Chapter 183: The Third Contract

As Lin Jing expected, as long as he showed overwhelming power, he could make other geniuses give up the idea of even struggling.

Under his gaze, even Mo Qianyi was somewhat hesitant, not knowing how to defeat Lin Jing.

When fighting a Mechanist, the hardest part is breaking through layers of mechanisms to defeat the Mechanist themselves. However, for Lin Jing, who possesses the Ice Soul Gu, this wasn’t a problem at all.

Advanced Mechanists’ minds are connected to the Soul-core of their Mechanical Creations. The poison of the Ice Soul Gu happens to be able to follow the connection between the Mechanical Creation and the Mechanist to transmit the toxin.

In this way, the Mechanical Creations actually became the Mechanist’s weakness!

“It seems there’s no hope for the Starry Universe Turtle’s blessing.” Mo Qianyi shook her head. Actually, the moment she saw Chen Chong’s Spell Spirit, she was already wavering, feeling that with her strength, she probably couldn’t defeat Chen Chong.

Knowing that the battle situation changes rapidly, this Chen Chong, who seemed very powerful to her, had actually lost to Lin Jing in an instant!

Facing an even stronger Lin Jing, she clearly understood the gap even better.

The second-ranked Prodigy had recognized the gap, and the other prodigies also instantly understood, not intending to go and ask for trouble.

Now that Lin Jing has shown absolute power, if they were to go up and challenge him, it would be fine if they won, but if they lost, they would definitely gain a reputation for lacking self-awareness.

Not every Genius has the determination to challenge an opponent stronger than themselves; such people are a tiny minority after all.

“Is there no one else?” Tian Huihua looked at the remaining indifferent prodigies, her face unable to help but show a smile.

Just based on the displacement of the top Prodigy and the contract with one of the Ten Unique Gu, she knew this Heavenly Pride Battle wasn’t held in vain.

“If no one continues to challenge, the final winner of this Heavenly Pride Battle is Lin Jing of the Beast Taming Sect.”

“Three days later, Heavenly Secrets Pavilion will release a new heavenly pride ranking, re-ranking the list based on everyone’s performance in this Heavenly Pride Battle!”

“Wait, no way.” Until now, some spectators still hadn’t reacted: “Could it be…”

“The final winner is really—”

“Could it be fake? Didn’t you see that guy’s strength—” The Cultivator next to him took a deep breath, looking at the white-haired young man floating in the icy sky on the field, and said:

“That guy actually contracted one of the Gu God Sect’s Ten Unique Gu.”

“If you’ve read history well, you should understand how much trouble the Ten Unique Gu caused the Ancient Kingdom back then. To wipe out those ten Gu Cultivators who controlled the unique Gu, the Ancient Kingdom lost countless experts.”

“The Gu God Sect’s scale isn’t weaker than the Spirit Dao Sect, the number one sect of the Ancient Kingdom, and might even be much stronger. The Ten Unique Gu are things that the Gu God Sect lost to the outside. That guy is in danger… this Saint Child of the Beast Control Sect,”

“His days ahead won’t be easy.”

“The Gu God Sect won’t allow such things to remain outside. Once a unique Gu is born, they will definitely find a way to take it back!”

The Cultivators were silent about Lin Jing mastering such a thing, while also seemingly predicting his future situation.

Things like unique Gu are rarer than ordinary Spell Spirits, but they are also a hot potato.

Lin Jing hovered over the stage, sensing the wary gazes of many prodigies and listening to the discussions of many spectators, expressionless.

Regarding the matters discussed by the spectators and Cultivators, he was naturally aware. However, as long as the Ice Soul Gu was with him, exposure was only a matter of time. In that case, it was better to quickly transform its existence into strength.

At this moment, Lin Jing could already feel the frantic growth of the Luck power in the Potential Dragon Mark, and this was even before the new heavenly pride ranking was made public.

His blue eyes looked at Tian Huihua, meaning—…-I’ve already exposed such a big secret for your Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s newspaper sales,

There’s no reason not to give me the first place on the next heavenly pride ranking, right?

Although it’s three against one, I’m a Beast Master, it’s fair. It doesn’t count as using external force; I didn’t even use the uncontracted Mosquito Beast!

“Scary kid. Longevity Physique, Ten Unique Gu… I wonder if he can live until the Nascent Soul Stage.” Tian Huihua met Lin Jing’s gaze, very curious.

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Nearby, Mr. Cao witnessed Lin Jing’s performance throughout the process and was very emotional.

He was proficient in the Art of Qi-observation. Although he understood that this boy Lin Jing was bound to be extraordinary, it seemed his insight was still a notch below Heavenly Secrets Pavilion’s.

