Chapter 2956: One Sword Pact!
Jiang Fan's eyes were deep, devoid of any trace of emotional fluctuation!
"You're all talk! Ideals can't fill your stomach, beauty only exists in dreams. The truth is, if you keep charging toward your so-called perfect ending like this, you'll end up drawing water with a bamboo basket—all in vain!"
"You can't deal with Xun Zu, humanity can't survive long-term. You want to hold onto everything, but in the end, you won't be able to grasp anything!"
"Ultimately, the dreamlike reality you've shaped will, just like the original reality, descend into despair and collapse. You still won't have changed anything!"
"Is this what you want?"
Jiangnan tightened his grip on his blade, his gaze unwaveringly firm!
"I deeply understand why I exist. I, Jiangnan, need no one else's commentary on the things I do!"
"The existence of this dreamlike reality is precisely my proof of rebellion against the original tragic reality! Since I choose to rebel, I'll rebel to the end!"
"No one can sway my decisions! Including you!"
"If you insist on laying a hand on Qing'er, then let's settle this here and now!"
Both of them were like stubborn mules, neither willing to yield an inch!
Jiang Fan squinted his eyes: "Very well! You're so confident you can achieve all this and give everyone a dreamlike life, aren't you?"
"Fine!"
"Take one strike of my sword! If you don't retreat, I, Jiang Fan, swear from now on I will never touch Qing'er again. I mean what I say!"
"But if you can't withstand this strike and do retreat, then today, I'm taking Qing'er! And I'm taking everything else too!"
"Because you'll no longer be qualified to stand in my way!"
Clearly, Jiang Fan was still somewhat unconvinced—last time, Jiangnan had broken his sword and even forced him back three steps!
He wanted to see just how far Jiangnan had come, how capable he really was!
Without the slightest hesitation, Jiangnan agreed directly:
"Fine. You have my word."
Jiang Fan snorted coldly, pulled back, and shot straight toward the area above the Star Farming Clan!
Jiangnan followed suit, flying forward!
They had to get far away from the Star Farming Clan; otherwise, the shockwaves from their clash would be enough to grind everything to dust!
At this moment, Yang Jian, Xiao Chuihuo, Odin, and the others all had grim expressions.
No one wanted to see the two Era Lords, Jiang Fan and Jiangnan, crossing blades!
The scene of them fighting side by side seemed like it was just yesterday!
How had it come to this?
A bet settled with one sword strike?
Wanxiang let out a breath of relief: (٥︶3︶) "It's settled! With Jiangnan's skill, taking one of Jiang Fan's strikes should be a breeze! Jiangnan can already condense Realm Source Water Droplets!"
"And before, when Jiang Fan was running the auxiliary, his Realm Source Energy wasn't even liquid yet. Besides, Jiangnan has already taken one of Jiang Fan's strikes before, so this should be pretty stable!"
But Wang Youzhi looked worried: "Really? Are all of you underestimating Jiang Fan too much?"
"Even though humanity is now flourishing with countless powerful talents and abilities, Jiang Fan remains the strongest talent humanity has ever produced—no one can match him!"
"If he gets serious... tsk tsk~"
Wanxiang was taken aback. What did that mean? Was there a chance Jiangnan couldn't handle it?
Jiang Fan's Starlight ability was unmatched, not just among humans! Even across the entire Starry Sky Races, no one could surpass Jiang Fan!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the strongest ability in the starry sky!
Could such an existence really be weak?
Xiao Chuihuo squinted and added: "And don't forget... he doesn't have the limitation of needing to resist Wear and Tear..."
Wanxiang's face turned green.
Did that mean Jiang Fan hadn't been going all out before?
Sure enough, the moment Jiang Fan stood firm in the void, countless stars unfolded above his head!
At the same time, by the Final Black Hole, the Neutron Star Collider kept activating, crashing into the Final Black Hole, continuously creating disturbances!
The stars above Jiang Fan's head began to shift; ability stars vanished in clusters, while extremely brilliant stars emerged one after another!
