Chapter 2297: Contract

"See you if there's a chance."

Nameless Saint threw the Medal of the Overlord in his hand. He had already judged the current situation; if things continued like this, he would sooner or later be done in by his teammate. He had seen plenty of pig-like teammates in Apocalypse Paradise, but this was truly the first time he had encountered one so detrimental.

Nameless Saint didn't care what ability had affected Afni. In a life-or-death battle, he only looked at the results. He had cooperated with Afni and signed a contract, but in battle, Afni had made no contribution in terms of force, and her healing abilities had been completely suppressed. Since that was the case, why should he continue to cooperate with her?

More importantly, in the current battle, the one about to die was him, not Afni, who was watching the battle from above the canyon. When he fell, this woman would hand over the Medal of the Overlord and then flee.

Afni's gaze swept around. Just a moment ago, an enemy had suddenly appeared behind her. Before the enemy revealed themselves, she hadn't sensed their presence at all. This was the most terrifying part.

"Iya-ya."

A small wild grass that had come to life ran to Afni's feet and hammered her ankle with its grain-sized fists.

*Squish. * Afni stepped on the plant life, her heart completely unmoved. She knew this thing had been created by that 'invisible' enemy to distract her.

Afni clearly knew that the greatest threat right now was no longer the enemy from Reincarnation Paradise, but her teammate, Nameless Saint.

Nameless Saint had been screwed over badly by Afni, and since he had already discarded the Medal of the Overlord, only heaven knew what he would do.

A lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Nameless Saint had been able to fight Su Xiao to this extent; even if he was severely injured now, he was not someone Afni could handle.

"We have a contract, calm down."

Afni looked at Nameless Saint walking over from afar, her words carrying a hint of warning.

【Warning: You have violated Article 1572 of the 'Cooperative Combat Contract'. All your worn equipment and all materials in your storage space will be transferred to the contract drafter (Nameless Saint). The transfer fee is 57.2% of all materials.】

Seeing this prompt, Afni was stunned. She had observed this contract very carefully; it only had 21 clauses in total. How could she have violated Article 1572?

"Contract? Remember, next time you sign a contract, magnify the clauses a few hundred thousand times and observe them carefully, you sweet, naive, poisonous healer from Holy Light Paradise."

The kinetic mecha on Nameless Saint's head opened. There were bloodstains on his face, but he was smiling. The losses caused by the battle had been compensated. Excluding the consumption for the material transfer, he had obtained 42.8% of Afni's assets.

In an instant, the equipment Afni was wearing and the items in her storage space were emptied. This was the risk of signing a contract. As for not signing? If she hadn't signed, Nameless Saint would have slaughtered her back then.

Was Nameless Saint a strong, honest man? Had he been acting out of kindness before? Was he carrying a girl? Absolutely not. He had signed the contract with Afni because she had healing abilities, but if Afni played tricks, she would become Nameless Saint's resource pack.

"You, you..."

Afni couldn't even speak, because before this, she had been constantly considering how to use Nameless Saint, this 'kind' man who hung a mining shovel on his waist and liked to mine.

"D, K, 2773.4581, T, Q, Atoros, Shining Star, River of the Underworld."

Nameless Saint said things that were incomprehensible. He walked toward Afni at a pace that wasn't fast, seemingly not worried that Afni would escape.

Just as Afni was about to turn and flee, she received a warning.

【Warning: The second stage of the 'Cooperative Combat Contract' has been activated. You have not entered the designated numerical code.】

【Combat contribution is being evaluated. Your combat contribution is 8.27%, Nameless Saint's is 91.73%.】

【Your combat contribution is lower than the minimum value of 10%. You will be subject to contract punishment.】

【You have been forcibly plunged into a weakened state.】

Afni felt a wave of weakness. Nameless Saint had arranged her too thoroughly, or rather, the battle angel who seemed like an honest man was terrifying once he turned hostile.

