Wizard: Become stronger by drawing cards from the potions variety show

Chapter 335: The Pride of the Oath

Fight, counterattack, die, revenge...

At this moment in the Black Tower area, this is the eternal melody.

Everyone's eyes were red...

After being attacked and nearly dying, he immediately seeks out the nearest person to fight after being resurrected.

They have discovered that as they battle and defeat other players, their own materials become more integrated with themselves, and not only that, they can also gain emotional points from the defeated people.

These emotional values ​​will further catalyze the evolution of one's own body. For many of them, their own race has changed after the fusion of materials, and now, they are getting familiar with their new bodies and fighting methods through fighting.

And all of this fell into Lu Zhicheng's eyes.

All players have awakened their abilities, and they have just integrated new materials. They think they have grown further, their abilities have evolved, their basic physical qualities have improved, and they have become stronger.

So they are eager to try.

Like monkeys with guns, they start fighting for some inexplicable reason, while others will choose to fight back after being hurt and killed.

In essence, there is a complete difference between these two behaviors, but now on the scene, it is difficult to tell who is the righteous side and who is the culprit who provoked the fight.

Especially... they found that in battle, when the materials they had fused with themselves became more closely connected, it would be difficult for the players who were originally just counterattacking to control the scope of their counterattacks. Their purpose also changed from simple counterattacks to their own growth.

This forms a very strange logic. In order to survive, one must work hard to grow and become strong, and to become strong one must follow the rules of the game. The current rules of the game are battles without any order.

Can these players, who have already killed each other to the point of madness, put aside their past grudges and work together in the next level?

It's probably difficult...

Lu Zhicheng sighed lightly. He didn't like to solve problems with fighting, but many times, fighting seemed to be indispensable.

Even the superheroes in the news, when they encounter problems, don't they also use force to defend their rights? It's just that their force is not only to defend their own rights, but also to defend the lives and rights of others.

Having said that, he still doesn't like it.

At this moment, his mind rang with the words that Wang Yu had said to him and Li Ting when they first arrived at the Black Tower area:
"We have already fused the curse seed. We don't need any other materials. All we need to do is fuse the curse seed with us. It needs strong emotions as a source of energy for growth, so we need to fight. Although I really don't want to use this word, we need to harvest other people's emotions."

"Lu Zhicheng, I don't know what your ability is, but in my opinion, any curse seed has the ability to devour others to complete itself. This is also the inevitable direction if we want to go further."

"If you don't make any changes, you will be eliminated at this stage..."

"Although I don't want to say this, if I have the chance, I will try my best to send you away. But if it really comes to the point where it's necessary, I will eliminate you myself. At least you won't suffer too much."

Wang Yu's voice echoed clearly in my mind.

Lu Zhicheng sighed again.

Wang Yu's Devouring Mouth can absorb the flesh and blood of other people as a medium. If it absorbs the head, it can even use it to borrow the abilities of the absorbed person in the simulator. This is how Wang Yu complements his own abilities.

Needless to say, Li Ting has the reproductive and transformation ability brought by lust itself, which can transform other people into her own lustful offspring. One person is a team with highly unified thoughts.

Wang Yu and Li Ting, after understanding their own development direction, are actively moving in the corresponding direction.

But Lu Zhicheng didn't.

He was still hesitating and he was worried.

He was worried that in the process of moving in this direction, he would gradually lose himself in the pursuit of power.

Becoming like the people in front of you, although there seem to be various reasons, but in fact it is just to fulfill yourself.

They can use the excuse that "no one will die in this part" to hurt others without hesitation and say that they enjoy fighting.

In the next stage, if they defeat others, the loser will be eliminated directly. These players will also comfort themselves with the excuse that "in order to survive, they have to take action under such rules."

The biggest problem with this competition and this competition system is that it gives everyone a reason to rationalize their behavior and allows them to wrap up their selfish and self-interested behavior under a reasonable excuse.

Is this reasonable?
This doesn't make sense...

Lu Zhicheng didn't want to become like this, but if he did nothing, he would soon become as Wang Yu predicted, and be directly defeated and eliminated in this round.

To die with what you insist on, or to live by destroying your principles.

This is the choice Lu Zhicheng is currently facing...

His mind was empty, and his eyes were subconsciously observing the players fighting each other not far away...

But gradually, Lu Zhicheng realized a problem: Why did no one attack him when the battle was so fierce?

Is it because through observation in the black tower, I found that I am in a state where I cannot attack?

No… Because he was here, there were many players who touched the black tower to observe the battlefield, but many of them were quickly drawn into the battle.

He looked at the others, and after listening to their thoughts, the question was answered.

It’s not that the others don’t want to attack him, but that they can’t.

If Lu Zhicheng himself does not plan to take action, others who want to attack will immediately be under tremendous pressure, as if their whole body has been seen through, and any action taken will cause very serious consequences.

Under this inexplicably powerful pressure, the strong sense of oppression made them retreat subconsciously, and then naturally turned their attack targets to other people and gave up the idea of ​​attacking Lu Zhicheng. This is why Lu Zhicheng has been able to think quietly until now.

Lu Zhicheng also recalled that in the previous session, the spiders controlled by Li Ting surrounded him, but did not attack him at that time...

Is this the ability that arrogance brings to oneself?
Is it just like Wang Yu’s greedy mouth, and the same as Li Ting’s reproductive and transformation abilities?

