Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter 71 Dissolving the Power of the Contract

This dark light was extremely fast. Before Lin Haoming could react, it had already struck his brow and vanished in a flash.

Faced with this sudden dark light, Lin Haoming was startled.

Lin Haoming knew that the Demonic Soul Contract existed, but he didn't know what the consequences would be after using it. At this moment, he only felt a chill run through his body.

He immediately focused his divine sense on his brow to investigate what was wrong, but no matter how he searched, he found nothing. He even checked his body and felt nothing unusual.

Just as Lin Haoming was wondering what exactly the Demon Soul Contract had implanted into his body, the Merit Bead suddenly reacted.

This time, the Merit Bead's reaction was peculiar; it wasn't the feeling of gaining merit, but something else entirely.

His divine sense immediately sank into the Merit Bead, and Lin Haoming was surprised to find, among the eighteen beads, a dark, blood-red mass.

Lin Haoming instinctively thought of the Demon Soul Contract, and at that moment, the Merit Bead gave him another message.

From the message, Lin Haoming knew that this mass was indeed the power of the Demon Soul Contract. But since the Merit Bead had captured it, there was a way to eliminate it. Eliminating the contract's power was simple; he only needed to use merit to dissolve it.

Now, he possessed a complete large merit, along with over a dozen smaller merits, and a method to earn more merit. Therefore, the consumption of merit wasn't as stressful as before.

After some thought, Lin Haoming didn't hesitate and immediately decided to eliminate the power of the contract.

Upon making this decision, Lin Haoming saw the completed great merit, under his divine sense, split apart, transforming into countless tiny white points of light, which then decomposed into eighty-one smaller merits.

After decomposition, each white point of light, representing a complete smaller merit, rushed towards the power of the contract.

Lin Haoming saw that each white point of light collided with the black aura tinged with crimson, weakening it slightly. Although the reduction wasn't significant, it was still noticeable.

With so many smaller merits, each one colliding with the black aura, the crimson-tinged aura quickly became smaller and thinner.

Finally, when the last wisp of black aura was consumed, Lin Haoming carefully counted the remaining smaller merits and found only sixty-four.

Previously, he had accumulated exactly one hundred small merits, but eliminating this bundle of contract power consumed thirty-six of them, causing Lin Haoming some heartache. However, he thought that since such troublesome contract power could be neutralized by merits, what he gained was probably far more than what he lost. How to utilize this effect, however, was something he would have to consider later.

In fact, Lin Haoming didn't have much time to consider at this moment, because the first match had already begun, or at least Fa Wu was urging him on.

However, after only a few words of urging, Qiao Chun directly abandoned the first match.

The Blood Refining Sect currently had nineteen members. After the battle with the Fire Crocodile, five of them were seriously injured. Even if Mianqian fought, defeat was inevitable. Therefore, this first match was essentially pointless; it was better to give up than to lose.

As a result, Fa Wu could only choose to fight at Tianjian Mountain next.

Hu Xiangzhen, of course, couldn't give up, and she definitely wanted to make a name for herself in the first match, so she handpicked a man named Yin Lei. Yin Lei appeared to be under thirty, a burly man with exceptionally sharp eyes; no one would consider him easy to deal with.

When the two reached the middle, no one said "begin." Yin Lei patted his storage pouch, and a golden sword appeared, transforming into a beam of golden light that shot towards Fa Wu.

Fa Wu remained calm in the face of the incoming golden sword. He simply formed a strange hand seal and then unleashed it. A magic seal appeared before him, seemingly illusory, but the golden light struck it and was immediately deflected, revealing itself to be a slender, golden flying sword.

The flying sword controlled by Yin Lei was extremely long and thin; it was more like a golden needle with a hilt than a sword, only exceptionally long.

Of course, compared to Yin Lei's flying sword, Fa Wu's magic seal was far more complex.

Lin Haoming had never seen this technique before. Although he had heard of such a wondrous technique within Buddhism, seeing it in person still left him deeply astonished.

Lin Haoming now realized that this vast world was far more complex than he had imagined. Numerous talented individuals emerged from various sects, many possessing astonishing abilities. That Fa Wu not only possessed this, but also superhuman willpower; otherwise, he wouldn't have appeared in this spirit stone mine.

Yin Lei's sneak attack and Fa Wu's resistance were merely tests, and after these tests, the two became wary again.

This was their first real battle, and they couldn't afford to lose. Moreover, any mishap in such a contest could very well cost them their lives.

After their first exchange, the two stared at each other for a full quarter of an hour without making another move.

Seeing this, Qiao Chun seemed to deliberately speak loudly, "We've been here for quite some time now. Are you dawdling like this, planning to wait until our time is up and we're all teleported out?"

Whether Qiao Chun's words were sincere or intentional, their words undoubtedly had an impact on the two in the competition.

In fact, not only Qiao Chun, but Hu Xiangzhen and Fakong also hoped the two would quickly settle their score, but neither side dared to speak up, fearing it would affect their own people.

While both sides continued to watch them intently, Yin Lei made his move again.

Yin Lei's flying sword shot towards Fa Wu once more, swift and fast, while the magic seal seemed to have been waiting for this moment, almost simultaneously casting another seal.

But just as the seal appeared, Yin Lei pointed at the flying sword, and the slender sword transformed into a thread of light, bypassing the seemingly real seal and heading straight for Fa Wu.

Many were greatly surprised by this, but at that moment, Fa Wu continued to cast hand seals against the seal, which rapidly solidified in a very short time. Just as the thread of light was about to entangle Fa Wu, the seal suddenly shattered.

The shattered magic seal transformed into countless sword energies. These sword energies, seemingly invisible yet incredibly sharp, offered almost no resistance to the golden threads, sending them flying once more.

This time, Fa Wu's attack was clearly not over. Deflecting the golden threads only consumed one-tenth or one-twelfth of his sword energy; the majority enveloped Yin Lei.

When the sword energy completely dissipated, Yin Lei stood frozen in place. Suddenly, countless scratches appeared on his body, and then he completely collapsed, turning into pieces of flesh—a gruesome scene! More fresh content from the novel *The Scum of the Demonic Sect* will be available on the official WeChat platform, along with a 100% chance to win a prize! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right corner, click "Add Friends," search for the official account "qdread," and follow it! Hurry!