Clearly, Jiang Fan was swapping things with his main body in the Life Forbidden Zone—sending weaker stars in first to temporarily substitute, then pulling out mature stars to borrow for a moment, and swapping them back after use!
In this way, he maximized the combat power his clone could unleash at this instant!
Not only that, a series of Starlight Clones stepped out from the void, each carrying a full load of Realm Source Energy!
They all crashed into Jiang Fan's body!
The amount of Realm Source Energy had already piled up beyond what Jiang Fan's body could withstand!
And then, Jiang Fan directly merged with the countless stars, transforming into a Starlight Divine Body!
The Realm Source Energy inside him kept increasing, and his eyes grew calmer and calmer...
Jiangnan's expression turned ugly: "Do you really need to go this far? Just to strike me with one sword, you're ignoring Wear and Tear?"
Accumulating so much Realm Source Energy wasn't something Jiang Fan's current Soul Locking Method could handle!
He would end up washing away even the experiences his clone had gone through after leaving the Final Black Hole!
Jiang Fan said coldly: "Do those experiences matter to me? I've already lost everything anyway, haven't I?"
"Since I've already become a god, then fine!"
Jiangnan took a deep breath, his eyes sharp: "You want a fight? I'll go with you!"
In that moment, Jiangnan no longer maintained his Eternal Crystal Body but directly transformed into his Black Hole Celestial Emperor form!
His eyes lit up with a crystalline glow!
This was a new battle technique Jiangnan had developed—using himself as a bridge between reality and the Life Forbidden Zone!
This way, the Realm Source Energy Jiangnan could draw upon wasn't limited to just the single droplet stored in his body!
The entire Realm Source Forbidden Sea would be his energy reserve!
Just like Jiang Fan, both were drawing energy from the Realm Source Forbidden Sea—only Jiangnan had it easier because he himself was the black hole!
The only difference was that Jiang Fan didn't have to worry about Wear and Tear, while Jiangnan did!
Around the Black Hole Celestial Emperor, a golden Event Horizon formed into armor. With a wave of his hand, the Dream Will Blade appeared, pouring Realm Source Energy into the blade, continuously increasing!
At this moment, however, Jiang Fan launched the first attack!
His Starlight Divine Body charged like a brilliant river of stars, the Starlight Sword in his hand infused with all his power!
All that Realm Source Energy condensed in an instant and then burst forth!
This sword—
Stunned the ages!
Time and space seemed to freeze at that moment. Jiang Fan, gripping the sword with both hands, gave it everything he had!
"Starry Sky Creation•Slash!"
Standing still and taking a beating wasn't Jiangnan's style. Facing this strike, he also gripped his blade with both hands and swung it horizontally!
The Realm Source Energy poured into the blade compressed and burst the moment it was unleashed!
But all the power was confined within the blade itself!
"Realm Source Forbidden Slash!"
Just as the blade and sword were about to clash, everyone held their breath!
Eyes wide, hearts in their throats!
"Clang!"
The moment blade and sword met, their respective power reached its peak, as if breaking some balance, and exploded instantly!
"Boom!"
The unleashed power directly tore a pitch-black chasm across the starry sky, spanning several star domains!
Inside the chasm was sheer chaos and disorder, as if the entire starry sky was wailing under this blow!
Then came the violent eruption of their respective worlds!
The World Bubbles compressed within the blade and sword burst forth, almost instantly swallowing the figures of both men!
The golden armor of Jiangnan's Black Hole Celestial Emperor shattered wildly, the black hole's form rapidly shrinking and dissipating!
He was bearing the most intense brunt of the attack!
But Jiang Fan wasn't faring much better either. His Starlight Divine Body was crumbling violently, countless stars on his body lighting up in a futile attempt to resist the disintegration!
This was a clash between two men, a collision of their respective worlds!
Amid the collision, worlds shattered, vast amounts of matter hurtled outward, World Shadows rolled in all directions across the starry sky, plunging everything into utter chaos as if on the verge of total collapse!
And the distant home star domain of the Star Farming Clan was like a lone boat amid raging winds and towering waves, as if it could be overturned and crushed at any moment!
