Meng Lei nodded quietly, agreeing to that statement.
“What a pity. Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants are underground creatures, so they rarely appear aboveground. In addition, ant monarchs hide in the underground perpetually, so it’s almost impossible to subdue them.”
The old man shook his head and sighed. “In the entire history of Heaven’s Vault Continent, people have subdued all kinds of magical pets, Even Saint Domain Magical Pets have not escaped the fate of becoming mounts, yet nobody has ever succeeded in subduing a Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ant Monarch!”
“Never ever?” Meng Lei was stunned.
“Never!” replied Ol’ Amos.
“That’s really hard then.” Meng Lei shook his head.
“So, you’ve really got mad luck!” A conflicted look appeared on the old man’s face again. “You have a juvenile ant monarch in front of you! As long as you successfully subdue it, you will break all records and become the first in history to do so!”
“Subdue it?”
Meng Lei swallowed, feeling his throat was dry, while his heart started pumping drastically beyond his control. Suppose he subdued the little golden ant, he would acquire a big army of Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants, wouldn’t he?
An ant tide army that’s endless and enough to ravage everything...
Meng Lei swallowed his saliva.
“Let’s get it!” Meng Lei roared in a deep voice and then moved decisively.
Thunderballs shot out of his fingertips one after another, and in the blink of an eye, they covered all the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants. Cracking sounds echoed as the entire ant tide army was enshrouded by electric waves that wreaked havoc.
The ant tide army flinched and twitched before collapsing to the ground. The little golden ant was hiding in the shivering ant tide’s center and looking at Meng Lei in horror. Evidently, it was terrified.
“Haha! You are mine!” Meng Lei laughed, jumped down from the magic carpet, appeared in front of the little golden ant, and commented, “It’s hard to imagine that this little fella is controlling the entire ant tide army.”
“Stop talking nonsense. Hurry and arrange the contract magic array!” Ol’ Amos scolded. “Remember, lay the master-servant contract magic array.”
“Master-servant contract? Why?”
Meng Lei felt confused. Before subduing little Teddy, Ol’ Amos had repeatedly been emphasizing that he had to set an equal contract magic array. Why was it different now?
“It’s very simple. It doesn’t have to cooperate with you in battle, much less have a tacit understanding with you. What it has to do is to obey and be loyal to you.”
“I see...”
Chapter 100: Soul Magic, Your Name Shall Be Little Gold!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Meng Lei had to admit that the old man’s advice made a lot of sense. Since it would be his army, of course, it had to obey his orders unconditionally and hit wherever he pointed without hesitation.
From this point, signing a master-servant contract with the little golden ant was undoubtedly the best choice. After giving it some consideration, Meng Lei decided.
Buzz!
A magical array shining with colorful lights rose up, and a great invisible force arrived, covering the little golden ant.
Squelch!
The little golden ant seemed to know what it was about to experience, and its eyes betrayed how terrified it was.
Suddenly, two golden light rays shot out of its eyes and fell on Meng Lei’s head.
Boom!
In the next instant, Meng Lei felt a buzzing rumble in his mind, and the environment around him changed. The tall, ancient trees and the lush bushes disappeared, and tall buildings, beautiful little gardens, and green meadows replaced them. It was the place of his dreams!
“This...”
A huge jolt coursed through Meng Lei’s body.
“Cola! Slow down! Slow down!”
A familiar voice sounded beside his ears. Meng Lei turned to look and saw that his wife was walking around the neighborhood with his 2-year-old son. The son was running, stumbling along, while his wife was chasing behind him.
“Cola!”
“Wife!”
Meng Lei’s eyes were filled with tears.
Suddenly, a dog ran right toward them. The son got very scared and kept moving into his mother’s arms, crying badly...
“Cola, don’t be afraid, Mom is here.”
His wife hurried to hold his son in her arms and comforted him with a gentle voice.
Meng Lei couldn’t suppress the emotions in his heart anymore. He hurriedly walked over, the longing in his heart flowing like a flood that overcame a dam.
But from the old man’s perspective, Meng Lei stood still in place, like he had gotten incapacitated. The look in his eyes was dull and blank.
Then, he suddenly waved a hand to remove the master-servant contract magic array and changed it to the magic array for an equal contract!
“Brat, what are you doing?” The old man was shocked. “Why are you changing the array at the last minute...”
But it was already too late. Two drops of blood rapidly appeared in the middle of the magic array, and then the two drops combined into one and separated into two again, entering the foreheads of Meng Lei and the little golden ant, respectively.
Buzz!
The contract was completed, and the magic array dissipated.
The scene around Meng Lei also changed drastically. The tall building disappeared, his wife and son disappeared, and he was back in the Magical Beast Forest.
“Cola? Wife? Where are you?”
Meng Lei leaped hard onto nothing.
“Brat, what the hell are you doing?” The old man’s voice sounded. “It was all good, so why did you change it to a magic array for an equal contract?”
Meng Lei’s whole body trembled. He looked around and then at the old man. He mumbled, “What was happening to me? What happened just now?”
“I understand now!” Ol’ Amos frowned deeply, and a look of regret appeared on his aged face. “It’s all my fault. Actually, I
