All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 276: Incineration

The red phantom wings rapidly expanded in the sky, burning like a raging fire, instantly dyeing the entire horizon red. Under its radiance, the Wings that Cover the Sky revealed their divine might, the colossal wings enveloping the sky, blocking everything. It was truly a technique that could obscure the heavens.

The Wings that Cover the Sky lived up to their name. The entire sky was covered by Zhanyue’s wings, followed by endless white flames raining down, engulfing the entire canyon within Zhanyue’s attack range.

Streaks of white flames descended from the sky like meteors, crashing down with thunderous booms echoing through the canyon. Grass and trees were incinerated, rocks melted, and streams evaporated. Every blade of grass and tree in the canyon was impacted. The Three Talents Wondrous Fire, bolstered by the Wings that Cover the Sky, revealed its truly terrifying power for the first time.

The small spiders spread throughout the canyon naturally couldn’t escape either. The white flames fell upon them like fire entering an oil field, like lava pouring into ice – the power that countered them the most completely erupted on their bodies. They struggled in agony amidst the raging flames, but to no avail, eventually being devoured without a trace. Under the saturated bombardment of the Wings that Cover the Sky, all the small spiders were reduced to ashes, as if they had never existed.

The Wings that Cover the Sky annihilated all the small spiders, and along with them, the once lush and verdant canyon perished as well.

“……” “……”

Yunyao stared at the scene before her, dumbfounded. The apocalyptic sight before her eyes was actually caused by Zhanyue. The original landscape of the canyon had been utterly devastated, with lava now flowing in place of rivers. She naturally knew it was precisely the combination of the Wings that Cover the Sky and Zhanyue’s wondrous flames, but she couldn’t figure out how Zhanyue had comprehended the Wings that Cover the Sky. After all, these past days, both she and Zhanyue had been cultivating underground. Could it be that he had an epiphany just by imagining it? Zhanyue’s comprehension ability was too terrifying. She had originally planned to find opportunities to give Zhanyue some tips on cultivating this divine ability. Although she hadn’t mastered it herself, she still had some relevant experience, being the inheritor of the Feathered Emperor’s legacy.

In the sky, Zhanyue gasped for air. The consumption of the Wings that Cover the Sky exceeded his imagination, but its power equally exceeded his expectations. Relying on the Three Talents Wondrous Fire alone, he had no possibility of causing such a commotion. But the Wings that Cover the Sky seemed to have given him tens of thousands of hands, easily accomplishing what he couldn’t do before. It was just that the consumption was too immense; even with Zhanyue’s capabilities, he couldn’t release it continuously.

“Indeed, the best teacher is personal experience,” Zhanyue felt somewhat fortunate that he had witnessed the true “Wings that Cover the Sky” with his own eyes in that Ink Sea world, gaining some insight from it. Otherwise, relying on imagination alone, he feared it would’ve been difficult to comprehend this divine ability. But he also knew that his Wings that Cover the Sky were still far inferior compared to that thunderbird’s. The techniques of that ancient creature naturally couldn’t be rivaled by Zhanyue at his current realm. However, Zhanyue believed that as his strength increased, the Wings that Cover the Sky would one day truly be able to cover the sky.

“Not dead yet?” Zhanyue keenly noticed a massive spider on the ground, its body covered in burns, barely clinging to life.

With a wave of his hand, the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword originally stuck in the huge spider’s back returned to Zhanyue’s hand.

Then, Zhanyue descended from the sky, white flames enveloping the Heaven Punishing Demon Sword. He intended to deliver the final blow to this spider demon beast that couldn’t even move.

Just under Yunyao’s gaze, a red light burst forth from the demon beast’s body.

The originally hideous demon beast transformed before their eyes. Its lower body was still that of a giant spider, but a human body grew out from above the spider body, skin as smooth as congealed cream, completely uncovered. Her appearance was like a flower of icy coldness, beautiful yet stern. Her eyes were deep like the stars in the night sky, clear yet profound, as if able to glimpse into the depths of one’s heart. Her brows were slightly raised, outlining a noble and aloof temperament, like a crescent moon hanging in the sky, inviolable. The lines of her lips were elegant, parting slightly to reveal a faint, cold smile, as if maintaining a transcendent attitude towards the splendor and mundanity of the world.

Her skin was as white as snow, clean and flawless, as if untouched by the dust and turmoil of the world, emanating a mysterious and inviolable aura. Her long hair was as black as the night, cascading over her shoulders like a flowing waterfall, exuding a faint fragrance that made one unwittingly intoxicated.

At this moment, the woman’s appearance had actually become identical to Yunyao’s, and it was a Yunyao without a single thread on her body. She had a pitiful look, her hands hugging her barely covered ample bosom, presenting a pitiable appearance.

Zhanyue was momentarily dazed, subconsciously withdrawing his sword and landing in front of the spider demon beast. In his eyes, it wasn’t some spider demon beast before him, but the real Yunyao.

Meanwhile, Yunyao, who was observing the battle from afar, blushed, then surged with endless cold air. This wicked beast had gone too far, using her own appearance to seduce Zhanyue. She couldn’t accept it no matter what. Just as she was about to join the battlefield to quickly end this absurd battle, the situation changed again.

Zhanyue’s eyes turned blood-red as he once again activated his pupil technique, “Eyes of Strong Desire”. In an instant, the spider’s illusion of lust was dispelled, and Zhanyue regained clarity, stabbing his sword into the spider demon beast’s chest. Then, he pulled out the treasure sword and gouged out the eyeballs from the spider demon beast’s body. He placed a fingertip on the spider demon beast’s body, and terrifying white flames instantly ignited it, completely incinerating it to ashes.

Without relying on a divine artifact, Zhanyue alone, with a single sword, had actually exterminated this lust demon beast. It was the lust demon beast’s misfortune. The Three Talents Wondrous Fire countered its web of lust and infatuation poison, while its own illusions were countered by Zhanyue’s Eyes of Strong Desire. Compared to divine artifacts, Zhanyue’s counter was even more apparent. It had quite a few techniques, but they were all cracked by Zhanyue. Its death was not undeserved.

“It’s dead?” Yunyao landed in front of Zhanyue, her anger not yet subsided. She didn’t even have time to teach it a lesson.

Zhanyue looked at the woman in front of him and her body wrapped in clothes, swallowing. Were they really that big? Zhanyue couldn’t help thinking. However, this demon beast probably didn’t transform randomly. Who knows how it knew Yunyao’s body measurements? But nothing was impossible in this world. Even Baizhi needing divine thunder to activate her covenant item, this heavenly book world could deduce it, let alone Yunyao’s mere figure.

“What are you looking at? Be careful, or I’ll gouge out your eyes!” Yunyao glared fiercely at Zhanyue, ready to take action at any moment. She wasn’t just saying it.

Zhanyue hurriedly averted his gaze and handed an eyeball to Yunyao.

“Mission accomplished. I told you I could eliminate the demon beast even without a divine artifact,” Zhanyue smiled faintly.

“……” Yunyao fell silent, not knowing whether she should praise Zhanyue or not. She indeed hadn’t expected that divine artifacts weren’t necessarily required. Finding the weaknesses of those demon beasts could also do the trick.

“What should we do next? Let alone divine artifacts, we don’t even know where the demon beasts are sealed,” Yunyao asked.

“This place isn’t far from the territory of the Mountain Demon race. Let’s go back and ask the Mountain Demon Elder again. Maybe the elder has other methods,” Zhanyue suggested.

“We have no choice but to do that,” Yunyao had no choice but to agree with this suggestion.