A mage's journey begins with a battle mage.

Chapter 228 Gray Beast

As his soul passed through the Astral Gate, Jiang Shuzhou finally got to experience the wonders of the Astral Realm.

Countless colors collide in the astral plane, creating a dazzling and magnificent spectacle.

A giant creature resembling a whale swallowed an entire plane in one gulp, letting out a joyful cry.

A single cry triggered an astral storm.

The destructive force of the astral storm rushed toward them, but with the intervention of a legend, the false souls that carried their spirits remained unharmed.

Jiang Shuzhou even saw a plane floating peacefully in the eye of the storm, which might be that creature's next meal.

Some say that visiting the Astral Plane before advancing in one's career is highly beneficial, as only by witnessing its wonders can one truly appreciate how insignificant one is.

Perhaps only legends can freely explore the astral plane, ignoring these storms and hidden dangers.

Although Jiang Shuzhou really wanted to keep watching, it was obvious that Pamela wasn't there for them to just come and play around.

The surrounding scenery faded away rapidly as the speed was increased to the extreme. Even with Jiang Shuzhou's perception, he could only see blurry colors around him. These were the reflections of countless worlds and colors in the astral plane due to high-speed movement.

Soon, the new world arrived.

It was a dark and gloomy world, and it didn't look like a good place.

"The world here is different from the outside world. One year here is equivalent to one day in the main plane. Enjoy your journey."

It's Pamela's voice.

It is obvious that this world was carefully selected by him.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Shuzhou felt a dizzying sensation as the world spun around him.

Then he woke up.

Cold and shivering were his first impressions.

"That little bastard is really lucky; he was discovered by the lords of the city and still survived."

A man's voice said.

"That's right, that's an area only men with pure blood can enter. This guy, huh."

Another person spoke.

"Sigh, I wonder when I'll be able to leave the lower city. I've already gone through the blood transfusion ritual several times, and now my blood is much clearer. Maybe in a few days I'll be able to live in the upper city, and then..."

The man was full of expectations.

"Who says otherwise? By the way, what should we do with this bastard?"

"What else can we do? Kill them, of course!"

"Hehehe, the master didn't beat you to death because he's kind-hearted. But when it comes to me, I don't care about such things."

"Wait, don't kill him yet. This kid looks pretty young; he might fetch a good price!"

When Jiang Shuzhou woke up, he found himself in a carriage, in excruciating pain all over his body and unable to exert any strength.

He was seriously injured, but he is still alive.

Doesn't this seem a bit off?

Jiang Shuzhou examined himself and found that his internal organs were ruptured, he had seven fractures all over his body, internal bleeding, and countless external injuries.

Normally, no one could survive.

Even if they live, they are not far from death.

Although Jiang Shuzhou could feel the physical damage and weakness, this feeling was gradually fading.

Jiang Shuzhou did not release any magic; something was wrong.

Finally, Jiang Shuzhou recovered to the point where he could barely lift his hand.

He looked up and felt relieved.

Turns out I'm not a normal person.

Gray blood was flowing from Jiang Shuzhou's hands.

This is clearly not ordinary blood.

"So, should we kill him, or...?"

The two people outside could still hear each other clearly.

"Just kill him in a minute, then dismember him. After all, he's not contaminated yet; his blood is still bright red. Uncontaminated organs are valuable; those gentlemen are willing to pay a fortune for them!"

"Haha, great! This trip wasn't a waste."

The two exchanged a smile, preparing to take Jiang Shuzhou to a place, pack him up separately, and sell him in pieces.

Unfortunately, they didn't know that Jiang Shuzhou's blood was gray at this moment, already contaminated.

Jiang Shuzhou recovered very quickly; this gray blood was clearly unusual and of great research value.

Clang, clang.

The carriage swayed and came to a stop in a small alley.

"This is it. Just a few steps ahead, and the place where organs are sold is in the sewer under the manhole cover. If we do it here, the organs will be fresh and we can sell them for a higher price."

"I've never been here before. Are there really places like this in the upper town?"

"What place in the upper town doesn't have it?"

"That's true."

Immediately afterwards, one of them came to the back of the carriage, opened the carriage door, raised his knife, and was about to finish off Jiang Shuzhou.

Unexpectedly, a tentacle wrapped itself tightly around him, followed by a second and then a third tentacle.

Although he tried to resist, it was to no avail.

It was accompanied by a crisp snapping sound.

The tentacles snapped the man's neck.

"Damn it, how long has it been? Where are you?"

The other person was very dissatisfied.

"This is such a small matter, and it's taken so long to get it done. I'll have to do it myself."

He then got out of the front seat, looked back, and was immediately terrified.

The man who had been chatting and laughing with him just moments before was now being carefully placed on the ground by several tentacles.

The scene was so bizarre that he was speechless for a moment.

"Grey Beast! It's the Grey Beast! Help..."

However, before he could finish speaking, his mouth and nose were enveloped by tentacles, and then...

bump.

With a forceful tug from Jiang Shuzhou, the man's brains splattered, and his head vanished.

"So I'm a gray beast?"

Jiang Shuzhou didn't really care whether his body was a pure-blooded human or not.

After all, there's a saying that goes, "If you consider yourself human, then you are human."

If you ask Jiang Shuzhou if he is a human being, Jiang Shuzhou can only answer you, "I think I am."

The tentacles slowly retracted into his body, and Jiang Shuzhou returned to his normal human form.

But he did not leave the scene of the crime.

Instead, he looked around and finally found the manhole cover.

As the saying goes, those who sell others will always be sold to others.

If they can sell Jiang Shuzhou, then Jiang Shuzhou can naturally be sold back.

There was no mirror here, but Jiang Shuzhou saw his own reflection, or rather, the reflection of this body, through the pupils of the dead man.

Based on feeling and calculation, my height is about 1.65 meters. I am thin and have slender limbs.

Clearly, this is due to long-term malnutrition. It seems that the so-called "lower town" is probably not a good place.

His hair was messy and black, his eyes were also black, and his face was thin and sallow, consistent with malnutrition.

Although he was powerless before due to malnutrition, things are different now. Having been contaminated and transformed into a so-called gray beast, Jiang Shuzhou's power is now sufficient to kill ordinary people at will.

Not to mention he also possesses magic.

However, the specific situation is not yet clear, so it's best to avoid using magic for now and rely on local power. That way, if others find out about it, they will think it's nothing special.

He'll go to the black market and sell the two men to earn some start-up capital.

Before that, Jiang Shuzhou planned to make himself a cloak.

After all, if you don't have a cloak to cover your face, what's the point of going to the black market?

If someone reports you, you'll lose both your money and your reputation.