Chapter 1106: Blackened Reputation

Black Bone Venerable immediately fled! How could he refuse such a heaven-sent opportunity? Of course, within 4,900 zhang, he still had to follow the rules and not escape into the void. This was to prevent Jiang Fan from using his mysterious Soul-Capturing Lock to freeze him in place. As long as he escaped beyond 4,900 zhang, he would have a chance to survive!

Jiang Fan smiled slightly. Then, he suddenly slammed his palm onto a nearby courtyard, causing it to collapse with a loud commotion. Half the market district could hear it. Afterward, he shouted loudly, "Brother Wang, over here!" As he spoke, he released the evil corpse, tossing it on the ground to make it look like it was lying there. This created the impression that Black Bone Venerable had fled in haste, without time to retrieve his evil corpse. Then, he shot into the sky, chasing Black Bone Venerable's soul.

In fact, even before Jiang Fan called out, upon hearing battle fluctuations from the area, he rushed over. He just managed to see Jiang Fan chasing a soul. As a disciple of the Great Yin Sect, how could he not recognize the appearance of that soul?

"It really *is* Black Bone Venerable!" Wang Chongxiao exclaimed. "Oh no, this kid's methods are astounding; he shattered Black Bone Venerable's dao body so quickly."

He was about to rush forward to contend for Black Bone Venerable's soul and seize the top-grade spiritual artifact, the Buddhist beads. Suddenly, he noticed the enormous evil corpse. His eyes immediately lit up: "Is that the six-zhang ancient giant evil corpse Jiang Fan mentioned?"

"The Buddhist beads were stolen by this evil corpse!"

"I need to quickly search it to see if the beads are on the evil corpse."

With eagerness in his eyes, he flew to the evil corpse. Just as he was about to search, he noticed several storage artifacts on the evil corpse. It would take more than a moment to search them all. Moreover, Jiang Fan was about to catch up to Black Bone Venerable's soul. He secretly frowned: "No time for a slow search."

"I'll replicate its power. If there's any Buddhist power, I'll know if the beads are on it." He recalled Jiang Fan saying that having the Buddhist beads on one's person would imbue their body with Buddhist power. So, without hesitation, he activated the mysterious eye within his belly. He swept it lightly over the ancient giant's body.

Immediately, he raised his palm. Two streams of power, one white and one red, surged forth.

"No Buddhist power?"

"Wait!" Wang Chongxiao looked at the two streams of power in his palm, slightly stunned: "What kind of strange power is this? Why does it look like fire and lightning?" It was his first time seeing such power. It resembled fire, yet it was a type of human power. Truly bizarre.

Just then, a voice as cold as the Nine Netherworld echoed from above his head.

"Because,"

"it's called, Void Stream Force!"

"You scoundrel, I've finally found you!"

Wang Chongxiao looked up. Sinister Karma Venerable had a halo above his head, and monstrous killing intent erupted from his eyes. A terrifying aura, like a tsunami, enveloped the surroundings, causing him to feel suffocated!

Wang Chongxiao froze: "Void Stream Force?"

"Wait!"

"Void Stream Thunder Force?" His mind exploded with a sudden jolt! Was this the Void Stream Thunder Force that had caused such a stir throughout Tai Cang Great State? The forbidden power cultivated by the person Sinister Karma Venerable was relentlessly pursuing across all of Tai Cang? How could it be inside an evil corpse? And how did he manage to replicate it? And for Sinister Karma Venerable to coincidentally witness it?

Feeling Sinister Karma Venerable's terrifying killing intent, he hastily said: "Venerable, listen to me explain! This Void Stream Thunder Force belongs to that evil corpse!" He turned his head and pointed to the evil corpse behind him.

However, the spot was empty; where was the six-zhang ancient giant evil corpse?

"Huh?"

"Where's the evil corpse? Where did it go?" Wang Chongxiao's eyes widened, and he cried out in surprise repeatedly. He was immediately at a loss for words.

Sinister Karma Venerable sneered, "Your name is Wang Chongxiao, isn't it? You once received a compass from me; I remember you!" He suddenly remembered. Because Wang Chongxiao cultivated the Evil Corpse lineage, which was inherently countered by lightning arts, it was impossible for him to cultivate lightning-based techniques. Therefore, all disciples of the Great Yin Sect, including Wang Chongxiao, he had not checked. And this perfectly fit the description of "far away, yet right before your eyes."

"You clever scoundrel!"

"The culprit who made me search all over Tai Cang Great State and nearly led me to wrongly kill my own disciple, it was actually you!"

Wang Chongxiao's scalp tingled with dread. He hastily shook off the Void Stream Thunder Force and Fire Force from his hands and opened his mouth to say: "It's not me! It's really not me! I merely used..."

As he was speaking, his neck suddenly tightened. He turned his head to look. A spatial crack appeared behind him, and a fishing line with a golden hook snared him. Before he could understand what was happening, with a whoosh, he was dragged into the spatial crack.

"Wait, let me explain first..."

But the other end of the fishing line pulled forcefully. He was instantly pulled away, given no chance to explain. Sinister Karma Venerable was also caught off guard; by the time he flashed over, the void crack had already closed. He was so enraged he let out an angry laugh: "You vile little bastard! Trying to argue and flee at the same time? Tricking this old man again and again? I will grind you to dust!" He roared as he shot into the sky, his ancient eyes scanning the surroundings for any suspicious movements.

Inside an abandoned deep well, Wang Chongxiao screamed as he was dragged out of the void. Before he could clearly see who had dragged him, a cassock wrapped around him. The familiar experience immediately made him realize who it was. He roared:

"Ah!"

"It's you again!"

The sensation of a heavy mace blow arrived as expected. Wang Chongxiao's head buzzed from the impact, but it also made him suddenly realize.

"You're Jiang Fan?"

Everything about this incident had seemed perfectly logical. But looking back, many details were extremely suspicious! First, why did Jiang Fan trust him so much? Jiang Fan clearly had extensive connections and could have found more people to help him deal with Black Bone Venerable. Yet, he chose to collaborate with someone who had once harmed him. Second, Jiang Fan repeatedly dangled the bait of a top-grade spiritual artifact. But any cautious person would never casually reveal a top-grade spiritual artifact to an outsider. Third, the reason he searched the evil corpse was precisely because Jiang Fan had repeatedly reminded him to simply deal with the evil corpse and hinted that the top-grade spiritual artifact might be on it.

Finally, he originally only needed to search the evil corpse. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, the evil corpse had numerous spatial storage artifacts on it. Furthermore, Jiang Fan's frantic pursuit of Black Bone Venerable's residual soul spurred him on, leaving him no time for a slow search and forcing him to use his replication power. And then, he replicated the Void Stream Thunder Force and Fire Force. Meanwhile, the previous massive commotion was enough to attract Sinister Karma Venerable. Coincidentally, Sinister Karma Venerable would arrive around the same time and witness him unleashing the Void Stream Thunder Force.

What made him want to spit blood the most was that he could have explained himself clearly. But he was dragged away through space, leaving him no chance to explain, causing Sinister Karma Venerable to mistakenly believe he had fled. He had completely taken the blame for the Void Stream Thunder Force!

Everything was a meticulously woven trap designed for him. And the mastermind behind it all, was Jiang Fan, who had called him "Brother Wang" at every turn!!!