Chapter 227: Those Who Play with Contracts Are Heartless!

"Found you!"

A smile curled at the corners of Su Nian's mouth; by dragging the entire City of the End into the Gift Game he was hosting, he had finally discovered that hidden, nameless enemy.

That aged and sturdy prophet—Mithra.

He decided to face this existence head-on, who was suspected of having long since become an Avatar of that Saint of the Cross Religion.

There was really no other way; the enemy was an old monster who had been famous for a long time, a God King who had survived from the Dawn Period to the present and was still jumping around on the stage of Little Garden.

He was a top-tier God King, second only to the likes of Zeus and Indra, existences that could almost be considered Two-digit.

Compared to him, even Athena seemed like a youngster.

Rather than being watched in the shadows by such an existence, Su Nian preferred to drag him out, throw him into the sunlight, and beat him to death first!

He did not like being stared at by an old monster all day long.

As soon as his voice fell, a pure white contract descended from the sky, smashing straight toward Mithra.

"Displacement!"

Su Nian swapped his own mass with the mass of the falling contract; possessing a physique comparable to a Star Spirit, his mass alone had already reached the level of a star.

This was not even mentioning other explosive methods; in a sense, Su Nian was now a human-shaped star.

And the contract falling after the mass exchange could be seen as a star smashing straight down.

Yet the next moment, a powerful hand caught the contract without the slightest surprise and began to examine the contents of the Gift Game.

Seeing this scene, Su Nian just wanted to curse.

"Damn, I really ran into an old monster this time!"

Mother of God, catching a star-mass contract with bare hands... that is still a bit absurd.

Su Nian had intended to give the opponent a show of force while gathering some intelligence on him.

He had originally planned to have a passionate brawl with him, but now, forget it.

And before Su Nian could react further, the pure white contract suddenly turned pitch black.

Black parchment? It was a Demon King's Host Authority!

"The Lord reveals to me that a wicked man is spying on me; the Lord says, the wicked man shall fight me fairly."

Mithra held the contract and said in a gentle tone.

While he was speaking, his gaze seemed to pierce through space, seeing Su Nian who was looking down at him from a higher dimension.

Su Nian was stunned to find that he had been included in the scope of a Gift Game without knowing when.

What the hell? He was included in someone else's Demon King Game while in the middle of his own Gift Game?

Su Nian narrowed his eyes, took the contract that had slid from the void into his hand, and looked at the contents above.

【Gift Game Name: Just Contract】

【Break the unjust contract, sign a just contract.】

【"Mithra" Seal】

Other than that, there was absolutely nothing of value, and a contract? What contract? Su Nian did not see any contract at all.

"Highest-level Deception Authority? Humanity's Final Trial?"

Su Nian's mouth twitched; was this a case of Li Kui meeting Li Gui?

Hilarious, to actually dare to play with his own shallow understanding of Humanity's Final Trial in front of the real deal.

It was only when Su Nian broke through the Deception Authority and saw the true contents of the Gift Game that had been hidden.

Su Nian could not help but spit and curse out loud.

"As expected of an old thing who plays with contracts, he really plays dirty."

God knows what Su Nian saw? He had just seen a contract written in tens of thousands of languages, layered with all sorts of wordplay and logical traps, totaling hundreds of trillions of words.

This was also the true way to crack this old thing's Gift Game.

That was to argue with this old man face-to-face, finding the unjust content in the contract line by line and correcting it to the fairest situation.

Otherwise, one would have to defeat this old man in direct combat.

"Old man, isn't your heart a bit too dirty?"

Just as Su Nian was lamenting, a hand suddenly grew out from behind him and grabbed at Su Nian's head.

Su Nian tilted his head sharply, only then dodging that claw.

Dirty, it was truly too dirty; Su Nian really had not expected that when Mithra recited, "The Lord says, the wicked man shall fight me fairly."

He had forcibly twisted the mark Su Nian left on his own Gift Game and forcibly signed a fair contract with him.

That's right, it was very fair—fairly splitting everything he had in half.

Su Nian's power and authority were split into two at this moment; one part was in his hand, and the other was added to Mithra's body.

But fortunately, it was the lower level after all, and Mithra had only achieved this result by twisting the contract.

So it only split his power and Space Authority.

