Abnormal Changes in the Cultivation Technique

Chapter 43 Abnormal Changes in the Cultivation Technique

If it's lifeless, how can it feel lively?

Startled, Alphonse immediately released the necromantic energy from his Niwan Palace.

What happened next left Alphonse even more astonished.

Two more gold-eating ants appeared in front of him.

Calling them shadows isn't quite accurate; they're three-dimensional, with even the whiskers clearly visible, and those whiskers are swaying slightly.

Two shadowy figures, resembling giant ants, condensed from a thin stream of black air, their bodies emitting wisps of black smoke.

"Why aren't you following us?" Taisi turned around to ask, and upon seeing the shadows of two giant ants, she immediately lunged forward in horror, wielding a soup spoon.

"Wait!" Alphonse hurriedly called out to stop them.

But it was too late; Taixi's long-handled ladle had already struck the head of a giant ant's shadow.

A soft "poof" sound.

The giant ant's head dissipated like smoke, but in the blink of an eye, it reformed and returned to its original form.

However, his figure seemed to have faded somewhat.

Tessie, however, stopped what she was doing because of Alphonse's order, and was extremely shocked.

However, they discovered that the two giant ant shadows were like soulless creatures, showing no signs of attacking.

Alphonse knew that Tessie meant well and wanted to protect him.

"This is what I summoned."

Mia heard the commotion of Taisi's attack and turned around to look.

I was stunned for a moment.

"You imprisoned their souls? When did you learn necromancy?" Mia frowned and asked Alphonse coldly.

At this point, she was already having negative thoughts.

Could it be that Alphonse's body has been possessed by a lich?

Otherwise, why would such a strange bard teach Alphonse necromancy?

But why can't I sense any decay emanating from Alphonse?

If his body had been taken over by an evil lich, his physical body should have withered and decayed quickly.

"This is not necromancy," Alphonse explained.

"Indeed, it doesn't resemble a ghost created by necromancy. This must be a creation of the lord's sorcery, right?" Tessie touched the giant ant's shadow with some curiosity. "It feels so strange, like touching a thick fog."

"You also know witchcraft?" Mia couldn't shake off her doubts and couldn't help but ask again.

"If you think it's witchcraft, then it is. I've repeated it more than once. Edson taught me a lot." Alphonse thought to himself, "It should be martial arts."

However, this method of summoning shadows cannot really be described as a martial art.

Who could have imagined that the method of absorbing the aura of the dead, created by the extraordinary Yan Kuangtu, would undergo such a bizarre transformation in this other world!

Even if you dragged the legendary Yan Kuangtu out of his coffin, you probably wouldn't be able to explain it clearly.

Mia's expression grew increasingly serious, her eyes turning exceptionally cold and sharp. "Are you really Alphonse?"

Alphonse felt a chill run down his spine; Mia had finally begun to doubt his identity and origins.

Given this little girl's personality, if she knew that I was an outsider who had possessed the body of Lady Mary's child, it would be terrible.

Without a doubt, she would definitely draw her sword against me.

At this moment, her martial prowess was still superior to mine.

A thought flashed through his mind as he carefully reviewed his predecessor's behavior in his memory.

Her face immediately fell. "Can't I learn witchcraft? What, is that not allowed?"

"But you succeeded on your first try!" Mia said coldly. "And you've changed so much. Before, all you did was drink and didn't care about anything else!"

"Have you been watching me all day? No, right? You can only tell I'm in the castle, but you have no idea what I've been doing, do you? How do you know I haven't practiced?"

Alphonse retorted irritably, "If you can be a genius swordsman, why can't I be a genius at learning witchcraft? Are you only satisfied if I'm a useless person who can't cultivate battle qi or learn magic?"

With that, he spread his hands, "What a pity! I'm a genius at practicing witchcraft! Otherwise, Edson wouldn't have recognized my talent and passed on his skills to me!"

Mia was speechless for a moment, staring at Alphonse.

His current behavior is exactly the same as before. Indeed, he seems more mature and composed during this period, but when provoked, his annoying true colors are revealed.

"If you have nothing to say, then keep going. It'll be quite troublesome to wipe out the gold-eating ants in this nest!" Alphonse said, pursing his lips.

But I was worried. Should this approach work?

With a thought, the shadows of the two giant ants immediately obeyed the command and took a bite out of the corpse of the gold-devouring ant.

They immediately bit off two pieces, but they couldn't swallow them; the two pieces of carapace leaked out of their bodies.

It also has offensive capabilities, that's great!

If we can absorb more necromantic energy and summon more creatures, it will increase our combat power.

"Don't use such witchcraft in front of outsiders! Wizards and necromancers are unwelcome figures!" Mia coldly warned.

Alphonse had made up his mind. No matter what, Alphonse had never done anything to harm Coldwind Territory. On the contrary, he had devoted himself to solving problems for the lord's mansion and had never shown any intention of harming Lady Mary. He had fulfilled his duties as a son very well.

If things just remain like this, even if Alphonse were a different person, it wouldn't be unacceptable.

The suspicions about him could not be told to the wife.

The lady had already lost her husband; how could she accept losing her child as well?

Mia sighed inwardly, hoping that her guess about Alphonse was wrong, that he was still the same person, only that he had become more mature and sensible because of his father's death.

Perhaps there really was a magical bard who taught him witchcraft.

Alphonse had now withdrawn the shadows of the two giant ants.

I couldn't help but marvel at how amazing this other world was!

Could it be that the souls of the gold-eating ants have truly been imprisoned?

I can't figure this out right now.

Mia continued onward, and Alphonse and Tessie had no choice but to quickly follow.

It's not bad that the commotion didn't alert the gold-devouring ant army.

The underground passage remained completely dark, with only the torch in Tessi's hand illuminating a small area.

After walking for a while, the view ahead suddenly opened up.

We arrived at a small cave, surrounded by four dark caves, whose destinations we didn't know.

Alphonse and Mia were finally able to stand up straight.

"Which way to go next?" Mia turned to ask Tessie.

Tessie pointed with her spoon to the cave in the right-hand rock wall, "That leads to another exit."

Pointing to the next hole, he said, "This is where the gold-eating ants accumulate their feces and food scraps."

That's basically a toilet. The gold-eating ants are quite clean, aren't they? They even built a burrow specifically for it.

(End of this chapter)