This change was definitely something no one expected.
The ghost not only controls the bird's body, but also has some kind of spellcasting ability. And after it regained freedom, its target was also very obvious—the mage who had imprisoned it for a long time.
At that moment, Benjamin summoned a wall of ice to block in front of him. The ugly bird hit the ice wall, and with the violent fluctuations of the dark elements, it was not bounced away for a while, and passed through the ice wall bit by bit.
But that's all.
The ice wall bought time, and Benjamin continued to cast spells. One stream after another of water was summoned by him, converging towards the ugly bird, forming an extremely strong compressed blister in the blink of an eye.
The ugly bird was trapped in it. He was about to spray dark element missiles, but was cut off from the outside elements by the forbidden magic bubble. It struggled around in the bubbles, but in the end, it still couldn't break free.
"Huh... what the hell is this?"
The surrounding mages also recovered from their shock and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the situation was under control.
Benjamin also nodded.
It took a lot of effort to have the strength he has now. If he can't even deal with a mutated ghost, then how can he deal with the church
He carefully observed the ugly bird in the bubble.
"What exactly is going on?" he asked in his mind, "Hurry up and detect the situation inside this bird. Is the ghost integrated with it? Why does this happen?"
"You think I am omnipotent..." the system complained, but after a moment, it still gave the result, "Judging from the data I observed, this bird is dead, and the ghost seems to have turned from a parasite to a guest. Bird. His body has accumulated a lot of dark elements, and after undergoing the process of transforming into a monster, it should now be a half-undead, half- monster existence."
"Can it think now? What is its level of intelligence?"
"You ask me, who should I ask?"
Benjamin shook his head helplessly, and his attention returned to reality.
The situation was a bit tricky. He originally just wanted to release the ghost and become a good living specimen for the study of the undead. Unexpectedly, after staying in the bird's body for so long, the ghost was unwilling to come out.
And this newly born ghost is very dangerous and difficult to control, and Benjamin is not ready to keep it in captivity.
However, at this moment, the old man next to him already showed an excited look, looking at the ugly bird struggling in the water bubbles, and said, "Can you get some blood from it?"
Benjamin frowned when he heard this.
"...let me give it a try."
In order to deal with this guy who kept struggling, Benjamin manipulated and used ice to pinch out a blood-drawing needle. He put the needle into the blisters, forced it into the ugly bird's body, and pumped hard, but nothing came out.
Snapped! Immediately afterwards, the needle tube also broke in the ugly bird's body.
"This thing... it has no blood anymore." Benjamin was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said, "Before it died, the ghost drained all its flesh and blood."
Suddenly, the old man frowned in disappointment.
"Then can you completely subdue it? Just knock it out and don't let it keep moving."
"It doesn't seem possible..."
Benjamin tried turning the bubbles into water balloons, and then formed a water vortex prison, spinning the ugly bird hundreds of times like a drum washing machine. But even so, it was still struggling inside, as if any physical damage could not affect it.
And in this way, it will be difficult for these researchers with average combat capabilities to attack this ugly bird.
trouble…
Looking at this inhospitable bird, Benjamin even had the urge to cut it into pieces to see if it could move on its own.
"It's best not to." The system advised, "Given its physical condition, if it were to be torn into pieces like this, even the ghost inside might die."
"Then is there any way to force it out?"
"I don't know, just think about it yourself."
“…”
Benjamin scratched the back of his head, and suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind.
Why aren't the ghosts starting to cause trouble until now
Because of the magic's life extension, the bird never really died, and the ghost was always suppressed by the bird's consciousness. But now that the bird is dead, it has truly taken over the ascension.
So... maybe the so-called life force is what ghosts are most afraid of
With this thought in mind, Benjamin stretched out his hand and drew another elemental command, Treatment, in front of him. But this time, when the raindrops with powerful healing power fell on the ugly bird, it suddenly struggled in pain and let out a shrill roar.
Suddenly, Benjamin’s eyes lit up.
Magic cannot bring the dead back to life, but those raindrops with a strong breath of life evoked many very bad memories of the ghost - trapped in this body, constantly suppressed by the bird's own vitality...
When the other mages nearby saw this, they couldn't help but show strange expressions. Some people even followed suit and used healing magic similar to the water of life to hit the ugly bird.
The stronger the healing effect of these magics, the more painful the ugly bird looks.
Suddenly, Benjamin shouted: "Maurice, do you have any other glass covers that can isolate mental power? Install them now!"
Morris was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses, took out the spare glass cover, pushed the wheelchair forward, and quickly replaced the old one.
The ugly bird was also thrown back into the glass cover along with numerous healing magics.
Finally, with a tremor in its body, the ugly bird stopped struggling and fell into the cover. Then, a translucent spirit body slowly rose from the mummy-like body.
It floated around feebly inside the glass cover, but it could never escape the barrier that could block the mental power.
Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief, but the mages around him widened their eyes in unison.
"This is... a ghost."
Unexpectedly, after such a series of accidents, they finally returned to their original purpose. The ghost did not merge with the bird corpse. Instead, the complex environment inspired some other instincts and temporarily controlled the body.
And now, it was brought back to its original shape by a series of healing spells.
"Give me the body of that bird. It may be of great significance to our current research." The old man came back to his senses and said suddenly.
Benjamin nodded.
In order to facilitate research and feeding, the glass cover is equipped with a small outlet. Now that the ghost has been knocked back to its prototype, the only way to perceive things is to make other creatures fall into hallucinations - it has no eyes and ears, and cannot see whether the small opening is opened or closed.
So Benjamin opened the small opening, pulled out the bird carcass with water vapor, and then closed the small opening. During this process, the ghosts were just bumping around like headless flies, unable to discover anything.
"Take it and study it slowly."
He threw the bird carcass to the old man, who used his hands to help it without hesitation, turned around, and hurried back to his laboratory for research.
The remaining people turned their attention back to the ghost floating around in the glass cover.