Tang San looked puzzled. How could defeating it turn it into a Soul Ring?
Didn't he have to kill it himself for that to work?
"Boss Chu, I can't beat it," Tang San admitted outright.
"Don't worry. You've got me." Chu Feng took out Oscar's and Ning Rongrong's badges and inserted them into the Martial Soul Fusion Device.
"Nine-colored flowing light, food bestows the weight of a thousand jun!"
"Nine-colored trailing ribbons, swift movement and healing!"
"Pagoda, open the third level! Illusory food builds divine defense!"
The first enhancement descended, and surging strength instantly flowed through Tang San's muscles and bones. The strength in his limbs soared, and even his body grew a size larger, stretching his clothes tight.
Before he could adjust, the second enhancement, a speed boost, wrapped around his entire body, making him feel considerably lighter.
The final golden light condensed into a translucent, glasslike shield over his body, like a suit of invisible armor.
"Go, Pikachu! No, Little San."
Chu Feng raised a hand and pointed at the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider, which was still hopping around on the Man Faced Demon Spider's corpse.
Tang San clenched his fists, clearly feeling the strength that had surged within him.
He looked at the nearby Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider and grinned.
"Now I've got everything I need."
Tang San kicked hard off the ground, then charged forward with his enhanced strength as Blue Silver Grass swept toward the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider.
Seeing Tang San charge at it, the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider shifted its eight slender legs lightly, and every emerald marking on its carapace lit up.
"Swish!"
Strands of tough, blue-green silk sprayed from its mouthparts.
Though mild-tempered, it was still a Soul Beast.
Seeing Tang San take the initiative to attack it, it immediately entered a combat state.
Although these two humans had killed its enemy, that did not mean they could attack it.
Emerald spider silk swept the Blue Silver Grass aside. With a light push of its eight legs, the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider easily sprang into the air, moving so fast that Tang San almost failed to see it clearly.
By the time Tang San could see it clearly again, the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider was already right beside him.
Reacting instinctively, Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer in his left hand and smashed it into the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider.
This blow carried his enhanced strength.
Thud!
A crisp, dull impact rang out as the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider took the blow squarely.
"Aoo..." The Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider cried out in pain.
The circulation of Soul Power within its body was disrupted, and its emerald markings abruptly dimmed.
But it was a six-thousand-year Soul Beast, after all. Its legs sprang outward, carrying it away from Tang San.
The emerald markings on its body lit up again, constantly repairing its injuries.
Chu Feng watched the two fight, with no intention of intervening.
He only needed to keep watch for other Soul Beasts nearby.
After all, this was the mixed zone, where Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts frequently appeared.
"Little San, finish the fight quickly."
Tang San was also using the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, blocking the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider's leg attacks before smashing its carapace again.
He was still the son of destiny, after all. With his enhancements and reckless fighting style, Tang San left the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider unable to fight back for the moment.
The Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider hissed from time to time, hurt by the blows.
This human has no martial virtue.
Look, you're covered in wounds too. Can't you stop fighting like your life means nothing?
Give me a little time to catch my breath.
"One final blow." Tang San mustered all his Soul Power and strength, raising the Clear Sky Hammer above his head.
"Wait." Chu Feng suddenly called a halt.
With a light push of his feet, he came over to the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider pinned beneath Tang San.
He took a book out of his storage space and tossed it to Tang San.
"Memorize what's in the book now, then follow its steps in a moment."
Tang San withdrew his Martial Soul, took the book, and opened it with a puzzled expression.
Why did Boss Chu suddenly want me to read a book?
Could there be something in it?
Opening the first page, he saw several large words: "Contract Soul Beasts."
Chu Feng gently rested his hand on the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider, bent down, and stared into its eight little eyes.
"Hiss, hiss..." The Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider made frightened sounds.
It was born with the ability to sense danger.
The human before it gave it a sense of extreme danger.
This human could kill it effortlessly.
No, please! I'm still a child.
"Little thing, do you submit?" Chu Feng asked with a smile.
The Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider nodded frantically.
I submit! I submit! Don't kill me.
As long as it could keep its little life, it would do anything.
A beast couldn't throw its life away just to save face, could it?
"Then are you willing to become his Contract Soul Beast?"
"Don't worry. We're not going to kill you. We're going to make you partners who fight side by side."
Chu Feng planned to make the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider Tang San's Contract Soul Beast.
There was one thing he had not told the Sky Azure Bull Python: a contract could also be formed after beating a Soul Beast into submission.
As for affection, they could slowly build that later.
"Wow, Boss Chu! This Contract Soul Beast method is incredible. How did you develop something so heaven-defying?" Tang San closed the book and looked at Chu Feng with wide eyes.
He had a photographic memory and already knew everything in the book by heart.
It explained how a Soul Master could form a contract with a Soul Beast.
It would make the Soul Beast his companion.
The Soul Beast could still give him a Soul Ring and generate Soul Skills, and with good luck, there might even be a Soul Bone.
Yet it would not harm the Soul Beast's life.
Moreover, Soul Rings obtained this way could greatly exceed the age limit.
He could now absorb this Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider's six-thousand-year Soul Ring.
How had Chu Feng come up with such a heaven-defying method?
Contract Soul Beasts completely overturned the continent's current Soul Master system.
If this got out, wouldn't Soul Masters across the entire continent fight like mad to seize it?
At that thought, Tang San was deeply moved.
Chu Feng passing this on to him showed that he trusted him immensely.
He thought again of his previous life, and the thefts he had committed for those secret techniques.
Now, Chu Feng had so readily taught him something a hundred times more powerful than those secret techniques.
Without hesitation, Tang San rose and knelt in homage to Chu Feng again.
[Detected: Tang San's favorability toward the host has reached maximum level.]
The badge belonging to Tang San in Chu Feng's mind shone with golden light.
Chu Feng's heart stirred slightly. He had not expected Tang San's favorability toward him to max out so quickly.
No wonder so many people were willing to pursue a gender-swapped Tang San.
So he was this easy to win over.
This is fantastic. From now on, I won't have to defeat Tang San every time before the badge can synchronize with his strength.
"All right, hurry down and form a contract with it."
"It's a very good match for your Martial Soul," Chu Feng said, waving a hand.
Tang San nodded, moved, and jumped down to stand before the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider.
Chu Feng tapped the Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider's head again.
"There, him. You'll sign a Soul Contract with him in a moment."
"From now on, you're his beast."
Hooking an arm around Tang San's shoulders, he continued confidently, "Let me tell you, this brother of mine has the makings of a god."
"If you follow him, you might even become a divine beast someday."
Tang San scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
Boss Chu thinks far too highly of me.
Can I really become a god?
The Azure-Patterned Tenacious Life Spider nodded frantically in agreement.
It did not know what this "Soul Contract" or "Contract Soul Beast" was.
But it knew that if it listened to this human, it could live.