Chapter 1609: Great Pill

As soon as the gourd was brought out, Nether King's calm face suddenly turned serious.

With a flick of his palm, a black bone was clenched in his hand.

This was a life-saving curse given to him by the Central Clan Emperor.

It was meant to give him the confidence to escape even when facing sages from the Central Lands.

Yet, facing the three-colored gourd before him, he felt that the curse in his hand offered no sense of security at all.

"What is this thing?"

Fear permeated the depths of Nether King's pupils.

He finally understood why Black Sun King had fled.

After Jiang Fan achieved the Divine Transformation stage, he not only gained the realm itself but also acquired an extremely mysterious and terrifying artifact!

Jiang Fan's finger touched the orange area of the gourd, activating it, and he said indifferently:

"Something that will take your life, of course!"

"Black Sun King of the Southern Heaven Realm!"

He loudly called out the name of the person he intended to lock onto!

That's right, he called out Black Sun King, not Nether King!

The void above suddenly rippled.

Black Sun King, who had clearly fled back to the Heaven Realm, surprisingly flickered into existence with his thirty-zhang tall majestic body.

Hong Xiu and the Lord of Jiangshan Yipin Tower were all startled and quickly became vigilant.

Black Sun King was so close to them, yet they hadn't noticed him at all!

A wave of dread washed over them.

They couldn't imagine what would have happened if Jiang Fan hadn't broken his invisibility and the opponent had suddenly appeared to strike.

Not to mention Jiang Fan, who was in the first stage of the Heavenly Demise, both Hong Xiu and the Lord of Jiangshan Yipin Tower would likely have been at risk of death.

Black Sun King's vertical eyes were filled with shock and suspicion.

He held a piece of black bone tightly in his hand, from which a continuous stream of curse power emanated.

This curse was cast upon himself, erasing his aura, fluctuations, form, and very existence.

Unless one was a Sage or a Giant Emperor, his presence would be undetectable.

He had feigned departure, then quietly doubled back, his target being Jiang Fan!

Because it was Jiang Fan's appearance that led him to foresee a future where he would be killed by Nether King.

If he could eliminate Jiang Fan, the source of this destiny, that future might be rewritten.

That's why he had used the curse from the Eradication Mark Giant Emperor, which he had begged for, regardless of the cost.

What he hadn't expected was that his own curse power had been broken!

He looked down and saw a faint orange mist, like a rope, wrapped around him.

It was this orange mist that had nullified his curse.

The other end of the misty rope originated from the mouth of the three-colored gourd in Jiang Fan's hand.

Staring at the black mouth of the gourd, which resembled an unfathomable abyss, he shivered for no apparent reason.

As a giant with keen intuition, he could feel that if he were drawn into that abyss, he would surely die.

Seeing Jiang Fan's lips slightly part, about to activate the gourd, he hastily said:

"Wang Chongxiao! If I die, Lvzhu will also perish!"

A wisp of Lvzhu's soul, originating from the central star on his forehead, flashed and disappeared.

Hong Xiu's expression changed, and she asked, "Lvzhu is controlled by him?"

Lvzhu and she were connected by mind and spirit.

If Lvzhu died, she might die as well!

Jiang Fan's expression remained unchanged as he said, "What does Lvzhu's life or death have to do with me?"

"She's your subordinate, and she even hunted me in Taicang Great Province."

"It's best if she dies!"

Seeing him speak like this, Black Sun King calmed down instead, pointing to the original star on his forehead.

"You don't think I completely trust Lvzhu, do you?"

He sneered, "That wretch dared to disobey my orders for your sake, tricking me with a fake head of Sinful Heart Venerable!"

"She even helped you against the Giant King of Form!"

"The most damning thing is, she actually once seriously wanted to be your wife!!!"

As he spoke the last sentence, Black Sun King's teeth ground audibly.

Jiang Fan's expression shifted.

It turned out that after Lvzhu descended to the lower realm, Black Sun King had used his foresight on her.

He was fully aware of her critical actions.

He said in a deep voice, "How is Lvzhu now?"

Given Black Sun King's cruelty, he wouldn't torture or even kill Lvzhu, would he?

