Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong's room.
A deep voice came through, "Have the two of you decided to sign the contract? If you have any regrets, now is the time to back out without wasting contract resources."
It was the teacher responsible for overseeing contracts, a middle-aged man.
"We've made up our minds."
Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong looked at each other and said in unison.
"Good, then choose the type of contract you wish to establish."
"We choose the Life and Death Contract."
"Life and Death Contract?" The middle-aged man was somewhat surprised, it was rare for people to choose a Life and Death Contract on their first pact.
"Are you sure you want a Life and Death Contract? Once it's signed, it cannot be dissolved, and you will share each other's fate. My advice is that you better start with an equal contract, it's easier to dissolve if there are problems later on."
The middle-aged man, after all, was a teacher, and he didn't want his students to make the wrong decisions.
But Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong were very determined.
Xiao Zhan had no other choice but to sign with Ye Youlong; to restore his talent, he had to follow her lead.
And Ye Youlong, for her part, was eccentric and insisted on a Life and Death Contract; Xiao Zhan didn't really have a choice in the matter.
Seeing this, the middle-aged teacher said no more.
Students have their own choices; he was just giving a reminder.
"All right, let's begin now."
With that said, the middle-aged teacher activated an array; within the array, mysterious glowing patterns flickered.
These patterns contained the power of contractual laws, and a strand of it moved towards Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong.
Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong, at this moment, also closed their eyes.
Xiao Zhan summoned the power of the Contract Space and his Spiritual Sea, the power that only awakens during a contract, and then a space resembling the Otherworld appeared in his mind, no larger than a marble.
But it gave off the feeling of a whole world inside a grain of sand.
However, this world felt dim and barely alive,
like a flickering candle about to extinguish.
Meanwhile, Ye Youlong also started emanating a black light, wrapping around her as she gradually transformed into her Artifact Spirit Form.
A nearly three-meter-long black scythe!
Dark light surged on the scythe with Death Aura entwined, emitting an extremely gloomy and heavy vibe. Particularly, the streak of bright red at the blade's edge added a sinister element that seemed to permeate the soul!
Just one look seemed to drain the life out of one!
"This… this is an SSS-rank Artifact Spirit!!!"
The middle-aged teacher was immediately stunned; he thought it was just an F-rank Artifact Spirit forming a contract with Xiao Zhan.
But it turned out to be SSS-rank!
His tone was shocked, and his expression exaggerated, his eyes wide as bells and filled with incredulity!
SSS-rank Artifact Spirit!
Oh, my!
This is the highest tier of Artifact Spirits, with maybe not even one awakening in the country each year!
How did it appear here!
He remembered clearly, this year's talent at Changchi City Spirit Academy was only one person, Jiang Xian'er at S-rank!
There wasn't even an SS-rank, let alone SSS-rank!
This girl definitely wasn't from this academy; where could she be from?
He was beyond shocked!
But what shocked him most, what truly shattered his world view, was that here and now, this SSS-rank Artifact Spirit was about to sign a Life and Death Contract with an F-rank waste!!!
A Life and Death Contract!!!
Heavens!
Has this girl gone mad?!
She could not possibly be unaware of what this means!
This is completely a waste of her talent!
He subconsciously wanted to stop it, but Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong's spiritual power had already begun to fuse!
Under such circumstances, if he forcibly intervened, it would cost the lives of both students!
But if he did not stop it, was he to just watch a rare genius fall?
This girl is not from their academy; if after signing the Contract, her parents and her academy found out that she made a Contract with a talentless person in their academy!
Their academy might not be able to withstand that fury!
The family background and the academy capable of nurturing an SSS-grade student are definitely not to be underestimated!
"Done for, it's completely over now."
The middle-aged teacher's expression was numb, his eyes vacant, everything was over.
Now, he could only hope that Ye Youlong would take the initiative to break off the Contract.
After all, during the Contract, Ye Youlong could feel Xiao Zhan's barren Spiritual Sea.
The higher the talent, the more abundant the spiritual energy in the Artifact Spirit Space, the more suitable it is for the Artifact Spirit to cultivate!
If she takes the initiative to give up the Contract now, then everything could still be salvaged.
But, he noticed that Ye Youlong showed no sign of giving up, and was even very cooperative; their spiritual integration was very rapid and in no time, they had completed a major part of it.
At this moment, the middle-aged teacher was utterly desperate.
"This girl is probably a fool, then deceived by Xiao Zhan. What to do now, if her family comes knocking..."
Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong's spiritual powers began to merge and imprint on each other!
The entire process was not long and went smoothly, one minute later.
The Contract was completely established, everything returned to tranquility.
Xiao Zhan suddenly opened his eyes, and at the same time, a black scythe appeared in his hand.
The scythe was filled with Death Aura, sinister and mysterious, and simply waving it emitted a ghastly laughter as if from the netherworld.
As if it was claiming lives!
"Death Demon Scythe, so this is your name."
Xiao Zhan looked at the Artifact Spirit in his hands with a very satisfied expression.
Putting other attributes aside.
Just this name alone, is truly freaking domineering!
As soon as he spoke.
The Death Demon Scythe flashed with black light and disappeared from Xiao Zhan's hand, then transformed back into Ye Youlong, charmingly standing in front of Xiao Zhan.
At this moment, a black pattern resembling Ye Youlong's scythe appeared on the forehead of each.
It looked like a tiny tattoo.
This is a unique mark that appears only when signing a Life and Death Contract, and will never disappear, even after death.
This essentially signals to outsiders that the two are bound together in a life or death relationship.
Like love, it is exclusive to the two of them, a flaunt to the world!
Unremovable by outsiders!
At the same time.
After signing the Contract, the way they looked at each other also carried a hint of tenderness.
This is also a special effect that only occurs when signing a Life and Death Contract; with other types of contracts, there will be no emotional change between the Spirit Master and Artifact Spirit after the signing.
Whatever their relationship was previously, it remains the same.
Their compatibility must be managed through daily interaction.
But the Life and Death Contract is different, just signed, and there will be a feeling like the most familiar strangers.
Very natural, very harmonious.
This is the reward for those undyingly loyal Spirit Masters and Artifact Spirits!