Chapter 2439: The Southern Man Who Keeps Dropping the Ball
This totally blew Jiangnan's mind!
Given his current physical condition, even after activating Blood Incineration, although his heart was still operating under extreme load, it had been ages since it last blew a gasket!
And now it actually exploded?
How bizarre!
A flicker of surprise flashed in Qingke's eyes. It wasn't ineffective—even against Jiangnan, her good luck was still online!
That meant there was still a chance!
She couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
"Phew~ It works! What are you waiting for? Attack!"
Seeing Jiangnan's heart suddenly burst, the Triumph Group Army was stunned for a moment, but such an opportunity was rare. One slip and Jiang the Demon would slaughter them all!
How could they let it pass?
The leader of the Kuiyang Clan, Kui Yan, roared, "Full sequence battle formation! Attack together!"
The Triumph Group Army's hundred-plus sequence battle formations launched a ferocious assault, turning into a torrent of skills capable of destroying everything, crashing toward Jiangnan!
Jiangnan grinned widely. (˵¯͒ཀ¯͒) "Just a flesh wound, nothing to worry about! Again!"
Driven by Baleful Flame, his injuries healed in an instant, and Blood Incineration maxed out once more!
Facing the incoming skill torrent, Jiangnan didn't even dodge.
"Absolute Life and Death Realm!"
First, take the hit and accumulate some energy!
The world faded, and the phantom of a blood vine spread across the void. But at that moment, Qingke's eyes widened as she stared at Jiangnan, her gaze sharp!
This domain—wasn't it plant-based? It resembled Mother Vine's somewhat? Could it be that...?
"Spiritual Eye!"
A green glow flared up on Qingke's pupils as she looked at Jiangnan. Sure enough!
"Forest Spirit King! Summon!"
A brilliant green light emanated from Qingke's body. A small crown appeared above her head, and she waved her hand.
Jiangnan's expression stiffened. The Absolute Life and Death Realm, which had been resisting the skill torrent, suddenly collapsed!
The vine weapon inside his body seemed to no longer obey him!
What the hell? How was this possible? After all, after reaching the Transcendent rank, the vine weapon had completely fused with his body!
Was Qingke doing this? Could she control all plants?
Without the domain to block it, the skill torrent came crashing down. Jiangnan raised his hand: "Dimensional Reduction Str—pwah—"
Before he could even release the skill, his heart exploded again, instantly interrupting him!
Jiangnan: !!!
Warp Speed Drive!
In the nick of time, Jiangnan was about to blast out of the attack range!
But just then, the Small Whip at his spine shot out uncontrollably, wrapping around his entire body!
Qingke clenched her little fist: "Bind!"
As the skill torrent bore down on him, Jiangnan was tied up!
"What the hell? The Small Whip betrayed me?"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The unrelenting torrent of skills instantly engulfed Jiangnan's figure!
Everyone in the Triumph Group Army had their hearts in their throats, tense with anticipation. Had they taken him out?
Qingke looked on eagerly. Just as she had said, she possessed the ability to control all plants, even the Small Whip that had merged with Jiangnan!
She hadn't expected Jiangnan to have also planted a Mother Vine inside himself. That made it convenient for her to deal with him!
"No! He's fine! Watch out!"
Just as the skill torrent was about to hit him, Jiangnan managed to release Void Nothingness, blocking one wave of attacks.
Then he used Spatial Displacement to swap in some poor unfortunate soul!
On the battlefield, Jiangnan's figure appeared abruptly!
"Boom!"
An endless burst of glazed light erupted from his body, shattering the Small Whip's vines!
He had to take out Qingke first; otherwise, the Small Whip's betrayal would be a huge hassle. That thing was fused with his body!
If he had to cut it out, all that effort would be wasted. Not only would he lose his domain, but many abilities tied to the vine weapon would be rendered useless!
Growing to this point, the Small Whip had become an indispensable part of his attack arsenal!
With his heart exploded, Jiangnan tried to use the Small Whip to drain blood and heal, but now the Small Whip no longer obeyed his commands!
"Tch~ Baleful Flame!"
Rolling Baleful Flame once again repaired Jiangnan's injuries. He locked onto Qingke, ready to cut her down!
But just as he was about to burst forth with Warp Speed, his heart exploded yet again!
Jiangnan: ???
This time, his head spun. The Small Whip had stopped pumping blood for him!
Normally, when his heart exploded, the Small Whip would take over the heart's function and continue pumping blood. But now it wasn't, turning the exploded heart into a real fatal injury!
"Heal again!"
Fortunately, the Baleful Flame secret technique was still working. Through it, his injuries were repaired once more!
(ꐦ°᷄益°᷅) "Tch~ I won't use Blood Incineration then!"
With that, he deactivated Blood Incineration. But Qingke looked at Jiangnan in shock—through her control of the Small Whip, she could feel everything the Small Whip felt.
At the same time, she was stunned by Jiangnan's methods. Was this how a Mother Vine could be used?
Without Blood Incineration, Jiangnan had merely lost a cheat.
"Die already!"
With Warp Speed, Jiangnan instantly vanished from his spot!
Qingke felt an intense sense of danger wash over her, making her hair stand on end!
"Forest Castle·Skyward Enemy!"
Countless green vines burst from her wrist, expanding wildly in an instant, completely enveloping her!
