Insufficient balance

  "How insignificant humanity is！！！！！！"

  A solemn voice kept echoing in the cave, and the huge skeleton emitted an even more intense red glow. Zheng Feng's eyes scanned the interior of the cave without stopping, but he did not find any other signs of human existence.

  "Who is it!? Come out quickly, stop pretending to be a ghost!!"

  Zheng Feng's heart was tense, but he reminded himself to remain calm, absolutely calm. This way, there would be a greater chance of escaping danger, and blind impulse could not accomplish anything.

  That voice did not respond to Zheng Feng's shout, but instead continued on its own: "Foolish human, you not only disturbed my long slumber, but also want to steal my treasure. Prepare to accept my endless wrath!!"

  When Zheng Feng heard the voice rise again, saying that he had disturbed its long slumber and would have to endure its wrath, he could only reluctantly shift his gaze back to the massive skeleton.

  He didn't not think of who the owner of this voice was, he just didn't want to admit it. If the voice really came from the skeleton in front of him, he would be doomed. His face turned heavy as he looked up at the giant skeleton, unsure how to escape the revenge of this powerful soul beast.

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  "Hmm... now that's the right expression! You're scared, aren't you?! You're terrified!!! You regret it, don't you!!!! How dare you ignore me time and time again with that stinky cat. If I didn't teach you a lesson, you'd really think I'm easy to mess with!!!"

  Suddenly, that solemn voice completely disappeared and turned into a complacent shout. Before Zheng Feng could react, the voice continued: "Cough... cough... actually, this great lord's heart is still very kind, it's not that I can't forgive you, as long as from now on, you completely obey me, maybe I'll spare your life."

  Now, that voice was no longer as solemn as before, but had completely become frivolous and flirtatious, almost indistinguishable from the rascals on the streets of Tianlong City. This change was too great, so great that Zheng Feng couldn't even believe his own ears, suspecting that he had been bewitched by some soul beast's hallucinatory technique and was having an illusion.

  "Cat (╰_╯)!!!!"

  Yan didn't wait for Zheng Feng's order, suddenly jumped down from the black ball and ran to the right leg bone of the giant skeleton, a dragon cat claw slapped past.

  "Stinky cat!! What are you doing?! This noble body of mine is not something a lowly stinking cat like you can touch!! Get back immediately, don't come near!!"

  That voice was initially full of threats, but soon became terrified.

  Zheng Feng stared blankly as his claw passed by, and then he slapped out a small black shadow.

  The black shadow spun around in mid-air for a few circles before stabilizing its body, flapping its wings and floating in the air. With a furious roar, it shouted: "You stinky cat! How dare you treat me like this?! If I still had my former strength, I would have crushed you into a meat pie with one kick!!! Stinky cat, what do you want to do now?! Stop your paws!!!"

  At this time, Zheng Feng carefully observed the black shadow.

  There are some silver-gray fluff on the top of the black shadow, and two slender antennae grow in the fluff. The light blue eyes are very big and round, and the mouth is sharp and long. When it scolds its teeth, the air hole can be clearly seen breathing, and the tongue also comes out from the mouth. Its teeth do not show whether they are sharp or not.

  However, its short double claws were exceptionally sharp. The scales on the surface and the fluff on the head were silver-gray, and the pair of wings on the back that could cover the whole body fluttered, with a long and slender tail that looked very lively in the air.

  Yā stared at the soul beast's constantly swishing tail, with sparkling lights appearing in its eyes, seemingly very interested. Excitedly jumping up, it used its paws to grab at the soul beast, which dodged and weaved awkwardly to avoid Yā's paws.

  Zheng Feng thought: The physical characteristics of this soul beast in front of him are similar to those of the legendary giant dragon, but its body is a bit too small. If it weren't for those wide wings and long tail, it would look no bigger than a tooth. And earlier, this soul beast said 'If I still had my former strength', does that mean that now...

  Watching Ya excitedly playing with the Soul Beast's tail, Zheng Feng realized that the situation might not be as bad as he had imagined, and his mouth also curled up slightly. He said to Ya: "Ya, come back."

