Chapter 1296: Empress

Jiang Fan's heart skipped a beat. Could the purple giantess be dangerous?

He immediately looked over and saw that the purple-skinned giantess was still motionless, her soul seemingly confined. He couldn't help but wonder.

“Good Name: Is there anything special about her?”

Hongxiu replied quickly.

“Years ago, the Giant Emperor, who resided in the central tribe, had a daughter with purple skin. Her mother, a five-star Giant King, instantly aged into an old giantess the moment she gave birth to her.”

“Inside the tent, five Giant Kings who were there to welcome her birth instantly turned into dried bones and died! Her father, the Giant Emperor, dropped a realm. Had he not activated his curse power in time, he would have almost lost his Giant Emperor realm entirely.”

The moon mirror was silent. Everyone stared dumbfounded at the message, an inexplicable panic rising in their hearts.

Was what was born truly a baby? Even an existence like the Giant Emperor was subtly affected!

Cold sweat beaded on Jiang Fan's forehead as he looked at the eight-zhang-tall giantess, secretly swallowing. What great horror had he stumbled upon?

Hongxiu's message appeared in the moon mirror again:

“Now that I think about it, this rumor might not be true. Because, according to the message, everyone present except the child's birth mother died.”

“If that's the case, who spread the news? It couldn't have been the parents themselves, could it? This kind of thing should be a secret among the giant race and shouldn't be leaked.”

Hongxiu looked suspicious. She hadn't taken it seriously before, considering it mere gossip. But now, upon careful consideration, she found many suspicious points.

“Perhaps the rumor is false and unreliable. But why are you suddenly asking about this purple giant? Have you heard of her too?”

“Good Name: I didn't hear about her; I saw her.”

“Ah? You... you really saw this legendary purple giant? She actually exists? Then the legend must be true, right?”

Jiang Fan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, silently backing away from the purple giantess while typing a message:

“Good Name: Besides that, is there anything else special about her?”

Hongxiu thought for a moment before writing:

“Apparently, I heard that she was already a one-star Giant King at birth.”

*Thump thump!*

Jiang Fan's heart pounded, and his pupils contracted sharply! A Gi-Giant King?

If the purple giantess was a Giant King, how could his Soul-Imprisoning Lock possibly seal her soul? Unless...

Thinking of this, he quickly looked at the purple giantess's huge vertical eye!

What made Jiang Fan's mind go blank was this: The vertical eye, which had been motionless moments before, had somehow turned and was now looking down at him with a faint, enigmatic smile.

Seeing that Jiang Fan hadn't replied, Hongxiu asked:

“Are you alright?”

Jiang Fan's fingers trembled slightly as he replied:

“I'm fine, she's just staring at me.”

The moon mirror was utterly silent. They realized Jiang Fan was facing an unprecedented crisis!

Jiang Fan stared intently at the purple giantess. Under his intensely focused gaze, the purple giantess slowly stood up from the corner, a faint smile playing on her lips. She spoke in the human language: “Little human, I was still hoping to play with you a bit longer. But it seems you already know who I am.”

Her enormous vertical eye swiveled, glancing at the moon mirror in Jiang Fan's hand. From Jiang Fan's change in expression, she guessed her identity had been exposed.

Jiang Fan cautiously backed away, saying in a low voice, “Little brat, you're only a few years old and already learning to deceive!”

The purple giantess lowered her head, looking at her eight-zhang-tall body, then at Jiang Fan's small frame, less than a zhang tall. The smile in her eyes deepened: “You're called a 'little human,' and you're still not convinced?”

“Since you've killed so many of my ancient giants, you won't be leaving either.”

She extended her hand and pressed her five fingers. Her palm, like a huge millstone, cast a shadow that enveloped Jiang Fan. It seemed slow, but it instantly covered Jiang Fan's head! He didn't even have a chance to react!

This casual grab demonstrated the terrifying physique a Giant King should possess! A Human cultivator in the Nascent Soul realm had no power to resist before her.

However, just as her fingers were about to close around Jiang Fan, she suddenly pulled her hand back. Her huge vertical eye focused, and in her palm, there was a dark, sticky liquid. It glued her entire palm, making it difficult for her fingers to move.

She paused, then chuckled: “You call me a liar, but how much better are you? You pretended to be weak to make me attack, secretly preparing this formidable viscous liquid.”

As Jiang Fan retreated, he had secretly activated the Ethereal Demonic Liquid, protecting himself with it when the opponent's palm came down. He had now successfully forced her back.

Jiang Fan decisively activated his spatial essence. With a thought, he teleported outside the main hall. He then took out the bronze grasshopper and resolutely activated it.

The purple giantess calmly followed him out, watching Jiang Fan, who was holding the enlarged bronze grasshopper and bouncing into the air. She simply chuckled: “Heh heh, you have so many ways to save your life. The Central Plains humans aren't as weak as described in books, are they? A Nascent Soul realm cultivator can even escape from a Giant King.”

Jiang Fan bounced away with the grasshopper. The powerful force of tearing through space almost threw him off, but it also put his mind at ease. This indicated that he was rapidly moving away from the purple giantess, as if teleporting.

As long as he widened the distance, he would have a chance to use the Purple Heaven Venerable's wishing paper to wish for an eighty-thousand-mile teleportation. At such a distance, let alone the purple giantess, even a five-star Giant King would find it difficult to catch up to him quickly.

But at this moment, the tearing sensation of space gradually weakened, and the grasshopper was rapidly coming to a halt!

“What's happening?” Jiang Fan was startled! What surprised him even more was that after stopping, the grasshopper not only went in reverse but also brought him back to his original position!

Back in front of the purple giantess! This... what was going on?

He turned his head and saw the purple giantess with her arms crossed, watching him with a faint, enigmatic smile. On her forehead was a pale blue star with what looked like waves on it. From a distance, it resembled an eye seeing a corner of a vast ocean.

Had the purple giantess used her essence? But what kind of essence was this? It could actually make the grasshopper revert from its activated state back to its original condition? Was it some kind of unusual essence that could control others' magical artifacts?

And at the moment he returned, the purple giantess seemed to have anticipated everything. With an almost imperceptible blur, one of her feet kicked out fiercely. Jiang Fan had nowhere to dodge! It was extremely dangerous!

But how could Jiang Fan sit idly by and wait for death? He had already prepared himself when the grasshopper started reversing! Since he couldn't escape, then... he would go for a desperate struggle!

With a sudden flick of his sleeve, an activated black stone sculpture flew out! It was a powerful offensive artifact, containing a Venerable's strike, given to him by the Demonic Dao Venerable from the Great Desolate State!

The small stone sculpture shattered on the spot. It burst forth with thick black mist, forming a giant black skeleton that bit down on the purple giantess's kicking foot.

*Sizzle! Sizzle!*

The astonishing corrosive power within the mist corroded the purple giantess's foot, tearing her flesh and revealing bone!

The purple giantess cried out in pain and stomped her foot forcefully. The misty skeleton was instantly dispersed! A flicker of pain appeared on her face, and the essence star on her forehead rotated once more.

A miraculous scene unfolded! The deeply corroded wound, where bone was visible, instantly healed as if new, leaving not even a trace of a scar.

Jiang Fan's mind went slightly blank. What kind of essence was this?