Chapter 153: Signing the Contract

By the edge of the mountain hollow, there was a death-like silence.

The alien beast army, which had previously looked ferocious and wished to tear all humans into pieces, was now frozen in place as if hit by a body-freeze spell.

The members of the Eternal Night Guild gripped their weapons and looked at each other in dismay.

" Wh… What's going on? "

" Why aren't they moving? "

A bold warrior tentatively took two steps forward and poked the buttocks of a demonic wolf in front of him with the long saber in his hand.

That solidly-built demonic wolf merely trembled all over and didn't even dare to turn its head back.

" What are you standing there for in a daze! " Jasmine reacted first; standing on high ground, she let out a crisp, stern shout, " Beat a dog in the water! Kill them! "

This shout was like a thunderclap, instantly waking everyone up.

" Kill! "

The three hundred Eternal Night members, as if pumped with chicken blood, let out a heaven-shaking roar and frantically unleashed their skills toward those motionless targets.

Saber lights and sword shadows flashed, and magic roared.

Fresh blood instantly dyed this mountain hollow red.

However, the scene that happened next once again shocked everyone to their core.

Even though those attacked alien beasts were hacked until their skin was torn and flesh lacerated, and blasted into a bloody mess by magic, they still didn't move at all.

They merely prostrated on the ground, their bodies trembling incessantly.

Their eyes were filled with fear toward that Little Black Dragon, as if resisting was a blasphemy against the gods.

Even not a single one turned around to run away.

Until they were beaten to death alive.

The battle ended.

The ground was littered with the corpses of alien beasts.

All the members of the Eternal Night Guild stood in place panting, their faces filled with dreamlike shock.

" My goodness… "

" Th… They won just like that? "

" This Little Black Dragon brought by the Master… isn't it a bit too miraculous? "

" As expected of the Master! They can even get a Dragon to keep as a pet! "

Everyone looked at the Little Black Dragon not far away that was wagging its tail and putting on a posture to claim credit.

In their eyes, besides awe, there was even a hint of envy.

With the addition of Little Black, the guild members' monster-grinding efficiency received a qualitative leap.

Whenever a new beast tide surged out from the lake, Little Black only needed to run to the front of the Formation and roar a couple of times at the top of its lungs.

Those alien beasts that were just aggressive and threatening would immediately become as docile as sheep, queuing up and waiting to be slaughtered.

Where was this leveling up.

This was simply a one-sided massacre.

Seeing Little Black perform so excellently, Zhou Huai naturally wouldn't treat it unfairly.

Controlling Moria, he took out a fist-sized magic crystal from the Storage Ring and handed it to Little Black's mouth.

" Ao wu~ "

Little Black let out a cheerful cry, opened its mouth, and gently held the magic crystal in it.

However, it only licked it twice with its tongue before spitting the magic crystal out again and pushing it back into Moria's hands.

It burped, seemingly saying that it was already full.

Afterwards, it ran to a clean stone, curled up its body, found a comfortable posture, and fell soundly asleep.

Seeing this, Zhou Huai was not surprised.

Presumably, the energy of the eggshell it had just swallowed was too massive, and this little fellow couldn't digest it all in a short while.

Once it completely digested it, its Rank would probably welcome another significant enhancement.

In the following days, the Eternal Night Guild completely entered a crazy leveling-up mode.

When tired, they returned to the guild headquarters to rest via the teleportation portal.

Once rested, they immediately returned to the Secret Realm to continue this boring yet efficient massacre.

Under Jasmine's supervision, no one dared to slack off in the slightest.

Everyone's Rank was wildly soaring at a rocket-like speed.

In just a single day.

The average Rank of the Eternal Night Guild members went from the original level 14 to level 16.

If this efficiency were to spread out, it would be enough to make the entire Professionals circle of Donghai City go crazy for it.

However, this lake area was like a pre-set fixed monster-grinding spot.

Whenever the guild members cleared out the alien beasts on the shore, as long as they got slightly close to the lake, a new large group of alien beasts would crawl out from that dark green lake water.

Endless.

This also caused Zhou Huai to still not know what the thing exuding brilliant golden light in the center of that lake actually was.

He didn't dare to rashly send a Clone over to investigate.

Who knew whether something terrifying that even Little Black couldn't suppress was hidden in that bottomless lake water.

While the guild members were busy leveling up, Zhou Huai himself wasn't idle either.

At the very first moment, he had Jasmine purchase an alien beast contract at a high price through the underground black market.

Although Little Black was currently very reliant on Moria and obeyed his every word.

But an alien beast was an alien beast after all.

What's more, this was still an Abyssal Magic Dragon with a Hell-level BOSS template.

In the future, whether its Heart-Nature would change along with the growth of its strength was something nobody could say for sure.

Better safe than sorry.

Only by reaching an absolute binding on the Soul level through the alien beast contract.

Could Zhou Huai completely rest assured regarding this future great killing weapon.

With the contract in hand, Zhou Huai controlled Moria to find Little Black, who was fast asleep on a stone, at the very first moment.

He squatted down and gently patted the little fellow's head.

