Chapter 1087: Great Flood Destroys the Dragon King's Temple

This was Jiang Fan's first time using this ability. He himself didn't know how powerful it was.

A long, resonant bell sound reverberated. The divine arts and precious techniques interwoven above their heads disintegrated one after another, transforming into Nascent Soul power, which then dispersed into spiritual energy. Finally, the spiritual energy turned into vital energy and dissipated into the world.

As for the One-Aperture Nascent Souls attacking him, the Nascent Soul power surging within their bodies all returned to their respective Nascent Souls. Just like the name of the Third Manifestation, "All Things Return to Origin," everything reverted to its original state!

Everyone was startled. What kind of strange secret art was this?

Jian Linyu's pupils contracted. "Everyone retreat, you are no match for him!" Only then did she realize with a shock that the young man before her was actually a Three-Aperture Nascent Soul! So young, yet possessing such cultivation, and he was acquainted with Jian Linyuan. Could it be Jiang Fan, who had previously made a name for himself in the Fire Worship Sect?

"Are you Jiang Fan?" Jian Linyu asked, her brow furrowed.

Jiang Fan nodded, saying, "That's me. Now, please lead the way and let me meet your family head. I will help your family head determine if the Third Elder has betrayed the family. If he has betrayed them, I will no longer interfere in this matter. If he has been wronged, please apologize to my Senior Brother Jian's lineage."

Jian Linyu snorted, "The Jian family's affairs are none of your business! Coincidentally, I heard you defeated a Three-Aperture Nascent Soul when you were only at the Two-Aperture realm. Now that you've reached the Three-Aperture realm, your strength must have greatly improved, right? I'll be the one to test you!"

Jiang Fan frowned slightly. This woman was completely unyielding! He said indifferently, "It's best not to try, lest you get hurt."

Jian Linyu scoffed, "Arrogant!" She drew a curved blade as black as ink, and her eyes instantly turned red, seemingly on the verge of losing control. A fierce killing art surged towards them. Jian Linyuan's expression changed slightly. "Senior Jiang, be careful! She has directly entered a battle-to-the-death state."

Jiang Fan nodded slightly. The Jian family was indeed renowned for their killing arts, weren't they? But this also became a huge hidden danger for their clan.

"Three Forms of the Waning Moon! First Form: Soul-Stirring!" Holding her curved blade, she slashed through the air. The black curved blade in her hand released dazzling black light, which split into dozens of palm-sized black blades, all simultaneously slashing towards Jiang Fan's soul.

"A soul secret art?" Jiang Fan mused. "Doesn't seem like it. It should be a form of killing intent, but it inflicts substantial damage to the soul. This single strike could threaten the soul of a Five-Aperture Nascent Soul." He nodded inwardly.

He immediately took action: "Soul-Stirring Thorn!" A thorn shot out from between his eyebrows, meeting the incoming black blades. Wherever it passed, all the black blades were crushed.

Jian Linyu, in her battle state, showed no fear and attacked again. "Second Form: Spirit-Seizing!" Her curved blade unleashed a thousand-foot-long blade shadow. The soaring killing intent once again condensed into a thousand-foot-long blade shadow. The two blade shadows quickly overlapped, forming a battle blade so solid it seemed real, which then ruthlessly chopped down. This strike was equivalent to launching two attacks simultaneously, and its power also reached the Five-Aperture Nascent Soul level!

Jiang Fan understood. He couldn't help but secretly admire that the Jian family's killing arts were indeed remarkable. Their condensed killing aura could enhance their own attack power, enabling the Four-Aperture Nascent Soul before him to possess the strength to contend with a Five-Aperture Nascent Soul.

Feeling the powerful battle blade, he raised his hand and waved, and a thousand-foot-long lightning sword appeared out of thin air, clashing with the shadowy black blade. Without the augmentation of the Void Flow Thunder Energy, the Six Divisions of Heavenly Thunder had returned to their normal state. However, with the enhancement of his cultivation, its power was not weak.

