Chapter 1076: Residual Soul

Biluo said without hesitation, "To boil water, of course."

Jiang Fan was stunned, and Reverend Liudao was also taken aback.

Boil what?

Boil water?

This is a top-grade spiritual artifact. You're using it to boil water?

Biluo affirmed, "That's right."

"Isn't a furnace for boiling water?"

Technically, she wasn't wrong.

But such a use seemed far too mundane.

It was a far cry from a brutal and domineering name like the Heaven-Slaying Furnace!

Biluo tried to recall, then remembered something and said,

"Oh, and my master occasionally used it to stew soup."

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes.

He scornfully kicked the Heaven-Slaying Furnace. "No wonder your master abandoned the Heaven-Slaying Furnace here."

"Turns out it's useless."

Reverend Liudao stroked his chin, lost in thought.

"Why does the name Heaven-Slaying Furnace sound familiar to me?"

"Kid, why don't you give me this Heaven-Slaying Furnace?"

Biluo promptly picked up the furnace, handed it to Jiang Fan, and then subtly glanced at Reverend Liudao.

"This is for my brother Fan; don't even think about it."

Jiang Fan found it hard to refuse such generosity.

He could only put away the Heaven-Slaying Furnace along with the Snow-Listening Sword.

As the Heaven-Slaying Furnace was stored away, the surrounding high temperature quickly dissipated, replaced by a chill that was almost biting.

Jiang Fan looked towards the source of the chill.

Amidst the collapsed ruins, a small, pale corner was exposed.

Pushing aside the debris, he saw it was a pale white star.

"Is this the Giant King's?"

He remembered the pale star on the Giant King's forehead.

"His body melted away completely, but the star remained?"

Jiang Fan's face showed surprise.

Reverend Liudao stroked his beard and said, "This is an origin star condensed by an ancient giant."

"It's equivalent to the Divine Ring of our human race's Soul Transformation Realm."

"From the looks of it, the giant here was an Ice Giant."

Jiang Fan was astonished and pondered, "Are there different types of giants?"

Reverend Liudao nodded. "Of course."

"The beings in our Central Earth Realm are divided into tens of thousands of races, so how could all ancient giants be identical?"

"However, their distinctions only become evident when they reach the Giant King level."

"The most significant difference is the star on their brow."

"As far as I know, there are not only Ice Giants but also Fire Giants, Wind Giants, Poison Giants, and so on."

"In short, they come in all sorts of strange and varied forms, each with their own differences."

Jiang Fan's heart sank.

So, when ancient giants reached the Giant King level,

Besides their immense physical strength, they also possessed various elemental powers?

That would be truly troublesome.

He wondered what kind of Giant King True Word Venerable had encountered.

Glancing at the star on the ground, Jiang Fan stroked his chin.

"I'll put it in the Jiangshan First-Class Pavilion and see if anyone wants it. Maybe I can trade it for a piece of Soul Jade Paper."

Of course.

He wouldn't dare pick up something from the Soul Transformation Realm directly.

He took out the beast horn and launched a soul attack at the star: "Startling Soul Thorn!"

Reverend Liudao didn't find this unusual.

Biluo, however, looked astonished. "Aren't you being a bit too cautious?"

Who knew?

Under the effect of the Startling Soul Thorn,

A wisp of the Giant King's mournful scream emanated from the star!

A drop of golden blood overflowed from the star.

The golden blood enveloped the star, then rapidly developed into blood vessels, meridians, bones, flesh, and skin.

In an instant,

A six-zhang-tall miniature giant miraculously grew out of thin air.

Not to mention Jiang Fan, even the experienced Reverend Liudao was startled.

A single drop of blood formed an ancient giant?

Judging by its height, it appeared to be in an infant state.

But with a star on its brow, didn't that imply that once it grew up, it would naturally become a new Giant King?

However,

It was clutching its head, roaring in agony.

Clearly, Jiang Fan's Startling Soul Thorn had inflicted devastating damage upon it.

