"Hm?"
Chen Shu gazed at the surrounding sea of stars, his heart filled with bewilderment…
"Is this what the Underworld… looks like?"
He murmured to himself, suspecting he had arrived at the gathering place of the deceased…
After all, he had burned his entire life then, embarking on a path of no return, with no possibility of turning back.
At this very moment,
A yellow sphere suddenly appeared before Chen Shu's eyes.
"Little Yellow?!"
Although it was merely a phantom of the slime, it still brought a touch of joy to his heart.
Even if I'm dead, can I still be with my contracted spirits?
At this moment, he actually felt a little content…
Little Yellow did not speak, merely gazing at him with its naive, adorable eyes, also filled with joy.
Immediately after, another phantom appeared beside Little Yellow; it was Er Ha!
"..."
Er Ha opened its mouth, but no sound escaped. However, its eyes also held joy.
A moment later,
Rabbit, Little Elf, and Big Cat King appeared one after another…
Chen Shu quietly looked at his five contracted spirits, all filled with immense excitement.
They could still be together…
And at this moment, the harmonious scene changed once more.
"Hm?"
Chen Shu was slightly taken aback.
Beside Big Cat King, Da Feng Novel
A new figure slowly emerged…
The newly appeared 'being' was similar in size to Chen Shu, but it was condensed from pure starlight.
It was the mysterious creature that had just saved Chen Shu!
"Are you the ray of starlight within me?"
A hint of astonishment and disbelief flickered in Chen Shu's eyes; he recalled it instantly.
If not for this wisp of starlight years ago,
He might have already died at Ling Chen's hands.
"Who exactly are you?!"
Chen Shu's eyes were filled with confusion, an urgent desire to find an answer.
"My first identity is the system that has always existed deep within your soul."
The mysterious creature calmly met Chen Shu's gaze and slowly provided its answer.
"As I suspected?"
Chen Shu's heart stirred; he finally knew the other party's identity.
He had guessed back then that the starlight came from the system, but the existence of the Star Relic had misled him.
Now that he thought about it, possessing such terrifying power could by no means be the work of the Star King…
He wasn't overly surprised at this moment and continued to ask:
"First identity? What do you mean? Do you have other identities?"
However, the mysterious creature's reply made Chen Shu's heart tremble, leaving him completely stunned.
"My second identity is your… sixth contracted spirit!"
"?!"
Chen Shu's pupils contracted; he was utterly bewildered.
The starlight mysterious creature remained silent, slowly extending its right hand, standing there in the sea of stars.
Chen Shu's expression was one of shock. He felt a natural sense of closeness towards the mysterious creature before him.
Without hesitation, he extended his right hand as well…
The moment their hands clasped, a connection from the depths of their souls was established in an instant…
In that instant, ancient runes appeared all around them, faintly forming a mysterious contract.
This was the exclusive contract between a Beast Tamer and a contracted spirit!
Now that the system had fully awakened, the two could finally establish a true soul contract!
The mysterious creature nodded and then slowly spoke:
"Having innate dual contracted spirits isn't exclusive to that Ling Chen…"
The starlight mysterious creature lowered its right hand and slowly explained:
"However, due to special circumstances, I fell into a deep sleep and couldn't form a true contract with you, only assisting in other ways…"
The other ways it referred to were naturally presenting various options and continuously rewarding Chen Shu to help him grow.
At this moment, the confusion in Chen Shu's eyes gradually dissipated.
As if struck by enlightenment, he suddenly understood everything.
He now knew why he always felt a similarity with Ling Chen,
And why Ling Chen had also always felt this way.
He had initially thought that both of them were human prodigies, hence the feeling of kindred spirits.
But now it seemed the fundamental reason was,
They were both anomalies with innate dual contracted spirits!
The only difference was,
Ling Chen had awakened a King-tier contracted spirit,
While Chen Shu had innately awakened a Legendary contracted spirit!
One could say one was a refugee version, and the other was the ultimate supreme version…
After all, there was a gap in life tiers between King-tier and Legendary!
"No wonder I don't have a Legendary bottleneck…"
A look of realization dawned in Chen Shu's eyes as he murmured,
"I thought I was truly a King-tier Four-star…"
Having innate dual contracted spirits allowed one to bypass the bottleneck of the corresponding level. For instance, Ling Chen had easily stepped into the King-tier back then.
Now it seemed Chen Shu had actually been a Legendary Beast Tamer all along…
But due to the system's dormancy, he lacked his sixth contracted spirit, and his own combat power hadn't undergone a qualitative change, naturally making him believe he was still King-tier…
"I really am an unparalleled genius…"
Chen Shu muttered to himself, "Awakening a Legendary-tier contracted spirit at eighteen?"
Such talent could only be described as exceedingly rare in the world!
"No, that's not the case at all."
However, the starlight creature's words immediately pulled Chen Shu back to reality.
Chen Shu's mouth twitched, and he said,
"Uh… not yet?"
"Having innate dual contracted spirits is not due to talent, but a bestowal…"
"What do you mean?"
"Ling Chen's fifth contracted spirit actually originated from the Heavenly Mandate Ancient Emperor's sixth contracted spirit, not from himself…"
Although the system before him had been in a dormant state,
As it awakened, it seemed to possess complete knowledge of everything Chen Shu had experienced.
"Then where do you come from?"
Chen Shu's expression stirred, and he asked.
The starlight mysterious creature did not answer but simply gazed at Chen Shu.
Ling Chen's fifth contracted spirit originating from the Heavenly Mandate Ancient Emperor's sixth contracted spirit also proved that the transfer of contracted spirits would significantly weaken the original body.
And what Chen Shu obtained was his sixth contracted spirit…
Furthermore, the system had been in a dormant state all along, yet it had enabled the ordinary-talented Chen Shu to achieve such heaven-defying accomplishments, crushing all other prodigies!
This was not something a Legendary contracted spirit could achieve…
The answer, in fact, was already evident!
"My third identity is…"
The starlight mysterious creature slowly spoke again:
"The Human Emperor's seventh contracted spirit. You can call me Star God!"