Chapter 1180, Taking Hold of the Jiang Family Sacred Land

Translator: Silavin

 

“Lu Fan, are you alright?” Ye Wuxian was visibly anxious, stepping forward to support him.

 

At the same time, one beam of moonlight after another fell, bathing Lu Fan in its glow. Han Ke’s Skill had descended, hoping to help Lu Fan ease some of the aftereffects left behind by Fury of All Dragons.

 

This time, when Lu Fan had used Fury of All Dragons, he had used the Devouring Dragon King as fusion material, and so the backlash that came with it was naturally far more severe than anything he had experienced before.

 

Fortunately, Lu Fan’s Level had risen somewhat, and on top of that, his Ancient God Power offered him a measure of protection.

 

Had it been back when he had first encountered the Devouring Dragon King, if he had used Fury of All Dragons for the first time then and used the Devouring Dragon King as fusion material, there was every chance that once the Skill finished, he himself would have been done for, collapsing and dying on the spot.

 

Though Lu Fan was stronger now and could withstand more of Fury of All Dragons’s aftereffects, he still felt dreadful at this moment.

 

Even with Han Ke’s Skill rapidly restoring his condition and his body feeling considerably more comfortable for it, his current physical state was not capable of continuing to participate in any battle.

 

And so, watching that Space Rift slowly close and seal itself shut, Lu Fan, though deeply unwilling, could do nothing about it. He could only watch helplessly as the target took flight and disappeared before his very eyes.

 

Ouyang Bai Ge came to Lu Fan’s side at this moment as well. She stretched out a hand, opened a Space Rift into the Void World, and called forth a dozen or so Void Insects that glimmered like fireflies.

 

These Void Insects emerged and gave off a faint white glow, joining Han Ke’s Skill in shining down upon Lu Fan, helping him recover more swiftly.

 

At the same time, Ouyang Bai Ge said, “Those things just now, they looked like the Fallen Corpse Ancient God’s Ancient God Shadow Guards. I honestly didn’t expect it, that at this most critical of moments, the Fallen Corpse Ancient God would stick its hand in and stir the pot.”

 

“Well, that’s that then. All that effort we put in, and in the end we’ve made wedding clothes for the Fallen Corpse Ancient God to wear… Haa…” Ouyang Bai Ge let out a long breath. Even she, who had always been so composed, seemed at this moment to be genuinely aggrieved.

 

It was not hard to understand why. Even if they had lost today’s battle, Ouyang Bai Ge would not have reacted this way.

 

The point was that everyone had clearly won, and yet the spoils at the end had been snatched away by the Fallen Corpse Ancient God.

 

And the other party was the Fallen Corpse Ancient God, whose threat to this era was, if anything, even greater than that of the Slaughter Ancient God!

 

If the Fallen Corpse Ancient God were to devour the Slaughter Ancient God and absorb his Ancient God Power for its own use, raising its degree of awakening even further, the consequences were truly beyond imagining!

 

One could say that Ouyang Bai Ge would rather they had lost, with everyone leaving together to regroup and plan, to consider what methods might still be available to defeat a stronger Slaughter Ancient God.

 

Rather than have the Fallen Corpse Ancient God suddenly cut in, leaving everyone to face a Fallen Corpse Ancient God whose degree of awakening was even higher after having devoured the Slaughter Ancient God.

 

Lu Fan let out a wry smile as well, shaking his head. “It is what it is right now, no amount of lamenting will change anything. Not being able to claim the Slaughter Ancient God’s Divine Seat is a genuine shame, but dwelling on what one has lost and what one has gained is not what we should be doing right now.”

 

“We would need to think carefully about how to keep strengthening ourselves, to be ready to deal with the Fallen Corpse Ancient God…” Saying this, Lu Fan found himself thinking back on the two encounters he had previously had with the Fallen Corpse Ancient God.

 

The first time, he had been chased by a single Ancient God Shadow Guard and fled in utter disarray.

