CHAPTER 459: CHAPTER 348: MYTHICAL FIRE, THE SIN FLAME OF THE DARK EVIL DEMON DRAGON - PART 2

"Mother, I refuse!"

Before Chen Mo could answer, Lilith, standing beside the Dark Moon Demon Queen, interrupted impatiently.

Though a bit surprised, Chen Mo quickly grasped Empress Sofia’s intentions.

In the upcoming great war, the Dark Moon Demon Queen foresaw a high likelihood of her own death.

Thus, she wanted her daughter to form a contract with Chen Mo, allowing Lilith to follow him to the future timeline for safety.

"Your Highness, I’m sorry, but my contract slots are currently full and I might not be able to break through them in the near future, so I can’t establish a contract with Lilith."

The contract slots for a Quasi-Master and a Master Level Spirit Master are both six. Despite the upgrade in Chen Mo’s Spiritual Space level, the number of Spiritual Beasts he can contract with hasn’t changed.

"It doesn’t matter. Our Enchanting Demon Clan has a secret technique to sign a contract with humans without occupying a contract slot. However, there is a slight difference: once this bond is formed, it cannot be dissolved by either party, unless by death."

The Dark Moon Demon Queen spoke softly.

"As for Lilith, you don’t need to worry; I’ll convince her."

Sofia looked at her daughter with eyes full of deep apology and a hint of reluctance.

"Your Highness, I need to think it over. Besides, I must admit, my current timeline also faces the risk of an Evil God invasion three years from now."

Chen Mo stated honestly.

"What?"

Hearing this, the Dark Moon Demon Queen was stunned for a moment.

What!? The future timeline is also going to be invaded by an Evil God!?

"I understand. You may return now."

After a moment of thought, Queen Sofia spoke slowly.

The Azure Dragon Venerable understood that the Enchanting Demon Queen wished to speak with her daughter alone, so he left as well.

Soon, only mother and daughter were left in the hall.

"Mother, I don’t want to form a contract with Chen Mo, I want to stay by your side!"

Lilith was the first to speak.

"Child, the doomsday of the various realms is imminent. By then, there will be no safe haven in the Spirit Realm. The prophecy you read earlier, when the Desire Mother Tree descends, all creatures currently living in the Enchanting Demon Forest will have no chance of survival."

Queen Sofia spoke calmly.

"Mother, I’m not afraid of death! I’d rather die in battle than be a deserter!"

Lilith’s emotions were intense.

Only after witnessing the doomsday prophecy, did she understand how dire the situation had become.

No wonder her mother, upon returning, immediately had Aunt Anna lead the clan south to seek refuge in Azure Dragon City, under the protection of the Azure Dragon Venerable!

But this was just buying time; other areas would soon face the arrival of other Evil Gods.

The only chance of survival was with Chen Mo, this Spirit Master from the future timeline.

As long as she forms a contract with him, she could escape to the future timeline for refuge!

However, she did not want to live on alone!

"Child, I know your courage. But having you form a contract with Chen Mo is not about making you a deserter."

The Demon Queen’s hand gently caressed Lilith’s head like she was a child.

"On the contrary, this choice requires even more courage and is the only real hope to save everyone."

"Chen Mo is someone with great opportunities and possesses the power to travel through time. Once you both become strong enough in the future, maybe you can return to this timeline to save us."

Although Chen Mo mentioned the future timeline would soon be threatened by an Evil God invasion, Sofia felt Chen Mo didn’t seem too worried.

The future, at the very least, is much safer than the present.

Moreover, Empress Sofia sensed many strong presences around Chen Mo.

This human is no ordinary person.

Seeing her daughter silent, the Demon Queen smiled warmly again:

"I feel that he is a kind person. Also, I sense that you don’t dislike him."

"But..."

Lilith wanted to retort, but Sofia interrupted her.

"Lilith, right now, you are our hope. Carrying everyone’s hope for survival makes you a truly brave Empress. We will be here waiting for you to return from the river of time."

