Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

The Life Realm and Destruction Realm had wrapped around the two of them like armor, layer upon layer, leaving not a trace of Void Realm Domain energy able to invade.

The Destruction Realm, in terms of position, ranked much higher than Void Realm Energy, constantly erasing the latter.

Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi channeled their Contractual Power and began to summon the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox.

When the massive body of the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox appeared inside the vast cavern, its height of over a hundred meters and length surpassing three hundred meters filled the enormous cave to the brim.

The Venerable Level Muscle Elf had been stomped underfoot, the ground shattering into jagged fragments.

The Void Realm Domain had been shattered.

Yang Junming's limbs and body gradually returned, along with his senses reconnecting. He quickly shifted his position, scared that this prehistoric beast might accidentally squash him to death.

"This thing is just too terrifying, the Golden Divine Dragon is, and so is this Nine-tailed Fox," he said, utterly shaken.

The sheer size alone rivaled his Titan Giant Ape when fully enlarged.

The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox found it hard to maneuver inside the cavern, so it instinctively used its innate ability to shrink its body down to about two meters tall. The nine tails of various colors still stretched nearly twenty meters, waving continuously around it.

"That elf didn't just get stomped to death, did it?"

On the shattered ground appeared a pit, but inside the pit there was no sign of the Muscle Elf.

This big Muscle Elf belonged to the King Beast lineage of the elves. Xiao Ye could sense a strong pressure from it, so he planned to capture it alive and throw it into the underground mines of the Secret Realm of the Holy Spirit.

"Hmph!" The Muscle Elf in Phantom State now hovered above the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, its face full of shock, *wondering about the meaning of life.*

How could the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox actually stomp on it while it was in Phantom State? How was that possible?

It had actually been rendered so miserable by a Grandmaster Realm Demon Beast.

The Phantom Spirit Race's survival in the underground crystal ore mines relied on Illusion-Reality Conversion. By using Phantom State, Phantom Spirit Elves always managed to escape capture by miners and launch counterattacks.

But now, in front of the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox, even the Phantom State didn't work.

"Bang!" With a sweep of its tail, the Nine-tailed Celestial Fox sent the elf crashing into the rocks like a cannonball, fresh blood spraying from its mouth, leaving it gravely injured.

The Phantom State was completely useless!

The Venerable Level Muscle Elf finally understood why its Phantom Body could be hit by physical attacks.

On the surface of the Nine-tailed Fox, there was an incredibly dense layer of Power of Realm, and whenever it touched the elf, the Power of Realm made direct contact with its Phantom State.

What struck it wasn't the Nine-tailed Fox's physical body, but that Power of Realm!

But even being hit just by the Power of Realm left the Muscle Elf utterly stunned. *This intensely vital, yet extremely destructive Power of Realm was like a natural nemesis for the entire Phantom Spirit Race.*

"No, I have to get information about this Nine-tailed Fox back to the clan."

Seriously wounded, the Venerable Level Elf could no longer maintain Phantom State and was forced back to its solid form.

Unable to shift back, it had no hope of escape whatsoever.

The Venerable Level Elf was in utter despair.

Xiao Ye had no intention of killing it; the round halo was still floating not far away.

The Nine-tailed Fox swept its tail around the Venerable Level Elf and threw it into the ring-shaped halo, sending it straight into the Secret Realm of the Holy Spirit.

At this point, in this massive cavern, not a single Phantom Spirit Elf remained.

Yang Junming stared at the Nine-tailed Fox, which easily subdued the Venerable Level Phantom Spirit Elf, feeling deeply moved. *Once again, Xiao Ye had saved his life.*

Counting last time, Xiao Ye had already saved his life twice.

As a Child of the Venerable, Yang Junming had been raised right and understood the importance of repaying favors.

"Done!" The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox disappeared, and Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi reappeared.

Behind the grand seat in this cavern sat a massive Conception Crystal Stone, and above it, a crystal essence over a meter wide.

The Conception Crystal Stone was nearly twenty meters large, its purity almost at one hundred percent, containing not a trace of impurity.

The crystal essence emitted an even more intense Profound Power.

Just getting close, Xiao Ye and Cheng Bingxi could feel the amount of Power of Realm within them leap upward.

Xiao Ye's eyes lit up as he put it away into the System's storage space.

Yang Junming walked up and said, "Brother Xiao, there's something I think you ought to know,"

Xiao Ye replied, "?"

Yang Junming said, "Though I don't know the exact details, I'm almost certain this underground crystal ore trial was orchestrated by the Hong clan; it's an assassination trap meant for you!"

Cheng Bingxi's expression grew heavy.

Xiao Ye frowned, "An assassination trap? The Hong clan wants to kill me?"

Yang Junming nodded, "Right, the Hong clan has marked you for death internally, and they'll keep launching plans until you're finally killed."

"Why?" Xiao Ye asked,

Yang Junming shook his head, indicating he didn't know,

But he handed Xiao Ye two Venerable Level items, one for defense and one for offense, and said,

"They won't deploy Venerable class assassins in this trap, but take these two pieces of equipment for protection, and make sure you give Dean Kunpeng a heads-up. That way you'll be able to get out safe."

Xiao Ye, surprised, said, "You couldn't even bear to use these yourself, and you're giving them to me?"

Yang Junming shoved them into Xiao Ye's hand, saying, "If you don't take them now, I really don't think I'll have the heart to give them up."

Xiao Ye didn't put on any airs and just stowed them away.

Yang Junming explained the activation conditions for the equipment, instructing Xiao Ye to keep them in his pockets so he could turn them on at any time.

After that, Xiao Ye opened up a passage, and the three of them returned to the main corridor.

Yang Junming looked around anxiously and said, "Xiao Ye, you'd better take the chute out of here right now, and hurry to get in touch with Dean Kunpeng."

Xiao Ye shook his head, "No need,"

He looked totally at ease, not the least bit worried about this so-called assassination scheme.

Each of them, he and Cheng Bingxi, had a Kunpeng Pendant, which was enough to keep their human bodies perfectly safe.

As for their Summoned Beast Form, there was even less to worry about. The Nine-tailed Celestial Fox had nine lives. After dying, it would revive to its peak nine times over. It was practically unkillable.

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Yang Junming exclaimed, "Facing danger, and you don't even bat an eye. Brother Xiao, you've got guts. I wish you the best of luck, then."

With that, Yang Junming went off to look for his Contractor girl.

Watching his figure disappear into the distance, Cheng Bingxi's face tensed up, her little face drawn tight as she said, "Xiao Ye, should we contact Dean Yun Bing right away and tell her what's going on?"

Xiao Ye shot it down.

The two of them still had tasks to finish: they needed to find the Phantom Spirit Race stronghold and capture the King Beast lineage elves.

*Even without knowing the specifics, finding out the Hong clan had a deadly plan targeted at him made Xiao Ye feel he ought to strike back.*

More than half of the Hong clan's assets came from crystal mines, and those mines relied on the King Beast bloodline of the Phantom Spirit Elf clan.

Xiao Ye was planning to capture the entire Phantom Spirit Elf Race, leaving not a single one behind.

Whether they were ordinary elves or from the King Beast lineage, all of them would get thrown into the Secret Realm of the Holy Spirit.

His goal was to strike a devastating blow against the Hong clan.

The crystal ore trial was meant to be the Hong clan's death trap for him, but he was going to take advantage of the trial to steal the Hong clan's home right out from under them, bleeding them dry!