Spirit-Capturing Box

One was the Black Fiend Tiger's Source Crystal, and the other was the Illusion Dream Butterfly's. Both Source Crystals were second-tier.

That meant Bai Chen could absorb the two Source Crystals and break through to the Second Tier whenever he wanted.

But he was in no hurry to break through. Instead, he continued searching the other corpse.

Soon, one of Bai Chen's tentacles pulled a strange device from the pink-haired man's trouser pocket.

It was a palm-sized metal box, made of a material that was neither gold nor iron. Its surface was engraved with intricate patterns he couldn't understand, and a transparent diamond-shaped crystal was set in its center.

The entire device was icy to the touch and gave off a peculiar sensation of isolating energy.

"Xiao Luoluo, what is this?" Bai Chen held the box up in front of Lin Luoluo with a tentacle.

Lin Luoluo stared at the device for a while, her delicate brows drawing together. She said uncertainly:

"It looks... like a device for temporarily holding Demons."

"I've heard that some people encounter rare Demons with powerful talents in the wild but can't form contracts with them on the spot. They use something like this to capture them by force and take them back, then find a way to purify and nurture them until they become Contract Spirits they can form contracts with."

"Some people are lucky enough to run into pure wild Contract Spirits. If they want to take them back and sell them for a high price, they also use devices like this to capture them temporarily.

I remember reading about it in a textbook. I think it's called... a Spirit-Capturing Box."

"A Spirit-Capturing Box?!"

The moment Bai Chen heard the term, he realized what it meant.

Could there be a Contract Spirit inside that hasn't formed a contract with anyone?

He rested several tentacles on the icy metal box.

Sure enough, he could feel a force inside battering against its inner walls, again and again.

Lin Luoluo's breathing also grew a little hurried. An idea flashed through her mind, and she linked together the information they had obtained earlier.

She opened her small mouth and ventured a guess, hardly daring to believe it:

"Kalina said earlier that those geniuses from the Upper City came to the Lower City to capture a Space-Type Contract Spirit that had escaped."

"Those two from the Jiang Family also said just now that they were working on the Jiang Family's behalf for a genius from the Upper City, and that they had something that genius wanted..."

"So, could the one in here be the escaped S-Rank Space Contract Spirit they're looking for?!"

Every word of Lin Luoluo's analysis reached Bai Chen's ears.

"Xiao Luoluo, when did that little head of yours start working so well?"

After hearing Lin Luoluo's analysis, Bai Chen couldn't help exclaiming.

Her analysis was well-reasoned and clearly laid out. She was practically nothing like the slightly muddleheaded Xiao Luoluo he knew.

Unsure whether Xiao Bai was praising her or making fun of her, Lin Luoluo puffed out her cheeks and pouted, her face turning red:

"Xiao Bai!"

Bai Chen chuckled and gently poked her cheek with the tip of a tentacle, then offered his own analysis:

"You're probably right on the money."

His voice, too, carried a trace of barely restrained excitement.

An S-Rank Space-Type Contract Spirit!

This was no common cabbage. It was a being that could drive countless Contract Spirit Masters mad.

Bai Chen's thoughts raced, and a bold idea popped into his head.

"Since it's a Contract Spirit that hasn't formed a contract with anyone, what do you think about having Chuchu form a contract with it?"

"Doesn't Chuchu still need to form a contract with a Contract Spirit to cure her illness for good?"

The moment Bai Chen said it, Lin Luoluo's heart began to pound!

Give it to Chuchu?

Her younger sister's pale little face instantly appeared in her mind.

Doctor Tang had said that Chuchu had been born with a depleted spirit, and the only way to cure her completely was to form a contract with a Contract Spirit and use its power to nourish herself.

But wild Contract Spirits that had never formed contracts were exceedingly precious.

They weren't even something money could necessarily buy.

And now, an enormous opportunity lay right before them!

"But..."

Lin Luoluo's reason soon poured a bucket of cold water over her excitement. She hesitated, then said:

"But this is an S-Rank Contract Spirit. With Chuchu's spiritual strength, I'm afraid it would be very difficult for her to form a contract with it, wouldn't it?"

Forcing a contract with a Contract Spirit far beyond what one's spirit could withstand could result in spiritual damage at best, or sudden death on the spot at worst.

"And since those geniuses from the Upper City are all looking for this Contract Spirit, wouldn't taking it be like picking up a hot potato?"

Bai Chen, however, thought otherwise.

An S-Rank Contract Spirit could be described as priceless.

Now that they had it in their hands, why should they give it away?

"A hot potato? Xiao Luoluo, think about it. Even if we handed it over now, who would we hand it to?

The Jiang Family? Or Kalina?"

"And most importantly, once we hand it over, we'll be admitting that we killed those two."

"Then the Jiang Family will have an open excuse to come after us."

"We killed their people and took their things. Once that charge is confirmed, do you think the Jiang Family will let us go?"

"All right..." Bai Chen had left Lin Luoluo speechless. She really hadn't thought of that.

That was right. They had killed those people and taken their things.

No matter what they did, they and the Jiang Family were already locked in a deadly feud.

In that case, wouldn't they be fools to give away such an enormous prize?

Seeing that she still looked worried, Bai Chen coiled a tentacle around the Spirit-Capturing Box.

"Xiao Luoluo, don't worry."

"I guarantee I have a way to make the Contract Spirit in here obediently form a contract with Chuchu."

As a juvenile Demon God, even if he was still only at the First Tier, wouldn't subduing an S-Rank Contract Spirit that had just been summoned and whose power had yet to fully take shape be as easy as snatching it up in his hand?

Besides, he would no longer be at the First Tier very soon.

Bai Chen's gaze fell on the two Source Crystals lying quietly on the ground.

One belonged to the Black Fiend Tiger. It was pitch-black all over and gave off a ferocious aura.

The other belonged to the Illusion Dream Butterfly. It was pale purple and crystal clear, as though it held a dream within.

Both were second-tier Source Crystals.

"Xiao Luoluo, go keep an eye on Kalina first, in case she suddenly wakes up.

I'll deal with these two corpses, then make a breakthrough," Bai Chen said to Lin Luoluo.

"Okay!" Lin Luoluo nodded firmly, and one of Bai Chen's tentacles set her down beneath a tree.

Bai Chen hesitated no longer. He controlled two tentacles, using them to coil around the Black Fiend Tiger and the two second-tier Source Crystals they had obtained earlier, respectively.

Then his entire body instantly transformed into a mass of black shadow!

This was his true form as the Devouring Demon God.

Bai Chen swallowed the three second-tier Demon Crystals in a single gulp.