Chapter 245 Chains and Marks

"This is only part of it. I haven't mentioned the most important thing yet."

Wang Xiaoming led the two of them to the contract formation and continued:

"The most amazing thing about contract control is that ghost riders can intercept the power of evil spirits and use it for themselves. Even without the protection of evil spirits, they can still resist certain spiritual attacks."

After listening to Wang Xiaoming's speech, Zhou Tong and Zhou Zheng had new doubts, "What are the similarities and differences between what the professor said and how we control evil spirits and use their abilities?"

"There is a huge difference. To put it bluntly, the power you use now is just borrowed. When the evil spirit has problems, you will not be able to mobilize this power."

Wang Xiaoming explained: "What I mean by intercepting the power of evil spirits is to transform the power of evil spirits into the ability of the ghost rider. Even if there are no evil spirits, the ghost rider still has extraordinary abilities."

"Ah!!! This... Professor, you mean that the ghost rider controlled by the contract can become a being similar to a fierce ghost?"

"No, it's a human with the power of a ghost."

"Will absorbing the power of evil spirits cause spiritual erosion?"

"Don't worry about this. I have already tested it countless times. The intercepted spiritual power will be filtered through the contract and will not cause any harm to the ghost rider's body. In addition, it will strengthen the ghost rider's body."

Zhou Tong and Zhou Zheng were both surprised and delighted. They were surprised that the contract control was too perfect. They would never have dreamed that the new method of controlling evil spirits that Professor Wang mentioned would be so amazing.

The good news is that Professor Wang once promised them that after the research and development is successful, they will transform the first batch into new ghost riders.

"A new life, a new life, this is indeed a new life!"

The contract driving had completely impressed the two men, and they immediately expressed their willingness to cooperate with the professor in the transformation of contract driving, and were unwilling to delay for a moment.

"Well, let's start with the simple ones!"

Wang Xiaoming looked at Zhou Zheng and said, "You only controlled one evil spirit, so it's easier to transform. It's a good opportunity to demonstrate this to Zhou Tong."

Zhou Tong thought: "I don't need a demonstration, I can do it, and I also want to be the first to become a new ghost rider."

But since Professor Wang had already spoken, he could only think about it in his mind and didn't dare say it out loud.

Zhou Zheng, with anticipation on his face, walked into the contract formation engraved on the open space under the command of Wang Xiaoming.

"It sounds complicated to talk about contracting evil spirits, but the principle is actually very simple. That is to sign a contract with the evil spirit and use the contract to control the evil spirit."

Around the contract formation, apart from Zhou Zheng who was in the formation, only Wang Xiaoming was walking around. The other clones and Zhou Tong stood in a far corner and watched, so as not to interfere with the transformation.

"Zhou Zheng, next I will take out the evil spirit in your body and make it sign a contract with you. This process will be very painful, so you must be mentally prepared."

"I'm ready," Zhou Zheng said loudly, "Professor, let's start!"

Wang Xiaoming nodded in satisfaction and tapped his feet. A spiritual force was transmitted along the formation pattern under his feet. With a hum, the formation was activated.

Zhou Zheng's expression was a little nervous. First, the mysterious pattern under his feet emitted a hazy light, and then he felt a strong pressure fixing him in place.

And this pressure was not only directed at his body, but also the evil spirit in his body was affected. Zhou Zheng could feel that the originally restless evil spirit had calmed down at this moment, as if it had disappeared.

Fortunately, he had received instructions from Wang Xiaoming before he started, and he knew that everything was normal, so he did not panic.

Outside the formation, Wang Xiaoming cast a spell through the air, using the power of the contract formation to aim at Zhou Zheng's slightly fat belly, which was where the starving ghost lived.

Spots of fluorescent light appeared and transformed into a big hand, unreal and beautiful. The hand reached into his body through Zhou Zheng's belly without hurting his skin at all.

Zhou Zheng only felt a chill coming along the part of his body where the big hand touched. As the big hand entered his stomach, the originally quiet evil spirit in his body began to become restless, as if resisting the approach of the big hand. A look of pain also began to appear on Zhou Zheng's face.

The evil spirit's restlessness has begun to affect his body.

Fortunately, Wang Xiaoming had anticipated this. He increased his spiritual output, the contract formation shone brightly, and even stronger pressure appeared, specifically targeting the evil spirits within.

Zhou Zheng only felt that the noise he made when he was about to fight against the evil spirit had become much quieter, and his originally painful expression had eased a lot.

