Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

A white contract hangs in the center of the oath of life and death.

There was only one word on the paper.

dead.

There is no subject name.

No signature or seal was obtained.

No price tag.

There is also no debt line.

As soon as it appeared, the death mark under Shen Ye's feet began to climb upwards.

First, it was the ankle.

Next, the calves.

Icy.

heavy.

It felt like a hand was slowly pulling away life from the deepest part of my body.

The sixth seat also had a death mark under its feet.

But it did not hide.

It even spread its arms, letting the death mark crawl onto the robe.

"A contract of death without a master, regardless of who is right or wrong."

"Whoever signs it, agrees to it."

"As long as you join the treaty."

"Together they die."

Shen Ye felt a tightness in his chest.

My heartbeat slowed down.

The system prompts an error.

The unclaimed death contract is being fulfilled.

The host's vital signs were forcibly suppressed.

[It is estimated that after thirty breaths, the chances of survival will drop to zero.]

[Warning: This contract is ownerless, debtorless, and nameless; conventional evidence against it is invalid.]

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire fell.

The flames burned the white contract paper, leaving only a scorch mark.

Zhu Jiu's Nine Netherworld Burial Shadows entangled him, but he couldn't grasp its shadow.

Longyuan slammed down with a punch.

The force of the punch pierced through the paper.

The Heavenly Punishment Eye of Calamity shone upon the character "death," and the gray-white lightning was slowly swallowed up by the deathly aura.

Guixu opened his mouth and bit the edge of the contract paper.

Click.

The corner of the paper is slightly torn.

The next moment, Guixu was shaken back half a step.

It stared at the contract paper, very unhappy.

"Empty."

The sixth seatman laughed.

"right."

"Empty."

"Ownerless, nameless, debtless, priceless."

"Aren't you the best at forging evidence?"

"Now stand up for me."

The death mark had already climbed up to Shen Ye's waist.

His blood flow began to slow down.

The Beast King's body roared, trying to forcefully break free from the deathly intent.

However, an unowned death contract does not clash with blood and qi.

It only executes one result.

dead.

Shen Ye did not swing his sword again.

He looked at the white contract paper, and his gaze calmed down.

"Ye Yu, don't burn the paper money."

Night Feather stopped.

"Zhu Jiu, don't lock the shadow."

Zhu Jiu was taken back to the Nine Netherworlds.

"Longyuan, don't smash it."

Longyuan clenched his fist and stood still.

"Dust of Calamity".

The dust of calamity rises.

Shen Ye said:

"Listen to where it comes from."

Jie Chen closed his eyes.

The Heavenly Punishment Eye then closed.

Within the vow of life and death, all voices seemed to be peeled away.

Shen Ye could hear his own heartbeat.

The vibrations of the Five Beast Pact's name could be heard.

He heard the blood of the contract flowing when the Sixth Seat's heart shattered.

They also heard a very faint burning sound from the unclaimed death contract.

It's not paper that's burning.

It's the name that's burning.

Jie Chen opened his eyes and looked at the sixth seat's chest.

"There."

Shen Ye looked in the direction it was looking.

On the sixth seat's chest, the pitch-black balance heart that it had forcibly pulled out was now only half intact.

Deep within Hengxin's heart, the last character "契" (qi) is burning.

Shen Ye smiled.

"I've found you."

The sixth seat's gaze suddenly turned cold.

Shen Ye raised his hand and opened the Night King's Book.

"No owner does not mean no source."

"The absence of a Lord's name does not mean the absence of a transgressor."

"You awaken it using your own core name."

"Then you are its source."

The sixth seat's voice deepened:

"It doesn't recognize its owner."

Shen Ye said:

"I didn't say you were the Lord."

"I said you are the source."

Black and gold lettering slowly emerged on the Night King's Codex.

[Unowned but with a source.]

An unclaimed death contract may lack an owner's name, but it must not lack a source.

