Chapter 691: SS-Rank Contract Spirits
It wasn't just the twelfth floor.
When Ling Zhan stepped into the thirteenth floor to face the Level 130 Beastmaster Demon Soldier, the screen went completely black again!
Beastmaster Demon Soldier.
Level 130.
Its ability was to command countless beasts.
What made it particularly terrifying was its sinister technique for subverting beast companions!
When facing a Beastmaster Professional whose level and attributes were lower than its own, it could use this sinister technique to forcibly take control of their beast companions and turn them into its own.
Then, through the infusion of demonic energy, it would corrupt them into beasts infused with the blood of the Ten Thousand Demons!
Beastmaster Demon Soldier versus an unprecedentedly powerful non-specialist!
It should have been a thrilling and awe-inspiring battle!
Yet, the cursed screen was once again shrouded in darkness!
"Could it be that this Beastmaster Demon Soldier also has spatial skills!?"
Someone frowned in speculation.
"Enough! Stop guessing! This is that non-specialist's doing!"
"I've figured it out—this guy doesn't want us to see his trump cards, so he's using spatial techniques to obscure all the nanocameras inside the tower!"
"That's why the screen always goes black during the most critical moments of the battle!"
Someone saw through the truth behind the blackout.
"Ah!"
"So that's it!"
"Damn! This non-specialist is really cunning!"
"You can't call him cunning. He's just being cautious. If I were in his position, I'd also hide my trump cards as much as possible, especially as a newcomer."
"True, you've got a point. Anyone else would do the same."
"…"
Realizing the reason, the spectators couldn't help but understand the non-specialist's actions.
As they said.
This move to obscure the screen was entirely deliberate on his part.
Coming to this sacred continent alone, even with the support of Dragon Kingdom, Ling Zhan naturally wouldn't reveal all his abilities right away out of caution.
Doing so would only draw unnecessary attention and vigilance from potential enemies.
So he used his Space Dominion talent to easily shroud the tower's space.
This time, the Beastmaster Demon Soldier posed a tougher challenge.
Everyone knew that Beastmasters had an incredibly unfair skill.
The Life Bond ability with all their beast companions.
Life Bond meant that when the Beastmaster suffered fatal damage, their beast companion would sacrifice itself to save them.
Naturally, the Beastmaster Demon Soldier had a similar Life Bond technique.
It summoned a swarm of beasts.
These beasts weren't ordinary; they were unique demon beasts from the Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons.
Nine-Headed Demon Dogs.
Venomous Demon Spiders.
Cursed Demon Scorpions.
Three-Headed Demon Snakes.
And more.
All of them were ferocious and bloodthirsty beasts corrupted by demonic energy, charging at their enemies without fear or hesitation.
"Beastmastery? Then I'll respond with summoning."
Ling Zhan merely smiled faintly.
Then he clasped his hands together.
Buzz!!
In the next moment.
Numerous summoning arrays for contract spirits appeared!
Seeing this, the Beastmaster Demon Soldier grinned wickedly.
Summoning contract spirits?
It loved nothing more than facing such tactics!
Because this meant it could directly use its subversion technique to seize the enemy's beast companions!
Contract spirits were no exception!
After all, this human was only Level 100!
There was no way his attributes could surpass its own.
Taking over his beast companions would be child's play.
However.
The sight that followed completely stunned it!
One by one, contract spirits emerged from the summoning arrays.
But when the Beastmaster Demon Soldier activated its Beast Companion Appraisal, all it saw were SS-rank labels on every single contract spirit!
What the hell!
This…
An SS-rank Thorny Flower Spirit!
An SS-rank Little Demon Scorpion!
An SS-rank Slime!
An SS-rank Winged Tiger!
An SS-rank Goblin Archer!
...…
As more and more SS-rank contract spirits appeared, the once-arrogant Beastmaster Demon Soldier's jaw dropped!
What the hell was this!
Why had it never seen such innocent-looking but terrifyingly high-ranking contract spirits before!?
In fact…
The Beastmaster Demon Soldier's confusion was understandable.
After all, the Beastmasters it had encountered on the battlefield were all Level 100 fourth-tier Contract Spirit Masters.
Contract Spirit Masters wouldn't use F-rank summoning skills.
They summoned only top-tier creatures.
Dragons.
Hydras.
Flaming Celestial Horses.
Always something elite.
That's why the Beastmaster Demon Soldier had never seen spirits like the Thorny Flower Spirit or Little Demon Scorpion before.
Yet Ling Zhan's basic contract spirits had all been upgraded to SS-rank!
These spirits had undergone terrifying transformations!
Their attributes skyrocketed, and even their talents and skills evolved!
For instance, the Thorny Flower Spirit originally had only two F-rank skills:
Poison Thorn and Binding Vines.
Its sole talent was Frenzy (D).
But now?
It possessed over a dozen skills!
All of them had evolved into S-rank abilities!
It even gained multiple new talents!
Life Bath, Vine Barrier, Vigorous Growth, and more!
This was no longer a mere Thorny Flower Spirit.
It was practically the Thorn Queen!
In its final moments of despair, the Beastmaster Demon Soldier desperately attempted to use its subversion techniques on these SS-rank contract spirits.
But it found they were completely useless!
Not only did the subversion fail, but it also enraged the SS-rank spirits even more!
The demon beasts summoned by the Beastmaster Demon Soldier were utterly crushed under the overwhelming might of these SS-rank spirits.
In the end.
The Beastmaster Demon Soldier was trampled to death by Ling Zhan's contract spirits.
Its blood and flesh were even devoured by them.
As for the thirteenth floor's Decay Demon Soldier…
Ling Zhan used the Eye of Ten Thousand Demons to control it and pierced its heart with the SS-rank Dispel Spear, adding a few extra skills for good measure.
If one strike was enough, Ling Zhan didn't bother with excessive tactics.
On the fourteenth floor.
Undead Demon Soldier, Level 135.
Its summons included undead forces such as the Ten Thousand Demons Corpse King, Undead Skeleton Demons, and Demon Corpses.
The Ten Thousand Demons Corpse King, in particular, was a terrifying creature stitched together from the remains of defeated high-level demon soldiers.
"Kill!!"
The Undead Demon Soldier wasted no words and commanded its undead army to swarm the human who dared to enter its tower floor!