Chapter 96: Subduing

Although it knew clearly that the other party was threatening it, the Five-Color Peacock did not dare to act up. There were two main reasons for this. The first was that its intelligence was not inferior to that of a human. It was precisely because it was too smart that it had thought more about it. The threats from Romo earlier were not something that could be resolved just like that. Through the exchange of blows between the auras just now, the Five-Color Peacock was very certain that the other party had the ability to kill it, and it was very easy. The second reason was its child. As Romo had said, if it died, he could still take its child away and nurture a Guardian Spirit Beast that was completely loyal to him.

It was not that it did not have the courage to risk its life. It did, but it was obvious now that even if it risked its life, it would not be able to defeat this human. If it did not have a better choice, then it would not let the other party have an easy time even if it had to risk its life. But now, the other party had given it a better choice. It could become stronger, and it would only be controlled by him for a hundred years. The lifespan of Five-Color Peacocks was very long. A hundred years was nothing.

With this thought, the resistance in its eyes became lessened, and in the end, it turned into a deep sense of resignation and compromise. When Romo saw the change in its expression, he was instantly overjoyed. He knew that the other party had already yielded. He slowly walked toward the Five-Color Peacock and said, “It looks like you have made the right choice. Don’t worry, I will definitely honor my promise.”

After he had finished speaking, Romo had already walked up to the head of the Five-Color Peacock. Then, he slowly stretched out a palm and gently pressed it on the huge head of the Five-Color Peacock. The Five-Color Peacock instinctively bristled, but it suppressed it forcefully. Seeing this, Romo was very happy. This meant that he could now sign a Spirit Beast contract with the Five-Color Peacock. He immediately released his mental strength and said, “Let go of the defense of your soul.”

The Five-Color Peacock took another deep look at Romo, and then at its own egg. As if it had accepted its fate, it released the defense of its soul. Romo’s mental strength was able to smoothly enter the Five-Color Peacock’s soul. Then, he began to engrave the contract on its soul. This was also the most dangerous moment. If the Five-Color Peacock resisted midway, then it would certainly die, and Romo would also lose a large portion of his mental strength. This would be a grave harm to him. Therefore, not only did Romo have to concentrate on engraving the Spirit Beast contract, he also had to pay attention to the movements of the Five-Color Peacock at all times. At this moment, the Five-Color Peacock was also paying great attention. It carefully sensed the contents of the Spirit Beast contract engraved by Romo. The most important was the 100-year validity. After sensing that this condition had been written into the Spirit Beast contract, its tensed nerves immediately relaxed. It seemed that this human had not lied to it.

At the same time, Romo had also sensed that the Five-Color Peacock had completely let down its guard. He heaved a sigh of relief. After that, the Spirit Beast contract was successfully completed. However, after completing the Spirit Beast contract, Romo’s aura instantly dropped to a level that was far inferior to that of the Five-Color Peacock. He even collapsed to the ground without any strength.

“Chirp ~ ~ ~ ~”

Upon seeing this, the Five-Color Peacock immediately let out a shrill cry, which contained anger and questioning. In the eyes of the Five-Color Peacock, Romo, who was so powerful just now, was completely faking it. Now, the weak him was the real deal.

“Calm down, don’t be angry.” Romo quickly explained, “My current weakness is temporary, and the strength just now is also real. I really had the strength to kill you just now.” Romo was not lying. All the strength he had previously was enough to kill the python in a short period of time, and he could even use his powerful aura to suppress the Five-Color Peacock. He had used the gold-tier magical power, the Skyfiend Three Transformations. Moreover, he had activated the second transformation. If it was the first transformation, it could greatly increase Romo’s combat strength, and there would be no side effects. When he killed the python earlier, he had only used the first transformation of the cultivation technique.

However, if he wanted to subdue the Five-Color Peacock with just his aura, it would be even more difficult than killing it. Therefore, Romo had used the second transformation. The second transformation could increase Romo’s strength by several times. This was an increase in all aspects. Romo’s current physical strength was already at the peak of the Great Archmage realm. After he had activated the second transformation, the aura he emitted was not inferior to that of a Divine Mage. It was also because of this that he was able to suppress the Five-Color Peacock with just his aura. However, the second transformation also started to have side effects, which was that he would be weak for a period of time. As for how long he would be weak, it would depend on the duration he had activated the second transformation for and the energy consumption. The longer the duration, the greater the energy consumption and the longer he would be weak. However, at this moment, Romo could sense the powerful recovery ability of the innate spirit body. As he spoke, the magical power in his body was recovering at a speed that shocked Romo.

The Five-Color Peacock was only expressing its anger. It still believed in Romo’s words. Moreover, even if it did not believe them now, there was nothing it could do. This was because the Spirit Beast contract which Romo had signed with it had already been formed. Currently, it was impossible for it to attack Romo. Seeing that the other party still looked angry, Romo smiled and said, “Don’t be angry. In the future, you will know that your choice today is definitely not wrong. You will even be grateful for the right choice today. Come, let me give you this first.”

After Romo had finished speaking, he threw out a crystal core that was as black as ink but emitted a strong magical power. It was the Magical Beast Core of the giant python. The Five-Color Peacock was overjoyed and immediately caught the Magical Beast Core with its mouth. It looked at Romo suspiciously. It had not expected Romo to give the crystal core of the giant python to it so readily. However, now that it had already signed the contract, it did not care so much anymore. It swallowed it with a gulp. Soon after, the Five-Color Peacock let out a happy cry and started to refine the giant python’s crystal core. With this giant python’s crystal core, it would recover very quickly from its injuries, and its strength would even improve.

Romo saw the Five-Color Peacock begin to digest the inner core. This meant that the other party had already begun to accept him. He smiled and also sat down cross-legged to begin restoring his strength. He only had ten days left in his current physical body. Time was pressing, and he could not waste a single moment. However, the innate spirit body was very powerful. Originally, Romo would need at least three days to recover from his weak state. However, with the abnormal recovery ability of the innate spirit body, he would be able to recover to his original state in just one day. Instantly, one man, one bird, individually recovered their strength. One of them refined the crystal core, and everything became calm..