ACSP: Chapter 24: Master-Servant Contract of Summoned Beasts!
To pave the way for his daughter, Chen Zhentian had made two sets of preparations this time.
First, according to the original plan, Chen Chuxi would start a live stream during the competition.
As long as she showed her prominence during the match and displayed the strength a Kage-level Contractor should have,
then the Chen family could take this opportunity to show their faces to the world, thereby squeezing into the ranks of first-class families.
People naturally admire the strong.
When that time comes, the Chen family will have more and more supporters in Jinghai City.
Even if those people from the City Lord's Mansion don't agree,
Jinghai City will sooner or later become something in the Chen family's pocket.
The second preparation was the layout he was currently arranging.
He had already gathered all the families and gangs that supported the Chen family overnight.
Now, those people were lying in wait around this forest.
With one command from him, those people would appear immediately.
If Chen Chuxi had an accident, failed, or if the City Lord's Mansion won ownership of this Novice Secret Realm,
then he would have no choice but to kill everyone from the City Lord's Mansion here.
Although doing so would cause the Chen family heavy losses,
those who achieve great things do not sweat the small stuff.
For his daughter's future and for the future development of the Chen family, he had to take this risk.
"Dad~"
Just then, Chen Chuxi walked over arrogantly from the other side of the forest.
Four people followed behind her.
These four were all graduating freshmen from the Chen family participating in the secret realm competition.
Wang Hao, who had been taught a lesson by Jiang Chen last time, was among them.
"So Xiaoxi is here. How is it? Is your secret realm team all ready?"
Chen Zhentian looked at Chen Chuxi and asked with a smile.
"Everything is ready."
Chen Chuxi curled her lips, her eyes revealing a strong sense of confidence: "Through these few days of hard work, I have raised my level to 16. Although I haven't reached the upper limit of the Novice Secret Realm, I think it's enough. After all, Li Yanran and the others should be about the same as us."
After speaking, she turned to look at Wang Hao and the four behind her, continuing: "Wang Hao and the others have also reached level 15. During our recent trips to secret realms, we coordinated very well. Difficult-level Novice Secret Realms no longer pose any challenge to us. If you hadn't been emphasizing not to try Hell-level difficulty secret realms, I would have wanted to give it a try."
A gratified smile appeared on Chen Zhentian's face: "It's always good to be careful in everything. This secret realm competition is very important to you; there can't be any mistakes. If you want to grind Hell-level secret realms, once this competition is over, you can grind for as long as you want. I definitely won't stop you."
"Good, you said it. Once this competition is over, I'll show you that anything Li Yanran can do, I, Chen Chuxi, can do just as well, and I'll definitely do it better than her."
"Alright, then I'll wait and see..."
In the secret realm team led by Chen Chuxi, besides that Wang Hao, the other three were direct descendants of the Chen family.
Their contracted characters were all Tokubetsu Jonin with decent strength, and they were also key targets for the Chen family's recent cultivation.
One could see from this team configuration how strong the potential of the Chen family's graduating freshmen was this time.
One must know.
A Tokubetsu Jonin Contractor would be top-tier combat power in other families.
But in the Chen family, there were as many as three such Contractors.
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Time passed quickly.
Eight hours later.
City Lord Li Hongfei finally arrived here with the people from the City Lord's Mansion.
Actually, for a distance of 300 kilometers, they should have arrived in just five hours under normal circumstances.
Unfortunately, they encountered a wave of exotic beast attacks on the way.
As a result, their speed was delayed by three hours.
Fortunately, the strength of that wave of exotic beasts was only at the Jonin level.
If they had encountered Tailed Beast-level exotic beasts, the trouble would have been huge.
Speaking of those exotic beasts that appear in the No-man's Land, they are actually a kind of resource for people who possess Summoning Jutsu.
Because after those exotic beasts are killed, they sometimes drop Summoning Scrolls.
Those who have mastered Summoning Jutsu only need to smear their blood on that Summoning Scroll to sign a Master-Servant Contract with that exotic beast and then gain a good assistant in battle.
Since the mountain roads were not passable by vehicles,
City Lord Li Hongfei could only have the convoy stop outside the forest, then lead everyone to walk toward where the secret realm was located.
And just as they approached that forest,
Jiang Chen suddenly perceived a large wave of malicious auras.
The number was roughly several hundred.
"It seems quite a few people from the various families of Jinghai City have come this time."
As the Contractor of Inoichi Yamanaka, City Lord Li Hongfei also quickly perceived those people lurking in the forest.
However, he didn't think much of it.
Because for this secret realm competition, it wasn't just their City Lord's Mansion and the Chen family participating.
Other families and gang forces in Jinghai City were also involved.
Furthermore, this place was already far from the city.
Powerful exotic beasts often appeared.
It was normal for the families and gangs that arrived first to have their subordinates rotate on sentry duty throughout the forest for safety's sake.
"City Lord Li, you've finally arrived. We've been waiting here for you for a long time..."
Not long after Jiang Chen and his group entered the forest, several middle-aged men walked out from ahead to meet them. The one speaking was a bearded man with an extraordinary bearing.
"So it's Brother Wang Li. We encountered some issues on the road, so we were delayed."
City Lord Li Hongfei greeted him with a smile.
Li Yanran leaned toward Jiang Chen and whispered: "See that bearded man? His name is Wang Li, he's Wang Hao's father, and he's a level 74 Jonin Contractor. His strength is considered quite high in Jinghai City..."
So it's that Wang Hao's father.
No wonder he looks so annoying.
Jiang Chen glanced at Wang Li inconspicuously.
As if noticing his gaze, Wang Li, who was chatting with City Lord Li Hongfei, also looked over with a smile.
Is this the brat who beat my son last time?
Killing intent surged in Wang Li's heart, but on the surface, he smiled and said to City Lord Li Hongfei: "City Lord Li, I heard people say that the past-his-prime genius abandoned by the Chen family has now sought refuge with you. I wonder if this is true?"
City Lord Li Hongfei had originally wanted to be polite to Wang Li, who had taken the initiative to say hello.
However, upon hearing these words, the expression on his face instantly darkened.
"Wang Li, keep your mouth clean. Jiang Chen is not only the captain of my City Lord's Manor Secret Realm Team now, but also my daughter's friend. If you ever dare to disparage him in front of me with that sarcastic tone again, be careful or I'll turn against you."
Without waiting for Wang Li to reply, he finished speaking and led the people from the City Lord's Manor directly into the woods.
City Lord Li Hongfei was a smart man.
He knew very well what he wanted right now.
Jiang Chen's potential was destined to be extraordinary.
As long as they held onto this powerful ally, the City Lord's Manor's position in Jinghai City would surely be unshakable in the future.
Meanwhile, the Wang family had been getting very close to the Chen family recently; they had likely colluded with the Chen family long ago.
Therefore, he had to set his position straight now.
Whoever was Jiang Chen's enemy was an enemy of the City Lord's Manor.
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