Chapter 1773: Nine Hells Asura Emperor's Strike

Jiang Fan's eyes were calm.

Sages controlled the laws of nature; how could he possibly contend with one using just a nine-colored crystal?

Yet, his goal wasn't to fight back, but to buy time!

Crushing the nine-colored crystal would both temporarily repel the sage and create a massive commotion, drawing the other sages to their location.

In three breaths at most, the situation would be resolved.

However, before he could crush it, the Asura Saint Son flicked his finger with a faint smile, and a giant's pouch flew out from his waist.

As the pouch burst open, over three hundred Nascent Soul realm cultivators, their eyes slightly glazed, fanned out around them.

Many of them were even late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators!

Jiang Fan's five fingers, poised to exert force, suddenly froze. These were all Nascent Soul realm cultivators from their Central Land!

The Asura Saint Son had anticipated his use of the nine-colored crystal and had already taken the Central Land's Nascent Soul cultivators hostage.

"Why aren't you crushing it now?" the Asura Saint Son mocked.

Jiang Fan's face darkened. Crushing it might not harm the Asura Saint Son, but it would certainly kill all the Nascent Soul cultivators present.

The Asura Saint Son said leisurely, "Others might pay any price to save their lives, but not you, Jiang Fan."

"Hand over the *Prison-Suppressing Soul-Restoring Sutra*, and these people will be returned to you unharmed."

Jiang Fan's mind raced as he quickly pondered a countermeasure.

Suddenly, the Nascent Soul realm cultivator closest to Jiang Fan exploded into a mist of blood.

It was the Asura Saint Son!

He simply flicked his finger to kill him, then raised it towards another Nascent Soul realm cultivator, smiling faintly as he said, "You can keep thinking." *Pfft!*

With that, the other person also turned into a mist of blood.

Then came the third, the fourth, the fifth…

The Asura Saint Son showed no signs of stopping, crushing them like ants.

Jiang Fan's eyes were bloodshot. "Stop! I'll give it to you!" he cried.

His eyes blazing with hatred, he quickly took out the *Prison-Suppressing Soul-Restoring Sutra* and said resentfully,

"Asura Saint Son, I will remember this grudge!!!"

The Asura Saint Son extended a hand through the air, drawing the *Prison-Suppressing Soul-Restoring Sutra* from Jiang Fan's grasp, and chuckled.

"Your weakness is so easy to exploit, ha ha ha…"

However, the moment the *Prison-Suppressing Soul-Restoring Sutra* left Jiang Fan's hand, a black crystal carved with numerous strange eyes appeared in his palm.

The Asura Saint Son's pupils constricted at a mere glance. "World-Tool: Eye of Hell!" he exclaimed.

Before he could react, Jiang Fan gripped the Eye of Hell and activated it.

This World-Tool could be activated by any soul power, regardless of race.

So, when Jiang Fan poured all his soul power into it, the eyes on the black crystal all came alive, collectively turning to stare at the Asura Saint Son.

Waves of black light swept over the Asura Saint Son's body, and his eyes immediately glazed over.

He had been successfully controlled and turned into a puppet by the Hell World-Tool!

Jiang Fan was momentarily stunned. That easily?

The World Master Tong Yuan, even his remnant soul could only control one Sage with the Eye of Hell.

He was merely at the Deification Realm, yet he could control a Sage?

He felt something was off, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Nevertheless, he had no time for further contemplation. He decisively pulled out a pouch and began collecting the numerous Nascent Soul cultivators into it.

Compared to killing the Asura Saint Son, rescuing the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Central Land was far more important.

Before he could fully collect the Nascent Soul cultivators, the Asura Saint Son's eyes suddenly twitched, and he broke free from the control.

He stared in disbelief and asked, "Why do you possess a World-Tool from the Night Asura Clan?"

Jiang Fan seized the opportunity to gather the remaining Nascent Soul cultivators, then gripped the nine-colored crystal and snorted, "Go ask it yourself!"

With no more Nascent Soul cultivators as obstacles, Jiang Fan could act without reservation!

