Ye Ling looked at the young girl in front of him with disbelief. He hadn't expected that the one he had worked so hard to capture was actually a creature from the Void Dark Side!
And not just any creature, but a Primordial Demon Spirit, on par with a Primordial Immortal Spirit!
According to the information deciphered by Mo Zhijian, this girl was the eleventh-ranked Primordial Demon Spirit from the Void Dark Side, the True Illusion Demon Spirit.
From the True Illusion Demon Spirit's memories, Ye Ling discovered that in her childhood, she had accidentally passed through a passage connecting the Void and the Void Dark Side, unexpectedly arriving in the Void.
After that, this True Illusion Demon Spirit wandered in the Void for a considerable period, stumbling from her childhood to her youth, her strength growing immensely, leading her to act with increasing recklessness in the Void.
Due to the True Illusion Demon Spirit's ability to switch freely between illusion and reality, powerful beings in the Void had never detected her presence.
However, the True Illusion Demon Spirit was also unlucky. Just as she had accumulated enough power to break through from her youth to her adult form, she encountered the sixteenth-ranked Primordial Immortal Spirit, the Myriad Forms Void Spirit.
The Void and the Void Dark Side were essentially two sides of the same coin, and Primordial Immortal Spirits and Primordial Demon Spirits were naturally born enemies.
Upon discovering the True Illusion Demon Spirit, the two engaged in an extremely long battle. The burial ground of the Myriad Forms Void Spirit was a special environment formed by the residual battle aftermath of their clashes.
In the end, the True Illusion Demon Spirit's ability to transform everything into illusion overcame the Myriad Forms Void Spirit's ability to simulate all things. Ultimately, the True Illusion Demon Spirit successfully killed the Myriad Forms Void Spirit.
However, although the True Illusion Demon Spirit won that fierce battle, she herself suffered heavy injuries and had to hibernate in the burial ground to slowly recover her vitality.
It was only after a new Myriad Forms Void Spirit was born in the Void that the True Illusion Demon Spirit had barely recovered her vitality. But before she could leave, Ye Ling broke in, and the subsequent battle ensued.
After reviewing the information about the True Illusion Demon Spirit, Ye Ling's eyes flickered with killing intent. He said to the True Illusion Demon Spirit, "You are a demon spirit from the Void Dark Side, and you have committed countless evils in the Void. It seems I cannot spare you!"
"W-wait!"
Seeing Ye Ling about to strike, the True Illusion Demon Spirit quickly said, "I-I have no malice towards the Void, and I didn't deliberately invade the Void!"
Ye Ling: "Even if you didn't descend into the Void intentionally, as a Primordial Demon Spirit, your very existence is a mistake!"
"How is my existence a mistake?" the True Illusion Demon Spirit quickly retorted. "We are all living beings. You can't say that because you are from the Void and I was born from the Dark Side, you are inherently superior, can you?"
"Besides, I've been in the Void for a long time. Don't your Void creatures usually fight and kill each other? It's no different from our Dark Side! And earlier, someone came here and collected the newly born Myriad Forms Void Spirit. I saw that guy acting more cruelly than me!"
Ye Ling: "What's the point of you explaining so much to me? Setting aside your identity as a Primordial Demon Spirit, the fact that you attacked me first – you can't say I'm falsely accusing you, right?"
"That was... that was..."
The True Illusion Demon Spirit wanted to argue, but for a moment, she couldn't come up with any reason.
To be honest, she had initially considered Ye Ling an easy target.
She had intended to deal with Ye Ling, absorb his power, and accelerate her own growth.
During her recovery, she had done such things frequently. Many powerful individuals who had strayed into this area were converted into energy by her.
But... what the True Illusion Demon Spirit hadn't anticipated was that she had kicked a steel plate this time.
Not only could Ye Ling ignore her abilities and perfectly evade her sneak attacks, but he could also directly break through illusions and find her true form.
In this series of battles, the True Illusion Demon Spirit had been utterly defeated.
"Can't come up with a reason, can you?"
Ye Ling sneered at the True Illusion Demon Spirit. "Even without bringing up the opposition between the Void and the Dark Side, I have no reason to let you live."
"Don't!"
The True Illusion Demon Spirit quickly begged Ye Ling, "I'm not an adult yet! Can you bear to kill an underage me?"
Hearing this, Ye Ling, whose age might be greater than his grandfather's, say such a thing, twitched his mouth. "You actually have the nerve to say that... it seems I can't let you go even more!"
As Ye Ling spoke, he adopted a sword-wielding stance, about to strike.
The True Illusion Demon Spirit was terrified by Ye Ling's action, almost crying. She quickly said, "N-no! I don't want to die! Don't kill me! Can I pledge my allegiance to you?"
Ye Ling finally heard what he wanted to hear. A slight smile curved his lips. He put away his rune longsword and asked the True Illusion Demon Spirit, "How do you pledge allegiance?"
In fact, Ye Ling had no intention of killing the True Illusion Demon Spirit from the start. Otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted so much time talking to her; he would have attacked directly.
After all, the True Illusion Demon Spirit's ability to switch freely between illusion and reality was too monstrous. Killing her directly would be a waste.
Furthermore, after the Myriad Forms Void Spirit died, a new Myriad Forms Void Spirit would be born in the Void. If the True Illusion Demon Spirit died here, it was highly likely that a new True Illusion Demon Spirit would appear in the Void Dark Side. Killing her here was meaningless.
The True Illusion Demon Spirit had underestimated Ye Ling's personality. She was now thoroughly intimidated by Ye Ling and honestly replied, "Unlike the Primordial Immortal Spirits in the Void, we Primordial Demon Spirits cannot undergo ordinary allegiance ceremonies, nor can we share abilities."
Ye Ling frowned. "Then why did you say that?"
The True Illusion Demon Spirit immediately said, "Wait! Although we can't have a master-servant relationship, we can still bind our souls through a Demon Spirit Contract!"
"Demon Spirit Contract?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow slightly.
The True Illusion Demon Spirit explained, "It's similar to the demonic contracts in your ordered Void world. You pay a certain price, and you can summon me to fight for you. You can also choose not to summon me, but borrow my abilities! Our relationship is more like an employment contract than master and servant!"
"What kind of price do I have to pay?" Ye Ling asked.
The True Illusion Demon Spirit's eyes darted, and then she said, "Actually, summoning a Primordial Demon Spirit is very difficult. If you want to use my power, each summon requires at least one-tenth of your soul and one-tenth of your life essence."
Ye Ling: "It seems you have no sincerity. Go to hell then."
The True Illusion Demon Spirit's expression changed slightly. "Wait! Actually, you don't need life essence, just one-tenth of your soul!"
Ye Ling summoned his rune longsword again.
The True Illusion Demon Spirit: "One-twentieth of your soul!"
Ye Ling raised his sword.
Seeing this, the True Illusion Demon Spirit was so anxious she was about to cry. She immediately said, "It's fine if it's not your soul! You just need to pay with pure soul power! I can't work for free, can I? Otherwise, I won't have any strength!"
Hearing the True Illusion Demon Spirit's words, Ye Ling finally showed a satisfied smile. He put away his rune longsword and said with a smile, "Then let's sign the contract!"