All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 220: The Seven Great Demon Beasts

“This world…” Yunyao sighed, “My task is to obtain the eyeballs of the seven ancient demon beasts in this world. These things are extremely beneficial for my eye technique, and it’s also my trial task. However, these seven ancient demon beasts are incredibly powerful. What about you?”

“Me? My task is to kill these seven demon beasts. But I fear your task and mine aren’t much different. It would be hard to get their eyeballs without killing them, right?” Zhanyue said.

Yunyao nodded, “This world is from an extremely ancient era, where various giant beasts roamed freely. Among them, seven demon beasts were the most formidable. It’s said that a Primordial Saint intervened, sealing them all. Only after that did civilization emerge in this realm.”

“Primordial Saint? Sealing? Where did you learn all this?” Zhanyue asked curiously.

Yunyao flipped her hand, and a huge stone tablet appeared before them, densely covered in ancient text.

“Hm? Mountain Goblin script?” Zhanyue said in surprise.

“You? You recognize this script?” Now it was Yunyao’s turn to be surprised.

Zhanyue nodded, “Due to some coincidences, I do indeed recognize this script.” He had lived in Mountain Goblin territory for quite some time, helping to decipher their writing, and even became their Second King.

“Well, it’s not strange that I recognize this script, but how do you know it?” Zhanyue asked, wondering if this ice beauty also liked to study such things.

“Huh? If you don’t recognize it, how do you know what it says?” Zhanyue asked, puzzled.

Yunyao gave Zhanyue a side-eye, “There are Mountain Goblins in this world. I asked them. It’s that simple.”

“Alright.” Zhanyue had overthought the problem. He didn’t expect that the Mountain Goblin script, which had lost its inheritance in the outside world, was still widely circulated among the Mountain Goblins in this world.

“The stone tablet records the story of the seven ancient demon beasts. Each of these seven great demon beasts mastered a kind of rule power. For example, Fear,” Yunyao recalled her previous battle and felt it was heart-stopping. If not for Zhanyue’s rescue, she might have lost a life.

“Fear? Is that the monster from the sea earlier? Whether it’s deep-sea phobia, gigantophobia, or trypophobia, there’s one for everyone. No wonder it’s called the monster of Fear,” Zhanyue nodded.

“Another example is ‘Lust’. The spider monster we encountered earlier is the demon beast that mastered the rule of ‘Desire’. What it wove should be a web of desire, which ordinary methods can’t destroy. So, what was that flame you used earlier?” Yunyao’s beautiful eyes looked at Zhanyue curiously.

Zhanyue extended his hand, and pure white flames danced in his palm. This flame of his was too special, not only helpful in pill refining and artifact forging but also possessing many extraordinary powers. The Three Talents Wondrous Fire was formed by fusing Earth Vein Dark Fire, Solar Essence Fire, and Human Desire Fire, combining the powers of heaven, earth, and humanity. When Zhanyue broke through, he coincidentally refined the Human Desire Fire and fused it, representing a kind of control over his own desires. That’s why the Three Talents Wondrous Fire could burn through the web of desire. And his Lustful Eyes also represented a further strengthening of his control over desire, which is why he didn’t succumb in that previous environment. It’s worth noting that even Yunyao only fully regained her senses long after leaving that place.

“You’re truly full of surprises,” Yunyao marveled. This mysterious Divine Son was indeed extraordinary.

“The remaining five great demon beasts each mastered a rule power, or rather, a weakness of human nature,” Yunyao explained.

“Weaknesses of human nature? What does that mean?” Zhanyue probed. What did the powers mastered by monsters have to do with human weaknesses?

“Besides ‘Fear’ and ‘Lust’, there’s also Inferiority, Obsession, Greed, Vanity, and Emptiness. These seven demon beasts have never been completely eliminated. They even merged into the human world, becoming human weaknesses. I don’t know how ancient the world we’re in is, but in any case, this is even before the birth of the human race. What we face are the seven great demon beasts that humanity has never confronted,” Yunyao explained.

“You mean, before the human race was born, these seven great demon beasts already existed, and for some reason, after being eliminated, they merged into human nature, becoming the seven great weaknesses of humans. And our task is to eliminate them? That seems a bit too much to ask. To deal with enemies who have mastered rules, we need to use rule powers to counter them. It’s not something beings at our level can easily handle,” Zhanyue was speechless. The difficulty of this trial task was truly terrifying. How could the two of them eliminate these legendary ancient demon beasts just because these monsters were sealed and suppressed by that mysterious being? Wait, if these are all stories from before humanity existed, then what is this so-called ‘Primordial Saint’? In any case, this world is full of secrets.

“You seem very knowledgeable about rule powers?” Yunyao continued, her beautiful eyes widening.

Faced with those eyes, Zhanyue found it hard to say no. He honestly confessed, “In the previous trial world, I also fought against enemies who mastered rule powers. I have to say, I was no match for them at all until I also received the empowerment of rule power. Only then did I close the gap and manage to kill the enemy. I think to defeat these seven great demon beasts, we can’t use brute force. Like last time when you went to challenge that Fear beast alone, that’s completely unfeasible.”

Yunyao nodded in agreement. Last time was indeed rash of her. She hadn’t mastered rule power and knew that kind of oppression.

“By the way, I’ll give you this too,” Yunyao suddenly took out a golden ancient book and handed it to Zhanyue. It was titled “Wings that Cover the Sky” in large characters.

“This… what is this?” Zhanyue didn’t understand why this woman was suddenly giving him something, and it looked like an extraordinary item at first glance.

“The Thousand Fate Feather is an item of the Feather Heaven Emperor. Although I obtained it early on, I was never able to refine it. It only attached itself to me. I didn’t expect it would actively choose you as its master. This set of techniques was originally meant to complement the Thousand Fate Wings. It’s meaningless to me now. If you master it, it will benefit both of us in our future battles. Consider it a thank-you gift for saving me,” Yunyao said.

Zhanyue was overjoyed to receive it. This was a battle technique left by an emperor-level figure. He suddenly forgot all his resentment from being chased by Yunyao earlier, finding the woman before him more and more pleasing to the eye. He really wanted to hug her and give her a couple of kisses, but if he actually did that, he’d probably be chased for ten days and nights again. This ice goddess could only be admired from afar, not toyed with. But this was already quite good. At least she no longer held any hostility towards him and was willing to communicate. However, Zhanyue still had a question in his heart: how did she know the secret of the Illumination Goddess? But obviously, this matter was of great importance. Since she didn’t bring it up voluntarily, Zhanyue didn’t dare to ask rashly.

“What are you staring at me for? I think we should first go to the Mountain Goblin territory and see if there are more clues about how to fight our enemies,” Yunyao suggested.