Chapter 1774: Black Dragon Great Venerable

The Asura Holy Son laughed uproariously, looking up at the sky. "Jiang Fan, you didn't seriously think I intended to kill you, allowing you to stall for so long, did you?"

Jiang Fan's heart sank immediately.

He finally understood why the Asura Holy Son had openly appeared in the Great Barren State: he was pressuring the top experts of the Central Lands, forcing them to guard Jiang Fan.

That way, when he killed Jiang Fan, he could also eliminate one or more top experts from the Central Lands!

Originally, only the Grand Wine Sacrifice of Tianzhou was guarding Jiang Fan, but unexpectedly, the Nine Nether Demon Venerable and the Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable also got involved.

The blood-red crystal on the Asura Holy Son's chest had already burst open like a dam, and the world-ending power, capable of annihilating all living beings and resetting heaven and earth, surged out uncontrollably.

The Nine Nether Demon Venerable and the Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable had no time to escape!

Jiang Fan's mind also went blank. How could anyone survive an attack from the Nine Prison Asura Emperor?

The four were swiftly engulfed by the blood-red light, their figures disappearing completely within it.

What awaited them was to be melted into nothingness…

However.

Just as the Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable and the others also anticipated their deaths, the vast expanse of blood-red light suddenly compressed rapidly.

An ancient rhythm had, at some unknown point, begun to surge through this space.

Looking up, a five-colored auspicious cloud manifested from the void above their heads, with streaks of lightning rolling within it.

Jiang Fan was no stranger to this scene and exclaimed in surprise, "Ancient Saint?"

This was precisely the Ancient Saint Yunhuang who had helped him many times!

Even when the Central Lands were embroiled in a life-or-death catastrophe, no Ancient Saint had intervened. Yet now, with the four facing peril, she appeared, a stark deviation from her usual behavior.

Under the suppression of Ancient Saint Yunhuang, the blood-red light compressed back into the Blood Crystal Lotus and became calm.

An already unleashed attack from the Nine Prison Asura Emperor was miraculously compressed back into a sealed state!

This technique left not only Jiang Fan but also the Nine Nether Demon Venerable and the others filled with awe, their eyes revealing immense shock as if they had witnessed a god or Buddha.

Immediately afterward, the Blood Crystal Lotus vanished from the Asura Holy Son's chest with a flash.

When it reappeared, it was already within the five-colored clouds.

Faintly, a glimpse of a graceful female figure appeared and vanished within the five-colored clouds; she held the Blood Crystal Lotus and, along with the clouds, dematerialized into thin air.

Everyone felt as if they were dreaming.

The Nine Nether Demon Venerable took a deep breath, his usually effeminate and stern face now replaced by shock. "In an era where Saints do not emerge, Ancient Saint Yunhuang actually revealed herself for our sakes!"

The Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable clasped his palms together, Buddhist light surging in his eyes. "My Buddhist kingdom has accumulated virtue and performed good deeds for tens of thousands of years, finally moving Ancient Saint Yunhuang to bestow blessings. Amitabha, well done, well done."

Only the Grand Wine Sacrifice of Tianzhou had a look of understanding in his eyes, delivering a blunt retort: "Don't flatter yourselves."

"Even if you died a hundred times, Ancient Saint Yunhuang wouldn't even bother to glance at you!"

"She came for Venerable Xinghuo."

The Nine Nether Demon Venerable and the Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable both looked towards Jiang Fan, the former with eyes full of disbelief, the latter with a deeply thoughtful expression.

They had no doubt about the words of the Grand Wine Sacrifice of Tianzhou.

But precisely because of that, they felt even more shocked.

Ancient Saint Yunhuang, appearing for a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator? Was that still the Ancient Saint Yunhuang they knew?

Jiang Fan, however, was used to it; he had already prompted Ancient Saint Yunhuang to appear several times.

He stared sharply at the Asura Holy Son: "You'd better pray you have a second Blood Crystal Lotus!"

