Zhang Tie felt like he had had a long, sweet dream, and like a fetus returning to his mother's arms, soaking his whole body in the warm water. He didn't know how long he slept. When the consciousness in his brain regained When he started to come alive, he twisted his body a few times and then opened his eyes.
There was darkness before his eyes. Only after a moment did Zhang Tie realize that it was not that his eyes could not see the light, but that his whole body was wrapped in a thick, dark, cocoon-like layer of mucous membrane and hard in the shell.
He was not suffocated to death
An idea appeared in Zhang Tie's mind, and then he started to move his hands and feet, tearing up the mucous membrane and hard shell that wrapped him into pieces, and then walked out.
Zhang Tie, who came out, was still a little uncomfortable with the soft light outside. He squinted his eyes slightly and waited for a few seconds before looking at the place.
Master Abian, who was also wrapped in the two-meter-high blood cocoon, was completely dead at this time and completely turned into a mummy. His body shrunk by almost half, like a piece of weathered lizard meat. Zhang He was pouting, with a look of fear still on his face, and the sharp horn was still stuck in his chest at this moment.
Zhang Tie just glanced at Master Abian and turned his gaze away.
He saw the small Manjushahua tree, which made him feel relieved. As long as he was still in the Black Iron Castle, nothing would happen to him. However, the small tree in front of him seemed to be similar to the small tree he had seen a few days ago. The trees are a little different, specifically. It seems to have grown taller and the branches and leaves are more dense, but the surrounding houses have not changed significantly. It's just that the space in this Black Iron Castle is a little different from what I saw before.
Zhang Tie remembered that when he last came here, the space of the Black Iron Castle was less than one kilometer long and wide. At this time, the space of the Black Iron Castle in front of him was almost ten kilometers long and wide. , the area expanded almost a hundred times. Looking around, what appeared in front of him was a lush plain filled with various crops. There are also large tracts of woods, a prosperous scene of birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, and a hundred meters high hill rising a few kilometers away. The woods on the hills are rolling. The glistening lake in the distance was almost more than twenty square kilometers in size, which surprised Zhang Tie even more.
If it weren't for the small tree inside the Black Iron Castle and the seven-colored clouds rolling around the entire space, Zhang Tie almost thought he was in the wrong place.
But it feels really good to be reborn.
At this time, judging from the light inside the Black Iron Castle, it was noon, and several hard-working bees flew past Zhang Tie. He seemed to be attracted by Zhang Tie's aura and started to circle around Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie could feel the joy of the bees.
He stood there in surprise for a few seconds. Finding that Heller didn't seem to be here at this time, Zhang Tie came to the creek not far from him and was about to bend down to clean himself. At this time, Zhang Tie felt that the original clothes on his body were tattered and corroded. It was in disgrace, it looked more like a beggar's costume than a beggar's costume, and it also felt a bit sticky on my body, which was very uncomfortable.
Zhang Tie came to the stream and squatted down by the stream. Just when he took off the still well-preserved Dark Ripper gloves on his hands, he saw his own hands.
After taking off the gloves, those hands were completely different from Zhang Tie's original hands - the entire hands were covered with black scaly skin, and the nails on each finger were like sharp blades, faintly revealing a hint of cold light. .
"Ah..." Zhang Tie screamed in fright, staggered back, and almost fell to the ground. However, when his body fell backwards, a natural balance instinct in his body made him feel that there was something behind him. An extra foot suddenly appeared and bounced on the ground, allowing him to regain his balance. Zhang Tie turned his head to see what it was, but with a thought, the thing had already moved around from behind very flexibly. In front of him, let him see clearly...
One tail, one length growing on his body, extremely flexible and flexible, just like his third hand or third foot, like the tail on Master Abian...
Zhang Tie was so frightened that his face changed, and he was completely panicked. In the panic, with a sneer, the clothes on his body were torn, and a pair of wings spread out from the back of his shoulders. Each of the wings When unfolded, they were almost three meters long. The huge and powerful wings flapped and flapped in panic, lifting Zhang Tie's feet off the ground.
After the clothes on his body were torn, Zhang Tie saw the layer of black scales covering his body, and in the reflection in the stream, Zhang Tie saw the one growing out of the middle of his forehead. Unicorn.
Zhang Tie raised his head and screamed loudly, "What the hell is going on? How did I become like this?"
At this time, in addition to the change in appearance, he found that his voice also began to sound louder and louder. The vocal cords in his throat were acting very strangely, and when he said something, he would naturally have a hoarse response.
