Talented Martial Hero
Chapter 1072 The Blood-sharing Contract

The immortal was dumbfounded by the question.

It made her ponder on the meaning and value of her own existence.

"The reason of my existence is that I aim to become stronger and eventually return to the PrimitiveWilderness,” the immortal answered adamantly, after giving it some thought.

"Hah! And then what? So what if you get stronger and return to the Primitive Wilderness? Whathappens after that?" Darren said harshly.

The immortal shook her head. She thought she had found the answer, but Darren's follow-upquestions only baffled her even more.

"Well according to what you just said, your life is just as meaningless as mine,” the immortal argueddefensively.

"Nice try, but I'm different from you. I miss the love of my life day and night. I have someone toprotect. That's the meaning of my life,” said Darren softly. His eyes glimmered with a bittersweethappiness as he spoke.

Darren's words made the immortal's heart wrench. From the way he spoke, she could see that hewas speaking an irrefutable truth. It was a message from the heart.

The immortal's beautiful eyes gazed at Darren in a mix of envy and inspiration. She suddenly feltthat this creature in front of her truly lived his life to the fullest.

Jealousy was an emotion that was alien to her. It made her heart feel heavy and she felt strangefrom the newfound feeling.

"Make me stop falling, please.”

Five hundred thousand kilometers below them was the Sea of Nothingness. Even if a being such asthe immortal fell into it, like all, she would turn into nothingness.

By now, the immortal was already seriously injured. After being chased down by Darren, she hadused up the rest of her immortal's power, and could not muster up enough energy to stop her bodyfrom falling.

She knew she had no choice but to count on this human being.

Darren did not respond, so she choked down her pride and muttered again, "Save me. In exchange,I'll be your wife.”

Darren was stunned and a bit embarrassed by the offer.

Was this still the cold and heartless immortal he was talking to? How could she say something likethat?!

"Are you crazy? Just to save your life, you'd say something like that? You've gone insane!" Darrenshook his head

"You refuse?" The complexity of this human being was far beyond her imagination, and herjudgment. She looked at him in pure confusion.

"Huh? Don't you need a wife? Why did you refuse?”

The human in front of her had just been talking about his wife or something like that. It madeperfect sense to her that if she offered herself as his wife instead, he would have agreed to save her.He wouldn't have to think about his love anymore if she took her place.

Why on earth did he refuse?

Darren didn't know how to answer such a strange question.

"If you want me to save you, you have to agree to release Elsa." Darren made a staunch request,ignoring the question completely.

As the immortal's body was about to fall into the Sea of Nothingness, she had to agree to Darren'sterms. In her mind, nothing was more important than her life. But there was one thing she couldnever do: be a slave!

"I promise,” the immortal agreed.

She didn't have time to think it over. The most important thing to her was to stay alive.

"We have to seal this deal with a contract.”

Darren was used to dealing with people at this level. If he wanted her to keep her promise, he'dhave to use a contract to keep her to her word. Otherwise, she could easily break her promise.

She could change her mind in a heartbeat if she wished.

A deafening clatter much like

the sound of tremendous waves echoed in the immortal's ears, and she couldn't take it any longer."I don't possess the immortal's power needed to establish this contract you speak of.”

The immortals voice cracked in panic. The situation was dire, but she legitimately did not have thepower to accomplish a contract.

"Ahh!" the immortal screamed.

Drops of water from the Sea of Nothingness splashed onto the immortal's body, tainting her.

A nasty hiss began to sound with every drop that touched her.

A burst of white smoke then rose from the immortal's back, her clothes corroded.

"Humph!"

Darren grabbed her by the arm and gathered all his strength to fly up.

In actuality, Darren couldn't afford to let the immortal sink into the sea because that would meanElsa would disappear as well

"What? What is this?"

When Darren tried to fly up, a strong force pulled him and kept him in his place. He found that hewas unable to fly upwards.

Darren panicked.

If they fell into the sea, they would both perish.

"Why is there a powerful force dragging me down?"

Darren's arm began to strain from holding the immortal with a single arm, so he hoisted her up intohis arms.

At that moment, a rush of sensations swept through the immortal's body and she felt it deep in herheart. It was a warm cozy feeling, yet it raged like thunder and lightning throughout her body.

She looked softly into Darren's eyes with hers, unsure how to describe the feeling. It brought her somuch joy, that she felt her heart beating fast in her chest.

The immortal immediately snapped out from her bliss and answered, "At the bottom of the sea,there lies a dark eddy. It's incredibly powerful."

Darren tried his best to shake off the force of the current. He could only keep up his balance withthe intense pulling force, but he couldn't fly even an inch upward.

"Ahh!"

Several drops of sea water fell on the immortal's back again. She screamed and twisted in painfulanguish.

"Argh!"

The water splashed onto Darren's legs as well. It melted through his flesh until bone began to show.Darren struggled. He couldn't keep floating for long. If his strength weakened even a little bit, bothhe and the immortal would fall into the sea.

The dire stalemate lasted for more than half an hour. Trembling, Darren knew he could no longerhold on. His arms had already corroded, with blood spurting from all over.

"Try to heal me, or else you won't be able to escape.”

The immortal finally came up with a solution after a long period of nervous silence.

Darren's strength alone was exactly on par with the pulling force. But if the immortal regained somestrength, they would be able to withstand the pulling force together and slowly inch their way out.Darren stared back in silence for a moment. He knew how dangerous it would be to heal her. If sherecovered too much strength, he wouldn't be able to keep her under control.

"I see you're hesitating.”

Her tone was flat, but the coldness in her voice had passed.

"Of course I am. I'm worried you might kill me instead,” Darren said without hesitation.

"I will not!" The immortal shook her head. She furrowed her brows as she stared angrily at Darren."I don't believe you."

"Fine. I'll establish a Blood-sharing Contract with you,” the immortal said, after thinking for a while.Then, her memory of the Blood-sharing Contract was passed to Darren's mind.

This kind of contract was almost the same as the Shura Contract Darren had established with theShura. Moreover, the contract did not require any immortal's power. Spirit Power and blood essencewould do. It was achievable even with the immortal's current injuries.

After such a contract was established, the immortal could never have the intent to harm Darren. Thecontract would rebound on her if ever she tried to harm him. This kind of promise was based on thelaw, and it was inviolable.

However, after establishing the Blood-sharing Contract, Darren in turn also had to abide by thecontract and couldn't kill the immortal.

Darren thought for a while and finally decided to establish the contract. If he didn't do this, hewouldn't dare cure the immortal. In the same breath, if the immortal didn't recover more strength,escape was impossible. Making the contract seemed to be a win-win situation for both of them."Okay, we should establish the contract.”

Only by establishing a contract would Darren treat her injuries. He no longer had to worry that she'dkill him.

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept over Darren. In his arms, the immortal's long hair was danced in theair, and a shimmering green light enveloped her. A drop of crimson blood flew from the immortal'schest and directly into Darren's.

The contract was finally established.