Chapter 2277 - 2324: Though the World Is Vast

Chapter 2277: Chapter 2324: Though the World Is Vast

Jiang Fan’s face turned cold. "That wasn’t unexpected at all!"

The Tongyuan Realm Master was an extremely selfish individual. For his own benefit, he would even disregard the safety of the Hell Realm. Teaming up with him meant preparing for the worst.

CLANG—

The soul steel needle, transformed from the Tongyuan Realm Master, vibrated violently and forcefully broke free from the Hell Soul Bell, morphing back into his original form. Staring gloomily at Jiang Fan, he transformed into a steel needle once more and pierced toward him.

"I’d like to see just how much Soul Power you have left to drive the Hell Soul Bell!"

But just as he was about to strike, an incredibly terrifying aura locked onto both him and Jiang Fan at the same time. The Tongyuan Realm Master turned his head, only to see the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis raising his Blood-colored Long Spear.

"Die together!"

The Tongyuan Realm Master narrowed his eyes. The might of this Blood Spear was enough to severely injure his soul!

"Hmph! A former Defector General actually dares to attack this Saint!" He clenched his fingers, and the talisman in his hand burst apart. A halo of light exuding an ancient rhythm condensed into a giant hand.

SWISH—

The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis swung his arm, and the Blood-colored Long Spear broke through time and space. However, as it passed through the giant hand, the Blood Spear was easily blocked by the halo!

Jiang Fan was secretly surprised. To be able to block the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis’s ultimate strike so effortlessly, this talisman didn’t seem like a product of the Hell Realm. It was probably another treasure fished out of the Sumeru Divine Prison, wasn’t it?

Seeing the two in a standoff, Jiang Fan’s eyes flashed as he pulled with both hands. The Holy Decree was suddenly unfurled. A majestic and mysterious coercive pressure poured out from the scroll like a galaxy crashing down to the earth.

The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis and the Tongyuan Realm Master simultaneously looked over. Both of their expressions changed.

"It actually bears the seal of the Imperial Jade Seal?" the Tongyuan Realm Master asked in astonishment.

"Although the coercion is very weak, it is indeed the genuine Imperial Jade Seal," the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis said indifferently.

"Since you know, why aren’t you hurrying to receive the decree?" Jiang Fan snorted.

He tossed it with his palm, and the Holy Decree soared into the sky, transforming into a giant curtain that blotted out the sun. Only four short, massive words were written on it:

"Bestow You With Death!"

As the decree was issued, a radiant heavenly might descended upon the world. The Dao rhythm of death shrouded the two men and the warhorse like an invisible shadow. Sensing a massive threat, the White Bone Warhorse neighed and reared up on its hind legs.

CRACK!

Its pristine white bones emitted snapping sounds as cracks spread outward from within. The Tongyuan Realm Master’s solid soul body was actually rotting and turning black. Panic appeared on his face. He dodged and fled into the distance, but the rotting on his body didn’t lessen in the slightest. In the blink of an eye, his soul body became transparent and thin.

A hint of unease also flickered in the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis’s cold eyes. The newly condensed Dao body beneath his armor emitted bursts of black smoke, looking as if it were about to fester.

No one had expected that the Holy Decree in Jiang Fan’s hands was actually one that bestowed death!

"How could the Monarch leave such a Holy Decree in the mortal world?" The Tongyuan Realm Master was both shocked and furious. "With this Holy Decree, who could possibly survive?"

He was filled with despair. As a former Saint Realm expert, he had a much deeper understanding of the Daqian Divine Kingdom’s Holy Decrees. If the sovereign wanted a subject to die, the subject had no choice but to die. Even the Saint Realm was no exception! This Holy Decree was demanding his very life!

The unease that initially flashed in the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis’s eyes soon settled into calmness. He stared at the seal on the Holy Decree and narrowed his eyes.

"This is not the true seal!"

With that, he raised his long spear and hurled it viciously.