[To awaken the one bound by the death pact using one's own name, authority, and mutilated body is considered the origin of the pact.]

The burning "契" character on the sixth seat's chest trembled suddenly.

The word "death" on the white contract paper paused for a moment.

The sixth seatman raised his hand, intending to crush Hengxin completely.

Shen Ye was faster than it.

"Return to the Ruins".

Guixu took a step out.

It stopped biting the white paper.

Instead, it opened its mouth and bit into the empty space behind the white contract paper.

Click.

In the void, a thin, almost invisible black line was bitten off.

That thread was connected to a death pact at one end.

The other end is connected to the character "契" (qi) on the chest of the sixth seat.

The sixth seat changed color for the first time.

"Do you dare sever the bond?"

Shen Ye raised his sword.

"If you dare to die with me, why shouldn't I?"

Night Feather Black Sun Netherfire burned in along the broken source of the contract.

The Netherworld locked the source shadow on the sixth seat's chest.

Long Yuan took a step forward, grabbed the exposed lines of the dark balance with both hands, and pulled it outward forcefully.

The Heavenly Tribulation Eye of Calamity and Heavenly Punishment reopened.

The gray-white lightning shone on the character "契".

boom!

The White Death Contract trembled violently.

The death mark that had been crawling toward Shen Ye began to retreat.

It didn't disappear.

Instead, we should look for the source again.

The sixth seat growled:

"An unclaimed death contract means death for all!"

Shen Ye's eyes were icy cold.

"wrong."

"Yuan is not dead."

"A contract should not be entered into before its source."

The Night King's Classics turn another page.

[The death contract shall be fulfilled first. 】

[Before the principal has paid off his debts, no party may demand payment from the other party to the contract.]

[To offer one's name to the dead, one must first tread upon death in one's own name.]

boom!

The word "death" on the white contract paper suddenly turned upside down.

The death imprints beneath Shen Ye's feet receded completely.

The death mark beneath the sixth seat suddenly swelled.

In the blink of an eye, it crawled over its legs.

Two breaths later, it climbed up to my chest.

Three breaths, binding the mind to balance.

The "Contract" character on the sixth seat's chest was swallowed whole by the Death Seal.

Click!

The last remaining character "契" (qi) in the 【黑衡契主】 (Hei Heng Qi Zhu) has cracked.

A system notification sounded.

[Break the logic of unclaimed death contracts leading to mutual death.]

[Establishing a new certificate: Ownerless but with a source.]

[Establishing a new testament: The fundamental principle of a deadly contract must be followed.]

[Sixth Seat's Real Name Core Exposure: 94%]

Shen Ye took a step forward.

The black and gold short sword pierced the white death pact.

A death pact has no master.

But there is a source.

Yuan is in the sixth seat.

The sword pierced the contract, but the blade emerged from the sixth seat's chest.

The sixth seatman froze.

The dark balance was pierced.

Countless threads snapped behind it.

Shen Ye leaned closer to it, his voice very soft:

"You want to die together."

"pity."

You don't deserve it.

The sixth seatman looked down at the sword that had pierced Hengxin's heart.

A strange smile suddenly appeared on his cracked face.

"Shen Ye."

"You think my ultimate source is this unwavering heart?"

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed.

The sixth seatman slowly raised his hand and pointed to his brow.

There are no eyes there.

There is only one extremely small black notch.

Deep within the mortise and tenon joint, a glimmer of ancient light appeared.

A system warning suddenly went off.

[Warning: A deep wedge source has been detected in the porch.]

[Sixth Seat's Real Name Core Exposure: 100%]

[The true source has been identified: inside the ruined gate of the Garden of Ten Thousand Beasts.]

The sixth voice grew softer and softer.

"I am merely a keeper of the contract."

"The true source lies behind the door."

"You kill me."

"The gate will then know that you have already severed the contract."

The black notch suddenly opened.

An eye that did not belong to the sixth seat slowly opened behind the door.