Heavenly Devil (5)

 The dispersing black mist shocked all the other shadows. 

 A deathly silence fell inside the candle-lit circle. 

 "Anyone else wants to talk?" After taking care of one, Lu Sheng swept his gaze across the other shadows. "Communication requires skills, and I like the most efficient kind." 

 "You… you can't do that…" The short shadow felt a dread in his heart. "No other Protector would dare come." 

 "Doesn't matter, you guys are enough." Lu Sheng cracked a smile. He planned to experiment with these Protectors to see if he could create a permanent contract. 

 He knew the contents of the contract formed by the ceremony as well as the general meaning behind the patterns on the ground, like which symbols were responsible for the content of the contract and which ones were responsible for the actual creation of the contract. 

 That meant only slight adjustments needed to be made…