All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 275: Facing the Demon Beast Alone

Between the vast mountain ranges lay a mysterious and magnificent canyon, a place of unparalleled beauty in this false world. The canyon walls were steep and treacherous, standing as if carved by knives and axes. Clear streams flowed between the rocks, shimmering like silver threads, resembling the Milky Way pouring down from the sky.

At the deepest part of the canyon was a crystal-clear waterfall. The water curtain fell straight down from the towering cliff, like a silver dragon leaping into the sky, breaking into millions of water droplets upon landing, soft as white silk. Rare and precious lingzhi grew on the green rocks beside the waterfall, their bodies translucent and emitting a faint fragrance.

The canyon was lush with trees, their shadows swaying. Ancient trees with intertwining root systems coiled like pythons underground, their sturdy trunks seeming to bear the weight of a thousand years. Above the canyon, a thin mist perpetually floated, making one feel as if in a fairyland.

No matter how beautiful the scenery, Zhanyue and his companion had no heart to admire it. They had hurriedly passed through this place before, only having a vague impression.

“Are you sure you don’t need my help?” The two stood on a high cliff, overlooking the distant cave. They both knew a great terror lurked in that cave.

“No need. I have a way to counter it, you don’t. In this battle, neither of us can use divine artifacts. Even if I’m not better than that demon beast, I have ways to escape,” Zhanyue explained.

Yunyao pouted without saying anything more. She hadn’t expected there would come a day when she would become a burden. But as Zhanyue said, she had no means to counter that demon beast. Last time, when she was bound by the beast’s spider web, if not for Zhanyue saving her, she wouldn’t have been able to break free. That spider web was incredibly strange; even her spatial techniques couldn’t escape it.

Zhanyue spread his phantom wings and flew over. He directly threw himself into the embrace of danger, like a lamb entering a tiger’s den.

He deliberately crashed into the crevice of the canyon. Last time, he and Yunyao had been stuck to the invisible spider web this way. Sure enough, this time he felt that marvelous spider web again, sticking him firmly like a moth.

“Oh no, what’s this? How did I fall into a trap? Can anyone save me?” Zhanyue shouted loudly. He had no other purpose than to lure the demon beast out of its cave. After all, entering the cave to fight might not be a good idea. Last time, the demon beast was truly sleeping and didn’t immediately discover Zhanyue and Yunyao. This time was different.

A giant spider poked its head out of the cave. This spider was enormous, its body a heart-stopping black color, supported by eight slender yet strong legs. The eight eyes on its head were like the coldest stars in the night sky, emitting a blue ghostly light.

The spider web was tougher than the hardest steel, precisely the web of emotion and desire that humans fear most. Any normal creature would find it difficult to escape its binding. Although Yunyao was cold by nature, she still had emotions and would naturally be caught. Zhanyue wasn’t afraid of it because he had mastered the Human Ethics Bathing Fire, having extremely strong control over his own desires.

The Human Ethics Bathing Fire had long since evolved into the Three Talents Wondrous Fire, which was the nemesis of this spider web. The spider demon beast naturally didn’t know so much; it only knew that new food had been caught in the spider web, and it was the most delicious food.

One must enter the tiger’s den to catch the tiger cub. As the demon beast approached, Zhanyue’s heart was in his throat. He waited for the right moment. Using fire to burn the spider web, he regained his freedom, then directly landed on the demon beast’s head under its shocked gaze. The Heaven Punishing Demon Sword appeared in his hand, and he stabbed it into the demon beast’s head.

Compared to the fear demon beast, this lust spider was much smaller in size, and the wound caused by the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword couldn’t be ignored. The demon beast spider struggled frantically, its terrifying power directly throwing Zhanyue off.

When he called for the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword, he found the magic sword had been bound by layers of spider web. The demon beast was actually using spider web to heal itself, wrapping the wound while also wrapping the sword.

“Give me back my sword!” Another weapon appeared in Zhanyue’s hand, the golden scepter he had obtained earlier. Somehow, with this divine artifact in hand, Zhanyue felt he had the world under control. The demon beast naturally wouldn’t be slain by a single sneak attack. Its mouth continuously spewed out spider silk.

Zhanyue was now clad in the red Silver Moon Armor, flames enveloping his entire body. All spider silk was burned to nothing as it approached. In a flash, Zhanyue appeared above the demon beast, the golden scepter in his hand striking with full force. The huge demon beast was hit as if by a mountain, its head caving in with a large pit. Somehow, Zhanyue had come to enjoy this feeling of frenzied torture.

The demon beast was enraged, spitting purple venom at extremely high speed from the canyon.

“Such beautiful scenery, why are you spitting everywhere!” Zhanyue casually waved out a ball of fire, which visibly evaporated the venom at incredible speed.

Although he hadn’t found a divine artifact to deal with this demon beast, Zhanyue himself was the strongest divine artifact against it.

“Impressive, his methods perfectly counter this spider,” Yunyao watched from afar, finally relieved. The so-called demon beasts weren’t fundamentally strong in their power, but in their bizarre methods. As long as one could counter their methods, there was nothing to fear. Besides this, one also needed a way to understand their life force. Yunyao didn’t know if Zhanyue’s flames could completely annihilate this spider demon beast.

The battle continued, and the spider demon beast naturally had more tricks up its sleeve. It made a big jump, retreating far away, and then from beneath it emerged thousands upon thousands of small spiders.

These small spiders instantly spread throughout the canyon, as if countless cannons had grown on both sides of the canyon. The mother spider had also shrunk, mixing among these spiders, making it difficult to discern its true form. The small spiders quickly established a dense network in the canyon, shuttling between the rock walls, entangling the entire area into a chaotic spider web. These tiny creatures displayed amazing organizational ability, as if they were an invisible army waiting for the mother spider’s command.

Spider webs surging from all directions formed a true net of heaven and earth. Zhanyue activated his flames to guard against them from all sides. These spider webs were manageable, but the venom was more difficult to deal with.

“I don’t remember him having very strong area-of-effect abilities,” Yunyao recalled Zhanyue’s fighting style, not remembering any methods he had for dealing with large numbers of enemies. His techniques had always been best suited for single targets.

Just as Yunyao was about to step in to help, she saw Zhanyue fly high into the sky. To Yunyao’s shock, the phantom wings behind Zhanyue rapidly grew larger.

“Wings that Cover the Sky!” Zhanyue used this divine ability he had just comprehended for the first time.