My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner-Chapter 74 - 73 Demon Companion Seal_1

74: Chapter 73: Demon Companion Seal_1

74 -73: Demon Companion Seal_1

Nine iron chains “swooshed” and shrank into nine iron hoops, tightly immobilizing Owen Bertram from top to bottom, embedding into his flesh!

Owen Bertram’s eyes slightly darkened, his flying sword ready to strike: with a single thought, the first sword would cut the chains, and the second sword would strike at Jeffery Cooper!

Despite being at The Third Great Boundary, Owen Bertram was confident that he had at least a 70% chance of killing Jeffery Cooper with a single sword strike!

With Jeffery Cooper gone, Fabian and the others would be insignificant.

The people of Extinct Village were already at the bottom of this world, how much worse could it get?

Having Little Loach, he could escape the village with his sister and still survive along the river.

The Horizon Bureau wouldn’t be able to catch him, and he would eventually become a true powerhouse that the entire Wood Dynasty, and even the Horizon Bureau, would have to look up to, still giving his sister a good life.

However, going down this path was the last choice.

Owen Bertram’s “hold your horses” meant he had a divine weapon in his hand, capable and confident to see what Jeffery Cooper and Fabian were up to.

Logically speaking, this was their first encounter, and there was no previous grievance.

Why target him?

He wouldn’t naively believe that they were simply “playing by the rules” and restraining him to check on him more easily.

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow flickered her form, standing between Owen Bertram and Fabian: “Owen Bertram is not a prisoner; he is a Trial Training General of the Horizon Bureau!

Fabian, are you targeting your own people with such means?”

Fabian was Jeffery Cooper’s number one ruthless official, proficient in various tortures that led to countless deaths over the years!

Such slippery old-timers as him would just sneer and not allow Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow to catch him: “What is Chief Flag saying?

This is a regular procedure.

General Bertram comes from Extinct Village, and it’s highly likely that he’s been contaminated with evil energy.

If we don’t control him, and he suddenly causes harm during the examination, who will be responsible?”

Pausing for a moment, he continued maliciously: “You consider him your own kind, but if he is, indeed, a demon, you’ll be implicated too!”

His words were quite reasonable, making it difficult to refute.

Owen Bertram squinted his eyes, understanding that they were not targeting him, but the Devin Family.

He was just a unfortunate, timely trigger in the struggle between the two powerful parties.

Owen Bertram felt it was both pitiful and laughable for Jeffery Cooper – how confident he was of the small trial soldier, a pawn in his hands, whose life and death depended on his mercy; yet he didn’t know what kind of power this “pawn” truly possessed!

Hehe, how interesting would it be to see his face when he found out?

After understanding, Owen Bertram became even less anxious to take action.

He casually asked, “Is it really just a regular check?”

“Of course!” Fabian was utterly unashamed.

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow stared at him and solemnly said, “If the final inspection proves that there is no problem with Owen Bertram, I will report your actions to Commander Lord.

Today’s matter, the Devin Family will definitely seek justice!”

“Tsk!” Fabian sneered, “Please do.”

Owen Bertram sneered in his heart, “Fine, I’ll let you inspect me!”

He was quite confident that he hadn’t undergone demonic transformation.

But his flying sword was still on guard in secret, for Fabian’s iron chains, though fearsome looking, were far inferior to his own chain lock, incapable of suppressing his cultivation.

Fabian took out a set of seals from his brocade pouch.

There were five, each varying in size and color, and the last one was as big as a fist, blood-red, carved with a ferocious monster.

With five sharp claws, it gave an ominous feeling at first glance.

Fabian pointed his finger from a distance, and the first seal flew up, covering Owen Bertram in midair.

The runes at the base transformed into a faint, cyan-colored spiritual energy, sweeping over Owen Bertram’s whole body.

After a moment, the spiritual energy receded, and the seal showed no reaction.

Fabian didn’t stop as he unleashed the second seal right after.

Then the third, and the fourth…

Owen Bertram passed the examination with ease.

Fabian unhesitatingly activated the fifth seal, the monster phantom on the seal roared, its five claws shot red light, targeting Owen Bertram!

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow tried to stop him: “The Horizon Bureau has explicit regulations; only repeat offenders will be subjected to the fifth ‘Demon Companion Seal,’ directly interrogating the soul—the fifth seal damages the three souls and seven spirits, greatly detrimental to cultivation.

Owen Bertram is not a repeat offender; you are deliberately making things difficult!”

Jeffery Cooper replied: “This is Extinct Village; he has been here for many years and is very likely to have been deeply transformed by demonic forces.