"However, it's fine; I can be even dirtier."

Su Nian curled his mouth into a wild smile and raised his hand to grab Mithra's arm violently.

Although at this moment, Mithra's power was far stronger than his.

But if he could sign a contract, couldn't he just displace the Party A and Party B?

"Displacement!"

The next moment, Su Nian's power returned, along with an additional half of the power of the Star Body from Mithra.

It was about 1.5 times his usual strength.

Su Nian exerted force and tore the opponent's right arm straight off.

Looking at the blood flowing from the wound, as brilliant and golden as the stars, Su Nian said in astonishment.

"Star Body? You haven't undergone the Renzhitian Jiangtian Weiren?"

Damn, no wonder this old geezer's physical constitution is so absurd, it's almost catching up to his; turns out the bastard snuck down here.

Star Body is the divine body sublimated by God Kings after breaking through to the Three-digit level; the mass and density of the divine body are comparable to stars, and every move they make could trigger violent natural disasters.

In layman's terms, after becoming a Three-digit, their divine body strength automatically ascends to a level comparable to a Star Spirit.

It's just that there is still a gap between a Star Body and a Star Spirit Body; the Star Body is closer to the Dharma image of a Divine Spirit, a manifestation of their Authority and divine might, and its mere existence would cause unimaginable damage to the world.

Whereas the Star Spirit Body is pure physical constitution, pure brute force.

But what makes Su Nian curious is, how exactly did he sneak into the lower realms without causing any impact?

What is appearing before Su Nian right now is not some Avatar of Mithra, nor is it Mithra after his Descent to Human.

It is the actual body of the top-tier Three-digit God King Mithra, who somehow used some method to linger in the lower layers while maintaining his Three-digit essence.

He just doesn't dare to leak power exceeding Four-Digit Exceptional.

This actually piqued Su Nian's curiosity: how exactly did Mithra restrict his own power, firmly limiting it to the Four-Digit Exceptional level?

"Old geezer, how are you lingering in the lower layers? Tell me, won't you?"

Su Nian turned and pinned Mithra down, pressing him firmly beneath his body, and asked curiously.

"Want to know?"

Mithra was stunned for a moment, then revealed a faint smile, without the slightest self-awareness of being a captive.

"Then I'll tell you: it's a Vow!"

A Vow is also a type of contract, except a Vow is an absolute contract one signs with oneself that cannot be violated.

As a God King who holds the Authority of 【Contract】, Mithra can naturally sign contracts with himself, and can even restrict his own power, behavior, and even his divine powers.

Through the Vow, Mithra firmly welded his output limit to Four-Digit Exceptional; no matter what method he uses, he cannot break that limit.

Of course, he is, after all, the existence who holds the 【Contract】 Authority, so occasionally violating a contract is naturally no pressure at all.

"Damn, you old man are truly devious!!"

Su Nian released Mithra, whom he had been pinning down, and stood quietly to the side; Mithra happily brushed the dust that had just stained his white robe.

He stood to the side like a master teacher, instructing Su Nian on knowledge regarding contracts.

Just from that question Su Nian asked earlier, he had already signed a teacher-student contract with Mithra, the most important clause of which was that the teacher cannot harm the student, and the student cannot harm the teacher.

The others were that the teacher must earnestly instruct the student, the student must earnestly listen to the lecture, and the teacher must answer every question the student asks.

This left Su Nian with no way to proceed; swap identities? What the hell is the point of swapping?

They still couldn't harm each other, and it might even expose his own intelligence.

"Likewise, not as devious as you, little brat who plays with Displacement Magic."

He has traversed Little Garden for so many years, and he doesn't know how many heroes have fallen under his contracts and become his servants; this is the first time he has stumbled at the hands of Su Nian.

He had never seen this kind of Magic that can displace a Concept; this thing is even more devious than his contracts.

What's even more devious is that Su Nian actually developed this thing to the point of approaching an Authority.

This brat, isn't he playing with space?

If this old thing/little coin doesn't die here, I truly won't be able to sleep.

At the same moment, Su Nian and Mithra's thoughts were surprisingly identical.

By the way, this old geezer should be a natural-born Divine Spirit, right?

Su Nian calculated in his heart; no more playing around, it's time to activate the Simulated Star Creation Map.

