Chapter 1507: Maximizing the Value of the Painted Heart

Outside.

In the sky, a hundred zhang away from the stone spire, Jiang Fan stumbled out.

Without bothering to steady himself, he immediately activated "Cloud Shadow."

With a crackle, a lightning dragon swiftly appeared, carrying him away into the distance.

However, mid-flight, the lightning dragon suddenly twisted and began to roll.

It then exploded into a sky full of lightning.

Jiang Fan's heart tightened.

The white-robed skeleton was manipulating the "Six Divisions of Heavenly Thunder"!

Immediately, a massive surge of lightning erupted from within the stone spire, quickly forming a sea of lightning above Jiang Fan's head.

It then descended around him, solidifying into a thunder giant.

The previous scene was about to repeat itself.

"You want to capture me again? Dream on!"

Jiang Fan opened his palm, revealing an ice crystal butterfly.

This was a reward from Grand Venerable Ice Heart, given to him for his outstanding performance in the interlayer world.

Its effect was immunity to domain influence three times.

He had already used it once.

This would be the second time he used it.

Just as the thunder giant was about to envelop Jiang Fan, the ice crystal butterfly activated, its wings fluttering.

The almost-formed thunder giant silently dissipated!

Jiang Fan decisively activated the Heavenly Abyss Heart, once again absorbing as much thunder power as possible.

A few breaths later.

A full thirty percent of the thunder power was absorbed!

After accomplishing this, he quickly fled.

If the white-robed skeleton could activate the domain within him once, it could do so again!

And his ice crystal butterfly only had one use left.

He darted away, speeding towards the teleportation hall.

Inside the stone spire, a soft snort was heard: "No wonder you dared to run; you possess a secret treasure that neutralizes domains."

"But, in front of me, how can I let you escape?"

His words carried a hint of contempt.

The stone spire suddenly trembled, and at its peak, a nine-colored vortex appeared.

An incredibly terrifying suction force immediately locked onto Jiang Fan from afar.

He felt as if he was being sucked into a void rift.

Against this irresistible force, all his divine abilities and spells felt insignificant and completely ineffective!

His figure was immediately pulled backward, rapidly moving towards the inside of the stone spire.

Jiang Fan's heart pounded in his throat.

He had still underestimated the methods of this mysterious white-robed skeleton!

If he were captured again, his fate would be obvious.

It would certainly be dire!

He wouldn't be given any more chances to escape.

What could he do?

As anxiety filled his heart, the Ghost Crystal in his embrace unexpectedly left his body on its own.

He fixed his gaze and saw that Huaxin was controlling the Ghost Crystal, attempting to escape!

She didn't want to be pulled into the stone spire with Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan was simultaneously annoyed and amused.

That pesky ghost!

It turned out she had recovered some strength long ago and was already able to control the Ghost Crystal.

He surmised she had been waiting for a crucial moment to spring a surprise on him.

Now, seeing Jiang Fan pushed to his limits, she had no choice but to reveal her ability.

Suddenly, an idea struck him.

A fragmented memory of Huaxin flashed through his mind.

Huaxin, alone, had faced several nine-winged angels.

It seemed Huaxin didn't get along with the Angelic race.

With this thought, his eyes gleamed.

He decisively cast out his Void Fishing Rod, hooked the escaping Huaxin, and then, without a word, gripped her firmly in his palm.

"Ah, Jiang... Jiang Fan, let me go!"

Jiang Fan sneered.

Without another word, he flung her back into the lightning vortex.

Huaxin was terrified, screaming repeatedly, "Ah! Damn Jiang Fan! Are you really using me as a human shield?"

"I'm not done with you..."

With a whoosh.

Huaxin was swept into the stone spire's interior.

Before she could even glance around, a suffocating aura suddenly washed over her.

Before her eyes, the white-robed skeleton eerily appeared.

Its hollow black eyes fixed on Huaxin, and its voice was grim and terrifying:

"Your aura... it seems familiar!"

Huaxin's face twitched, and she trembled with fear, forcing a smile that was worse than a grimace:

"Senior, I... I have no connection with Jiang Fan."