"Jiang Fan! Jiang Fan! You've even annihilated my last wisp of soul!"

"Even if I become a ghost, I won't spare you!"

Its features contorted grotesquely as it roared, uttering venomous screams.

It turned out that the moment it couldn't withstand the pillar of fire,

Its soul had left its body and hidden inside the star, attempting to escape disaster.

Fortunately,

Although the pillar of fire severely wounded the soul residing in the star, it had at least left a sliver of residual soul.

Relying on the drop of blood left in the star,

It could regenerate from a single drop of blood!

Even more fortunately, Jiang Fan, oblivious to the danger, had discovered the star.

And even intended to take it back with him!

This presented it with an opportunity for revenge!

But what it never imagined, not even in its wildest dreams, was this:

Jiang Fan had inexplicably delivered a Startling Soul Thorn to the star, pulverizing its residual soul into dust.

This guy was unbelievably cunning!

Jiang Fan was startled.

It was actually that Giant King!

He wasn't completely dead yet?

He immediately gripped the beast horn and launched a soul attack!

"Startling Soul Thorn! Startling Soul Thorn! Startling Soul Thorn..."

He unleashed a barrage of Startling Soul Thorns.

The Giant King's eyes rolled back as it fell stiffly to the ground.

Jiang Fan still didn't stop.

It was only when Jiang Fan's soul was almost exhausted that he finally had to stop, asking, "He must be completely dead this time, right?"

Biluo gave him an odd look. "I've only heard of whipping corpses, never whipping souls."

She even felt a little sorry for the Giant King.

Had it encountered anyone else, it might have escaped today.

But it just had to run into Jiang Fan, this absurdly cautious guy.

Reverend Liudao's mouth twitched. "What decent person could withstand that kind of Startling Soul Thorn attack from you?"

"Even King Yama would be afraid!"

Jiang Fan rubbed his nose.

He retrieved the star from the six-zhang giant's body.

As for the giant formed from the drop of blood, Jiang Fan raised his Purple Sword, instinctively wanting to cut off its head.

On second thought, he collected the corpse instead.

He would first see what power Evil Raven Venerable could unleash by refining ancient giants into Yin corpses.

If the effect was astonishing, he would secretly try to refine ancient giant Yin corpses as well.

"This Soul Transformation Realm ruin is completely destroyed."

Jiang Fan looked at Biluo and her family of three and said,

"If you have nowhere to go, you can come to my Heavenly Secret Pavilion."

"We'll provide free accommodation."

Biluo rolled her eyes at him. "If you want Huangquan and me to guard your Heavenly Secret Pavilion, just say so."

"And free accommodation, indeed!"

"I've figured it out; you're a cunning trickster!"

After witnessing Jiang Fan's various tactics and schemes today,

How could she not realize that Jiang Fan's honest and simple demeanor earlier was just an act?

Nevertheless,

Precisely because of this, they had formed a connection.

And today, he had saved her family.

Therefore, she didn't blame him; in fact, she felt somewhat fortunate.

"Ahem!"

Jiang Fan's old face flushed slightly. "No, no, not at all."

"I'm an honest person."

"Sister Biluo, just tell me if you're coming or not?"

Before Biluo could respond, the little tiger excitedly said, "Mom, I want to go to Uncle's house."

Biluo was startled, then laughed angrily. "Oh, you, Jiang Fan!"

"You've even tricked my son into calling you 'uncle'?"

"In that case, I can't very well refuse!"

Jiang Fan smiled. "So it's settled then."

Suddenly,

He suddenly realized something and said, "By the way, why haven't the cultivation levels of you three been affected?"

"I remember, didn't your cultivation drop below the Nascent Soul stage if you left the Soul Transformation Realm ruin?"

Biluo glanced at Reverend Liudao, then fixed her gaze on Jiang Fan's eyes without speaking.

Evidently, she had something she wanted to tell Jiang Fan privately.