Bzzzt!
Countless currents of electricity kept appearing and disappearing inside the Fusion Tempering Furnace.
The temperature inside the Fusion Tempering Furnace kept rising as well. The entire furnace had already turned fiery red, as if it were desperately trying to fuse and temper something.
Ethan, who had awakened from the dream, was so hot all over, even his eyelids, that he was completely unable to move.
It was as if… his whole body was being melted.
"Holy shit, am I really going to get burned to death like this?!"
At this moment, it was impossible for him not to panic.
After all, he was practically being burned into liquid. He wasn't some Great Sage Equal to Heaven who could be refined in a furnace for three days and three nights without dying!
[Demonic Armor: Fusion 24%]
[Demonic Armor: Fusion 28%]
[Demonic Armor…]
"Hm?"
Although Ethan couldn't move, he could clearly see the notifications from the system.
'What is this Demonic Armor?'
And… as the fusion rate of the Demonic Armor gradually increased, Ethan even felt that his torso seemed to have gained a trace of coolness.
Although it was still very hot, it was at least a little more comfortable.
"So hot! So hot!"
The Eye of Nightmare also started screaming at this moment, "What the hell kind of hell is this? The Hell of Flames? Even the Hell of Flames isn't this damn hot, okay?!"
"Can you see my current condition?", Ethan communicated with the Eye of Nightmare through divine sense, "Tell me, what do you see?"
"I see… I fucking see nothing!", the Eye of Nightmare roared, "My eye hurts! It hurts like hell from being roasted!!"
"Can you move?"
Ethan could still understand the Eye of Nightmare's screaming at this moment.
Everyone knew that most of an eyeball was made up of water. Now that it was being roasted in such a high-temperature furnace, it was almost dried out, so naturally it couldn't possibly be in a good mood!
"What good is being able to move? If this keeps up, I'm going to turn into a roasted eyeball," The Eye of Nightmare wailed, "You're at least half my master now, so hurry up and think of a way to help me!"
Ethan couldn't help laughing, "What the hell does 'half my master' mean? Are you going to sign a master-servant contract with me too?"
"If you can keep me alive right now, forget a master-servant contract. I'd even sign an unequal treaty."
"Sure. Sign it, and I'll help you survive!"
"Bullshit!", The Eye of Nightmare didn't believe him at all, "Do you even know what kind of fucking mess you've turned into right now? In this state, you actually want to protect me? Just being able to protect yourself is something you should be laughing about!"
"Spring of Life!", Although Ethan could no longer move, he could use his divine sense to take things out of his storage space.
Sure enough, the next second.
A portion of the Spring of Life appeared in Ethan's hand. He had obtained it from the Treant when he fought the Treant back then.
Although most of it was crystallized Spring of Life, there was still a small amount of Spring of Life water.
It happened to come in handy now.
"Spring of Life!"
The Eye of Nightmare immediately spotted the spring water in Ethan's hand, which was held in a bamboo cup.
It then quickly hopped toward where the spring water was. Compared with this high-temperature environment, what it feared more was dehydration.
Once it was dried out, it would be completely done for.
However… Before it could hop over to Ethan's palm, Ethan put the Spring of Life away again.
"Where did you put the Spring of Life?", the Eye of Nightmare said excitedly, "Hurry up and take it out for me! I can't hold on much longer!"
"Sign the master-servant contract first!"
Ethan said coldly.
Anyway, he couldn't do anything right now, but seeing that the fusion rate of the [Demonic Armor] was continuously rising, he knew that he probably wouldn't die for the time being.
In that case, he might as well take advantage of the opportunity to get one person on his side. There was no reason to waste the precious opportunity his enemy had created for him.
"Sign, sign, sign. But after I sign, you have to immediately give me ten portions of Spring of Life!"
The Eye of Nightmare stated its condition.
Ethan naturally agreed.
After all, once the Eye of Nightmare signed a master-servant contract with him, wouldn't that be equivalent to becoming his little pet? Who would be stingy with their own pet, right?
[Ethan and the Eye of Nightmare have successfully signed a master-servant contract.]
[PS: The Eye of Nightmare and the consciousness of Nightmare's main body have been completely separated and can no longer fuse back together.]
'Huh?'
Ethan really hadn't expected this.
Signing a master-servant contract with the Eye of Nightmare actually had such a benefit.
But thinking about it, it was quite normal.
The instant Ethan and the Eye of Nightmare signed the master-servant contract, the Eye of Nightmare completely belonged to him. If Nightmare's main body didn't want to become Ethan's servant as well, then it could only endure the pain of cutting off this fragment of divine consciousness.
As agreed earlier, Ethan directly took ten portions of Spring of Life out of his ring finger.
"Phew!"
The Eye of Nightmare immediately jumped into a bucket filled with Spring of Life.
Only then did it let out a comfortable sigh and say, "This hot spring feels so good! Washy washy, baby water is a must! Mommy doesn't have to worry about me having eye gunk anymore, HOHO~"