Chapter 385: Oath Contract

Mingxi swallowed hard.

She looked at Lan Yue with a bewildered expression, “Little guy, you said it...”

She pointed at the Mermaid in the amber, “What was the situation again?”

Lan Yue let out two low cries again, her expression profound and her tone certain.

Mingxi’s nostrils flared, as if possessed by a certain little pig.

Shock beat up its father, it was utterly shocked!

Because just now Lan Yue said: “It’s pregnant! The baby is still alive!”

“Impossible! I didn’t detect any life fluctuations! The Time Realm also couldn’t allow your non-Pet Space creatures to enter here!”

Guangguang’s usually flat voice rose two octaves.

“Ling Ling.”

“Ling Ling.”

Lan Yue’s tone was very firm.

She indicated that she sensed fluctuations from a water-type skill.

It was coming from the amber, though very faint, she did indeed sense it.

Water-type skill?

Mingxi: “Little guy, can you tell what skill it is?”

“Ling Ling.”

It seemed to be the water-type skill, Water Sonar.

Water Sonar, a basic water-attribute skill, uses water elements in the air to transmit sound, creating a certain mental interference.

It belongs to mental attacks.

“Guangguang, why don’t we take it to the detection room and scan it with an instrument?”

Mingxi believed Lan Yue wouldn’t lie.

Guangguang: “...”

“No need, I can access the functions of all instruments within the Time Realm. Master, please wait a moment.”

Three minutes later.

Guangguang’s voice rang out again.

“Master, I was negligent just now. Because it was doubly obstructed by the divine resin amber and the Mermaid’s divine body, the little life within her body had extremely subtle life fluctuations.

Moreover, this Mermaid’s mother should have used an absolute sealing skill before her death, turning her body into a sanctuary to protect the infant in her belly.

So even the Time Realm didn’t sense it.”

Guangguang’s tone was a bit weak.

She also didn’t expect herself to make such a blunder.

Her first major setback in life.

Embarrassing!

Mingxi didn’t dwell on Guangguang’s mistake.

The amber itself was special.

Plus, the body of a divine Transcendent creature that had been dead for over two thousand years.

Who would have thought it was still pregnant?

And not only was it pregnant, the embryo inside its body was actually still alive!

The most awesome 'coffin baby'.

Even Song Ci would have to exclaim ‘666’ upon seeing it!

“Luo Luo!”

Little Silver Flower obviously thought the same as Mingxi, giving a thumbs up to the amber.

She even reached out to touch the amber, then pressed her ear to the Mermaid’s abdomen, trying to sense the ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ presence of the embryo in the Mermaid’s belly.

“Luo!”

Little Silver Flower shook her head, saying she didn’t sense anything.

It would be strange if she could.

Mingxi analyzed: “The embryo in the Mermaid’s belly should have originally been in a state of suspended animation, like an unhatched Little Silver Flower. After being brought into the Time Realm, due to the special laws here, it woke from its dormancy.

But because it was trapped within its mother’s body and the amber, it couldn’t free itself, so it released a skill to call for help.”

This embryo inside the Mermaid is incredible!

Looking at the Mermaid’s light and graceful posture.

When it died, the embryo inside its body might not have been fully formed yet.

It hadn't left the mother, hadn't hatched.

And it could already use skills?

How to put it.

Even an old ox would be doing splits to the sky!

“Guangguang, do you have a way to get the Mermaid out of the amber?”

“No.”

Guangguang answered very straightforwardly.

The Time Realm is a private Beast Tamers training hall, all its abilities serve to enhance the strength of the master and their Beast Tamers.

So where would it get the ability to cut through the world’s hardest amber?

Mingxi sighed, “Then do you know of any way to dissolve the amber?”

After all, it was a small life, and what’s more, it was a formidable little fellow inside.

If she could save it, she was still willing to try.

Guangguang: “There is one, it’s called molten saliva incense, a special magma produced by super volcanoes. To dissolve such a large piece of amber, at least ten catties of molten saliva incense would be needed.”

Mingxi’s eyes widened: “Super volcano? The super high-temperature kind?”

“Yes, Master.”

Mingxi was speechless, her head ached, she didn't want to do it anymore.

She looked at the amber, staring at the Mermaid’s abdomen: “Little one, I might not be able to help you.”

molten saliva incense, and ten catties of it!

Even if she were the Queen Mother, she’d be helpless.

No sooner had she finished speaking, a burst of intertwined blood-red and golden light suddenly erupted within the amber.

The light penetrated the amber and fell upon Mingxi.

Her Pet Space automatically etherealized.

On a blank wall, a black-haired, black-scaled Mermaid image appeared.

But unlike the images of Golden Yuanbao and the others, the Mermaid image was flickering, as if it could dissipate at any moment.

Mingxi was stunned.

Golden Yuanbao and Lan Yue were stunned.

The invisible Guangguang was also stunned.

“...What’s going on?”

Mingxi was numb.

She hadn’t awakened her fourth Soul Key, nor was she in the Spirit Pact Chamber.

But this situation looked exactly like a contract!

It was outrageous!

It was absurd!

Guangguang: “Master, that embryo has completed an Oath Contract with you.”

“Lei Lei?”

“Luo Luo?”

“Ling Ling?”

While Mingxi’s mouth was askew and her ears and eyes were crooked, Golden Yuanbao, Silver Flower, and Lan Yue had already voiced their confusion.

What is an Oath Contract?

“An Oath Contract is a compulsory contract actively completed by a Transcendent creature. This type of contract is very, very domineering.

Taking soul and future as cause and effect, and blood and life as price, it forms a law oath.

This allows a Transcendent creature to sign a contract with a Beast Tamers.

Even without the Beast Tamers’ permission, even if the Beast Tamers has no Beast Tamers slot, even if the Beast Tamers has no Soul Key.

It can still become the Beast Tamers’ Pet Space.

However, once the Beast Tamers’ Soul Key awakens, it will immediately integrate into the Pet Space’s body.

This contract cannot be terminated by the Pet Space, and once the Beast Tamers dies, the Pet Space will also die.”

Isn’t this the blood pact from cultivation novels?

She didn’t expect it to exist in this interstellar Beast Tamers world as well.

Mingxi straightened her crooked mouth and nose, and asked helplessly: “So, does this contract have any disadvantages for me?”

“Does losing a contract slot count?”

Mingxi: “...”

How could it not count?

She hadn’t even undergone her fourth awakening yet, and her Pet Space slot was already taken.

And the one occupying her Pet Space slot was a ‘coffin baby’, which was already absurd.

Even more absurd was that they couldn’t even open this ‘coffin’!

“Guangguang, how long can this little one in the amber live?”

“Its life fluctuations are very weak, it won’t last more than half a year at most. However, if the Master can awaken her Soul Key during this period and let the Key integrate into its body, it should be able to extend its life by another half a year.”

You’re making things difficult for me, aren’t you!

Mingxi looked down at the necklace around her neck.

This was a special item called Spirit Refinement.

It was an priceless SS-grade item.

Chu Kuangsheng gave it to her before they left the Joint Training Camp.

The function of Spirit Refinement was to continuously solidify mental power, also known as re-refining the brain domain.