Chapter 1626: Suffocation

How many? More than twenty? Not even twenty Giant Kings descended upon Guixu State!

The female venerables from Mount Qunxing were utterly dumbfounded.

“No wonder those female disciples on the mountain worship him; I’ve often scolded them for being crazy.”

“Now, I admit I was too loud.”

“Because I’ve started worshipping him too!”

The Qunxing Mountain Master was green with regret. Jiang Fan wasn't just a good match for Xu Yining; Xu Yining was practically punching above her weight!

Back then, she really should have pinned them both to the bed until Xu Yining got pregnant! With Jiang Fan being so excellent, their offspring would surely be exceptional individuals.

The Qunxing Mountain Master sized up Jiang Fan and said, “During the decisive battle, stay close to me.”

“It would be a waste if you died!”

A string of question marks appeared in Jiang Fan’s mind. What did that mean?

Just then.

Overwhelming demonic energy swept in, covering the sky with its dense presence, making the already dark and lightless night sky even blacker.

“Hahaha, you’re all here?”

Venerable Golden Scale, leading a group of demon lords brimming with demonic energy, descended with a roar. They were a dark mass; a rough count revealed at least forty of them.

Jiang Fan rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen wrong. His face full of shock, he asked, “Senior Golden Scale, where did Myriad Demon State get so many demon lords?”

Not only did he find it strange, but even the venerables present wore expressions of surprise. It was true that Myriad Demon State was among the top three states, but it only had a little over twenty demon lords in the Soul Transformation realm. In this great war, Myriad Demon State was without the aid of the Grand Wine Sacrifice, making its situation difficult. Logically, many should have already fallen. But how did their numbers increase instead of decrease? Also, they had recently seen Myriad Demon State engaged in a bitter battle with the Ancient Giants. How did it end in the blink of an eye?

Venerable Golden Scale chuckled, “We naturally had the help of a benefactor!”

“Alright, let’s not dwell on it for now. The great battle is about to begin; let’s quickly head to the Sky-Reaching Black Pillar!”

“This time, we must utterly annihilate the Ancient Giants!”

Everyone's spirits were lifted. With the support of over forty demon lords, the Central Land side now had a hundred experts in the Soul Transformation realm! Compared to the one hundred and twenty Giant Kings from the three Central Tribal armies, the gap had significantly narrowed.

Venerable Star Abyss soared into the sky and said, “Since all states have arrived, let us depart swiftly!”

All Soul Transformation realm experts from the various states ascended simultaneously, their gazes fixed on the Sky-Reaching Black Pillar, and they activated their teleportation abilities.

Jiang Fan intentionally lagged one step behind, and only approached Venerable Star Abyss after everyone else had left. “Senior, may I ask where your true body is?”

Venerable Star Abyss counter-questioned, “Is something the matter?”

Jiang Fan took out Venerable Wutong’s Orb of Merit. After giving one-tenth to Venerable Lianjing and Venerable Bingxin each, eighty percent remained. “Can this merit allow you to become a Sage?”

Venerable Star Abyss’s pupils constricted, his eyes filled with shock that he couldn’t calm for a long time. “Good heavens, boy, the merit you hold in your hand is more than that of any expert undergoing the Five Declines of Heaven and Man in this era. Coupled with the heaven-bestowed merit after this great battle, it will absolutely allow a venerable to successfully become a Sage.”

He showed an expression of envy. Not all venerables could accumulate enough merit after the great battle. For example, newly ascended venerables who didn’t usually accumulate merit might not have enough relying solely on the battle. If you added what Jiang Fan had, it would be absolutely certain.

However, to Venerable Star Abyss’s complete surprise...

Without a word, Jiang Fan thrust it into Venerable Star Abyss’s hand. “But I only trust you. I hope, Senior, that after the war, you successfully become a Sage. The Central Land needs a Sage like you.”

With that said, he teleported to catch up with the others, leaving Venerable Star Abyss staring blankly at the Divine Orb of Merit in his palm.

A moment later, an expression of relief appeared on his face. “Thank you. In this battle, you must survive.”

At the Sky-Reaching Black Pillar.

When Jiang Fan arrived, everyone had already reached it. Their expressions were extremely solemn. Jiang Fan looked, and his pupils also contracted sharply.

In the night sky, he saw a brilliant galaxy stretching across the heavens. Hundreds of stars, shimmering brightly. There were white, red, blue, and also colorful ones. Splendid and magnificent, captivating anyone who gazed at them. The starlight shimmered, subtly illuminating the night and casting alternating light and shadow upon the ink-black earth.

However, amidst the interplay of light and shadow, a monstrous giant face, half in starlight and half in shadow, flashed into view. Thick, black hair, straight as steel needles. A huge vertical eye, seemingly smiling yet not. Fangs that curled upwards, appearing chilling.

It was a giant! No, not just one giant. Reflected by the galaxy, there were countless giant faces, one after another! Nor was it a galaxy. They were stars on their foreheads!!!

In the night, their towering bodies resembled layered mountains, stretching as far as the eye could see. They stood silently. The insects around them had vanished, not daring to make a sound, and even the usual clamor of the night wind was nowhere to be heard. The world was frighteningly quiet.

Suddenly, the ground trembled violently!

A dazzling golden sun heavily fell before the mountains. Its intense golden light illuminated half the world and also revealed the full appearance of the mountains. They were a group of Giant Kings, their entire bodies glowing golden, ranging from twenty to thirty zhang tall! They stood in a single line. Looking left and right, they stretched out of sight.

That golden sun also slowly rose. Like a mighty peak gradually rising from the earth. Forty zhang, fifty zhang, sixty zhang. Seventy zhang, eighty zhang! Ninety zhang!!! This was, astonishingly, an enormous Giant Emperor, ninety zhang tall! On its forehead, six dazzling, blinding suns rotated silently, impossible to look at directly.

The Six-Sun Giant Emperor! A super emperor who presided over the Central Tribe of the Heavenly Realm! He had descended upon the Central Land!

The entire world resonated with tremors, space around him fractured into countless void cracks, and canyons split open in the earth beneath his feet, as if unable to bear his presence. His entire body flowed with golden light, completely illuminating a section of the world. The faces of the Central Land’s powerful experts were also illuminated. In their trembling pupils, the terrifying, prehistoric-level Giant Emperor was reflected. Even Jiang Fan’s soul trembled silently. He had seen the Gale Giant Emperor and the Two-Sun Sleeping Giant Emperor. However, compared to the Giant Emperor before them, they were like stars compared to a brilliant moon, utterly incomparable.

Thump, thump, thump—

The earth trembled again. Seven golden suns again descended from the nine heavens onto the Central Land. They stood on either side of the Central Tribal Emperor, slowly rising from the deep pits in the earth!

Giant Emperors! All of them were Giant Emperors! A full seven Giant Emperors!

Brilliant golden light illuminated the entire world in a golden hue, and it also caused the pupils of the Central Land’s powerful experts to contract sharply.

However.

This was not the end!

From the peak of the Azure Nether, a human figure wearing a black robe embroidered with a large red eye slowly descended, hands clasped behind their back, landing at the feet of the Six-Sun Giant Emperor. His appearance was obscured by darkness, making it impossible to discern. There was no trace of aura from his entire body. But behind him, an ink-black stele revealed his identity!

A Human Fallen Sage!!!

He did not come alone. Several figures simultaneously appeared on his left and right sides. Ten Human Fallen Sages, clad in black robes with red-eye totems and bearing black steles, stood silently at the feet of the Central Tribal Emperor.

The Ten Sins of the Central Land! They... had also descended!