“On a mica screen, a candle casts dark shapes; the Milky Way slowly descends, the Morning Star is low. Chang’e must regret stealing the elixir of life; blue sea and blue sky, night after night in her heart.”
This was the work of a famous Tang dynasty poet, Li Shangyin, depicting one of China’s legends. The story of how Chang’e snatched her husband’s eternal life elixir, became immortal and ascended into the Moon Palace.
“Chang’e regrets taking the elixir…”
The woman muttered, deep in her memories.
“Nonsense, rubbish, hogwash!” The bewitching woman shook her head in a remorseful tone.
Li Mo paused, then charged again.
Poison, Venom Kiss!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
While the woman was unbalanced, Li Mo capitalized by taking a third of her health.
The damage of a poison eruption was incredible and hitting the same target after the fourth hit was guaranteed, while also making future eruptions stronger.
This was something called a hidden effect.
“Nonsense, that is not how it happened!”
The woman broke down and kicked Li Mo a hundred meters.
Li Mo circled her.
Not just his stats are outrageous, but even his health regeneration.
Li Mo barked, “Snatching your husband’s eternal life elixir and ascended by yourself. You’re a complete ingrate!”
“No! No! NO!”
The woman wailed and held her head.
‘Got her!’
Li Mo charged again and used Venom Kiss.
“Humph!”
While Li Mo was frantic in his attacks, the woman snorted, and her ravings up and stopped.
Her eyes turned icy, her movements precise, and her face dead.
A wave recreated the Time Wheel and she kicked, sending Li Mo barreling for a thousand meters.
That hit alone took two-thirds of his health.
“Don’t use Recovery!”
Li Mo shouted, seeing Ye Li’s intent.
The woman still had a third hp and using Recovery would make future battles harder.
“Hou Yi is a real man while Chang’e is petty and selfish.”
Li Mo kept speaking, trying to get any reaction out of her, despite how useless it now was.
Hum~
The Time Wheel spun and the woman snapped in front of him with a palm attack.
In face of this crisis, he dodged.
Li Mo then attacked and activated Venom Kiss as the woman kicked him to death.
Whoosh~
Ji brought him back with Revivify.
Revivify brought the target back with half health. Li Mo’s first reaction was to use Poison and attack again.
“Recovery!”
With another successful eruption, Li Mo shouted.
Ye Li used it on the spot.
The woman’s Time Wheel then spun in the other direction as she struck his chest with her palms.
First palm brought his health dangerously low, then Ye Li’s recovery came to fill it all up so the second strike wouldn’t take his life.
Li Mo kept attacking.
Li Mo forwent all caution and dodging, using all his speed to attack her. He had no way out, anyway. His choice was kill or be killed.
With another eruption of Venom Kiss, the woman’s health was moments away from being empty when the Time Wheel spun the other way around and her health increased a bit.
It wasn’t healing, but reversing time.
Li Mo struck her four more times, and she used the same trick to recover some more and escape death.
“God damn it!”
Li Mo was panicking. Poison was about to run out and death would surely come.
“Turn back!”
Li Mo pushed the bewitching woman down.
Li Mo interrupted her and the Time Wheel faded.
The fourth hit!
Li Mo slashed at her.
Poison erupted.
Pff…
The woman’s last drop of health was taken.
The black energy around her surged, and she kneeled.
“Adventurer, congratulations on obtaining a god’s contract.” Mito’s voice sounded.
“Adventurer, you have wonderful luck. The one kneeling is the only woman among the 36 god contracts, and very strong…
“You can now give her orders. She will do anything you ask of her without fail, her loyalty unflinching.”
Ji walked over, “So that’s how heroes are obtained. The information was all wrong.”
Li Mo turned to the kneeling bewitching woman and said, “Rise.”
She moved like a puppet.
“What’s your name?”
The woman didn’t answer.
Mito’s voice came, “She is yours now. She understands your orders, but does not know who she is. You will have to name her.”
Whoosh~
A black whirlpool appeared in the sky that sucked the party in.
Next thing they knew, they were back before the Dark Hall’s gate.
The gate was shut and Mito stood before it with a smile.
“You have obtained the god’s contract. Per the rules, you cannot challenge this place for the next five centuries.
“Please return.”
Ye Li said, “What rule is that?”
Mito said, “It is my master’s. I can only hold by it.”
Li Mo looked at the woman’s face behind him. She was just like a puppet.
“What do you think of Chang’e?”
The woman nodded unflinchingly.
“Chang’e… good name.”
Came from behind Li Mo. It was from a black tiger bigger than an elephant.
The tiger appeared suddenly and behind it there were more than a hundred types of beasts.
But what got Li Mo’s attention was a two meters big three-legged crow covered in black flames.
‘Golden Crow?’
Li Mo was stunned.
Mito smiled, “Bestial Galaxy adventurers. You came after five hundred years. Do you wish to challenge the Dark Hall?”
“Yes!”
The black tiger spat a huge soul vial.
The soul bottle shined white, filled with millions upon millions of souls!
