Contract of Hell

Bi Zihan looked at the egg in his hand, delight appearing in his eyes. After examining it for a while, he released the skill from his left arm bone: Contract of Hell.

A wound suddenly appeared on Bi Zihan's arm, and pale golden blood flowed from it, gradually forming a strange pattern in midair.

As if drawn by some force, the pattern in the air attached itself to the eggshell and gradually seeped into it. Within a few blinks, the strange pattern had completely covered the shell.

Hu Liena's small mouth parted slightly as she watched the blood flowing from Bi Zihan's hand. Normal human blood was bright red, yet Bi Zihan's blood was pale gold. She found it rather unbelievable.

However, she did not ask about it. She knew what should and should not be asked, and after spending more than three years with Bi Zihan, she understood his personality very well.

Although Bi Zihan now appeared gentle and refined on the surface, his personality had not changed much. He was still much the same as before. The only difference was that it had once shown on the surface, while now it lay within his heart.

Time gradually passed. The wound on Bi Zihan's arm slowly healed, while the pattern on the egg had completely fused into it. The entire egg began to shake violently, as though something were about to leap out from within.

Seeing the egg's condition, Hu Liena walked over as well, her gaze fixed on the egg in Bi Zihan's hand. Under their watchful eyes, cracks gradually appeared across the shell.

The cracks soon spread over the entire eggshell, which then shattered with a bang. A flood dragon about twenty centimeters long appeared before them, with four claws and a body covered in pale blue scales.

The flood dragon opened its eyes and looked at Bi Zihan before crawling onto his shoulder with its four claws. Affectionately, it rubbed its little head against Bi Zihan's cheek.

"It worked. Follow me from now on. I'll let you eat all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures you could want and help you grow quickly." Bi Zihan tapped the flood dragon's head with a finger, a faint smile appearing on his face.

Soul beasts grew slowly, but if they were fed large quantities of Heavenly Treasures and Earthly Treasures, their growth could be accelerated.

For example, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in Soul Land 2 had devoured vast amounts of Ten-Thousand Year Cold Essence and Ten-Thousand Year Profound Ice Essence, allowing his cultivation to rise rapidly to a million years. However, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm spent most of his time sleeping and had barely fought at all, so his strength was even inferior to that of an ordinary ten-thousand-year soul beast.

"Zihan, are you planning to keep this soul beast by your side?" Hu Liena blinked as she looked at the flood dragon on Bi Zihan's shoulder, her eyes even seeming to sparkle. Not only did the little flood dragon look beautiful, but upon closer inspection, it was somewhat adorable.

"Mm, it'll be my pet from now on." Bi Zihan tapped the flood dragon's little head with his finger, the corners of his lips lifting into a pleasant curve.

Just then, Bi Zihan suddenly turned his gaze toward the nearby bushes. The Five-Position Blade appeared in his hand, and he immediately hurled it into the undergrowth.

A soul beast darted out from the bushes at the same time. Its head collided with the Five-Position Blade in midair, and under the force of the impact, the blade's sharp edge instantly pierced into its skull.

The soul beast's body crashed heavily to the ground with a dull thud. A yellow soul ring slowly rose from its corpse and floated in the air.

"Zihan, you casually killed a hundred-year soul beast?" Hu Liena had only just reacted when she saw that Bi Zihan had killed a hundred-year soul beast with a casual throw.

Bi Zihan was also somewhat surprised. After sensing the soul beast's presence, he had casually thrown the Five-Position Blade to drive it away. He had not intended to kill it, since they did not need a soul ring.

He examined the soul beast for a while and discovered that there had already been a wound on its head. The Five-Position Blade he had thrown had struck precisely at that wound, killing the soul beast.

"This soul beast was already injured. I only happened to kill it with that casual strike." Bi Zihan glanced at the soul beast without paying it much mind.

Hu Liena nodded thoughtfully, then quietly waited for Ye Lingling to absorb her soul ring without saying another word.

A girl around six or seven years old, dressed in purple, emerged from the bushes. Looking at the hundred-year soul beast lying on the ground, anger appeared in her eyes.

"Who was it? Who killed my soul beast?" The girl swept her gaze around before finally settling it on Bi Zihan and Hu Liena.

"It was just a soul beast. If it was killed, just find another one. Would the Star Dou Great Forest lack hundred-year soul beasts?" Bi Zihan leaned against an ancient tree, looking at the girl before him with amused interest and paying no attention to her words.

After all, hundred-year soul beasts were what the Star Dou Great Forest lacked least. Besides, he had not killed it intentionally. Who could have known that his casual strike would hit the very spot where the soul beast was injured?

"You killed my soul beast!" Hearing Bi Zihan's words, the girl pointed at him, her voice rising noticeably.

"Mm, I killed it. So what?" Bi Zihan chuckled and readily admitted it. He never denied things he had done, nor did he ever take the blame for things he had not done.

Seeing Bi Zihan's unconcerned expression, the girl's chest heaved violently. Clenching both hands into fists, she shouted, "Grandma, someone killed my soul beast!"

Bi Zihan and Hu Liena exchanged a glance upon hearing the girl's words. Hu Liena immediately laughed softly, while Bi Zihan calmly looked toward the bushes.

Two figures slowly walked toward them from the direction of the bushes. They were two elderly men with aged faces, and with every step they took, a soul ring flashed beneath their feet.

The ones who finally appeared before Bi Zihan and Hu Liena were an eight-ring Soul Douluo and a six-ring Soul Emperor.

"Which family do you two belong to? Do you not even know the rules of the soul master world? Do you not understand the consequences of hunting someone else's soul beast?" The white-bearded old man came to the girl's side, narrowing his eyes as he looked at Bi Zihan and Hu Liena.

"So I killed it. What can you do about it? It was a soul beast of around four hundred years. You couldn't keep watch over it and let it run out—who can you blame but yourselves?" Bi Zihan lowered his head and teased the flood dragon on his shoulder. As for the two old men, he did not take them seriously at all.