I'm a proper student; I only take nine kinds of potions every day.

Upon hearing this, Ryan immediately said, "I have a secret hideout here, this way!"

Led by Ryan, the group soon arrived at the foot of a mountain near the river.

The river, carrying the chill of early spring, flowed gurglingly not far away, and large chunks of mud from the banks would occasionally fall into the river as it was soaked.

Ryan pushed aside a rock, turning left and right, and behind it was a damp cave.

The entrance to the cave was small, but inside there was a room of about 5 square meters, with water droplets seeping from the walls, and some temporary supplies and medicines were placed inside.

Evan, who had already changed into his work clothes, said, "You two stay outside and keep watch. I'll need about 20 minutes."

The brother and sister nodded and quickly came out of the cave to stand guard at the entrance.

Ivan first performed a spiritual veil, then his staff transformed into a grayish-white S-shaped ritual knife, and he set up two more rituals to conceal the spying.

After completing the deployment, he pretended to draw a few useless magic circles on the ground and placed Eddie's body in the middle.

Then his hand moved to the most grotesque and twisted right shoulder, and he released his instincts.

In an instant, Ivan saw his hand turn bronze.

Immediately afterwards, the graves, skeletons, and tattered flags gathered rapidly into his palm.

At the same time, a symbol appeared on the already bronzed palm.

It was a pitch-black circle, but there was a circular notch on the upper left and right sides, making it look like a bottle.

It is the symbol of the Black Sun's Wings.

At this moment, Ivan could clearly sense that the Black Sun Wings and the Copper Plague had formed a special cooperative relationship.

Simply put, the Black Sun Wings are the big brother, and the Copper Plague is the little brother following behind it.

"This must be what Dick meant when he said the Black Sun Wings can possess extraordinary abilities!"

"Previously, the different extraordinary characteristics were all individual, each thinking that it was the best, and no one looked down on anyone else."

"Now that we have the powerful and inclusive Big Brother, the Black Sun Wings, everyone is a younger brother, so the distance between us will be much closer."

"Since both the Black Sun Wings and the Copper Plague possess the ability to absorb energy, the Copper Plague has become the number one subordinate!"

As he pondered, Ivan saw his palm rapidly grow larger and expand.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribable attraction emanated from his palm and acted on Eddie's body.

With this attraction, under Ivan's gaze, he saw the distorted and deformed structures on Eddie's body...

Just like dust sucked up by a vacuum cleaner, it gradually entered Ivan's body.

First, the twisted muscles in the shoulders disappeared, and then the bones in the head, the growths in the legs and arms were also drawn to this force.

Those hideous bone spurs softened and disintegrated inch by inch, turning into fine dust and gathering in Evan's palm.

In less than 5 minutes, all the growths on Eddie's body were completely absorbed.

The previously mutated and distorted body structure has now been completely restored to normal.

Although his physical appearance was quite normal, Evan could sense that Eddie's aura was extremely weak at the moment.

He couldn't even sense any ordinary supernatural power emanating from the other person's body.

Upon closer inspection, Evan discovered that Eddie's spiritual core was completely damaged and could not be used normally.

This means that Eddie went from being a superhuman... to an ordinary person.

Perhaps he still has a tiny bit of extraordinary power to use, but overall he is no different from an ordinary person.

As the absorption was completed, numerous notifications appeared on Ivan's panel.

The copper plague devoured the g-virus, refining the plague clusters.

The copper plague devoured the z-virus, refining the plague clusters.

……

Upon seeing this, Ivan raised an eyebrow: "Aren't these virus variants from the Red King Labs?"

"How come the Excellence Research Institute has this too, and it's even a model I've never seen before?"

In Evan's memory, the creature he had dealt with before was a Y-virus parasite.

He had never eaten the ones with the code names g and z.

There were only two new faces on the copper plague side, so Evan turned his attention to the other side.

