Chapter 1449 - Contract
Immortal runes carried a fatal temptation for quasi-immortal artifacts. As long as one absorbed enough immortal runes, it could break through and advance into an actual immortal artifact.
The light ball trembled even more violently, straining against its shackles. It suddenly warped into a black shadow and lunged toward the immortal rune, but countless seals flared at once and slammed it back, forcing the artifact spirit into the light sphere again.
At the same time, the entire city shook as if struck by an earthquake, and the Seven-Fiend Netherworld Chains rattled madly.
"What's going on?" Many people looked around in bewilderment. Nightmare City had remained motionless for a million years, yet today it quaked so intensely. The tremor continued for a full minute before the city finally settled.
"I want to sign a contract with you. Help us leave this place, and I can help you evolve into an immortal artifact," Liu Wuxie said, sending his divine sense into the artifact spirit to speak directly with it. He knew full well that the artifact spirit could understand him.
The artifact spirit had slumbered under the seal for countless years, only stirring when Liu Wuxie entered Nightmare City. There had to be some special force on Liu Wuxie that resonated with it.
The artifact spirit thrashed inside the shrinking light, unwilling to give in. How could it willingly sign a contract with a human again? Its previous master had long since perished, and once it broke free of all restraints, it would no longer answer to anyone. When it finally evolved into an immortal artifact, it would be able to take human form and change at will, just like the Heavenly Dragon Sect's Radiant Mirror.
The artifact spirit continued to struggle, but the sphere of light—woven from countless seals—kept contracting around it. Soon, a shrill scream pierced the air from within the glowing mass.
Qiao Bian and Han Feizi's worry deepened. In their eyes, Liu Wuxie was walking on a blade's edge; a single misstep could damage the entire sealing structure.
They didn't realize that, from Liu Wuxie's perspective, these seals were crude and unsophisticated. What he lacked wasn't comprehension, but the cultivation to recreate them.
"If you refuse to sign a contract with me, I'll use this immortal rune to destroy you. You've finally awakened after so long, and I believe you don't want me to destroy you," Liu Wuxie said, mixing threat with temptation. In the worst case, they would all die here together.
In truth, he was only frightening the artifact spirit. He had no intention of dying in this place. His actual plan was to use faith energy to cleanse the artifact spirit, then suppress it with the immortal rune and see how long it could hold out.