Luo Ning hadn’t come back to her senses when a clear and gentle female voice quietly sounded in her mind.
‘?’ Luo Ning.
Events happened so fast that Luo Ning still hadn’t come back to her senses.
Her soft pink hair, which had originally been disheveled and sticking up, was still messily plastered to her forehead. The fine sand and dirt that had been on her face were licked off by the Silver Moon Wolf.
Luo Ning’s clear, translucent pink-gold pupils were wide open, and her small mouth was slightly agape.
‘You mean to say, in the time it took her to go to the bathroom, a Mystic Realm suddenly descended. Before she could wash her hands, she was inexplicably pulled into a strange space, then surrounded by a group of unknown fierce beasts. Just when she was about to die, a beautiful silver wolf that could talk saved her.’
‘And this silver wolf seems to know her?’
“Um… thank you for saving me…”
“You… know me?”
Luo Ning tentatively and extremely stiffly moved her small hand, gently poking the soft and fluffy fur on top of the Silver Moon Wolf’s head.
Soft, warm, as real as could be.
The Silver Moon Wolf seemed to detect the confusion in the girl’s heart, and that female voice sounded again softly.
“Master, you don’t need to doubt.”
The Silver Moon Wolf slowly lowered her huge head, her silver eyes softly gazing at the innocent and naive appearance of the girl before her.
The faint moonlight that scattered around her body softened, shedding the fierce killing intent from before.
“Originally, I did not meet you at this time, but… using the knowledge you once taught me, I have been reborn.”
“…Huh?!” Luo Ning.
“Holy shit! Really?!” Luo Ning.
Luo Ning’s small hand that was poking the wolf’s fur suddenly froze. Her pink-gold pupils abruptly widened, and her face was full of disbelief.
Before Luo Ning could digest this shocking news, the Silver Moon Wolf’s ears twitched slightly. Very reluctantly, she lifted herself from Luo Ning’s small palm.
Her tone shed its previous gentleness, adding a bit of urgency.
“It’s true, Master. But now is not the time to talk about this.”
The Silver Moon Wolf’s amber vertical pupils became fierce again, and she stood guard in front of Luo Ning warily.
Harsh low roars sounded all around.
Luo Ning quickly snapped back to her senses, only to realize that the Claw Beasts that had been repelled earlier had not retreated. Instead, taking advantage of their companions’ cover, they slowly encircled in a ring formation. Eight pairs of dark green beast pupils locked onto the girl and wolf, fangs bared, killing intent growing denser.
“Master, I followed your scent all the way here. The Moonlight Power I’ve accumulated within is almost gone. If we keep fighting hard, I’m afraid I won’t last long.”
The Silver Moon Wolf lowered her body, her back slightly arched, assuming a defensive posture. Her amber vertical pupils stared intently at the encirclement.
“Moreover, they are too many in number.”
“Once the Moonlight Power is depleted, my strength will drop to Awakening Level, and the Claw Beasts in front of us are at least Low-level Transcendent…”
Just as the Silver Moon Wolf said, the moonlight light swirling around her quietly dimmed a bit. Her originally steady aura also showed some fluctuation, and her strength seemed to be gradually declining.
“Moonlight Like Silk” is a super-tier skill that the Silver Moon Wolf comprehended in her past life. It is a racial talent skill.
The effect is to condense the essence of moonlight within the body. When the skill is activated, Moonlight Power can enhance one’s strength in all aspects.
Of course, the downside is that when the Moonlight Power within the body is insufficient, her strength will drop back to the starting point.
The Moonlight Power within her had already been used to escape the Wang Family and to search far for Luo Ning.
Combined with the fact that in her past life, the Silver Moon Wolf had heard Luo Ning mention this experience, she traveled day and night without rest, hurriedly arriving at Jiang City, originally hoping to meet Luo Ning before the Mystic Realm descended.
In the end, although she was half a step late, she still made it in time.
