All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 78: Deadly Situation

White mist blanketed the land. On the ruins, Zhanyue, clad in red armor, exerted his full power, his cape violently fluttering with his high-speed movements.

“Phantom Light Step!” Zhanyue activated his strongest movement technique. No matter how many hands or claws the tiger demon had, it couldn’t touch him at all. Instead, the ji halberd constantly pierced and sliced the tiger demon’s body, a true clash of raw power.

Finally, the tiger demon managed to land a hit, but its tiger claw only struck Zhanyue’s chest plate without leaving even a scratch. The defense of a divine artifact couldn’t be broken by a mere sixth-grade spirit beast.

“Huh, you could still touch me even with the Phantom Light Step. You beast, your sense of smell is unusually keen,” Zhanyue deflected the tiger claw and turned to strike it again. Although the Phantom Light Step could fool the tiger demon’s eyes, it couldn’t deceive its sense of smell. Zhanyue’s current movement technique still couldn’t achieve complete deception.

The pair of arms on the tiger demon’s back swung the sword and dagger. Although these ancient weapons were once formidable, they were now just remnants and still couldn’t deal with Zhanyue’s armor. Faced with such an impenetrable shell, the tiger demon truly couldn’t break through and gradually lost strength.

“Die!” Zhanyue seized the opportunity and struck with full force. Without any fancy moves, it was pure power. The tiger’s head was split open by the ji halberd, its brains bursting, dead beyond dead.

“It seems that wearing this armor, I can still handle sixth-grade spirit beasts, but seventh-grade ones would probably be difficult,” Zhanyue assessed his current strength, then picked up the weapons from the ground.

“Xuanyang Remnant Weapon, forged from Xuanyang steel. Although damaged, materials can be recovered. Worth 90,000 points.”

“Kun Steel Remnant Weapon, forged from Kun steel. Although damaged, materials can be recovered. Worth 110,000 points.”

Zhanyue was overjoyed. These two weapons alone were worth a full 200,000 points. As expected of ancient city ruins. But Zhanyue being able to snatch treasures from a sixth-grade spirit beast was already a miracle. The tiger demon’s arms on its back disappeared, being formed by divine ability, naturally dissipating after death. Unfortunately, no soul bone was left behind. After collecting the spirit beast’s corpse and core, Zhanyue cautiously looked around, constantly feeling many gazes watching him from afar.

“Something’s not right. These ruins aren’t right. Let’s pack up and leave immediately, not going any deeper. Never mind, let’s just teleport out directly,” Zhanyue said vigilantly to Baizhi.

“Okay,” Baizhi didn’t ask much, trusting Zhanyue’s judgment. The two then took out their teleportation talismans, preparing to teleport away. Ten breaths of time isn’t long, but it’s certainly not short either.

A beast’s roar shook heaven and earth, seemingly coming from afar.

All the sixth-grade spirit beasts heard this roar, their eyes changing simultaneously as they rushed towards Zhanyue and Baizhi from all directions. Two huge rocks were thrown at Zhanyue and Baizhi, interrupting their teleportation. The one who threw them was the grey-haired giant ape.

Soon after, one sixth-grade spirit beast after another appeared around them. The grey ape and the white giant python were among them, with the formidable auras of a full ten sixth-grade spirit beasts emerging. They had originally been surrounding the area watching the battle, not expecting these two to be able to kill the powerful tiger demon. Still in a state of shock, they simultaneously heard the order from a seventh-grade spirit beast deeper inside, commanding them to surround and kill the two, not letting them escape.

Seeing the giant beasts all around, Zhanyue’s heart sank to the bottom, his face bitter. He had relied on the power of the armor to enter the city, only to end up in this situation. Heaven knows how many spirit beasts were actually in these ancient city ruins. What he didn’t know was that he and Baizhi had extremely bad luck. Although this ancient city was dangerous, usually it was just full of mechanisms with the occasional sixth-grade spirit beast encounter, clearly not the state of numerous spirit beasts occupying it as it was now.

Zhanyue thought the white mist was a maze formation, but in reality, when the white mist rose, it was when the beast-gathering formation formally activated. Every so often, the remaining beast-gathering formation in this ancient city would activate once. It was very beneficial for demon races to cultivate here, so many spirit beasts would come in advance during this period to occupy spots. Zhanyue and the others naturally didn’t know this and walked right into it.

“Girl, you teleport again. I’ll buy you time,” Zhanyue said to Baizhi behind him.

“What about you?” Baizhi asked with concern.

“I have earth burrowing secret techniques. I naturally have ways to escape,” Zhanyue said.

“Mm,” Baizhi didn’t hesitate, choosing to trust Zhanyue. The two retreated to a corner, and Baizhi took out the teleportation jade talisman again to prepare for teleportation.

Seeing Baizhi preparing to run, the spirit beasts acted simultaneously. The grey-haired giant ape threw a broken bone with terrifying force. The white giant python spat out an invisible energy ball. A fire-red giant lizard opened its mouth and spewed out a flame. Ten sixth-grade giant beasts launched attacks from all sides at once.

Zhanyue mobilized all his power, using all his trump cards. The Yin and Yang fires were pushed to their limits, forming two fire walls to block many attacks. But some powerful attacks still penetrated the fire walls, which Zhanyue blocked with his ji halberd. The remaining force was absorbed by the divine artifact armor.

Zhanyue’s face was pale, but a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He had ultimately withstood it.

At this moment, a red pebble came breaking through the air. It penetrated the mist, like a bullet fired from a sniper rifle, heading straight for Zhanyue’s face.

The pebble’s speed was extremely fast. Zhanyue had only just started to burrow when the stone accurately hit his helmet. The enormous force uprooted him from underground and sent him flying, instantly knocking him unconscious. If not for the armor’s protection, this small stone would have directly shattered his head. However, the terrifying impact force still instantly knocked Zhanyue out, sending him flying and crashing to the ground.

“Zhanyue!” Baizhi was about to complete the teleportation and could have safely escaped, but seeing this scene, she didn’t hesitate for a moment to interrupt the teleportation. Then she took out a handful of spirit pills and swallowed them, picked up Zhanyue, and used the Charm Shadow divine ability with all her might. She fled at top speed, not distinguishing direction, frantically escaping westward. The north was deeper into the city, but the west wasn’t safe either. The south was the way they came, but there was no choice because only that direction still had some gaps.

The ten giant beasts simultaneously erupted in fury, chasing after them. However, at this moment, Baizhi’s speed increased to an extremely terrifying level. Though she was running, it was almost like flying. Even carrying Zhanyue, she was still swift.

Another red pebble shot out, this time aiming at Baizhi’s back. The stone’s speed was extremely fast. Even with Baizhi’s speed, she still couldn’t escape, especially since it was shot from behind her.

In this life-or-death moment, a red light emanated from Baizhi’s body. A fire bird phantom suddenly appeared, protecting her. The red pebble turned to ash the instant it touched the fire bird.

“Hm?” The seventh-grade demon king in the distance was somewhat surprised. Its divine ability ultimate skill had been used twice yet failed to kill even one person. It was a strange spirit beast, with an appearance like a qilin, but its entire body was covered in scales made of red gemstones. This was the true ruler of this ancient city ruin, the strongest existence – the Jade Calamity Beast.