Black Sun King gave a grim chuckle. "What? Feeling sorry for her?"

"You should be glad that you helped her advance to the Three-Crowned Asura King realm, giving her some utility."

"Otherwise, when she returned to the royal court, she would have become a pile of flesh!"

Jiang Fan slightly exhaled in relief.

For now, it seemed Lvzhu was at least still alive.

He began to weigh his options.

If he forcibly captured Black Sun King now, the king would surely kill Lvzhu in a desperate act.

And if Lvzhu died, Hong Xiu would very likely also perish.

At that point, they would only have the severely injured Lord of Jiangshan Yipin Tower remaining.

How could they then fight Nether King?

They might very well suffer a devastating defeat.

However, Jiang Fan couldn't show too much concern for Lvzhu, or he would be led by the nose.

He tightened his grip on the gourd, a pained expression flashing in his eyes, and said:

"Too many people have already died in our Central Lands war."

"If her death can take you, a Five-Star Giant King, then her death will be worth it!"

Black Sun King's heart pounded; this was exactly what he feared!

If Jiang Fan didn't care about Lvzhu, his threat would be meaningless.

Without another moment's hesitation, he decisively teleported, fleeing towards the Heaven-Connecting Black Pillar!

As he acted, Nether King also decisively teleported away.

Since Jiang Fan had unleashed such a formidable weapon, he had to capture at least one of them.

If Black Sun King escaped, he would be the only one left to capture.

With a whoosh.

The two collided at the Heaven-Connecting Black Pillar and simultaneously teleported upwards.

Black Sun King's heart was racing. Seeing the faint orange mist still clinging to him, he was consumed by extreme anxiety.

If this continued, he would surely die!

In this critical moment, he glimpsed Nether King, who still appeared relatively calm.

A strong sense of resentment immediately flashed through his mind.

Why should Nether King be born into the Central Imperial Court, command the Central Ninth Army, and even have a chance to advance to Giant Emperor?

While he himself was assigned to the remote Black Sun Royal Court, with no hope of ever rising?

Now he was even locked onto by Jiang Fan, on the verge of death!

Why him?

A malevolent energy erupted from within him, giving rise to a cruel thought.

Without any warning, he struck!

He delivered a close-range punch to Nether King's star.

Nether King was caught off guard, and being in the narrow passage of the Heaven-Connecting Black Pillar, he had no way to dodge.

His forehead took a severe blow, and several stars on it instantly developed fine cracks.

"Black Sun King!" Nether King instantly understood Black Sun King's intention and roared angrily.

With a flip of his palm, he also took out a bone containing curse power.

If the remote Black Sun King had one, there was no reason a king from the Central Clan would not.

However, Black Sun King had anticipated this.

He opened his mouth and spat, his long tongue wrapping around Nether King's arm and tearing it off completely.

Then he stomped on him.

Having painfully lost an arm, Nether King's body rapidly plummeted back towards the Central Lands.

He roared furiously, "Black Sun King, you have repeatedly betrayed the Giant Race! I will not spare you!"

At this moment, Black Sun King's voice came from the Heaven-Connecting Black Pillar.

"Wang Chongxiao, Nether King has several great pills refined by inferior sages of the Central Lands, which can enhance the Divine Transformation realm."

"He uses them to win over the hearts of Divine Transformation cultivators in the Central Lands."

"Capture him, and all those great pills will be yours!"

Jiang Fan's eyes widened in surprise.

There were actually great pills in the world that could directly enable breakthroughs to the Divine Transformation realm?

Even someone with a profound background like True Word Venerable had to diligently raise spirit fish, a process that took years to complete.

For cultivators like Demonic Heart Venerable and Evil Crow Venerable, it had been at least several decades since they reached the Divine Transformation realm, and they still hadn't found an opportunity for a breakthrough.

Evil Crow Venerable, in order to repair his domain, even resorted to various means, threatening True Word Venerable into dual cultivation with him.

The thought of a breakthrough was something he dared not even entertain.

The difficulty of breaking through the Divine Transformation realm was comparable to the hellish difficulty of breaking through to Nascent Soul on the continent back then!

The preciousness of these great pills was now obvious!