Devouring the Ghost Mask Man

Jiang Chen now held a brand-new Zanpakuto in his hand!

Its name was Hornet.

In the darkness, he calmly drew the sword from his hand.

He began to chant, "Sting all enemies to death! Hornet!"

A thimble-like fingernail cover appeared on his left hand, resembling a bee's stinger.

It extended from his left middle finger and finally wrapped around his wrist.

Fatty noticed that, at this moment, the surrounding snow had stopped.

The chilling aura he felt disappeared.

The Three-Headed Hound had already broken free from Sode no Shirayuki's ice seal. Its three heads and six bell-like eyes glared fiercely at Jiang Chen.

Their gazes were filled with a desire to devour Jiang Chen.

The masked man coughed with difficulty atop the Three-Headed Hound's head.

Jiang Chen's previous attack had dealt him considerable damage.

If not for the Three-Headed Hound, he might have already died.

He looked at Jiang Chen, thinking that this person absolutely could not be spared.

With such formidable abilities at such a young age, his future would undoubtedly be legendary.

Their enmity was sealed today. If this person left, he would be the first person Jiang Chen would kill once he became powerful.

Today, he must die!

"Three-Headed Hound, kill him!"

The masked man stared at Jiang Chen and issued the command.

Even without the masked man's order, the Three-Headed Hound would have attacked Jiang Chen.

A mere human dared to provoke a Divine Beast.

He would have to bear the consequences he couldn't afford!

It roared, "Lowly human, accept your death!"

"That's exactly what I was about to say!" Facing the Three-Headed Hound's might, Jiang Chen still showed no hint of fear.

His tone was calm, as if he didn't take the Three-Headed Hound seriously at all, completely enraging it.

Divine Beasts aren't truly sick cats just because they aren't acting ferociously!

"Full Body - Release!"

The Three-Headed Hound declared loudly.

This declaration completely stunned the masked man.

He had signed a soul contract with the Three-Headed Hound.

Summoning it required him to expend his own soul power.

Currently, the Three-Headed Hound was not in its full form, and the soul power it consumed was within his maximum tolerance.

However, in its full form, it would demand much more soul power.

This would exceed his limits.

Once exceeded, his soul would be utterly annihilated, and even his physical body would dissipate.

The masked man wanted to stop it. "Three-Headed Hound, don't forget our agreement. You promised not to demand more soul power than I can bear!"

"A lowly human is merely food for this venerable one. What right do you have to negotiate terms with me?"

The masked man's voice was filled with terror. "If you release your full body, I will die!"

"So what? Did this venerable one ever promise to protect your life? The contract only stated that I wouldn't excessively drain your soul power, not that I would protect your life!"

The Three-Headed Hound looked at the masked man as if he were a puppet in its hands, manipulated at its will. "It is your honor to die for this venerable one!"

"No!" The masked man protested loudly.

He hadn't expected things to escalate to this point.

Jiang Chen wasn't dead yet, and he was about to die first!

He struggled desperately, clinging to the last sliver of hope for survival.

He shouted to the sky, "Contract dissolved, summoning ended!"

However, nothing happened.

His contract with the Three-Headed Hound was not broken.

The Three-Headed Hound did not return to hell.

How was this possible? He clearly hadn't made any mistakes in the procedure.

Why hasn't the contract been broken? Why didn't the Three-Headed Hound return to hell?

The Three-Headed Hound clearly had no more patience. It roared, "Perfect Form, Unleash!"

"Ah! No!!!"

The masked man shouted towards the sky, his voice filled with extreme pain.

He felt his Soul Power rapidly draining. His soul could no longer withstand the Three-Headed Hound's demands and had begun to crack.

His physical body was even starting to turn transparent.

"No!!!"

"Help, someone save me!!!"

The masked man screamed, but no matter how he struggled, he couldn't stop his body from disintegrating in the end.

Finally, he turned completely transparent.

He vanished entirely.

Fatty watched all of this unfold, a bit confused. "Brother Chen, what's going on? Why did he disappear!"

"Maybe he saw how strong Brother Chen is and ran away!"

"He plotted against us, we can't let him get away!"

"He didn't run away, he was eaten by the Three-Headed Hound!"

Jiang Chen explained.

"Huh?"

Fatty clearly didn't understand. Logically, the Three-Headed Hound shouldn't be the masked man's Contract Beast. He had never heard of a Contract Beast backfiring before.

"Do you think anyone in this world can just contract a Divine Beast? The masked man must have used some kind of forbidden technique to contract the Three-Headed Hound."

"But forbidden techniques are called forbidden for a reason – they're too dangerous and prone to backfiring!"

"Now that he's met this fate, he's only got himself to blame!"

With that explanation, Fatty finally understood.

This masked man, he thought he was so powerful, but in the end, he was just a fool who used abnormal means to increase his strength.

If you want to possess power that doesn't belong to you, you have to be prepared to pay a heavy price.

Every student at the academy knew this.

Soon, Fatty thought of another problem.

The masked man was dead, but the Three-Headed Hound was still here.

The danger hadn't passed yet.

What were they going to do now!

Even if Brother Chen was powerful, he wasn't a god.

How could they defeat a Divine Beast without god-like power?

As if sensing Fatty's unease, Jiang Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, I've got this."

"Human, my current form can crush you with one slap. What are you being so arrogant about?"

The Three-Headed Hound was now in its Perfect Form, surrounded by black flames.

Within the flames, two blood-red eyes without pupils were visible.

And sharp teeth.

Even though Jiang Chen wasn't very close, he could feel that the temperature radiating from the Three-Headed Hound was several times higher than before.

He calmly took a step forward.

With just one step, Fatty cried out nervously, "Brother Chen!"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine!"

Jiang Chen's words seemed to have a calming effect.

Hearing this, Fatty inexplicably felt that Brother Chen definitely had a way to resolve this.

He watched as Jiang Chen positioned himself between the Three-Headed Hound and him.

Facing the Three-Headed Hound's monstrous flames, Jiang Chen was completely unaffected.

"Human, aren't you going to use your strange knife?"

The Three-Headed Hound didn't seem in a hurry to kill Jiang Chen. It regarded him with a hint of playfulness.

"The knife is right here!"

Jiang Chen raised his left hand, revealing the Hornet, and said.

"What is this? A human girl's fake fingernail."

"You're going to deal with me with this thing!"

The Three-Headed Hound's tone was clearly filled with disdain.

"Human, I'll give you a chance to live. Attack me three times, and if you can wound me, I'll spare your life!"

Jiang Chen shook his head.

"What, you think that's too few?"

The Three-Headed Hound's lips curled into a sneer.

Looking at Jiang Chen, who was like an ant that could be crushed with a single slap, it thought: Anyway, he's going to die sooner or later, so I might as well play with him.

"No!" Jiang Chen replied.

"Then what is it?"

"It's too many!"