116: Chapter 116 Tidal Devouring

‘Bang!’

The layer of ice on the surface of Nie Ning's body suddenly exploded.

Wade realized something was wrong and tried to retreat, but his arm was grabbed by Nie Ning, who had broken through the ice.

“You...”

Before Wade could finish his sentence, a sharp blade grew out of Nie Ning's right arm and slashed directly toward Wade's head.

Seeing this scene, Wade was greatly alarmed.

But as a Wizard, he naturally wouldn't just sit and wait for death; he gritted his teeth and summoned an ice shield in front of him.

‘Bang!’

Under Nie Ning's powerful strength, the hastily summoned ice shield shattered instantly, and flying ice crystals pierced the nearby walls.

However, this did buy Wade some time.

Wade twisted his head and forced his arm, which Nie Ning was holding, to brace itself.

As the Leaf Blade Mantis blade slashed down, the arm Nie Ning was holding was severed directly.

Nie Ning paused for a moment, then smiled slightly. “You're quite ruthless, aren't you? Giving up an arm just like that.”

“You were faking it just now!”

Wade retreated several steps, his face dark as he stared intently at Nie Ning.

He hadn't expected Nie Ning to be not only a Wizard but also a Bloodline Wizard with the strength of a Great Knight!

“Oh, I've been found out. But it's a bit too late.”

Nie Ning blinked and mocked him with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, Nie Ning rushed toward Wade at high speed.

But Wade was a Wizard after all and possessed some skill; he instantly raised an ice crystal barrier around himself.

Just then, a black branch emerged from behind Wade and whipped fiercely against the ice crystal barrier.

‘Crack~’

Cracks spread across the surface of the ice crystal barrier.

Seeing this, Nie Ning shattered the barrier with a single sword strike and then punched Wade in the face.

Under Nie Ning's terrifying physical strength, Wade carved a deep trench into the ground, only stopping after sinking two meters into the earth.

‘Cough, cough~’

Wade coughed twice, spitting out blood mixed with teeth.

“How is this possible? Why do you still have the ability to cast spells?!”

Looking at the approaching Nie Ning, the recovering Wade's face was filled with shock.

The effect of the demon sealing bead was extremely powerful; even exotic beasts shouldn't be able to perform energy attacks in this area, so why could his opponent summon branches to attack him?!

“Are you talking about this?”

Nie Ning pointed above his head.

Wade looked up to see a very strange, giant bear head surrounded by a black fluid.

Nie Ning naturally couldn't release sorcery, but that didn't mean the Jerky Bear Head, which shared the same source, couldn't use its abilities.

“A Corruptor! You can control a Corruptor!”

At this sight, Wade was shocked beyond measure.

One must know that even if a Wizard mastered soul control skills, they wouldn't easily enslave a Corruptor.

This was because Corruptors possessed mental contagiousness, which would infect the contractor's spirit and soul through the mental link.

Once the soul began to mutate, the physical body would start to twist and transform in a subconscious state.

Therefore, almost no Wizard would do such a dangerous thing—not even a natural-born Psionicist!

“You know too much. It's time to send you on your way.”

Nie Ning smiled and raised his right arm, which had grown a blade.

“You can't kill me...”

Wade still wanted to struggle, but Nie Ning had no intention of giving him a chance.

In an instant, the Leaf Blade Mantis blade swept across Wade's neck.

With a trace of resentment in his eyes, Wade tried to cover his neck, but then his head fell off.

With Wade's death, the demon sealing bead lost its control. The surrounding grayness receded rapidly at a visible speed, returning to its original appearance.

“Time to harvest the spoils.”

Nie Ning rubbed his hands and began to search the corpse.

On Wade's hand was a spatial ring with only about one square meter of space, containing some clothes, bottles, and jars.

Not paying much attention to it, Nie Ning reached into the clothes on Wade's chest.

“How can it not be here!”

He had clearly seen Wade put the demon sealing bead in his chest pocket earlier.

Nie Ning tore open Wade's clothes, only to see a small pile of gray ash.

Seeing this, Nie Ning knew exactly what had happened; the Power of Corruption in the demon sealing bead must have been exhausted.

“What a waste. This spendthrift thing.”

Nie Ning stood up and gave Wade's corpse a hard kick.

If he had obtained such a powerful weapon, he couldn't imagine how strong he would be; even a second-rank Wizard might not be able to beat him.

“I'll use you to test the Frenzied Giant Bear's newly acquired ability today!”

Nie Ning muttered softly, then summoned the Jerky Bear Head in front of him.

Compared to before, the Jerky Bear Head was now surrounded by a ring of substance that looked like a Black Tide.

Under Nie Ning's control, the Black Tide swept toward Wade's dead body.

“This is...”

Feeling the power inexplicably surging within his body, Nie Ning couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The Black Tide could actually feed the devoured energy back to him!

“No! Something's wrong!”

Suddenly, Nie Ning's expression changed drastically, and he immediately knelt on the ground, clutching his head in pain.

The warning sound of Malice Perception was ringing continuously in his mind.

Nie Ning felt dizzy, as if countless ants were biting his soul; his entire consciousness began to fall into a muddled state.

At the same time, black crystalline substances grew on Nie Ning's right arm.

Realizing things were going south, Nie Ning immediately controlled the Dried Meat Bear to withdraw the Black Tide.

Looking at Wade's corpse, which was more than half devoured, and then at the black crystals on his right arm, Nie Ning gritted his teeth and tore the black crystals off, skin and all.

‘Vomit~’

Before Nie Ning could adapt to the pain in his arm, his churning stomach made him vomit.

After a moment of recovery, Nie Ning's condition finally improved, though his pale face looked as if he had suffered a serious illness.

Nie Ning looked at the sky, then clutched his dizzy head and struggled to stand up.

Releasing flames to burn the corpse on the ground, Nie Ning picked up the sealed object and, like a drunken man, stumbled back to the The Federation station.

After handing the sealed object to Dali, Nie Ning ignored Dali's inquiries, returned to the sofa in his office, and fell into a deep sleep.

...

Night.

Nie Ning, lying on the sofa, slowly opened his eyes.

“You're awake.”

Milei's pleasantly surprised voice suddenly sounded in Nie Ning's ear, and then she walked over to him.

“Water.”

Nie Ning's mouth was parched, and his throat felt like it was on fire.

Hearing this, Milei hurried out of the office and brought back a pot of water from outside.

Nie Ning grabbed the water bottle and drank until he let out a burp and finally stopped.

“Are you alright?”

Seeing Nie Ning finish the water, Milei asked with concern.

“I'm fine.”

Nie Ning shook his head.

Aside from being a bit thirsty and hungry, he didn't feel anything wrong with his body.

But soon, he felt a hint of abnormality.

His magic power...

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