Chapter 140: Contract

Bingshi stared wide-eyed, his face dazed as he watched the Triceratops' violent ravaging and the calm of the man before him, even giving a slight smile as he watched this terrifying scene.

He no longer dared to run; around him it was as if there were an invisible air wall, binding him, so he could only watch quietly.

Obviously he was about to piss his pants from fear, but his body remained rigid, leaning against the air, making the whole scene seem extremely strange and eerie.

The Triceratops hybrid, its whole body ignited in purple flames, launched indiscriminate attacks on the people around; the purple flames turned into streams of light, shooting out.

With a boom, the remaining masquerade ball exploded entirely.

Jiang Xia gently pinched a stray purple stream of light that had accidentally flown into his face.

He gently twisted it until the purple flames covering it completely vanished.

A small object landed in his palm; it was actually just a tiny, curved yellow horn.

It belonged to the Triceratops hybrid, something newly developed in its rage.

At this moment, the vengeful fire in its heart was about to burn out completely.

The power Jiang Xia used was not much; its purpose was to cleanse the memory toxin, and after using it he would actually become sober.

Jiang Xia, with Bingshi, crossed the messy surroundings and slowly approached the Triceratops hybrid.

But Bingshi was nearly scared to death, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Don't, spare me, I'll never betray anyone again."

His whole body trembled, his hands frantically gripping the ground, but an invisible pair of large hands held him, a powerful force leaving him no strength to resist.

"Jiutiao Ling, a police officer who just returned from abroad, has just joined the Superpower Crime Investigation Division," Jiang Xia said.

When Jiang Xia spoke its name, Bingshi blankly stared at the hybrid before him.

Indeed, Goukou Zheng Hui, having discovered they were providing experimental subjects for Gaia Memory, had already been killed by them.

They arranged his death to look like a suicide from guilt over corruption, making resurrection impossible.

"Who are you?" Jiutiao Ling asked.

"Make a deal: help me accomplish something, I'll hand Bingshi over to you, and I'll also help you control your memory power to aid your revenge."

Jiang Xia simply looked at her calmly.

"What do you want me to do?"

Jiutiao Ling looked at Jiang Xia doubtfully, having also just seen the terrifying combat power that was merely the tip of the iceberg of Jiang Xia's strength,

an attack capable of destroying the masquerade ball was actually caught bare-handed; with such terrifying power, logically she wouldn't be needed.

"We'll make a deal: I need many evil souls, you want revenge, and as a police officer you have a strong sense of justice and compassion.

I will lend you power; the souls of the sinners you kill will serve as my payment.

Meanwhile, the more evil the souls you hand over, the stronger the power you gain."

"This is a very profitable deal; just now you also felt that extreme desire to take revenge on the entire Fengdu,

prolonged use of the memory will eventually turn you into a monster.

Although you want revenge, you don't really want to kill those innocent people, do you?"

Jiang Xia's tone seemed to carry a hint of special magic, making Jiutiao Ling unconsciously follow his description of the future.

Jiutiao Ling recalled that extreme thought just now, shivered suddenly, wondering how she could have thought of destroying the whole city of Fengdu.

"What should I do?"

"Sign the contract, Ling."

Jiang Xia lightly snapped his fingers, and suddenly a parchment emitting purple light and a feather pen appeared before Jiutiao Ling,

but she couldn't recognize the writing on it at all, only knowing where to sign.

Jiutiao Ling directly reverted from the Triceratops hybrid back to her original form,

a beautiful woman wearing a white shirt underneath, a black long coat on top, with short black hair.

She slowly picked up the feather pen; its tip automatically wrote a string of unknown characters on the parchment, and Jiutiao Ling understood that this was her name.

Feeling the feedback of the power within, Jiang Xia's mood seemed to improve; doing this indeed could uncover more abilities.

"Alright, according to the contract, this guy is yours." He casually tossed Bingshi to Jiutiao Ling and then vanished.

Those evil souls will be sent directly to the Fortress of Kelaisisi for use in completing the Eden Garden puzzle, although Conglomerate X isn't exactly good either,

But now at least they are Jiang Xia's subordinates; Fengdu, this city brimming with talented spirits, has more than enough people deserving death, so we don't need Conglomerate X's people to make up the numbers.

"Triceratops"

"Let you become my first harvested soul." Jiutiao Ling looked at Bingshi before her, revealing a dangerous smile.

Then she inserted the Triceratops memory again into her thigh.

The purple energy directly struck Bingshi's body, piercing his skin, invading his organs, and then melting.

"Ah!!!"

The tragic scream came straight from Bingshi's mouth; afterwards his breath grew weaker and weaker, and finally his body also followed the remnants of the exploded masquerade ball.

At the moment Bingshi died, his soul was instantly captured by an unknown force.

As Jiang Xia judged it an evil soul, Bingshi's soul was pitch black, utterly corrupt.

Jiutiao Ling could also see Bingshi's soul; this was one of the contents of the contract.

From then on she could also see the good or evil of souls, thereby judging whether a person deserved to be killed.

As the contract took effect, a force also transmitted from the Fortress of Kelaisisi to Jiutiao Ling, making her involuntarily murmur.

The Triceratops memory, which was originally just in a normal state, now actually showed a hint of gold on its shell.

And the Triceratops hybrid's appearance began to change: the three horns on its forehead were reduced to two, then began to bend, gradually extending backward.

And the energy within the Fortress of Kelaisisi, which had received the evil souls, suddenly surged.

This is an extension of Jiang Xia's internal power, also the fortress's energy source; its increase represents that Jiang Xia's internal power has grown stronger.

However, the energy from a single extremely evil soul dispersed throughout the fortress is actually not much.

So Jiang Xia had said from the beginning that he needed many, many evil souls.

For the Devil-ability-wielding Kelaixisi Fortress, sinful souls are a high-purity energy source capable of many things.

"Is this the power exchanged with the devil? With this power,

"I can take revenge, and even make those who spread memories in the city pay their due price."

After obtaining power, Jiu Tiao Ling already understood that using Gaia Memory is essentially exchanging power with the devil,

But now she has encountered the true devil of mythological hell, so such a small trinket as the Gaia Memory is no longer important.

"Wait, those who killed Goukou, I will harvest your souls one by one."

Jiu Tiao Ling looked at the triangular dragon memory in her palm and said.

At this moment, inside the Earth Library, Jiang Xia lightly took the book in front of the bookshelf and examined it.

"Those people from Conglomerate X did well; I can now access books, although I can only browse my own books, but once the energy problem is solved, I should be able to do much more."

Jiang Xia sat on the blank ground, looking at the book recording all of his actions, and nodded.

When he linked to Earth via the memory, Earth was also analyzing him.

Even above, it has already been serialized up to the point when he started fighting the bat Tooth Blood Vampire, a reverse serial connection.

After flipping through, Jiang Xia continued to look up information about the Earth's shrine maiden, which was compiled by Yuansai Wenyin.

But the more he looked, the tighter his brow became, and only after finishing did he realize he had to make a choice.

(End of chapter)