Chapter 1724: Chapter 1763: Hostage Exchange

Jiang Fan tidied up his disheveled appearance and leisurely took out a gourd, saying:

"The Heavenly Sword is with me, let’s make a deal."

The Asura Empress secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She couldn’t sense the aura of the Heavenly Sword and had already prepared herself for his demise.

Unexpectedly, he was still alive, which was a huge surprise.

Her phoenix eyes flickered, and she said:

"Alright, release the Heavenly Sword, and I’ll return the Space Mirror to you."

"However, if you release the Heavenly Sword, won’t he be killed by the ban of the continent?"

"How about you come out, and I vow not to harm you."

Jiang Fan sneered:

"You won’t harm me, but you can kill me, capture me, imprison me, or let your subordinates do it."

"The grand Asura Empress is playing word games with a junior."

Trying to outsmart me, you’ve got the wrong person.

The Asura Empress sighed inwardly, acknowledging that this guy was indeed hard to deceive.

She came to Central Earth with two goals: to rescue her children and to bring back Jiang Fan’s head as an explanation to the Giant Emperor of the Central Tribe.

How could she give up easily?

Seeing the Connecting Sky Black Pillar collapsing more and more, unable to hold on much longer, she lost her patience.

Once the Connecting Sky Black Pillar collapses, she would have to break open the world’s barrier and detour through the void back to the Heavenly Realm.

This is not only troublesome, but breaking open the world’s barrier makes a great uproar, which could attract the sages of Central Earth.

Her phoenix eyes simmered with authority, and she said indifferently: "Do you think hiding in the continent means I can’t do anything to you?"

"You lack sufficient awe for the Asura Emperor."

A vortex above her head suddenly began to spin, and a wave of the Power of Cause and Effect emanated.

"All things are slaves."

She murmured softly, and the Power of Cause and Effect spread into the continent, enveloping Jiang Fan.

However, her expression changed slightly.

Jiang Fan seemed to have already prepared. He took out a sleek, white bell a meter tall and inverted it over himself.

Through a damaged part, only two eyes peeked out.

Her Power of Cause and Effect struck the white bell, with most being deflected and a small portion absorbed.

Jiang Fan, hidden inside, spoke with a muffled voice:

"Got any more? Bring some more."

It seemed this bell indeed didn’t have the power of yesteryears, but it could still absorb a small fraction of the Power of Cause and Effect.

However, as a defensive magical treasure able to withstand the laws of the Sage Realm, it was still quite impressive.

As long as he ensured that the bell wouldn’t be taken away, it was truly an invincible treasure.

The Asura Empress’s phoenix eyes were filled with fury, unconvinced, and she unleashed the Power of Cause and Effect twice more.

But the result was the same; the bell deflected all, absorbing only a few.

Jiang Fan remained unharmed inside.

"Come on, more, more, that’s not enough, not even close."

What frustrated the Asura Empress even more was Jiang Fan’s constant provocation from inside the bell.

She took a deep breath to calm herself.

Meanwhile, the Connecting Sky Black Pillar rumbled, on the verge of collapsing.

There was no time left.

She hastily said, "Alright, I won’t kill you."

"Hand over my son, and I’ll return the mirror, and we will owe each other nothing!"

She had no choice but to compromise, abandoning the mission to assassinate Jiang Fan.

Let the giants deal with it themselves, she won’t care anymore!

Jiang Fan also noticed the commotion of the Connecting Sky Black Pillar and knew that time was on his side, so how could he let her off easily?

"Hmph! Your son almost caused us a great defeat, and you nearly killed me."

"Both publicly and privately, I can’t let you leave easily."

As he spoke, he manipulated the white bell to retreat backward, preventing the Asura Empress from using some method to drag him out of the continent.

The Asura Empress laughed in anger: "You still want to negotiate terms with me?"

Jiang Fan’s only exposed eyes flickered, and he said: "Then let’s both suffer."

"I’ll kill one Five Crowned King of Hell, and you can destroy all the beings in the mirror."