Suddenly, the illusory big hand stopped, grabbed the evil ghost in Zhou Zheng's body, and then pulled it out with force, pulling out a baby-like evil ghost.

Wang Xiaoming moved quickly, minimizing the impact of the evil spirit leaving his body on Zhou Zheng, but the pain was still there. Zhou Zheng felt as if his intestines were broken, and endless pain came from his lower abdomen.

It took a while for the pain to slowly ease. When Zhou Zheng woke up, he found that his body was covered in sweat and his teeth were bleeding.

"How is it? Can you still hold on?" Wang Xiaoming asked with concern as he stood at the edge of the formation.

At this time, the inexplicable pressure in the formation had disappeared. Zhou Zheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced a smile on his face: "No problem! I'm much better now!"

He was only one step away from success. How could he not hold on? He had to hold on even if he died!
Wang Xiaoming nodded and said, "Okay, let's start signing the contract next."

In Wang Xiaoming's deduction, signing a contract is also very dangerous. Of course, this kind of danger is different from the death if one fails to control the evil spirit.

The moment a ghost rider signs a contract with an evil ghost, a large amount of spiritual power will be infused into his body. These spiritual powers will be transformed through the contract and will not cause fatal harm to the ghost rider. Instead, they will greatly enhance the ghost rider's physique.

It's just that because this drastic improvement will be completed in just a few seconds, it will bring extreme pain. If the ghost rider cannot persist at this stage, he will fail due to the interruption of the ritual.

Not only will the evil ghost retaliate against the ghost rider, but the supernatural power injected into the ghost rider's body will also get out of control. Even if the rider is rescued, his body will be half-wasted.

However, compared with the previous control of evil spirits, contract control is already very good. As long as there is someone to watch over it, the ghost driver will not die even if the contract fails.

hum!
The contract formation shone brightly, and specks of white light passed through Zhou Zheng's body, finally forming a long and thin chain in mid-air.

This chain is crystal clear, as if it were carved from the finest white jade. If you look closely, you will find that there are tiny white flames burning on the white jade chain, which is extremely magical.

One end of the white jade chain was connected to Zhou Zheng's forehead, and the other end extended towards the starving ghost at the other end of the formation.

Zhou Zheng stood in the center of the formation, not daring to move, watching the white jade chain enter between his eyebrows, but the magical thing was that he didn't feel anything unusual at all, as if the white jade chain was just an illusion.

The spiritual energy in the formation was continuously consumed, and the white jade chain also spread to the front of the hungry ghost. Facing the approaching chain, the hungry ghost did not react at all. Because of the restraint of the contract formation, the hungry ghost, who was still in the infant state, was unusually quiet after being taken out, with only the dead eyes turning around, observing the people in the laboratory.

The starving ghost's killing rule when it is an infant is to see anyone. Anyone it sees will be marked by it. When the starving ghost escapes, it will kill everyone it sees one by one.

But the starving ghost no longer had any chance, as one end of the white jade chain had already spread to his body.

The moment the chain connected Zhou Zheng and the starving ghost, the white jade chain suddenly lit up, white flames burned fiercely, crackling sounds were heard in the air, and at the same time a powerful spiritual force came from the direction of the starving ghost along the white jade chain towards Zhou Zheng.

Pain! Itchy!
Zhou Zheng just felt like a balloon that was being blown up hard. His whole body seemed like it was about to explode. He felt painful and suffocated.

At the same time, every cell in his body felt itchy. In just a few seconds, Zhou Zheng grew nearly ten centimeters taller.

Fortunately, he had already experienced many attacks by evil spirits and had a high tolerance for this kind of pain, but even so, Zhou Zheng still had lingering fears.

call……

Zhou Zheng let out a sigh of relief while trembling all over. It was finally over. The supernatural power was no longer transmitted, and the previous pain also disappeared.

Suddenly, Zhou Zheng saw the white jade chain connected to his forehead turned into countless light spots, forming a flame-like mark on his forehead. The mark appeared for only a few seconds and then dissipated on its own.

At the same time, a mark appeared between the hungry ghost's eyebrows, but this time it was a chain that formed a ring. The mark also disappeared on its own after appearing for a few seconds.

Zhou Zheng closed his eyes, and the moment the mark appeared, some information suddenly emerged in his mind, all about starving ghosts.

After reading this information, Zhou Zheng finally understood that what the professor said was true. The name of the starving ghost was indeed not wrong. This evil ghost could really increase its own terror by constantly eating ghosts. It was simply unreasonable.

"Zhou Zheng, how do you feel?" Wang Xiaoming asked immediately after seeing the contract signed successfully.

