Temporary Contract, Activating the Strongest Form?

"Damn it, which use are you talking about?!"

Bai Zhou was currently focused on Lin Wei, he didn't have time for her word games.

He took a step forward.

With a crisp "slap," Bai Zhou directly smacked Long Ying's pretty little face.

[Ding! Detected physical damage to main character +20, mental damage +999, Destined Villain Value +50, Villain Roulette requires 1200 more to activate!]

Bai Zhou's slap was truly vicious, as evidenced by the damage she sustained. After all, Chu Yun only lost 10 HP from a similar slap.

Long Ying was sent sprawling to the ground by Bai Zhou's blow.

Her hood was also knocked off.

A head of thick, glossy black hair was messily blown about by the wind.

Coupled with the trace of blood at the corner of her lips, and her angry glare back at Bai Zhou while clutching her cheek.

She looked truly pitiable!

"You... hit me?!"

Long Ying's voice even trembled slightly.

But Bai Zhou immediately roared back:

"I damn well want to kill you!"

[Ding! Detected mental damage to main character +555, Destined Villain Value +50 obtained, Villain Roulette requires 1150 more to activate!]

Amidst these system notifications, Bai Zhou's voice hadn't stopped:

"This mission was posted by you!"

"You clearly knew your brother and sister-in-law were a Level 4 Spirit Master and Divine Weapon Maiden combo, yet you only posted a beginner mission that could be taken by a Level 1?!"

"You just wanted other Spirit Masters to bring you in, and you didn't care if they died after encountering the spider wolf?!"

"It's fine if you want to die yourself, but you're willing to let the Spirit Masters who kindly brought you in die?! Don't you deserve to be hit?!"

[Ding! Detected mental damage to main character +777, Destined Villain Value +50 obtained, Villain Roulette requires 1100 more to activate!]

"Now, my Divine Weapon Maiden is stuck in the mouth of your brother's killer during a fierce battle!"

"If I don't do something, she'll also die in that spider wolf's maw. I'm telling you, if anything happens to her, I'll make your life a living hell!"

[Ding! Detected mental damage to main character +888, Destined Villain Value +50 obtained, Villain Roulette requires 1050 more to activate!]

Bai Zhou pointed at Long Ying's nose from above, saying:

"You only have one choice now: sign a Temporary Contract with me, and let me use you to rescue my Divine Weapon Maiden first!"

A Temporary Contract is a contract that a Spirit Master who already possesses a Divine Weapon Maiden can temporarily sign with an ownerless Divine Weapon Maiden during battle when their own Maiden is not present.

The contract automatically dissolves after the battle.

A crucial prerequisite for using it is that the Spirit Master must possess a contracted Divine Weapon Maiden.

After all, the first Divine Weapon Maiden a Spirit Master contracts is critical, influencing the change from Level 0 to Level 1.

This is something a Temporary Contract cannot achieve.

That's why Chu Yun and Shen Qin could only choose to sign a Companion Contract at the beginning.

But things were different now. Bai Zhou possessed Lin Wei through a Life-and-Death Contract, and Lin Wei was currently stuck in the wolf's mouth.

So:

"Give me your hand!"

[Ding! Detected mental damage to main character +555, Destined Villain Value +50 obtained, Villain Roulette requires 1000 more to activate!]

Long Ying's body trembled slightly as she looked at Bai Zhou's outstretched hand.

She had been so rattled by Bai Zhou's scolding that she hadn't even registered Bai Zhou asking to contract with her. She instinctively blurted out:

"But... but my quality is only E-Class..."

"Stop the damn nonsense!" Bai Zhou's impatient voice cut through.

[Ding! Detected mental damage to main character +999, Destined Villain Value +50 obtained, Villain Roulette requires 950 more to activate!]

"Do you think I'm an ordinary Spirit Master?"

"Don't forget my Divine Weapon Maiden is also E-Class, but look at the spider wolf's current state. Is this the kind of power an E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden can wield?"

Long Ying's gaze trembled as she looked at the spider wolf in the distance, writhing in pain and jumping erratically.

"Yeah, if it were just E-Class..."

But Long Ying hadn't even fully processed it yet.

With a "snap," Bai Zhou firmly grasped Long Ying's small hand.

And in Bai Zhou's mind, the description from the original novel appeared.

As long as one party, either the Spirit Master or the Divine Weapon Maiden, uses their blood to write the character "Contract" on their palm, a temporary contract can be established.

