Chapter 1229: Half-Giant Reappears

He wondered, where did the Giant King come from?

It was Jiang Fan.

Feeling the pain in his front teeth, Feng Yuanzong angrily asked: "Why did you let the Giant King in? If it causes casualties, can you bear the consequences?"

Jiang Fan calmly replied: "I am carrying out the orders of Sage Tianmu to prevent further traitors from emerging within the Great Yin Sect. Are you questioning Sage Tianmu?"

Feng Yuanzong's aggressive stance softened, and he snorted: "Don't use the Sage to intimidate me. The Sage didn't tell you to act recklessly! Do you think this will prevent traitors from emerging? It's simply playing games!"

Several elders with eight-aperture Nascent Souls also looked displeased. "Jiang Fan, you'd better explain what you're doing! It's too much to use the Giant King to scare the members of our Great Yin Sect!"

Already dissatisfied with Jiang Fan, they were even more enraged after being startled by the Giant King.

Jiang Fan smiled but said nothing. He gave a slight shake of his right shoulder, and a small pagoda vibrated, projecting images of the Great Yin Sect's powerful figures attacking the Giant King. Because the view was from above, everything was clearly visible. It was obvious who attacked most fiercely and caused the most damage.

"Everyone, I am very pleased to see your bravery in confronting the Giant King," Jiang Fan said. He put away the small pagoda, gazing at the frowning and puzzled crowd with a playful expression: "I plan to project this footage onto the Celestial Realm. Firstly, to show the Ancient Giants the courageous spirit of our Great Yin Sect members in resisting them. Secondly, to let them clearly see the tragic death of the Giant King, dealing a severe blow to their morale."

He paused. The smile on Jiang Fan's face deepened. "Of course, once the Ancient Giants descend, they will certainly pay special attention to the members of our Great Yin Sect."

Upon hearing the last sentence, every single Nascent Soul powerful figure present from the Great Yin Sect turned ghastly pale!

In that case, whoever attacked most vigorously just now would be most deeply remembered by the Ancient Giants. When the Ancient Giants descended, who would they go straight for?

Thinking of this, Feng Yuanzong shivered. He had been too excited earlier and had struck mercilessly. Though his strength was not comparable to the elders with eight-aperture Nascent Souls, when it came to putting in effort, if he claimed second, no one would dare claim first. Realizing this, he angrily exclaimed, "Jiang Fan! You've tricked us!"

The Nascent Soul powerful figures of the Great Yin Sect were also shocked and furious. Others, as new officials, would typically initiate three policies. But Jiang Fan? He had simply dug a massive pit and buried the entire Great Yin Sect in it!

They couldn't imagine the scene once their promotional projection spread throughout the Celestial Realm: Ancient Giants, each wielding a spiked club, howling as they charged towards the Great Yin Sect. Would the Great Yin Sect have any chance of survival? Even Venerable Evil Raven would probably have to flee with his pants in hand! Jiang Fan was truly a scoundrel!

Fortunately, Jiang Fan then changed his tone. "Of course, if you're unwilling to be in the spotlight, I can also consider not projecting it to the Celestial Realm."

Everyone felt as if they had received a great pardon. The elders with eight-aperture Nascent Souls immediately softened their stance, saying: "Sect Master, that would be for the best! We don't care about the spotlight or anything like that; we just want to quietly resist the Ancient Giants." "Yes, Sect Master, please don't project this footage to the Celestial Realm."

At this moment, no one dared to glare or show coldness towards Jiang Fan. If they displeased him, they could just wait to be put on the Ancient Giants' priority kill list!

Seeing their reaction, Jiang Fan feigned contemplation and said: "Alright, since you all wish to do good deeds without seeking recognition, I will temporarily refrain from making you famous. The condition is that none of you intend to surrender to the Ancient Giants. If anyone does, I will give the projection to the Ancient Giants."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions changed. With this projection in existence, who would dare to surrender to the Ancient Giants? The moment they surrendered, the footage would fall into the hands of the Ancient Giants. After seeing it, wouldn't the Ancient Giants tear them to pieces? Surrendering to the Ancient Giants would be like a lamb entering a tiger's den.

"Sect Master, rest assured! If anyone dares to surrender, I'll be the first to kill him!" "Exactly! If anyone harbors such thoughts, we will all rise up and attack them!"

With this, the Great Yin Sect completely eliminated the possibility of any Nascent Soul stage powerful figures surrendering. Even if the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion surrendered, no one in the Great Yin Sect would dare to follow suit. Sage Tianmu's assigned task was considered complete. The only cost was that the Giant King of Fog had been beaten to a pulp. However, Jiang Fan intended to refine it into a Yin Corpse, which required killing it anyway. So, it wasn't much of a loss.

Feng Yuanzong gritted his teeth and glared at Jiang Fan with obvious displeasure, saying: "If you have nothing else, we'll be leaving now!" Many other Nascent Soul powerful figures also wore expressions of suppressed anger.

Jiang Fan didn't care. He only needed to complete the task of preventing traitors; he had no intention of staying in the Great Yin Sect or becoming its Sect Master.

"Go..."

Just as he was about to dismiss them, the sky above the Great Yin Sect suddenly darkened. A patch of purple clouds, which had appeared above the Great Yin Sect at some unknown time, hung motionless. Within the clouds, faint but violent, inhuman auras emanated. The powerful figures with eight-aperture Nascent Souls all looked up at the clouds, their faces filled with shock. The other auras were one thing, but one particular aura made their hearts pound.

Jiang Fan's eyes narrowed slightly. This purple aura felt somewhat familiar!

The purple clouds suddenly began to contract. After a few breaths, they condensed into a single mass, revealing the newcomers. They were a group of abnormally muscular, strangely tall figures, two to three zhang in height! Their physical characteristics were human, but their height was like a wall. Jiang Fan was not unfamiliar with such people. He had once seen one when he was in the Nine Sects of the Continent. That was Xue Wanzhong of the Giant Sect. A Half-Giant!

Qin Wangchuan had once said that during the ancient war a thousand years ago, a group of cowardly beings, to avoid becoming food for the Ancient Giants, consumed the blood of the Ancient Giants and became Half-Giants, possessing a trace of Ancient Giant bloodline! After the war, under the protection of a certain "benevolent" Sage, this group of Half-Giants was not held accountable.

After so long, Jiang Fan had almost forgotten that there was still such a group of historical remnants from a thousand years ago in the Central Plains. Unexpectedly, an entire group of Half-Giants had suddenly appeared before him now. Moreover, they seemed to be hostile. Because Jiang Fan's pupils contracted as he noticed something: Behind one of the Half-Giants lay a body frozen solid with frost. It was Xue Wanzhong!

If he remembered correctly, Xue Wanzhong had been killed instantly by a single slap that crushed his head into his chest. His body was later dragged away by Jin Zhongming, who intended to sell it to Deputy Pavilion Master Gu. Jiang Fan had then pursued and killed Jin Zhongming. Xue Wanzhong's body had been left in that icy, snowy place, unattended. Yet, this group of Half-Giants had actually found Xue Wanzhong's remains and collected them.

And furthermore! Had this group of Half-Giants come from the Continent? It was impossible for there to be so many Half-Giants on the Continent. The only explanation was that somewhere on the Continent, there was a state-level teleportation array! This thought made Jiang Fan's eyes narrow. Could there be some mysterious place on the Continent that he hadn't explored yet?