167: A different life

As the Demon Contractor was pierced like a porcupine, he unwillingly collapsed to the ground.

"Alright, you have completed your punishment. You may continue the game."

The Masked Man's voice slowly rang out, finally bringing all the Professionals back to their senses.

The Demon Contractor being killed was not a surprise to them.

The game had been going on for over a month, and everyone present had grown accustomed to death.

However, to die in such a humiliating way, they had never seen before.

The Demon Contractor who died at Gu Qinghan's hands was undoubtedly powerful, an absolutely terrifying existence.

Such a person, who could stir up a storm of blood and gore in the outside world, was tormented to the brink of madness by Gu Qinghan's massive army of skeletons.

Even his last words before he died were an unwilling roar directed at Gu Qinghan:

"Impossible! How can you still have so many skeletons!"

For a moment, they even empathized with this Demon Contractor.

If they were to face such a situation, could they have held out until those skeletons with giant crossbows appeared?

"Strange, why isn't he moving?"

Suddenly, a Professional uttered a puzzled sound.

Everyone then refocused their gaze on Gu Qinghan, only to find him motionless.

Moreover, a faint, blood-red formation appeared beneath his feet.

Of course, no one could see this formation; only the Masked Man could.

"Hmm?"

He looked in Gu Qinghan's direction, and his usually calm voice suddenly showed a hint of emotional fluctuation.

He could see that on Gu Qinghan's arm, a flame mark was burning brightly.

That was Gu Qinghan's demon mark.

He turned to look at the crowd, his voice carrying a hint of intrigue:

"Don't mind him for now, the game continues."

"But he's occupying the arena. What if we need a death match later?"

The Masked Man waved his hand, and an arena appeared out of thin air, just like the one that had appeared before.

He said nothing, only moved the pointer again... "Where am I?"

Gu Qinghan was currently in a pitch-black space, surrounded by endless darkness.

Only his body emitted a faint glow.

He tried to move his body and found that he was not affected in any way, with only one anomaly:

His body seemed to no longer be solid.

"Did I die and become a ghost?"

This absurd thought flashed through his mind, then was immediately dismissed.

If it were death, he would at least feel something, as he had just completed a death match a second ago.

As Gu Qinghan pondered, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly appeared in the darkness before him.

These eyes were like black holes, drawing Gu Qinghan's attention.

At the same time, a voice with a strange echo slowly resounded in this space.

"Hello there, Professional."

Gu Qinghan frowned slightly, suddenly realizing whose voice it was.

A demon!

He had heard this voice many times from other Demon Contractors; it was all too familiar.

"I'm not good. Where is this?"

Gu Qinghan looked at the eyes with a slight frown, trying to discern any facial or body outlines around them.

Unfortunately, he found none.

The eyes seemed to sense Gu Qinghan's wariness and narrowed slightly, but the voice resounded again in the space:

"This is the entrance to the Abyss. You are about to have a choice.

Join us, or... be enslaved by us, forever sinking into this sunless Abyss!"

The voice was extremely unpleasant, making Gu Qinghan feel somewhat irritated.

It seemed that just hearing this voice made him want to vent the dissatisfaction in his heart.

However, Gu Qinghan still took a deep breath and said calmly:

"Alright, I understand this definitely isn't the entrance to the Abyss.

Just say what you want; if there's nothing, I'm leaving."

The demon's voice suddenly carried a hint of amusement, as if it had heard the funniest joke in the world:

"Leave? Can you leave?"

Gu Qinghan ignored it and tried to run in one direction, but after running for a long time, he found nothing.

He tried to use his Professional abilities, but found them useless.

"How about it? Still running?"

The demon's voice sounded again, this time seemingly behind Gu Qinghan.

Gu Qinghan turned sharply, but saw nothing.

In his vision, there was only a patch of inky darkness.

"What do you want?" Gu Qinghan asked.

The pair of blood-red eyes appeared again, this time directly in front of Gu Qinghan.

Gu Qinghan was like an ant being observed, standing precisely between two giant eyes.

"You've killed so many people who signed contracts with us, which means you are much stronger than them.

Join us, and I can spare your life.

Oh, and you're a Necromancer; we are inherently on the same side."

The demon's voice kept entering Gu Qinghan's ears, making him extremely annoyed.

But he had no way to change anything; here, it seemed there was only him and this unknown demon, no one else.

Seeing Gu Qinghan remain silent, the demon's voice sounded again:

"The power of demons is born from death and chaos.

And the power of a Necromancer is precisely the same.

You are inherently an existence like us; joining us will make your power complete."

Gu Qinghan raised an eyebrow and asked:

"Make my power complete?"

"Want to know? Sign a soul contract with me, and you will be different from everyone you've encountered before.

They are trash, but you already surpassed them before signing the contract.

I will choose the most powerful demon for you, and your name will make the entire world tremble!"

The demon's voice carried an extremely strong seductive meaning, and at the same time, a light screen appeared in front of Gu Qinghan.

The edges of the light screen burned with black flames, faintly revealing a blood-red glow.

On the light screen, scenes that Gu Qinghan found familiar were playing like a movie.

There was the scene from the beginning of the game where Li Qingshan snatched the light cluster from him, holding it up with one hand.

Gu Qinghan's expression at the time was blank and calm, but a murderous intent gleamed in his eyes.

The giant eyes slowly rotated, letting out regretful clucks:

"You see, if you had obtained this power back then, the outcome would have been different."

The scene on the light screen suddenly shifted to Gu Qinghan pressing Li Qingshan to the ground with one hand.

Li Qingshan was enveloped in black aura, yet he couldn't break free from Gu Qinghan's grip.

The Gu Qinghan in the scene exerted a little force, and Li Qingshan's arm snapped.

Immediately after, the Gu Qinghan in the scene slowly crushed every bone in Li Qingshan's body until the other party turned into a pile of rotten meat.

"Look, if you had this power back then, you could easily kill everyone in your school who displeased you.

No one would dare to say no to you; everyone would tremble at your sight.

Think about it, doesn't that feeling feel good?"

Gu Qinghan stared intently at the screen, and a hint of black flame seemed to ignite in his pupils.

He slowly nodded, his lips slowly curving into a smile, and at the same time, he said:

"Indeed, it feels very good."