Chapter 1439: Black Dragon Grandmaster

The Soul of the Deva Venerable, seeing the giant tail sweeping towards it, decisively escaped into the void.

Just as it was about to escape, layers of chains immediately appeared on its body, restraining it.

It was startled and shouted in surprise and anger, "Release me!"

Each chain immediately developed cracks.

Jiang Fan was surprised. Could it not restrain him?

Previously, when he had restrained the half-giant in the Dharma Aspect Realm, it had been easily suppressed.

He immediately understood.

The half-giant's soul was only half human; the other black half was an unknown entity.

The current Deva Venerable, however, possessed a genuine Deva Realm soul!

His nine-aperture Nascent Soul's spirit found it somewhat difficult to restrain the Deva Venerable.

This brief error allowed the giant tail to press closer.

"Let me go quickly!" the Deva Venerable's soul screamed in terror.

Jiang Fan's heart also pounded fiercely.

Was it already too late?

Suddenly, he remembered something, and a verdant eye-shaped phantom immediately appeared on his abdomen.

After scanning the Deva Venerable,

Jiang Fan uttered a low cry, "Soften All Things!"

He had never used the Copying Demonic Eye to replicate the Deva Venerable's domain before.

He had no idea if it would succeed.

But now, he could only try!

As his thoughts moved, a faint ripple spread outwards within a ten-zhang radius centered around him.

Immediately,

The surrounding ground and the Moon Pearl within the affected area were all impacted.

The ground softened, and the Moon Pearl also felt a similar sensation, as if affected by the "Soften All Things" domain.

Although it was more than ten times weaker, it was indeed "Soften All Things"!

The struggling soul of the Deva Venerable was affected even more deeply; its strength weakened, and the crumbling Soul-Imprisoning Chains immediately coiled tightly around it.

"Ah! Let go of me quickly!"

All of this seemed to take a long time, but in reality, it happened in a flash.

Jiang Fan grabbed the soul, simultaneously snatching the spatial storage device from its grasp and gripping it tightly in his other hand.

"Stop!"

"Otherwise, I'll crush them all!"

To be safe, he also used the storage device as a bargaining chip.

If either of the two were missing, the Grand Venerable before them wouldn't achieve his goal.

The giant tail swept past just above them, as if ten thousand bolts of thunder roared overhead, carving out an incredibly grotesque dark rift!

The residual power made one tremble all over.

A trickle of cold sweat ran down Moon Pearl's forehead.

They were almost crushed to death by an attack from the Venerable in the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

Deep in the sky,

a pair of dim yellow eyes flickered in and out of view, squinting and watching Jiang Fan and Moon Pearl.

Although he couldn't see the two, he could keenly sense their presence.

After all, he was in the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, an existence just a step away from becoming a Sage.

Even the Sage's inscription couldn't be fully effective.

"I do not like to be threatened," the Grand Venerable's majestic and indifferent voice rang out from within the dark clouds.

A pair of eyeballs shot out a cold, life-disregarding light.

The giant tail that had swept past them descended from the sky once more, striking towards the two.

However, as if sensing something, he couldn't help but glance at Jiang Fan in surprise.

The giant tail striking towards him also paused for a moment.

But soon, it accelerated and pressed forward again.

Jiang Fan's heart sank, but he immediately reacted.

The other party was betting that he wouldn't dare to crush the spatial storage device!

How could he easily give up the Black Lotus of Salvation, a creation capable of suppressing an entire realm?

It was merely testing Jiang Fan's resolve.

His eyes showed determination, and he decisively exerted force, ready to see who would back down first!

Just as the two were testing each other,

a heavy cold snort, like rolling thunder, echoed in all directions.

"I knew it was you!"

The vast heavenly might contained in the voice momentarily dispersed the sky-obscuring dark aura, revealing the firmament.

Although only for an instant,

Jiang Fan recognized him.

The owner of that giant tail was none other than...

The Black Dragon Grand Venerable!

Wasn't this fellow supposed to be in secluded cultivation in his cave, using the excuse that he was undergoing ancestral reversion and was at a critical point in his cultivation?

How could he be in the interlayer world?