The Grand Wine Sacrifice of Tianzhou snapped back to reality, a grim expression on his face. With the power of a Second Calamity Sage surging in his palm, he fiercely struck towards the Asura Holy Son.

"Grand Wine Sacrifice, hold your hand, he is not the Asura Holy Son."

The Grand Wine Sacrifice of Tianzhou, the Nine Nether Demon Venerable, and the Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable all abruptly looked at the Asura Holy Son, their eyes flashing with surprise and doubt.

The person before them was not the Asura Holy Son?

Then who was he?

Jiang Fan stared coldly at the Asura Holy Son, saying, "The true Asura Holy Son would never put himself in danger."

"Nor would he be briefly controlled by the soul of a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator like me."

"You must merely be a puppet controlled by the Asura Holy Son, correct?"

The Asura Holy Son before them suddenly laughed, even more maniacally than before.

"Hahahaha..." The Asura Holy Son burst into laughter, showing no frustration whatsoever at Ancient Saint Yunhuang preventing the Blood Crystal Lotus from erupting; instead, he seemed even more pleased.

A layer of blood-red light on his body shimmered erratically, as if an invisible veil was being torn away.

The next moment, the Asura Holy Son before them revealed his true form!

His upper body was that of a muscular human, with ink-black hair and eyes, and a bare chest rippling with sculpted muscles.

His lower body was a long black snake tail, its scales glinting darkly in the dim light.

A divine halo encircled the back of his head, prominently bearing five flame markings.

He was none other than the Black Dragon Great Venerable, who had vanished without a trace after disappearing from Tianyi City!

His black eyes struggled intensely, indicating that another consciousness was clearly within his body.

"Asura Holy Son, you set me up!!!" The Black Dragon Great Venerable roared repeatedly.

A faint, calm voice then emanated from his mouth: "Blame yourself for being foolish."

"You dared to use the Myriad Spirit Ancestral Blood I gave you?"

"There's no such thing as a free lunch. You, a dignified Great Venerable, didn't understand a principle even a three-year-old child knows. Whatever fate befalls you, you deserve it."

The Black Dragon Great Venerable was furious: "Asura Holy Son! You're going too far!"

When he was at his wit's end, Sage Wanyun sent his servant, the Demonic Maiden, to find him, offering him shelter and even a priceless drop of Myriad Spirit Ancestral Blood.

The condition was that he would help him with one task in the future.

But he never imagined that Sage Wanyun's true identity was actually the Asura Holy Son!

Hidden within the Myriad Spirit Ancestral Blood given to him was a trace of the Asura Holy Son's own essence blood. After consuming it, his body was controlled by the Asura Holy Son through bloodline power.

"Heh heh, even if you weren't used by me, you would eventually fall into Jiang Fan's hands anyway."

"A pawn should understand its place."

The Asura Holy Son mockingly turned his eyes toward Jiang Fan, saying, "What a pity, I couldn't obtain the Prison-Suppressing Soul Scripture."

"If I had obtained it, it would have been perfect."

Jiang Fan stared intently at him, coldly asking, "Where is your true body?"

The Asura Holy Son, by manipulating the Black Dragon Great Venerable, had caused such massive turmoil; he was undoubtedly planning something enormous!

Where was he?

What was he preparing to do?

The Asura Holy Son sneered, "I'm naturally in Tianzhou, taking advantage of your Sages' absence to slaughter the remaining elites of various states. Hahahahaha."

Jiang Fan, however, remained composed, shaking his head: "You are not in Tianzhou."

The Asura Holy Son had paid such a heavy price, even using an attack from the Nine Prison Asura Emperor. How could his ultimate goal merely be to kill a few Divine Transformation Realm cultivators?

The Asura Holy Son chuckled, "Then you guess!"

Jiang Fan felt a silent urgency in his heart; the Asura Holy Son must be brewing something terrifying at this moment.

He had to stop him!

But where was he?

Where exactly was he?

His mind raced, countless thoughts crisscrossing in his brain, various pieces of information merging and converging.

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck his mind.

His expression suddenly changed as he said:

"You are in Taicang Great State!"

"And you're on the continent!"