[The Wings of the Black Sun have absorbed the remaining Ghoul traits, increasing Bone Mastery by 5%]

[The Wings of the Black Sun have absorbed the fragmented Calamity attribute, increasing curse resistance by 5%]

[The Wings of the Black Sun have devoured the mangled Flesh Lord; your blood quality has increased by 30%]

After reading the panel prompts, Evan roughly understood what power had caused Eddie's body to mutate to such an extent.

"The ghoul's power should come from those horns on his head, and the source should be those ghouls."

"What is the 'Calamity' trait? It can make someone covered in calamities? Its effect is increased curse resistance, so it might be related to curses."

"The incomplete flesh and blood lord, this must also be a kind of monster, it has improved the quality of my blood."

"Neither of the first two options mentions 'your,' meaning the target of the bone and curse resistance enhancements is the Wings of the Black Sun."

"For it to work on me, the Black Sun Wings need to be unleashed."

"The final blood quality is the improvement that truly belongs to me."

Thinking of this, Ivan patted his shoulder: "Good boy, it's not for nothing that I feed you so much every day!"

"Finally, they've learned to give back to me!"

Everything that was previously devoured by the Black Sun Wings was used to strengthen itself.

This 30% increase in blood quality is the first time Evan has been enhanced.

"Although it doesn't grant many attributes, the core issue isn't how many attributes you can gain, but rather the method itself!"

Thinking of this, Ivan became excited.

Because he has now actually mastered the ability to turn people back into normal people from their beastly state!

It is important to understand that once a person goes out of control and transforms into a beast-like being, it becomes a terrifying nightmare for almost all superhumans.

Of these distortions, over 80% are permanent, and only 20% can be restored to normal through certain means.

Countless superhumans, once their bodies undergo abnormalities, can be said to have entered the line of being killed by bestiality.

Even if one's mind remains normal and full of reason, one's spirituality has been lost.

Ultimately, the core of physical deformity lies in the loss of control and rampage of one's own spirituality.

Once the body undergoes a mutation, it's as if a part of one's soul has disappeared.

"Looks like from now on, I can gain attributes not only from potions, but also from these aberrations!"

"Wow! The recipe has expanded even further!"

While Evan was feeling smug, Eddie was vaguely regaining consciousness.

He felt as if he were having a crazy and twisted dream.

He saw his body undergo a violent mutation, plunging him into a desperate situation.

He was filled with helplessness, despair, collapse, and longing for a better future and for his fiancée.

However, it was all too late. Once he took that medicine and crossed that line, there was no turning back.

The excruciating pain of his flesh being torn apart and his bones pushing against his skin still lingers in his mind.

But it was in this moment of despair that Eddie saw a naked young man in a burst of light.

The young man descended from the sky and merged with the sun.

His body was so well-proportioned and fit, with the muscle lines of his abdomen and arms resembling those of classical plaster statues.

His skin shimmered with the warmth and light of the sun from every pore, and his face, surrounded by light, wore a smile that gave people a sense of peace.

He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have communicated with such a great person.

Then he felt a wave of dizziness, and his consciousness sank rapidly, as if he were about to be completely submerged in the sea.

Reason was gradually stripped away, and meaning became distorted. Countless crazy and twisted whispers threatened to tear his last shred of sanity apart.

In the very end, Eddie was left with only two scenes.

One was his fiancée's understanding, gentle, and sunny smile; the other was his radiant and powerful figure.

Eddie's heart was filled with reluctance and longing...

But he also knew that he had no way to resist those frenzied beasts.

Just as he was about to give up resistance, a terrifying force appeared.

This power possesses an unparalleled, terrifying allure, drawing in the darkness, bestiality, and madness that envelop it...

Just like light dust, it was quickly sucked away by something in the sky.

Eddie looked up in shock, and then he saw a dark golden sun.

The sun was somewhat incomplete, with a gap on each side and strange black circles around it.