The Black Dragon Grand Venerable's dim yellow gaze hardened; he retracted his giant tail and looked distantly towards the horizon.

A majestic middle-aged man radiating faint golden light teleported into view.

It was the Golden Scale Grand Venerable!

At this moment, his face was filled with rage: "I should have guessed you were after the Black Lotus of Salvation!"

"For the Black Lotus of Salvation, you even went as far as to open the interlayer world a second time!"

He had been puzzled as to why, after successfully sealing the breach with the help of Grand Venerable Star Abyss, it had inexplicably reopened.

So, it was the Black Dragon Grand Venerable working in secret!

Jiang Fan frowned deeply.

The outbreak of hellish creatures ten days ago had caused massive casualties to Spirit Snake Mountain!

On the way here, he had personally seen numerous uncollected demon race corpses; the extent of the upheaval was not hard to imagine.

Those were their own demon kin!

The Black Dragon Grand Venerable, for the sake of the Black Lotus of Salvation, would even unleash a catastrophe?

"So what?" The Black Dragon Grand Venerable crossed his arms over his chest, looking at the Golden Scale Grand Venerable with disdain.

The Golden Scale Grand Venerable clenched his fists.

"You tore open the rift a second time, triggering the outbreak of hellish creatures and causing things to become extremely serious, all to draw out the Grand Libationist to help you block that Sage-level hellish creature, right?"

"That way, you could come and steal the Black Lotus of Salvation!"

"But the ancestors of Spirit Snake Mountain left a dying wish long ago: this Black Lotus of Salvation must absolutely not be taken out of the interlayer world!"

"You actually coveted it!"

Jiang Fan finally understood.

So, Spirit Snake Mountain had known about the existence of the interlayer world for a long time!

And also about the existence of the Black Lotus of Salvation!

It's just that the Black Dragon Grand Venerable was greedy and wanted to take away this forbidden Black Lotus of Salvation.

He only feared the Sage-level hellish creature within it, which was why he orchestrated the second outbreak of hellish creatures.

If Jiang Fan hadn't entangled him for a while, the Black Dragon Grand Venerable would have quietly taken the Black Lotus of Salvation by now and returned to his cave as if nothing had happened.

No one would suspect him, who was supposedly in secluded ancestral reversion cultivation.

The Black Dragon Grand Venerable scoffed, "Ancestors, ancestors, with the Ancient Giants descending this time, our Central Lands are about to perish. Can the ancestors jump out and help us?"

"We can only rely on ourselves!"

"This Black Lotus of Salvation can help us cultivate another Grand Venerable. Why wouldn't we want that?"

The Golden Scale Grand Venerable said in a deep voice, "What about those deceased demon kin?"

The Black Dragon Grand Venerable was unfazed and said indifferently, "Just some low-level demon beasts."

"What's wrong with their deaths, in exchange for a Grand Venerable?"

The Golden Scale Grand Venerable laughed in anger, "Sophistry!"

"You claim it's all for the Central Lands, but you're clearly unwilling to accept my position as the master of Spirit Snake Mountain, and want to cultivate a Grand Venerable to contend with me!"

"If you truly cared for the demon race, you wouldn't have triggered the outbreak of hellish creatures!"

This time, if the Western Sea Crown Prince hadn't intervened, the entire Myriad Demon Continent would have fallen!

He shamelessly claims it was for the Central Lands.

"Hand over the Black Lotus of Salvation!" the Golden Scale Grand Venerable shouted. "This Black Lotus is not to be taken out of the interlayer world!"

The Black Dragon Grand Venerable's eyes showed a fierce light. "What if I don't?"

"I have already entered ancestral reversion state; you are no match for me!"

The Golden Scale Grand Venerable scoffed, "How will you know without trying?"

With a whoosh, the two disappeared from their spot.

Waves of terrifying fluctuations spread from the firmament.

Just then,

The Black Dragon Grand Venerable's telepathic message reached Jiang Fan's ear: "I will hold off the Golden Scale Grand Venerable."

"Go hide outside and wait for my signal."

Jiang Fan finally understood why the Black Dragon Grand Venerable had suddenly stopped when attacking him earlier.

It turned out he had recognized Jiang Fan's identity long ago, thanks to the drop of poison on him.