All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 40

Having broken through to the Spirit Communication Realm, Zhanyue’s confidence soared, and he was eager to test himself. With his promise of a reward, Dingding and Dangdang were full of enthusiasm.

“Second Great King, be careful,” the two warned before launching their attack.

Zhanyue threw out exploratory punches with both hands simultaneously, two fireballs speeding towards the faces of the two at an extreme speed. Since this was just a sparring match, Zhanyue didn’t use the two extreme fires, just ordinary flames.

“Petrification!” The two simultaneously used their racial talent, their bodies becoming as rigid as stone. The fireballs hit them but caused no pain or damage.

“Again!” Zhanyue frowned. This petrification defense was indeed impressive. Two more fireballs flew towards the two. Just as they were about to defend like before, Zhanyue had a thought, and the two fireballs suddenly curved around them, circling to their backs and hitting them on the back of their heads.

“Second Great King, it’s useless. Petrification protects the whole body,” the two laughed. Then Dingding dove into the ground like a diver, activating Earth Burrowing. Dangdang curled up into a ball, using Petrification to become a stone ball. The stone ball began spinning furiously, then rolled towards Zhanyue with immense power.

“Flesh Bullet Impact!”

Although the stone ball was formidable, Zhanyue was confident he could dodge it. However, at this moment, Dingding, who had burrowed underground, stretched out his hands to grab Zhanyue’s legs, preventing him from dodging.

Seeing the stone ball coming straight for his face, Zhanyue remained calm.

“No choice but to take it head-on.” He stretched out both hands, feeling the stone ball shake his arms painfully, as if they might be crippled.

“Flame King Blast – Flame Explosion!” Both hands simultaneously burst into flames, continuously erupting as if they cost nothing. Petrification could resist damage but couldn’t completely isolate temperature. Soon, Dangdang couldn’t take it anymore and fell to the ground, also burrowing underground.

“Good!” The surrounding Mountain Goblin spectators cheered.

“Dingding, Dangdang, are you up to it? You can’t even win two against one?” someone taunted.

Unable to bear the provocation, Dingding and Dangdang attacked as stone balls from different directions. Zhanyue’s movements were agile, dodging with a sidestep. The two stone balls landed and then burrowed underground again. Dingding and Dangdang, who could strike from anywhere at any time, put Zhanyue in a completely passive position.

“This Earth Burrowing technique is too overpowered. It can attack and defend, leaving no trace,” Zhanyue frowned. The Mountain Goblins’ fighting style was difficult for him to counter.

“Although you have many trump cards now, few are directly applicable to combat. Later, I’ll teach you a set of movement techniques and a set of sword techniques, both martial arts I created. For now, find a way to win. Don’t embarrass yourself,” the illumination Goddess commented sharply.

Zhanyue was speechless. It was because he was afraid of seriously injuring Dingding and Dangdang. Neither the Solar Essence Fire nor the Earth Vein Dark Fire could be resisted by Petrification. Unable to use his strongest techniques, he naturally felt frustrated.

“In that case, I’ll defend first, using defense as offense, and wait for an opportunity!” Surging flames erupted from Zhanyue’s right hand, then transformed into a fire dragon coiling around to protect him tightly. This was due to the exquisite fire control technique he gained from pill refining. Whether the fire was in the shape of a dragon or a line didn’t affect its power; it was purely for aesthetics.

“Impressive and majestic, but the power is lacking,” Hulu commented while drinking wine. The fire dragon looked fierce but was actually quite ordinary.

Dingding and Dangdang launched surprise attacks from all directions, but were all blocked by the fire dragon. However, Zhanyue’s counterattacks couldn’t hurt them either.

“If I could master the third level of Flame King Blast, the Flame King Realm, with the power to compress flames, I wouldn’t fear their defense. For now, I can only outsmart them,” Zhanyue thought. As he pondered, he felt something unusual beneath his feet. He leaped high into the air, and sure enough, a stone ball emerged from where he had been standing.

“They really fell for it. My only weak point is the soles of my feet, and they attacked there as expected.” The high-jumping stone ball didn’t cause any damage to Zhanyue. He stepped on the stone ball and flew into the air. The stone ball fell, and should have dropped to the ground, but a golden cauldron suddenly appeared beneath it, catching the stone ball.

