All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 226: Spoils of War

On the boundless sea, two figures, one red and one white, attacked again. The giant beast, annoyed, became much more irritable. Before Zhanyue and Yunyao could get close, it was already agitated. Countless tentacles formed an impenetrable defensive barrier. Each strike could tear the sea apart, raising waves tens of meters high, easily crushing any living beings.

Yunyao’s speed and reactions were quick, and Zhanyue could now barely keep up. One wore golden armor like a Valkyrie descending to earth, the other wore the red Silver Moon Armor like a god of death.

“Go!”

The two took a deep breath, planning to break through in one go.

Sword energy crisscrossed, tentacles intertwined, and both sides battled once again. The pale green blood flowing from the beast’s severed tentacles soon dissolved into the sea. It howled in pain, letting out an ear-splitting roar. It was a soul-striking mental attack, but fortunately, both had defensive measures.

“You dodge, I’ll clear a path for you,” Yunyao said to Zhanyue.

“You have another trick up your sleeve?” Zhanyue said joyfully, then retreated to Yunyao’s side.

Yunyao raised her sword high, her eyes fixed ahead, her expression serious. As golden light appeared on her brow, a larger Yunyao appeared behind her. This Yunyao looked colder and more emotionless than the original, with an air of authority like a true emperor who held life and death power over all in heaven and earth.

“Imperial Divine Avatar – Sword Energy Corridor!” The divine ability she used was the Imperial Divine Avatar, not the Heaven and Earth Divine Avatar, but its power was nearly the same. She was indeed worthy of being the Feather Heaven Emperor’s inheritor, with endless trump cards.

Terrifying sword energy surged from around her, its horrifying power directly splitting the sea in two. All the tentacles in front were completely annihilated, forming an absolutely safe corridor on the sea. Sword energy swirled on both sides of the corridor, continuously pulverizing the monster’s reinforcing tentacles.

“Go quickly!” Yunyao gritted her teeth. Maintaining the sword energy corridor was also very painful for her.

Zhanyue moved at top speed, turning into a streak of light and landing directly on the giant creature’s head. Like before, the monster’s head was covered in armor-like scales, each scale bearing a face contorted with pain and fear, incredibly creepy.

Zhanyue looked directly at these faces, feeling himself once again transported into a dream space. The torn sky was repaired, determined to imprison him within.

“This trick doesn’t work on me anymore!” Zhanyue’s will was firm in his heart. A sharp sword condensed in the dream space, easily tearing the sky in two, then shattering the entire world.

“Your power of fear can indeed evoke the deepest fears in people’s hearts, even making them sink into it unable to extricate themselves. Unfortunately, what I lack least is the courage to face the truth,” Zhanyue said, not caring if the monster understood him or not. Zhanyue’s greatest fear had become very clear in the previous dream. He worried that everything he had experienced would ultimately be just a dream, all false. But he knew those life-and-death experiences, those people’s feelings for him, couldn’t be negated by a mere dream. Regarding the question of whether it was Zhuangzi dreaming of a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming of Zhuangzi, Zhanyue’s answer was – who he was at this very moment, and now he was Zhanyue, the only Divine Son of the Myriad Spirits Realm, possessing power beyond ordinary people.

Finally, the sharp-eyed Zhanyue found a sword mark on the monster’s head. The sword mark had severely damaged that scale, which even the monster’s terrifying recovery ability couldn’t repair. This was likely left by that senior expert. The answer was obvious as to why that senior expert would leave a full-strength attack here.

“Die!” Zhanyue’s Heaven-Punishing Demon Sword in hand and the Sword of Courage in his heart simultaneously stabbed at the old wound.

For this giant creature, this bit of damage was like a mosquito bite to a human, hardly noticeable. However, the wound expanded rapidly at a visible speed. Zhanyue felt like he had split a mountain.

With a painful wail, the monster exploded, terrible blood splattering all around. At this moment, the Silver Moon Armor emitted a faint light, and the surrounding blood frantically surged towards it, being absorbed.

Zhanyue was stunned, then remembered the mysterious ancient insect attached to the Silver Moon Armor. That strange creature liked blood, so this commotion was its doing? Zhanyue didn’t mind, this was probably good for him. Soon after, the blood was completely absorbed, and the Silver Moon Armor underwent some changes.

Zhanyue felt it becoming softer and more form-fitting. With a thought, countless tentacles grew from the surface of the Silver Moon Armor.

“?” Zhanyue was shocked. This tentacle ability wasn’t his power but the Silver Moon Armor’s. The ancient strange insect attached to the Silver Moon Armor had gained some of the monster’s abilities after absorbing its blood.

“Are… are you alright?” Yunyao looked warily at Zhanyue with tentacles growing from his back.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine. I haven’t been possessed by the monster,” Zhanyue smiled, not explaining further. He opened his hand, holding two eyeballs that were still moving around, very creepy. “Such a big creature, yet such small eyes. One for each of us, perfect as we both need them for our eye technique cultivation.”

Yunyao nodded, taking one divine eye. Whether for her Imperial Eyes or Zhanyue’s Lustful Eyes, cultivation was extremely difficult. Eye technique cultivation needed a medium, and the Fear Beast’s fear eyes were one of the best mediums.

“How are you?” Zhanyue asked with concern, seeing Yunyao’s pale face.

“It’s nothing, just a bit overdrawn. I’ll be fine after a few days of rest,” Yunyao said calmly, putting away the divine eye. She was actually a bit happy. At least this task didn’t seem impossible now. Facing this giant creature, neither of them could do without the other. Without her, it wouldn’t have been easy for Zhanyue to approach the monster’s head. Without Zhanyue, she might not have found the key to killing this monster.

“Good, let’s go back to the Mountain Goblin Clan first. It’s relatively safer there,” Zhanyue said.

They quickly returned to the Mountain Goblin territory, which had become a kind of safe house for them. The previous divine ability had been very taxing on Yunyao, apparently not something that could be easily used. They needed to rest for a few days before heading to the next location.

“You really did it?” The Mountain Goblin ancestor was also a bit surprised to see the two return victorious. In such a short time, they had actually eliminated the Fear Disaster Beast. Her previous help and expectations hadn’t been in vain.

“The remaining six divine artifacts are managed by six other races. I haven’t been in contact with them for a long time, so I can’t help you much. However, I was once on good terms with the old chief of the Spirit Eye Clan. I’ll write a letter for you to take to him, which might help you a bit. As for the divine artifacts of the other five major races, you’ll have to figure that out yourselves,” the Mountain Goblin ancestor said.

“Spirit Eye Clan?” Zhanyue and Yunyao quickly thanked her. It was fortunate they had obtained enough information here, otherwise they would have been like headless flies, bumbling around aimlessly.