Chapter 1693: Blood Moon

After healing the Building Master and the Asura King of Bright Night, Jiang Fan held the spirit liquid and looked around. He was checking if anyone else had irreversible severe injuries.

Suddenly, he caught sight of a large white rabbit in the corner, and his heart immediately tightened. As he approached, he realized that Yue Mingzhu was kneeling in front of a decayed, ancient body, silently weeping. Jiang Fan's heart sank.

The reason he was able to preserve Grand Venerable Xingyuan's soul was because he had retrieved the wish-granting paper from Grand Venerable Bingxin. He had detonated the remnant vast righteousness energy in Wenhua Academy and consumed the spacetime dust he carried. He had also nearly exhausted his own life force in the process. When the Carefree Elder fell, none of these conditions were met.

He gently took her shoulder from behind and said, "Mingzhu, the elder did not die in vain." It was precisely because of his intervention that the Six-Sun Giant Emperor was forced to deploy even the Nascent Soul realm giants into battle. Only then could Grand Venerable Xingyuan complete his millennium-long plan. His sacrifice was not in vain.

Tear streaks remained on Yue Mingzhu's face. She said, "Jiang Fan, do you all think the half-giants in Tianyi City were controlled into helping occupy the state-level teleportation array?"

Jiang Fan's eyes sharpened. "They were willing participants?"

Yue Mingzhu nodded. "The Qintian Supervisor's people aren't fools. If they were controlled, how could they not have noticed? And why would they have been completely unprepared?"

Damn it! Jiang Fan clenched his fists. "These beasts truly regard the ancient giants as their ancestors!"

Originally, Jiang Fan had felt a slight pang of conscience about slaughtering them, fearing he might kill the innocent by mistake. Now, there was not the slightest psychological barrier left! Not a single one of these half-giants was innocent!!!

Yue Mingzhu wiped away her tears and said, "Jiang Fan, take me with you to Tianyi City. I want to kill those half-giants too! If it weren't for them, Master might not have needed to intervene."

Jiang Fan felt a pang in his heart. That innocent, romantic girl who sought to live freely had also lost her naivety in the war and now carried hatred. These damnable half-giants!

He tightened his grip on her shoulder and said, "Alright. I'll take you with me! Return to the Heavenly Secret Pavilion and wait for me!"

As his words fell, Jiang Fan, Young Master Xiang, Jiang Yitian, and other participants of the Ancient Wilderness Hunt, including Liu Bianhuang and Yun Wanxiao, whose whereabouts in the Central Plains were unknown, all had columns of light illuminating above their heads.

Jiang Fan released Yue Mingzhu and cupped his hands to the crowd, saying, "Everyone, I'll be back shortly!" He then leaped onto the White Tiger's back.

The next moment, an unparalleled force of attraction swept everyone away, drawing them into the depths of the void.

After a dizzying spin, Jiang Fan landed firmly on his feet. Before he could even see his surroundings clearly, he decisively took out the Primordial Sky-Imprisoning Gourd and shouted, "Whoever comes near dies!"

As his vision cleared, Liu Bianhuang and Yun Wanxiao had already formed a pincer attack, one on his left and one on his right. If Jiang Fan hadn't promptly pulled out the Primordial Sky-Imprisoning Gourd, making them hesitant to act, he might have already fallen victim to their sinister intentions.

Liu Bianhuang's eyes darted around as he said, "Yun Wanxiao, the Ancient Wilderness Hunt is almost over. If you don't act soon, it'll be too late. That holy sword in your spine and your spatial storage device are both on him!"

Yun Wanxiao replied, "Why don't *you* act? Once the Ancient Wilderness Hunt ends, the Battle-Free Stele will be his."

The two of them urged each other to make the first move. As long as Jiang Fan attacked one of them, the other would have an opportunity to strike!

Jiang Fan stood atop the White Tiger, scoffing as he swept his gaze over them. "You have no guts at all! The Northern Heaven Realm and the Ancient Demon Realm chose the wrong people by sending you two!"

