95: A new forbidden spell appears

“Double? Did I hear that right? ” the young man asked, a hint of surprise in his voice.

At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious, wondering if this person was just messing with him.

After all, this person was a complete stranger, and he looked very young.

Most likely, he was a freshman or sophomore.

Such people were usually poor and didn't have many credits.

However, Song Ming, who was standing beside him, didn't know what he was thinking; instead, he stood calmly to the side.

Waiting for the female employee to return with the appraisal results of the skill book.

Seeing that he didn't speak, the young man suppressed his doubts and waited with him.

If this person followed through on his word, then so be it.

He would be very happy to trade for double the credits.

But if the appraisal results came out and this person didn't have enough credits.

Then he would let this person know the consequences of bragging.

Before long.

The female employee returned to the counter, handing the skill book and an appraisal report to the young man.

She smiled and said, “Student, the Exchange's buy-back price for your Soul Contract is seventy credits!”

After all, it was a relatively rare Mental Energy skill, so the Exchange's offer was quite high.

Seventy credits were already enough to buy a top-tier purple-grade equipment.

The young man nodded, having no objection, then he looked at Song Ming beside him and said with a smile, “Junior, what do you say? Do you still want this skill?”

Song Ming nodded, “Of course!”

Seeing that his expression remained calm, the young man breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed this person wasn't deceiving him.

Song Ming then paid the young man one hundred and forty credits, trading for the skill book.

Both of them were very satisfied with this transaction.

After all, these one hundred and forty credits were almost equivalent to the young man's earnings for a month.

However, for Song Ming.

One hundred and forty credits were less than a quarter of his income for today.

Moreover, this skill was also very suitable for Song Ming.

With it, he would definitely be secure within the Trial Grounds.

Without further delay, Song Ming returned to his detached villa.

The vast living room was brightly lit, as if it were daytime.

At this moment, Song Ming was holding the skill book he had traded for from the young man.

Soul Contract.

Immediately, he injected his Mental Energy into the skill book.

The skill book in his hand instantly transformed into a white light, entering Song Ming's body.

At the same time, a panel appeared before his eyes.

[Do you want to learn the new skill, Soul Contract?]

Song Ming nodded without hesitation.

[Soul Contract: Use this skill to establish a Soul Contract with a summoned creature. During this period, 30% of the damage taken by the main body will be synchronously transferred to the summoned creature. A maximum of three summoned creatures can be linked. If all three summoned creatures die, the main body will suffer a backlash, falling into a weakened state for at least 24 hours, with all attributes reduced by 50%. Cooldown: one minute, Mana cost: 15 points]

Seeing the skill description, Song Ming narrowed his eyes.

No wonder the Exchange's offer wasn't high; the seventy credits were given only because this type of skill was very rare.

In reality, this skill was quite useless.

This was also why the young man went directly to the Exchange to sell it.

Because besides Song Ming, probably no other Professional of the summoning type would want this skill.

After all, a summoned beast could be revived by spending a certain amount of time and cost.

And no summoner would be foolish enough to expose themselves to enemy attacks.

So, this skill was trash to them.

However, Song Ming's face showed no trace of disappointment.

What he wanted was precisely this kind of skill that could transfer Damage.

Combined with Spirit Restraint Art, it could completely make him invincible.

Song Ming then brought up his panel to check his skill points.

Eight skill points per second.

After a day and a night, his skill points had accumulated to 791,021.

He did a simple calculation.

These skill points were enough to elevate this newly acquired skill into a Forbidden Spell.

This time in the Trial Grounds, Spirit Restraint Art and Soul Contract might play an unexpected role.

[Consume 71,050 skill points]

[Soul Contract (Yellow Rank One-star) → Life and Death Contract (Heaven Rank One-star)]

[Life and Death Contract (Heaven Rank One-star): Use this skill to establish a Life and Death Contract with a summoned creature. During this period, 80% of any damage taken by the main body will be synchronously transferred to the summoned creature. There is no quantity limit. Cooldown: 1.5s, Mana cost: 5 points]

Song Ming shook his head, it wasn't enough yet.

He then put all his remaining skill points into this skill.

[Consume 550,000 skill points]

[Life and Death Contract (Heaven Rank One-star) → Forbidden Spell: Damage Transfer (Desolate)]

[Forbidden Spell: Damage Transfer (Desolate): Solidified as a passive ability. All damage taken by the main body is entirely borne by the summoned creature!]

It cost five hundred and fifty thousand skill points.

It directly elevated the Soul Contract, which was initially only Yellow Rank One-star, into a Forbidden Spell.

This was the second Forbidden Spell Song Ming possessed, besides the Heaven and Earth Seal.

And the description of this Forbidden Spell was only a short sentence.

All damage is borne entirely by the summoned creature!

In other words, whether it was Mental Energy attacks or ordinary physical and magical damage.

To truly harm Song Ming, all of Song Ming's summoned creatures must first be killed.

And the upper limit of Spirit Restraint Art was one hundred and forty thousand Souls.

Even if each Soul only had one thousand health, that would still be nearly one hundred and forty million health.

Who could possibly finish that?

Not to mention, the upper limit of Spirit Restraint Art was not just that.

After tonight, the skill points would usher in another wave of increase.

By then, elevating it to a Forbidden Spell would make this operation in the Trial Grounds a complete cinch.

Song Ming reined in his slightly excited mood, then fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning.

He woke up on time and then began a new round of adding points.

[Consume 520,000 skill points]

[Spirit Restraint Art (Heaven Rank Four-star) → Forbidden Spell: Soul Detention (Desolate)]

[Forbidden Spell: Soul Detention (Desolate): Solidified as a passive ability. For every creature killed, its Soul can be enslaved and controlled, retaining 100% of its attributes from when it was alive. Quantity limit: 1,000,000.]

“Retaining one hundred percent of all attributes, a million as the quantity limit, I really didn't waste my points!” Song Ming said, unable to hide his excitement.

Elevating Spirit Restraint Art to a Forbidden Spell almost exhausted his current skill points.

However, all of it was very worthwhile.

Song Ming quickly tidied up and glanced at the time; it was already past eight o'clock.

He then went to the dining hall for breakfast before heading towards Azure Dragon Academy.

By the time Song Ming walked into Azure Dragon Academy.

Everyone had already arrived.

As soon as he entered, he heard Jiang Rong call out, “Song Ming, come quickly! We're about to be teleported in ten minutes!”

Song Ming nodded and walked over to Jiang Rong.

Guo Jun, who was standing nearby, immediately looked extremely displeased upon seeing Song Ming. He coldly snorted, “Can't some freshmen have a sense of time? Do you really have to make so many of us wait for just one person?”