He is highly suspicious and should be subjected to the fifth seal.”

Fabian, under Jeffery Cooper’s command, hesitated no further and drove the monster phantom towards Owen Bertram!As the seal activated, Owen Bertram immediately felt a hint of discomfort in his soul.

However, the ancient lamp artifact at his brow glowed slightly, and the sensation disappeared.

At this moment, he pretended to be in extreme pain.

Within a few breaths, his face contorted, and he became soaked in sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

But there was no trace of demonic transformation on his body.

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow clenched her teeth and stared at Fabian fiercely, “Enough, right?”

Fabian deliberately delayed for a while before withdrawing the fifth seal. freёweɓnovel.com

He looked at Jeffery Cooper with some confusion.

This kid really wasn’t contaminated by evil energy!

This didn’t make sense.

Wasn’t it said that the people of Extinct Village, affected by cold poison, couldn’t survive three years in the village?

If he wasn’t contaminated by evil energy, Fabian didn’t know how to react.

Jeffery Cooper indifferently said, “Two choices: either endure the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Demon Exterminating Needle or go to Burning Hillock to investigate the situation.”

Who needs any excuses?

Lord Algernon wants to use his authority to oppress people.

It’s just a small trial training general; his worthless life doesn’t matter.

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow finally became furious, “Using public power to avenge private wrongs and harming loyal and good people!”

Even Abigail Turner and the others on the side showed a hint of sympathy.

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Demon Exterminating Needle was the final method used by the Horizon Bureau against cultivators contaminated by evil energy!

It used a magical instrument, a golden needle, to reverse the flow of their meridians, inch by inch, forcing out the hidden evil energy.

However, even immortals could hardly suffer the pain inflicted by this method, which was considered one of the three most cruel punishments in the Horizon Bureau!

Ever since this magical instrument was forged, only four people in the entire Horizon Bureau had survived it.

All the others had died in unbearable pain!

However, this magical instrument indeed had the ability to search every inch of the meridians for hidden evil energy.

As for entering Burning Hillock to investigate, there was no need to mention it; not a single living being had ever walked out of there!

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow was about to blow up in anger, “Both paths lead to death!

Why does Lord Algernon want to make things difficult for a small trial training general?

Is there some unknown reason, huh?”

She was ready to tear her face off in public and criticize Jeffery Cooper for trying to retaliate against those promoted by her sister because he couldn’t get his way with her.

She wanted to see how long he could maintain his façade!

If push came to shove, she would give up her position in the Horizon Bureau to save Owen Bertram’s life!

Jeffery Cooper turned to Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow and said earnestly, “If you trust him so much, are you willing to vouch for him?

If something goes wrong in the future, will you bear the responsibility?”

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow didn’t hesitate, “Fine, I’ll vouch for him!”

Jeffery Cooper sneered disdainfully, “I’ve heard that the great Devin Clan has a spoiled little girl, and now I see it’s true.

No wonder you were once called the most talented person in Waves Prefecture, but now you’re not even on par with Abigail Turner.”

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow’s face turned red with anger, and Jeffery Cooper continued, “He’s from Extinct Village, and no one in Horizon Bureau should, or dares, trust him completely—unless he undergoes the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Demon Exterminating Needle or risks his life to complete the Bureau’s tasks.

And I have given him these two choices.

Even if this reasoning is brought before the Commander Lord, I have the advantage.”

As Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow was about to argue back, Owen Bertram coldly interrupted, “You want me to go to Burning Hillock to scout the path—hah, you’ve really calculated this well!”

He narrowed his eyes and said, “But it’s not impossible.”

As soon as Jeffery Cooper uttered those shameless “either-or” words, Owen Bertram knew he was going to lose face and resort to a hardline tactic.

It was like the power struggles in Owen Bertram’s previous life.

Once their masks were torn away, they would simply show their true faces and charge in with batons raised.

Owen Bertram had nearly attacked him earlier.

But when Jeffery Cooper mentioned Burning Hillock, a “sly” and “clever” plan quickly formed in Owen Bertram’s mind, and he suppressed his impulse to draw his sword.

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow looked at him in surprise, and Owen Bertram gave her a signal, “Trust me.”

Jeffery Cooper remained indifferent, “Fine, Fabian, release him, and let him go.” Owen Bertram’s life and death didn’t matter to him at all.

Fabian smirked, and the nine iron chains retracted.

Owen Bertram regained his freedom, looking at Jeffery Cooper and mocking him internally, “Let’s see who has the last laugh!”