All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 121: The Demon Sword Slays the Enemy

Zhanyue controlled his flying sword to land in a wilderness area, as fighting in the air wouldn’t be advantageous. Sure enough, shortly after he landed, a figure descended as well. It was a burly man wearing red clothes, with the most eye-catching feature being the large sword on his shoulder. The sword was entirely golden, exuding a murderous aura, having likely claimed countless lives. He also wore armor, with two jet-like devices on his back that allowed him to fly. Zhanyue had seen flying devices before and knew they were very expensive.

“You noticed me long ago?” The burly man, with a fierce look, stared at Zhanyue like a lion eyeing its prey.

“Who are you?” Zhanyue asked, frowning slightly. He felt the man’s aura was somewhat familiar, as if he’d seen him somewhere before. But the man wasn’t masked, and if Zhanyue had seen him before, he should have remembered, given that Sun Profound Realm experts weren’t common.

“Who I am doesn’t matter. I advise you to surrender, to avoid unnecessary suffering,” the man said.

From this statement, Zhanyue understood that the man wanted to capture him alive rather than kill him.

“You might not have that ability!” Zhanyue said calmly.

“Boastful!” The man found it amusing that he, a person of his caliber, was being sized up by a mortal junior who hadn’t even entered the Profound Realm. “Since that’s the case, let this junior taste my newly refined ‘Blood God Sword’!”

Hearing this, Zhanyue’s pupils contracted slightly. His memory was always good, and the words ‘Blood God Sword’ reminded him of the man’s identity. When he first arrived on Ghost Island and toured Ghost Street with Baizhi, a powerful person had spent a million points to exchange for the ‘Blood God Sword’. That person was the man before him, which was why Zhanyue remembered him so vividly. But he didn’t understand what connection he had with this man. Who had sent him? Then he had a chilling guess – could this be related to Ghost Island? Ghost Island wanted to capture him alive, and the Ghost Shark clan members couldn’t act directly, so they found this man? Had they discovered his secret? It seemed the Divine Sky Steel had alerted the Ghost Shark clan members.

The burly man didn’t expect that just mentioning ‘Blood God Sword’ would allow Zhanyue to guess the whole situation.

“If it’s Ghost Island’s methods, it makes sense. It seems they have ways to track me, which is troublesome,” Zhanyue shared his concerns with the illumination Goddess.

“The mark left on Baizhi by the Bai family has been removed by the Empress, but I haven’t found a similar mark on you. Ghost Island might have methods I’m unaware of,” the illumination Goddess replied.

“These Ghost Shark clan members on Ghost Island are really disgusting. They occupy human secret realms and wealth, lure human juniors to work for them, and even leave marks on us for easy monitoring. They’re truly thorough,” Zhanyue was truly angry, irritated at the thought of Ghost Island constantly harassing him in the future. It also meant he couldn’t casually visit Ghost Island like before. At least he needed to figure out what Ghost Island had left on him.

“Kid, you dare to be distracted facing me? If I didn’t need to keep you alive, I’d have chopped you in half long ago!” The burly man swung his sword, using the flat side.

Zhanyue used his earth traversal technique, instantly creating distance and making the man’s attack miss.

“What’s the rush?” Suddenly, the Silver Moon Armor covered Zhanyue’s body. He looked like a war god descended, holding a sky-piercing halberd, with flying swords circling him.

The Silver Moon Armor was now covered in red patterns, using the power of the Sun God Stone. Facing a Sun Profound Realm expert with a gold-grade technique, Zhanyue didn’t dare hold back.

“He’s at the third stage of Sun Profound Realm, extremely strong. Be careful,” the illumination Goddess warned. Even with the huge boost from the Silver Moon Armor, Zhanyue might not be his match.

Seeing the Silver Moon Armor on Zhanyue and his suddenly increased aura, the burly man showed a greedy look. “This divine armor! Must be a good thing!”

“Take my sword!” The man swung his sword. He only regretted that his task was to capture alive, not kill, so he had to hold back everywhere.

The sky-piercing halberd clashed with the large sword, creating a terrifying shockwave that overturned surrounding vegetation and sent sand and stones flying.

“This man has such great strength! Even wearing the Silver Moon Armor, I’m only evenly matched with him in pure strength,” Zhanyue was shocked.

The burly man’s contract object was this large sword, and the ability it gave him was innate divine strength, capable of splitting mountains.

“He should have the strength of a seventh-grade beast spirit, but he’s far inferior to those divine beasts,” Zhanyue assessed. He wouldn’t have a chance to fight back against those seventh-grade divine beasts, but he could hold his own against this man.

The sky-piercing halberd danced impressively, while the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword simultaneously attacked the burly man from different directions. The pincer attack of man and sword made the burly man very uncomfortable.

