A moment later, someone discovered that the Rescue Network had posted an update.
A cultivator opened it and found a video. He pressed play and saw a woman sneering as she posted a task. While signing the contract, she took out a red spike and drove it into her chest. Only then did she leisurely sign.
The cultivator understood.
That red spike had to be some kind of tool that could shield her from the contract's punishment.
Why had the Rescue Network posted this video? Was it warning viewers that tasks were not completely safe, and that anyone hoping to become a rescuer should keep their eyes open and take precautions?
But after signing the contract, the woman's expression suddenly shifted. "God, save me!!!" she screamed.
Then the cultivator saw the ground in the video gradually turn black. Black liquid surged up from it, and in an instant, the woman seemed to be sinking into a swamp. No matter how she struggled, she could not escape it.
Her body transformed into a giant snake, but the black liquid clung tight. Flames, lightning, fierce winds—she tried every means at her disposal in the space of a few breaths. Nothing changed.
In her despair, her "god" made a move.
A powerful blue arm crossed space in an instant and appeared above the giant snake, reaching down to seize its body. The cultivator expected a tug-of-war. Instead, the next second, the entire image went black.
The cultivator's pupils contracted. He realized this was the source of the terrifying aura he had sensed just now, an aura almost beyond description.
When the image returned, everything was calm again. Yet that calm itself hinted at countless things beneath it, like a deep pool whose placid surface concealed terrifying possibilities.
The video ended, and the screen