Chapter 339: Signing the Contract
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”
Jia Na’s first reaction upon seeing the brilliant sea of stars approaching her was to flee.
However, when she realized that her Danger Perception talent hadn’t given a warning, she forced herself to suppress her panic and face the sea of stars directly.
“Hmm?”
Just as Jia Na thought she was about to be swallowed by the meteors, all the meteors bypassed her directly, forming an endless river of stars.
Faintly, Jia Na could even hear the sound of the “river water” surging.
“Is this the River of Time?”
Looking at the silver-white river of stars formed by countless constellations before her, Jia Na immediately had an absurd guess.
“That’s highly unlikely. If this were truly the River of Time, I would have been swallowed by the Law of Time and turned into a speck of dust by now…”
After a calm analysis, Jia Na immediately dismissed this idea.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”
As Jia Na pondered, suddenly, the sound of stars streaking across the night sky once again echoed above her head. As the frequency of the sound grew louder and more dense, a golden star enveloped in sacred white light appeared before Jia Na.
“We meet again.”
The light was dazzling. Just as Jia Na couldn't help but raise her hand to block it, a deep, majestic voice resonated in her ear.
“Greetings, Your Excellency Lucifer.”
Looking at the starry projection before her, Jia Na, knowing that this summoning had succeeded, suppressed her inner joy and bowed respectfully to the other party.
“Tell me, what is the reason you summoned me this time?”
Hearing the direct question, Jia Na also spoke frankly:
“Respected Your Excellency Lucifer, the reason I summoned you this time is because I wish to sign a Contract Summoning with you—”
“No problem.”
Before Jia Na could finish, Lucifer agreed without even thinking.
“But I will only respond to you three times. After three times, if you wish to summon me again, you will have to find a new medium.”
Upon hearing this, Jia Na, who was relieved by Lucifer’s straightforward agreement, nodded seriously.
The medium Jia Na used to summon Lucifer this time was the white feather he had given her a few days prior. The reason he informed Jia Na of the “three times” limit was because the holy light energy contained within this feather was only enough for Jia Na to use three times.
Initially, Lucifer’s purpose in gifting Jia Na the white feather was to help her comprehend the Purification Law Fragment.
It was also because of this white feather that Jia Na recently felt another kind of Purification power—completely different from the one she experienced when listening to the Holy Bell’s chime on Mount Dante—while comprehending the Purification Law Fragment.
Majesty, dominance, justice, and an intense hatred for evil—these were the Law Will Jia Na felt from this other Purification power.
This Law Will also gave Jia Na a new direction for comprehending the Purification Law Fragment, and even other Law Fragments—the integration of will.
That white feather was clearly taken by Lucifer from his own seraphic wing—it was not only a part of Lucifer’s body but also a materialized embodiment of the Purification Law.
And majesty, dominance, justice, and even an intense hatred for evil were clearly not the will of the Purification Law itself, but rather a manifestation of will that had merged with Lucifer’s own personality.
Therefore, Jia Na also realized that to further strengthen her control over the Law power, imbuing it with will was a long-term task she would face in the future. After both parties reached an agreement, Jia Na, immersed in the sea of stars, solemnly began to chant the contract spell:
“Lord of the Spirit Realm, who witnesses the contract in the River of Time, I swear under the witness of the eternal and immortal starry sky, that this contract is established and shall never be betrayed—”
Buzz—The spell was completed, and holy light burst forth.
The moment Jia Na extended the contract invitation to Lucifer, a stream of light enveloped in brilliant golden flames flew out from the starry phantom, then landed on Jia Na’s hand, solidifying into a holy sword-shaped totem.
“Thank you, Your Excellency Lucifer.”
The instant the totem formed, Jia Na immediately sensed the connection established between herself and Lucifer.
“It’s just a small matter, no need for thanks—”
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Starlight rushed, and the stream of light reversed.
Before Jia Na could finish listening to Lucifer’s words, a strong sense of weightlessness, like a surging tide, quickly engulfed Jia Na.
As the starlight faded and she opened her eyes again, Jia Na found herself back in her dormitory.
“It went even smoother than I expected—”
Looking at the extinguished spiritual candle on the obsidian ritual platform, Jia Na’s gaze habitually turned to the clock on the wall.
“Hmm?”
Upon seeing the time on the clock, Jia Na’s first reaction was to rub her eyes, wondering if she had misread it.
“Only three minutes passed from the start of the ritual to its end?”
Because Jia Na clearly remembered that she started the Ancient God Contract ritual exactly at midnight. Although Jia Na’s Ancient God Contract ritual this time was very smooth overall, from a sensory perspective, about an hour had passed…
“Could it be that the sea of stars I saw just now was truly the River of Time?”
Thinking this, Jia Na immediately raised her smooth, fair hand. As she mobilized the magic within her, the golden holy sword-shaped totem appeared on the back of her hand.
“Never mind, I won’t dwell on it. As long as the contract succeeds, none of it is a big problem—”
As Jia Na dispersed the magic gathered on the back of her hand, the holy sword totem on it also disappeared.
“Everything back in its place—”
After casting the Cleaning Spell to throw all the discarded materials from the obsidian ritual platform into the waste bin and storing the ritual platform in her thorn bracelet, Jia Na, who had recently grown accustomed to working until late into the night before entering meditation, walked in the dark to her bed and sat cross-legged on it.
“It’s a pity that the contract medium I have can only be used three times—after three times, I’ll have to find another medium material that can be linked to Lucifer.”
Unlike Contract Summoning and Elf Summoning, Prayer Summoning requires the summoner to pay a certain price.
And this price doesn't necessarily have to be something very valuable, but it must have a certain connection with the summoned being…