 

The second time, he had been sent flying by a single hand from the Fallen Corpse Ancient God.

 

That large hand from within the bronze coffin, Lu Fan still remembered it vividly to this day.

 

Though compared to before, Lu Fan was already considerably stronger, that hand had still left an indelible impression upon him.

 

If a single hand could do this much, just how terrifyingly powerful would the Fallen Corpse Ancient God be in its entirety? It was simply beyond imagining.

 

To face an opponent of that calibre in the future, it would truly be no easy matter…

 

Jian Ying and the others had deactivated their Golden Asura King as well, coming over to regroup with Lu Fan, discussing with him what everyone ought to do next.

 

Lu Fan thought it over, and then simply waved a hand with an air of magnanimity and said there was nothing in particular they needed to do, they might as well have a proper rest for the time being.

 

Everyone had been fighting continuously from the Three Star Bronze Forest right up until now, without pause.

 

Though the Slaughter Ancient God’s Divine Seat had not been claimed, at the very least they had managed to eliminate the Sacred Jiang Family.

 

This uppermost ceremonial altar had been very nearly reduced to complete ruin by the battle, and had no real use remaining.

 

But the three islands below were rich in resources.

 

The first island could be used to help Lower Level Players Level Up and to stockpile resources.

 

The second island was similarly rich in High Grade resources, and would pose no problem whatsoever as a levelling ground even for Jian Ying and the others.

 

As for the third island, it held all of the Sacred Jiang Family’s accumulated foundation!

 

Since the massive battle had taken place outside the Jiang Family Sacred Land, all of the Sacred Jiang Family’s resources had been left entirely untouched and unaffected by the battle.

 

Such a wealth of resources far exceeded that of a Supreme Tier Ancient Noble Family.

 

Even an entity as formidable as the Sacred Jiang Family would likely have needed several hundred years of accumulation to gather this much.

 

Now that the Sacred Jiang Family was dead, these resources had become ownerless, which at least meant that Lu Fan and the group had not come away empty-handed.

 

Originally, Lu Fan had wanted to have Ye Wuxian bring the Jiang Family Sacred Land under the Ye Family’s banner, and relocate everyone from the Ye Family here.

 

But when Ye Wuxian heard this, she refused.

 

Because the Ye Family had only just finished integrating the Tie Family’s resources, and had only just become a Supreme Tier Ancient Noble Family in its own right.

 

To now hand her another Sacred Land on top of that, she found it very difficult to know where to even begin handling resources of such scale.

 

Moreover, through the process of consolidating a Supreme Tier Ancient Noble Family’s resources, Ye Wuxian had come to understand that the Ye Family’s capacity was simply too small. Trying to swallow such a vast quantity of resources all at once was extremely taxing.

 

Even now, with only the Tie Family’s resources being absorbed, the entire Ye Family was already on the verge of falling into complete disarray.

 

After all, when all was said and done, the Ye Family was only a Second Tier Ancient Noble Family, and simply did not have a sufficient number of capable individuals to support the development of such plentiful resources. To hand them a Sacred Land on top of it would be, no matter how one looked at it, more than they could handle.

 

Seeing that Ye Wuxian had said as much, Lu Fan simply let the matter go.

 

However, the sheer wealth of resources at the Jiang Family Sacred Land was genuinely something that could not be allowed to go to waste.

 

In the end, after some thought, Lu Fan decided it was simplest to move these resources to his Shadow Isle for the time being.

 

His island was not particularly large, but fitting the resources of the Jiang Family Sacred Land inside would not present much of a problem.

 

Besides, these islands were capable of floating in the air. At worst, he could simply have them hover above the Shadow Isle, and whenever he wanted to access their resources in the future, he could fly straight up and help himself.

 

This idea of Lu Fan’s naturally received the approval of everyone present.

 

After giving it some thought, Ouyang Bai Ge further indicated that she could help Lu Fan, and directly transfer everything here to whatever destination he wished to move it to.