But in the middle, it shimmers with a color that is both gold and brass.

Behind him was a pair of arms that he couldn't see clearly, arms that blotted out the sky.

Countless stars, countless tombstones, countless skeletons and flags obscured the entire sky.

The scene, which was clearly filled with profundity and decay, was now imbued with a timeless and profound divinity in Eddie's eyes.

The mottled cracks on the tombstone and the faded colors on the flag seemed to have been hanging there since time immemorial, silently looking down on him, this insignificant speck of dust.

And those terrifying beings that wanted to tear him apart and devour him are now powerless to resist such a great being.

They kept extending their tentacles and claws, trying to grab me, trying to stay here.

However, they were completely powerless in the face of that great power, and one by one they were easily peeled off and swept away by that dark golden light.

……

Eddie didn't know how much time had passed, but he felt his soul become lighter, his ears became quiet, and the whole world was filled with freshness and joy.

Just then, an enormous hand that blotted out the sun descended from the sky, gently grasped his soul, and pulled him up from the deep sea...

call! !

With a heavy breathing, Eddie opened his eyes, somewhat dazed.

Then he saw a dark, damp space, with water droplets seeping from the walls. The echoes of each drop falling to the ground were particularly clear in the narrow hole.

In this dimly lit space, a tall and handsome figure was looking down at him.

"How are you feeling!?"

The voice was calm and cheerful, and just hearing it gave people a warm and sunny infectious feeling.

He looked up and saw a handsome smiling face that felt familiar.

That was the great being he saw as his spirit was dying.

"Is this not a dream!? Wait, I remember I..."

Upon realizing this, Eddie hurriedly raised his hands, and then his pupils dilated due to intense shock.

He discovered that his previously twisted and mutated arms and hands had now completely returned to normal.

He quickly looked at his chest, where the frightening red hair and lumps of flesh had disappeared, replaced by familiar chest hair and normal skin!

He then raised his hand and touched the top of his head, where the skeletal structure, which looked as if it had been poured with molten iron, had also disappeared.

The familiar curls that my hands could feel!

"Could it be that everything that happened before... was just a dream!?"

Just when Eddie thought he was dreaming, he was shocked to discover that he had a serious lack of spirituality.

Of the one and a half extraordinary traits I had previously mastered, only one incomplete trait, which was still in its first stage, remained.

He was no longer an apprentice, nor could he even be considered a superhuman.

Because of the incomplete nature of this first stage, he is no longer able to infuse spiritual energy into objects to attack as he did before.

Now he can only exert simple control over objects at very close range through the infusion of his spirituality.

Upon seeing this, my dazed mind instantly cleared.

He recalled the despair he felt earlier that day when the financier forced him to drink a bottle of something, and how he had transformed into a monster through his struggles and pleas.

That feeling of despair, of watching helplessly as one's hands and feet twist and swell, yet being completely powerless to control them, washed over him again.

Then, amidst his weeping, he saw the messenger of the gods…

thump!

Eddie rolled over and knelt on the ground, his knees hitting the damp, cold stone floor, but he didn't care, tears of gratitude streaming down his face.

He now knew that the god-like man before him had saved him.

Because the aura emanating from this man was exactly the same as the sun he had seen in his dream!

"Thank you, great messenger!"

"Thank you for your grace, thank you for your salvation!"

Eddie clasped his hands together, his face filled with gratitude and admiration.

"Great sir, if I'm not mistaken, you must be the messenger of the great and benevolent Father, right!?"

Upon hearing this, Ivan raised an eyebrow slightly, thinking to himself.

"Great and benevolent father... why does that name sound so awful!"

"I remember when we were dealing with Sap, there was an organization on the other side called the Hand of Mercy."

"Could it really be this kind father!?"

Having thought this through, Ivan neither refused nor agreed, but instead asked a question without changing his expression.

"How did you know that I was a messenger of the Father of Mercy?"

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