They formed a massive vine castle whose surface hardened into a dark green, blossoming countless flowers that sprayed spores into the starry sky!
Clearly, she too had nurtured a Mother Vine!
But that still couldn't stop Jiangnan!
With a "shing," a blood-colored blade aura flashed, slicing the entire forest castle in two!
In a blink, Jiangnan had broken through the defenses and was right in front of Qingke!
Qingke's pupils shrank uncontrollably, reflecting Jiangnan's slashing figure!
She was going to die! She was going to die! She was going to die!
Qingke felt her hands and feet go cold. By instinct, she raised the small hoe in her hand in front of her!
"Cling!" Sparks flew everywhere!
Jiangnan's figure flashed past, then he turned back to look at Qingke with confidence!
(͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧
Qingke stood there, her pretty face pale. She touched her neck, then tilted her head to look at Jiangnan!
(ོ•̌～•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣
Jiangnan's expression froze. He lifted the Godslayer Blade in his hand!
But the Godslayer Blade snapped right at the gap in the middle of the blade, the front half flying off!
It had only left a white mark on the small hoe!
Jiangnan: =͟͟͞͞(꒪ᗜ꒪‧̣̥̇) Huh???
The blade broke? What kind of hoe was that?
That strike should have been enough to cut down Qingke!
This this this...
Qingke had narrowly escaped death. There was no way she'd let her guard down now, or Jiangnan might really kill her!
"Domain Expansion·Lucky Day!"
At this moment, a bright pink glow flared in Qingke's big eyes!
Then a massive pink halo centered on her expanded outward, rising above her head, completely enveloping her!
Jiangnan swallowed, frowning deeply.
Lucky Day? What kind of domain was that?
He had clearly had countless chances to kill her directly, but things kept going wrong. His heart would explode for no reason, the Small Whip was taken over, and to top it off, the Godslayer Blade broke!
Was it because of her good luck?
Could good luck be this overpowered? How could it...
But then Jiangnan's face darkened—why couldn't it? Wasn't the Lucky Little Cherry just as absurd?
Was this the big clans' scheme? Bringing in a lucky charm to deal with him?
Good grief!
"Tch~ I refuse to believe this!"
He'd just turn her into a photo with Dimensional Reduction Strike. Let's see how her good luck holds up then!
With that, his gaze locked onto Qingke again!
But Qingke gritted her teeth.
"Domain Expansion!"
Jiangnan was stunned—she had another domain?
But then—"Boom!"—Jiangnan's Absolute Life and Death Realm uncontrollably expanded to its maximum!
Not only that, it frantically drained Jiangnan's spiritual energy!
His own domain was being used against him by Qingke!
Even with Jiangnan's Transcendent Phase 6 spiritual energy reserves, the Absolute Life and Death Realm drained him dry!
Not a drop of spiritual energy remained. At the same time, the Small Whip was writhing around inside his body!
Qingke waved her hand again: "Hundred Herbs Wither and Flourish!"
This time, even the Hope Seed planted by Freya on Jiangnan's head withered away!
Jiangnan had completely lost all means of restoring spiritual energy!
At the same time, the leader of the Dongtian Clan, Yan Jing, roared, "Everyone! Open a combined cave heaven and cut off the Heaven's Punishment injection!"
Instantly, all members of the Dongtian Clan acted together, opening a combined cave heaven!
A massive cave heaven portal opened beneath the Destiny Heaven's Punishment, revealing pitch-black darkness inside!
Endless lightning poured into that black cave heaven!
The Dongtian Clan was quite unique. The Dongtian Star Domain they inhabited was filled with natural small worlds called cave heavens, full of various types of energy and different kinds of caves. Only the Dongtian Clan had the right to open them. All these Destiny Heaven's Punishments were being transferred into the cave heaven world!
The energy source was cut off instantly. The two-dimensional plane that had spread over a huge area lost its energy supply and vanished!
Now, the Small Whip inside Jiangnan was completely out of control, even drilling out of his nose and mouth!
It was destroying him from the inside!
Jiangnan was so messed up his eyes rolled back. He grabbed the Small Whip sticking out of his nostril and started pulling it out!
While pulling, he cursed!
(꒪ͦཀ꒪ͦ#) "Grandma's leg! Small Whip, you ungrateful bastard! I've raised you for so long, fed you, gave you drink, gave you a place to live! And now you meet a little girl and listen to her? She's stealing you away?"
"Have you no conscience? You heartless thing! Just wait—I'll deal with you later!"
Qingke said anxiously, (งᵒ̌﹏ᵒ̌)ง "Jiangnan! As long as you withdraw, I promise I won't make trouble for the others! Okay? Please!"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes. "Withdraw my foot! Even if you're polite, no way! I have a reputation to uphold! Once I show my real strength, I'll take care of you in no time!"
Qingke stamped her foot. "Lightning! Strike him!"
At that moment, the Dongtian Clan directly closed the cave heaven. Without the two-dimensional plane blocking it, the hundred-plus fatal Heaven's Punishments came crashing down straight at Jiangnan!
Even worse, all his spiritual energy had been drained by his own Absolute Life and Death Realm. He couldn't even release a single skill!
He looked up, watching the Destiny Heaven's Punishment fall straight toward him!
Jiangnan's forehead dripped with cold sweat.
Was this instant karma?