Chapter 1075
Compromise
Fu Ye nodded without saying anything more.
He could understand Nan Jue's feelings and admired her decisiveness.
She made the right choice between personal gain and the safety of her team members.
"I wish you a safe evacuation."
After Fu Ye finished speaking, he prepared to leave with Lingling.
"and many more,"
Nan Jue suddenly called out to him, hesitated for a moment, and asked.
"May I ask your name?"
Fu Ye paused slightly, turned around to look at her, and smiled faintly.
"Never mind, we'll probably see each other again in a while, and you might have already heard of me by now."
After saying that, he and Lingling turned around and walked in a direction slightly different from the retreat route of Nan Jue's team. Their figures quickly disappeared in front of them.
Nan Jue looked in the direction they had left, her brows furrowed slightly.
"Captain, we are now..."
The team members stepped forward to inquire.
Nan Jue withdrew her gaze and regained her calm and capable expression.
"Evacuate immediately! Maintain maximum alert on the roads! We'll settle this score sooner or later!"
Meanwhile, Fu Ye and Lingling were on a relatively safe path.
Lingling looked up at Fu Ye: "Fu Ye, do you know that Nan Jue?"
"Hmm, he's considered an elite member of the Divine Continent's military magicians, and a regular member of this year's World National Games team. He's a sound-based mage, and his abilities are quite good."
Fu Ye nodded.
"Their appearance indicates that the military or certain official institutions are also interested in the Fire Calamity Fruit, or rather, in special elemental beings like the Flame Princess. However, their actions are definitely not aligned with those guys."
They traveled a further distance.
But he encountered Jiang Feng once again.
On the scorching wasteland.
The roar of the engine was abruptly cut off by a crimson figure that suddenly appeared.
Fu Ye slammed on the brakes, and the SUV slid a short distance on the rough ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Blocking the way for the car was none other than Queen Yan Ji, Jiang Feng, who had previously gone to chase after those mages.
But at this moment, she was completely different from the majestic and powerful Flame Monarch who had been atop the Starry Sky Tree Cliff.
The blazing light around him dimmed considerably, and his body, formed of flames, seemed to fluctuate somewhat erratically.
Most shockingly, a sharp, dark blue ice spike, radiating a chilling aura, was deeply embedded in her chest, almost piercing through the area where her heart was located.
Around the ice spikes, flames struggled to burn, but were constantly eroded and extinguished by the cold air, emitting a faint hissing sound.
She was clearly severely injured; her aura had plummeted from the monarch level to the Grand Commander level, and it was extremely unstable, as if it could dissipate further at any moment.
Jiang Feng's burning eyes were fixed on Fu Ye and Lingling inside the car.
It did not reveal any intention to attack, but was filled with urgency, pain, and a near-desperate plea.
Lingling instinctively gripped the seatbelt tightly, her little face tense.
Fu Ye's eyes remained calm.
He opened the car door and got out, with Lingling following closely behind.
Without saying a word, Fu Ye directly mobilized the power of the mind system.
An invisible mental fluctuation probed into Yan Ji's mental world. "The Fire Calamity Fruit has been taken away..."
"They planned this all along; their magical artifacts counter my inherent power..."
Jiang Feng's mental state fluctuated wildly, mixed with hatred for the attacker.
"I can't catch up with them, and my strength is dwindling."
His voice was filled with helplessness.
She reluctantly turned her gaze to Fu Ye.
There was a hint of regret in those burning pupils.
"I'm willing to become your summoned beast, but I need you to do one thing for me."
Fu Ye's mind remained completely unmoved; he simply listened quietly.
Seeing that Jiang Feng, now transformed into Yan Ji, had finally come to terms with the truth, Fu Ye nodded.
"Tell me, what do you need me to do?"
"Help me kill that woman who's with my husband Zhao Yulin! That wicked woman who impersonated me, stole everything from me, and bewitched my husband and daughter."
"Hmm, that's a reasonable request. Anything else?"
Jiang Feng's thoughts erupted with boundless hatred and grief, causing the flames to surge for a moment before quickly waning due to the suppression of the cold iron spikes.
"I want to acknowledge Chenying as my family."
"Sure, that's not a difficult request."
After transmitting these messages, Jiang Feng's spirit was noticeably weaker, and the cold iron spikes on her chest seemed to emit an even stronger blue light, eroding her very essence.
Although Lingling couldn't hear the telepathic conversation, she could guess Jiang Feng's situation from Yan Ji's posture and Fu Ye's solemn expression.
Fu Ye remained silent for a moment. He looked up at Jiang Feng, his deep gaze seemingly able to penetrate her fiery body and see the soul of his mother, trapped in the form of elements and struggling in agony.
Fu Ye and Yan Ji Jiang Feng stood facing each other. Lingling stood a little distance away, watching this scene with bated breath.
The cold iron spikes on Jiang Feng's chest gleamed with an eerie light, continuously eroding her fire elemental essence, causing the flames around her to flicker erratically and her aura to weaken.
But for her daughter, and to reclaim her altered life and avenge her enemies, she was willing to give up her freedom.
Fu Ye remained calm, extending his finger and making a sweeping motion in the air.
Golden light flowed from his fingertips, not the silver or contract rune light commonly seen when summoners forge contracts, but a deeper, darker gold.
The light intertwined and extended, gradually coalescing in the air into an illusory yet solemn "contract".
The pages are made of pure light, on which emerge complex and enigmatic ancient patterns that naturally convey a sense of constraint.
Jiang Feng's fiery body trembled slightly.
But when the image of Chen Ying's crying face flashed through her mind, when the despicable scene of that imposter taking over her home flashed through her mind, when the pain of being betrayed and framed flashed through her mind, that struggle turned to ashes.
For Chenying! For revenge! And even more so, to survive!
Without further hesitation, Jiang Feng raised her arm, which was made of flames, and pressed her burning fingertips against the golden contract!
The instant my fingertips touched the pages of the Book of Light.
boom!
A dazzling golden-red light suddenly erupted, and the powerful energy fluctuations even caused the surrounding sand to hum slightly.
The ancient patterns on the contract seemed to come alive, transforming into countless golden chains of light that connected with the core essence within Jiang Feng's fiery body.
At the same time, Fu Ye's mental world also trembled slightly.
A mark imprinted with a scorching aura was deeply imprinted in the Summoning Star Sea, placed alongside the mark of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
The contract is established!
From then on, Yan Ji Jiang Feng officially became Fu Ye's second contracted summoned beast!
However, just as the contract was completed and the energy fluctuations had not yet completely subsided, a glint flashed in Fu Ye's eyes, which did not stop there.
His left hand remained connected to the contract, while his right hand swiftly rose, palm facing upwards. (End of Chapter)