Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 2240: Chapter 2284: Furnace

The group shot into the sky. Protected by the Immortal King’s Undying Bell, they burst out through the narrow passage that could only fit one person at a time. After another bout of dizzying disorientation, the three of them finally felt solid ground beneath their feet.

Jiang Fan decisively overturned the Undying Bell to cover them. Fortunately, everything appeared normal outside. Their time here was limited to a mere thirty breaths. Lifting the Immortal King’s Undying Bell, Jiang Fan rushed straight to the Sword Saint’s cell.

He had already activated the eighteen prepared Array Stones. With a sweep of his robes, the Array Stones flew out one after another, attaching themselves to the Array’s Sealing. Previously, just a few Array Stones had been enough to begin melting it. Now, with eighteen Array Stones triggered simultaneously, the Array held on for a mere five breaths before melting away completely.

A mighty Saint’s coercion, accompanied by terrifying Sword Qi, swept out like a tidal wave. Jiang Fan had no time to delay. Shielding his body with the eighteen Array Stones, he summoned the Wind God Order Flag and charged right into the center of the roaring waves.

The Sword Saint’s remains still maintained a cross-legged sitting posture. His body was so lifelike that it seemed he was merely asleep. Drawing closer, Jiang Fan noticed that the Sword Saint’s only remaining arm was drooping to the ground, and in his palm, he tightly clutched a small purple bottle.

Jiang Fan looked over in astonishment and saw a layer of dried black slime inside the small purple bottle. Just by glancing at it from a distance, he felt his soul suffer a massive contamination, accompanied by a burning, fiery pain.

”Is it a deadly poison?” Jiang Fan immediately looked away, not daring to stare at it any longer. However, a tempest of shock raged in his heart.

He wondered if the Sword Saint had died from consuming a deadly poison. But why would he commit suicide? This was a man who wanted to stop the Daqian Crown Prince even after his death. With his grand ambition unfulfilled, why would he take his own life? Was he granted poison and forced to die?

He recalled some ancient texts from the Daqian Divine Kingdom; the Monarch had once issued edicts to grant death to certain guilty officials. Thinking of the blank Holy Decree left behind by the Daqian Crown Prince on the Third Layer, everything became clear to him.

How terrifying must the toxicity be for a poison to kill someone in the Saint Realm? He took out a red, bloody claw and threw it from a distance, hooking onto the small purple bottle. Just as he was about to pull it over, the bloody claw suddenly turned black, and the discoloration rapidly spread to the connecting tendon rope!

Jiang Fan’s expression changed slightly. This poison had been dried up for years, yet it remained this dreadful! He hurriedly let go and threw away the tendon rope. The next moment, the bloody sharp claw rotted into black mud, and the tendon rope melted completely.

Fortunately, the bloody claw had managed to yank the small bottle out of the Sword Saint’s hand. Jiang Fan dared not delay. He took out a Space Storage Device from the Poisonous World and stored the bottle inside it from a distance.

Even though it was a Space Storage Device specifically meant to restrain poisonous objects, it actually turned purplish-black after the small purple bottle was placed inside. The deadly poison almost melted the Storage Device! Luckily, it withstood the corrosion in the end.

He put away the Storage Device and looked at the Sword Saint’s body. He wondered, ”Surely the items the Sword Saint said he left behind aren’t just a poison bottle?”

Suddenly, he saw a small pocket protruding from the Sword Saint’s chest. His heart stirred immediately, and he used the Void Fish Hook to snag it, thinking he could retrieve it effortlessly. Who would have thought that with the irresistible power of the Void Fishing Rod, he could only hook it out a tiny bit!

This pocket was incredibly heavy!

SWISH! SWISH!

Noticing Jiang Fan’s struggle, Qing Jiu and Dharma Seal flashed over to help. The three of them gripped the Void Fishing Rod and dragged it with all their might. Only then was the pocket finally pulled out from his clothes.

THUD!

With a muffled sound, the pocket smashed onto the ground, emitting an unusually heavy, resounding crash. Even the Sumeru Divine Prison suspended in the air shook slightly from the impact.

Jiang Fan couldn’t care less about what was inside right now. He hurried forward and packed it away in a Space Storage Device. Then, grabbing the two of them by the arms, he said, ”Let’s go, quickly!”