Heller rushed over from a distance and stopped a few meters in front of Zhang Tie. He saw the calm look on Heller's face, and Zhang Tie's nervous, panic, and extremely flustered mood at the moment. Recovered a little bit.
And at this moment, the pair of huge wings that were flapping in panic on his body had brought him to a height of seven or eight meters in the air, and stopped in the air.
"Ah, Heller, what's happening to me now? How did I become like Abian..."
"Master, don't panic. You can come down and I'll tell you slowly!" Heller said to Zhang Tie on the ground, raising his head.
"Ah... this... how do I get this down? I can't stop!"
"You can do it. This is your instinct in this state at the moment, just like walking and breathing. As long as you are not nervous and calm down slowly. You will know how to calm down!"
Listening to Heller's calm voice, Zhang Tie slowly calmed himself down. When Zhang Tie wanted to go down, the wings behind him flapped, and he had landed firmly on the ground.
The wings with a strong layer of fleshy membrane suddenly folded up again.
Before Zhang Tie could speak, Heller's hands moved in the air, and a three-dimensional image was displayed in front of Zhang Tie's eyes...
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More than ten minutes later, listening to Heller's explanation, he watched the two sets of four spiral DNA slowly fused together as Heller showed him in front of his eyes. Zhang Tie was stunned.
"You mean, in that situation, it wasn't him who devoured me. It was me who devoured him? Then what is this horn-shaped thing? How could it be so powerful? In that situation, You can actually break Abian's body-protecting battle energy, and also swallow up the life energy in his body and send it to me?" Zhang Tie said, stroking the sharp horn on his hand.
"Do you still remember the legend about the Wild Wolf Valley that you heard during the trial in the Wild Wolf Valley?"
"You mean those gold-eating pythons that alarmed the entire Blackson people walking in the corridor?"
"That's right. This sharp thing is exactly the tooth naturally shed by an adult gold-eating python. This is also the most special thing about the gold-eating python. This thing is born with the kind of swallowing power of the gold-eating python. And the strange ability to pierce everything. After you inject war energy, the ability of this thing is activated, so you can use it to pierce Abian's body-protecting war energy, and at the same time in that situation. Abian An himself is completing the evolution of Shadow Demon's second form, and the DNA in his body is very active and in a state of change. When you devour each other, you form a mysterious cycle. In this mysterious cycle Under the influence of Abian, the evolutionary process of Abian's second form was reversed and merged into your body, making you what you are now."
"Can I change back to what I was before?" Zhang Tie asked.
"Yes, your previous appearance is your first form, and your current appearance is your second form. Shadow Demon's ability will give you the ability to transform between different forms at will!"
"Then am I considered a human or a demon in my current state?"
"That depends on your definition of human race and demon race!" Heller looked at Zhang Tie with deep and wise eyes.
"What's the meaning?"
"If you use appearance to distinguish demons and humans, then whatever form you appear will determine which race you are. If you use DNA to distinguish demons and humans, then you are neither demons nor humans at the moment. Because the DNA in your body already has the common characteristics of the two races, your current state is a leap and mutation of life. If you want to use abilities to distinguish humans and demons, then you are a pure demon. , everything a shadow demon can do, all the abilities it possesses, you can do. If you use soul and consciousness to distinguish humans and demons, then you are still you, still a human! Of course, this is just you My own understanding of myself, if anyone else saw you like you are now, they would only regard you as a demon, an out-and-out demon. Any demon would also regard you as a demon. You The original first form will be considered to be the transformation of Shadow Demon, and no one will believe that you are still the original Zhang Tie!"
Heller's answer stunned Zhang Tie, and his heart was filled with bitterness. For a normal person, no one wants to be like this.
"so… "
"So, except that you know that you are human, as long as you leave the Black Iron Castle, you will be no different from a demon. Once your second form or special ability is exposed, you will be regarded as a demon. , among the most hated demons of the human race, if the Shadow Demon is ranked second, then no other demon will dare to be ranked first. According to the nobility canonization rules formulated by the human race's "Great Light Charter", after the Holy War begins, , anyone who kills you can get the title of Human Lord, do you know what this means?"
Of course Zhang Tie knew that it meant that once he was exposed, he would only die.
"By the way, what time is it now? How long have I been in that blood cocoon? Do I have to rush to meet up with Barry and the others?"
Heller looked at Zhang Tie silently, and after more than ten seconds, he spoke, "Today's time, calculated according to the calendar of the world you are in, is August 14, 903 of the Black Iron Calendar..."
What? Looking at Heller's serious face, there was a buzz in Zhang Tie's head, and his face changed suddenly. He didn't expect that the time he slept in that blood cocoon actually lasted twelve years...