" Little Black, wake up. "

" Ao wu? "

Little Black opened its eyes groggily, and seeing it was Moria, it immediately rubbed against his palm affectionately with its head.

Seeing this well-behaved appearance of it, Zhou Huai also felt somewhat apprehensive in his heart.

This alien beast contract was the same as the Demon Lord Contract; neither could be forcibly signed.

Once the other party developed resistance, the contract would fail to take effect, and might even suffer a backlash.

He took a deep breath and slowly unfolded that quaint contract scroll in front of Little Black.

" Little Black, don't be afraid. "

He placated it in a voice as gentle as possible.

" This is a ritual that can make our relationship even closer. "

" Are you willing… to stay with me forever? "

He originally thought that Little Black might have some hesitation or resistance.

As a result, he didn't expect the process to go much smoother than he imagined.

Little Black merely tilted its head and curiously looked at that scroll exuding a faint glow.

And then looked at Moria's sincere eyes.

Then, it extended its claw and gently pressed it upon that scroll.

" Ao wu! "

As if saying " I am willing ".

The next second.

The contract scroll suddenly erupted with brilliant light, transforming into countless golden runes that enveloped Moria and Little Black together.

Zhou Huai felt as if his Soul was gently lifted up by a pair of warm, large hands.

A brand-new golden thread filled with life and trust extended from the depths of his Soul, tightly connecting with Little Black's Soul.

Different from the cold sense of control of absolute domination in the Demon Lord Contract.

This thread was more like an equal, interdependent partnership.

He could clearly perceive all of Little Black's emotions at this moment.

Joy, reliance, and that unreserved trust.

The ritual ended.

In Zhou Huai's mind, a series of System prompts subsequently sounded.

[ Ding! Alien beast contract successfully signed! ]

[ You have successfully established a Soul binding with the ' Abyssal Magic Dragon '! ]

[ You can now view its detailed attributes and skills! ]

[ Abyssal Magic Dragon · Little Black ]

[ Rank: LV3 ]

[ Health Points: 800000 / 800000 ]

[ Skill List: ]

[ Passive Skill: Dragon Body (LV1) – Possesses a tenacious Dragon Clan body, physical and magical resistances increased by 500%. Health Point recovery speed increased by 1000%. When casting dark-type magic, effects are increased by 200%. ]

[ Active Skill 1: Dragon Might (LV1) – Emits a roar containing the majesty of the Dragon Clan, inflicting " fear " and " deterrence " effects on weak targets. For enemy units, inflicts a continuous 3-second " stun " effect. Cooldown: 30 seconds. ]

[ Active Skill 2: Abyssal Dragon Breath (LV1) – Spits out magic flames containing the power of the abyss, inflicting true damage ignoring defense on the target. The damage value depends on the amount of Devilish Qi instilled by the host. Cooldown: 1 minute. ]

Looking at the descriptions of these three skills, Zhou Huai couldn't help but gasp a breath of cold air.

Good fellow!

The passive skill can be called an immortal body.

The first active skill is a powerful crowd control that can be called unsolvable.

The second active skill even directly ignores defense, inflicting true damage!

Terrifying!

This is simply a killing machine born for war!

Now that the contract is signed, Little Black has also become even more reliant on Zhou Huai.

But it no longer only grew close to Moria like this Clone as before.

Instead, like other Demon Slaves, it could clearly perceive who its true master was.

No matter which Clone Zhou Huai's Soul was inside, it would show unreserved affection toward that Clone.

After dealing with Little Black's matter, Zhou Huai put his attention on another more important matter.

Although the Secret Realm was good, after all, it wasn't his own territory.

Now that more than three hundred people of the guild were leveling up here, the target was too big.

In case people from the Zhou Family and Liu Family explored here, it would be hard not to be discovered.

Just in case, a large illusion Formation must be set up here.

To completely isolate the entire lake area from the rest of the Secret Realm.

Controlling Zhuge Kongming, Zhou Huai once again threw himself into tense and busy work.

Setting up a large illusion Formation sufficient to shroud a radius of dozens of miles had a workload far greater than making a teleportation Formation.

Fortunately, the illusion Formation also belonged to the category of a tier-4 spiritual Formation.

For the current Zhuge Kongming, the difficulty was not considered high.

He only needed to design the core of the Formation well and complete the construction of the first Formation base.

The remaining repetitive work could all be handed over to the smart core ai to handle.

Time passed day by day in this busyness.

The members of the Eternal Night Guild were immersed in the joy of rapidly rising Ranks, unable to extricate themselves.

Several Clones also performed their respective duties, methodically executing the commands he issued.

When Zhou Huai had a rare two days of leisure and was prepared to take a good rest.

A sudden System prompt tone sounded in his mind.

[ Ding! ]

[ Your Clone ' Myriad Forms Divine Craftsman · Ou Yezi ' has received an invitation letter from the Forging Guild of ' Skyfire City '. ]

[ Invitation content: Sincerely inviting Great Master Ou Yezi to head to Skyfire City in three days to participate in the once-in-a-decade " Divine Smith Grand Ceremony " of the Great Xia Country. ]

[ May I ask if you wish to perform consciousness takeover? ]