Chapter 548

Chapter 548: Mares Surrenders

“Are you sure you are willing to surrender and sign a life-and-death contract with me?”

The Shadow King stopped his attack.

The seven Shadow Kings also halted their offensive preparations.

According to their plan, they originally intended to trigger the energy inside Mares, severely injuring him in one fell swoop.

Now that Mares was willing to surrender, they could not have asked for more.

This way, Mares would recover from his injuries more quickly.

“As long as you agree to help me kill Morris, I am willing to sign the life-and-death contract with you!”

Mares replied without hesitation.

He had completely let go.

Facing such a great calamity, he believed that the root cause was Morris.

At that moment, he was willing to trade his life for Morris’s death.

Having realized he could not escape death, he was even willing to allow the Shadow King, whose strength realm was lower than his own, to control his life and death, just to kill Morris.

“Help you kill Morris?”

The Shadow King pretended to hesitate, quickly took out a communication stone, and contacted Yi Chen to inform him of the situation.

Yi Chen quickly responded, “I can promise to kill Morris, but the time limit is within ten years. Moreover, I can promise that after ten years, he will regain his freedom.”

The Shadow King immediately understood what to do.

Without hesitation, he said, “I can promise to help you kill Morris within ten years!”

“I don’t need ten years; I have high-quality immortal materials that can rapidly heal my injuries. At most, I will recover in a year. If Morris doesn’t have high-quality immortal materials, he will certainly only be able to temporarily stabilize his injuries within a year. As long as you and the other Shadow Kings cooperate with me, we can definitely kill Morris.”

Mares was overjoyed and quickly explained.

To his surprise, the Shadow King shook his head decisively, “Even if you recover within a year, I still cannot help you kill Morris.”

“Why?”

Mares was somewhat confused.

“Because I still have use for Morris, and even if he recovers, I have other methods to ensure his death.”

The Shadow King said half-truthfully, “Our Shadow Clan has already migrated to this star cluster to develop. Keeping Morris around temporarily is still useful. I am willing to swear that if I do not help you kill Morris within ten years, I will accept severe penalties from the heavens.”

“Ten years… that’s too long…”

Mares did not want to wait a single day. He gritted his teeth and said, “As long as you are willing to wait for me to recover and then kill Morris, I am willing to give you all my resources and treasures.”

“Keep your resources and treasures for yourself. After I help you kill Morris within ten years, the contract will be officially lifted. You just need to promise to keep the secret and sign a related contract that will never be disclosed, or be willing to have your memories erased, and you will regain your freedom.”

The Shadow King still shook his head and proposed something that left Mares dumbfounded.

“You… you are willing to let me regain my freedom?”

Mares could hardly believe his ears.

He originally planned to escape this calamity first, and after recovering from his injuries, use the strength of the Shadow King and the Shadow Kings to kill Morris while he was still injured, avenging his great sorrow.

After that, he would decide based on the situation.

If the Shadow King was not too harsh, he would obey orders while looking for a way and opportunity to break free.

If the Shadow King was strict and made him do things he was unwilling to do, he would simply self-destruct to end it all.

After all, he sought revenge, and he would gladly accept death.

What he never expected was that the Shadow King was actually willing to give him a chance to regain his freedom.

Moreover, he only needed to obey for about ten years.

“Yes! You can draft the relevant contract, and for the confidentiality part, we can include that we must not disclose your matters to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe; we could even use your experience to threaten you into doing other things. But at the same time, you must include the conditions I just proposed.”

The Shadow King nodded confidently.

“Alright!”

Mares no longer hesitated.

This was a tremendous opportunity he could not let slip away.

He felt ecstatic inside.

It was as if he saw light after a long period of darkness.

With this, not only could he kill Morris, but he could also regain his freedom.

The only difference was that he would kill Morris a decade or so later, which he could fully accept.

This was far beyond his previous expectations.

Without any hesitation, Mares immediately began to draft the contract.

While creating the contract, he marveled at how the powerful treasure that could lock in fate was truly remarkable.

Even in this state of despair, it could still turn misfortune into good fortune.

Most importantly, the fate contained within the treasure had not yet been consumed.

In just over ten minutes, a contract was drafted.

The Shadow King’s Perception Ability entered the document, examined it carefully, and then injected a drop of blood into the contract.

He then returned the contract to Mares.

Mares, without any hesitation, merged both the blood and the Perception Ability into the contract.

The contract took effect officially.

Both the Shadow King and Mares could sense the bond and connection they had created.

The significant accomplishment was complete!

Once Mares sent the contract back, he stored it in the Space Stone. The Shadow King immediately notified Yi Chen and then contacted the seven Shadow Kings.

The seven Shadow Kings emerged from inside Mares.

“Do you… really have a way to kill Morris even if he recovers?”

Mares looked at the Shadow King with a mix of doubt and belief.

He couldn’t understand how the Shadow King planned to kill Morris.

After all, Morris was two major realms higher than the Shadow King.

Even if they gathered the entire strength of the Shadow Clan, they still wouldn’t be able to kill Morris.

“How to kill him, you will soon find out,” the Shadow King said with a smile but said nothing more.

He certainly did not have the confidence to defeat Morris, just as Mares had judged.

Even if he teamed up with Mares and brought the Soul Emperor, they still wouldn’t be able to kill Morris.

But whether Yi Chen could kill him was another matter.

Ten years.

He didn’t know how much Yi Chen could improve, but by his estimation, since Yi Chen notified him this way, he must have some confidence.

Not to mention that even if Yi Chen still lacked the strength to kill Morris by that time, he could still sap Morris’s fortune, causing Morris to encounter misfortune and unexpected events.

“Soon find out?”

Mares struggled to understand what the Shadow King meant.

But the Shadow King said no more.

Because Yi Chen had already informed him and was on his way.

In just five or six minutes, Yi Chen quickly arrived nearby by constantly teleporting.

“The strong of humanity?”

Although Mares was heavily injured and his Perception Ability was greatly affected, he still sensed a figure from humanity suddenly appear at the edge of his awareness.

Then, the figure kept teleporting toward them.

He felt a bit surprised.

Wasn’t it said that the strongest member of humanity had only just successfully overcome tribulations a few years ago?

How did a level more than one hundred and forty humanity member appear here suddenly?

Wait…

He suddenly began to realize.

It was said that the strongest member of humanity had extremely powerful talent, and even the elders of the foreign affairs department appreciated him greatly.

Could it be that after a few years, this strongest member of humanity had successfully broken through to over level one hundred and forty using special means?

If that were the case, his training speed would be astonishing.