"That vile, insidious, cunning little thief, I have an irreconcilable feud with him!"

"In that regard, we are exactly alike!"

No sooner had she finished speaking,

Jiang Fan's urgent cry echoed from outside.

"Huaxin, my wife, don't do it!"

"How can you risk your life fighting that terrifying creature for me?"

"If you sacrifice yourself like this, how can I live on alone?"

What did Jiang Fan call her?

"Huaxin, my wife"?

And she supposedly ran in to fight to the death for Jiang Fan?

No, Jiang Fan clearly threw her in!

"You have great courage," the white-robed skeleton said grimly, murderous intent surging.

For a moment, Huaxin cursed Jiang Fan eighteen times in her mind, then quickly blurted out:

"Senior, I swear, Jiang Fan and I truly have a deep-seated, irreconcilable blood feud! We are mortal enemies!"

A strange sound suddenly emanated.

A purple talisman on Huaxin's back had ignited.

Immediately, a mysterious power descended.

Huaxin was all too familiar with this talisman.

It was Jiang Fan's potent tool, the Wish Paper!

It turned out that when Jiang Fan threw Huaxin inside, he had secretly affixed the Wish Paper to her back and activated it.

That mysterious power instantly enveloped the white-robed skeleton.

Jiang Fan's wish also became clear.

"Sleep for one breath!"

Given the white-robed skeleton's mysterious power, Jiang Fan didn't dare to hope that a single Wish Paper could inflict even the slightest damage.

But if it could make him fall dormant for even a breath, the lightning vortex would pause due to lack of control.

This would allow Jiang Fan to escape.

However.

The white-robed skeleton remained expressionless, stating indifferently, "How can the petty tricks of Confucianism affect me?"

With a slight wave of his hand, the mysterious power enveloping him immediately dispersed.

It had no effect on him whatsoever!

However, what he didn't expect was this:

On Huaxin's back, after the talisman burned away, a black lotus leaf was revealed!

It was the lotus leaf of the Black Lotus of Salvation.

It had once transformed into a wise realm hell creature in the interlayer world, revealing its true form after being slain.

The Grand Wine Sacrifice had carved a wise inscription on it: "Always Smiling."

In addition, the lotus leaf itself possessed its own inherent laws.

This was a unique lotus leaf with two inscriptions.

As the lotus leaf was revealed, the wise inscription upon it activated!

An invisible wave of rule power radiated outwards!

Both Huaxin and the white-robed skeleton were swept by it.

"Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter!"

"Damn you, Jiang Fan, how many things did you put on me? Hahahaha!"

"Senior, don't glare at me, this was Jiang Fan's scheme!"

"Please believe me... *sob* *sob* *sob*... Hahahaha!"

Even the white-robed skeleton finally showed some signs of being affected.

"Hehehe," he couldn't help but chuckle twice, then instantly recovered!

But what truly enraged him, causing his soul flame to surge, was this:

In that brief moment of being controlled by the law, the lightning vortex paused for a fraction of a second.

Jiang Fan seized the opportunity, used "Cloud Shadow," and escaped, moving beyond the lightning vortex's control range.

He was now beyond the enslavement range of the "Six Divisions of Heavenly Thunder"!

"Damn it!!!"

The white-robed skeleton seethed with rage.

He had actually allowed a mere ant to escape from his grasp?

And he had fallen for two tricks in a row!

The Wish Paper had merely been a feint.

The real ace up the sleeve was that lotus leaf!

However.

Just as he was fuming with rage, a rift appeared behind Huaxin.

A golden fishhook stealthily extended from it, hooking Huaxin.

The white-robed skeleton laughed in anger, "Do you think I'm not here?"

Did he really think he could rescue his 'wife' right in front of him?

He raised a hand, intending to seize Huaxin.

To his surprise,

The fishhook merely feinted, grazing past Huaxin's back.

The lotus leaf affixed to her back was hooked away.

Huaxin was left behind, left to stare wide-eyed at the white-robed skeleton.