"Void Star: Tai Sui!"

I was guarding against this move of yours; do you really think I haven't been earnestly collecting intelligence?

Mithra sneered; do you know why he didn't restrict Su Nian from using Displacement Magic to manipulate Concepts?

It was precisely to prevent Su Nian from activating the Simulated Star Creation Map.

Although the activation of the Simulated Star Creation Map is zero-frame and has extremely high priority, as long as you restrict it before it activates, it's fine.

"Contract: Neither party may use the Simulated Star Creation Map."

A powerful force of contract restricted Su Nian's connection to Void Star: Tai Sui, making Su Nian unable to use the Simulated Star Creation Map.

Restricting the Simulated Star Creation Map? Mithra doesn't have that ability, but restricting Su Nian is easy.

It's just that the consumption was a bit high, so he could only restrict one.

Su Nian also discovered Mithra's weakness, the corners of his mouth curled into a wicked smile, and he laughed quite rampantly.

"Old thing, didn't expect I'd have a second one, did you?"

As he spoke, Su Nian grabbed with his hand, and a golden, ornate long spear was gripped in his hand, pointing at Mithra.

"Old thing, how many thrusts do you think I need to kill you?"

"I think you won't be able to thrust even once!"

Mithra said, still wearing that smiling face that makes people really want to hit him.

Before the words had faded, a sweet, naive voice rang out.

"Six Paths of Reincarnation: Asura Path!"

The next moment, the Vajra that had been in Su Nian's hand disappeared, causing Su Nian to freeze.

Su Nian turned his head, looked at the Asura who had popped out from who knows where, and asked subconsciously.

"What's the situation?"

No, when the hell did you pop out? Wasn't she happily participating in the Holy Grail War? And it was in the space-time slice of the havoc in the Underworld that Su Nian created.

"It's a teammate contract; you should have played online games, right? This is the inspiration for this contract: teammates cannot harm each other, and can also summon each other."

The teacher's "answer every question" was triggered, and Mithra explained to Su Nian with a chuckle.

In his current view, Su Nian was at his wit's end, having used all the methods he could.

Now, all that is left is to wait for Asura to make a move and finish off Su Nian.

"What are you looking at? I will not participate in those unfair battles where the strong bully the weak."

Asura let out a cold snort and put away her Simulated Star Creation Map: Six Paths of Reincarnation: Asura Path, which is one of the components of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and also the most important Inheritance Gift of the Asura Clan.

The Asura Clan can suffer mishaps, but this thing absolutely cannot.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation: Asura Path can comprehensively enhance the power of the Asura Clan, stimulate the full potential of the Asura Clan, simultaneously plunder others' weapons, and grant the Asura Clan the power of immortality; no matter how they are killed, they can return from the Asura Path.

In Asura's hands, she can even, under the amplification of the Asura Path, legitimately exert power that transcends the limits of Little Garden, much like Humanity's Final Trial.

However, because of her background, coupled with the fact that she is the biological daughter of Indra, the blood of Indra flows in her veins.

Added to the abilities of the Asura Path, she could naturally and easily snatch the Vajra from Su Nian's hands.

After Asura finished speaking, a crimson flame rose up; the Red Lotus Karma Fire burned over her entire body, also burning away the teammate contract she had once forged with Mithra.

The Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame can burn away existence, while the Red Lotus Karma Fire can burn away all karma, that is, sins, Causality, and so on.

A mere contract naturally could not withstand the Red Lotus Karma Fire.

Asura did not make a move, and Su Nian also breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed it had not yet reached the point of needing to use his trump cards.

It is just that this old geezer is truly something, actually arriving in his true body and still maintaining a Three-digit Spirit Status, which leaves Su Nian feeling very helpless.

If only he were a Four-Digit Exceptional, Su Nian would have a way to negate his Spirit Status, negate his Merit, his powers, and even his Authority; there would be no need for so much trouble.

Damn it, this old geezer is truly dirty.

This little coin shouldn't have any other trump cards, right?

Mithra did not know why he felt a chill down his back; he seemed to be rejoicing that he had not undergone the Descent to Human.

The little brats nowadays are truly one more perverted than the last; it is fortunate that he acted early.

Otherwise, who knows to what extent this little brat would grow.

(End of chapter)