market for sale, where they ended up in Tang Qi’s hands.

Three peculiar ingredients were in his possession: a mushroom covered with grey spots, a pair of still fresh eyeballs, and a bag of black blood.

“Mysterious Grey Spotted Mushroom, a mushroom that only appears and grows in canyons, swamps, or other concealed places when the mist rises. It causes hallucinations when consumed by ordinary people and is used by some hippies as a substitute for expensive morphine.”

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“Eyeballs of a Ghost Shadow Owl, a very horrifying bird of prey that only appears at night.”

“Black Water Salamander’s fresh blood, which can only be preserved for three days before turning into a deadly poison.”

As Tang Qi muttered to himself, his hands had already begun to move.

The formula for the Fog Body Secret Medicine flowed through his mind.

The dozen or so ingredients were added one by one into the Crucible by Tang Qi, quickly turning into a boiling liquid, along with some bones and chunks of meat tumbling inside. If the odor wafting out were not somewhat revolting, one might think Tang Qi was cooking a pot of meat soup.

“The real challenge has arrived.”

Enduring the strange smell, Tang Qi silently picked up the grey-spotted mushroom, without hesitation, and tossed it in.

A bizarre scene unfolded, the sizeable Mysterious Grey Spotted Mushroom silently dissolved upon contact with the “meat soup,” subsequently causing the entire pot of liquid to “bubble” fiercely, emitting a stench at least ten times more intense than before.

What was more terrifying, as grey gasses drifted out, Tang Qi’s head trembled, and the scene before his eyes started to violently shift; the ceiling began to fall, the ground twisted and parted, the corner cabinet sprouted limbs, and the stirring rod in his other hand suddenly grew a mouth, “crunching” and nibbling at Tang Qi’s palm…

Huff!

Here it comes!

The reason why Fog Body is a High Sequence power-enhancing Secret Medicine is not only due to its potency but also because of the difficulty in concocting it. Even the most experienced Secret Alchemists must proceed amidst hallucinations. The illusions will not dissipate until the potion is successfully concocted.

Imagine, in such conditions, could a Secret Alchemist, who isn’t even of the apprentice Profession, successfully concoct the high-level Secret Medicine, Fog Body?

In truth, Tang Qi couldn’t even find where the Crucible was now.

“No wonder Professor Cassel would rather concoct Demon Secret Medicine, going to great lengths to change his body, rather than challenge this power-enhancing series. It’s known that Fog Body Secret Medicine can potentially solve cancer. But well… I’m not a Secret Alchemist who plays by the rules, am I?”

Murmuring, Tang Qi suddenly closed his eyes, and then… he activated another skill.

Molten Furnace Eye!

Boom!

In just one second, a mere second, the golden light in Tang Qi’s eyes disappeared.

But it was also in that second, the triggered effect: Calming Spirit!

All illusions vanished without a trace under Tang Qi’s gaze.

Afterward, Tang Qi re-entering into his Secret Medicine skill.

With both hands, he grabbed the eyeballs and black blood, stuffing the Ghost Shadow Owl eyeballs into the bag of blood. Upon contact, a reaction immediately occurred. The black blood, as if finding its source, desperately burrowed into the eyeballs.

Shortly, the bag of blood vanished, replaced by two stark black eyeballs, shiny like black pearls.

But they were unstable, jostling violently in Tang Qi’s hand as if they might explode at any moment.

At this moment, as the Hallucinogenic Gas was about to take effect, before a tide-like surge of hallucinations began, Tang Qi let out a low shout, clutching the two black eyeballs and aggressively tossing them into the Crucible.

Plop!

The newly emerged illusions vanished, and the nauseating smell dissipated.

Tang Qi immediately looked down to find that the revolting meat soup in the Crucible had also disappeared, replaced by a bubble that was expanding at a visible rate.

On the surface of the bubble, there were multicolored, dazzling streams of light.

Inside, however, was a wisp of gray mist, continuously transforming into irregular shapes.

The ghost light that delighted Tang Qi was faintly twinkling.

In the depths of his eyes, a special interface was slowly forming.

“Did it work? Just like that…”

“Hu!”

Before there was time to express joy, or even to clearly see the Information Fragment attached to the Fog Body Secret Medicine,

Tang Qi seemed to have already thought through the process. As the bubble gradually swelled, he suddenly stepped forward, took out the “Mist Secret Medicine” from the freezer, and without hesitation, popped the cap and gulped down an entire bottle of the secret medicine.

Boom~ Bang bang!

With a feeling entirely different from the previous swift and phantom sensations, this time, Tang Qi felt the world changing before his eyes, with every detail and shadow emerging, giving him the impression that if he wished, he could even erase all traces of his presence in the environment.

“This is the effect of the Mist Secret Medicine, a truly terrifying concealment power. This kind of power is probably what every assassin dreams of, but… it’s still not enough.”

With a flash of thought, Tang Qi suddenly appeared in front of the Crucible.

Reaching out with his palm, with a “pop,” he burst the bubble.

The wisp of gray smoke inside seemed to sense something and tried to twist away in an instant.

But in the direction it chose, Tang Qi’s face appeared without warning, and without any politeness, he opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the wisp of gray mist into his belly. @@novelbin@@

Buzz!

The gray mist entered his stomach, seemingly the final reaction.

A strange transformation was taking place within Tang Qi’s body.

Starting from the head, buzzing and trembling, it then gradually extended to his whole body. With an indescribable sensation, he felt every part of his body disassembling and reassembling. Slowly, he raised his hands.

To his astonishment, his fair skin was suddenly tinged with gray, then with a “whoosh,” it disintegrated into two twisting wisps of gray smoke.

He looked down and saw the same phenomenon in his lower body.

As if sensing something, he turned to look at the side of the small living room, where there was a full-length floor mirror.

Then, he saw it.

His entire body disintegrated in an instant, turning into a wisp of gray mist. At first, it barely maintained a human shape, but a second later, Tang Qi realized he could control it all.

Hu!

He moved, the gray mist no longer restricted to a human shape, stretching and twisting irregularly, shifting and swarming around the room, unhindered by anything—every gap was easy to pass through, even… a wall.

Like a child who just got a new toy, Tang Qi kept trying the transformation between his body and the mist in the living room, also attempting to integrate other skills into the process, considering that it wasn’t quite appropriate to fire a gun in the middle of the night.

Naturally, he chose the Chaga Fighting Technique. If anyone were there, they would have witnessed a scene that was incredibly eerie and terrifying.

In the cramped small living room, a wisp of inconspicuous gray smoke drifted. But suddenly, the smoke transformed into fists and feet, unleashing attacks of terrifying destructive power.

After a full half-hour, Tang Qi began to tire of playing, confirming that he had adapted to the changes.

“Hu~ Buzz”

Before the floor mirror, a wisp of smoke drifted over and finally slowly turned back into Tang Qi.

Even Tang Qi himself couldn’t help but marvel as he watched the transformation process, and the joy in his eyes couldn’t be hidden. He said, “Terrifying power… My combat strength now…”

With a thought, a strong impulse emerged from Tang Qi’s heart: to go out immediately, use the Curse Mark, and feel the changes of this newfound power.

But after glimpsing the rising sun through the gap in the curtains, Tang Qi had to temporarily suppress this idea. His gaze unconsciously drifted to the pile of photos on the sofa. He calmly said, “A new day has begun.”