  The dog heard its master's call and reluctantly looked at the still wagging tail before slowly returning to Zheng Feng's shoulder.

  Zheng Feng stared at the soul beast and asked: "Was that sound just now made by you? Speak! Who are you, really? Why are you here? What is your purpose?"

  When he heard Zheng Feng questioning him in the tone of interrogating a prisoner, the demonic beast suddenly became angry and said: "Foolish human, watch your tone. If you annoy me, be careful..."

  Zheng Feng didn't wait for the soul beast to finish speaking, and playfully said: "What are you being careful about!? If you really had any strength, just now you wouldn't have even been able to withstand a tooth. Don't answer me obediently, be careful ～～～～"

  Zheng Feng deliberately left his words unfinished, dragging out the tail of his sentence. After seeing through the soul beast's strong but empty appearance, he immediately turned the tables and completely reversed his stance.

  That weak soul beast asked: "Little... little... what is Xiao Xin?"

  "Your teeth seem very interested in your tail!!"

  Zheng Feng revealed a playful smile.

  "Meow!"

  Upon hearing his master's words, Ya's eyes sparkled as he stared at the Soul Beast's tail.

  Upon hearing Zheng Feng's response, the Soul Beast suddenly spoke up, saying: "You'd better... not think that... this way... you can threaten me. I'll tell you..."

  "Wait!" Zheng Feng also didn't rush, and slowly shouted. The teeth suddenly stopped in their tracks, ready to pounce.

  In order to protect its precious tail, the soul beast made the right choice immediately.

  "Yōu míng xuè lóng! Sǐ zài zhè lǐ! Shòu hún qì yuē!"

  Translation: "Dark Blood Dragon! Die here! Beast Soul Contract!"

  Three short sentences, twelve words, answered Zheng Feng's question concisely.

  Zheng Feng said in surprise: "You are the Ghostly Blood Dragon, met with an unexpected death in this cave, and now you want to sign a Beast Soul Contract with me?!"

  The answers to the first two questions, Zheng Feng could understand, but the last one, he really couldn't figure out. The soul beast was dead, yet it could still sign a Soul Beast Contract, and with himself no less. He was now just a mere Beast Tamer, shouldn't powerful soul beasts choose powerful Beast Tamers? Was it trying to use the Soul Beast Contract to counterattack him?!

  Thinking that the soul beast might want to devour itself, Zheng Feng said coldly: "I've never heard of a soul beast being able to sign a contract after death, and why would it want to sign a contract with me? I'm just a Beastmaster, very weak."

  The Blood Dragon of the Underworld looked at Zheng Feng with a vigilant gaze, and suddenly remembered something. He explained helplessly: "Human, listen carefully. First, I haven't truly died yet. Only my physical body has died, but my soul still remains. For us Soul Beasts, as long as our souls aren't extinguished, we won't truly die after reaching a certain level."

  "Secondly, even if the soul is still intact, it would need to constantly consume beast soul power to sustain itself. After our physical bodies die, we are left with only our souls and no physical body to cultivate beast soul power. We can only wait slowly for the beast soul power to be depleted, and eventually, the soul will dissipate and die. And what you see now is my body condensed from beast soul power, not a real physical body."

  "Thirdly, with only our souls left, if we don't want to wait for death, we can only sign a beast soul contract with humans, where humans provide the beast soul power."

  "Fourthly, I possess the dual attributes of death and blood; how many humans do you think share the same attributes as me?"

  After hearing the answer of Youming Blood Dragon, Zheng Feng couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He had to consider how much of what the soul beast said was true and how much was false, and what kind of consequences would come from signing a Soul Contract with it.

  Zheng Feng had never thought of giving up on the contract he signed. He understood that risks and opportunities coexisted, and all he could do was try to minimize the risks. Giving up on the risks would be equivalent to giving up on the opportunities. He knew that for himself now, this was an opportunity to become stronger. No matter how the soul beast was currently, its former strength could be inferred from the skeleton alone.

  Give up on signing a powerful Soul Beast?! Are you kidding me!!!

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