But why was it that Wang Yu and Li Ting were able to master this ability perfectly from the beginning, but it seemed difficult for me to master this ability directly?

Lu Zhicheng was a little confused.

Just then, a light bulb went off in his head… an idea popped into his mind.

So he immediately took out his black card and used his lifespan to redeem the function of privately chatting with the host...

……

Li Daoxian, who was overlooking the situation from the air, frowned slightly and snapped his fingers.

In front of Lu Zhicheng, a string of words appeared: [Dear Player 3, are you having any trouble? ]

Although Li Daoxian could see everyone's thoughts, he still chose to cooperate with Player No. 3 according to the process in order to give these players some sense of security.

Lu Zhicheng saw the information in front of him and asked without hesitation: "Can I use the contract to restrict my future behavior?"

Soon, he received a reply.

[Are you looking for the "Oath"? ]

"What is a pledge?"

Lu Zhicheng didn't expect that the idea he had of using a contract to constrain his future behavior actually seemed to be a special noun.

【A vow is a special kind of contract.】

[While setting strict constraints, you can also gain a significant improvement in your abilities, making them even more powerful under certain circumstances. You need to bear risks and costs, but you gain the power of expertise. This is the meaning of the oath.]

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Lu Zhicheng always felt that when the host said this, there seemed to be an elusive meaning in his tone, was it nostalgia or joy?
But Lu Zhicheng shook his head and put this idea aside. He couldn't read the host's mind. In this case, he should not use this blind factor as a basis for judgment to prevent himself from making some misjudgments later.

He read the host's answers carefully and then asked the key questions.

"Can I take a pledge to only act in accordance with my own justice and moral standards..."

[Of course. And as a member of the Snake Eyes organization, I can witness your oath for free.]

[But I want to remind you that once you make a vow, you will have to pay a huge price if you want to break it later. It is even more tedious and difficult to clear the vow. You must repay the power you gained through the vow several times before the contract can be invalidated. This is only a tiny part of the price. More importantly, you can only make a vow because you follow your heart, and clearing the vow will also clear a part of your...self.]

This time, Lu Zhicheng confirmed that the host was indeed in a good mood, otherwise he would not have given him such a serious warning.

However, this is exactly what Lu Zhicheng wants.

After he carefully read the purpose of the oath, his eyes lit up. He took a deep breath and used his lifespan to exchange the contents of the oath.

For a normal vow, it is not important whether a witness is needed. As long as one’s belief is strong enough, one can even make a vow to oneself based on a thought without any medium.

But such a pledge is vague, incomplete, general, and easily confused...

After exchanging the pledge option, one's own ideas can be identified in detail and accurately.

[I, Lu Zhicheng, hereby swear that my power will only be used against those who violate morality and the law. I will be the judge, and the degree of my punishment will never exceed the severity of their mistakes.]

Lu Zhicheng's mind moved, and the oath he had in mind naturally emerged from the oath options in front of him. Many of the wordings in it changed several times to form the version that now appeared before him.

In this oath, Lu Zhicheng constrained the objects of his ability and also agreed on the scope of his ability.

After making sure there was nothing wrong, the oath was witnessed...

An inexplicable constraint was imposed on Lu Zhicheng.

To some extent, Lu Zhicheng lost the freedom to use his abilities, but restricting this freedom within the scope of "punishment" brought him a long-lost sense of relief.

In Lu Zhicheng's view, this restraint is not a restraint, but a warning. When he deviates from his original intention, this oath can remind him and correct him so that he can re-examine himself.

Of course, the inconvenience of the oath constraint will bring corresponding strength, and the stronger the constraint, the greater the increase it brings.

The moment the contract took effect, Lu Zhicheng felt that his level of fusion with the "Pride" curse seed had taken a big step forward.

A voice echoed in his heart: "To think that you can judge others is a kind of arrogance..."

Lu Zhicheng said softly: "I judge others according to the rules. I am part of the rules, and I am also part of justice and morality. How can this be called arrogance? No one should be above order."

Just after he answered this, he suddenly felt his life sublimating, and a huge power surged in his body...

Or rather, he just discovered it at this time.

Seeing through others... punishing others... confessions... all the scenes that had happened in the real world before now appeared clearly before his eyes.

"So, it wasn't a dream... My attack proficiency wasn't as useless as I thought. Instead, it was perfected without my noticing and became a powerful ability that I couldn't control at all."

Looking at those executioners who took the lives of others, they escaped punishment but did not escape his judgment, and received equal punishment through repentance... Lu Zhicheng did not have any mercy in his eyes when looking at them, but felt a sincere joy instead.

"Yes, that's how it should be."

Justice is served and evil is punished, this is what he imagines a superhero to be like - the rules may not be perfect, but all a superhero has to do is patch the rules.

Originally, with his abilities, he was not yet able to master this power.

But now, through the oath, he not only mastered it in advance, but also perfectly mastered the principle of how this ability works.

……

Wang Yu pushed Zhuo Ling away and was about to chase and defeat Zhuo Ling again when he suddenly turned his head slightly and looked at Lu Zhicheng. Feeling the strong sense of oppression from him and the warning not to be his enemy, a smile appeared on his face: "You are really surprising. There is really a way to get promoted without fighting..."

Li Ting praised Long Muba excitedly: "Well done."

Then she used her fingers to scratch the cheek of the player in front of her and buried the seed of lust into the other person's body. At this moment, she seemed to feel something and looked in the direction of Lu Zhicheng: "You really did it..."

(End of this chapter)