In Hand, a Sovereign Artifact Level Body?

"You want to negotiate terms with me? Do you two know who I am?"

Hearing their reply, Wyatt could not help but laugh.

He had to marvel at how ignorance bred fearlessness. Two magical beasts whose strength had only just reached Level 9 Warrior, and who had somehow taken human form, actually dared to stand here and confidently negotiate terms with a Paragon.

Let alone two beings who had not even reached the Saint Domain, even if a Peak Asura stood here and tried to negotiate with Wyatt, would she be worthy?

"You two have the right idea. You know you can gain the greatest benefits from me, and you understand how to maximize your interests. Unfortunately, you are still too naive. I do not like others negotiating terms with me. Remember this: in this world, the strong may bestow rewards upon the weak, but the weak have no right to make demands of the strong."

The smile on Wyatt's face gradually faded, and then a terrifying pressure emerged around him.

That invisible pressure seemed to gradually distort the very space within the Imperial Palace Hall. Feeling that dreadful force capable of striking directly at their souls, the two girls' expressions changed drastically.

A strange Hexagram Magic Array glowing with purple light appeared over Wyatt's left hand.

At the feet of the two "girls," an identical Hexagram Magic Array appeared as well, only far larger than the one in Wyatt's hand!

An unusual energy fluctuation rippled across the magic arrays.

The eyes of the two girls within the arrays gradually became vacant, as if they had completely lost consciousness.

At that moment, two drops of blood shot from Wyatt's hand and entered the bodies of the two "girls."

Afterward, the magic arrays vanished, the light faded, and everything gradually returned to normal.

Master-Servant Contract!

As a Paragon, Wyatt had directly used forceful means to make the two magical beasts sign a Master-Servant Contract with him! Once the contract was formed, the two "girls" would be utterly unable to disobey any of Wyatt's commands. If they truly knew the whereabouts of the Heart of Destiny, then the Heart of Destiny was now firmly in Wyatt's grasp.

A binding contract as restrictive as the Master-Servant Contract normally required both parties' consent unless the gap between them was especially vast.

But the difference between a Paragon and two magical beasts who had not even reached the Saint Domain was simply too great. Wyatt could force them into a contract.

Magical beasts from a Material Plane who had only just taken human form really were far too naive.

With their meager strength, how could they possibly be qualified to trade with the strong?

Forget Wyatt being a Paragon—even if he were merely an ordinary High-God, he would never make any sort of deal with two magical beasts that had not even reached the Saint Domain.

In this world, unless you held leverage with no weaknesses whatsoever, the weak had no right to negotiate terms with the strong.

The strong could choose to reward others and grant the weak unimaginable benefits, but without sufficient power, one should never make demands of the strong. The weak were not qualified to stand on equal footing with the strong.

You could say Wyatt was not a good person, but this was the truest portrayal of every divine-level being in the world of Coiling Dragon.

There could be no so-called "good people" among this world's strong. Other than those who cheated their way upward, what powerhouse had reached their current position without using some schemes?

Unless one was Of, or a special existence like the Bula Clan, if Wyatt possessed Of's overly kind nature, he might have died within the Four Divine Beasts Family before he had even grown up.

Forcibly signing a Master-Servant Contract was currently the safest way to obtain the Heart of Destiny.

"Now, hand over what I want first. And the Purple Scale Fluid you mentioned—if it is of little use to me, I believe you understand the consequences."

Leaning sideways against the throne, Wyatt and the two "girls" were now the only ones left in the Imperial Palace Hall.

Judging by their appearance, they had only just regained their senses. While inwardly horrified, they discovered that they could not disobey Wyatt's orders at all. Deep within their souls, they could feel that with a single thought from Wyatt, they would die!

The slightly taller "girl" had already removed the purple robe covering her body, revealing a face sixty percent similar to that of the Purple-Haired Girl beside her.

Under the effect of the Master-Servant Contract, her mouth opened slightly, and a purple vortex appeared before her.

As the purple vortex slowly rotated, a triangular crystal emitting a faint green glow appeared directly before Wyatt!

The Heart of Destiny!

With a single glance, Wyatt recognized the item. It was precisely the Heart of Destiny he had been seeking!

These two even have a special space within their bodies. They seem to be unusual divine beasts. They actually dared to come see me with the Heart of Destiny directly on them. They really are bold. Wyatt thought.

Ordinary magical beasts did not possess any special space within their bodies. Only some comparatively rare divine beasts had such a trait.

With a slight gesture, the Heart of Destiny flew directly into Wyatt's hand. After examining this third Supreme God Token from top to bottom, Wyatt stored it away with satisfaction.

Taking a deep breath, the slightly taller Purple-Haired Girl understood that although it was difficult to accept this reality, whether she would survive depended on what she said next.

As a divine beast who had only been born not long ago and had taken human form early through a fortunate coincidence, she admitted that she was still too young.

Not daring to conceal anything, the purple-haired "girl" decided to tell the person before her all of her secrets. They no longer had any bargaining chips left.

"My lord, my name is Ziya. This is Zilei, my younger sister. The two of us are divine beasts born from heaven and earth—the Purple Scale Beasts."

After that brief introduction, Ziya continued.

"Divine beasts normally need to reach the Lower God level before they can take human form. But not long after we were born, we happened to discover that miraculous Heavenly Artifact at the bottom of a lake."

"That Heavenly Artifact not only allowed us to take human form early, it also caused us to undergo another transformation."

The Heavenly Artifact Ziya spoke of was naturally the third Supreme God Token, the Heart of Destiny.

"Oh?"

Wyatt raised an eyebrow. It seemed that this third Supreme God Token could affect divine beasts themselves. When he had time, he could study it properly. Perhaps it might be useful to him as well.

Ziya glanced at Wyatt. Seeing that he paid her no attention at all, she could only continue.

"Our true forms, the Purple Scale Beasts, can nurture a special essence within our bodies called Purple Scale Fluid. Under normal circumstances, this essence can help improve our physical bodies, but it cannot be used by others."

"This improvement is highly effective. According to the records within our bloodline, after becoming gods, our physical bodies can become far stronger than those of others at the same level."

"But because of that Heavenly Artifact, the bloodlines within our bodies mutated."

"This mutation made our divine beast talents even more astonishing. The Purple Scale Fluid in our bodies can now continuously strengthen our physical bodies until they reach the limit of the divine level. Furthermore, after Purple Scale Fluid is produced within our bodies, if it is drawn out using the Heavenly Artifact in your possession, my lord, it can even be extracted from our bodies for your use!"

The earlier parts of Ziya's explanation did not stir Wyatt's emotions in the slightest.

As for Mutant Divine Beasts, Wyatt had lived for so many years that he had seen at least eight hundred, if not a thousand.

Even when Ziya said that the Purple Scale Fluid could help them raise their physical bodies to the limit of the divine level, Wyatt felt nothing.

The limit of the divine level was merely a Sovereign Artifact Level body.

But what did it have to do with Wyatt if these two could raise their physical strength to the Sovereign Artifact Level?

No matter how strong they became, could they surpass Wyatt?

However, Ziya's next words—that the Purple Scale Fluid could be extracted through the Heart of Destiny for his use—changed the significance entirely.

If that were truly the case, then by relying on the Heart of Destiny to extract it, would he, Wyatt, not also have a chance to attain a Sovereign Artifact Level body?

(End of Chapter)