Chapter 110: Everyone Wants to Form an Alliance

I furrowed my brow and glanced inside at Feng Qian, who was fully absorbed in watching the live broadcast.

“Not very convenient,” I said.

Wu Mingran glanced in as well. “Oh? You mean that new contract holder?” he whispered. “You’ve got some nerve, daring to share a room with a contract holder from the Diamonds.”

“Aren’t you afraid he might attack you?”

Seeing that Wu Mingran had no intention of leaving, I gave Feng Qian a quick nod before closing the door and stepping out.

“Wu Mingran, what exactly do you want to say?”

Standing in the corridor, I realized Wu Mingran wasn’t alone.

“Heh heh, since you’re out here, let’s be straightforward,” he said.

“Wu Mingran,” I interrupted him stiffly, “I know you’re here to propose an alliance, but there’s something you should probably tell me first.”

My gaze shifted to the man standing behind Wu Mingran. Sensing my suspicion, Wu Mingran quickly explained, “This is Gao Ge, the Ten of Clubs. As for me, you’ve already seen the abilities of the Jack of Spades, the ancient scroll contract holder.”

“Mingran, that’s not what I want to ask,” I deliberately drew out my words, watching Wu Mingran’s expression closely.

Although he maintained a smile throughout, I caught a subtle flicker of unease when I spoke.

“I thought you were an awakened contract holder. Why are you still here?”

Wu Mingran smiled broadly and said, “What nonsense are you talking about? I’m just like you — half a contract holder.”

Although Wu Mingran showed no sign of discomfort, Gao Ge behind him stiffened slightly upon hearing my words.

“Zijian, just say this — if you want an alliance, contact me.”

Wu Mingran hurriedly left his number before swiftly departing with Gao Ge.

Afterwards, the man Chen Hao mentioned also came to my place. Compared to Wu Mingran, this fellow was far more arrogant, and I rejected him outright. He even boasted that he was the most powerful contract holder, Tang Zifeng, the Three of Hearts.

Back in the room, Feng Qian remained deeply focused on the trials of others, seemingly determined to adapt quickly to this new life through such means.

I felt relieved—at least I wouldn’t have to constantly provide him psychological support anymore.

Yet, more questions surfaced in my mind.

Why would Midnight, an awakened contract holder, appear in our trial? Could it be that Wu Mingran still hadn’t awakened?

I closed the door and went back to rest.

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A peaceful night’s sleep revived both my body and spirit greatly. Rubbing my eyes, I sat up to find Feng Qian already dressed and sitting on the bed, the television turned on again.

“Is the trial’s content that captivating?” I teased, quickly putting on clothes and heading to wash up.

“Jian-ge, someone died again,” Feng Qian said with a hint of disappointment.

I patted his shoulder in consolation. “You’ll get used to it. Here, life and death are commonplace.”

Without waiting for his response, I headed to the bathroom.

After washing up, I noticed an unread message on my phone—from Xue Ning. She was in the trial but had sent me a message. Had she encountered some trouble she couldn’t handle?

“Hu Xing’er and Hu Qingqing want to kill us.”

The message was sent just last night. I hurried back to the bedroom, watching the scenes on TV.

Only one night had passed, yet out of nine women and one man, half were already dead or injured.

Only five contract holders remained alive. The woman beside the blond man had been brutally dismembered. The blond man had collected many body parts, carrying them with him and even put one in his mouth.

His chewing looked no different from eating ordinary meat.

The bloodthirsty one was definitely the Clubs contract holder, clearly no good.

Hu Xing’er and Hu Qingqing stood nearby, hostile toward the blond man. It seemed he had killed some of their people.

I asked Feng Qian if he knew what had happened.

He explained that the blond man had ambushed Hu Xing’er and Hu Qingqing that morning. Although the two women protected themselves with their abilities, two accompanying women were unfortunately killed.

“Wei Yan, what exactly do you want?” Hu Qingqing scolded, summoning a leather whip and striking at the blond man.

Wei Yan swallowed a little finger of one girl with a single bite, chewing as he dodged Hu Qingqing’s attacks.

“Isn’t this just to make our fight more interesting?”

“The weak naturally should be eliminated.”

“Among those here, only you, the Three of Hearts knight Hu Qingqing, can be my opponent.”

Upon hearing Wei Yan’s words, Hu Qingqing’s identity was fully revealed to all contract holders present.

Now, three of the four suit knights had appeared: Knight of Clubs Zheng Wei, Knight of Spades Wu Mingran, and Knight of Hearts Hu Qingqing. Only the Diamond Knight remained.

Besides the suit knights, two queens had appeared: Spade Queen Li Ergou, a wind energy user, and Xue Ning, who was teamed with Sun Xiaoxiao this time, the Queen of Hearts Q, though I had yet to see her ability.

As for the suit kings, I knew of two: Yan, the King of Diamonds, a beast transformation user, and Pang Dongqiang, the King of Spades, an ice ability user.

I once asked Li Ergou about my contract card. The ancient mirror was one of the seven great relics of the Artifact Sanctuary. Every contract holder was an extremely important existence.

Because its power was too great, it was very weak before awakening—easily crushed by other suit contract holders in their infancy.

Apart from the twelve special face cards, the Aces of each suit were also figures not to be underestimated.

Midnight of Spades and the Carbon Head who once wielded the Ace of Diamonds both possessed powers rivaling those of the face cards.

I sensed that this trial would soon reveal the identities of all remaining contract holders.

Within this high-rise, not only were there high school students from affiliated schools but also from the Foreign Language Institute.

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