SWISH—

The Blood Spear transformed into a long rainbow and pierced right through the seal. The coercive pressure of death that had shrouded them dissipated abruptly.

The Tongyuan Realm Master froze for a moment before abruptly snapping back to his senses. "The power of this Holy Decree... is not quite right."

How could a true Holy Decree ever give them a chance to resist? It would have killed them the very first instant. Moreover, there was another glaring issue. If this Holy Decree truly had the power to kill the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis, Jiang Fan would have used it long ago. Why would he leave it until the end?

"An empty bluff?" The Tongyuan Realm Master came to a realization.

Feeling the weakness in his soul, his expression turned incredibly gloomy as he shouted in a low voice, "Jiang Fan!"

His gaze, sharp as a blade, shot over viciously. But where was there any sign of Jiang Fan?

The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis grasped at the air, and the Blood Spear returned to his palm. He turned his head to glance at the black smoke gradually dispersing from his shoulder and said indifferently, "He has exhausted his tricks. Now, it is time to kill him!"

A jade compass floated in front of him. The speck of light formed from Jiang Fan’s Essence Blood was right ahead, moving at an incredibly fast speed.

"A dying struggle!"

He squeezed his legs, and the White Bone Warhorse neighed, stepping on the blood moon and using Instantaneous Movement to chase after him.

The Tongyuan Realm Master’s eyes flickered, and he followed suit. "I’d like to see exactly how Jiang Fan dies!"

***

In the distance.

Jiang Fan stood atop a speeding paper crane. Sitting cross-legged on either side of him was a Sage with a slightly pale face, having overdrawn their Power of Laws. These were none other than the two Sages from among the previous captives.

"Benefactor, where are you heading?" one of the Sages asked with a frown.

Jiang Fan looked up at the sky and sighed deeply. "Trapped in the cage of fate, what difference does it make where I go?"

There was an indescribable bleakness in his eyes. He had used all his hidden aces, but in the end, he still fell short at the final hurdle. Fire Bees, Holy Fire, lethal poison, the Hammer of Thunder God, the Execution Pen, the Tai Chu Prison Sky Gourd, the Holy Decree... Any one of these, singled out, was an existence capable of killing someone in the Three Calamities Realm. Yet, ultimately, none of them could do anything to the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis.

A sense of frustration washed over him. Now, he was forced to rely entirely on the laws of two Sages to barely power the paper crane to flee for his life. Their Power of Laws could last for an hour at most. By then, he would have to face the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis completely empty-handed.

Fate, in the end, was not on his side. Now, where could he even run to? Although the world was vast, there was no place for him to hide.

Jiang Fan looked at the two Sages and said, "Thank you both for your Power of Laws. Please leave quickly. It is enough for me to die alone; I do not want to drag you down with me."

The two Sages exchanged a glance and let out helpless sighs. With their strength, staying behind would only mean accompanying Jiang Fan in death.

"Benefactor, if you survive, we will definitely return to repay your kindness!" The two bowed deeply to Jiang Fan, then leaped into the Void.

Jiang Fan stood with his hands behind his back, gazing in the direction the paper crane was flying.

"I wonder where the Ancient Saint of Cloud Desolation wanted the paper crane to take me," he thought. "What a pity. I won’t have the chance to find out."

A faint blood-red hue gradually appeared in the Void behind him. The Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis had caught up. He only had an hour left to live.

Jiang Fan closed his eyes and remained silent, a bitter smile curling the corners of his lips.

"Oh? Giving up?"

Suddenly, a woman’s voice drifted into his ears.

Jiang Fan abruptly opened his eyes to see a beautiful woman in a pink palace dress flying toward him from a diagonal angle. Her pink robes fluttered in the wind. Although she forced herself to look composed, her face still bore the weakness of having overdrawn her body to travel so quickly.

Jiang Fan’s eyes widened in surprise. "Senior Du?"

The woman in front of him was none other than Nanqian’s Three Calamities Realm expert, Du Xiyuan!

She had actually come!