With a bang, the two dissipated each other. Jian Linyu was about to unleash her third form in a relentless attack, but Jiang Fan said indifferently, "I don't have time to bother with you." He flicked his finger. A lotus of Abyssal Ghostflame shot forth, landing on the black blade in her hand. In an instant, the black blade glowed scorching red, burning her palm with a sizzling sound. In pain, she dropped the black blade but, with her fighting spirit undiminished, prepared to use her movement technique. What met her, however, was a Buddhist cassock that surged forward and enveloped her completely. She struggled frantically within the cassock, but it bound her tighter and tighter. She was quickly bound tightly, resembling a human-shaped zongzi, twisting her body with difficulty on the ground.

Jiang Fan walked forward, hoisted her onto his shoulder, and said to the stunned Jian Linyuan, "What are you waiting for? Let's go find your family head."

Jian Linyuan awoke as if from a dream. "He should be in the main hall for a meeting right now. I'll take you there!" He was both shocked and delighted. What kind of strength did Jian Linyu possess? Once she entered her battle-to-the-death state, even a Five-Aperture Nascent Soul was no match for her. Yet, Jiang Fan had captured her with such ease!

The younger generation of the Jian family was dumbfounded. Wait, Jian Linyu was captured just like that? They were extremely anxious. They wanted to rescue her but dared not step forward, so they could only notify the clan's experts while following behind. In fact, they didn't need to notify anyone. How could such intense battle fluctuations in this area escape their notice?

Soon, a group of powerful cultivators arrived. Jiang Fan threw Jian Linyu from his shoulder to Jian Linyuan. "Hold her tight, she's your shield." With her on him, the Jian family members wouldn't attack Jian Linyuan too heavily.

The first to arrive were two Six-Aperture Nascent Souls and four Five-Aperture Nascent Souls. "Audacious scoundrel! How dare you infiltrate our Jian family and openly abduct one of our members!" they roared. "Attack together, don't hold back! This person managed to capture Jian Linyu alive; his strength must be extremely formidable!"

Jiang Fan took a deep breath. "Three Manifestations: Human, Divine, and Earth!" The Eight-Armed Divine Elephant, Human Emperor Manifestation, and Thick Earth Manifestation appeared simultaneously, all striking towards the four Five-Aperture Nascent Souls. Next, continuous lightning arcs shot from Jiang Fan's eyes, sweeping towards one Six-Aperture Nascent Soul. With his other hand, he formed a seal, activating the Five Magnetic Yuan Mountain to seize the weapons of the others. With the strength of one person, he single-handedly fought six powerful cultivators!

The Jian family experts were no ordinary opponents. They all unleashed formidable power that surpassed their respective realms. Especially the two Six-Aperture Nascent Souls, whose killing intent was terrifyingly strong, directly resisting the lightning. Another even forcibly lifted the Five Magnetic Yuan Mountain.

"Indestructible Blade!" The lightning blade reappeared, sending the four Five-Aperture Nascent Souls flying. Immediately after, a lotus of Abyssal Ghostflame appeared in his palm and was flicked away. The two Six-Aperture Nascent Soul experts were so frightened that they immediately retreated.

Jian Linyuan was utterly astonished. Jiang Fan actually repelled so many contemporary experts of the Jian family with his own power? His current strength was almost approaching that of the Sect Masters of the Three Divine Sects and Seven Great Cults! Jian Linyu, having regained consciousness, stared with wide, beautiful eyes. Was this really a Three-Aperture Nascent Soul?

But soon, the aura of a Seven-Aperture Nascent Soul rapidly swept in. The unusual battle in this area had made even the Jian family head unable to sit still. Joy flashed in Jian Linyu's eyes. "Brat, you're in trouble now! My grandfather has been alarmed! I refuse to believe you'd still be so arrogant in front of my grandfather!"

"Family head?" Jiang Fan rubbed his chin. "Your grandfather is the family head, isn't he? Perfect, saves me the trouble of looking for him." However, when he clearly saw who arrived, Jiang Fan was slightly startled. He looked back at Jian Linyuan with a hint of speechlessness. "Is that your family head? Wasn't this the old man who commanded numerous Eight-Aperture Nascent Souls to hunt down the Nine-Aperture Mad Nascent Soul? If I had known earlier that this was the family head, I wouldn't have bothered with all this sneaking around!"