"Anyway, Central Earth won’t be at a loss,"

The Asura Empress glared at Jiang Fan, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

The mirror contains some Nascent Souls and Divinity Transformation spirits, what are they compared to a Five Crowned Lord of Hell?

Moreover, that was her son.

"What do you want?" she asked sternly.

Jiang Fan pondered and said: "Give me a portion of your Power of Cause and Effect."

The Asura Empress chuckled: "You have good taste, but unfortunately, I just used my Power of Cause and Effect on you."

"Choose something else."

Jiang Fan spat blood!

This extravagant woman, not even saving a bit of the Power of Cause and Effect, and now when he wanted it, there was none left.

After contemplating, he could only make a secondary request: "I want to know how you Five-Crowned Asuras break through to the Asura Emperor Realm."

Judging by the situation in the Hell Realm, it didn’t seem like they entered the emperor realm through merit.

The Asura Empress contemplated for a moment. This wasn’t a secret, so she didn’t hide it: "It’s similar to the Demonic Race in Central Earth."

"The Demon Race needs to return to their ancestors, whereas the Asura Clan needs to enhance their bloodline power to reach a certain stage, naturally stepping into the emperor realm."

Jiang Fan recalled Green Pearl obtaining a drop of the Asura Saint’s Holy Blood during the primordial hunting.

He was secretly pleased that Green Pearl chose that blood.

However, one drop of blood was not enough.

Also, he needed to prepare for Xu Youran.

Now Xu Youran relied on the resources of the Asuras to cultivate to the Nascent Soul Realm, yet she hasn’t converted to the Asura Clan.

But if she wants to advance further, to become an Asura King, she will eventually become part of the Asura Clan.

At that time, for her to progress to higher levels like the Asura Emperor, her human bloodline conversion would be a significant disadvantage.

He should plan ahead and prepare for her.

It’s best if she doesn’t follow the path of the Asura, but if she does, he will pave some paths for her.

"Then give me something to enhance my bloodline, whether it’s Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or Magical Treasures, or even the blood of an Asura Saint would do."

The Asura Empress resolutely said: "Daydream!"

"Even I don’t have the blood of an Asura Saint. Even if I did, I wouldn’t give it to an alien race like you!"

It seems that the blood of the Asura Saint is much more precious than imagined.

Jiang Fan frowned: "You don’t have this or that, then what do you have?"

The Asura Empress had been prepared, saying: "I’ll give you something from the Human Clan!"

Something from the Humans?

Jiang Fan was secretly surprised. When did the Heavenly Realm have anything of the Human Clan?

In millennia, it was only recently that they had had a few trips to the Heavenly Realm.

When the Asura Empress lifted her palm, revealing a blue halo, Jiang Fan suddenly realized!

It was a blue Wish Paper!

Xingyuan Venerable had given one to Jiang Fan, which could grant a grand wish of heaven and earth.

He even made a wish to transport all the prodigies of the primordial hunting ground to Central Earth.

Although its value is nothing compared to the Power of Cause and Effect of an Asura Emperor or the blood of an Asura Saint,

at crucial moments, it can be extremely useful.

If he guessed correctly, this blue Wish Paper was probably sourced from Wu Gou.

That person was a bona fide sage of Confucianism; crafting this kind of talisman paper was much easier than for Xingyuan Venerable.

Most importantly, the blue Wish Paper in front of him was filled with Vast Energy and could be invoked at any moment.

Seeing the Asura Empress gradually losing her patience, he decided to quit while he was ahead, saying: "Alright!"

"We’ll exchange hostages and the Space Mirror at the coastline simultaneously."

Jiang Fan took out a bag of Ancient Giants.

Though these bags didn’t have as much internal space as humans’ storage devices, they had a huge advantage.

That is, they can hold living beings, something Space Storage Devices cannot do.

He pulled out the gourd, with a thought, a cloud of mist containing the aura of the Heavenly Sword floated into the bag.

Then, manipulating the six-meter corpse, holding the bag, he approached the coastline.

He remained hidden in the distance.