“Haha, take this!” From high in the air, Zhanyue continuously shot out fireballs. Hundreds of fireballs bombarded the golden cauldron, and Dingding inside had nowhere to dodge or burrow, taking all the attacks.

“I surrender, I surrender! Second Great King, stop the fire, I’m about to be cooked!” Dingding was the first to surrender.

After sending Dingding off the field, Dangdang became more cautious, having learned a lesson. However, Zhanyue had found a way to deal with him. He picked up the huge Earth Mother Golden Cauldron by one foot and used it as a weapon.

The stone ball came crashing in, colliding head-on with the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron. After four or five such collisions, Dangdang became dizzy and staggered to the ground.

“You really don’t hold back, using the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron as a weapon,” the illumination Goddess said, speechless.

“It’s my contract object after all, and it won’t break. It works quite well as a weapon. In the future, when I’m stronger, who knows how many people I could crush with one strike of this cauldron,” Zhanyue laughed.

“That’s not wrong,” the illumination Goddess nodded. Zhanyue’s adaptability wasn’t without reason. Who says a pill cauldron can only be used for refining pills? This cauldron’s material was special, much more durable than many divine artifacts. Why couldn’t it be used for combat?

“But you’re easily exposing this cauldron. I’m afraid someone might recognize its origin, and you’ll be in big trouble,” the illumination Goddess worried.

“No problem, sister, look,” Zhanyue waved his hand, and the originally shining golden cauldron instantly changed to a bronze appearance. “I don’t know what material it’s made of, but it does have the ability to change its appearance. How much could those people know about the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron? They probably can’t recognize it now. Besides, who would believe I’d use the Earth Mother Golden Cauldron as a weapon?”

“It’s up to you. As long as you understand. Contact me again when you’re alone,” the illumination Goddess cut off the mental connection.

“Little brother, you’re really amazing. You’ve just advanced to the Spirit Communication Realm and can already defeat Dingding and Dangdang working together,” Hulu praised.

“Big brother, you’re flattering me. Those two are among the weakest in the Clan. Beating them doesn’t count for much. It’s just a pity…” Zhanyue looked regretful.

“A pity about what?” Hulu asked, puzzled.

“All Mountain Goblins have the innate divine abilities of Petrification and Earth Burrowing. But I, the Second Great King of the Mountain Goblin Clan, can’t do any of that. Sigh…” Zhanyue was just lamenting the power of the Mountain Goblins’ innate divine abilities, but these words stuck in Hulu’s mind.

Back in his room, Zhanyue reviewed today’s battle. Currently, the only combat technique he had mastered was “Flame King Blast,” which was quite monotonous. In a life-or-death battle, the Solar Essence Fire and Earth Vein Dark Fire could greatly enhance his combat ability. But in public or other sparring scenarios, these two extremely powerful fires might not be suitable, as he didn’t want to easily expose these two extreme fires.

“Sister, you’re finally willing to teach me some martial techniques,” Zhanyue said happily.

“Take off the Sun God Stone,” the illumination Goddess instructed.

Zhanyue did as told, removing the Sun God Stone and placing it on the table. A small figure took shape on the Sun God Stone, dressed in white, peerlessly beautiful – it was the illumination Goddess Xixuan.

“Sister, you even have this kind of divine ability?” Zhanyue exclaimed, seeing the small figure.

“What divine ability? It’s just energy taking form. Watch carefully. ‘Phantom Light Step’ and ‘Phantom Form Sword Technique’ are martial arts I created myself. If ranked by grade, they’d be at least gold grade (white, green, blue, purple, orange, red, gold, rainbow, divine),” the illumination Goddess explained.

“Go…gold grade? Sister, you can actually create gold-grade martial arts?” Zhanyue’s eyes widened. It should be noted that “Flame King Blast” was only purple grade. At this moment, he even felt a bit disdainful of the “Flame King Blast” he had previously wanted to master.

“The higher the grade, the harder it is to learn. Your ‘Flame King Blast’ also suits your fighting style well, don’t abandon it,” the illumination Goddess was definitely a top-tier teacher in martial arts cultivation, otherwise she couldn’t have nurtured nine Spirit God Realm disciples.