Ch 69: Soul Contract

With excited feelings, Shen Cuirong looked in the mirror and reorganized herself.

She imagined young cells flooding her entire body, a slender waist, and a pretty face.

She wanted to be younger, thinner, and prettier than the woman who had taken her place.

This world naturally favors young girls, and she currently had the ability to live as one.

Seeing the young girl’s appearance in the mirror, she knew that the weary and haggard Shen Cuirong was dead, but a beautiful and pretty young girl, Shen Mengting, had survived.

She admired her firm cheeks and slender waist, smiling contentedly at her reflection.

She began to deliberately imitate a young girl’s appearance, deliberately striking young girl poses, using a young girl’s tone. Although she herself found it unnatural, no one would criticize a beautiful young girl.

The world is so unfair, but now she was the one being favored.

Despite the Apocalypse, she felt the world had never been better.

The powerful Shen Mengting easily became the captain of Jinglian City’s Ability User Combat Team. Everyone praised her powerful aura and maturity beyond her years.

Hilarious, she was just pretending to be young; maturity was her true nature.

But now Shen Mengting couldn’t laugh at the scattered fragments on the floor; Shen Mengting seemed to have disappeared, and Shen Cuirong had returned.

That ugly, unsuccessful, jealous middle-aged woman, she clung to her like a nightmare.

Shen Cuirong tried to continue using her Special Ability to make herself younger. She wanted to bring back Shen Mengting, to tell everyone that it was just a joke, and who would blame a young girl for an excessive joke!

But for some reason, her Special Ability failed…

“No… no… no no no!!”

Shen Cuirong knelt on the ground, screaming heart-wrenchingly. She didn’t understand why her Special Ability had failed; her reflection in the mirror was so ugly.

Sagging cheeks, dark spots under her eyes, withered hair—her reflection gradually merged with the woman’s appearance before her death!

Shen Cuirong screamed and ran into the room; she didn’t dare approach the bathroom mirror again.

The woman in the mirror had a venomous look, mouthing the words “pay with your life.” Each time she mouthed the words, the woman’s lips curled higher, until she revealed a mouthful of yellowish-brown, pointed teeth.

“Shen Cuirong, why did you kill me…”

“What did I do wrong…”

“Did it feel good killing me? I saw you enjoying it very much…”

The voice from her memory became vicious and eerie; Shen Cuirong felt it getting closer.

Immense fear constantly devoured her heart; she saw a swollen hand, covered in corpse spots, reaching out from the bathroom.

“I can save you, make you young again, restore your Special Ability.”

Like a demon’s whispers.

“Who are you! Save me!”

Shen Cuirong cowered in the corner, trembling incessantly.

“The price for my help is your soul; your soul will be at my command.”

Shen Cuirong froze. Without a soul, was she still alive? Was the other person a Devil…?

Gray-white hair was covered in blood and dust; beneath it was a swollen face. The woman had crawled out of the bathroom. She looked at Shen Cuirong with cloudy eyes and smiled.

“You’re here, you’re here, you’re here!”

The Evil Ghost before her drew closer. Shen Cuirong screamed, “I agree! I’ll do anything!”

As Shen Cuirong’s shouts ceased, the Evil Ghost slowly dissipated, her face full of anger and resentment.

The surrounding scene also began to disappear; the whole world turned white, blindingly so.

Shen Cuirong shielded her eyes with her hands. Feeling the white light fade, she slowly lowered her slender arms.

Shen Mengting opened her eyes. The man before her had pale skin, sharp facial features, and a pair of crimson eyes that held a hint of amusement.

Shen Mengting remembered the devilish whispers from before. Was he the Devil? Her muddled thoughts gradually cleared…

“Number 1?!”

Shen Mengting was on high alert. She immediately tried to attack Ji Chuan, but spat out a mouthful of blood.

“In the Illusionary Realm, we made a Contract. Harming your Master will result in Backlash.”

Ji Chuan hadn’t expected that the new recruit in Xia Yiqing’s team would have such a useful Special Ability—the ability to peek into someone’s mind, create an Illusionary Realm, and lure them into signing a Soul Contract.

“Illusionary Realm… Contract…!”

Shen Mengting’s pupils constricted violently. It had all been an Illusionary Realm, but the Contract within the illusion was real! She had fallen into the other party’s Illusionary Realm since entering this area…

Another mouthful of blood spurted out, but this time it was from Shen Mengting’s anger.

Had he seen all the secrets in the Illusionary Realm?

Ji Chuan nodded.

“What?!”

“I know everything you’re thinking. I can completely Control your soul. I hope you work harder for the Stronghold, and I will keep you from dying, Shen Cuirong.”

Shen Mengting froze in place; her brain wouldn’t function.

She thought she could easily deal with Number 1 here. Why was it like this? What about the others? Only I fell into the Illusionary Realm; the others still have a chance, right…?

“You mean them?”

Zhuang Tu walked up from behind, expressionless. Wang Lin looked reluctant, but his body was uncontrollable. Xia Lian and Lan Xing followed closely behind.

There were also two captains from Jianghua City; Shen Mengting didn’t remember their names.

Hui Ge wasn’t among them! Hui Ge was still alive!

“That one? His head is gone; he’s useless.”

Shen Mengting despaired. In other words, the Jinglian team was completely wiped out; only two captains from Jianghua City survived.

Under Shen Mengting’s shocked gaze, Ji Chuan cracked open some Walnuts.

“No! Don’t!”

Wang Lin screamed, even though he was already dead, he still retained his consciousness.

But no matter how loudly he screamed, his body uncontrollably knelt down.

He gently lowered his head, at the most convenient angle for Ji Chuan, awaiting Ji Chuan’s hand.

After his skull shattered, Wang Lin’s screams stopped.

His entire body was lifeless, like the corpses around him.

Shen Mengting cried, shaking like a sieve. She discovered that without Ji Chuan’s command, she couldn’t even kneel.

While reviewing the report, she laughed until she cried. At the time, she thought it was impossible for Zombies to talk, drive, or possess multiple Special Abilities. She could have easily killed them, but the monster before her was a Devil!

“If you call me a monster again, I’ll take your Crystal Core too.”

“No no no! Master, don’t take my Crystal Core!”

It wasn’t that Ji Chuan didn’t want to take it, but he was richer now—six Red Crystal Cores. He hadn’t collected the Crystal Core from the person killed by Xiao Hui yet. Adding that one, which contained seven Red Crystal Cores, he would inevitably fall into a deep sleep.

The last sleep lasted three days; this time, he wasn’t sure how long it would last, so he needed a powerful bodyguard.

Shen Mengting was perfect. Her Special Ability was almost the strongest he’d ever seen. With a Soul Contract, he could rest assured that she would protect him.

After he woke up, he would consider whether or not to eat her Crystal Core, because after seeing her secrets, Ji Chuan felt a little nauseous.