At this time, he also didn’t expect that the Genius he brought back from the barren Great Wilderness could actually reach the top of the heavens pride ranking. Although there were countless Academy geniuses who had reached the top, and he himself had even reached the top of the heavens pride ranking in his youth, the competitive pressure of his generation was far less than this one.

“Ice Soul Gu, it seems this is his fortuitous encounter.”

For a Cultivator not from a major sect to achieve such results, it’s impossible not to have a fortuitous encounter. Mr. Cao transmitted his voice to the other Academy experts: “In the next few days, protect Lin Jing well. I will persuade him to return to Hidden Dragon City via a teleportation array. Once the news of his Ice Soul Gu is exposed, the return journey may not be peaceful.”

The other Academy experts nodded silently, feeling that this Heavenly Pride Battle was somewhat worth watching, at least not letting that Spirit Dao Sect kid take first place.

Spirit Dao Sect disciples have always disliked joining the Academy and disliked using Potential Dragon Luck to Cultivate Spells. Seeing them defeated by an Academy disciple this time, the Academy masters were quite pleased.

These Academy masters, whether on the human rank or earth rank, were all top-three existences back in the day; otherwise, they wouldn’t be qualified to stay and teach at the Academy.

Seeing another Academy Genius rise now, they couldn’t help but chuckle.

“For this Lin Jing, now that his Ice Soul Gu is exposed, the best development would be for him to stay in the Academy all along, Cultivate all the way to Nascent Soul, and then become a teaching master—”

“At least while he stays in the Academy, his safety can be guaranteed.”

After the Heavenly Pride Battle ended, Lin Jing returned to the inn and quickly asked Senior Divine Pine for the Dragon Carp to warm himself.

“You kid are quite good at bluffing. To scare those geniuses, you used the power of the Ice Gu beyond your limits, didn’t you?” Divine Pine saw Lin Jing looking like he was about to freeze to death and gave a chuckle.

Usually, when Lin Jing borrowed the power of the Ice Soul Gu, it was just his own True Qi merging with the cold Qi of the Ice Soul Gu. Even then, Lin Jing was very uncomfortable. But this time, Divine Pine saw that even Lin Jing’s spirit and Soul had merged with the Ice Soul Gu, causing his own spirit and Soul to be frostbitten, not just physical strain.

“I had no choice. Senior, didn’t you see the power of that Spell Spirit? Even the Pine Leaf Squirrel, which inherited your Bloodline and mastered the divine technique you taught to Major Achievement, was somewhat unable to compete.”

“If I didn’t completely merge with the Ice Soul Gu, it would be hard to suppress that guy.” Lin Jing’s complexion wasn’t very good.

Fortunately, Great Master Tian Huihua was helpful enough not to give those geniuses too much time to hesitate. Otherwise, if it dragged on, both he and the Pine Leaf Squirrel would have reached their limits.

Nearby, the Pine Leaf Squirrel, which was cracking melon seeds, spat out a seed shell. Blame it?

“Isn’t it because your Realm is too low, dragging down that Squirrel’s cultivation? If it had also reached the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, why would you need to fight three against one so miserably? It could have gone to fight a hundred rounds by itself.” What Divine Pine said deeply resonated with the Pine Leaf Squirrel.

“But this is also good, making you kid have to use the Ice Soul Gu. This time, besides the Yin Corpse Sect, the Gu God Sect’s Cultivators should also be coming out of the mountains. Hehehehe.” Divine Pine was already impatient to interact with the Gu God Sect’s demonic Cultivators.

Lin Jing curled his lip, indifferent. Anyway, he had already decided to stay in seclusion at the Academy for at least sixty years.

It was impossible for him to leave the Academy in the short term unless the Academy went bankrupt! But that was impossible.

The Academy’s existence was longer than even the Beast Taming Sect.

“Bo~~~” The Dragon Carp hugged Lin Jing distressedly, warming the Beast Master’s body and mind.

While cursing the damn Ice Soul Gu’s power for being too hard to use and hurting the Beast Master, it also indicated that after it transformed into a dragon, it would easily solve any enemy!

Just then, Divine Pine spoke: “Kid, someone seems to be looking for you. It’s that girl from Divine Machine Manor. You two seem to have made some kind of deal.”

“Yes, she’s probably here to deliver the design plans for the mechanical beast ‘Longevity Treasure Turtle’ and the mechanical tool to awaken its intelligence. I’m also curious if a mechanical life with consciousness can be contracted,” Lin Jing said.

Dragon Carp:???

Wait, what the hell? Where did this Longevity Treasure Turtle come from? What is that?

“Don’t panic, the third contract slot is definitely yours.” Lin Jing looked at the Dragon Carp, whose pupils shrank.

The Dragon Carp jumped out of Lin Jing’s arms with a “pah.” It’s a good thing it followed along this time! If it had stayed at the Academy to watch the house, who knows what would have happened!