165: Pets occupying two contract slots

Xu Le had previously only signed Master-Servant Contracts with his contracted beasts.

Xu Le was the master, and they were the servants.

After the contract was completed, they had to completely accept Xu Le's orders. If they disobeyed, Xu Le could directly crush their Soul.

The current Equality Contract, however, meant both sides had equal status.

For any action, the Thousand-Year Fish had the right to refuse.

Of course, since it enjoyed the Contract Space provided by Xu Le, it also needed to provide help as compensation.

Otherwise, Xu Le had the right to terminate the contract and clear the contract slot.

"Huh? You actually have two contract slots. Hahaha, perfect."

Seeing that the contract was about to be completed, just as the Formation patterns were about to fully merge into his body, the Thousand-Year Fish spat out another jet of water, completing a new Equality Contract Array.

"What the f..."

Xu Le was so angry he wanted to hit someone.

The Formation was complete.

Xu Le left the contract slot and saw the Thousand-Year Fish spring into the new occupied contract slot, transforming into a Little Sparrow.

"Don't be nervous. When you need it, I will return the contract slot to you. It's not like this thing is edible."

The Little Sparrow looked disdainful, activated the new Contract Array, and signed an Equality Contract with Xu Le again.

"You damn thing! I haven't even managed to become the master's contracted beast, yet you occupy two at once! I'm going to bite you to death!"

The Tanuki, which had been pretending to be trapped in an illusion, could no longer keep up the act. Jealousy made it lose its composure, and it jumped directly toward the occupied contract slot.

The Little Sparrow looked at it with contempt, opened its small beak, and a gust of wind sent the Tanuki ten thousand miles into the sky.

"Meow... I shouldn't fall to my death, right?!" The Tanuki couldn't fly and kept flailing its limbs as it fell.

The Contract Array was completed again.

Just as the Tanuki was about to hit the ground, the Little Sparrow spat out another gust of wind to catch it.

"I'm going to go home and take a look first."

Without waiting for Xu Le's agreement, the Little Sparrow turned into a white light and flew into the Contract Space.

The boundless Contract Space came into its view, and its expression immediately turned ugly.

Seeing Nine Phoenix and the other contracted beasts gather around, it didn't say a word, flying straight up ten thousand meters and heading into the distance.

"Damn Contractor!"

"A Contract Space spanning a million meters, a full one million square kilometers in area—where the f*** did you steal this from?"

"And I occupied two contract slots. Damn it, how much work do I have to do for him?"

Xu Le didn't know what was happening in the Contract Space. He opened his attribute panel immediately, only to find that two contract slots were occupied, yet he had only received 1000 attribute points as a bonus from The Gift.

Clearly, the two contract slots belonged to only one contracted beast.

Being able to occupy two slots could only mean that its strength was incredibly powerful, far surpassing even Xu Le, the "Holy Contract Master".

Even if it wasn't a god, it wasn't far off!

He opened the contracted beast's panel:

【contracted beast】 Thousand-Year Fish

【Race】 ****

【Rank】 *

...

The solid line of asterisks made his eyes blur.

The other contracted beast's panel was exactly the same, except for the name, which was Little Sparrow.

"Forget it, as long as I know it's awesome, that's enough."

A flash of white light passed, and the Little Sparrow flew out, its eyes bloodshot:

"Contractor, your space is so big, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"Why should I tell you beforehand?" Xu Le thought, but he didn't say it aloud, choosing to be a bit more tactful.

His newly acquired underling looked very strong. If he really offended it to death, he would remain trapped in this place with no gains.

If he coaxed it well and brought it out to wreak havoc, wouldn't he be able to enjoy himself however he wanted?

So sometimes, a contracted beast is like a girlfriend; you have to coax them.

However, coaxing requires method. Unconditional fawning is called being a "simp," and anyone who is a simp knows that simps don't get a happy ending, their status is even lower than a dog's.

"You didn't give me a chance to speak either, did you?"

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"I..." The Little Sparrow's towering rage suddenly stalled. The other party had only set up one Contract Array; it was the one who had eagerly set up the second Contract Array, and it had even supplied the mana itself.

This...

Should it blame itself?

No!

The Little Sparrow scanned its surroundings and saw the Tanuki, whose limbs were still trembling. Anger welled up in its heart, and it turned into white light, preparing to drag it into the Contract Space.

Then it discovered that the Tanuki couldn't enter; it was only a servant, not a contracted beast.

"Damn it!"

"You told me about how your master's Contract Space had this and that, and how harmoniously you played with the Little Phoenix and Little Raven, yet you're only a servant!"

"So you're the one who set me up, right?"

"Tell me, what grudge do you have against me? What hatred? How could you have such a black heart to lie to me like that?"

The Little Sparrow felt it had discovered the truth, and as it spoke, it slapped its own face with its wing.

Slap!

The Tanuki was slapped against the barrier and slid to the ground, feeling indescribably aggrieved.

Isn't the hatred between us obvious enough?

You grabbed me, beat me, and won't let me hit you back—isn't that hatred enough?

But it didn't dare to say that. It could only apologize carefully, saying it was vain and just wanted to chat more with it.

Xu Le shook his head as he watched; a simping cat also doesn't get a happy ending.

The Little Sparrow calmed down. Seeing the Tanuki's miserable state, it changed back into its Thousand-Year Fish form and cast a healing Spell on it.

"Are you okay?"

The Tanuki waved its hand, grinning foolishly.

Xu Le: ∑(❍ฺд❍ฺlll)

The Thousand-Year Fish floated in the air, putting on a serious expression.

"Contractor, you can call me Great Emperor."

"Hurry up and cast that scythe from before, then take me out of here."

"After so many years of being trapped... er, resting, I happen to want to go out and play."

Xu Le refused.

The Reapers Scythe Skill had already been cast seven times, and each time it was cast, it could attract the attention of the Reaper.

His intuition told him the limit was the tenth time.

By then, the Reaper would definitely descend, and upon discovering that Xu Le was not its follower, the outcome would be obvious.

Besides, not long ago he had abandoned the scythe and fled for his life; who knew if the other party would hold a grudge and, while striking other things, give him a hit first?

Next came a long negotiation. Xu Le finally confirmed that while the Thousand-Year Fish looked incredibly imposing, it was actually trapped within this barrier.

The other party's original idea was for Xu Le to cast the Contract Array outside the barrier, pull it into the Contract Space, and escape the constraints of the barrier.

As a result, after seeing Xu Le's "true power," it dragged him in, wanting a free ride.

Xu Le felt the veins on his forehead throbbing: "So, it's my fault for showing off my strength?"

The Thousand-Year Fish nodded.

"Can you send me out? I'll pick you up from the outside?"

The Thousand-Year Fish shook its head: "This Restriction is easy to enter but difficult to leave. If I could leave, I would have already gone out to roam."

Xu Le: "...Are you sure that if I cast the Reapers Scythe, it can break the barrier? How about I cast the Destiny Link Skill, and I borrow your power to break this barrier together?"

The Thousand-Year Fish shook its head.

"You can do it by yourself."

"The nature of the power is different. If you borrow my power, you won't be able to break this barrier."

"After all, that despicable villain is guarding against me."

"Besides, I don't think you can withstand my power."

Xu Le: "..."

After confirming there was no other way, he no longer harbored any wishful thinking and once again cast the "Reapers Scythe" Skill.