Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1658 - 875: Contract_2

While fellow Divine Beasts are forbidden from departing the Divine Beast Garden, this one harnesses spatial powers to slip past the entry and exit portals of the Divine Beast Garden's realm, enabling it to venture out and frolic.

That's precisely why Li Shiming and his group managed to spot the Golden Winged Dapeng. Still, as the Divine Beast Garden provides the perfect habitat for Divine Beasts to flourish, the Golden Winged Dapeng invariably returns after a brief stint of play.

Right as the Golden Winged Dapeng prepared to pursue Li Shiming, his retaliation struck.

Li Shiming hurled forth ’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak,’ its twenty billion Gravity Runes generating immense weight and a gravitational pull that halted the unsuspecting Golden Winged Dapeng in its tracks.

’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak’ truly qualifies as a supreme magic treasure, so it's no shock that its full activation impacted even the late-stage fourth-grade Golden Winged Dapeng.

With the Golden Winged Dapeng restrained, the Spirit Treasure-grade ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer,’ boosted by the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ within the engine room space, combined with twenty simultaneous ’Thunder Fall Skills’ unleashed by Li Shiming’s twenty minds, all slammed into the Golden Winged Dapeng.

Li Shiming attacked with utmost caution, employing the IBMz15 to vigilantly track the Golden Winged Dapeng’s condition.

Should the Golden Winged Dapeng survive the onslaught, he possesses the means to restore it.

He harbored no desire to slay the Golden Winged Dapeng; his goal was capture.

A piercing cry erupted from the Golden Winged Dapeng as the twenty thunder blasts, surpassing any peak Thunder Cultivator’s might, numbed its body entirely and inflicted grievous wounds inside and out.

Yet as a Divine Beast, it unleashed astonishing reserves of power despite the devastation.

Beneath the barrage of twenty thunder strikes, its form abruptly disappeared, materializing close to the platform.

It had intended to invoke spatial abilities for a full escape from the Divine Beast Garden, but the thunder assaults disrupted that plan.

It barely shifted to the platform's vicinity, falling just shy of breaching the Divine Beast Garden's boundary.

It fully grasped the peril of defeat within the Divine Beast Garden—a fate it desperately sought to avoid.

Freedom was its essence; it refused the chains, embodying the sky's unchallenged sovereign, the wild Golden Winged Dapeng.

Its gaze fixed on the platform, summoning energy for one more surge.

But suddenly, a silhouette landed on its back, unleashing strikes. These blows lacked raw destructive force, yet each infused thunder power and ’Chaos Sword Intent,’ sapping its mobility.

This was Li Shiming’s doing, of course. Detecting the Golden Winged Dapeng’s strained spatial shift near the platform, he inferred its bid to flee the Divine Beast Garden.

Though the motive eluded him, recognizing the intent compelled him to intervene decisively.

Now gravely wounded and weakened, deploying potent magic treasures risked ending the Golden Winged Dapeng outright.

Hence, he opted for hand-to-hand combat without artifacts, his physique itself a pinnacle fourth-grade magic treasure.

Every fist carried thunder essence and sword intent, aimed at stalling any regeneration.

Such Divine Beasts boast recovery prowess far beyond that of ordinary cultivators.

The Golden Winged Dapeng grew disoriented under the relentless blows; Li Shiming targeted vital yet non-fatal points to induce stupor.

The ’Heavenly Human Technique’ endowed Li Shiming with an invincible body, and pure physical assault felt exhilaratingly novel.

Were it not for his life-bound magic treasure IBMz15’s urgent alert, he might have slain the Golden Winged Dapeng.

Even without formal surrender, the Golden Winged Dapeng’s collapse triggered a ripple of rule power across the Divine Beast Garden’s space.

This surge linked Li Shiming to the Golden Winged Dapeng, manifesting an ’Ancient Contract Paper’ in his view.

Beholding the ’Ancient Contract Paper’—a twin to the one stored in his soul crystal ring—confirmed the Half-step Great Power Yang Xing’s Thunder Beast had bound similarly within the Divine Beast Garden.

The ’Ancient Contract Paper’ bore identical terms to its predecessor, save for naming the Golden Winged Dapeng as the Contracted Beast.

Though tempted to explore further in the Divine Beast Garden, a repulsive force from the space ejected him outward.

Beside him lay the unconscious Golden Winged Dapeng, the hapless creature oblivious to its fresh contract.

Born within the Divine Beast Garden, any Golden Winged Dapeng bested by a cultivator there—whether yielding or incapacitated—automatically forms a contract.

The Golden Winged Dapeng knew this rule well, hence its flight plan against the unstoppable Li Shiming.

Beyond the Divine Beast Garden, death in combat would spare it from becoming Li Shiming’s Contracted Beast.

Sensing the bond with the Golden Winged Dapeng, Li Shiming grinned and gestured, bathing it in white light, with more beams following in quick succession.

This was his deployment of ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills to mend the Golden Winged Dapeng’s wounds.

Though his ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills paled against his avatar Li Yuanba’s healing, it remained a potent Divine Skill, mending any harm short of transcending his life's current limits.

The Golden Winged Dapeng had endured torment, yet successive ’Innate Wood’ Divine Skills roused it swiftly.

Stirring in confusion, it locked eyes on Li Shiming—the human who struck it down. Before comprehension dawned, the contract’s pull revealed the truth.

Its expression twisted in utter despair as it gaped at Li Shiming.

When Li Shiming extended his hand, despite inner revolt, its head bowed instinctively, positioning perfectly for his caress.

Through the link, Li Shiming read the Golden Winged Dapeng’s mind, and the ’Ancient Contract Paper’ ensured unbreakable harmony.

Easing the Golden Winged Dapeng’s disposition? He brimmed with expertise there.

He produced a Fourth Grade Late Stage Advanced Beast Essence Pill, a remnant from his Luanyang Palace Spirit Pill refinements—the finest general Spirit Beast pill available now.

Luanyang Palace favors Phoenixes as primary Spiritual Pets, but their scarcity led many female cultivators to bond other Phoenix Clan-blooded Spirit Beasts.

Thus, Luanyang Palace crafted Spirit Pills tailored for every tier of such Spirit Beasts, from lowly to exalted.

The Golden Winged Dapeng’s sharp intellect shone; at the sight of the Fourth Grade Late Stage Advanced Beast Essence Pill, its gaze riveted unblinkingly.

It detected this pill’s superiority to every Spiritual Medicine or Spirit Fruit it had ever savored.

Hesitation lasted a mere instant before it thrust its head forward, eagerly claiming the Fourth Grade Late Stage Advanced Beast Essence Pill.

Pride defined the Golden Winged Dapeng, yet the contract’s subtle influences took hold post-binding.

That submission amplified the ’Ancient Contract Paper’ fully, cementing its loyalty to Li Shiming.

Li Shiming fed the Fourth Grade Late Stage Advanced Beast Essence Pill into the Golden Winged Dapeng’s maw, which gulped it down instantly.

"Come, meet your partners!" Li Shiming called forth Little Feng, the Illusion Spirit Dragon, and the Thunder Beast, withholding the Heavenly Ghost for now—its odd nature warranted a later reveal.

Spotting Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, the Golden Winged Dapeng sensed their Phoenix and Dragon Clan lineages, dissolving any lingering reluctance to serve as Li Shiming’s Spiritual Pet.

The Dragon Phoenix matched the Golden Winged Dapeng’s rank; yet this specimen outshone its peers, so Li Shiming’s Dragon and Phoenix Spiritual Pets kept it from isolation.