"Surprised? Or are you wondering why the tricks you played on the contract had no effect? Let me tell you a secret: a contract can actually be made in double layers. An old schemer once drafted a 5-layer contract. That's right, I signed it, but I didn't die."

Nameless Saint grabbed Afni's neck and snapped it with a *crack*.

A Medal of the Overlord fell from Afni. Nameless Saint picked it up and looked at Su Xiao.

"Bai Ye, how about... we cooperate?"

"Oh? Sure."

"Never mind. You're a Hunter from Reincarnation Paradise."

Nameless Saint threw the Medal of the Overlord in his hand and walked out of the canyon. In his head-on confrontation with Su Xiao, he had been beaten until he had no temper left.

As for scheming against Su Xiao through a contract, Nameless Saint didn't want to die. He had experienced how terrifying the old schemers of Reincarnation Paradise were. Once, he had been schemed against until he only had two pieces of equipment left. His method of drafting the contract this time was learned from one of those old schemers.

Nameless Saint didn't leave in disgrace. He was eliminated as the fifth-place finisher in the Strongest Contest. Presumably, the rewards from Apocalypse Paradise would be quite generous. After all, having produced such a powerhouse, victory in the World Contest was in sight.

Bubu Wang picked up the two Medals of the Overlord on the ground. After Su Xiao drank a bottle of Ancient Secret Medicine, he arrived in front of the ice layer frozen by Amu.

*Zing, zing, zing. *

Three pale blue slashes appeared, the ten-meter-high ice wall shattered, and a black flame arrow struck head-on.

*Ding. *

As if striking a solid object, the black flame arrow was slashed away by Su Xiao.

On the battlefield on the other side of the ice wall, Amu was embedded in the ground in a head-first position, and not far away, the blood-stained Baham was entangled with Quanyu.

"Quanyu, retreat."

Black flames spread, shrouding half of the canyon, and a bolt of lightning struck from high above.

"Xiu, wait..."

Before Quanyu could finish speaking, lightning surged, spatial fluctuations appeared, and Quanyu vanished.

"Are there only four of us left? On the fifth day, which is tomorrow at noon, let's decide the winner at Peak Mountain, Bai Ye."

Xiu Ge, wearing a black flame long coat, snapped his fingers. A second bolt of black lightning struck from the sky, he vanished from where he stood, and the surrounding black flames instantly dissipated.

"Don't you dare run!!"

Monde roared. He was severely injured now, which also caused his combat power to soar.

Xiu Ge chose to retreat because Monde, that iron-headed fool, had charged at Quanyu regardless of everything in the previous battle. At that moment, the combat proficiency of Amu and Baham was demonstrated, and Beni also came out to draw aggro.

Amu had blocked Xiu Ge head-on, which resulted in Monde, Baham, and Beni besieging Quanyu. It was true that Quanyu was strong and wouldn't fear Monde under normal circumstances, but given his small build, he had almost died after being caught by Monde earlier.

"I can take them both on, wah~"

Just as Monde relaxed a little, he spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

"What's this?"

"It's nothing..."

*Thump. * Monde fell to the ground, performing a 'death on the spot' for Su Xiao.

Su Xiao looked at Monde with some doubt. With Monde's physical strength, even if he was severely injured, he shouldn't be this weak.

"Save me, I... ate the... Medal of the Overlord, can't... spit it out."

As soon as Monde finished speaking, Su Xiao kicked him in the abdomen. This blow from an ally almost made Monde vomit acid.

"This, it won't work, it seems, it's growing inside."

Monde rolled his eyes and passed out.

"Boss, this iron-headed fool isn't going to die, is he?"

"No, but I need to make an incision to take out the Medal of the Overlord."

"Oh ho~, that doesn't seem much better than dying."

Baham muttered in a low voice, recalling painful memories, and looked at Monde with some sympathy. ===== CHAPTER 2298 =====