area51novel Chapter 70 Kidnapping, Dealing, and the Thief Who Seized Power
Chapter 70 Kidnapping, Dealing, and the Thief Who Seized Power
Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Wan Yao Wang... every single one of the soul beasts present had their bodies pierced by a blood-red chain.
However, these chains did not harm the spirit beasts present.
From the Silver Dragon King's perspective, these chains were tightly connected to their life essence, like deadly conduits, binding their life and death to this human boy.
If this human boy dies, or even if he has a single thought, all the soul beasts present will be buried with him.
The Silver Dragon King stared intently at the human boy in front of him, while Jiang Ci'an raised his eyes to meet the Silver Dragon King's purple vertical pupils.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Silver Dragon King. If I could, I wouldn't want to do this either, but I am too weak now and no match for Your Majesty the Silver Dragon King."
"Therefore, I have no choice but to use the lives of all the soul beasts present as a threat."
The Silver Dragon King's eyes were icy, and his voice carried a clear killing intent: "Despicable human."
Jiang Ci'an did not refute.
He had originally intended to be a little gentler, but who would have thought that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would be somewhat immune to his "lack of concern".
How come I never noticed it before? Oh... this big golden cat was always sleeping when I observed it, so I didn't notice it... Never mind then.
However, looking into the Silver Dragon King's eyes, which were filled with clear killing intent, Jiang Ci'an still felt a little regretful.
He knew that the feasibility of using this save file to trick the Silver Dragon King into working for him had been greatly reduced.
Given the pride of this ruler of all spirit beasts, being negotiated with by a human in such a coercive manner, she had probably already sentenced him to death in her heart.
To put it bluntly, if your affection level is negative, it's time-consuming and laborious to raise it back up, so it's better to start a new save file and try again.
Tsk, why does this feel like playing a game of tag? One save file can only complete one route, and you have to complete this one before moving on to the next?
Jiang Ci'an shook his head, clearing those chaotic thoughts from his mind, and then slowly said:
"Your Majesty, Silver Dragon King, please be patient. I can make a deal with you."
"A deal?" The Silver Dragon King sneered, his eyes filled with distrust. "A despicable human who uses the lives of my people as leverage wants to make a deal with me?"
Jiang Ci'an did not offer any explanation. He raised his hand, and a contract scroll formed from golden light slowly unfurled in the void.
The Silver Dragon King paused, his mental energy sweeping across the scroll, instantly revealing the entire contents of the contract.
The content is very simple.
In summary, she is not allowed to leave the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest for ten years, and is not allowed to take any action against this human boy or his designated personnel. The human boy is allowed to take several soul beasts and the million-year-old ice silkworm out of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Correspondingly, the human boy is also prohibited from attacking them by any means, and will sever his life connection with all the soul beasts present, restoring their freedom.
At the same time, the human boy will do his best to stop the injuries in her body.
This was clearly an unequal contract, but her gaze unconsciously lingered slightly on the clause about "curbing the injury."
After a moment of silence, she raised her head and looked at the human boy in front of her with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Can you stop my injuries?"
"I'm not sure, I just want to try it out."
Jiang Ci'an spoke softly, then smiled and said, "Besides, Your Majesty the Silver Dragon King, you wouldn't want to be carrying this injury forever, would you?"
The Silver Dragon King fell silent.
Her gaze lingered on Jiang Ci'an for a long time, as if trying to see through everything about the young man, but in reality, she had to admit that she couldn't see through his true nature.
At first glance, he appeared to be only at the Soul Venerable level. To her, his aura was as weak as a candle flame in the wind, which could be extinguished by a mere gust of wind.
But his methods were completely unlike those of ordinary people.
A realm capable of freezing time, a realm that can bind others' lives to oneself, forming chains of coercion, and a realm that can shape the powerfully binding contract before her...
The power that the boy displayed, each one, exceeded her understanding of human capabilities.
Although the boy was still weak and could be killed in an instant by her, at this moment, he held the lives of all the soul beasts present in his hands...
The Silver Dragon King looked at the obviously unfair contract in front of her, stared intently at Jiang Ci'an, and finally, she condensed a wisp of soul power and left her name on the contract.
The next moment, the contract shattered into specks of light, which quickly coalesced into a golden chain that pierced straight into the chests of the two, thus establishing the contractual connection.
Meanwhile, the blood-red chains that originally connected the soul beasts broke one by one, replaced by the power of this new contract.
Feeling the new contract mark within his body, the Silver Dragon King felt a surge of information about the punishment for breaking the contract.
If she breaks the contract, the lives of all the soul beasts present will be annihilated instantly, and if the boy breaks the contract, he will also perish, body and soul.
The clear terms and conditions relieved her.
She looked up, ready to say something more to Jiang Ci'an, but the next moment, she was stunned.
At this moment, the light of the elements was slowly flowing around the boy.
Light, darkness, wind, fire, water...
At this moment, elemental light, like ribbons of various colors, intertwined and swirled around Jiang Ci'an, and the aura of those elements... was exactly the same as hers!
The Silver Dragon King's pupils suddenly contracted.
She could clearly sense that the power emanating from the boy did not arise from nothing, but rather originated from her.
In other words, this human has stolen her authority through the connection established by the contract he just signed with her!
"thief!"
The Silver Dragon King stared intently at Jiang Ci'an, his wariness deepening.
If it weren't for the contractual restrictions, she would have instantly reduced this thief who stole her power to dust!
Jiang Ci'an remained noncommittal regarding Miss Dragon's accusations.
The patterns on the edge of the contract were not decorations, but hidden clauses, which the Dragon King's daughter simply did not notice.
Unfortunately, his contract-making skills are not yet up to par, and he cannot add a complete "shared contract" while hiding the terms.
Therefore, he only shared a small portion of the power belonging to the Dragon King's daughter.
Of course, in this archive, this power is already more than enough.
He smiled and looked at the Dragon King's daughter, then slowly said:
"Rest assured, Your Majesty the Silver Dragon King, we have a contract, and I will not break it."
The Silver Dragon King remained silent, his eyes filled with wariness and devoid of any trust.
Jiang Ci'an, however, did not pay attention and spoke directly:
"Now, let me try to treat you."
As he spoke, he slowly raised his hand.
The domain of "Time Control" emanated from him, gently covering the Silver Dragon King's body.
The Silver Dragon King frowned, instinctively trying to block the intrusion of the other's domain.
However, she discovered that her element did not try to stop it at all; instead, it accepted the intrusion of this realm quite naturally, as if it had met a kindred spirit.