Fortunately, the Master’s first Contract was not used up by that Claw Beast.
In studies that would be published in later generations, when a Beast Tamer who has awakened their Beast Taming Talent contracts their first pet, the Beast Tamer’s talent will produce a special resonance with the beast.
This special resonance is called “First Contract Resonance” by later Beast Tamers.
The ability effects granted by the Beast Taming Talent, as well as the telepathic connection between the Beast Tamer and the beast, will be stronger and more pronounced than with the second, third, or subsequent pets.
In rare cases, “First Contract Resonance” can even produce various special and magical transformation effects.
This is also one of the reasons why many Beast Tamers later had their initial pet as their ace.
In her past life, the Master originally planned to use the Contract Array to delay the Claw Beast’s attack, but she never expected that she would contract that Claw Beast in one go.
These Claw Beasts, due to some unknown reason, had turned into bloodthirsty zombies, acting only on their bloodlust instincts.
It could be said that they were essentially dead.
The Master’s Beast Taming Talent happened to be able to feminize the Claw Beast that had lost its mind, so the Master obtained a Claw Beast Zombie Girl and was able to briefly command and dominate it.
In the end, the Master used that contracted Claw Beast Zombie Girl to complete a power-up and counter-kill.
But that Claw Beast Zombie Girl was originally a dying zombie body.
After that bloody battle, that Claw Beast Zombie Girl eventually dissipated and died along with the remaining seven Claw Beasts.
So in her past life, the Master’s first (First Contract Resonance) was also wasted.
‘And this time.’
‘The Master’s first!’
‘Contract!’
‘Will be hers!’
“So, Master. Please make a Contract with me!”
The Silver Moon Wolf suddenly turned her head, looking at the flustered pink-haired girl behind her. The voice in her mind was urgent and firm.
She lifted her eyes, her gaze full of obsession and loyalty.
“At that time, I can use… my feelings for you to drive the power of emotions and bonds!”
“I also want you to know my feelings!”
Luo Ning was still confused, but she also knew that now was not the time to overthink.
This beautiful and gentle silver wolf had crossed time at the risk of her life, just to protect her.
Looking at the ferocious Claw Beast pack encircling them so close, feeling the mad secretion of adrenaline and the wild beating of her heart, Luo Ning took a deep breath.
‘Damn it! I’m betting on this!’
‘Either way, I’m dead. Might as well trust this reborn silver wolf that came only for me!’
‘Because there’s a saying that’s true!’
‘When you meet on a narrow path, the brave one wins!’
ROAR!!!
A low, ferocious beast roar suddenly exploded.
Eight mutated Claw Beasts completely lost patience. With blood-red killing intent, they stepped on the cracked earth and pounced simultaneously!
Black, sharp claw blades cut through the air, sealing off all of Luo Ning’s dodging space.
The next instant, Luo Ning raised her hand, and her will instantly activated the Beast Taming Power within her.
The ground trembled. White flowing light surged from her palm. Complex and ancient contract patterns appeared out of thin air, rippling outward ring by ring, outlining a complete, pure Contract Array that seemed never to have been tainted!
The Silver Moon Wolf looked at the contract light array beneath her. Her amber vertical pupils suddenly lit up, and her wolf muzzle seemed to curl into a beautiful arc.
One person and one wolf faced each other, their minds interweaving across the space.
THUMP THUMP THUMP
Like the sound of a heartbeat, a resonance seemed to sound between the two. The special resonance of the first contract gradually appeared!
The next instant, Luo Ning’s mind shook violently!
Her heart was unilaterally connected to the other?!
The other’s emotions, like a surging torrent, instantly filled Luo Ning’s heart.
‘So warm, so full, so comfortable!’
‘Wait a minute?!’
Through the resonance, Luo Ning could perceive the Silver Moon Wolf’s feelings for her… it was… the willingness to give up everything, even life… love?
“???” Luo Ning.
‘What the hell? Am I being confessed to by a silver wolf out of nowhere?’