Chapter 2: Eternal Contract

……

Zhou Lan manipulated gravity to move, slowly landing in front of Lv Cheng.

"We are trapped in this Eternal Hell, unable to leave, and can only wait for the erosion of time to consume our wisdom and power until nothing remains."

"If you are willing to take us out."

Zhou Lan condensed a purple-black energy ball in his palm.

The other six Demons followed suit, condensing their own Demon Qi.

"We are willing to share our power with you!" x7

"……"

"Take you out? I can take you out?" Lv Cheng asked.

"And, share your power with me? Don't even think about just handing me Demon Qi; I'm not that much of an idiot."

Only Demons can truly control a Demon's Demon Qi, and they can take it back at any time.

"A Contract!" Zhou Lan said.

"We can establish an eternal cooperation Contract, an eternal Contract that neither you nor we can violate!"

"Through the Contract, we can leave with you, and you can also obtain our power."

"A Contract?" Lv Cheng looked puzzled.

"To be honest, I know your stories, and I also know you were betrayed and deceived by that hot-tempered one fighting over there, so, are Demon contracts really useful?"

"……"

The Seven Great Demons' faces darkened.

Being betrayed and abandoned in Hell by Shendu was the stain of their lives!

"That was an accident!" Zhou Lan said in a deep voice.

"We didn't expect him to betray us, so we didn't place a Contract on him."

"But how should I trust you?" Lv Cheng asked.

"I don't have the means to restrain you. If I really take you out, who knows if you'll cause trouble?"

"Even if you don't kill me, what about other people?"

"I'm not a good person, but I wouldn't do anything to bring disaster upon the world."

To be honest, he really wanted the power of these Demons.

However, it was too dangerous!

He lacked the ability to control these Demons; once they were released without any means to seal them, Reality would be destroyed.

These Demons are immortal!

Conceptually immortal!

"No, you do." Zhou Lan looked at Shendu and Xiaolong who were fighting, his thoughts stirred, and he manipulated gravity to pull them over.

"Enough!" Zhou Lan shouted in a low voice.

"Stop messing around!"

As he spoke, Zhou Lan took back the Demon Qi belonging to him from Xiaolong.

The other six Demons also withdrew their Demon Qi one after another.

They naturally possessed absolute control over their own Demon Qi.

The only reason they hadn't taken it back until now was just to watch the father and son fight.

After all, there was nothing else to do in this boring Hell.

"No!!"

Having lost the Demon Qi, Xiaolong quickly weakened and returned to his original form, completely unable to compete with Shendu.

"My kin, you should have done this sooner." Shendu slammed Xiaolong onto the ground.

Without the Demon Qi of the other Demons, Xiaolong had no qualifications to fight him.

"Shendu, look at this human." Zhou Lan said.

"Human?" Shendu was stunned, looking at the human soul beside Zhou Lan, red light flickering in his eyes.

"……"

"No!!"

"No!!!"

Shendu's expression changed drastically, and he couldn't help but retreat, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying.

Seeing Shendu's reaction, the Seven Great Demons nodded secretly.

To be able to make Shendu react this way, it seems he really is that Immortal God Descendant who once sealed him.

In front of the corresponding Immortal God, their power would be completely sealed, with no power to resist!

Although this human had no power, the Immortal God Qi on him was enough to evoke the fear in Shendu's heart.

"……"

Lv Cheng looked at the terrified Shendu in confusion.

Was he that scary?

"Hmm?"

Sensing a strange fluctuation, Lv Cheng looked up and saw a long Sword shimmering with golden light fly out from a white spatial rift, hovering in front of him.

Seeing this Sword, Shendu immediately activated his Super Speed ability to slip away.

"This is..." Lv Cheng looked puzzled.

Isn't this his Small Wooden Sword?

Could this thing... be the Immortal God Token used to subdue Shendu?

The Sword of the Ancestor Lv?

"It seems you know the origin of this item," Zhou Lan said.

"With this Sword, you can send Shendu back to Hell at any time, and furthermore, he cannot harm you."

"Now, can you trust us?"

"You?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

"This Sword seems useless to you, doesn't it?"

An Immortal God Token can only deal with its corresponding Demon; this Sword can only allow him to suppress Shendu, and it is completely useless against other Demons.

"This is already enough," Zhou Lan said.

"Shendu cannot cause you harm, and you can send him back to Hell at any time; we can help you establish a Power Contract of Yin-Yang Balance with him, and through him, you can learn whether this Contract is true and trustworthy."

"Then why didn't you use a Demon Contract on Shendu before?" Lv Cheng asked.

"Would you humans fire a nuclear bomb at your own brother for the sake of a lunch?" Zhou Lan said in a deep voice.

A Demon Contract cannot be violated!

Just like the Book of Ages, once determined, no matter how one tries to escape, one is destined to return to the original trajectory!

Moreover, they never imagined at the time that they would be betrayed by their own brother!

But now, they have no other choice.

Either go mad in this eternal Hell until they degenerate into low-level, mindless Demons, or take a gamble!

It couldn't get any worse anyway.

Besides, human greed is infinite; once this human obtains Shendu's power, he will certainly not be satisfied and will surely release them one by one to obtain their power!

Although this kind of Contract is dangerous and humiliating, compared to freedom, it is nothing!

After reaching an agreement, Zhou Lan led the group of Demons to set out in search of Shendu, while Ximu remained behind, wanting to build a rapport with Lv Cheng.

"I want to make a deal with you," Ximu transformed into the appearance of a human youth and sat down opposite Lv Cheng.

"What kind of deal?" Lv Cheng raised an eyebrow.

Ximu is one of the eight Demons with a rarely relatively gentle, and even somewhat kind, personality; he is not as excessively cold and ruthless as the other Demons, and he has a sense of humor—of course, being selfish, hypocritical, and having a hidden dagger behind a smile, that is also Ximu.

After all, being a Demon, having these qualities is nothing to be ashamed of.

"Do you know your own origin?" Ximu asked.

"What origin could I have?" Lv Cheng asked in confusion.

A miserable postgraduate entrance exam student who worked himself to death; he didn't even know when his corpse in the rented room would be discovered.

"Do you know why we can establish a Contract with you?" Ximu asked.

"Why?" Lv Cheng asked.

"This is a very important secret," a green light appeared in Ximu's hand.

"If you are willing to guarantee that you will prioritize bringing me out next time, I can tell you now."

"What is this?" Lv Cheng asked.

"A simple Soul Contract, similar to a curse," Ximu reached out his hand.

"If you break your promise, your 'down there' will never be able to stand up again."

Lv Cheng's expression froze.

What a vicious curse!

(End of chapter)