Chapter 1714: Chapter 1753: Descent of the Hell Realm Master

However, Jiang Fan was not flustered.

To kill a Sage, would he really pin all his hopes on the nine-colored crystal?

He raised his hand, and the Bronze Hell Beast floated before him.

With another gesture, the Hell Beast crushed under the Nine Dragon Demon Tripod in the distance was pierced through with a blood hole.

A continuous stream of fresh blood flowed out.

Jiang Fan drew the blood over the distance, and it fell onto the bronze artifact.

The inscriptions on it, upon contact with the blood, immediately emitted a mysterious glow, as if the characters came alive.

In a moment, the bronze artifact was drenched in the blood of the Hell Beast.

All the inscriptions started to tremble, as if eager to break away from the artifact.

Now, just the chant was needed.

Compassionate Sage noticed this scene, studied it carefully, and finally recognized it, his face transforming dramatically:

"A sacrificial bronze artifact from the Hell Realm?"

"How do you have such a thing?"

Jiang Fan replied coldly, "I not only have it, I can even activate it!"

Seeing the inscriptions activating, Jiang Fan immediately began to chant the content engraved on it, the "Invitation to the Saint".

It was just over a hundred words, and he soon finished reciting it.

Compassionate Sage’s face was filled with horror, "Stop it! You little beast, stop right now!!!"

He had heard that once such a bronze artifact was activated, it could summon a doppelgänger of a Hell Realm Master to annihilate enemies.

And that was a Boundary Master!

Equivalent to a Saint of Central Earth!

Just the thought of a Saint’s doppelgänger descending to destroy him was enough to make his scalp tingle.

He wanted to stop Jiang Fan, but he was still battling the Nine-Colored Tribulation Thunder, unable to spare any effort.

Otherwise, the Nine-Colored Tribulation Thunder would devour him, leading to his destruction.

Now it was a race against time.

If he suppressed the Nine-Colored Tribulation Thunder first, Jiang Fan would be dead.

Otherwise, it would be him!

Both were racing against the clock.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths.

The air between them seemed ignited by their urgency, becoming unbearably hot, rising and falling.

Except for Jiang Fan’s chanting, an eerie silence filled the world.

This was a race against life and death!

After ten breaths.

Jiang Fan’s chanting ceased; he had finished!

While Compassionate Sage had only managed to compress the Nine-Colored Tribulation Thunder to the size of a fist.

His face was terrified, anxiously looking around.

Yet, the expected descent of a Boundary Master’s doppelgänger did not occur.

Jiang Fan also felt a sudden chill.

He remembered when the Chaotic Ancient Blood Marquis’ doppelgänger descended, it tore through the void to arrive.

If the Hell Realm Master’s doppelgänger descended, it should also tear through the void.

But the surroundings remained utterly silent, far from a successful activation.

His expression turned unsightly.

Could it be that because he wasn’t a creature from the Hell Realm, he couldn’t summon it?

At this moment, Compassionate Sage successfully regressed the Nine-Colored Tribulation Thunder back to the state of the nine-colored crystal.

With cold sweat on his back and eyes filled with lingering fear, he glared at Jiang Fan with overwhelming killing intent.

"You little beast! So close to falling into your trap!"

"You deserve a thousand deaths!!!"

He roared as the Merit Divine Stele behind him suddenly activated, its terrifying merit power crashing towards Jiang Fan like a collapsing sky.

This was a deadly blow Jiang Fan couldn’t possibly withstand!

Jiang Fan’s heart sank to the bottom; ultimately, he had failed.

Such unwillingness!

Suddenly, he glimpsed the Nine Dragon Demon Tripod from the corner of his eye, recalling the Black Lotus of Tribulation lurking in the nearby void, hoping to grab him.

Also remembered how this black lotus once dragged Evil Crow Venerable into the void and devoured him.

His eyes flashed with resolve.

If he were to die, Compassionate Sage should not think of walking away unscathed.

He sent a trace of Space Origin into the Nine Dragon Demon Tripod, the only way to open the void, drawing the Black Lotus of Tribulation.

But he wouldn’t witness this scene.

The merit power had already engulfed him like a tsunami, and the indescribable oppression made his body feel as if it were being torn apart.

But.

Just as the pain began, it receded like a wave.

A silken, magnetic female voice slowly reached him from behind.

"So it’s a Human Clan member summoning me."

"Interesting."

Jiang Fan was startled, turning his head to see a thirty-year-old woman in a blood-red gown and crowned with red flowers, with a red vermillion dot on her forehead, standing there without him noticing.

Her skin was like creamy jade, revealing thin vein patterns.

Her exquisite features exuded infinite allure.

Unexplainably beautiful, yet irresistibly captivating.

Jiang Fan experienced a moment of confusion, but the rustling of the Void Ancient Tree in his mind jolted him awake.

He was deeply warned.

What, what kind of being was this?

The remnant soul of the Asura Emperor from the Youmei Asura Clan, Yuwei, hadn’t even entranced him so deeply.

"Little People Clan member, you’re quite different, able to resist this Master’s allure."

"Seems like you have a great treasure on you."

Jiang Fan finally came back to his senses.

His ritual had succeeded!

He had truly summoned a doppelgänger of a Boundary Master from the Hell Realm to Central Earth.

"Junior Wang Chongxiao, greets the elder from the Hell Realm."

Jiang Fan unhesitatingly gave his good friend’s name.

In the face of such unknown terror, it was best to keep a trump card.

The glamorous and alluring Boundary Master’s doppelgänger regarded him with amusement.

But sensing something, she glanced up at the sky and said, "Time is short, let’s handle the main task first."

"Why summon me, speak."

Jiang Fan glanced at the merit power above that was being blocked by the Boundary Master’s doppelgänger, unable to fall, feeling reassured.

He pointed at Compassionate Sage, saying, "Kill him!"

Upon hearing this, Compassionate Sage’s expression greatly changed, and he hurriedly said, "Friend from the Hell Realm, hold!"

"We are both Sages, why be incited by a junior to engage in meaningless slaughter?"

"Why not retreat, while I kill him."

The Boundary Master’s doppelgänger placed her index finger on her lips, contemplating, "That indeed sounds reasonable."

Compassionate Sage was overjoyed, his gaze towards Jiang Fan filled with vicious intent.

This little beast was indeed too dangerous!

He wanted to dismember Jiang Fan and eternally trap his soul, tormenting him life after life!

Unexpectedly, the Boundary Master’s doppelgänger turned the subject, "However, this Master never acts rationally."

"Will you die by your own hand, or shall this Master do it?"

Compassionate Sage’s face suddenly froze, feeling tricked!

He retorted in embarrassment and anger, "Don’t think just because you’re a Hell Realm Master’s doppelgänger, you can act recklessly!"

"This is Central Earth, not your ground for mischief!"

"Beware of the Ancient Saint detecting you, and destroying your doppelgänger!"

The Boundary Master’s doppelgänger looked at the sky with a smile of mockery:

"You might not believe it."

"Your Central Earth’s Ancient Saint was just here, and upon realizing you were the target, the Saint left."

What?

Compassionate Sage’s face changed dramatically.

The Ancient Saint... the Ancient Saint actually allowed the Hell Realm Master to kill him?

Could it be that everything he had done here the Ancient Saint had seen and thus abandoned him, leaving him to perish?

"No, impossible, I am a Sage acknowledged by the Ancient Saint, still a Sage of Central Earth!"

Compassionate Sage panicked, hurriedly pleading.

The Boundary Master’s doppelgänger shook her head, "I’m busy, no time for nonsense with you."

"Since you refuse to die with dignity, I’ll grant you that dignity."