Spirit Master Girl: Contracting with an SSS-Level School Beauty at the Start
Chapter 248 Black Emperor

Chapter 248: Chapter 248 Black Emperor

Time slipped away, minute by minute.

Soon, a month had passed.

Inside the Secret Realm, Xiao Zhan was still cultivating.

In this one month, their Death Aura had grown significantly denser, with the most noticeable change being the range of the Spirit Manipulation Technique, Fish Lamp Soul Summoning Xiao Zhan cast, which had at least doubled.

Moreover, it had a stronger suppression on the senses; previously, it only concealed sight, but now it even blocked hearing.

As cultivation deepened, Xiao Zhan discovered that even the skin’s sensation of Death Aura could begin to be shielded.

This surprise led Xiao Zhan to wonder whether other senses could also be blocked in the future.

If so, wouldn’t it be equivalent to killing someone imperceptibly?

With this in mind, Xiao Zhan continued to cultivate feverishly, not wasting a single moment.

Meanwhile, outside the Secret Realm, Ye Wudi had been waiting for a long time.

He paced back and forth, his expression anxious.

"It’s strange, a month’s time has passed, why haven’t they come out?"

Zhang Runya consoled him, "Don’t worry, did you perhaps get the time wrong?"

"Was it you or me who got it wrong?" Ye Wudi retorted impatiently.

If he could make such a basic mistake as miscalculating the time, he would be unworthy of his title as the great General of the Ye Family.

Zhang Runya felt awkward, thought for a moment, and then said, "Could it be that they succeeded in merging and hence can better adapt to the Death Aura inside?"

This made Ye Wudi pause in his steps, and after some thought, he shook his head and said, "It’s unlikely. If they had succeeded in merging, there would be no need to stay inside. The nourishment they would receive from the Death Seal would be much stronger than in the Secret Realm."

"What if you’ve underestimated their abilities?"

"That shouldn’t be the case. A month’s time was already me overestimating them. No matter how excellent they are, they are still only Fourth Grade. According to the guidelines left by our father, if Fourth Grade level cultivators went in, they could only stay for a maximum of twenty days! I gave them ten extra days."

"Should we go in and check?" Seeing him say this, Zhang Runya also became a little anxious.

Ye Youlong was the last hope of the Ye Family, and if something happened to him, it would be a big problem.

Ye Wudi, however, waved his hand dismissively, "Don’t panic. Since they possess the Death Attribute, staying longer inside will at most affect them a bit, but it won’t pose any life-threatening danger. Trust them."

Hearing him say so, Zhang Runya’s emotions slightly stabilized.

That’s right, they wouldn’t be in life-threatening danger inside, and they weren’t fools—if there were problems, they would come out on their own.

Thus, the two of them continued waiting outside.

But what they didn’t expect was that the wait turned into another two months.

"It’s been three months; why haven’t they come out yet?" Compared to the slight tension a month ago, Zhang Runya’s face was now wrinkled with worry.

Ye Wudi was also no longer composed. A longer time would have a minimal impact on Xiao Zhan and the others, but too long might result in irreversible damage.

"It’s all my fault for putting pressure on them, they must be trying to succeed in merging with the Authority Seal, so they’re pushing themselves to break through their limits."

Ye Wudi felt very guilty.

Thinking about Ye Youlong and the others only being nineteen, still children, and having shouldered the aspirations of the Ye Family, he felt an overwhelming sense of self-reproach.

Zhang Runya, hearing his words, also appeared troubled.

She raised her head to look at Ye Wudi and couldn’t help but ask, "Why didn’t big brother let Ye Anu and Ye Ajian form a contract with an Artifact Spirit with the Death Attribute?"

If they had formed a contract, by now the Authority Seal might have been merged already, and they wouldn’t be in this passive situation.

The question drew Ye Wudi’s thoughts to the past.

When Ye Anu awakened, Ye Wuming firmly instructed him not to contract an Artifact Spirit with the Death Attribute. Ye Anu was unwilling, as the Death Attribute was their Ye Family’s legacy, but was severely chastised by Ye Wuming.

In the end, he was almost forced to contract with another.

After Ye Youlong and Ye Ajian awakened, although Ye Wuming was no longer there, he had made prior instructions, forbidding them from contracting Death Attribute Spirit Masters and Artifact Spirits.

But unexpectedly, Ye Youlong himself awakened the Death Demon Scythe.

Ye Wudi wondered what Ye Wuming would have thought about this development.

Ye Wudi sighed, "To be honest, I have no idea what my brother intended. It’s not just about him—when I planned to contract with a Death Attribute Artifact Spirit, our father also stopped me."

"I even argued with our father about this, thinking he was biased and only good to my brother. But now, I think there’s more to it than meets the eye; they must have been hiding something from me."

"What do you think it could be?" Zhang Runya inquired.

Ye Wudi pondered but was full of doubt, "I don’t know. If it was something I could figure out, I would have done so many years ago. However, I am certain it must relate to the Death Attribute, and possibly even to my brother’s death!"

...

At the same time.

Within the Death Secret Realm.

After two months of cultivation, Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong’s enhancement from the Death Aura finally reached a plateau.

It was impossible to break through again in a short time.

At this moment, they took out the Death Seal.

The Authority Seal took the form of a diamond-shaped crystal, pitch black throughout, without a hint of light. Like a black hole, a single glance at it made one feel as though they would be sucked in.

The fingers holding this Authority Seal, where the skin touched the crystal, the part affected by its black erosion, simply vanished.

If Xiao Zhan hadn’t been keenly aware that his fingers were still present, he might have suspected the Authority Seal had devoured them.

"I thought we’d be out in a month, but we ended up staying three months," Xiao Zhan remarked as he examined the Authority Seal, expressing his emotions at the situation.

"Who would have thought it held such a power," Ye Youlong said, shifting his gaze to the Black Emperor beside them.

No, it couldn’t be called the Black Emperor any longer, it should be called the Black Emperor.

Now, the Black Emperor’s body, although still with black radiance flickering, was distinctly different from before with its entire white fur having turned into thick black.

From the inside out, this blackness merged with the surrounding environment and became hard to distinguish.

Had it not been for their Perception, Ye Youlong and Xiao Zhan would not have been able to detect its existence.

Xiao Zhan looked at the Black Emperor with admiration. Two months ago, when their Death Aura had hit its bottleneck, and they were about to end their cultivation and begin the merge with the Authority Seal, an unexpected incident occurred—the Black Emperor absorbed the Death Aura, creating a huge vortex.

Affected by this vortex, a massive amount of Death Aura was forcibly infused into Xiao Zhan and Ye Youlong’s bodies, and then... then they broke through their bottleneck.

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