Chapter 1584: Mission Impossible

A feeling of utter insignificance, as if facing divine wrath, welled up in his heart. The world felt vast, yet there was nowhere to hide.

Jiang Fan's body trembled uncontrollably.

It was a primal fear stemming from his body's instincts.

Yet, there was not a trace of fear in his eyes; he didn't even glance at the Giant Emperor.

He simply stared fixedly at the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower.

In his eyes, the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower was a hundred times more hateful than the Giant Emperor!

He clutched the nine-colored crystal tightly and said coldly, "Come with me to hell!"

The nine-colored crystal might not kill the Giant Emperor, but it was certainly enough to kill the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower!

Before the fight, the Spear Giant Emperor had already seen Jiang Fan preparing to hand this item to the Grand Libationer.

Now, with a swift glance, he immediately sensed its terrifying power, and his pupils contracted sharply.

"He has a dangerous treasure! Retreat!"

Hearing this, the Gale Giant Emperor decisively teleported away.

The Spear Giant Emperor himself also quickly teleported to evade.

However,

He suddenly found his feet ensnared by something, hindering his ability to exert force.

Looking down, he saw a group of paper figures emerging from the ground, grabbing his feet!

All the paper figures were strikingly lifelike.

They looked exactly like the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower!

"Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower? What are you doing?"

The Spear Giant Emperor roared in shock and fury.

His response came from his back, where a shattered blade, imbued with a sacred aura, pierced his body.

The one holding the broken blade was none other than the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower.

Still wearing a gentle smile, he said, "To kill you, of course."

As his words fell,

The crystal-clear broken blade, radiating a milky white sacred light, transformed into a streak of light and, with a soft thud, plunged into the Giant Emperor's body.

In an instant,

Countless beams of milky white sacred light shot out from the Giant Emperor's eyes, mouth, nose, and ears.

Then, white sacred light erupted from his pores and skin cracks.

The Giant Emperor's body seemed to be suffering destructive damage, and he let out a pained roar:

"A quasi-realm artifact from the Heavenly Realm... the Blade of Angels..."

"You... deceived us..."

His body shuddered, and a terrifying immense force tore the space apart.

The Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower's arm, which was holding the Blade of Angels, was instantly shattered into nothingness.

But he paid no mind to his own injury, teleporting to Jiang Fan's side and whisking him away.

This saved Jiang Fan from being caught in the dying throes of the Spear Giant Emperor and perishing.

The Spear Giant Emperor's agonizing cries grew even sharper.

The space around him ripped open with intersecting black fissures, making the area look like a long-dried paddy field.

He struggled wildly, each movement of his limbs unleashing destructive impact.

The Cursed Sun Wheel on his forehead also spun rapidly, casting curses in all directions.

However, this did not stop the erupting sacred light from bursting out of every part of his body.

The forty-zhang golden giant instantly transformed into a sacred light giant.

Finally, with a bang.

The sacred light giant disintegrated, turning into tiny golden feathers that drifted everywhere before instantly vanishing.

Only the sacred light broken blade, now with even more cracks, silently fell to the ground.

A Giant Emperor had been killed by a mere broken blade.

There was nothing left of his body or spirit.

Not even a wisp of his residual soul remained!

In the distance,

Amidst the terrifying destructive impact, the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower, carrying Jiang Fan, fell out of the teleportation.

Jiang Fan was relatively fine, only having a small portion of his body shattered by a lingering ripple of energy.

Under the nourishment of the Divine Garment Water within him, his body was rapidly repairing itself.

Apart from intense pain, he had no fatal injuries.

The Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower, however, was in a different state.

Not only had one of his legs been severed by nothingness, but his chest had also been struck by the Giant Emperor's curse.

A blood-red spear had pierced through his chest.

The spear contained a terrifying curse that continuously drained his life force and flesh.

Even swallowing a Divine Garment Water did not help.

It only served to slightly alleviate the spear's curse.

Jiang Fan looked at his severed arm and leg, his eyes, which should have been filled with hatred, now wide with confusion.

"You... what exactly is going on?"

He had clearly betrayed the Central Plains and joined the Giant faction, so why did he betray the Ancient Giants in the end?

The Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower clutched the massive spear in his chest, attempting to pull it out, but it wouldn't budge.

It was as if it had grown into his body, intent on draining his flesh and blood dry.

He said with a sense of relief, "Never mind. This is the best outcome."

Giving up the struggle, he weakly sat on the ground, allowing the spear to devour his flesh and blood.

Looking up at Jiang Fan's young face before him, he smiled faintly and met Jiang Fan's gaze.

Jiang Fan understood, and activated his Zen Bead of Silent Contemplation.

Immediately, the Master's voice echoed in his mind:

"If I had truly joined the Giant faction, that Three-Star Spatial Giant King wouldn't have been tricked onto the continent and killed by you."

Jiang Fan's mind buzzed.

The only one who could have told the Three-Star Spatial Giant King that there was a passage to the Underworld on the continent was the "human traitor," the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower.

However, he had deliberately concealed the continent's taboo.

This was why Jiang Fan and the others were able to easily defeat a formidable enemy.

Otherwise, many more would have fallen, not just the Bodhisattva.

Jiang Fan's gaze trembled slightly, and he uncertainly transmitted, "Were your acts of betraying the Central Plains to gain the giants' trust?"

The Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower feebly nodded his chin:

"The ultimate deciding factor in the war's outcome lies at the Sage Realm level."

"We must kill as many Giant Emperors as possible to gain an advantage in the final decisive battle between the two realms."

Jiang Fan strongly agreed.

Winning at the Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation levels would only buy a temporary reprieve.

The true sword hanging over their heads was the Giant Emperors, who possessed the power to destroy heavens and earth.

If they weren't eliminated, how could victory be achieved?

The Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower's voice began to weaken:

"The Giant Emperors from the Heavenly Realm fear the Grand Libationer and dare not descend easily."

"Especially our Grand Libationer of Taicang Great State; they are even more afraid to face him."

"To kill them, we could only trick them into descending."

"So, under the Grand Libationer's command, I spared no expense to gain their trust, and then suggested an idea to them—the betrayal of the Central Plains' Ten Sins from a thousand years ago..."

At this point, the Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower smiled proudly:

"They had tasted the benefits of the Central Plains' Ten Sins, and confidently believed they could replicate that miracle again."

"So, they readily agreed."

"Now, they are about to experience the taste of losing three Giant Emperors simultaneously."

Jiang Fan instantly understood everything.

It turned out that everything had been the Grand Libationer's plan.

The Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower was the one he had chosen to execute the plan.

Jiang Fan took out half of the God-Piercing Nail of Orifices and asked, "Then what did you mean when you gave me the God-Piercing Nail of Orifices and said I'd get a return far beyond its value?"

The Master of Jiangshan Yipin Tower looked at Jiang Fan, his eyes full of infinite hope:

"If you use this to enter the Nine Orifices and eventually succeed in Soul Transformation, you will surely kill many, many giants."

"Wouldn't I profit then?"

"I never make a losing deal in my life."

"Hahahaha..."