"I feel very good now." Zhou Zheng opened his eyes and said, "Professor, you are amazing! I really signed a contract with the starving ghost."

As he spoke, Zhou Zheng began to try to control the hungry ghost. This ability was like an instinct. After the contract was successfully signed, Zhou Zheng knew clearly how to control the other party.

At this time, the formation had stopped working, but the starving ghost was still lying there, motionless, with no intention of attacking anyone.

"Come here!" Zhou Zheng waved gently at the starving ghost.

As soon as he finished speaking, the hungry ghost really crawled towards Zhou Zheng. Although it looked like a baby, its crawling speed was very fast, equivalent to the speed of an adult jogging.

Afterwards, under Zhou Zheng's command, the hungry ghost was like a tamed monkey in a circus, doing whatever he was told to do. Except for some incomprehensible words like splits and handstands, the hungry ghost could complete other requirements very well.

Apart from these, Zhou Zheng discovered that there was a energy lurking in his body that he could manipulate simply.

"This is what the professor said about the power of the ghost rider. It's amazing. It's completely different from the power used to control evil spirits before."

Zhou Zheng pointed at the little white mouse handed to him by Wang Xiaoming, and the originally lively little white mouse immediately became motionless, and its body continued to decay rapidly, turning into a mummy.

"Oh my god! This is so awesome!" Zhou Tong exclaimed as he got closer to observe the formation.

Zhou Zheng's various performances showed the superiority of this new ghost rider, and Zhou Tong couldn't wait to get on the contract formation.

"Okay, Zhou Zheng, next you try to let the starving ghost hide in your shadow."

Wang Xiaoming reminded when he saw that the time was almost up.

Wang Xiaoming took a lot of effort to integrate the ability to hide evil spirits in shadows into the contract control, in order to make it easier for the ghost rider to drive evil spirits.

"You can even put the evil spirit into the shadow, professor. You have really thought it through!" Zhou Tong exclaimed.

Zhou Zheng said somewhat embarrassedly: "Professor, there are shadowless lights in the laboratory, and there is no shadow under my feet!"

“Hahaha!” Wang Xiaoming laughed and said, “You’ll know if you try it!”

Zhou Zheng nodded. Although he was still confused, he immediately gave orders to the starving ghosts. At this time, he had mastered the use of consciousness to communicate with evil spirits. He could command the starving ghosts without speaking at all.

After receiving Zhou Zheng's order, the starving ghost froze, and then melted like a piece of black ice, turning into a shadow and blending under Zhou Zheng's feet.

If you observe carefully, you can find that under the shadowless lamp, a faint shadow appears under Zhou Zheng's feet. Even if the light is strong, the shadow will not disappear.

Seeing that there was no problem with this step, Wang Xiaoming nodded with satisfaction and said, "Ghosts don't follow science. They have their own set of new rules. Don't let your thoughts be bound by what you have learned before. Who says light and shadow can't coexist? In front of ghosts, everything is possible."

Zhou Zheng looked convinced: "I understand, Professor!"

After dealing with Zhou Zheng, Wang Xiaoming looked at Zhou Tong. Before he could say anything, he saw Zhou Tong excitedly said, "Professor, it's my turn!"

Zhou Tong, who had been watching Zhou Zheng's performance from the sidelines, could no longer hold back.

"Yes, it's your turn!" Wang Xiaoming said with a smile when he saw Zhou Tong's anxious look.

The steps for Zhou Tong to transform into a new ghost rider are the same as Zhou Zheng's. Both require removing the evil ghost from the body first. Because Zhou Tong is an elite ghost rider who controls two evil ghosts, the process is more dangerous than Zhou Zheng's.

If ordinary people become new ghost riders, they won't have these troubles. They only need to go through the step of signing a contract with the evil ghost to be able to ride it successfully.

With a humming sound, the formation started again.

Zhou Tong's suppressed groans were soon heard in the laboratory. Zhou Zheng only had to experience the pain once, but Zhou Tong had to experience it twice.

Soon, under Wang Xiaoming's control, the two evil spirits in Zhou Tong's body were taken out. At this time, his face had been twisted into a mask of pain. Zhou Tong finally understood why the professor had never taught him to control the third evil spirit.

The two evil spirits had already made him feel relieved when he died, but if he had to take on three evil spirits, Zhou Tong didn't know if he could hold on.

Seeing Zhou Tong's miserable appearance, Wang Xiaoming deliberately paused the formation to let him rest for a while and recover his strength.

(End of this chapter)