Bai Zhou put his finger in his mouth.

He thought about it, but decided against it. It hurt.

As it happened, Long Ying had blood on the corner of her mouth from when he'd slapped her.

So, he directly wiped her face with her own blood.

"You!"

A flush of shame and anger appeared in Long Ying's eyes: "What are you doing?"

"Shut up!"

[Ding! Detected major character suffering mental damage +555, gained Destined Villain Value +50, Villain Roulette requires 900 more to activate!]

Bai Zhou used the meager blood to write a "contract" character on Long Ying's palm.

The next second, his and Long Ying's fingers intertwined.

Is this how a contract works?

He wasn't sure, but both Bai Zhou and Long Ying felt a searing heat from their palms.

However, after the heat subsided, nothing happened.

Even a temporary contract requires both parties to be willing!

Bai Zhou immediately understood what was going on.

"Slap!" He backhanded Long Ying across the face again.

[Ding! Detected major character suffering physical damage +10, mental damage +666, gained Destined Villain Value +50, Villain Roulette requires 850 more to activate!]

"What the hell are you waiting for?!"

"If Lin Wei is in trouble, I'll make you pay with your life!"

Finally!

With a soft "buzz,"

Long Ying, in a short span of time, no one knew what psychological turmoil she had gone through.

But at this moment, she transformed into specks of starlight.

The next second.

A sword, over a meter long, with a blackened hilt and a gleaming silver blade, was tightly gripped in Bai Zhou's hand.

Looking down at the blade, it was like gazing into an abyss from a high mountain, ethereal and profound, as if a giant dragon coiled within.

Seven bright points of light on the blade, like stars in the sky, adorned it.

A chilling aura of killing intent arose spontaneously.

The Mirror of Omniscience in the void had already materialized, and new information appeared on it:

[Name: Seven Star Dragon Abyss]

[Level: 1]

[Quality: Ultra SSS-Class]

[Innate Skill One: Hidden Dragon in the Abyss: Wielding the sword with both hands, enter a ready stance, accumulate power. Power can be accumulated up to seven stages, each stage increasing the next attack's damage by 10%, for a maximum increase of 70%!]

[Innate Skill Two: Repentant Dragon: Unleash a horizontal slash, sword energy crisscrossing, dealing considerable large-area damage!]

Looking at the information displayed on the Mirror of Omniscience, Bai Zhou was stunned.

"Wait... it's already unlocked its complete form?!"

"I remember Chu Yun only activated thirty percent of his power after signing a Companion Contract with Long Ying, and couldn't even use a single innate skill!"

"But I only have a temporary contract?!"

[Ding! Detected host successfully blocking protagonist's luck, gained Destined Villain Value +150, Villain Roulette requires 700 more to activate!]

Just then, the Dragon Abyss sword in Bai Zhou's hand let out a "buzzing" hum.

It was clear that Long Ying, now transformed and in Bai Zhou's hand, felt the earth-shattering change in her quality!

She suddenly seemed to understand why Bai Zhou's E-Class Divine Weapon Maiden could still make that spider wolf thrash about so wildly.

As for why Bai Zhou could directly unlock Long Ying's complete form, it was entirely because of the Peerless Sword Casket.

But that wasn't important. What was important was why the second innate skill was called Repentant Dragon?

Isn't that the lost palm technique...

Never mind!

Saving Lin Wei is the priority!

At this moment, Lin Wei, through telepathy, told Bai Zhou that she felt she couldn't hold on much longer. The power within her seemed to be constantly dealing damage to the spider wolf, which was causing her strength to drain.

It wouldn't do if she couldn't hold on and turned back into her human form, only to be eaten!

Thus, Bai Zhou said to Lin Wei in his mind, "Hold on a little longer, I'm coming to save you right now!"

Then, he directly raised the Dragon Abyss Sword in his hand horizontally:

"Hidden Dragon in the Abyss!"

The next second.

"Hum hum hum..." The long sword in his hands began to tremble gently.

As the sword body trembled, Bai Zhou clearly felt a powerful force condensing on the Dragon Abyss sword.

With a light "ding!", Bai Zhou saw with his own eyes that the seven bright stars on the sword body, the first one lit up with a brilliant glow!

Next came the second, the third... until the moment the seventh one lit up.

Bai Zhou even felt like his hands could barely hold onto the sword!

It had reached a state where the arrow was on the string and had to be loosed.

And Bai Zhou's pupils flashed instantly:

"Repentant Dragon!"