179: Better to live than to die

Jiang Lan thought, if he could master large-scale destructive Martial Skills in the future, it wouldn't be out of the question.

Shaking his head, Jiang Lan returned to the cave.

After waiting a while longer, a familiar sound of footsteps outside the cave rang out again.

This time, there were two.

They had all arrived.

Wang Erniu squatted on the ground, glancing at Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan nodded slightly, and only then did she dare to stand up and walk out of the cave.

This time, Jiang Lan didn't wait either, but followed her out of the cave entrance.

By now, the Ape Demon was already standing at the cave entrance with the wild boar.

Seeing the Ape Demon and Jiang Lan emerge one after another, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

But it was only surprise.

There was no panic or unexpected emotion.

It seemed that Jiang Lan's emergence didn't exceed his expectations.

"My Lady." The Ape Demon first bowed respectfully to Wang Erniu, then glanced at Jiang Lan, a smile appearing on his face, "Wolf Brother, you just need to stay close to My Lady, and you'll be guaranteed a life of luxury."

"Is that so?" Jiang Lan narrowed his eyes, "Then I should thank you?"

"Thank me for what? We're brothers, no need to be polite." The Ape Demon grinned, looking genuinely sincere.

He looked as if he truly believed Jiang Lan was thanking him.

Jiang Lan knew what this state of the Ape Demon was called.

To sum it up in four words: A petty man's triumph.

But what this monkey didn't know was that he wouldn't be jumping around for much longer.

The Ape Demon stopped looking at Jiang Lan and rubbed his hands together.

"My Lady, shall we... go?"

"Go?"

Wang Erniu no longer concealed herself at this moment, a bloodthirsty glint erupting in her eyes as she pounced fiercely in front of the Ape Demon and the wild boar.

The next moment, she extended her sharp claws and instantly plunged them into the Ape Demon's neck.

The Ape Demon didn't even react, his eyes wide with an expression of utter disbelief.

Immediately after, Wang Erniu's right claw yanked fiercely, and the Ape Demon's neck was instantly torn open with several large gashes.

Scarlet blood gushed from the wounds, spraying all over Wang Erniu's face.

Not only did Wang Erniu not dodge, but she even extended her barbed tongue and licked the bloodstains from the corners of her mouth.

The Ape Demon's life force instantly vanished.

Beside him, the boar demon, seeing this scene, was scared out of his wits, standing rooted to the spot, unable to even move, his legs trembling violently, and a stream of urine running down his pants.

Didn't they just agree to go to the market to buy things for breaking through to the next Realm?

Why did they start fighting directly?

His already small brain capacity struggled to comprehend the scene unfolding before him.

They had sent several demons here before, but My Lady Ape Demon had always settled accounts quickly, so why had she suddenly turned hostile today?

If she turned hostile, so be it; at most, he wouldn't contribute, and that would be the end of it.

But today... not only was the contribution gone, but Huang Xing had also directly lost his life.

And judging by My Lady's demeanor, she clearly wasn't planning on letting him go either.

The boar demon reacted, ignoring the urine all over the ground, and immediately knelt down, beginning to kowtow with 'thump, thump' sounds.

"My Lady, spare my life! My Lady, spare my life! I know my mistake! I know my mistake!"

The Ape Demon was unmoved, walking step by step to the boar demon's front.

Without a word, her ape claw directly smashed onto the boar demon's crown.

"Boom!"

The ground trembled slightly, and the boar demon's head exploded like a watermelon dropped on the ground.

For a moment, red, white, and yellow all flowed out.

Wang Erniu lifted her claw, looked at the filth on it, then secretly glanced at Jiang Lan, and finally couldn't resist, extending her tongue to lick it clean.

After licking twice, she seemed dissatisfied with the taste, and spat twice, expelling it all onto the ground.

Jiang Lan was expressionless beside her.

Not bad, her actions were swift and decisive, without hesitation.

However, the Ape Demon's strength was indeed considerable.

If they were in the same Realm, Jiang Lan felt that he might not necessarily be Wang Erniu's match.

Also, Wang Erniu clearly ate demons.

One could tell from her appearance.

Although they were of different races, they were all of the same kind; when Jiang Lan killed people, he didn't taste them.

But it didn't matter.

Whether what Wang Erniu had told him before was true or false, Jiang Lan didn't care.

There was no need to dwell on a demon who was about to die.

After a simple cleaning of the filth on her body, Wang Erniu turned and came before Jiang Lan, kneeling on the ground and saying:

"My Lady, it's done."

"Mm." Jiang Lan nodded indifferently, "Go clean yourself up, then go get the contribution."

Although she had cleaned herself simply, the Ape Demon's body was now covered in mottled bloodstains, and even the fur on her body was soaked with blood, becoming matted strands.

"Yes!"

The Ape Demon agreed and stood up.

Not far from the cave, there was a water source.

The Ape Demon jumped directly into the stream to clean herself.

Jiang Lan wasn't afraid of her running away.

No matter how powerful the Ape Demon was, she was just a Gathering Yuan demon; even if she ran, where could she go?

However, the Ape Demon in the stream was now somewhat worried.

After killing the two demons, much of the anger in her heart had been vented, and she was now much more clear-headed.

She knew that if she truly gathered enough contribution, her death would be at hand.

Although Jiang Lan had said that the contribution was for her to buy her life.

But she wasn't stupid.

Putting herself in his shoes, if she were Jiang Lan, hiding her identity to enter a Sect, but then her true strength was discovered by other demons.

Then no matter what her purpose for entering the Sect was, she would absolutely not leave behind a demon who had stumbled upon her secret.

The Ape Demon's thoughts raced.

But no matter how she thought, she despairingly realized that the current situation was almost a certain death trap.

Run?

She was a Gathering Yuan, and he was a Core Formation powerful being; where could she run to?

She probably wouldn't even run two steps before being caught back.

At that point, she would probably be killed directly.

But if she cooperated... she would die sooner or later anyway.

Once she obtained the contribution, she would still not live.

The Ape Demon half-heartedly cleaned her body while pondering deeply.

After thinking for a long time, a faint glimmer of insight flashed in her mind.

Blood Contract!

Demons could establish Blood Contracts with each other.

Named a Blood Contract, it was actually similar to a slave contract.

The contracted demon needed to obey the contracting demon's commands unconditionally.

If there was even the slightest disobedience, they would suffer immense pain brought by the Blood Contract.

Moreover, the contractor could control the life and death of the contracted with just a thought.

Unless forced into a desperate situation, very few demons would willingly establish a Blood Contract with other demons.

But as things stood, Wang Erniu despairingly realized that she seemed to have only this one path left.

All other paths led to death.

Better to live a wretched life than to die well; as long as she could live, then a Blood Contract it was.

It was better to have the possibility of dying at any time than to die in a moment.

Thinking this, Wang Erniu made up her mind.

Next, she had to persuade the Wolf Demon to agree.