Chapter 1686: Chapter 1725: Turning Point

He was hunched over, burdened by the weight of the Six Tombstones, staggering with each step.

Every step was exceedingly arduous.

His once salt-and-pepper hair had somehow turned as white as snow.

His eyes had lost their luster; he was blind!

The Divine Rings of the Heavenly Human Five Declines at the back of his head had all shattered, releasing a putrid smell.

Even his soul was fragmented, making it hard to control his body.

Jiang Fan’s pupils constricted dramatically.

The last time he saw Forgetful Wild Elder, the man was still vigorous, but now he seemed on the verge of destruction.

Was it because of carrying the tombstones of the Six Great Sages, having been eroded by their laws?

In front of Forgetful Wild Elder was an eighteen-year-old beautiful girl walking along.

She twirled her eyes of nine colors, observing the battlefield ahead.

In her hand, she held a stick, with the other end tied to Forgetful Wild Elder.

"Are we there?" Forgetful Wild Elder’s voice was hoarse, like wind blowing through a broken tube.

Tears welled up in Yue Mingzhu’s eyes as she choked, "We’re here, Master."

Forgetful Wild Elder finally stopped, saying, "Point the way for me, my disciple."

Tears streamed down Yue Mingzhu’s face as she said, "Thirty miles southwest, luck is low there, a portent of great danger."

She grasped the stick and moved towards the southwest.

Forgetful Wild Elder nodded his head.

His shoulder shook as he murmured, "Go!"

A stone stele shot up with a roar, crashing into the place where luck was low.

This was where the Third Army was stationed.

The most precarious battlefield, where the Central Earth and Coalition forces were surrounded and deeply trapped.

The stone stele howled and crushed the void as it teleported over, then slammed hard into the ground.

From within the stele, the remaining laws of the Sages immediately radiated in all directions!

Whether it was the One-star Giant King or the Five-star Giant King.

Whichever one it swept over shattered into a blood mist.

In an instant, the sky was stained black with giant blood, the ground a river of blood, and a nearly complete Third Army was wiped out.

Only twenty or so, who were far apart, narrowly escaped.

Jiang Fan, True Word Venerable, and the Otherworldly powerhouses were also affected by the laws as they swept over.

Luckily, it only made their blood churn and greatly reduced their vitality without directly endangering their lives.

They gazed in shock at the stele before them, a renewed light of hope in their once despairing eyes.

There were five steles left; wouldn’t they be able to wipe out the giants?

Lecherous Sage sighed instead, "He can’t hold on for much longer."

"The laws have already destroyed everything of his."

As expected.

After throwing a stele, Forgetful Wild Elder trembled and knelt on one knee.

Yue Mingzhu said mournfully, "Master, you..."

She wanted to plead with her master to put down the stele, but what about Central Earth?

The only one who could turn the tide was the Sage’s Tombstone, prepared for more than fifty years by her master.

Forgetful Wild Elder shook his head, "Don’t worry about me."

"When I accepted the favor of the Six Sages’ remnants, I promised them to bring their tombstones to aid Central Earth for the last time at its most desperate hour."

"The Giant Kings’ army has gathered in the Hunyuan State, Central Earth’s end is upon us."

"My mission is also about to be fulfilled."

As soon as he finished speaking,

his abdomen ulcerated, and rotten intestines spilled out.

The six stone steles were constantly harming his body.

But he had no regrets.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Point the way once more!"

Tears poured down Yue Mingzhu’s face like rain.

This was why she didn’t return to the Taicang State with Jiang Fan back then.

She needed to do something for her master in the Returning Ruins State.

Her master said to use her Emperor’s Gaze Technique on the battlefield.

But he didn’t tell her it was to replace his eyes, to point the way for him.

Ensuring the tombstones would be used to their maximum potential.

Nor did he tell her that her master would die.

She choked back tears, "Straight south, sixty miles."

Forgetful Wild Elder’s body trembled again, and another stone stele flew out, crashing into the Second Army.

Witnessing the tragedy of the Third Army, they were somewhat prepared and fled.

Yet twenty Giant Kings were still killed on the spot.

"Once more... cough cough..." Forgetful Wild Elder collapsed onto the ground, coughing up countless black blood.

He was already at his wit’s end.

Yue Mingzhu bit her lip, "Southeast, forty miles."

Forgetful Wild Elder did not immediately make a move.

He felt that his final moment was imminent, that he would die as soon as he cast the stone stele.

With his dull eyes looking at the Yue Mingzhu before him, he affectionately said:

"As your master leaves upon completing his mission, there is no need for regret, but what of you?"

"You came to the Returning Ruins State alone... and once I’m gone... you’ll be alone again..."

Yue Mingzhu covered her red lips, stifling her sobs.

Even as death approached, her master’s greatest concern was her future.

Through tears, she choked, "Master, don’t worry, Jiang Fan has already promised to marry me."

In Forgetful Wild Elder’s bleak eyes, a glimmer of light seemed to flash as he smiled:

"Good, good, then I am assured..."

"He who once slew a Half-Giant for the people of the Seven Cities of Heavenly Abyss will surely protect you at all costs."

"Your master... is at peace."

"This great white rabbit shall be entrusted to you... the legacy within the ruins is all on it..."

"Your master has no more regrets."

"Life smolders, as your master... departs first!!!"

With a low roar, he used his last ounce of strength to send out the remaining four steles from his body.

Rumble——

Four stone steles crashed near the First Army.

The crisscrossing power of laws left the Giant Kings of the First Army with nowhere to escape.

From the One-star Giant King to the Five-star Giant King, they all exploded into a mist of blood!

An entire legion, utterly annihilated!

None survived!

And Forgetful Wild Elder lay on the ground, devoid of all life.

"Master!" Yue Mingzhu dropped the stick, rushing to Forgetful Wild Elder’s side.

Unable to hold back her anguished wails any longer.

This Heavenly Human Five Declines Great Venerate, known by so few, had fallen quietly beyond the battlefield in a manner known only to a handful.

With his life, he had projected the remnants of the Six Sages’ will onto the battlefield, rekindling a hope for Central Earth.

Jiang Fan’s eyes reddened.

How has humble Central Earth endured for thousands of years?

It’s because, at every critical moment in history, there have always been such predecessors, carrying their missions, who gave their lives without hesitation.

To illuminate the already dark sky over Central Earth with their lives anew!

He turned away, looking at the remnants of the Third Army, a surge of murderous intent within:

"Go to hell, all of you!"

He drew the Angel’s Blade, flashing over to a wounded, fallen Three Star Giant King.

With anger, he drove it into him.

The Three Star Giant King furiously lashed his long tongue out, ready to kill Jiang Fan.

But the tongue touched the Angel’s Blade.

The result was as if it had caught fire, the holy flames spreading from the tongue instantly to the mouth, then penetrating within.

Next, without any suspense, the Three Star Giant King exploded into spots of holy light before he could even scream.

"Angel’s Blade?"

Suddenly, a gasp came from beside him; it was Tian Qin, lying injured on the ground.

She looked at the Angel’s Blade in disbelief.