With a whoosh, he flew out of the cage, stored the Immortal King’s Undying Bell, and dashed out of the Second Layer without looking back. The effort of dragging out the pocket had delayed them by a full twenty breaths. If they didn’t leave now, the Taotie Divine Beast would arrive!

SWISH!

They successfully reached the First Layer, but a terrifying aura that caused one to tremble was rapidly closing in! His eyes turned grave.

Even the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis was forced to retreat by the Taotie Divine Beast, which showed just how fearsome it was. There was no way their group could even dream of contending with it! Therefore, he decisively brought out Linglong’s flight Talent. Crushing it, a shower of golden radiance poured out, covering Jiang Fan’s back and condensing into eight pairs of wings.

With a single flap, his speed skyrocketed to an unimaginable level. In the span of a breath, they crossed the long corridor. The terrifying aura rapidly approaching from behind didn’t grow any stronger, indicating that the distance between them was maintained.

By the time the Taotie Divine Beast reacted and let out an explosive roar, preparing to give chase, Jiang Fan had already arrived at the exit of the Sumeru Divine Prison.

Qing Jiu’s nerves had been taut. The moment she saw the exit, she finally let out a slight breath of relief. ”We’re temporarily safe. That Divine Beast won’t leave the Sumeru Divine Prison.” She had dealt with the Taotie Divine Beast many times and was quite familiar with its habits.

However, far from relaxing, Jiang Fan acted as if facing a formidable enemy. A flash of light appeared on his right foot, and an ancient Blood-stained Battle Boot emerged. As he took a step forward, a massive wave of temporal fluctuation swept out in all directions.

Jiang Fan flashed out through the human-shaped gap, catching a glimpse of a red starlight hidden in the darkness from the corner of his eye.

It was the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis!

He was indeed guarding the outside of the human-shaped gap, waiting for Jiang Fan to come out! The unexpected time freeze trapped the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis in a momentary standstill. Although he immediately snapped out of it, he had already missed the opportunity to strike.

With a flap of the eight pairs of wings on his back, Jiang Fan instantly surged out of the Sumeru Divine Prison and disappeared into the vast expanse of heaven and earth.

”Ant!” the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis shouted angrily, riding his White Bone Warhorse in pursuit. His Blood Moon had already been exhausted while fighting the spatial storms. Unable to accelerate his pursuit, combined with the unparalleled power of Linglong’s Talent, the distance between the two sides rapidly widened.

Thus, he fled for a full day before the eight pairs of wings on Jiang Fan’s back dissolved into light and dissipated. Only then did he dare to take a brief rest.

Jiang Fan landed on a floating Continent and exhaled deeply. Linglong’s speed was more than double that of an ordinary Three Calamities Realm expert. What was originally a three-day journey had finally been reduced to just one day after traveling with Linglong’s flight Talent. They were already quite close to Nanqian.

Qing Jiu watched the dissipating wings, then looked at the battle boots on Jiang Fan’s feet. ”You’ve gained a great harvest on this trip,” she remarked.

This guy encountered true perils, but the opportunities he seized were also truly enviable.

Jiang Fan quickly stored away the Yuhua Divine Boots and said, ”Don’t you go coveting them! Your things are right here!”

He took out the Sword Saint’s pocket. It was a small-scale Storage Device, and it had no Spells protecting it. He turned the pocket upside down and gave it a shake.

CLANK! CLANK!

Two rock-hard objects fell out from within. One of them was a palm-sized furnace. After ten thousand years, billowing hot steam was actually still rising from inside it. Jiang Fan felt it looked vaguely familiar. Upon careful recollection, his body couldn’t help but tremble violently.

”The Daqian Divine Kingdom’s Weapon Forging Divine Furnace?” he gasped.

Those ancient texts had recorded that during the era of the Daqian Divine Kingdom, there was once a Great Saint of Artifact Refining. He specialized in forging World Artifacts for the Daqian Divine Kingdom! His most crucial tools were the eighteen Weapon Forging Divine Furnaces of mysterious origin! He possessed the heaven-defying ability to remelt Quasi-Realm Artifacts into World Artifacts!