Ye Liang maintained the hand seal posture and had already launched N Nagarebi.
"What the heck?! How are you doing that?"
Amal was floored!
She stood frozen, staring intently at Ye Liang, watching as he casually blew out, sending countless Nagarebi flying once again.
"Huh? I don't know either. Maybe it's my talent!"
Ye Liang chuckled.
He had no clue what he was doing. He just randomly made the same hand seal as Amal, and countless Nagarebi shot out of his mouth.
"Wait, am I actually a genius?"
While Ye Liang was lost in his thoughts, the Nagarebi finally hit the Neba head-on. It screamed in pain, rolling around on the ground, its body having vaporized significantly.
"Not good! Its bodily fluids are going to burn away completely! Stop immediately!"
Amal shouted urgently.
Their mission this time was to collect the Neba's bodily fluids. If it was vaporized completely, everything would be over.
Ye Liang just stood there, stunned.
He only knew how to shoot Nagarebi, but had no idea how to reverse it!
"Damn it!"
He swore angrily, then rushed forward directly and threw himself onto the Neba.
Something strange happened.
The raging Nagarebi flames, which had been blazing fiercely, instantly vanished as soon as Ye Liang jumped onto the Neba—as if they had never existed at all!
"This fire actually has a master?" Ye Liang was stunned.
He shook his head, preferring not to think about it.
At this moment, the Neba, which had previously been thrashing around on the ground, trembled slightly. Then, surprisingly, it became as gentle as a kitten, rubbing affectionately against Ye Liang's legs.
"It's accepted you."
Amal called out joyfully, "The Neba can become a summoned beast. Once you've tamed it, it will develop strong affection toward you.
This is great! Ye Liang, hurry up and sign a pact with it!"
"Yeah."
Ye Liang nodded solemnly.
Looking down at the Neba's body, he silently pulled out a syringe.
"Pfft! I'm destined to contract with the Three Immortal Sages, and you expect me to make a pact with a freaking slug?!
No way!"
In one swift move, he jabbed the needle into the Neba, extracted a dose of its liquid, then turned and walked away!
"What the heck are you doing?"
Amal was completely flabbergasted! He was giving up a perfectly good summoned beast opportunity and just walking off?! The Neba followed him closely behind, like it couldn't live without Ye Liang!
"Hey! I don't want you, go away!" Ye Liang yelled.
But the Neba clung stubbornly.
At this point, Amal laughed, "You don't have to sign a contract with the Neba, but once it has chosen you, it will never change!
You're stuck with it now. Accept your fate."
Hearing this, Ye Liang could only sigh helplessly.
The two entered another passageway and finally managed to shake off the Neba in a deep, secluded environment. At this point, they seemed to have entered a different corridor.
"There should be a second artifact here!"
"A second one?" Ye Liang scratched his head.
"Yeah. The final artifact requires several components to be combined – it's not a single item. So, you haven't truly completed your mission yet."
"What?! That's such a rip-off!"
The freaking promise was supposed to be the last component, but now it turned out there wasn't just one?!
Now that's ridiculous!
Ye Liang helplessly collapsed on the ground and began communicating with Amal.
Finally, he got it.
According to Amal, Neba was only one of the materials. To completely assemble the final component, they had to defeat several different beasts!
And just how many was "several"?
Amal wouldn't say.
Just... a lot!
Meanwhile...
Amal's father was conducting experiments inside the house. Carefully, he placed a newly acquired artifact onto the mask in his hands, when suddenly! A black aura shotlessly from the mask straight into his nostrils.
Shinno's eyes widened in shock!
His pupils were overtaken by darkness, as if the whites of his eyes had completely vanished.
After a long while...
Still deep inside the cave, Amal shivered involuntarily!
Looking at Ye Liang leading the way, a chill crawled down her spine—like something terrible had just happened, something that might end their lives!
The two kept exploring deeper into the cave.
Before they knew it...
Two whole months had passed.
If anything could describe Ye Liang's current mood, it would be "as trapped and humiliated as a caged animal." Right now, he felt just like that. He originally thought he could finish the mission quickly and get whatever he wanted—have the world at his foot!
Unfortunately, he was stuck here for two entire months.
Two months later, Ye Liang's heart finally calmed. He looked at the corpse of a creature before him and shook his head.
"Don't lose hope. This will be the last component," Amal comforted him.
"Mm."
Ye Liang nodded.
At this point, they had arrived at a crimson cave. Molten lava was everywhere, as if they had entered the Earth's core itself!
The heat was nearly unbearable!
Ye Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
This was the final beast! As long as they defeated it, the components would finally be complete. He followed behind Amal, edging forward carefully.
Months of exploration had made Ye Liang much more cautious by nature.
He remained on high alert.
The beasts they'd encountered recently were getting fiercer and fiercer—beasts that could tear through steel bare-handed, and even his Nagarebi could barely affect them! Neither of them was feeling brave.
They inched forward cautiously, step by step.
Suddenly!
From a spot where lava was bubbling, a half-meter-tall, flame-covered bizarre creature suddenly shot out! Its entire body seemed to be made of molten lava, with no ordinary flesh or skin—only eyes!
"This is it! Taking its core will complete the final component!"
Ye Liang immediately became excited!
After waiting for two whole months, it was finally about to end!
He solemnly formed hand seals with a heavy heart.
[Fire Release – Great Fireball Technique]!
Ever since he discovered his talent for Ninjutsu, he hadn't let up for a second. Not only did he create many low-level Ninjutsu techniques himself, but he'd even dream about the hand seal methods for strange new jutsu!
Such as the Great Fireball Technique!
"Boom!"
The massive fireball directly slammed the flaming creature into the wall.
Amal stood there stunned, watching this scene unfold. She clearly saw Ye Liang's progress, but actually witnessing him use another Ninjutsu shocked her even more!
"This guy's a total Ninjutsu pro—he's just playing possum!"
Right after unleashing the Great Fireball, Ye Liang vaguely sensed something was off!
Ye Liang didn't know why, but the moment he released the [Massive Fireball], a sudden wave of tension washed over him, as if he were about to face an imminent crisis!
This was an instinctive feeling!
Indeed!
The flaming creature had barely struck the wall when it swallowed Ye Liang's [Massive Fireball] in one bite. It let out a satisfied burp and began growing larger before Ye Liang's very eyes!
Within seconds, it had transformed into a towering stone golem standing three meters high!
The flames burned even more intensely now.
"What's going on!" Amal gasped in horror. She scrambled to flee, only to find the massive stone golem charging straight at her.
It was moving with incredible speed—there was no way she could dodge in her current state!
Ye Liang swiftly wrapped his arm around Amal's waist. As she turned bright red, he yanked her out of danger, then slammed his foot into the stone golem, sending it skidding backward quite a distance.
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