But just then,

A voice filled with extreme rage pounded through the void.

"Asura Saint Son!!!"

This voice… was it Grand Libationer Tianzhou?

Jiang Fan's heart relaxed. The reinforcements had finally arrived.

Looking at the nine-colored crystal in his hand, which had once again failed to activate, Jiang Fan grimaced in disgust. Was this thing destined to rot in his hands?

His shoulder dipped slightly as Grand Libationer Tianzhou's form materialized from nothingness beside him. He gently placed a hand on Jiang Fan's shoulder and said,

"As expected, the Asura Saint Son's goal in all this was you. As long as you're protected, his schemes will fail."

At the same time,

Nine Nether Demon Venerable and Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable also sensed Grand Libationer Tianzhou's unusual movement and materialized from the void.

Upon clearly seeing the Asura Saint Son before them, both wore solemn expressions.

A chilling aura emanated from Nine Nether Demon Venerable's delicate face. "Asura Emperor of the Hell Realm, you've turned our Central Land upside down," he said.

"You truly have no regard for us!"

Behind him, a massive thousand-zhang spectral image of a black snake with closed eyes appeared, radiating an extremely dangerous aura.

Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable, meanwhile, removed the prayer beads from his neck, silently chanted a Buddhist mantra, and they immediately released the powerful spiritual pressure of a quasi-World-Tool.

He then tossed them upwards, and the prayer beads scattered, transforming into eighteen separate beads that arrayed themselves at the four cardinal points of the surrounding space. They each emitted golden beams of light, connecting to form a single entity that sealed off a segment of the world.

"Asura Saint Son, lay down your butcher's knife and become a Buddha instantly."

Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable said with compassion and serenity.

Surrounded by three Sages of the Two Calamities realm from the Central Land, the Asura Saint Son had no chance of escape!

However, to everyone's surprise, the Asura Saint Son showed no signs of panic.

His shoulders twitched as he chuckled deeply. "Heh heh, heh heh heh heh heh."

"To think I'd draw out three Sages of the Two Calamities realm. This is much better than expected, ha ha ha ha…"

Jiang Fan's expression grew slightly solemn, feeling more and more that something was amiss.

From the moment the Asura Saint Son appeared, Jiang Fan had sensed something was wrong; it was impossible for the opponent to easily put himself in danger.

Grand Libationer Tianzhou and the other two also vaguely sensed a foreboding aura. They exchanged glances and, without a word, simultaneously launched their attacks!

Nine Nether Demon Venerable's bloodline talent, Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable's World-Salvation Sanskrit Chant, and Grand Libationer Tianzhou's Law of Fury.

Each attack was comparable to a strike from the Six-Sun Giant Emperor, representing the strongest power currently available in the Central Land.

With the three of them joining forces, even the Seven-Sun Giant Emperor, who surpassed them, would likely perish under their combined assault.

Yet, the Asura Saint Son continued to laugh heartily, looking up at the sky.

It wasn't until the three world-ending attacks slammed into him that a bloody light erupted from the Asura Saint Son's chest. There, a vibrant, crystalline blood-red lotus, as if cast from blood, glowed alluringly.

Jiang Fan instantly found this blood lotus familiar!

More precisely, the material of the lotus was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

What shocked Jiang Fan was that the terrifying combined attack from three Sages of the Two Calamities realm, powerful enough to sink an entire province, was completely absorbed by the strange bloody light!

Immediately afterward, the blood-crystal lotus erupted in a dazzling crimson glow.

An extremely dangerous aura, one that made even the three Sages of the Two Calamities realm tremble, rippled out from the blood-crystal lotus.

The three Sages' faces dramatically changed.

Jiang Fan's pupils also constricted sharply!

Wasn't this the same feeling as when the Nine-Sun Giant Emperor ascended to the Celestial Realm?

This was the aura of the Nine Hells Asura Emperor!!!

The Asura Saint Son actually possessed a world-destroying treasure containing an attack from the Nine Hells Asura Emperor!