“Good skills, good skills. A mere mortal with such abilities!” The burly man’s face was full of fighting spirit. He shook off Zhanyue and the flying sword, then used the large sword to cut a wound on his own wrist. Bright red blood flowed out, and after the golden sword absorbed the blood, it turned completely red.

“Blood God Sword – Blood Demon Tramples the Earth!” Blood qi enveloped the burly man, making him look like a red demon. This was the gold-grade technique ‘Blood God Sword’.

Facing Zhanyue’s incoming halberd strike, the burly man reached out with his left hand and grabbed the blade of the sky-piercing halberd, Zhanyue unable to harm his skin. The Blood God Sword combined offense and defense, with world-shaking power. The burly man then turned and swung his sword to deflect the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword, making Zhanyue’s sneak attack fail.

Zhanyue decisively let go of the sky-piercing halberd and used earth traversal again.

“Want to run?” The burly man leaped high and swung countless slashes towards the ground, instantly covering the earth with cracks like a spider web. Even Zhanyue, hidden underground, felt the massive impact.

Returning to the surface, Zhanyue recalled the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword.

“You can’t match him in brute force. The ‘Phantom Light Step’ and ‘Phantom Form Sword Technique’ are also gold-grade techniques, and they counter his type. Use cunning to win,” the illumination Goddess said.

Zhanyue nodded. Earlier, he had hoped to quickly defeat the burly man with the Silver Moon Armor’s strength and flying sword coordination, but now he saw it wasn’t possible.

Holding the demon sword, Zhanyue engaged with the burly man again. The burly man soon realized something was wrong. His powerful moves kept missing, and Zhanyue’s figure appeared strange to him. He seemed to be on the left, but when the man swung left, he hit nothing, Zhanyue somehow appearing on the right. This small movement made the burly man’s scalp tingle. No matter how strong his power, he couldn’t touch Zhanyue.

Meanwhile, Zhanyue’s sword was something the burly man couldn’t dodge. The man clearly saw the sword thrust towards his left, but he was actually hit on the right. Soon, he had several wounds on his body.

“Sister was right. This brute force type is completely countered by my two techniques. Fortunately, this person hasn’t cultivated any spiritual perception techniques, making it easy to trick him! But I can’t drag this out too long, the Sun God Stone’s energy is running low,” Zhanyue decided to end it quickly. Although he had the illumination Goddess as backup, it would be best if he could win directly.

“Blood God Sword… isn’t it a gold-grade technique? Why can’t I take him down, why!” The burly man was confused. Maintaining the blood god state consumed a lot of power, but despite his strong attack and defense, he couldn’t touch Zhanyue. The wounds on his body, though shallow, were humiliating.

Seizing the moment of the burly man’s self-doubt, Zhanyue let out a shout – the Soul-Shaking Roar! The soul attack washed over the burly man, making him momentarily dazed. Then the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword thrust towards his head. The burly man came to his senses and hurried to block, but the sword that should have been aiming for his head pierced his heart instead.

“You think this can kill me?” The burly man grabbed the demon sword, revealing an eerie smile. Blood qi from all over his body gathered towards his heart, rapidly healing the wound. The ‘Blood God Sword’ not only had powerful attack and defense but also strong self-healing ability, truly worthy of a gold-grade technique.

However, an unexpected change occurred. The Heaven Punishing Demon Sword, no longer under Zhanyue’s control, forcefully pushed several inches deeper into the burly man’s heart, then began to frantically absorb his blood.

“No–!” The burly man let out an unwilling roar, eventually having all the blood in his body drained, becoming a desiccated corpse.

Zhanyue looked at the slightly trembling demon sword in shock. The sword’s aura seemed to have become even more powerful.

“Heaven Punishing Demon Sword… really is… a demon sword,” Zhanyue now understood what the ‘demon’ in its name meant. However, it seemed the demon sword was only interested in the opponent’s heart area.

“What a pity. This person was quite formidable, but unfortunately, he met me. When he couldn’t counter the ‘Phantom Light Step’, he had already lost. The techniques Sister gave me are indeed extremely powerful,” Zhanyue analyzed after the battle.

“Naturally. But you still haven’t mastered them fully, otherwise why did it take so long to defeat him? Alright, quickly check if he has anything that can prove his identity,” the illumination Goddess reminded.

Zhanyue nodded. The burly man didn’t even have a storage ring. Zhanyue only found a token on him with a number – “Sixteen?” This man was actually the 16th of the 99 Demons under Night Lord – Wild Blade. But Zhanyue didn’t know this. He had been entrusted by that mysterious Ghost Shark clan member to capture Zhanyue, but unexpectedly lost his life. Zhanyue didn’t know he had inadvertently offended Night Lord again.

The large sword, having lost its contract master, became a dead object and was casually thrown into Zhanyue’s storage space. As for the corpse, it was burned to ashes with a fire.

“If he was really sent by Ghost Island, I fear I’ll have plenty of trouble in the future.”