All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 287: The Beast of Stubbornness

“What’s wrong with Zhanyue? Has his brain broken? Why does he keep crashing into the beetle’s horn?” Yunyao watched from behind with a face full of confusion, her beautiful eyes filled with questions. Then, she flapped her wings and soared high, joining the battlefield.

Zhanyue was engaging from the front, so she planned to pincer attack from the rear. However, when she approached the giant rhinoceros beetle, she had a new idea. This bug didn’t look a bit formidable. There was no need for sneak attacks or pincer attacks. Directly breaking through it would give her a sense of accomplishment.

Without much thought, Yunyao also came to the front and followed Zhanyue in launching an attack on the rhinoceros beetle’s giant horn.

“Sword Light Condensing Star!” Yunyao unleashed another sword technique. Terrifying sword energy gathered into a single point, aiming to break through in one go and destroy the enemy. However, that giant beetle horn was made of who-knows-what material. Such a terrifying sword technique actually didn’t cause the slightest damage to it.

“I don’t believe it!” Zhanyue, holding the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword and wearing the Silver Moon Armor, which was now a flaming red color, had countless tentacles growing out from the armor. It was an ability obtained from the fear demon beast’s blood. These tentacles directly entangled the giant beetle horn, preventing it from moving around. Then, a large amount of Three Talents Wondrous Fire enveloped the giant horn.

Unfortunately, this demon beast wasn’t the lust beast. Even the Three Talents Wondrous Fire didn’t cause it any damage.

The two people and one bug fought for a long time. That giant bug seemed to never know fatigue. But Zhanyue and Yunyao couldn’t hold on anymore. However, the two of them didn’t even think about retreating at all, as if they wouldn’t stop until they killed this giant bug.

Time ticked by bit by bit. The two of them had used almost all their techniques, but this giant beast’s horn seemed to be the most solid thing in the world, not suffering any damage at all. Zhanyue even felt that his hands were sore and he had some difficulty gripping his sword, but he never thought of backing down. He couldn’t accept it. This bug clearly wasn’t powerful, so why couldn’t he take it down?

Yunyao was about the same as Zhanyue. Just as the two of them didn’t know they had already fallen into a desperate situation, the divine artifact that had always been on Yunyao finally lit up. The divine artifact called the Shield of Forgiveness automatically flew out. The shield rapidly expanded until it separated the two of them from the giant bug, blocking the giant bug’s strike.

At this moment, Zhanyue and Yunyao also regained their senses. Their spiritual energy was nearly exhausted. They hurriedly retrieved the divine artifact and quickly fled. That bug closely chased after them, but when it chased to a certain place in this desert, it couldn’t continue forward. It was still bound by the seal.

In a small forest, Zhanyue and Yunyao each sat cross-legged under a tree, recovering their strength. After a long time, they had only recovered a bit of strength.

“That was close. We almost perished,” Zhanyue said with lingering fear.

Yunyao also opened her beautiful eyes and sighed, “It seems that with our current state of mind, wanting to kill the demon beast without using divine artifacts is nothing but a pipe dream. You were able to kill that lust beast before because you happened to counter it. But this giant bug…” Yunyao was also a bit scared in retrospect. The two of them before were like they were demonically possessed, completely unaware of it.

“This demon beast is indeed worthy of being called the Beast of Stubbornness. Entering its range of influence, our thoughts were completely influenced by it. We could only think of attacking its toughest horn, only think of not stopping until death. Even if our spiritual energy was exhausted, we weren’t willing to run away. It’s really a bit scary…” Zhanyue understood. These seven demon beasts all had the ability to influence their state of mind without exception. And this Beast of Stubbornness, without a doubt, made them become “stubborn” and extreme.

Yunyao took out the divine artifact. If it wasn’t for this item, they really would have been in some danger before.

“This item is called the Shield of Forgiveness… I wonder what that means?” Her beautiful eyes examined this shield that looked ordinary. Just now, this item had displayed its divine might, allowing them to escape the influence of stubborn thoughts, so they could react and flee.

“Forgiveness… It seems that to overcome stubbornness, one can only be a bit more forgiving to oneself and others.” Zhanyue sighed. “By the way, who exactly was that Human Race predecessor? What cultivation method did he practice? He was actually able to strip all the weaknesses of human nature out of his body. I don’t know what realm his strength reached. Just some of his negative emotions could form such terrifying things as the seven demon beasts. The Void Emperor was actually able to pass this kind of assessment before.”

At this moment, he and Yunyao already knew many things, such as the origin of the seven demon beasts and the formation process of the trial. This Heavenly Book World couldn’t create something out of nothing without any basis. There must have been something that happened before. The most likely scenario was that the Void Emperor had played the role of him and Yunyao, eliminating the seven demon beasts for this world. It was just that Zhanyue now couldn’t understand at all the matter of him possessing Fairy Spirit bloodline. This was really a bit too strange.

“Let’s not force it. Next time, let’s still rely on the divine artifacts to defeat it,” Yunyao suggested.

Zhanyue nodded. As Yunyao said before, with their current state of mind, they really couldn’t resist the influence of that demon beast. Without relying on divine artifacts, the battle would probably be the same as before. They would frantically attack the Beast of Stubbornness’ toughest horn until death, not even realizing their own problems. This was the scariest part.

“The seven demon beasts… indeed none of them are easy to deal with.” The two of them adjusted their breathing for a long time. When their strength was fully recovered, they once again sought out the terrifying giant bug in the desert.

“Our disciple Fan Longyu’s final aura disappeared within your Kingdom of Rising Sun’s borders. We want to know if you have any clues,” one of the four said.

“Fan Longyu… died?” The king of the Kingdom of Rising Sun’s eyes trembled. He had naturally heard of this Human Race genius’ great name and finally understood why these four seniors were so enraged. But wasn’t he suffering an unjust calamity? How would he know that Fan Longyu would die within his country’s borders? Although he had the strength to kill Fan Longyu, he wasn’t stupid and wouldn’t dare to either.

“Four seniors, please see clearly. In the Kingdom of Rising Sun, there are probably only five people who can kill Fan Longyu. However, these five people have absolutely no reason to. I’ve been in seclusion the entire time. The Wind Lord isn’t here, and his sister wouldn’t leave the church either. As for the other two powerhouses of the Kingdom of Rising Sun… they are on the verge of death, falling into a deep slumber. They wouldn’t appear unless the country was facing the danger of being destroyed.” The king of the Kingdom of Rising Sun didn’t lie and was even very sincere. He said everything he knew, even some secrets of his own country. “The one who killed Fan… Longyu may not be from my Kingdom of Rising Sun. I ask the seniors to see clearly.”

The four of them looked at each other. They naturally knew that Fan Longyu dying within the Kingdom of Rising Sun didn’t mean it was done by someone from the Kingdom of Rising Sun. They were just taking out their anger on others. They came here just to probe a bit. They didn’t expect Mu Chenge to be so cooperative. As he said, within the Kingdom of Rising Sun, only five people could kill a top genius like Fan Longyu, but these five people should all be free of suspicion.

Just at this moment, one of the four people’s nose moved. His innate talent was extraordinary. He could smell many things that ordinary people couldn’t. Then, his eyes suddenly changed!

“Villain! You still dare to quibble! My disciple died at your hands!” That person stared at Mu Chenge, killing intent surging!