After a long while, Lilith sniffed and solemnly declared:

"Yes, Mother, you must wait for my return!"

"Go now!"

The Enchanting Demon Queen opened her arms, embracing Lilith, her eyes showing reluctance and helplessness.

For she knew that the upcoming farewell might be an eternal goodbye.

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Chen Mo returned to his room and immediately opened the Space Ring given to him by the Demon Queen, taking a deep breath.

He was pleasantly surprised!

Although he anticipated that the gifts from the Demon Queen would be of significant value, he severely underestimated them.

Inside the Space Ring, there were more than a dozen Legendary Level resources, most of which were of the shadow or demon type materials.

The most precious were four top-tier Legendary Resources!

[Sin Flame of the Dark Evil Demon Dragon]

[Quality: Legendary Level 9]

[Attribute: Demon, Fire]

[The Lifebound Fire of the powerful Dark Evil Demon Dragon, possessing the characteristic of being inextinguishable and capable of corroding all objects.]

This is yet another Mythical Fire, the Lifebound Fire of the totemic Dark Evil Demon Dragon.

Undoubtedly, this Mythical Fire would be of immense benefit to Xiao Jiu.

After mastering the Nine-layered Heavenly Fire, Xiao Jiu’s attacks primarily center around the fire element. If another fire’s power could be added, its attack capabilities would be significantly amplified!

However, at the moment, Xiao Jiu’s body can only absorb three types of Mythical Fires, and it cannot immediately absorb this Demon Dragon’s Sin Flame.

The second and third items were the Dark Evil Demon Dragon’s Heart and Primordial Essence Blood.

Impressive, it seems this Enchanting Demon Queen once killed a totem-level Dark Evil Demon Dragon to gain many of its body parts!

The Primordial Essence Blood could be used for the Star Sea to cultivate the True Dragon Secret Technique, and the Dragon Heart is temporarily useless, but it could be exchanged for resources in the future if needed.

The second item was [Empress Scepter].

This is the symbol of the Enchanting Demon Clan and also the key to the Dimension Space Empress Hall, where Empress Sofia and past empresses have left their legacies. It is the core inheritance of the Enchanting Demon Clan and the emblem of generations of empresses.

Clearly, this top-tier Legendary resource, even possibly of mythical quality, was left by Empress Sofia for Lilith.

Besides these, there were many valuable treasures, spirit materials, ancient books, and Spirit Coins.

Of course, this wasn’t all of Sofia’s possessions. Half of the treasures had been used by her to set up an Array, intending to give the Desire Mother Tree a heavy blow.

"Chirp!?" (Chen Mo, can you help them?)

At this moment, the little blue bird spoke.

To them, this world is the past, similar to a secret realm.

But for the lives here, this is their present, their everything!

Bing Lan’s hometown had also suffered twice from the disasters caused by Fallen Evil God invasions.

Its sole relative, the previous Snow Sea Spirit, chose to perish together with the projection of the Fallen Evil God to protect the Snow Sea Forest.

Having once been through the storm, it wished to provide others with shelter.

"I’d like to."

Chen Mo replied.

"But it’s too difficult."

He carefully reviewed all his Entries and treasures once more.

Unfortunately, none could be of use; the level of top-tier totem was still too unreachable for him at present.

Chen Mo had entertained the idea of "cross-dimensional" smuggling, packaging and taking the Enchanting Demon Clan and other races within the Heart of Canglang.

But the success rate was extremely low.

Before entering the Candle Dragon Altar, Yun Menglong had mentioned that without the Time Seal, any creature would lose its way in the Time Mother River.

Suddenly, he saw something that might alter the future and defeat the impending Desire Mother Tree!

It was the Candle Dragon Scale gifted to him by the Candle Dragon!

Whenever he touched this cold dragon scale, a description would appear in his mind—

[Candle Dragon Scale: Can send a plea to your future self, asking it to grant you power.]