Chapter 1494: I Wear It!

The Unsolvable Substitute Marriage: Jiang Fan and Xu Yining

As expected!

As the Divine Wood struck, Grand Elder Bingxin's perpetually calm expression finally changed. First, her eyelids twitched slightly, then her lips trembled. Finally, she couldn't help but reveal a look of pain. The pain that could distress a Grand Elder in the Five Heavenly Declines was immense.

A cold glint flashed in Jiang Fan's eyes. Striking while the iron was hot, he turned and swung the staff for a second blow.

However, the one standing before him was, after all, a Grand Elder in the Five Heavenly Declines! Despite the pain, her reaction was extremely fast, and she decisively teleported away. A muffled thud echoed from a distance. She had solidly collided with the stone wall of the underground passage, making the entire dungeon hum.

She hugged her body with both arms, trembling all over in pain. Her eyes, fixed on Jiang Fan, were filled with rage. “You are so despicable…” she accused.

Jiang Fan scoffed, “Is it honorable for a Soul Transformation Venerable to attack someone at the Nascent Soul stage like me?”

Grand Elder Bingxin had no retort. The divine halo behind her head vibrated as she said, “Alright, take my domain! If you can withstand it, consider yourself to have passed the test!”

The next moment, a powerful fluctuation began to brew, ready to be unleashed. Just as it was about to be released, Jiang Fan's eyes sharpened as he commanded, “Attack!”

Grand Elder Bingxin immediately sensed trouble. Her powerful perception swept over, and she immediately discovered an inconspicuous sprouted seed had appeared on her shoulder at some point.

In an instant, the bud of the sprouted seed expanded a hundredfold, then suddenly split open, transforming into a man-eating flower! Then, with lightning speed, it bit off half of her body.

With a crunch, the ice crystal clone of the Soul Transformation Venerable was snapped into two halves on the spot. As the seed tilted its head back, it swallowed the upper half of the body, chewing heartily. From the remaining lower half of the body, Grand Elder Bingxin's faint sounds of surprise could be heard.

“Is this an exotic species from beyond the heavens? Where did you get it?”

Jiang Fan was secretly astonished. *She's not dead yet?* What is it with this woman? Why is her life force so tenacious? He immediately leaped forward and once again struck the lower half of her body with the Divine Wood. He was determined to shatter her soul!

Grand Elder Bingxin said, “Stop, you've passed the test.” Although she was still somewhat unsatisfied with Jiang Fan's strength, she was a woman of her word. Since this person could defeat her, who was in the first of the Heavenly Declines, she would no longer make things difficult for him. Let him wield the Ancient Order Token.

However, Jiang Fan showed no intention of stopping. He scoffed, “Too late!” She suddenly wanted to test him without explanation, and now she wanted to end it by saying there was no test? Was it that easy?

Seeing Jiang Fan still intending to strike, Grand Elder Bingxin was so angered she laughed. She said, “You're throwing a tantrum now! My task is complete, so I won't accompany you any longer. Farewell!” With a flash, she directly teleported away and vanished. When she reappeared, she was already a thousand zhang away.

Jiang Fan's staff struck empty air. He was secretly annoyed. The teleportation ability of a Soul Transformation Venerable was truly troublesome! But as his eyes darted around, he immediately flipped his palm, revealing two rings, one large and one small. They were none other than the Soul Connection Rings.

“Go!” The smaller ring transformed into a purple streak, instantly catching up to Grand Elder Bingxin's half-body. It slipped onto her ankle.

Grand Elder Bingxin looked down and couldn't help but be stunned. “Soul Connection Rings? Aren't these… aren't these Jiang Fan's magic treasures?” Suddenly, she sharply turned around, her soul gaze fixed on the invisible person, and exclaimed in surprise: “You… you are Jiang Fan?”

She simply couldn't believe it. Jiang Fan had clearly fallen into the void and should have perished long ago. Yet he was alive and well, appearing before her!

Jiang Fan was slightly taken aback. “You know me?” He was in an invisible state, and to conceal his identity, his voice had also been altered. The methods he had just used were also unknown to others. How could he have been recognized?

Never mind. He would deal with this person first. With a thought, the two Soul Connection Rings resonated with each other. The two people, a thousand zhang apart, were instantly teleported together. Jiang Fan had already prepared the Divine Wood and swung it down at her body.

Grand Elder Bingxin hastily said, “Stop, I am…” Mid-sentence, she was too embarrassed to continue. For one thing, she herself had once refused Jiang Fan's invitation to come to Taicang Great State. Secondly, she had actually been severely beaten by Jiang Fan. How could she possibly reveal her identity? She immediately abandoned the half-crystal clone, her soul instantly left her body, and burrowed into the void as if fleeing, fearing Jiang Fan would recognize her!

“Soul Lock!” Jiang Fan decisively activated his soul secret art. However, to Jiang Fan's surprise, it had no effect. The soul directly broke free and then vanished without a trace. Jiang Fan was secretly annoyed. “She got away?”

Suddenly. He noticed that the ring on the lower half of the ice crystal corpse was gone. His heart immediately brightened! He decisively reactivated the Soul Connection Rings. The next moment, he was teleported a thousand zhang away. In his hand, a slightly damaged black coffin was already suspended.

It was precisely that black profound ice, filled with strange power, which could seal both human bodies and souls. No matter how strong the soul before him was, it should be affected somewhat. Without hesitation, he hurled the black coffin before him fiercely into the void in front of him.

The space vibrated, and Grand Elder Bingxin's soul fell out of it. Her face showed surprise. *What was this thing now?* Before she could react, the black coffin immediately pinned her down. She instantly felt a strange power invade her body, affecting her consciousness. Moreover, it was trying to drag her into the black coffin. Fortunately, her strength was formidable enough; after a brief moment of disorientation, she regained consciousness and hurriedly burrowed into the void. She certainly didn't want to be caught by Jiang Fan!

However, Jiang Fan, being someone so adept at seizing opportunities, would not let her moment of disorientation pass. A strike from the Divine Wood landed, making her groan wretchedly on the spot. Even so, Grand Elder Bingxin's soul was still exceptionally robust, and it vanished into the void.

She was both angry and ashamed! That detestable Jiang Fan! So, he enjoys beating a dog while it's down, does he? She raised a hand and forcibly removed the Soul Connection Ring from her body. Looking at the bracelet that had been on her body for the second time, she grew even angrier!

“Fine! You like me wearing this, don't you?” she fumed. “Then I'll wear it! Don't you dare regret it!”

She teleported back to the outside world and, somewhat disheveled, appeared beside her main body. Heavenly Listener Bodhisattva clasped his hands together, his eyes closed, not uttering a single word. But the subtle twitch of his lips betrayed his inner thoughts.

Grand Elder Bingxin's face flushed. The scene in the dungeon surely had not escaped Heavenly Listener Bodhisattva's ears. She bit her lip slightly and said, “Forget everything you heard!” With that said, her soul returned to her main body.

Grand Elder Bingxin, in the Five Heavenly Declines, was back! She abruptly opened her eyes, a trace of anger visible, and stared intently at the dungeon's exit. However, she didn't forget to change her identity. A faint layer of icy mist surged around her, enveloping her form.

Just as she had managed to conceal her form, Jiang Fan, using the Soul Connection Rings, teleported in front of Grand Elder Bingxin. Subconsciously, he controlled the profound ice and hurled it forward.

However, he quickly realized something was wrong. The person within this icy mist, why did their aura seem a little too strong?