He directly aimed the gourd at Yun Wanxiao. Yun Wanxiao's expression drastically changed. He never expected Jiang Fan to choose him as the target. His figure flickered, and he decisively fled.

However, Jiang Fan's gourd simultaneously turned, aiming at Liu Bianhuang, who had been restlessly and secretly excited. Liu Bianhuang's face suddenly froze. Only then did he realize that Jiang Fan's true target was him!

"Wait a moment!" Jiang Fan coldly shouted, "Liu Bianhuang!"

With a whoosh, an orange chain flew out, entangling him once more. This was the second time Liu Bianhuang had been targeted by the Primordial Sky-Imprisoning Gourd, yet he still felt a heart-pounding dread. The feeling of imminent death made him feel as if he were falling off a cliff, his limbs turning cold, unable to muster any desire to resist.

He hurriedly said, "Wait! Don't kill me! I'll return the Memory Silver Sand to you!" He decisively threw out the handful of Memory Silver Sand.

At this moment, the Memory Silver Sand was no longer as it had been; a faint, misty aura now enveloped it. Evidently, it had been re-refined by a Demonic Mirage at the Sage realm, incorporating laws into it. Its effects were incomparable to before!

Jiang Fan's eyes gleamed coldly. "You think a handful of sand can buy your life? How did you manage to invite the Blood Marquis of Chaotic Antiquity to act?" Since they were embarking on a distant expedition to the Heavenly Realm, the more power from the Sage realm, the better! If the Ancient Demon Realm could persuade the Blood Marquis of Chaotic Antiquity to help them seize the Ancient Wilderness Token, why couldn't the Central Plains invite the Blood Marquis of Chaotic Antiquity to fight in the Heavenly Realm?

Liu Bianhuang hesitated.

Jiang Fan coldly snorted, "Are you trying to stall for time, waiting for Yun Wanxiao to attack me? Then you don't need to wait any longer!" He activated the Primordial Sky-Imprisoning Gourd, intending to absorb him.

Liu Bianhuang hastily said, "Wait!" Extremely reluctantly, he took out a palm-sized blood orb from his spatial storage device. At first glance, it resembled a small, blood-colored moon. Jiang Fan was not unfamiliar with this. Back then, the Blood Marquis of Chaotic Antiquity had appeared in the Central Plains by stepping on a blood moon.

Liu Bianhuang said, "Crush this blood moon, and you can converse with the Blood Marquis of Chaotic Antiquity across realms. As long as you can offer the price he desires, he can act on your behalf. It's even possible that if the price you pay is sufficient, all Seven Marquises of Chaotic Antiquity might serve you. If I give you this item, can you swear to let me go?"

Jiang Fan's eyes gleamed. A cross-realm artifact for conversing with the Seven Marquises of Chaotic Antiquity? This was a tremendous opportunity!

After a moment's thought, Jiang Fan said, "Alright, I swear by my domain that if you give it to me, I will let you live!"

Liu Bianhuang felt a slight sense of relief. In front of so many people, Jiang Fan surely wouldn't break his oath, would he? He hesitated, then threw the blood orb over, saying, "Alright, it's yours!"

To his surprise, as the orb was in mid-air, a swath of silver hair enveloped it, simultaneously sweeping away the Memory Silver Sand on the ground. Green Pearl triumphantly held the two items and said, "My apologies, I've confiscated the items." She then winked at Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan understood immediately and said, "Liu Bianhuang, you didn't give me the items, so you can't blame me for breaking my oath."

"What the hell!" Liu Bianhuang's composure shattered on the spot. "You two liars..."

"Absorb!" Jiang Fan decisively made his move, activating the Primordial Sky-Imprisoning Gourd. With a whoosh, Liu Bianhuang transformed into a wisp of smoke and was sucked into the Primordial Sky-Imprisoning Gourd.

"If you dare kill me, my father won't spare you..." As his voice abruptly cut off, the second Five Declines of Heavenly Beings was absorbed into it.

Green Pearl happily ran over, triumphantly handing the blood moon and Memory Silver Sand to Jiang Fan. "Hehe, aren't I clever?"