Star Devourers stared with bulging eyes—what kind of divine might was this?!
Wanxiang and Xiao Chuihuo immediately acted, shielding the entire home star domain of the Star Farming Clan; otherwise, after this collision, nothing would remain!
From the collision of worlds, it was clear that the World Bubble Jiang Fan had detonated was larger, more mature, with faster evolution and greater mass!
Jiangnan was being pressed down hard. Jiang Fan's broken Starlight Divine Body, wielding the Starlight Sword, steadily crushed the Black Hole Celestial Emperor!
He held an absolute advantage!
Jiang Fan's eyes were icy: "You can't stop me!"
But Jiangnan said nothing. The Cosmic Web formed within his detonated World Bubble turned a dreamlike hue!
With a "crack"!
Jiang Fan's Starlight Sword split again, with Jiangnan's blade having carved halfway through it!
Jiang Fan's gaze immediately fell on the cracked blade, his pupils contracting sharply!
Why could he always do this?
Jiangnan's eyes burned fiercely: "I'd rather die than become a god!"
The cracks on the Starlight Sword grew larger and larger!
Jiang Fan: !!!
"You can't change this outcome!"
Within Jiang Fan's World Bubble, the Cosmic Web of infinite stardust had already evolved into shape, with countless stars forming!
At the same time, the countless brilliant star shadows on Jiang Fan's body lit up, overlapping with the stars born in the World Bubble!
Then, they all exploded violently, the world completely shattered, unleashing an unparalleled force, slashing down with devastating power!
Jiangnan's Black Hole Celestial Emperor was completely overwhelmed!
The figures of both men were swallowed entirely by white light. Only the two World Bubbles, shattered by the collision, rolled in all directions!
The starry sky trembled without end, the roar still echoing!
Wanxiang and the others didn't even dare to breathe, staring wide-eyed into the aftermath!
When all the shockwaves had passed, the starry sky absorbed the entirety of the two destroyed World Bubbles!
The site of the collision was now a mass of chaos!
There stood Jiang Fan, perfectly intact, eyes cold, holding a cracked Starlight Sword—the blade bore a gap where Jiangnan had cut halfway through!
Behind Jiang Fan, the starry sky was shattered, crisscrossed with pitch-black chasms of nothingness!
All of that was the residual effect of Jiangnan's slash!
But in front of Jiang Fan—
There remained a still-beating crystal-colored heart. It pulsed continuously, and Jiangnan's body slowly coalesced from it!
Behind Jiangnan, however, was utter chaos, total disorder!
That was the lingering might of Jiang Fan's sword strike!
But what was noteworthy was that, starting from the point beneath Jiangnan's feet, an entire wedge-shaped expanse of starry sky behind him remained intact!
Jiangnan stood at the very front, absorbing all the attacks, without retreating a single step!
In that moment, the starry sky fell into unprecedented silence!
Jiang Fan discarded the Starlight Sword, now covered in cracks, which shattered into spiritual light and dissipated. Then, he cast a cold glance at Jiangnan!
"If you can't even suppress me, what makes you think you can solve all the problems, give everyone a dreamlike life, and hand in a perfect answer?"
Jiangnan stood upright, his spine straight. He knew in his heart that in that last strike, he was inferior to Jiang Fan...
"At least... I didn't retreat, did I?"
Jiang Fan said nothing more, giving Jiangnan a deep look before turning and leaving:
"I won't touch Qing'er. I said it, I mean it."
"This strike has severed everything. Next time we meet, we'll be opponents..."
"Our paths are different—we can't work together. One of us will go all the way in the end. I hope it's you... but ultimately, it won't be you..."
His back had already vanished, leaving only his words echoing in the air!
Jiangnan looked up at the starry sky, his eyes full of melancholy. Was the reason Jiang Fan had overloaded his Realm Source Energy to strike that sword just to wash away everything his clone had experienced since leaving the black hole?
To free himself from all restraints, so he could charge unhesitatingly toward his own goal!
"I won't compromise. Never..."